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.
Sedgewickville is a village in northern Bollinger County in Southeast Missouri in the United States. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the population was 197; a 2008 estimate, however, showed the population to be 192, a decrease of 2.54%. Sedgewickville is part of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area.