Publication Date: 2021-09-15
Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
Industry: Energy
Court: Court of Chancery
Judge: Vice Chancellor Glasscock
Attorneys: For plaintiff: Corinne Elise Amato, Kevin H. Davenport, Samuel L. Closic, Stephen D. Dargitz, Jason W. Rigby, Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Eric L. Zagar, J. Daniel Albert, Justin O. Reliford, Christopher M. Windover, Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check, LLP, Radnor, PA for plaintiff.
for defendant: William B. Chandler III, Bradley D. Sorrels, Daniyal M. Iqbal, Nora M. Crawford, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Wilmington, DE; Steven Guggenheim, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., Palo Alto, CA; S. Mark Hurd, Daniel T. Menken, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnel, LLP, Wilmington, DE; Danny David, Amy Pharr Hefley, Baker Botts L.L.P., Houston, TX; Bradley R. Aronstam, Adam D. Gold, Anthony M. Calvano, Ross Aronstam & Moritz, Wilmington, DE for defendants.
Case Number: D69535
Business judgment review at the pleadings stage denied where minority stockholders were not informed that controller standing on both sides of cash-out merger transaction had also participated in an arbitration that would affect the value assets that made up a critical component of the company's overall value, thereby supporting an inference that the stockholder approval was uninformed.