Nothing I love more than being bought and sold like cattle.

Out of curiosity, how do you keep the employees from walking after an asset only transfer? The vague promise to them about future riches has already been broken. And you will up changing business practices that ruffle feathers (I'm not sure how you could avoid it. This stuff is rarely written down). Hell, you'll probably assign them to a new project anyway. So how do you keep them from leaving in droves?