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Mergers and Acquisitions

Author: Francis, Jordan, Shannon
Across
involves the combination of two or more firms to form a completely new corporation
The selling of a firm’s assets for various strategic reasons
based on the acquisition of companies that can be restructured to improve their cash flows
merger combining firms in unrelated business
Activities involving expansion or contraction of a firm’s operations or changes in its asset or financial (ownership) structure
merger in which a firm acquires a supplier or a customer
The main objective for a merger is to ______ the firm’s share value, diversification, tax considerations, and help increase owner liquidity frequently exist
An acquisition technique involving the use of a large amount of debt to purchase a firm
Mergers seek to achieve various economics of scale by eliminating redundant functions, increasing market share, improving raw material sourcing, and finished product distribution
A ____ takeover occurs when one corporation acquires another with both boards of directors approving the transaction
Down
corporation that has voting control of one or more other corporations
The firm in the merger transaction that attempts to acquire another firm
The term given to companies controlled by a holding company
The firm that the acquiring company is pursuing
merger in which one firm acquires another firm that is in the same general industry but is neither in the same line of business nor a supplier or customer
A ______ ______ occurs when one corporation, the acquiring corporation, attempts to take over another corporation, the target corporation, without the agreement of the target corporation’s board of directors
merger of two firms in the same line of business
occurs when two or more firms are combined and the resulting firm maintains the identity of one of the firms.