The two companies announced on October 5, 2009 that a merger would occur through common shares exchange.

If the merger occurs, it would create the world's eighth-largest oil business.

Furthermore only a single merger occurred between two school districts in the last 10 years.

The courts did not accept their positions and the merger officially occurred in 2004.

When the merger of the two competitions the following year occurred, the Lions were dissolved.

Those talks ended in a disagreement over who would control the Philadelphia company if a merger occurred.

Once mergers of that scale have already occurred, then the whole industry is pretty much consolidated out.

But they say that when one big merger occurs, others will not be far behind.

In a few cases, where mergers had occurred, a producer might be licensed by both.

Numerous corporate acquisitions, sales, and mergers have occurred over the years.