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FIR TREE VALUE MASTER FUND v. JARDEN CORP.

No. 454, 2019.

236 A.3d 313 (2020)

FIR TREE VALUE MASTER FUND, LP, Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, LP, and Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd., Petitioners Below, Appellants, v. JARDEN CORPORATION, Respondent Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: July 9, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Barry, Esquire , Kimberly A. Evans, Esquire , Kelly L. Tucker, Esquire , Vivek Upadhya, Esquire , GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Attorneys for Petitioners-Appellants Fir Tree Value Master Fund, LP, Fir Tree Capital Opportunity Master Fund, LP, and Verition Multi-Strategy Master Fund Ltd.

Srinivas M. Raju, Esquire , Brock E. Czeschin, Esquire , Robert L. Burns, Esquire , Sarah A. Clark, Esquire , Matthew W. Murphy, Esquire , RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Michael J. McConnell, Esquire , Ashley F. Heintz, Esquire , Robert A. Watts, Esquire , JONES DAY, Atlanta, Georgia; Attorneys for Respondent-Appellee Jarden Corporation.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices, constituting the Court en Banc.

Martin Franklin, the Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Jarden Corporation, negotiated the corporation's sale to Newell Brands for $59.21 per share in cash and stock. Several large Jarden stockholders refused to accept the sale price and petitioned for appraisal in the Court of Chancery. In a lengthy opinion, the Court...

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