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CASE 31 Acme Alarm Systems Andrew Carter, the CEO of Acme Alarm stems, could not hide his irritation from Becky Garcia over the proposed buyout of Internet Security, Inc. Becky, a recent graduate from the MBA program at the Darden School at the University of Virginia, knew what was Andrew, and decided to discuss the botherins with him over lunch. She suspected The Proposed Merger Becky, who was in charge of the firm's mergers and acquisitions development program, had given Andrew a proposal for Acme Alarm Systems to make a buyout offer for Internet Security, Inc. The logic behind Becky's thinking was that Acme Alarm Systems was too tied to the past with its emphasis on home and office alarm systems, and needed to move into the growing area of providing security for documents that were transferred online. key that Andrew was still not use to having a high powered MBA with a six figure salary on his payroll, but the board of directors for Acme Alarm Systems insisted that Andrew hire more oung, sophisticated talent to meet the The basic stock market information on the two firms is shown in Figure 1 competitive pressures the firm would be facing in the future. CASE 31 Acme Alarm Systems Andrew Carter, the CEO of Acme Alarm stems, could not hide his irritation from Becky Garcia over the proposed buyout of Internet Security, Inc. Becky, a recent graduate from the MBA program at the Darden School at the University of Virginia, knew what was Andrew, and decided to discuss the botherins with him over lunch. She suspected The Proposed Merger Becky, who was in charge of the firm's mergers and acquisitions development program, had given Andrew a proposal for Acme Alarm Systems to make a buyout offer for Internet Security, Inc. The logic behind Becky's thinking was that Acme Alarm Systems was too tied to the past with its emphasis on home and office alarm systems, and needed to move into the growing area of providing security for documents that were transferred online. key that Andrew was still not use to having a high powered MBA with a six figure salary on his payroll, but the board of directors for Acme Alarm Systems insisted that Andrew hire more oung, sophisticated talent to meet the The basic stock market information on the two firms is shown in Figure 1 competitive pressures the firm would be facing in the future