Only small a small number of companies experienced a negative “say on pay” vote this past proxy season, but many of the companies that did found themselves hit with a shareholder lawsuit in the wake of the negative vote. Cincinnati Bell is one of the companies that with both a negative vote and subsequent shareholder
In a Must-Read Opinion, Delaware Court Rejects Bid to Block Massey Merger
According to news reports, on June 1, 2011, Alpha Natural Resources completed its $7.1 billion acquisition of Massey Energy Company. The deal went forward despite last minute efforts by groups of Massey shareholders proceeding in West Virginia and Delaware courts to try to enjoin the transaction on the grounds that the merger did not