If the company pays all or part of the acquisition costs in cash, how should the company finance the acquisition? Outline the risks involved in the acquisition transaction. State your assumptions and carry out a sensitivity analysis of the net present value of the merger. (20 marks) Expectations. One of the most important risks in any acquisition transaction is mis-estimating the potential synergies, as both the cost of the merger and the NPV of the merger are highly dependent on it. Students are therefore required to perform a sensitivity analysis of the NPV of the merger based on how the synergies are estimated. For example, if the synergies arise from lower costs or higher revenues, what are the factors that influence these benefits and how sensitive is the NPV estimate to changes in these factors?