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Knowledge Challenge

A friend thinks you can answer this question about Integration Change Velocity

An acquirer announces an aggressive 90-day systems and process consolidation plan for a recently-acquired creative-studio company. The deal model assumed $80M annual cost synergies and $200M annual revenue synergies (cross-promotion). At day 120, cost synergies are tracking at $65M (81% of plan) but revenue synergies are tracking at $30M (15% of plan), and 6 of the top 12 creative leaders have departed. What does this most likely indicate?