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Overcoming pension and benefit issues in M&A
transactions
Speakers: Eric Warner, Noam Lakser, Phil Shirley, Adam Rosenberg
M&A activity
(whether acquisition, divestiture or joint venture) has become part
of daily life for multinational companies. In recent years, these
organizations have learned that their transactions are most
successful when HR is involved early as part of the deal team,
beginning in the pretarget phase and following through due
diligence to integration. This way, the critical people issues, such
as pension and benefit liabilities, can be spotted early and dealt
with to influence the success of the transaction.
Despite this, we continue to hear from our clients about
the difficulties and complexities of coming to grips with pension
and benefit issues in such transactions – particularly in
cross-border or multicountry situations.
Typical problems include:
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Understanding local accounting treatments
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Keeping up
with new regulations
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Planning
for integrated benefit provision
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Dealing
with significant pension deficits relative to market
capitalization
A global Mercer team
with expertise in dealing with
these and other issues in M&A situations will address common
pitfalls and offer guidance in overcoming these
issues. They will also discuss four activities that are critical to
effecting change.
A thorough and robust examination of people
risks and costs is a necessary component of any due diligence
process – especially when doing an M&A transaction. And ignoring
pension and benefit red flags can and will threaten the ultimate
success of the deal.
Please join us
for an enlightening presentation on effecting change
through your pension and benefit plans during M&A transactions.
Tuesday,
3 April 2007, 12:00 noon - 1:00 PM US ET
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