Practice question · Put in order
Order the stages of a typical acquisition.
- Negotiate price and announce the offer
- Conduct due diligence on its books and contracts
- Identify a strategic target
- Integrate operations and capture synergies
- Obtain shareholder and antitrust approval
Hints
- Investigation must precede signing, and approval precedes combining.
- The hardest stage comes after the deal closes.
Show the answer
- Identify a strategic target
- Conduct due diligence on its books and contracts
- Negotiate price and announce the offer
- Obtain shareholder and antitrust approval
- Integrate operations and capture synergies
Why
Target → diligence → deal → approval → integration; most value is won or lost in the last stage, long after the champagne.
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