In this question are given two statements I and II. These statements may be either independent causes or may be effects of independent causes or a common cause. One of those statements may be the effect of the other statement. Read both the statements and. decide which of the given answer choice correctly depicts the relationship between these two statements.

Statement I: Company ABC, a leading automobile company in country G has decided to merge all its subsidiary companies into the parent company last week.

Statement II: Company XYZ, a subsidiary of automobile company ABC, has opened five new branches in country F in the previous financial year.