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New York, 10 September 2009

• Prepares HR leaders and their teams to add value before, during and after the deal
• Session scheduled for October 21-22 at the Gleacher Center in Chicago

Human resource (HR) executives and other professionals responsible for the human capital aspects of mergers, acquisitions and other business transactions should mark their calendars for Mercer’s M&A Ready™ 2009 workshop, being held October 21-22 at The University of Chicago Gleacher Center in Chicago. By attending this interactive two-day workshop, participants will gain an understanding of M&A fundamentals from the HR perspective. M&A Ready enables professionals to better advise the deal team on how human capital policies, programs and practices affect deal success and to help their organizations generate better short- and long-term results for employees, customers and shareholders.

“Although M&A activity continues to face challenges due to the current economic turmoil, deals in the greater Chicago area and around the globe will continue in 2009,” said Gareth Williams, a Chicago-based worldwide partner in Mercer’s M&A consulting business. “However, the nature of deals will be different. In this difficult environment, which is expected to continue through the balance of 2009 and into 2010, HR’s mandate to assure value is derived from a deal is even more challenging. Through facilitated discussions featuring interactive exercises, our M&A Ready workshops are able to illustrate and simulate the best-practice M&A principles and processes that every senior HR leader must know in order to effectively manage transactions – in whatever form they take.”

Mercer’s global M&A consulting business is a world leader in M&A human capital consulting, supporting private equity and corporate clients in hundreds of transactions a year. Mercer has more than 175 dedicated engagement and project management consultants that assist clients in all phases of transactions, from due diligence, to “day one” and integration.  These specialists, in turn, work with thousands of other Mercer consultant colleagues who possess expertise in a variety of human capital/resource areas in order to provide the best possible M&A solutions for clients.

Mercer M&A Ready 2009 workshops are led by seasoned professionals with hands-on deal experience as part of Mercer’s global M&A consulting business. As a recent attendee explained, “The course provided a comprehensive view of the human capital aspects of acquisitions. I will be sending my entire M&A team to a future session because they will benefit greatly from this broad perspective.”

Mercer’s upcoming Chicago M&A Ready workshop will be held at:

The University of Chicago Gleacher Center
450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive
Chicago, IL 60611

Complete information, including a full schedule of Mercer M&A Ready 2009 workshops and online registration, is available at http://www.mercer.com/maready.

Note to editors – Mercer’s M&A consultants are available for interviews on a variety of M&A topics, particularly as they relate to human capital/human resource issues. To schedule an interview, please contact Bruce Lee at bruce.lee@mercer.com.

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