Neither the April nor August 1998 submission revealed that Greater Ministries provided the funds used by Purchasing Group members to
acquire First Western shares.
In this case, the joint venture could be structured to provide for a series of "puts" and "calls," such that the party intending to
acquire the business may later buy the interest in the joint venture from the party intending to exit the business.
We estimate that once Iraq
acquires fissile material--whether by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability or by acquiring fissile material from a foreign source--it could develop a nuclear weapon well within one year.
The final regulations require capitalization of (i) an amount paid to
acquire any intangible; (ii) an amount paid to create certain but not all intangibles; (iii) an amount paid to create or enhance a "separate and distinct intangible asset"; and (iv) an amount paid to create or enhance a "future benefit," but only under certain circumstances.
Borden Chemicals and Plastics Operating Limited Partnership (BPC) announced that it has executed an asset purchase agreement through which, subject to bankruptcy court approval, Shintech Louisiana LLC will
acquire the assets and operations of BCP's polyvinyl chloride plant in Addis, LA.
A financial holding company and any subsidiary (other than a depository institution or subsidiary of a depository institution) may
acquire or control merchant banking investments.
subsidiary agreed to
acquire EMI Co., an iron foundry and machining company located in Erie, Pennsylvania, from Hitachi Metals America, Ltd.
In June, Avnet announced it would
acquire Marshall Industries in a deal valued at $830 million.
Historically, and even in the current economic environment, many businesses look to
acquire others for economies of scale and synergistic reasons.
In related news, Dolan Media has agreed to
acquire the rights to publish four Southern Colorado "civilian enterprise" military newspapers from Gowdy Printcraft, Inc.
An acquiring corporation can
acquire the shares of stock of a target corporation through a tax-free stock-for-stock exchange in two common ways.
* The corporation should file a Form 3565 small business stock questionnaire for any year in which it issues qualifying stock, and a copy should be given to the shareholders who
acquire the stock.