(1) It became one of the four British chemical companies that merged with Brunner Mond , Nobel Explosives and Imperial Chemical Industries in 1926 to join the United Alkali Company .
(2) It became one of the four British chemical companies that merged with Brunner Mond , Nobel Explosives and United Alkali Company in 1926 to set up Imperial Chemical Industries .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Options are:
[+] no;
[+] yes;
no