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Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2025; Court Pdf
Abraham v. Estate of Wirtz (Del. Ch. 2025)
Short-form LLC merger (6 Del. C. Section 18-209(i)); appraisal rights perfection; quasi-appraisal remedy; merger notice disclosure adequacy
- Case
- David Abraham v. The Estate of W. Rockwell Wirtz, James English, Wirtz Corporation, Consolidated Enterprises, Inc., Forman Realty Company LLC, and American Mart Company LLC
- Docket
- C.A. No. 2023-0865-BWD
- Source ID
b26e789a9d5aa0f29bd96c98e35ce412d318d04e546b1357b49365677fa86b45
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2015; Court Pdf
In re Appraisal of Dell Inc. (Del. Ch. 2015)
Appraisal rights; continuous holder requirement under 8 Del. C. Section 262; DTC-level administrative share transfers
- Case
- In re Appraisal of Dell Inc.
- Docket
- Consol. C.A. No. 9322-VCL
- Source ID
9a44311695807b9face57847efce7af3e3d640be6656fe3c0d8614525599259b
Open canonical court PDF ↗Supreme Court of the State of Delaware; 2017; Court Pdf
Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar (Del. 2017)
Appraisal rights; weight given to deal price and market-based indicators of fair value versus discounted cash flow analysis
- Case
- Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Global Event Driven Master Fund Ltd., et al.
- Docket
- No. 565, 2016 (Consolidated C.A. No. 9322-VCL below)
- Source ID
c145d8c463f19a25140bac41e89b5e86869af2b9d3cf52f49cb18999e55c89b8
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2023; Court Pdf
HBK v. Pivotal Software (Del. Ch. 2023)
Appraisal rights; VMware's acquisition of Pivotal Software at $15.00 per share; DCF and deal-price valuation methodologies
- Case
- HBK Master Fund L.P. and HBK Merger Strategies Master Fund L.P. v. Pivotal Software, Inc.
- Docket
- C.A. No. 2020-0165-KSJM
- Source ID
cd2ead3fd904d216e4ce2cff9e90d842f60651930b39b2d7726c9469c793ef7a
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2014; Court Pdf
In re Rural Metro Corp. Stockholders Litigation (Del. Ch. 2014)
Revlon duties; financial-advisor conflicts; aiding and abetting; sale-process damages
- Case
- In re Rural Metro Corporation Stockholders Litigation
- Docket
- Consolidated C.A. No. 6350-VCL
- Source ID
bbe6d58f7878a26572f57fc00f85018550382ab726112171cf09bece961d9e1e
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2015; Court Pdf
In re Dole Food Co. Stockholder Litigation (Del. Ch. 2015)
Controller transaction; fiduciary duties; stockholder litigation and appraisal settlement process
- Case
- In re Dole Food Co., Inc. Stockholder Litigation; In re Appraisal of Dole Food Company, Inc.
- Docket
- Consolidated C.A. Nos. 8703-VCL and 9079-VCL
- Source ID
75d944b751918f80321f453bdac706bfda4bd398a59568fd3949e967e49e20e8
Open canonical court PDF ↗Supreme Court of the State of Delaware; 2015; Court Pdf
Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings (Del. 2015)
Fully informed, uncoerced stockholder vote; business-judgment review; merger litigation
- Case
- Corwin v. KKR Financial Holdings LLC
- Docket
- No. 629, 2014
- Source ID
bc37b8acc22c2fb5fd6e7cecf617d1de3a552f4bcb503c786e6a435c3123ba61
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2015; Court Pdf
In re Zale Corp. Stockholders Litigation (Del. Ch. 2015)
Revlon duties; financial-advisor conflicts; merger disclosure; aiding and abetting
- Case
- In re Zale Corporation Stockholders Litigation
- Docket
- Consolidated C.A. No. 9388-VCP
- Source ID
47d07e441786d131052260fc07c7a3a18eae60577c9f4ddd0026c26fcf513906
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2016; Court Pdf
In re Volcano Corp. Stockholder Litigation (Del. Ch. 2016)
Two-step merger; tender offer; stockholder cleansing; business-judgment review
- Case
- In re Volcano Corporation Stockholder Litigation
- Docket
- C.A. No. 10485-VCMR
- Source ID
977cbbccb605de522fa6b30c8ab7a16d29cc8b90fcedbfca130b586326d396ac
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2017; Court Pdf
In re Appraisal of Solera Holdings (Del. Ch. 2017)
Appraisal rights; fair value; deal price; merger process
- Case
- In re Appraisal of Solera Holdings, Inc.
- Docket
- C.A. No. 12080-VCL
- Source ID
0370062eb7fb6df91e17a73b94646b0402dc44ce8c7a68cbafec3a1cefd97b28
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2018; Court Pdf
Verition Partners v. Aruba Networks (Del. Ch. 2018)
Appraisal rights; fair value; unaffected market price; deal-price-less-synergies
- Case
- Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc.
- Docket
- C.A. No. 11448-VCL
- Source ID
8a36729e4e30c1f9c330e5ce83f1bf725fceb592463f8667d367c0cb4d5e6e10
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2018; Court Pdf
In re Appraisal of AOL (Del. Ch. 2018)
Appraisal rights; fair value; discounted cash flow; deal price
- Case
- In re Appraisal of AOL Inc.
- Docket
- C.A. No. 11204-VCL
- Source ID
f3d8c0f2e37374004bf9608fab506ab239e0a2f07a9ae780b7161b4ba3a8c823
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2018; Court Pdf
In re PLX Technology Stockholders Litigation (Del. Ch. 2018)
Fiduciary duties; activist involvement; aiding and abetting; merger-process damages
- Case
- In re PLX Technology Inc. Stockholders Litigation
- Docket
- Consolidated C.A. No. 9880-VCL
- Source ID
769131f2f75a1cb1833d3c2bceeace42897bcfdb998cd62b60badf15d2cc6fc9
Open canonical court PDF ↗Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; 2018; Court Pdf
Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG (Del. Ch. 2018)
Merger agreement; material adverse effect; representations and warranties; termination rights
- Case
- Akorn, Inc. v. Fresenius Kabi AG
- Docket
- C.A. No. 2018-0300-JTL
- Source ID
faa4106d58d8f83e941caabc3a010e03347d768fdeec9c1480f190109ff5a45c
Open canonical court PDF ↗SEC EDGAR; 2022; Sec Html
Microsoft / Activision merger agreement (2022)
Merger agreement; closing conditions; regulatory approvals; termination rights
- Company
- Activision Blizzard, Inc.
- Filing
- 8-K; 0001104659-22-005154
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
ad67feb8b15204ef6c21a24c569d01f237ca5e34ad4f53671fbb4b7f6db98981
Open official filing ↗SEC EDGAR; 2022; Sec Html
Broadcom / VMware merger agreement (2022)
Merger agreement; regulatory approvals; covenants; termination rights
- Company
- VMware, Inc.
- Filing
- 8-K; 0001193125-22-161016
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
1f1e14044a7c2c54d2f12869b567235f085da39897aed2bd288f5647d369ab42
Open official filing ↗SEC EDGAR; 2022; Sec Html
Amgen / Horizon transaction agreement (2022)
Merger agreement; scheme implementation; closing conditions; regulatory approvals
- Company
- Horizon Therapeutics plc
- Filing
- 8-K; 0001193125-22-302256
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
8beb8b7afb8ade1089c190a7958d18539868484dd5ce2864b83fc8394fda1f3c
Open official filing ↗SEC EDGAR; 2023; Sec Html
Pfizer / Seagen merger agreement (2023)
Merger agreement; representations; covenants; closing conditions
- Company
- Seagen Inc.
- Filing
- 8-K; 0001193125-23-068538
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
edbead91762a7480bd6bd9df49d011935a3d25e3d63616e9023ee75642a7248c
Open official filing ↗SEC EDGAR; 2023; Sec Html
Cisco / Splunk merger agreement (2023)
Merger agreement; consideration; employee equity; termination rights
- Company
- Splunk Inc.
- Filing
- 8-K; 0001193125-23-239165
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
c45ac1b0daf78b8313861c5095de8b9d171aad5e5bc9c2fd6b2b56251d1fadb0
Open official filing ↗SEC EDGAR; 2023; Sec Html
Exxon / Pioneer merger agreement (2023)
Merger agreement; stock consideration; covenants; termination rights
- Company
- Pioneer Natural Resources Company
- Filing
- 8-K; 0000950103-23-014885
- Exhibit
- EX-2.1
- Source ID
dc5a07e86205accaa501d1c7fc5dd73bf70e020d5f5e394625f28a56431f9565
Open official filing ↗