[Sam]

@trephena

I did email OB and explain the situation a couple of times, and they have confirmed that they will not make an exception for me. At least I spotted this change now so at least I still have time to make the Period 33 submission dates!

You are very knowledgeable on this topic, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on my questions above? The difficulty is that with such recent acquisitions, I feel that there hasn’t been much chance for the merger/acquisition to have had a significant effect on culture.

[Sam]

Hi,

Thank you all for your help before.

The new RAP guidance is out and you must now choose a merger or acquisition which is not more than three submission periods ago, so that for period 33, the merger must have taken place after November 2013. I now need to restart my project, as i had written about a merger from 2009!

So a couple quick questions:
– As the merger is so recent, can I write about the likely consequences? i.e. the management team of the combined company is predominantly from the acquiring company, therefore the likely consequences are for the acquiring company’s culture to prevail?
– For the financial consequence, can I write about the transfer of value resulting from too high a purchase price? Or is this too loose a financial consequence?

Thanks again for your help!

[Sam]

Thank you very much for your help, I really appreciate it!

[Sam]

Hi,

I had a quick question and was hoping you might be able to help.

I was looking to write about the Bank of America Merrill Lynch merger for my RAP. Would this be a suitable topic to write about?

I have found quite a bit of information online, but a year before Bank of America bought Merrill Lynch, they also bought Countrywide. Would it be too difficult to identify the financial consequences of the Merrill Lynch acquisition, given the Countrywide acquisition’s impact on the financial statements?

Thanks in advance for any help!

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