Running Head: BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Assignment 1 Business Combinations

Use the Internet to research two (2) publically traded U.S. companies, and download their financial statements. Assume you are the CEO of a major corporation. You are responsible for expanding the corporation through the acquisition of another company. Assume that the acquisition involved 15 million in goodwill.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

an explanation for the business combination method you selected in expanding the corporation by acquiring another firm, your reason for selecting that business combination method, and how the purchase will grow the business. Identify at least five (5) possible synergies that could occur as a result of the proposed acquisition.

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