Fox v. CDx Holdings

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3829 Measuring and Controlling Devices, NEC
339112 Surgical and Medical Instrument Manufacturing
securities litigation
cost approach, corporate tax, discounted cash flow (DCF), fair market value (FMV), merger, stock options, earnings, projections, accounting, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization (EBITDA), comparable companies method
Fox v. CDx Holdings
2015 Del. Ch. LEXIS 194
US
State Court
Delaware
Court of Chancery
Unknown (Plaintiffs); Grant Thornton, PwC (Defendants)
Laster

Summary

Chancery says major accounting firm’s merger-related appraisal represents “new low”; to achieve client’s goal of zero corporate tax liability, firm abandoned sound prior approaches and simply copied another accounting firm’s report and called it its own.
Fox v. CDx Holdings
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