Mergers Gifts

'Our only hope is a merger so we can become too big to fail.'

The merger hits a snag.

"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.'

'So, summing up: we 'like' you and you 'like' us.'

'Hold out - They're going to make a better offer.'

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

"Gentleman, come in! Come in! Let me take your company."

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

'It appears that Megalamp Industries, a conglomerate, wants to take over our family.'

Gentlemen, don't think of this as a corporate takeover, it's a corporate makeover.

'I didn't know he was also into corporate mergers!'

"Your merger proposition does have significant synergy potential."

'This time we're going to do things right. And if that doesn't work, we'll just go back to stealing.'

A fight in the Boardroom.

'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.'

Voice coming from wooden horse: 'Quiet Fanshaw! If this hostile take-over bid is going to work we've got to get right inside the boardroom.'

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

'We've just become the biggest corporation in America.. let's celebrate today and begin downsizing tomorrow.'

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

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

"We structured the deal so it won't make any sense to you."

'To close the deal, I had to make some minor concessions.'

'If we have only fractional ownership, it's not a private jet anymore, is it?'

"That's Hicks from the corporate office. He's adorable, but trust me—when it comes to acquisitions, he's an animal!"

Fish and color

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

Takeovers.

'He's ruthless and greedy... so let's make sure he's on our side.'

"Now this chart should clear up any confusion you have with the report."

'We have what might be a very good idea...'

'He bowed lower for me than for you.'

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