IN RE APPRAISAL OF ANCESTRY.COM, INC.

Consolidated C.A. No. 8173-VCG.

IN RE APPRAISAL OF ANCESTRY.COM, INC.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: January 5, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin G. Abrams , J. Peter Shindel, Jr. , and Matthew L. Miller , of ABRAMS & BAYLISS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Petitioner Merion Capital, L.P.

Ronald A. Brown, Jr. , Marcus E. Montejo , and Eric J. Juray , of PRICKETT, JONES & ELLIOTT, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for Petitioners Merlin Partners LP and The Ancora Merger Arbitrage Fund, LP.

Stephen C. Norman , Kevin R. Shannon , and James G. Stanco , of POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Stephen R. DiPrima , William Savitt , Adam M. Gogolak , and Steven Winter , of WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, New York, New York, Attorneys for Respondent Ancestry.com, Inc.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

SAM GLASSCOCK, III, Vice Chancellor.

Ancestry.com, Inc. ("Ancestry") was acquired in 2012 by a private equity firm in a cash-out transaction. Merion Capital L.P. ("Merion"), one of the Petitioners in this appraisal action, purchased its shares of Ancestry after the record date for that transaction. The shares were held in fungible bulk by a record owner, Cede & Co. ("Cede"). Merion caused Cede to file a timely...

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