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This PowerPoint presentation is an example of how to successfully roll out M&A Day 1 communications across continents.
On the day of close, the press release goes out simultaneously across all markets at the local-time equivalent of the US market open — 7:00am Chicago, 2:00pm Paris, 7:30pm Hyderabad.
Day 1 hits six functions in parallel across every site:
- Finance executes bank account control transfers.
- HR has employees sign offer letters and confidentiality agreements.
- Onboarding kits and signage are distributed at sites with HR presence on the ground.
- IT activates email access, disables legacy Gmail routing, recreates distribution lists in Outlook, and deploys an interim support model that keeps acquired company laptops running as-is while acquirer applications become accessible.
- Legal activates change-of-control clauses across MSAs, reseller agreements, and other contracts.
- Marketing deploys customer and vendor communications, updates the website and social channels, and addresses branding, boilerplate, legal disclaimers, and privacy policy in one coordinated push.
The weeks that follow focus on country-specific onboarding, engineering and product alignment sessions, and completion of required compliance documentation — creating the operational foundation for a successful integration.