"But just ask yourself how easy it would for three households to get along if they build one house for all to live in, to save costs,"

If three "households" get together to reduce costs, in this case it's not the single house that's saving the money; it woud be getting rid of redundant members of staff, no? Does a combined company really need three BOD's? I can see people fighting tooth and nail too keep this from happening even if it was nothing more than an effort to save their own jobs.

No disrespect intended to anyone, that's just the way mergers go.