To Qualify for a Pooling of Interests, Which of the Following

question 45

Multiple Choice

To qualify for a pooling of interests, which of the following criteria does not need to be met?

• A) The acquiring corporation issues only common stock, with rights identical to its old outstanding voting stock, in exchange for substantially all of the other company's voting stock.
• B) The acquired firm's stockholders do not maintain an ownership position in the surviving firm.
• C) The combined entity does not intend to dispose of a significant portion of the assets of the combined companies within two years.
• D) The combination is effected in a single transaction.

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