IBM & Red Hat acquisition analysis

1. Company's profile - brief history IBM and RedHat

2. Product lines and customer base  IBM and RedHat

3. IBMs past Acquisitions and its success( failure ) story line aka Cannibalization

4. What was the historical growth rate of IBM ? Did Red hat acquisition shook the IBM admin from its monotoncity

5. What is the Rationale behind this Merger( read M& A handouts)

6. Red Hat operates on open source OS platform .... which means everyone is having he code . Then How do you expect IBM create Value to it owners in this acquisition?

7 Did IBM over pay? Whats the market reaction IBM vs RedHat share holders

8.How did IBM buy Redhat ? cash offer or Stock offer?

9. Whats the role of RedHat CEO in future? Is RedHat still retain its uniqueness and operate independently????

10. How do IBM realize value in this Acquisition over the period of 10 years?

11. What is the capital structure of IBM and RedHat

12. How can CEO -IBM/ RedHat could calm down IBM investors fears?