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Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion

Reuters2021-10-04

(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm Five9 Inc has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt ...

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·2021-10-04
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Pluto891
·2021-10-04
Five9 is based in which country? voted down might be good for Zoom. [开心]
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javiery
·2021-10-04
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·2021-10-04
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MuppyKoh
·2021-10-04
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syap
·2021-10-04
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DELFINO
·2021-10-04
Pls like ty!
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Eddieash
·2021-10-04
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·2021-10-04
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Txfen80
·2021-10-04
Market rallies for both zoom and Five9 last Friday… let’s see tonight and this week
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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820914581,"gmtCreate":1633340089617,"gmtModify":1633340164939,"author":{"id":"3581937910767045","authorId":"3581937910767045","name":"Pluto891","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c9963f2ef3d3ad2aff28340461d3d6d0","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581937910767045","idStr":"3581937910767045"},"htmlText":"Five9 is based in which country? voted down might be good for Zoom.&nbsp;[开心]&nbsp;","listText":"Five9 is based in which country? voted down might be good for Zoom.&nbsp;[开心]&nbsp;","text":"Five9 is based in which country? voted down might be good for Zoom. [开心]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820914581","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820915772,"gmtCreate":1633339960248,"gmtModify":1633339960395,"author":{"id":"3578269878229068","authorId":"3578269878229068","name":"javiery","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3578269878229068","idStr":"3578269878229068"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820915772","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820915636,"gmtCreate":1633339886422,"gmtModify":1633339886762,"author":{"id":"3586829232043276","authorId":"3586829232043276","name":"clingling","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6ac8266443879ca0b9b00e68416a1244","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3586829232043276","idStr":"3586829232043276"},"htmlText":"Like pls","listText":"Like pls","text":"Like pls","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":3,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820915636","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087916,"gmtCreate":1633339893765,"gmtModify":1634722344995,"authorId":3586829232043276,"author":{"id":3586829232043276,"idStr":"3586829232043276","authorId":3586829232043276,"name":"clingling","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/6ac8266443879ca0b9b00e68416a1244","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820915636,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"@@","text":"@@","html":"@@"},{"id":6087929,"gmtCreate":1633340001561,"gmtModify":1634722344559,"authorId":3578269878229068,"author":{"id":3578269878229068,"idStr":"3578269878229068","authorId":3578269878229068,"name":"javiery","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820915636,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>ok</u>","text":"<u>ok</u>","html":"<u>ok</u>"},{"id":6088072,"gmtCreate":1633341717691,"gmtModify":1634722333912,"authorId":3577534747443372,"author":{"id":3577534747443372,"idStr":"3577534747443372","authorId":3577534747443372,"name":"LMC90","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820915636,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"👍","text":"👍","html":"👍"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820912197,"gmtCreate":1633339693373,"gmtModify":1633339693707,"author":{"id":"3585354270249282","authorId":"3585354270249282","name":"MuppyKoh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/280b63f52e5976fb134c31bfb22ec07d","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3585354270249282","idStr":"3585354270249282"},"htmlText":"Please like","listText":"Please like","text":"Please like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820912197","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087922,"gmtCreate":1633339947169,"gmtModify":1634722344777,"authorId":3569050312475646,"author":{"id":3569050312475646,"idStr":"3569050312475646","authorId":3569050312475646,"name":"ortiz","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/2c34fed4afb9aa375ead5a73c050caef","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820912197,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>ok</u>","text":"<u>ok</u>","html":"<u>ok</u>"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820932879,"gmtCreate":1633337912378,"gmtModify":1633337912495,"author":{"id":"3586747028643625","authorId":"3586747028643625","name":"syap","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/7875ea74976a381b46fa5a0ea7e7d1b3","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3586747028643625","idStr":"3586747028643625"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820932879","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087824,"gmtCreate":1633338571022,"gmtModify":1634722352080,"authorId":3585043179154199,"author":{"id":3585043179154199,"idStr":"3585043179154199","authorId":3585043179154199,"name":"jacksoncheng","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/15cea2a12fcc802fa3161c7165a892de","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820932879,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>yeah</u>","text":"<u>yeah</u>","html":"<u>yeah</u>"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820931829,"gmtCreate":1633337414823,"gmtModify":1633337415071,"author":{"id":"3574333394490724","authorId":"3574333394490724","name":"DELFINO","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/44e9ea498f962da1d7752be58a3802df","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3574333394490724","idStr":"3574333394490724"},"htmlText":"Pls like ty!&nbsp;","listText":"Pls like ty!&nbsp;","text":"Pls like ty!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":2,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820931829","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087733,"gmtCreate":1633337432977,"gmtModify":1634722357286,"authorId":3573351657200487,"author":{"id":3573351657200487,"idStr":"3573351657200487","authorId":3573351657200487,"name":"WBT13","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c32eff74d0ce173f7e10df861c0ee416","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820931829,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"<u>done</u>","text":"<u>done</u>","html":"<u>done</u>"},{"id":6087785,"gmtCreate":1633338030247,"gmtModify":1634722354358,"authorId":3573948076022422,"author":{"id":3573948076022422,"idStr":"3573948076022422","authorId":3573948076022422,"name":"Annie12345","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/b7529e308acffa5522a9e9690d9dcae6","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820931829,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Done","text":"Done","html":"Done"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820933476,"gmtCreate":1633337300078,"gmtModify":1633337328499,"author":{"id":"3581678169581963","authorId":"3581678169581963","name":"Eddieash","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3581678169581963","idStr":"3581678169581963"},"htmlText":"Like please&nbsp;","listText":"Like please&nbsp;","text":"Like please","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820933476","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087890,"gmtCreate":1633339551313,"gmtModify":1634722346845,"authorId":3563790138758003,"author":{"id":3563790138758003,"idStr":"3563790138758003","authorId":3563790138758003,"name":"ZCZC","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/d359c8a02a4377c583da678d7e9144c4","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820933476,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"[强]","text":"[强]","html":"[强]"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820933548,"gmtCreate":1633337294819,"gmtModify":1633337327687,"author":{"id":"3582079598760316","authorId":"3582079598760316","name":"HJHeng","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/216d2deeae8cc528f4e65e3f85077cbf","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3582079598760316","idStr":"3582079598760316"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820933548","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087722,"gmtCreate":1633337301073,"gmtModify":1634722358046,"authorId":3582079598760316,"author":{"id":3582079598760316,"idStr":"3582079598760316","authorId":3582079598760316,"name":"HJHeng","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/216d2deeae8cc528f4e65e3f85077cbf","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820933548,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820933669,"gmtCreate":1633337244279,"gmtModify":1633337325492,"author":{"id":"3586489129629376","authorId":"3586489129629376","name":"Txfen80","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"3586489129629376","idStr":"3586489129629376"},"htmlText":"Market rallies for both zoom and Five9 last Friday… let’s see tonight and this week&nbsp;","listText":"Market rallies for both zoom and Five9 last Friday… let’s see tonight and this week&nbsp;","text":"Market rallies for both zoom and Five9 last Friday… let’s see tonight and this week","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820933669","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087843,"gmtCreate":1633338823556,"gmtModify":1634722350550,"authorId":4089903454740810,"author":{"id":4089903454740810,"idStr":"4089903454740810","authorId":4089903454740810,"name":"dallanube","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e0e048a9487083a6c3f00b24abf18511","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820933669,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"but overall still <u>downtrend</u>","text":"but overall still <u>downtrend</u>","html":"but overall still <u>downtrend</u>"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":820933923,"gmtCreate":1633337129914,"gmtModify":1633337253172,"author":{"id":"4088590202250050","authorId":"4088590202250050","name":"Vincentwong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5b5a948efaf2850efeccfffd4d55b1b1","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"authorIdStr":"4088590202250050","idStr":"4088590202250050"},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/820933923","repostId":2172987099,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"2172987099","pubTimestamp":1633336860,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/2172987099?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-10-04 16:41","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=2172987099","media":"Reuters","summary":"(Reuters) - Zoom Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center softwar","content":"<p>(Reuters) - <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/ZM\">Zoom</a> Video Communications Inc's aborted $14.7 billion acquisition of call center software firm <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/FIVN\">Five9 Inc</a> has spotlighted issues that will weigh on the virtual meeting giant's next attempt to expand through dealmaking, analysts and investment bankers said.</p>\n<p>Zoom's unwillingness to add cash to its bid and rely solely on its stock as currency to pay for the Five9 deal backfired after its shares slipped by as much as 29% in the weeks after the deal was announced in July, on concerns that the return to physical meetings as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes will erode its business.</p>\n<p>Five9 shareholders voted down the deal last week.</p>\n<p>Investment bankers and analysts said Zoom's stock would likely remain volatile until investors establish what the prospects of its business will be once the pandemic is over. This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.</p>\n<p>Zoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.</p>\n<p>\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.</p>\n<p>Zoom declined to comment.</p>\n<p>Another hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.</p>\n<p>A U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"</p>\n<p>While Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.</p>\n<p>\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.</p>\n<p>ACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS</p>\n<p>Zoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.</p>\n<p>Dianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.</p>\n<p>\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.</p>\n<p>Examples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, <a href=\"https://laohu8.com/S/AONE.U\">one</a> of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.</p>\n<p>Activist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.</p>\n<p>To be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.</p>\n<p>Still, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson &amp; Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.</p>\n<p>\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.</p>","source":"yahoofinance","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Analysis: Zoom's abandoned Five9 deal shows hurdles to expansion</title>\n<style type=\"text/css\">\na,abbr,acronym,address,applet,article,aside,audio,b,big,blockquote,body,canvas,caption,center,cite,code,dd,del,details,dfn,div,dl,dt,\nem,embed,fieldset,figcaption,figure,footer,form,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,header,hgroup,html,i,iframe,img,ins,kbd,label,legend,li,mark,menu,nav,\nobject,ol,output,p,pre,q,ruby,s,samp,section,small,span,strike,strong,sub,summary,sup,table,tbody,td,tfoot,th,thead,time,tr,tt,u,ul,var,video{ font:inherit;margin:0;padding:0;vertical-align:baseline;border:0 }\nbody{ font-size:16px; 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This decreases the chances of another acquisition target accepting Zoom's shares as currency in the near term, they said.\nZoom carries almost no debt but it had only $2 billion in cash as of the end of July, which it needs to fund growth initiatives.\n\"Zoom has to figure out how to keep some of the customers that signed up as individual subscribers that may not need Zoom when they return to more physical lives,\" said Alex Zukin, an analyst at Wolfe Research.\nZoom declined to comment.\nAnother hurdle that could give the next company that will attract Zoom's acquisition interest pause is its ties to China. U.S. prosecutors charged a former China-based Zoom executive last year with disrupting video meetings commemorating the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown at the request of the Chinese government.\nA U.S. Justice Department-led committee said last month it was reviewing Zoom's proposed acquisition of Five9 to see if it \"poses a risk to the national security or law enforcement interests.\"\nWhile Five9 shareholders voted down the Zoom deal before that review concluded, analysts said the regulatory intervention exposed a risk that will continue to weigh on the minds of other acquisition targets.\n\"The U.S. government is likely to give increased scrutiny to transactions involving companies with engineering talent or other operations in China,\" said Sujit Raman, a former U.S. Associate Deputy Attorney General who is now partner at law firm Sidley Austin LLP specializing in government investigations.\nACTIVIST HEDGE FUNDS\nZoom sought to acquire Five9, whose call center software is used by more than 2,000 companies across the globe to interact with their clients, offering more products beyond its flagship teleconferencing. Without any transformative acquisition, Zoom shareholders are likely to grow anxious over the company's reliance on virtual meetings, whose popularity has peaked, some investors said.\nDianne McKeever, chief investment officer of investment firm Ides Capital Management said it was possible that an activist hedge fund would seek to take advantage of the situation by amassing a stake in Zoom and push for changes.\n\"When a deal falls apart, forced selling by often short-term focused, event driven funds can create an outsized valuation opportunity for a long-term investor,\" McKeever said.\nExamples of companies that attracted the wrath of investors after botching an acquisition attempt abound. Hedge fund TCI Fund Management, one of the biggest investors in Canadian National Railway Co, is calling on the railroad's CEO to resign following its failed $29 billion acquisition bid for Kansas City Southern.\nActivist hedge funds Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have amassed stakes in Willis Towers Watson Plc, whose $30 billion merger with insurance broker Aon Plc was called off earlier this year because of objections from U.S. regulators.\nTo be sure, Zoom's stock may be expensive for some activist hedge funds, analysts said. It is also not obvious whether there would be an acquirer for Zoom, which is something some activist hedge funds might push for.\nStill, a failed deal can be interpreted by some investors as a signal by a company's board that it cannot unlock more value, said Lawrence Elbaum, co-head of law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP's shareholder activism practice.\n\"This immediately makes their board seats vulnerable in an activism campaign,\" Elbaum said.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6087704,"gmtCreate":1633337136340,"gmtModify":1634722359461,"authorId":4088590202250050,"author":{"id":4088590202250050,"idStr":"4088590202250050","authorId":4088590202250050,"name":"Vincentwong","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5b5a948efaf2850efeccfffd4d55b1b1","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":820933923,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"CN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":33,"commentSize":11,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}