Granted, you could wind up with another company's stock (a good thing if it's a better company) but they'd almost certainly trade you fewer shares, say 1 of theirs for ever 10 of yours.
Depending on the price of the other company's stock, you'd wind up with not a whole lot more stock, but perhaps a better one.
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