ABSTRACT:
A business may grow over time as the utility of its products and services is recognized. It may also grow through an inorganic process, symbolized by an instantaneous expansion in work force, customers, infrastructure resources and thereby an overall increase in the revenues and profits of the entity. Mergers and acquisitions are manifestations of an inorganic growth process. While mergers can be defined to mean unification of two players into a single entity, acquisitions are situations where one player buys out the other to combine the bought entity with itself. It may be in form of a purchase, where one business buys another or a management buyout, where the management buys the business from its owners. Further, de-mergers, i.e., division of a single entity into two or more entities also require being recognized and treated on par with mergers and acquisitions regime as recommended below, and accordingly references below to mergers and acquisitions also is intended to cover de-mergers (with the law & Rules as framed duly catering to the same).
Distinction between mergers and acquisitions
The terms merger and acquisition mean slightly different things. The legal concept of a merger (with the resulting corporate mechanics, statutory merger or statutory consolidation, which have nothing to do with the resulting power grab as between the management of the target and the acquirer[) is different from the business point of view of a "merger", which can be achieved independently of the corporate mechanics through various means such as "triangular merger", statutory merger, acquisition, etc.
Cite this article:
Viplav Baranwal, Rachi Singh. Procedural Difficulties in Merger and Acquisition. Research J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 5(1): January-March, 2014, 50-52.
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Viplav Baranwal, Rachi Singh. Procedural Difficulties in Merger and Acquisition. Research J. Humanities and Social Sciences. 5(1): January-March, 2014, 50-52. Available on: https://www.rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2014-5-1-12