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Practical and entertaining education for
attorneys, accountants, business owners and
executives, and investors.

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Disclaimer
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legal, financial or other professional advice. You should consult with an attorney or other
appropriate professional to determine what may be best for your individual needs. While
Financial Poise™ takes reasonable steps to ensure that information it publishes is accurate,
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Thank You To Our Sponsors

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Meet the Faculty
MODERATOR:
Robert Londin - Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, NY
PANELISTS:
Stephen Brodsky - Mazzola Lindstrom LLP, New York
Terry Orr - HKA, Philadelphia
Michael D. Weis - Firsel Ross & Weis, Chicago
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About This Webinar- Post-Closing Issues: Integration &
Potential Buyer/Seller Disputes
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The deal is complete, and the parties have finished the hard work. Or have they? Integration
planning turns to execution as people, process, and technology are combined once the deal
is legally closed. The buyer will need to consider the purchased business or assets from the
standpoint of employees, IT, customers, suppliers, and a multitude of other areas. In
addition, numerous post-closing legal issues may arise, including purchase price adjustments,
breaches of representations and warranties, enforcement of key negative employment-related
covenants and restrictive covenants, collection of pre-closing accounts receivable, and true-
ups of final financials. This episode guides listeners through the process, timing, and issues
which most commonly arise after the closing of deals.

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About This Series – Private Company M&A Boot Camp 2022
This series features leading M&A attorneys and other deal professionals speaking about
private company M&A in roughly chronological order, guiding the audience through a
conversation that spans from deal origination, the LOI (letter-of-intent) or term sheet, due
diligence, document drafting and negotiation, closing, and post-closing. Issues addressed
include tax planning and structure; corporate governance; negotiating deal points and
common pitfalls and challenges; closing conditions; representations and warranties;
indemnification provisions; earn-outs; restrictive covenants; antitrust; intellectual property; and
employment. While many of the topics covered apply also to public company M&A, the focus
of this webinar series is on M&A involving a privately owned company or business.
Each Financial Poise Webinar is delivered in Plain English, understandable to investors, business owners, and
executives without much background in these areas, yet is of primary value to attorneys, accountants, and other
seasoned professionals. Each episode brings you into engaging, sometimes humorous, conversations designed to
entertain as it teaches. Each episode in the series is designed to be viewed independently of the other episodes so that
participants will enhance their knowledge of this area whether they attend one, some, or all episodes.
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Episodes in this Series
#1: Structuring and Planning the M&A Transaction
Premiere date: 8/25/22
#2: Key Provisions in M&A Agreements
Premiere date: 9/22/22
#3: The M&A Process
Premiere date: 10/27/22
#4: Post-Closing Issues: Integration & Potential Buyer/Seller Disputes
Premiere date: 11/17/22
#5: Negotiating an M&A Deal
Premiere date: 12/15/22
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Episode #4
Post-Closing Issues: Integration & Potential Buyer/Seller Disputes
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Post-Acquisition Integration = Merging operations,
finances, culture, etc. of acquired business with Buyer
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Goal=Synergy
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Asset or Equity Deal
• Asset Deal
✓ Does Buyer get Seller’s name?
✓ Who collects Seller’s A/R?
✓ Third party consents
✓ Handling of any pandemic PPP loans
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Asset or Equity Deal
• Equity Deal (other than if merger)
✓ Does Target entity remain?
o If not, issues related to transferring Target’s employees to benefits plans, stock
option plans, result
✓ Third party consents
✓ Handling of any pandemic PPP loans
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General Principles
• Direction from the top
• Begins pre-close
• Move fast before day-to-day business issues overshadow integration efforts
• Integration Manager (role should ideally start during due diligence)
• Role clarity
• Don’t permit bad behavior
• Consider when to inform target company employees of acquisition (adverse attrition and
confidentiality concerns)
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The “First 100 Days”
• Make decisions & set priorities
• Communication is key
• What communications will Seller/Target permit prior to closing?
✓ FAQs
✓ What stays the same?
✓ What changes?
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The Next 18 Months
• Implement decisions based on priorities
• Integration teams
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Substantive Areas
• IT
• Branding
• Risk management/insurance
• Legal/compliance
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Measuring Success Short Term
• Usable IT system
• Motivation/engagement
• Knowledge transfer
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Measuring Success Longer Term
• Retention of…
✓ Employees
✓ Customers
✓ Suppliers
✓ Physical facilities/workforce economies of scale
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Imperatives for PMI Success According to the Boston
Consulting Group
• Define first principles- the objectives and philosophy of the merger- and design the PMI
to reflect them
• Manage the PMI as a discrete process, separate from the day-to-day running of the
business
• Organize PMI teams to mirror the value drivers of the merger- and staff with the best
people
• Insist on senior leadership that is active, committed, and highly visible
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Imperatives for PMI Success According to the Boston
Consulting Group
• Maximize cost synergies but plan for revenue synergies as well
• Define explicit cost and revenue targets and revisit them continually throughout the PMI
• Retain current customers by making them an integral part of the PMI process
• Manage talent- by selecting, retaining, and developing the best people for the new
organization
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Imperatives for PMI Success According to the Boston
Consulting Group
• Design a workable organization structure for the combined company
• Recognize that PMI is an exercise in change management
• Assume that it is better to have “too much” communication than too little
• Manage the integration of organization culture with the same discipline and rigor as the
operational and financial integration
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Earn-Out Issues?
• Is there an earn-out in place, and if so, does it put any constraints on buyer in terms of
hiring and firing employees, amount of CapEx, etc.?
• Does the main acquisition agreement provide for any Buyer covenants with respect to the
earn-out (good faith and fair dealing; seller consent rights; limitations/adjustments based on
post-closing for other acquisitions or dispositions)
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Collection of Accounts Receivable (Generally Only
Applicable in an Asset Purchase)
• Who collects outstanding A/R as between Buyer and Seller?
• Are there restrictions in how collected A/R is to be accounted for?
• Additional payment to Seller as opposed to indemnification right for Buyer (and if so,
subject to cap and basket)?
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Post-Closing True-Up / Balance Sheet Adjustment
• Who does it and when?
• Right to contest; dispute resolution
• Additional payment to Seller as opposed to indemnification right for Buyer (and if so,
subject to cap and basket)?
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“Positive” Employment – and Consulting-Related
Responsibilities
• Employment and consulting agreements
• Difficulty of getting primary shareholders to remain engaged post-transaction?
• Non-employment and consulting transition services, such as any assignments, customer
and supplier introductions not done pre-closing, etc.
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“Negative” Employment and Consulting Restrictions
• Covenants not to compete
• Restrictions on soliciting employees, customers and business relations
• Enforceability concerns?
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Breaches of Representations and Warranties
• Anything in breach at the closing, and if so, is a suit cut off?
• How long do the representations and warranties survive after closing?
• Are there non-monetary limitations on indemnification claims (for example, obligation to
mitigate damages or pursue insurance)?
• Monetary limits (cap and basket)
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Breaches of Representations and Warranties
• Offset rights for Seller for Buyer’s insurance and tax recoveries
• Existing insurance (“occurrence”), tail or express M&A insurance?
• Analysis of tax benefit (loss) to otherwise indemnifiable losses
• Any reason Buyer might want to not seek indemnification even if it was or might be so
entitled?
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About the Faculty
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About The Faculty
Robert Londin - rlondin@jaspanllp.com
A partner in his firm’s Corporate and Commercial Transactions Group, Mr. Londin counsels
numerous companies in connection with their mergers and acquisitions (both strategic and
financial), financing needs and the execution of their business plans; financial concerns in
capital markets transactions; emerging-growth companies; seed and venture capital clients in
connection with the formation of their investment vehicles and making of their portfolio
company investments; borrowers and lenders in secured financings; and companies and
highly compensated executives in connection with their compensation and separation
arrangements. Rob serves as general counsel to many clients and their senior executives and
advisory boards. This general corporate representation covers day-to-day legal issues as well
as strategic planning and business development extending to acquisition and financing
concerns. He also represents technology and emerging-growth clients in connection with their
strategic alliances, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, venture
capital, banking transactions and general corporate needs.
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About The Faculty
Stephen L. Brodsky– stephen@mazzolalindstrom.com
Stephen is a Corporate and Litigation Partner with Mazzola Lindstrom LLP in New York City. He is
outside General Counsel to privately held companies and entrepreneurs in several industries. In that
capacity, he represents his clients in connection with their corporate formations, governance issues,
acquisitions, sales and other deals, and provides ongoing advice for their business operations. Stephen is
also an accomplished trial attorney and represents his clients in litigation, arbitration and proceedings
before government agencies. Stephen graduated from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan
Fiske Scholar, and received his B.A. in Philosophy from University of Pennsylvania, summa cum laude.
Outside his legal practice, Stephen serves in several leadership roles in both the American Bar
Association and New York State Bar Association. He regularly writes and publishes on legal and
business-related topics. Finally, he is very active in nonprofit and civic work both in New York and
nationally.
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About The Faculty
Terry Orr– TerryOrr@hka.com
Terry Orr is a highly respected authority in forensic accounting, with experience as an auditor and audit
partner in international public accounting firms, where he audited both public and private companies.
Terry regularly works with private equity firms, public company boards, management and outside
counsel, and his expertise and insight have proved essential in resolving a wide range of matters,
including fraud detection, investigation, remediation, and prevention Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
(FCPA) investigations; and litigated disputes. Terry has significant expertise assisting clients with often-
contentious issues arising in disputes. He has delivered expert testimony on accounting, financial,
economic, valuation and damage quantification issues in the context of commercial litigation and acts as
a neutral accounting arbitrator.
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About The Faculty
Michael D. Weis– mweis@firselross.com
Michael D. Weis is a member of the Corporate Finance Practice Group in Dykema’s Chicago office. Mr. Weis
represents clients in several different industries including manufacturing, distribution, real estate, health care,
food and beverage, technology and professional services. Mr. Weis is regularly involved in the negotiation,
structure, documentation and closing of complex corporate, commercial real estate and finance transactions in
the United States and abroad. Mr. Weis was named a Leading Lawyer in the practice areas of Commercial Real
Estate and Corporate Law.
Mr. Weis is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign College of Commerce and Business
Administration (B.S. in Accountancy with High Honors) and is a cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign College of Law. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1985. Mr. Weis actively
serves as a member of conference task forces in the corporate, tax, and real estate arenas. He volunteers his
time extensively to the American Heart Association.
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