McKESSON CORP. v. GREEN

Nos. S04G1228, S04G1229.

610 S.E.2d 54 (2005)

279 Ga. 95

McKESSON CORPORATION et al. v. GREEN et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

March 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Manning, John Howell Williamson, Atlanta, for Appellant.

H. Lamar Mixson, John G. Parker, Dorothy Y. Kirkley, Jill Anne Pryor, Jason Michael Freier, Atlanta, for Appellee.

Edward C. Schweitzer, Myer Eisenberg, Deputy Gen. Counsel, United States Securities Exchange Comm., for Amicus.


THOMPSON, Justice.

These cases arise out of the merger of two publicly-traded corporations, McKesson Corporation and HBO & Company ("HBOC"). In January 1999 McKesson acquired HBOC in a stock-for-stock deal in which McKesson purchased the stock of HBOC shareholders with McKesson stock at an exchange rate agreed to by the parties. The rate was based on the information (financial and otherwise) exchanged and warranted by the corporations. A few months later, McKesson...

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