We recently posted about the two related January 5, 2015 arbitrage decisions, in which the Delaware Chancery Court refused to impose share-tracing requirements or other obligations on beneficial stockholders and reaffirmed that only record owners bear the burden to no-vote their shares and otherwise perfect their appraisal rights. This week the lawyers defending Ancestry.com, whose
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Delaware Chancery Reaffirms Appraisal Arbitrage Strategy
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In two separate rulings on January 5, 2015 — In re Appraisal of Ancestry.com., Inc., and Merion Capital LP v. BMC Software, Inc., both by Vice Chancellor Glasscock — the Delaware Chancery Court reaffirmed the legitimacy of the appraisal arbitrage strategy and refused to impose share-tracing requirements or other obligations on the beneficial stockholder, continuing…
Forthcoming Law Review Article Lauds Value Creation Resulting from Surge in Appraisal Activity Due to Increased Use of Arbitrage
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In a forthcoming law review article expected to be published in 2015 in the Washington University Law Review, “Appraisal Arbitrage and the Future of Public Company M&A,” Charles Korsmo (Associate Professor at Brooklyn Law School) and Minor Myers (Associate Professor at Brooklyn Law School) report their findings showing a large uptick in the number of…
Are There Arbitrage Opportunities With Appraisal Rights?
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An interesting question first addressed many years ago has just resurfaced: can a shareholder seek appraisal rights for shares it acquires after the merger is announced and even after the record date that is set for voting on whether to approve the proposed M&A transaction? Historically the Delaware court said yes, subject to certain other…