Q2 L1: merger, acquisition, and takeover (INCLUDED) Flashcards
May or may not be a mutual agreement
Acquisition
The target (aka the small) company will be a part of the large company OR will dissolve OR will operate under a new name
Acquisition
Occurs when a buyer acquires all or part of assets or business of a selling entity, and where both parties are actively assisting in the purchase transaction.
Acquisition
When one company takes over another and clearly established itself as the new owner, the purchase is called an?
Acquisition
give examples of Acquisitions
2000
- America Online Inc. (AOL) — Time Warner
- Glaxo Wellcome Plc. — SmithKline Beecham Plc.
- Spin-off: Nortel Networks Corporation
2001
- Comcast Corporation — AT&T Broadband & Internet Svcs
2002
- Pfizer Inc. — Pharmacia Corporation
2004
- Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. — Shell Transport & Trading Co.
- Sanofi-Synthelabo SA — Aventis SA
- JP Morgan Chase & Co — Bank One Corp
2006
- AT&T Inc. — BellSouth Corporation
Both have mutual agreement
Merger
Equal companies “join forces” to create a new entity/product/services or to expand their market share
(Same scale business)
Merger
The combining of two or more companies, generally by offering the stockholders of one company securities in the acquiring company in exchange for the surrender of their stock.
Merger
in corporate law, it is the joining together of two corporations in which one corporation transfer all its assets to the other, which continues to exist. In effect, one corporation “swallows” the other, but the shareholders of the swallowed company receive shares of the surviving corporation.
Merger
is a transaction that result in the transfer of ownership and control of a corporation.
Merger
When one company purchases another company of an approximately similar size. The two companies come together to become one.
Merger
Two companies usually agree to do this when they feel that they can do something together that they can not do on their own.
Merge
Merger combines two or more companies, generally by?
offering the stockholders of one company securities in the acquiring company in exchange for the surrender of their stock.
what is merger in corporate law?
it is the joining together of two corporations in which one corporation transfer all its assets to the other, which continues to exist. In effect, one corporation “swallows” the other, but the shareholders of the swallowed company receive shares of the surviving corporation.
merger is a transaction that result in the transfer of?
ownership and control of a corporation.
Mostly walang mutual agreement
Takeovers
A corporate action where an acquiring company makes a bid for an acquiree.
Takeovers
two types of takeovers?
- Hostile Takeover
- Friendly Takeover
A takeover attempt that is strongly resisted by the target firm. Walang mutual agreement ung takeover (sapilitan/threatening/blackmail/against the will of the acquiree)
Hostile Takeover
(Takeovers) If the target company is publicly traded, what happens?
the acquiring company will make an offer for the outstanding shares.
Target company’s management and board of directors agree to a merger or acquisition by another company. Both parties agree (mutual agreement)
Friendly Takeover
enumerate the types of merger
(7) (HVCCSSC)
1. Horizontal Merger
2. Vertical Merger
3. Conglomerate Merger
4. Concentric Merger
5. Statutory
6. Subsidiary
7. Consolidation
Two companies belong to the same industry
- Horizontal Merger
what is the relationship of companies in horizontal mergers?
They are technically competitors
The companies have businesses in the same space and are generally competitors to each other.
- Horizontal Merger
is a feature of an industry which consists of a large number of small firms or fragmented industry.
- Horizontal Merger