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AND ACQUISITIONS
INTRODUCTION
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Definition – A merger of two companies which are located in different
countries resulting in a third company.
• A cross border merger could involve an Indian company merging with a
foreign company or vice versa.
• Cross border merger will result in the transfer of control and authority in
operating the merged or acquired company.
• Assets and liabilities of the two companies from two different countries
are combined into a new legal entity in terms of the merger,.
• While in terms of Cross border acquisition, there is a transformation
process of assets and liabilities of local company to foreign company
(foreign investor), and automatically, the local company will be affiliated.
REASONS FOR CBMA
• Multinational enterprises undertake cross-border mergers and acquisitions for various reasons.
The drivers are strategic responses by Multinational enterprises to protect and augment their
global competitiveness by