1.   Analysts say a merger would require regulatory approval.

2.   And, though the merger requires approval by City Council, he went ahead and named a commissioner of the consolidated agency.

3.   Because the proposed merger still requires regulatory approval, Killinger said the company could not divulge more details of the deal.

4.   A merger would require approval from the New Hampshire attorney general and insurance commissioner and the US Federal Trade Commission.

5.   But because the university medical center is a public hospital owned by taxpayers, the merger would also require legislative approval.

6.   For some members of the two health plans, the merger could require a change in doctors or hospitals, depending upon which providers remain with the new company.

7.   In each case, a merger requires a melding of different and sometimes stubbornly incompatible computer systems.

8.   Mergers typically require a new filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission before an IPO can proceed.

9.   Smith has to worry about what Hughes shareholders think, since spinoffs or mergers would require their approval.

10.   The First Bank-First Interstate merger requires shareholder and regulatory approvals.