Warren E. Buffet, 1995
Background
In August 25, 1995, Warren Buffet, COE of Berkshire Hathaway announced that his company would acquire the rest of the GEICO Corporation. In doing so, this would the GEICO shareholders a 26% premium per share market price, $55.75 per share to $70 per share. Buffet did not propose to change anything about GEICO, which astonished the observer since there wasn't any synergy between the two companies. At the end of the day, Berkshire Hathaway's shares were at 2.4%, a gain in market value of $718 million and the S&P500 Index was 0.05%. …
