Earnest.. do you know what cash paid out over time is?? it's called a loan..lol.. And IMO we could very well see a transaction with a combination loan/equity mix.
Nonethless.. I know in the past you have professed to be an expert on M&A transacations..having worked with/for Rupert Murdoch and all..lol.. can you tell me how many M&A transaction involve straight 100% cash vs. how many are financed via equity/debt?? I think you would be shocked.. because very few involve 100% cash.. could be less than 15% but I'm not positive on that.
Anyway, are you saying that all of those companies that acquired other companies using equity/debt are making bad business deals?? Perhaps you need to start a movement to warn all of the investors out there because there are thousands of these deals taking place every year involving billions upons billions of dollars.. so perhaps you should warn them...lol
My point is that IMO this deal will be accretive. Shares could very well be issued, but they wouldn't have moved ahead with it if they hadn't run the modelling to make sure the company and shareholders would benefit. IMVHO.