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HBK MASTER FUND L.P. v. PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC.

C.A. No. 2020-0165-KSJM.

HBK MASTER FUND L.P., and HBK MERGER STRATEGIES MASTER FUND L.P., Petitioners, v. PIVOTAL SOFTWARE, INC., Respondent.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: August 14, 2023.

Corrected: March 12, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel T. Hirzel II , Elizabeth A. DeFelice , HEYMAN ENERIO GATTUSO & HIRZEL LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Lawrence M. Rolnick , Steven M. Hecht , Frank T. M. Catalina , ROLNICK KRAMER SADIGHI LLP, New York, New York; Counsel for Petitioners HBK Master Fund L.P. and HBK Merger Strategies Master Fund L.P.

Elena C. Norman , Daniel M. Kirshenbaum , YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Michael D. Celio , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Palo Alto, California; Laura Kathryn O'Boyle , Peter M. Wade , Mark H. Mixon, Jr. , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, New York, New York; Colin B. Davis , GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP, Irvine, California; Counsel for Respondent Pivotal Software, Inc.

POST-TRIAL MEMORANDUM OPINION

The petitioners are former Class A common stockholders of Pivotal Software, Inc., who exercised their appraisal rights in connection with a merger by which Pivotal's controlling stockholder, VMware, Inc., acquired Pivotal for $15 per share.

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