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Asset Sale & Stock Swap Defined



Stock Swap -

Definition: an acquisition in which the acquiring company offers its stock to pay for the acquired company at an agreed upon ratio.

Example: In a stock swap, each shareholder of the newly acquired company receives a certain number of shares of the acquiring company's stock for each share of stock they previously held in the acquired company.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stock+swap


Asset Sale -

An asset sale is exactly what the name implies – it is the sale of all or part of the assets of a business or company (e.g., inventory, equipment, land, etc) and, in some instances, may also involve the assumption of certain liabilities by the buyer (at the buyer’s option).
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Mergers & Acquisitions

The phrase mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) refers to the aspect of corporate strategy, corporate finance and management dealing with the buying, selling and combining of different companies that can aid, finance, or help a growing company in a given industry grow rapidly without having to create another business entity.

Merger -
The combining of two or more companies, generally by offering the stockholders of one company securities in the acquiring company in exchange for the surrender of their stock.

Acquisition -
Also known as a takeover or a buyout or "merger", is the buying of one company (the ‘target’) by another.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergers_and_acquisitions


Venture -
A business enterprise involving some risk in expectation of gain.



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