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JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s a brand new year! Which means we’re planning on bringing you fantastic content to start off the new decade right. Also new this year? We want you to be part of the story. Check out our content arc and themes below. If you have an idea for an article you’d like to contribute or would like to be on our podcast, please reach […].

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 29, 2020

Proxy firm Institutional Shareholder Services’ Sustainability Proxy Voting Guidelines – 2020 Policy Recommendations are public, and include a recommendation that shareholders vote in favor of appraisal rights when they are on the ballot. ISS observes that some investment funds are taking a view towards incorporating various issues into their voting behavior – including corporate governance, environmental, or social issues.

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 28, 2020

According to this Financial Times report [$$$], shareholder activist campaigns targeted at M&A activity were at record levels in 2019, comprising almost half of all activist activity in 2019. M&A activism can take many forms, but perhaps of most interest to those also interested in appraisal is activism that focuses on already announced deals.

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 30, 2020

In a lengthy decision, Delaware Vice Chancellor Laster ruled that shareholders had the right to inspect the formal board materials of AmerisourceBergen Corporation and conduct a 30(b)(6) deposition to determine whether they needed additional documents, including informal board materials and officer-level documents. In Lebanon Cty. Emp. Ret. Fund v. AmerisourceBergen Corp. , stockholders sought to inspect AmerisourceBergen’s books and records relating to the company’s compliance with opioid distr

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Speaker: Susan Spencer, Principal of Spencer Communications

Intent signal data can go a long way toward shortening sales cycles and closing more deals. The challenge is deciding which is the best type of intent data to help your company meet its sales and marketing goals. In this webinar, Susan Spencer, fractional CMO and principal of Spencer Communications, will unpack the differences between contact-level and company-level intent signals.

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Appraisal Rights

JANUARY 27, 2020

In reviewing current “hot topics” in M&A, law firm Sullivan and Cromwell writes this about the current state of appraisal, given the continued developments from multiple major appraisal cases in the past couple years: “Post-Aruba Appraisal Landscape: Following the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc.

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