This newest piece from Law.com [$$] analyzes the most recent appraisal decision from the Delaware Chancery Court, Regal Entertainment Group, in which the court awarded stockholders a 2.6% premium to merger price. The valuation determination followed from the court’s pegging Regal’s fair value to merger price less synergies, while adding back the increase in value arising between the signing and closing of the merger agreement with Cineworld that resulted from the reduction in the corporate tax rate under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
A full version of the court’s opinion here: Regal Decision