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STUDENTS
MERGERS
P R O F.
M.A GLORIELA
WEEK 2 CHACÓN
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Merger
Acquisition
Page 3 Synergies
KEY VOCABULARY: Competitive ness

Shareholder value
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WORD
C H O O S E T H R E E W O R D S A N D W R I T E O N E S E N T E N C E W I T H T H AT

1. Shareholders will be voting on the proposed merger of the companies next week.

2. In order to enable new resources a company must have strategic alliances

3. The company has the largest market share with sales in 2010.

4. Shareholders are an indispensable part of any company

5. A Takeover bid takes place when a company gets the power over another company, through the purchase of
at least 51% of the shares.
6.Merger: It was decided to perform a merger to obtain better results.
7. Companies that focus on increasing shareholder value are more profitable, because they focus on reducing
costs and improving efficiency.
Top 10 Business Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQSsPsbfkZI
 Top 10 Business Mergers and Acquisitions of All Time
- Facebook and Instragram
- City Corp. and Traveler’s group
- British petroleum and Amoco
- Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading
- Exxon and mobile
- Pfizer and Pharmacia
- GP Morgan
- ATT and BellSouth corporation
- Google + applied semantics
- Verizon and GTA
Merger and Acquisition
•A merger occurs when two separate entities combine
forces to create a new, joint organization.
•An acquisition refers to the takeover of one entity by another.
•The two terms have become increasingly blended and used in conjunction with one
another.
•Legally speaking, a merger requires two companies to consolidate into a new
entity with a new ownership and management structure, not necessarily under a new
name.
•In an acquisition, a new company does not emerge. Instead, the smaller company is
often consumed and ceases to exist with its assets becoming part of the larger
company. Acquisitions, sometimes called takeovers, generally carry a more negative
connotation than mergers. As a result, acquiring companies may refer to an acquisition
 Page 4 Mega Mergers
Disney Daimler Benz
Starbucks Miramax
Chrysler Pepsico

– Listen to the audio and answer

questions in #2
 Work in small groups: 3-5
Work from 11-12
– Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQWSpfYOHAg
– Research about a merger, Alliance or acquisition
– DO NOT repeat
– Refer to the history of each company
– Reasons why they decided to create that alliance/merge/ acquisition
– What were the synergies obtained?
– Create a short presentation
– Speak for about 3 minutes each person
– 1 pm to present
FEEDBACK ON CLASSWORK-GRAMMAR

– We have divide the work in: have divided

– It was found in 1950: founded
– They had the initiative of invest: They had the initiative of investing
– We’ll talk you about: We’ll talk TO you about:
– It’s very important understand the…: ’s very important to understand the
– Animation for childrens: Animation for children
– Disney have a lot of ideas for…: has (SVA)
– If the Fox do a merger with Disney (past event): did
– It’s important mention that: It’s important mention to mention
– They start with this technology (past event)
FEEDBACK ON CLASSWORK-PRONUNCIATION
– Synergies /ˈsɪn.ɚ.dʒi/ – Dates “2000” – Negotiations
– Found verb – 2007 – Carried out (linking)
Found (simple present) – Region – Platform no Plataform
Founded (past and past participle)
– Famous: ei – Alliance /əˈlaɪ.əns/
– Delimited
– Europe – Profits (stress and pron.)
– Financial  /faɪˈnæn.ʃəl/
– However  /ˈprɑː.fɪt/
– Largest
– Assets – Sales – Profitable
– Acquisition – Allows – Percentage (stress)
– Specifically: a is silent
– Finding – Package
– catalogue
– Moved
– Century
– Competition
– Famous: /eɪ/ – Merchandise
– Initiative
– Pioneer – opponent
FEEDBACK ON CLASSWORK-VOCABULARY AND CONTENT

– Thorough content: excellent!

– Very nice visual aids
– Technical voabulary, great!
– Found verb
Found (simple present)
Founded (past and past participle)
– “Produsation”: production
– History vs story
– History: the study of past events or people
– Story: the telling of something that
happened to you or someone
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PAGE 6: VOCABULARY MATCHING

Taken from https://blog.smarp.com/mergers-acquisitions-the-importance-of-internal-communications
Let’s continue checking the asynchronous class
PAGE 6: VOCABULARY MATCHING
1. SHAREHOLDER VALUE f. WHAT STOCKS IN A PUBLIC COMPANY ARE WORTH

2. CONGLOMERATE e. ORGANIZATIONS COMPRISING SEVERAL COMPANIES

3. PORTFOLIO a. COLLECTION OF COMPANIES

4. CORE COMPETENCE c. MOST IMPORTANT ACTIVITY

5. BID b. AN OFFER TO BUY

6. VERTICAL INTEGRATION d. CONTROLLING ALL STAGES OF ONE PARTICULAR TYPE OF

BUSINESS
Metaphors A metaphor is an expression, that
in Business describes a person, situation or object
by referring to it as something different
and that is considered to have similar
characteristics to that person or object.
“On the prowl:” (of a person or animal)
 /ˈprɑː.fɪt/ moving around in search or as if in
search of prey.
 Why Use Metaphors in Business English?
– Words are powerful, and businesspeople harness this power when
they use metaphors. The use of metaphors does three things.
– 1. Metaphors help capture attention.
– 2. Metaphors create connections with other people.
– 3. Metaphors simplify complex ideas.
Where can I find Metaphor in Business?
Newspapers and Magazines (The New York Times
, Financial Times, The Economist)
Reading is the best way to expose yourself to
Business English metaphors on a daily basis. 
The New York Times lets you read a limited number
of articles per month for free.
Metaphor in Business
Metaphor in Business
 Homework/Asynchronous class: 3 to 4
– Page 6: solve exercise “Vocabulary 2-Metaphors”: find the metaphors in the text
according to the meanings
– Practice on page 6 “To merge or not to merge” (based on Reading on page 5 “Spring in
their Steps”)
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJAQ0LOpWM watch the video and jot down the
sports metaphors in business. Write the meaning of each metaphor. Be ready to discuss
the metaphors and make sentences in class
– Review the info “Asking for Information” on p. 15 and “Grammar Reference”
on page 17.
– Complete exercises on page 7.
– Listen to tracks 3 and 4 (in Audios-Section 1 in the drive folder or Mediación
Virtual) and complete exercises 1, 2 and 3 on p. 8