In order to find the slope, it is simplest to put this line equation into slope-intercept form. If I rearrange this line to be in the form  y = mx + b , it will be easy to read off the slope m.
While there are several types of transactions classified under the notion of M&A, a merger means a combination of two companies to form a new company, while an acquisition is the purchase of one company by another in which no new company is formed.
Definition of post-merger integration. The period that starts at the closing of a deal but which can last from a few months to a number of years. The post-merger integration is the time in an acquisition when all of the operations of the target company are absorbed into the buyer.