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BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON v. COMMERZBANK CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST II

C.A. No. 5580-VCN.

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee pursuant to a certain Amended and Restated Trust Agreement described below, Plaintiff, v. COMMERZBANK CAPITAL FUNDING TRUST II; COMMERZBANK CAPITAL FUNDING LLC II; and COMMERZBANK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: August 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal J. Levitsky, Esquire , Leslie B. Spoltore, Esquire , and Seth A. Niederman, Esquire of Fox Rothschild LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, and Sigmund S. Wissner-Gross, Esquire and Emilio A. Galván, Esquire of Brown Rudnick LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

William M. Lafferty, Esquire , Thomas W. Briggs, Jr., Esquire , and Ryan D. Stottmann, Esquire of Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, and Amanda J. Gallagher, Esquire , Martin S. Bloor, Esquire , Kate Z. Machan, Esquire , and Patrick C. Ashby, Esquire of Linklaters LLP, New York, New York, Attorneys for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NOBLE, Vice Chancellor.

I. INTRODUCTION

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft ("Commerzbank" or the "Bank") agreed to acquire Dresdner Bank Aktiengesellschaft ("Dresdner" or "Dresdner Bank") in September 2008.1 As part of the deal, Commerzbank also acquired Dresdner Bank's trust preferred structures, and holders of Dresdner's trust preferred securities received distributions in both 2009 and...

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