How can you determine the purchase price and terms when a public
company acquires a private company and "terms are not disclosed." 
Specifically, how much did Dell Computer pay (cash and/or stock?) for
Plural recently?

Shinny-ga,

I don't believe the info you are requesting is publicly available.
DELL's 10Q statements have recently come out on the 17th of every
third month (March, June, September, December) and since the
acquisition took place in just a couple days ago, I can't see it
showing up in the June report. Try looking at the September 10Q filing
when it comes out.

Dells last acqusition was ConvergeNet in 1999, about which their 10Q
reported.

From the SEC archives for 4thQ 1999

http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/826083/0000950134-99-011001-d1.html

 "On October 20, 1999, the Company acquired all the outstanding shares
of ConvergeNet Technologies, Inc. (“ConvergeNet”) in exchange for 6.9
million shares of the Company’s common stock and $4.5 million cash for
total purchase consideration of $332 million. ConvergeNet is a creator
of storage domain management technology for enterprise storage area
networks. The consolidated financial statements include the operating
results of ConvergeNet from the date of acquisition. Pro forma results
of operations have not been presented because the effect of the
acquisition was not material."

morris-ga