his site contains extensive online material on the legal aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions. Though most of the materials are applicable to any corporate consolidation, publicly-held financial institutions receive special attention in some of the articles and outlines. These documents are in Adobe®Acrobat® format. If you do not already have the free Adobe® Reader you may download it from the Adobe® website.

• Letter of Intent
  
• Disclosure of Preliminary Merger Negotiations
• Confidentiality Agreement
• Merger Terms and Basic Documents
• Due Diligence
• Insider Trading
• Mergers Between Equals
• Governmental Approval
• Shareholder Approval
• Role of Directors in the Acquisition Process