ACS buyout: Evolutionary bid

Darwin Deason, the founder and chairman of Affiliated Computer Sciences, threatened to shoot his chef during a cruise in 2001, at least according to a profile in D, a Dallas monthly magazine. He denied it. But his latest offer to take the company private certainly shows aggressive tendencies. Deason now warns that his sweetened $6.2bn, or $62 per share, gambit to take the company private is his «best and final offer. « But in this case, he’s brandishing an unloaded weapon. Deason owns close to ...