When liquidating independent activities, all assets are transferred to a new legal entity, the expert explained. In this case, instead of the previous shares, all shareholders receive shares of the new combined company. “Until a legal merger has taken place, the shares of the companies participating in the merger, as a rule, continue to be traded on the stock exchange. For more info about m&a and due diligence you can visit our website.
In the future, the shares of the new merged company will be traded on the stock exchange, and the former shares of the liquidated companies will be delisted,” he says. If the independent activity of the companies does not stop, then only a part of the assets is transferred to the new legal entity.
