合并真不易，起名亦头疼——NYSE Euronet/Deutsche Borse合并

2011年2月15日，德意志证交所的母公司Deutsche Boerse声明，同意以95.3亿美元的价格与纽约证券交易所的母公司NYSE Euronext合并，交易完成后将造就全球最大的证券交易机构所有人，旗下交易所上市公司总市值达到15万亿美元。Deutsche Boerse和NYSE Euronext现有的股份，分别按1：1和1：0.47的比率折换成新公司股份，新公司中Deutsche Boerse原股东将控股60%，占有17个董事中的10个席位，Deutsche Boerse原CEO Reto Francioni任新公司主席，NYSE Euronext原CEO Duncan Niederauer任新公司CEO。

事情是谈妥了，但是麻烦事还不少。首先得取个名吧，这就涉及到谁先谁后了。于是乎一大帮人跳出来了，不把我的名字放前头我就不干者也不在少数。其实，说白了，名字之争是表，背后隐含的是对于影响力丧失的担忧，以及每个个体对于工作的顾虑。

看看路透社的报道就知道了，敢情这种事情在哪都一样。

NYSE Euronet/Deutsche Borse Workers to Pick New Name

Deutsche Borse will avoid forced layoffs in its planned merger with NYSE Euronext, and employees will choose the merged exchange operator's name, Deutsche Borse chief executive Reto Francioni has said.

http://wallstreetandtech.com/articles/229300919

* Forced layoffs to be avoided -- D.Borse CEO Francioni

* Concerns in Germany and U.S. about loss of influence

FRANKFURT - Deutsche Borse will avoid forced layoffs in its planned merger with NYSE Euronext, and employees will choose the merged exchange operator's name, Deutsche Borse chief executive Reto Francioni has said.

Francioni told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung newspaper, according to an advance release from Sunday's edition, that a competition had already been started for employees to find a name, one of the sensitive issues in the proposed merger.

Concerns have been expressed on both sides of the Atlantic about a loss of influence in either New York or Frankfurt, and politicians and regulators are scrutinising the merger.

Last month Senator Charles Schumer, a senior Democratic member of the Senate Banking Committee, said the name of the combined company -- and whether NYSE's name came before that of Deutsche Borse -- was a "critical factor" for him in deciding whether to back the deal.

Schumer had insisted that "NYSE" must have first billing for business and branding reasons.

Francioni played down the prospect of aggressive cost cuts.

"We have never used compulsory redundancies, and will not in the future," he told the paper.

German labor representatives have expressed fears that jobs will be lost in Frankfurt.

In February, the Economics Ministry in the state of Hessen -- the body which awards Deutsche Borse its operating license -- said it would "seek to preserve the interests of Frankfurt as a financial center" when it reviews the merger plans. (Reporting by Edward Taylor; Editing by Kevin Liffey)