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Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: You're saying no revenue synergies, which is fine, but can you give us a number on NII upside with rate hikes, stand-alone Bank of the West?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: With..
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Exactly, (inaudible).
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Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: So yours is around -- in your U.S. business, they're around USD 90 million (inaudible). Is it around the same?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. Is there any potential -- like, you sell any part of the business that you're acquiring, like stuff that -- like, in the Pacific Northwest or any of the
branch network?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: And you're locked in with the price. So what about the break fee if the administration rejects it?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: All right. On the equity that you're planning to issue, the $2.7 billion, the timing of that, is there -- is it on close? Could it be interim? And what are
the contingencies that will affect the size of that issue?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: And you're immediately accretive (inaudible), looks like a Jan 1 close, let's say, Jan 1 -- or sorry, November (inaudible)?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: And we've asked about regulatory approvals in the U.S. for obvious reasons. But the 11% core Tier 1, I think that's fine. It's just like we're in a different
world now that you ran that by OSFI, I imagine?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: (inaudible) Okay. All right. Any FX hedging required on this?
Question: Gabriel Dechaine - National Bank Financial, Inc., Research Division - Analyst
: Okay. What happens if the U.S. dollar goes up a lot?
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