RE: Hvivo takeover info27 Apr 2023 19:21
To be serious JC assuming you really don't know. They vanish in exchange for money.
Once an offer is made the board will await reaction and see if other offers appear, we hope for a bidding war, but this may or may not happen.
The board will then either recommend or dismiss the offer. If they dismiss, we move on, if they recommend an extraordinary general meeting is called and all shareholders get to vote on acceptance. It is very rare for a decent recommended offer to be refused.
The bidder then acquires all shares and we the shareholders are paid out at the price per share which we earlier voted on. If the offer is accepted but you voted against, tough.
The price can be either cash or a mix of cash and shares in the bidder.
So for example if the bid is 50p and you hold 20,000 shares you get £10,000 credited to your broker account.
Hope this helps.