Is the company listed when it is acquired by a listed company?

Legal analysis: a company is listed when it is acquired by a listed company. A listed company refers to a joint stock limited company whose shares are listed and traded on a stock exchange. There are two ways of acquisition: equity acquisition and asset acquisition. The acquired company is dissolved and merged into the listed company as a whole, and its legal personality disappears.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law.

Article 120 A listed company as mentioned in this Law refers to a joint stock limited company whose shares are listed and traded on a stock exchange.

Article 172 The merger of companies may take the form of absorption merger or new merger. A company absorbs other companies for merger, and the absorbed company is dissolved. The merger of two or more companies to form a new company is a new merger, and the parties to the merger are dissolved.