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Oil & Gas Valuation: 5 Questions to Ask When Stock Is Used As Consideration

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Over the last several years, an acquiring company’s stock has become a more commonly used currency in upstream oil & gas merger and acquisition transactions. This trend can be attributed to its benefits, such as providing...more

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Oil & Gas Valuation: 5 Things To Consider When Stock Is Used As Consideration

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Here are five concepts to keep in mind when utilizing stock as a form of consideration in an oil and gas transaction....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Delaware Chancery Court in Aruba Appraisal Finds Fair Value to be the Pre-Announcement Market Price: 30% Below Deal Value

In 2015, Hewlett Packard acquired Aruba for a negotiated price of $24.67 per share, or about $2.8 billion. Several stockholders sought appraisal. On February 15, the Delaware Court of Chancery found that, for purposes of...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Delaware Court of Chancery Concludes That Company's Unaffected Trading Price Prior to Merger Is Fair Value for Purposes of...

On February 15, 2018, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued its post-trial decision in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc., a statutory appraisal proceeding arising from Hewlett-Packard's 2015...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Delaware Courts Continue to Define Appropriate Valuation Methodologies for Statutory Appraisal

Statutory appraisal actions remain one of the most closely watched areas of Delaware corporate law, and there have been significant developments in Delaware appraisal law. Recently, the Delaware Supreme Court provided...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Process Is Paramount: The Delaware Court of Chancery Gives “100% Weight” to Merger Price in Determining Company’s Fair Value in...

On December 16, 2016, the Delaware Court of Chancery issued a post-trial opinion in an appraisal proceeding arising from the acquisition of Lender Processing Services, Inc. (“LPS” or the “Company”) by Fidelity National...more

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