It is only ridiculous if they were reasonably able to complete the merger and did not out of laziness or whatever. Nobody knows what all has to take place--my guess is that it takes a lot of work. Anyone who has ever built a home knows that a contractor can guess how long it takes, but the odds of the home being completed on an exact deadline is rare.
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