Alas, it is not legal. A shareholder of one entity did not agree to have his interest in HIS company diluted among the shareholders of the other entities, or to (in effect) have his entity assume a share of the expenses or liabilities of the other entities. They would have to actually form a holding company and do some sort of share exchange.
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