Cooley M&A

JULY 9, 2021

26, 2015), the court found that plaintiffs had not waived their appraisal rights because the controlling stockholder did not strictly adhere to the terms of the stockholders’ agreement. Case Name Difference from Deal Price (%) Court’s Valuation Method Noteworthy Aspects of Sales Process / Target Status Jarden Corporation (VC Slights – Del.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 24, 2020

According to Cornerstone Research , the number of M&A class action filings increased from 34 in 2015 to 85 in 2016, 198 in 2017, and 182 in 2018. This past year we also witnessed an uptick in stockholder books and records demands (under Section 220 of the Delaware General Corporation Law) in connection with M&A transactions.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Take, for example, the acquisition of Inovalon Holdings, a dual-class company that completed its IPO in 2015, by a consortium of private equity investors. Stockholder litigation. As always, ambiguity begets litigation. Ultimately, the plaintiffs’ firms were awarded $1.9 Dual-class companies that emerged in other contexts (e.g.,

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The court found that even though Boulbain owned shares in EBP, a closely-held Delaware corporation, and entered into a stockholders agreement with a Delaware choice of law provision, those Delaware-related contacts were not enough for Delaware to exercise personal jurisdiction over Boulbain with respect to the non-compete dispute.

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Cooley M&A

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

In the first half of 2016, plaintiffs filed suit in only 64% of public deals valued over $100 million, down from 84% in 2015 and over 90% from 2009 to 2014. This exodus from Delaware has spawned a dramatic uptick in M&A filings in federal court, which jumped from 17 cases in 2015 to 80 cases in 2016 (a 371% increase).

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 7, 2025

These types of deals, which started taking shape in the 2010s with many platforms established from 2015 through 2023, are becoming more varied and complicated, creating shifts in deal structures. Stronger alternatives offer a more direct splitting of profits before any corporate expenses. The amount of rollover equity often varies.

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Growth Business

JANUARY 28, 2025

A huge 2,500 people took part in the study between 2015 and 2019. Sweden Sweden has undergone several trials of the working pattern, starting in 2015. I suppose there are extra problems there with resource and a smaller business may not having the cash flow to be able to negotiate that. And the same with retention as well.

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