Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tender Offer, Takeover, Offering Circular

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1023A/B
• Professor: Maria Ferraro

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Acquisition - the purchase of one firm by another. Merger - the combination of two firms into a new legal entity. Amalgamation - a genuine merger in which both sets of shareholders must approve the transaction. Usually involves a transfer of cash, sometimes transfer of shares. A lot of times want to call it a merger because it sounds better. Merger 2 equal companies come together and join. Can tell a lot when a company name is hyphenated. Combining the related activities of separate businesses into a single operation to lower costs. Exploiting common use of a well-known brand name. To get us closer to whatever that strategic vision was. Related acquire a company that"s in the same industry that we"re in. can be broken down to. Horizontal similar type product often a competitor. Should be a stronger, bigger company if buy both. Can use same manufacturing to do both as an example.