Squeeze-Outs: Del. Chancery Says Zero Consideration to Common Was Entirely Fair
Squeeze-Outs: Del. Chancery Says Zero Consideration to Common Was Entirely Fair

Last month, in a post-trial opinion in Jacobs v. Akademos, Inc. (Del. Ch.; 10/24), the Delaware Chancery Court addressed the sale of a distressed company to a controlling stockholder where the common stockholders received no consideration. Vice Chancellor Laster’s 93-page decision finding for the defendants addressed the plaintiffs’ petition for appraisal and their fiduciary duty challenges — […]

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