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IN RE ANTHEM-CIGNA MERGER LITIGATION

Consolidated C.A. No. 2017-0114-JTL.

IN RE ANTHEM-CIGNA MERGER LITIGATION.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: August 31, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Lafferty , Kevin M. Coen , D. McKinley Measley , Zi-Xiang Shen , Thomas P. Will , Daniel T. Menken , MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Glenn M. Kurtz , Claudine Columbres , Andrew W. Hammond , Gregory Starner , Camille M. Shepherd , Vatsala Sahay , WHITE & CASE LLP, New York, New York; Heather M. Burke , WHITE & CASE LLP, Palo Alto, California; Dana E. Foster , WHITE & CASE LLP, Washington, D.C.; Attorneys for Anthem, Inc.

David E. Ross , Garrett B. Moritz , S. Michael Sirkin , Adam D. Gold , Benjamin Z. Grossberg , Anne M. Steadman , ROSS ARONSTAM & MORITZ LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Stephen R. DiPrima , William Savitt , Graham W. Meli , Adam M. Gogolak , Lauren M. Kofke , S. Christopher Szczerban , Steven P. Winter , Claire E. Addis , Bita Assad , Daniel H. Rosenblum , Jacob Miller , Jeohn Salone Favors , WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, New York, NY; Attorneys for Cigna Corporation.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

Anthem, Inc., and Cigna Corporation entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 23, 2015 (the "Merger Agreement"). Anthem agreed to pay total consideration of over $54 billion, reflecting a premium of 38.4% over Cigna's unaffected market capitalization. At the time,...

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