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MERGER DEFICIT Definition & Legal Meaning

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A situation where the total share capital value used to purchase another company is less than the total equity value purchased. The stock bought by the company should be worth more than the share capital used to buy it. A merger deficit occurs if a company takes the funds that it raised in new stock offerings to buy the stock of another company.

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