88 A.3d 635 (Del. 2014)

Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp.

MFW held that a controller freeze-out can receive business-judgment review instead of entire-fairness review when, from the outset, it is conditioned on both approval by an independent special committee and an informed majority-of-the-minority vote.

Holding

MFW held that a controller freeze-out can receive business-judgment review instead of entire-fairness review when, from the outset, it is conditioned on both approval by an independent special committee and an informed majority-of-the-minority vote.

Issues

controller freeze-outmajority-of-the-minority votespecial-committee independence