[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 31, Volume 3] [Revised as of July 1, 2005] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 31CFR800.216] [Page 934] TITLE 31--MONEY AND FINANCE: TREASURY CHAPTER VIII--OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY PART 800_REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MERGERS, ACQUISITIONS, AND TAKEOVERS BY FOREIGN PERSONS--Table of Contents Subpart B_Definitions Sec. 800.216 A party or parties to an acquisition. The terms party to an acquisition and parties to an acquisition mean: (a) In the case of an acquisition of a person by the purchase of its voting securities, the person acquiring the voting securities, and the person issuing those voting securities; (b) In the case of a merger, the surviving person, and the person or persons that lose its or their separate pre-merger identity; (c) In the case of an acquisition of an entity or a business of an entity, the person acquiring or seeking to acquire that entity or business, and the person selling that entity or business; (d) In the case of a consolidation, the entities being consolidated, and the new consolidated entity; (e) In the case of a proxy solicitation, the person soliciting proxies, and the person who issued the voting securities. [56 FR 58780, Nov. 21, 1991. Redesignated at 59 FR 27179, May 25, 1994]