$11B Tech Merger
Shareholders claim in a federal class action that directors are selling Ultimate Software too cheaply through an unfair process to a group led by Hellman & Friedman, for $331.50 a share, or $11 billion.
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Disney Closes $71 Billion Deal for Fox Entertainment
Disney has closed its $71 billion acquisition of Fox’s entertainment business, putting “Cinderella,” ”The Simpsons,” ”Star Wars” and “Dr. Strange” under one corporate roof.
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Directors are selling Spark Therapeutics too cheaply through an unfair process to Roche Holdings, for $114.50 per share or $4.8 billion, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
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Directors are selling Ellie Mae Inc. too cheaply through an unfair process to an affiliate of Thoma Bravo, for $99 a share or $3.7 billion, shareholders of the cloud-based mortgage finance company say in a federal class action.
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In a federal class action, shareholders say directors are selling Celgene Corp. too cheaply through an unfair process to Bristol-Myers Squibb, for $50 a share plus a 1-for-1 share swap, a $74 billion merger.
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Shareholders claim in two federal class actions that directors are selling Maxwell Technologies too cheaply through an unfair process to co-defendant Tesla, for about $4.75 a share, or $218 million.
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Shareholders say in a federal class action that directors are selling Versum Materials too cheaply through an unfair process to Entegris. The $3.8 billion share-swap offers 1.12 shares of Entegris for each share of Versum, which supplies electronics materials.
Read moreFeds Lose Bid to Block AT&T-Time Warner Merger
The D.C. Circuit on Tuesday upheld AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, bringing to a close the government’s effort to stop the blockbuster merger.
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In a federal class action, a pension fund claims Conagra Brands misled investors about its “troubled” $10.9 billion acquisition of nonparty Pinnacle Foods, and that an $8.13 share price decline wiped out $2.3 billion in market capitalization.
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MindBody Investors Seek to Shed Light on $1.9B Deal with Vista Equity Partners
(CN) – Cloud-based software company MindBody Inc. is set to be acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.9 billion but
Read moreEU Blocks Merger Deal to Create European Rail Giant
European Union authorities on Wednesday blocked a deal to create a rail giant that could compete with China, angering France and Germany, which vowed to change the way the EU works.
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Dell Shareholders Blast Board Over ‘Unfair and Coerced’ Deal to Retire Class V Shares
Dell Technologies Inc. faces a shareholder class action challenging an allegedly “unfair and coerced transfer of at least $10 billion
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In a federal class action, shareholders claim directors of Resolute Energy Corp. omitted and misrepresented important information regarding its $1.6 billion merger with Cimarex.
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Directors of Qihoo 360 Technology made false and misleading statements to sell the company on the cheap, in a $9.3 billion transaction, shareholders claim in a federal class action.
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Directors are selling Finisar Corp. too cheaply through an unfair process to the optoelectronics firm II-IV Inc., for $15.60 a share plus 0.2218 shares of the new company for each Finisar share, a $3.2 billion merger, shareholders say in a federal class action.
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Shareholders Decry Pending Merger of L3 Tech With Parent Company
Investors claim in a class action against military and homeland security electronic systems supplier L3 Technologies that the company made
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In a federal class action, shareholders claim directors omitted or misrepresented material information about the proposed $2 billion merger between SendGrid, a cloud-computing platform, and Twilio, for 0.485 shares of Twilio stock for each share of SendGrid.
Read moreAntitrust Challenge to AT&T-Time Warner Merger Circles Drain
The Justice Department faced an uphill battle Thursday in its bid to have the D.C. Circuit block the $85 million merger of AT&T and Time Warner after a federal judge approved it unconditionally.
Read moreNexstar Offers Just Over $4 Billion for Tribune Media
Nexstar is offering to buy Chicago’s Tribune Media for about $4 billion Monday, four months after the collapse of a similar bid from Sinclair Broadcast Group.
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