Negotiating A Merger Mugs

'Your job is to make sure the contract is not fair to all parties.'

'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...'

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

"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?'

Takeovers.

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

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

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

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

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

"Oh, no! We've inadvertently gobbled up our own parent company."

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

Human Recources Management

'This merger will cut jobs 40%, reduce salaries 30% and increase the work hours 25%. Your job is to make this look like the best thing that ever happened to our employees.'

'There he goes, the bravest M&A knight that our kingdom has ever known.'

"It's strictly business. Please don't take your financial ruin personally."

'There's a gentleman out here with $643 million. He would like to discuss a takeover.'

'I think we're setting the bar too low.'

"Benign so far."

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

'I'm confident that with the right mix of role-playing exercises and prescription medication we'll make a cohesive team.'

"I always cry at mergers."

'Massive unpredictability is absolutely certain, maybe.'

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

'Our first mistake was hiring an honest accounting firm.'

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

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

'I'm downsizing in hopes of a merger.'