Interested Directors Fail to Meet Entire Fairness Standard

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Boyer v. Wilmington Materials, Inc.
754 A.2d 881, 1999 Del. Ch. LEXIS 4
US
State Court
Delaware
Court of Chancery
Dr. Donald J. Puglisi (for plaintiff) Mr. J. Mark Penny (for defendant)
Lamb

Summary

This issue in this shareholder dispute is whether the defendants' approval of the sale of substantially all of the assets of Wilmington Materials Inc. (WMI) to Delaware Aggregates Inc. (DAI), in which five of the defendants had an interest, met the entire fairness standard applicable to interested transactions.

See Also

Boyer v. Wilmington Materials, Inc.

At issue is the valuation of the plaintiff's interest in Wilmington Materials, Inc.