· 6/30/2016
Mentor Way Real Estate Partnership
Citations
- 2016 Ohio 4692
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- concluding that in mergers approved under Section 251(h), stockholder approval “by accepting a tender offer has the same cleansing effect as a vote in favor of that merger”
- noting that the standard for pleading the “requisite scienter” in connection with the “knowing participation” element of aiding and abetting imposes a “high burden”
- noting that in mergers consummated under Section 251(h), stockholder approval “by accepting a tender offer has the same cleansing effect as a vote in favor of that merger”
- concluding “that stockholder approval of a merger 42 under Section 251(h) by accepting a tender offer has the same cleansing effect as a vote in favor of that merger”
- explaining that “approval of a merger by a majority of a corporation’s outstanding shares pursuant to a statutorily required vote of the corporation’s fully informed, uncoerced, disinterested stockholders renders the business judgment rule irrebuttable”
- “Assessing materiality is a difficult practice that requires balancing the benefits of additional disclosures against the risk that insignificant information may dilute potentially valuable information.” (internal citation omitted)
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Judges: Stewart
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