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They say that's an all-cash purchase. So it seems that they really put $32bn in the bank account.



Ultimately they are buying the shares of all existing shareholders. Wiz tells Google who the shareholders are after all triggers of options to shares are resolved. Then Google wires each shareholder after the signatures are complete. No money should go into Wiz bank account. 10-25% of the cash is held back to make sure the company and key employees fulfill promises made as part of the transaction.


Right - the Wiz bank account is about to be the Google bank account, so it wouldn't make any sense for them to receive the funds.




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