Appraisal Rights

APRIL 18, 2018

In contrast to the United States, where an enabling legal regime and a fortunate confluence of a variety of factors have led to a surge of appraisal petitions and appraisal arbitrage, the appraisal remedy remains a sparingly utilized weapon in the arsenal of shareholders in the EU. Minority shareholders in the EU are reticent to exercise appraisal rights.

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Appraisal Rights

APRIL 20, 2018

The Harvard Law School Forum just put out this piece on appraisal, wherein attorneys from Debevoise & Plimpton discuss the current state of Delaware appraisal jurisprudence and seek to place the key recent decisions in the context of the overall arc of appraisal law. The attorneys close with this observation: So where does this leave us? First, we are meant to put significant trust in efficient market theory, relying as a starting point on both market price and, if resulting from a strong p

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Appraisal Rights

APRIL 17, 2018

In certain mergers, shareholders of Bermudian corporations will have appraisal rights. For much more on Bermuda appraisal, see “Bermuda Minority Shareholder Protection and Appraisal Rights” from BeesMont , by Stephanie Sanderson. Notable is that in a Section 106 merger or amalgamation (most similar to the standard mergers we confront in Delaware), there are appraisal rights for Bermudian corporations; and, different than Delaware, there is no appeal process from the courts’ appraisal decision.

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APRIL 16, 2018

Conyers Dill , a Cayman firm, has this new article out about Cayman appraisal, including the recent Trina Solar case. This article discusses appraisal appeals, payments to dissenting shareholders, and discovery of dissenters. Notable to US practitioners is that the scope of the discovery of dissenters/petitioners and even whether dissenters/petitioners should be required to give discovery in a Cayman appraisal action remains a live issue.

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