Pursuant to section 253 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, Creole Petroleum Corp. and Esso Holding, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of defendant Exxon, were merged effective June 23, 1975. Both Creole Petroleum Corp. and Esso Holding, Inc., were Delaware corporations. The merger was a so-called "short merger" under which the corporate holder of more than 90% of the stock of a Delaware corporation may merge a subsidiary into the parent by the unilateral act of the board...
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