2023-05marketQ1 · 2023
Stratasys announces proposed all-stock merger with Desktop Metal; competing 3D Systems bid follows; merger later terminated.
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- 01SEC EDGAR — Joint Press Release of Stratasys and Desktop Metal (Stratasys to Combine with Desktop Metal in Approximately $1.8 Billion All-Stock Transaction)2023-05-25
The joint press release as filed with the SEC, dated 2023-05-25, announcing the proposed all-stock combination. Supports the merger-announcement portion of this event; the subsequent competing 3D Systems bid and eventual collapse are documented in later filings and press coverage not cited here. sec.gov requires a declared User-Agent and may return 403 to generic automated checkers.
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AM Roadmap. (2023). Stratasys announces proposed all-stock merger with Desktop Metal; competing 3D Systems bid follows; merger later terminated.. AM Roadmap (v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed). Retrieved 2026-08-24, from https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2023-05-ma-8
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@misc{amroadmap_stratasys_announces_proposed_all_stock_m_2023,
title = {Stratasys announces proposed all-stock merger with Desktop Metal; competing 3D Systems bid follows; merger later terminated.},
author = {{AM Roadmap}},
year = {2023},
url = {https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2023-05-ma-8},
note = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed, accessed 2026-08-24}
}Canonical URL: https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2023-05-ma-8