Merger The board of directors of Plant Indus-tries, Inc. ( Plant), under the guidance of Robert B. Bregman, the chief executive officer of the corporation, embarked on a course of action that resulted in the sale of several unprofitable subsidiaries. Bregman then engaged in a course of action to sell Plant National ( Quebec) Ltd., a subsidiary that constituted Plant’s entire Canadian operations. This was a profitable subsidiary that comprised more than 50 percent of Plant’s assets, sales, and profits. Do Plant’s shareholders have to be accorded voting and appraisal rights regarding the sale of this subsidiary?

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  1. Merger The board of directors of Plant Indus-tries, Inc. ( Plant), under the guidance of Robert B. Bregman, the chief executive officer of the corporation, embarked on a course of action that resulted in the sale of several unprofitable subsidiaries. Bregman then engaged in a course of action to sell Plant National ( Quebec) Ltd., a subsidiary that constituted Plant’s entire Canadian operations. This was a profitable subsidiary that comprised more than 50 percent of Plant’s assets, sales, and profits. Do Plant’s shareholders have to be accorded voting and appraisal rights regarding the sale of this subsidiary? 
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Merger is referred to as an agreement, which actually unites two corporation to form a new corporation. It has the different types of mergers along with the reasons to justify the mergers. 

Mergers & Acquisition (M&A) are referred as the common done for expanding the reach and new segments, or gaining of the market share. True mergers are usually uncommon as it is rare for the two equal corporations in order to have mutual benefit from merging the resources as well as staff by including the CEOs.  

 

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