Shareholders, Appeals, Minority Shareholders

Analysing the Changyou.com decision: What it means for appraisal rights in short-form mergers

Walkers on 3/14/2025

A short-form statutory merger can be effected under the Cayman Islands' Companies Act (as revised) (the "Act") between a parent company and a Cayman Islands incorporated subsidiary. The short-form statutory merger takes...more

The last word on good faith?

A&O Shearman on 4/28/2023

Last autumn, the Court of Appeal held that actions taken by majority shareholders of a company, asking directors to resign, were not unfairly prejudicial to the minority shareholders. In doing so, the court made some...more

Appellate Court Grants Mandamus Relief To Require A Jury Trial On The Issue Of Whether The Inspection Of Books And Records Of A...

Winstead PC on 1/17/2022

A common complaint of a minority shareholder is the denial of access to the corporation’s books and records. A shareholder enjoys the right to examine and copy certain records of the corporation in which the shareholder owns...more

Indiana Court Holds that Marketability and Control Discounts Cannot Apply in Minority-to-Majority Sale

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/18/2020

The Foregoing - In March 2018, Blake B. Hartman, a founder of BigInch Fabricators & Construction Holding Company, was involuntarily terminated as an director and officer. The involuntary termination triggered the...more

In re Pace Industries, LLC: Minority Shareholder With Bankruptcy Consent Rights Considered Controlling Minority Shareholder With...

Vinson & Elkins LLP on 5/19/2020

A recent bench ruling in In re Pace Industries, LLC1 by Judge Walrath for the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Court”) has validated a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by certain debtors in the jointly...more

Defying gravity: US M&A H1 2019: Three key M&A decisions from Delaware courts

White & Case LLP on 8/12/2019

The first half of 2019 saw several decisions from the Delaware courts that will affect M&A dealmaking - Aruba: Supreme Court awards "deal price less synergies" in closely watched appraisal case - Rejecting the Chancery...more

Do You Have a Reasonable Expectation of Receiving Dividends if You Acquired Your Shares in a Family-Owned Corporation Through Gift...

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 8/1/2017

Corporate shareholders often expect to receive dividends in connection with their ownership of corporate shares. This is particularly true when owners invest capital in or provide other services to the company in exchange for...more

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