Question

Shale Oil Corporation combines its assets and debts with those of Tierra Frakking Company to form Unified Resources, Inc. Shale and Tierra cease to exist

Refer to Fact Pattern 41-2. The formation of Unified Resources is?
a. a purchase of assets
b. a merger
c. a consolidation
d. a share exchange
Refer to Fact Pattern 41-2. Unified Resources acquires
a. all of Shale's and Tierra's assets.
b. none of Shale's and Tierra's assets unless there is a formal transfer
c. only assets that Shale and Tierra acquired after a combination was proposed
d. half of Shale's and Tierra's assets
Refer to Fact Pattern 41-2. Unified Resources assumes?
a. only debts that Shale and Tierra incurred after a combination was proposed
b. none of Shale's and Tierra's debts unless there is a formal transfer of liability
c. all of Shale's and Tierra's debts
d. half of Shale's and Tierra's debts

Answer 1

1. c. a consolidation

2. a. all of Shale's and Tierra's assets

3. c. all of Shale's and Tierra's debts

Step-by-step explanation:

1. When multiple companies join up together to form a new company, this is called a Consolidation which is what Shale Shale Oil Corporation and Tierra Frakking Company did when they formed Unified Resources, Inc.

2. In a Consolidation, the previously separate companies move in with all their debt and assets to form the new company. As such, Unified Resources acquires all of Shale's and Tierra's assets.

3. As previously stated, in a Consolidation, the previously separate companies move in with all their debt and assets to form the new company. As such, Unified Resources assumes all of Shale's and Tierra's debts as well.