Starting with the player who caused the merger to happen, each player may either sell his shares in the acquired chain, trade in two shares of the acquired chain for one share of the acquiring chain, or hold on to his shares of the acquired chain.

Its bright white color is caused by its higher than usual rate of star formation, which began 100 million years ago after a merger.

The merger caused a lot of bitterness among Keighley people who resented being ' taken over ' by Bradford and accused the city's council of neglecting the town.

The merger may have helped the individual dealerships that signed on, but it caused the nascent Eagle division and its largely derivative models to compete unfavorably for attention with Chrysler's and Plymouth's often similar, but longer-established and better-recognized, lines of passenger cars.

However, his advocacy of a possible Liberal-NDP merger caused consternation among some Liberals.

Though this had caused concern among fans about the future of Atlus, the CEO of Atlus, Shinichi Suzuki officially affirmed that Atlus will continue to provide the " finest quality game experiences possible " and the merger only " further strengthens the foundation of Atlus, both in Japan and here in the United States ".

The request for support addressed by the newly-formed Democratic Trade Union of Renault ( SDR ) was accepted by the UC, which effectively caused a merger between the two.

A planned merger of GE and Cox in the late 1970s almost caused WSB-FM to be spun off to Ragan Henry with plans to take the WEZA calls.

* Luminous red nova, a stellar explosion thought to be caused by the merger of two stars

The merger caused stores to be renamed Carrs-Safeway, and customer had to begin using a

But differences in approach caused Anthony Moore and Peter Blegvad to withdraw Slapp Happy from the merger.

By 1971, labor issues and several strikes caused Mohawk to enter merger discussions with Allegheny Airlines, and the merger was completed in 1972.

Opposition within the component denominations, particularly the United Presbyterian Church, caused any plan for full merger to be put on hold, and a new name, seemingly implying that " uniting " is a presently-ongoing but perhaps long-term goal, was adopted, Churches Uniting in Christ.

The team was created to fill the void left by the merger of the Orix Blue Wave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, after the 2004 season due to financial difficulties, leaving the Pacific League with five teams, causing the biggest crisis in the traditional two-league structure in NPB and finally caused the historical-first baseball player strike in Japan.

In 2004, per the reconsolidation of labels caused by the merger of its former Sony Music parent and BMG, So So Def was shifted from Arista to its sister label, Zomba Label Group.

This merger caused the collapse of Ferranti due to the debts of its new subsidiary.

Patrick Brown caused considerable controversy as PCYF president in 1999 when he pushed for the merger of the right wing movement despite the objection of Tory leader Joe Clark.

The merger of these two companies, which between them owned " a virtual monopoly in the worldwide market for full-service timeshare exchange services ," according to the Federal Trade Commission, caused the FTC to require " the parties to divest one of their timeshare exchange companies to re-establish a viable competitor in the market "

Though initially a library dedicated to the mechanical arts, a merger with another institution, known as the Mercantile Library Association, in 1906 caused the Mechanics ’ Institute Library ’ s collection to drop its technical focus.

A 1998 merger between Sony-Loews and Cineplex Odeon Corporation caused Magic Theatres to become part of the new Loews Cineplex Entertainment Corp.

In the rare case where a corporation's only substantial asset, or its most important one, is a claim for refund, perhaps its transfer should not be permitted, whether the reorganization takes the form of a statutory merger or of the acquisition of assets for stock.

Recent research suggests that the historical Ainu culture originated in a merger of the Okhotsk culture with the Satsumon, one of the ancient archaeological cultures that are considered to have derived from the Jōmon period cultures of the Japanese Archipelago.

Founded by a merger arranged by the Fascist regime in 1927, Roma have participated in the top-tier of Italian football for all of their existence but one season in the early 50s ( 1951 – 52 ).

At the time of their 2002 merger, Compaq and HP were the second and third largest PC manufacturers, so their combination made them number one.

* 1927 – The Brookings Institution, one of the United States ' oldest think tanks, is founded through the merger of three organizations that had been created by philanthropist Robert S. Brookings.

* Fusion ( phonetics ), the merger of phonological features of two speech segments into one feature

On the Union, historian Simon Schama said " What began as a hostile merger, would end in a full partnership in the most powerful going concern in the world ... it was one of the most astonishing transformations in European history.

The Colts were members of the National Football League from their founding, however, they were one of three teams to switch to the AFC following the 1970 merger.

Carl is the spelling variant he used for one company, C. Benz Söhne, he formed with his son Eugen after leaving the active management of his long standing company, but remaining on its board of directors for the rest of his life ( through its merger with Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft in which the two companies became Daimler-Benz ), and it is used for his autobiography by a recent publisher.

Astronomers do not know if the collision was simply a glancing blow or a prelude to a full-on merger, which would end with the two galaxies incorporated into one larger, probably elliptical galaxy.

The Vikings have won one NFL championship, in 1969, prior to the league's merger with the American Football League ( AFL ).

A reverse merger occurs when a privately held company ( often one that has strong prospects and is eager to raise financing ) buys a publicly listed shell company, usually one with no business and limited assets.

Usually, one company will buy another and, as part of the deal's terms, simply allow the acquired firm to proclaim that the action is a merger of equals, even if it is technically an acquisition.

Following a merger, the vertically integrated firm can collect one deadweight loss by setting the downstream firm's output to the competitive level.

Milken was one of the few prominent holdovers from the Drexel side of the merger.

* Paramount has TV and digital rights to some films in the Nelson Entertainment catalog, also as a result of the Viacom merger, including the Bill & Ted films – all other rights, including Nelson's later films and the copyright to Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, reside with MGM ( several other Nelson films are owned by Paramount for TV and digital distribution through the Spelling merger, as Worldvision at one point had rights to some Nelson films as well );

The merger essentially consolidated those moderate-to-liberal American Presbyterians into one body.

The PC ( U. S. A .) is one of nine denominations that joined together to form the Consultation on Church Union, which initially sought a merger of the denominations.

That merger agreement provided for a single draft, interleague play in the preseason, a championship game to follow each season, and the integration of the two leagues into one in a way to be agreed at a future date.

As the two leagues had an unequal number of teams ( under the merger agreement, the NFL expanded by one team to 16, and the AFL by one to 10 ), realignment was advocated by some owners, but was opposed.

Despite being the second Super Bowl after the AFL-NFL merger, Super Bowl VI was the first one to have the NFL logo painted at the 50-yard line.