Question

ara Lee Corporation is a large conglomerate of businesses participating in a variety of industries. A few years ago, Sara Lee was considering the purchase of Bryan Foods. If Bryan Foods represented a tremendous opportunity to make the company more successful, Sara Lee may, as a last resort, have considered a. selling assets from another division to pay for Bryan Foods. b. using future sales revenues for the purchase of Bryan Foods. c. using trade credit to pay for Bryan Foods. d. sharing the idea with competitors as a possible joint venture. e. seeking short-term financing.

Answer 1

selling assets from another division to pay for Bryan Foods

Step-by-step explanation:

A Target Company listed for sale is said to be a company or an entity whose assets are in the process of being sold, or whose stock is being sold, e.t.c. and will lead to control being shifted from the target company's shareholders to the person or company buying it, that is the acquirer.

Asset Purchase demand a lot of investigation. It is the acquiring of a company or target company's assets and assumes some or all of its liabilities.

In Stock for Assets, acquirer exchanges its stock for all or a known amount of all of the assets of the target company and the said company is liquidated. Thereafter, the acquirer's stock is distributed to the target company's shareholders.