Good point, I did not think about that. Will definitely be keeping a close eye on how this develops...

Thanks, yes what seems to be throwing me off is the timing of this all. I'm not too sure why this would be offered afterwards rather than during the merger if there was a fixed period of time that I would have to serve to receive it. If they were to offer retention bonuses, I feel like retention through the merger would be more valuable to the company versus after. Will be asking for more clarity tomorrow.

Thanks, and agreed. What's confusing me is that this is offered 1 year after the completion of the merger. As much as the internet research I've done can offer, this commonly seems to be offered through the merger rather than 1 year post-merger. But again, this is just from Googling. Does the timeframe seem... Strange?