Was the merger considered horizontal, vertical, or conglomerate? What was the value of the deal? How was the deal structured? What was the objective of the bidder? How did the target present opportunities to meet the objective of the bidder?

Discussion 1-1

For this assignment, you will begin examining mergers and acquisitions by choosing one from a list of merger and acquisition deals. You will give this deal a high-level overview.

Research and give a high-level overview of one of the following deals from 2016:

Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductors
Sunoco Logistics and Energy Transfer Partners
British American Tobacco and Reynolds American
Bayer and Monsanto
AT&T and Time Warner

Here are some questions to consider for your initial post, although you do not need to answer all of them:

Was the merger considered horizontal, vertical, or conglomerate?
What was the value of the deal?
How was the deal structured?
What was the objective of the bidder?
How did the target present opportunities to meet the objective of the bidder?
What concerns were inherent in the merger?