Ehlinger Investments announced today that it has acquired all of the assets and liabilities of Thompson Equity. The combined firm will be known as Ehlinger Investments; Thompson Equity no longer exists as a separate entity. This acquisition is best described as a:

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A merger occurs when two firms legally combine such that one company absorbs the other or two entities join into a single surviving company.

1. Relevant knowledge points and concepts
- Merger: a legal combination of two companies in which one may survive (absorption merger) or both may form a single surviving entity. The acquired company’s separate legal existence typically ends.
- Acquisition (asset purchase/takeover): one firm buys another’s assets or equity; the acquired firm may remain as a legal shell or subsidiary, or be dissolved, depending on the transaction structure.
- Consolidation/amalgamation: two companies combine to form a new entity; neither original company remains in its prior legal form.

2. Step-by-step reasoning
- Ehlinger Investments acquired all of Thompson Equity’s assets and liabilities. That indicates a transfer of both resources and obligations, not merely a minority investment.
- The combined firm is known as Ehlinger Investments and Thompson Equity no longer exists as a separate entity. That means only one legal entity remains after the transaction.
- Because one company (Ehlinger) continues as the surviving firm and the other (Thompson) ceases to exist, this fits the definition of an absorption-type merger.

3. Calculations
- No numerical calculations are required for classification of transaction type.

4. Why the correct answer is correct
- The transaction involves legal combination and survival of one company (Ehlinger) while the other (Thompson) is dissolved into it. That is the classic pattern of a merger (specifically an absorption or statutory merger), where all assets and liabilities transfer and the target’s separate existence ends.

5. Why other possible labels are incorrect
- Consolidation/amalgamation would produce a new company name and neither original firm would survive; here Ehlinger’s name continues, so consolidation is incorrect.
- A simple asset purchase might not transfer all liabilities or result in the target ceasing to exist; here liabilities transferred and Thompson ceased to exist, so it’s more than a mere asset purchase.
- Calling it a generic “acquisition” is common in business language, but legally the described facts match a merger (absorption), not merely a purchase where the target might remain a subsidiary.

6. Conclusion
- The facts correspond to a merger. The correct answer is: merger.

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