Ski Ltd Has 500,000 Shares Outstanding

Essay

Ski Ltd. has 500,000 shares outstanding. On July 1, 20X7, Ski purchased all of the outstanding shares of Snow Ltd. The consideration paid by Ski was in the form of 500,000 shares, valued at $20 per share, which was premium of 10% over the market value prior to the announcement. It has been decided that the CEO of the combined company will come from Ski, but the CFO and the COO will come from Snow. The chairman of the board of directors will come from Snow. The board will have six other directors, three from Ski and three from Snow.
Required:
Define what the acquirer is in a business combination. How would you identify the acquirer in the above transaction?