Article Archives >> Ready Reference >> January 2001
Preview of Article:
Mergers and Acquisitions Can Take Many Forms
This Ready Reference Page Covers:
- Purchase of Assets
- Acquisition of Stock
- Substitution of Directors
- Merger or Consolidation
- Representations and Warranties
Excerpt:
Despite all the talk, relatively few mergers have actually occurred
in the nonprofit world, and most of those are really take-overs of struggling
organizations, not mergers of equals. Where the acquired organization
has a checkered history--and uncertain potential liabliities--it probably
makes sense to delay a true merger and take control in a way which protects
the assets of the acquiring entity.
Article Archives >> Ready Reference >> January 2001
