In re El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Derivative Litig.

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April 20, 2015
4922 Natural Gas Transmission
486210 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
economic damages & lost profits
damages, expert testimony, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cash flow, discounted cash flow (DCF), multiple, overpayment, terminal value, fairness opinion, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization (EBITDA), precedent transactions analysis

In re El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Derivative Litig.
2015 Del. Ch. LEXIS 116
US
State Court
Delaware
Court of Chancery
Dr. Zachary Nye (plaintiffs); Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. (fairness opinions/parent)
Laster

Summary

Chancery says “dropdown” of assets from parent to master limited partnership resulted in overpayment; transaction was enabled by financial advisor that took orders from parent regardless of whether opinion “made sense as a matter of valuation theory.”
In re El Paso Pipeline Partners, L.P. Derivative Litigation
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Chancery says “dropdown” of assets from parent to master limited partnership resulted in overpayment; transaction was enabled by financial advisor that took orders from parent regardless of whether opinion “made sense as a matter of valuation theory.”