Corporate Mergers

When two corporations merge, you can combine the two organization constituents into one new constituent record or combine the two corporations into the primary organization constituent record. For example, when United Airlines and Continental Airlines merge and form United Continental Holdings Inc, you merge the two organization records and create a new primary organization record.

You also merge organization records when a corporation acquires another corporation but dissolves and merges the previous entity into the organization. For example when Google acquires the web feed management company FeedBurner, you merge the two organization records with Google as the primary organization and FeedBurner as the secondary organization.

If a corporation acquires another corporation but maintains the acquired corporation as a distinct entity, you can add the new parent on the Organization tab of the acquired organization constituent record. For information, see Edit Details for an Organization Constituent.

After you merge organization constituent records, you can view the history of the merger from the Corporate Structure Information page or Organization History tab of the new or primary organization.

When you complete a corporate merger in which the two organization constituents merge into a new organization, the records for the two constituents are marked as inactive. To preserve the history for analysis, we recommend you maintain the constituent records as inactive and not delete.

To merge two duplicate constituent records instead of recording a corporate merger, see the Constituent Duplicates section of the help file.