Merger And Acquisition Consultant Prints

'We feel it's rather presumptuous of you to think mergers apply only to life on earth!'

'And I'm happy to say, that since the merger...'

"Well, it looks like the merger is off."

'They sold the company in 2001? I was wondering why things were slow.'

"What if he's bluffing? What if he's not? What if the room just gets too hot?"

'We divested ourselves of a division here, a subsidiary there, a branch here, an affiliate there...there's nothing left!'

"I see we're going up against the Big Guys."

"It's Swamp & Swallow - they're making an offer we can't refuse!"

"They've agreed to the merger, the sticking point is who is swallowing who?"

Fish and color

'Uh - oh... this looks like an unfriendly takeover!'

Takeovers.

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

"Cheer up, if this carries on we could become a very attractive takeover target.

'Make them a four billion dollar takeover offer, but don't cause a fuss.'

'I understand they specialize in acquisitions.'

"So far it doesn't look like a hostile takeover."

"I believe he was the victim of a hostile takeover."

'With the firm growing at the speed it has there are bound to be a few problems...'

'Sorry, J.B., but I never merge after a first meeting.'

'I believe in aggressive mergers, Celia.'

"Nobody wants to merge with us."

"Benign so far."

"I gotta admit, he's one hell of a negotiator."

Business Partners' vows

"I always cry at mergers."

'It's okay if don't want to give us control of your company. We're perfectly capable of living with incredible disappointment.'

'Massive unpredictability is absolutely certain, maybe.'

'There's enough of us...we can take them!'

'A hostile takeover just wasn't feasible, so we agreed to a hostile merger.'

'A merger will enable us to have more people to blame.'

"I was able to negotiate it from a hostile takeover to an uneasy alliance."

For sale

'The buildings are merging.'

Daimler, ChryslerSturm and Drang meeting