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2. The No-talk clause was implemented which disabled Conrail’s ability to have merger discussions for a 6-month period unless special conditions occurred, such as the necessity for the Company’s board of directors to consider another offer that way they can act responsibly for their shareholders or if a better offer comes into play which dominates CSX’s bid and CSX is considered unlikely to compete. This allows Conrail to pursue better deals while weakening CSX’s barriers of preventing another company to compete in the merger.

Generate a list of the ways in which you believe your responsibilities and the tasks you perform are likely to change because of the merger and your resulting new role. Hint: It may be helpful to make lists of what you imagine to be the circumstances before and after your appointment. For example, two obvious points of comparison involve number of employees (which implies many necessary tasks) and travel inherent in the job. See how long a list you are able to generate.

From the liberal point of view, the FTC and the EC should recognize the Boeing-McDonnell Douglas merger as an international issue, not a national issue, so that it should restrain autonomy of state, in this case the U.S., preventing from intervention to protect domestic interests. However, in the case of Boeing-Mc Donnell Douglas, both antitrust authorities, specifically the European Commission, acted in a protectionist manner keeping domestic interests. In a study on 290 proposed acquisitions screened by the EC during 1990, it was found that although European merger and acquisition regulators claim to be protecting competition and consumers, in fact, the more harm suffered by European rival firms when the acquire is coming from the outside the EU, the greater the likelihood of European regulatory intervention against the proposed merger or acquisition . The EC’s focus on competitors rather than consumers was revealed by this study.

On Friday, January 23, 2004 Union Planters Corporation and Regions Financial Corporation announced they would merge. This will create the twelfth largest holding company in the United States. This merger was deemed the merger of equals (Hillard, 1/26/2004, para. 2). The stockholders of both companies overwhelming voted for the merger on June 8, 2004 (Morgan, 6/17/2004, para. 2). On June 17, 2004 the merger received approval from the Federal Reserve, the last of the governmental approvals needed (Morgan, 6/17/2004, para. 1). The merger effective date was July 1, 2004, when the Union Planters stock symbol ceased to exist (Morgan, 6/17/2004, para. 5).

There were two companies tasked with the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Union Pacific working from the East coast and the Central Pacific working from the West coast, the concept was for these two companies to meet somewhere in the middle. Greed became a significant factor amongst both the Union and Central Pacific Railroad companies because constructing one mile of tracks would generate $32,000 in profit; this led the Union Pacific to request to unnecessarily lengthen the route in order to increase its profit. While the Central Pacific “award[ed] the construction and supplies contract to one of their [four] own[ers],” soon after his resignation from the corporation in an attempt to cover their lucrative interests.

By combining these already large companies, the railroad created a new power as they gained control of many aspects of the new economy, this allowed them the ability to weed out completion, lower labor prices and raw materials prices, charge higher prices for customers and get special treatment from National and State government (Rise of monopolies 1996). All in all, the Railroad Industry had become a huge monopoly, not with just one product or service but with multiple industries. The Railroad had all the power, controlling all the prices, and since the new residents of the west could not survive without the use of the railroad, they were forced to pay the price the railroad companies set (Rise of monopolies 1996).

5. Merger/Final Agreement. This Agreement merges all prior agreements and understandings of the parties. This is the final Agreement of the parties and this Agreement contains all of the duties, obligations and rights of the parties. Any term or condition omitted from this Agreement (and which is not part of any schedule), is not intended to be a part of this Agreement. No oral agreements have been made except as set forth

A merger is a partial or total combination of two separate business firms and forming of a new one. There are predominantly two kinds of mergers: partial and complete. Partial merger usually involves the combination of joint ventures and inter-corporate stock purchases. Complete mergers are results in blending of identities and the creation of a single succeeding firm. (Hicks, 2012, p 491). Mergers in the healthcare sector, particularly horizontal hospital mergers wherein two or more hospitals merge into a single corporation, are increasing both in frequency and importance. (Gaughan, 2002). This paper is an attempt to study the impact of the merger of two competing healthcare organization and will also attempt to propose appropriate

Outside the United States, pre-merger filings for qualifying transactions may be made with various national antitrust enforcement agencies. Among European Union (EU) member countries, the European Commission (EC) has exclusive authority to conduct antitrust reviews for transactions meeting its mandatory filing requirements. A national antitrust agency in the EU may request that the EC refer merger review to it, where a transaction may have distinct effects on competition in the member country.

Question 1 Several factors have been proposed as providing a rationale for mergers. Among the more prominent ones are (1) tax considerations, (2) diversification, (3)

Another argument that is mentioned in the materials is that CSX want to do the merger, before another company tries. CSX doesn’t want Norfolk southern to get Conrail.

At the beginning the offer was a reaction to the CSX bid; then other factors came into play, such as time, the time span until the vote of the shareholders, the legal procedure (since the judge ruled against Norfolk Southern). Secondly, the outcome of this process will determine the future development of the companies involved. The merged companies, the winners, will survive, whereas the loser will disappear from the market. Based on this fact we might assume that each

Conrail and CSX, the nation’s first and third largest railroads, have decided to participate in a merger of equals. CSX has offered to acquire Conrail in a two tiered deal. The first 40% of tendered Conrail shares will be bought at a price of $92.50 while the remaining 60% will be acquired through a stock swap at a ratio of 1.8561921 (CSX:Conrail). In the midst of this offer, a hostile Bid comes in from Norfolk Southern, a competitor in the Industry. Norfolk Southern offers ____

One major objective of mergers is to be able to reduce or fully eliminate the weaknesses that may exit in

As we can see on attached charts - Market was not too sure about this merger (“On paper, the deal has much to commend it, many outsiders say”. But thorny issues remain, including how to accommodate the strains between consultants and auditors, potential conflicts of interest involving important clients and even the delicate matter of choosing a new name. If the negotiators are not careful, fallout could haunt the combined firm for years to come.) From the time when merger plans were made public Shares of