Which of the Following Statements Is True Regarding a Statutory

question 110

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true regarding a statutory merger?

• A) The original companies dissolve while remaining as separate divisions of a newly created company.
• B) Both companies remain in existence as legal corporations with one corporation now a subsidiary of the acquiring company.
• C) The acquired company dissolves as a separate corporation and becomes a division of the acquiring company.
• D) The acquiring company acquires the stock of the acquired company as an investment.
• E) A statutory merger is no longer a legal option.

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Definitions:

Economies of Scale

Cost advantages that enterprises obtain due to their scale of operation, with cost per unit of output generally decreasing with increasing scale.

Demand Curves

Visual diagrams that illustrate the connection between a product's price and the amount consumers are willing to buy.

MC = MR

An economic principle that firms reach the optimal level of production when marginal cost equals marginal revenue.

Downward-Sloping

Describes a curve or line on a graph that shows a decrease in a variable (e.g., price) leading to an increase in another variable (e.g., quantity demanded), typically observed in demand curves.