"Well. what if Ricoh laid off 3,000 workers and and IKON (a Ricoh company) went out and bought a 150 million dealer?"
That would be similar. Ricoh, in their judgment, would have identified 3,000 employees who represented more cost than value.
And Ikon would have found a $150M dealer it could buy for less than it's future value.
It would represent at best two independent good business decisions, and at worst a trade-off... let's cut 3,000 overhead positions and add $150MM in revenue...