An Acquisition is…

August 20th, 2009

An acquisition is the purchase of one company by another. You acquire a company through buying or exchanging stock. Usually it relates to a controlling interest, or more than 50% ownership. For example, if you own 35% of a company’s voting shares and you buy another 20% of the shares from someone else (for a total of 55% ownership), you have acquired that company.

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