In the law of corporations, a merger is effected when one or more corporations becomes a part of, or merges, with another corporation so that one ceases to exist and the other continues to exist. In a merger, the company that continues to exist retains its name and identity and acquires the assets, liabilities, franchises, and powers of the corporation that ceases to exist. Attorneys who practice in mergers and acquisitions (sometimes called M & A) represent corporations and other business entities in strategizing, negotiating, and carrying out transactions in which two or more companies or corporations combine into a single new entity, a merger, or where one business purchases and absorbs the assets of another, an acquisition.
Angwin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Napa County, United States. California. It is part of the Napa, California Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,148 at the 2000 census. Its area code is 707. Its two zip codes are 94508 and 94576. It is in the Pacific Daylight Time time zone. The town was named in 1874 for Edwin Angwin who ran a resort on the land the town now occupies. Edwin Angwin (1841-1919) was a native of St. Agnes, Cornwall. Angwin is a Cornish surname meaning "the white" (an = the; gwynn = white) and is comparable to the English surname "White. " Angwin is home to a large community of Seventh-day Adventists, who founded a local private liberal arts college known as Pacific Union College.