Should you walk away from a prospective merger or acquisition? It is an industry-accepted fact is that 83% of all mergers and acquisitions fail to produce any benefit for the shareholders and over 50% of all mergers and acquisitions actually destroy value.

Understand the issues that can disguise facts or derail your plans for success before you commit to a merger or acquisition. Go in with a plan and an experienced professional team to:

• Analyze the communications;
• Identify the drivers that determine the actual profitability of the new model;
• Filter out unnecessary noise from shareholders and others who may not be able to contribute to the process; and
• Discern cultural issues that are not being addressed successfully.

Read my latest Blog post on the Cola-Cola FEMSA merger with Mexican bottler, Grupo Tampico.

Howard Krant, CPA
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