Emerson announced this “hostile” takeover a little over a week ago. To be more precise, I think this is now a “strong bear hug” takeover, because Emerson first made an offer in mid-2022 without going public, and then raised the offer in January 2023 and went public with it.
The latest news I see today is that the co-founder, James Truchard, is publicly supporting the deal, as reported here:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/national-instruments-co-founder-backs-150812975.html