How to Evaluate a Takeover Bid?

Company a, b c has made a bid to take over company x. Ad, first first, where do you even begin an assessing if there's a potential trade? Sure. So i think the first thing we're primarily interested in is, no, how credible is the bid in terms of y,. things like, is it binding or non binding? Am, who's the bidar, is it funded? Am, have they completed other successful transactions you have previously? Are they an australian bidder or an international bidder? What's the company that's being bid for? M, is it politically sensitive? It's are going to be potentiall a a triplec or a