A. Which of the following statements about acquisitions is most correct?

In any acquisition, distribution channels usually fit perfectly and don't require much attention by the acquiring company.

Acquisitions never fail.

Cultural fit is usually not an issue with any acquisition.

Acquisitions sometimes fail because the acquiring company did not bother to put an implementation team into place.

B. One key reason that a company's founders may have for selling their company is.

they still love what they are doing

they love their company

liquidity

they have no retirement plans

C. Visiting financial institutions and explaining the virtues of your soon-to-be publicly-traded company stock is known as.

a prospectus

a roadshow

an S-1

a disclosure agreement

D. The IPO is official when the actual transaction takes place, wherein a company sends its shares to an investment bank and the bank transfers money to the company. This transaction (which precedes the trading of shares on the public/secondary markets) is known as.

exchange transaction

shorting

overriding

underwriting