TY - BOOK AU - Carney,William J. TI - Mergers and acquisitions: the essentials T2 - Essentials SN - 9780735583696 U1 - 346.7306626 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, NY PB - Aspen Publishers KW - Consolidation and merger of corporations KW - Law and legislation KW - United States N1 - An overview of acquisitions -- Deal structure considerations -- Finance, tax and accounting issues -- -- Voting rules -- The mating dance -- Negotiating the acquisition agreement -- The duties of the seller's board in considering a sale -- Transactions by a controlling shareholder -- Special problems of leveraged acquisitions -- The impact of the securities laws ER -