Frank Aquila Quotes (9 Quotes)

It's very clear Boston Scientific is not making this acquisition for what this company can do in 2006, 2007. This is a long-term strategic acquisition for them.

China and India have rapidly growing economies and a great challenge for them going forward will be finding energy assets to keep their economies growing.

Essentially, they (Guidant) are going to say ... yes there have been issues at Guidant, but do those issues give rise to a right on the part of Johnson Johnson to walk away from the transaction

I have to believe, given the level of discussion I've heard about it, that bankers are certainly out there identifying companies that are repatriating large sums and doing what they can to get their business.

When we look back in three years, there's going to be a higher likelihood that those companies that repatriated substantial non-U.S. profits have done major transactions compared with companies that have not repatriated assets.

My gut tells me that these guys will renegotiate the price and there will be a significant haircut. Assuming they're reasonable and want to get the deal done, there's got to be some middle ground they can find.

The level of activity has been building up the last month or two. We have a very strong pipeline headed into 2006, as do most of the MA law firms and the investment banks.

Most people are of the view that this is long overdue. It probably would have happened a few years ago had there not been the criminal and accounting issues around Tyco.

When all is said and done, what you'll probably see is some sort of negotiated settlement here, whether it's a breakup fee, or lower purchase price, ... Neither company has a strong interest in seeing this resolved in the court.