01-26-2013, 06:36 AM
BTW, the lever/option a Super-Major has is they can offer part of their purchase price in Company Stock...
As some have mentioned before: They would take 3 shares of CVX stock for 2 shares of IOC...
There are tax advantages too for us shareholders: in a stock swap, we can elect to defer the capital gains by not selling the stock received until a future tax year....
As some have mentioned before: They would take 3 shares of CVX stock for 2 shares of IOC...
There are tax advantages too for us shareholders: in a stock swap, we can elect to defer the capital gains by not selling the stock received until a future tax year....

