Underlying Fairness Opinions’ Analyses Are Material Information

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Legal and Court Case Update
October 1, 2002
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shareholder dissent/oppression

Pure Resources, Inc. v. Shareholders Litigation
No. 19876 (Del. Chan. 2002)
US
State Court
Delaware
Court of Chancery
Strine

Summary

The Delaware Court of Chancery found that the underlying analyses that formed the basis for an investment banker's fairness opinion should have been disclosed to the shareholders and that such information was material to a shareholder's decision to tender his shares in connection with a tender offer the controlling shareholder made.

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Pure Resources, Inc. v. Shareholders Litigation

The Delaware Court of Chancery found that the underlying analyses thta formed the basis for an investment banker's fairness opinion should have been disclosed to the shareholders, and that such information was material to a shareholder's decision to tende ...