REYNOLDS AM. INC. v. THIRD MOTION EQUITIES

No. 368A20.

866 S.E.2d 869 (2021)

2021-NCSC-162

REYNOLDS AMERICAN INC. v. THIRD MOTION EQUITIES MASTER FUND LTD, Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd., Spectrum Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar Fundamental Strategies Master Funds Ltd, Magnetar MSW Master Fund Ltd, Mason Capital Master Fund, L.P., Blue Mountain Credit Alternatives Master Fund L.P., BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P., BlueMountain Guadalupe Peak Fund L.P., BlueMountain Summit Trading L.P., BlueMountain Montenvers Master Fund SCA SICAV-SIF, and Barry W. Blank Trust, defendant-appellants and Anton S. Kawalsky, trustee for the benefit of Anton S. Kawalsky Trust UA 9/17/2015, Canyon Blue Credit Investment Fund L.P., The Canyon Value Realization Master Fund, L.P., Canyon Value Realization Fund, L.P., Amundi Absolute Return Canyon Fund P.L.C., Canyon-S1 Value Fund, L.P., Permal Canyon IO Ltd., Canyon Value Realization Mac 18 Ltd., defendant-appellees.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Filed December 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald H. Tucker Jr. , Christopher B. Capel , Clifton L. Brinson , Raleigh, and Gary A. Bornstein , pro hac vice, for plaintiff-appellee Reynolds American Inc.

Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard LLP, by Jessica Thaller-Moran , Raleigh, and Jennifer K. Van Zant ; Greensboro, and Rolnick Kramer Sadighi LLP, by Lawrence M. Rolnick , pro hac vice, Sheila A. Sadighi , pro hac vice, and Jennifer A. Randolph , pro hac vice, for defendant-appellants Mason Capital Master Fund, L.P., Blue Mountain Credit Alternatives Master Fund L.P., BlueMountain Foinaven Master Fund L.P., BlueMountain Guadalupe Peak Fund L.P., BlueMountain Summit Trading L.P., and BlueMountain Montenvers Master Fund SCA SICAV-SIF.

George F. Sanderson III , Kevin G. Abrams , and J. Peter Shindel Jr. , for defendant-appellants Third Motion Equities Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar Capital Master Fund, Ltd, Spectrum Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, Magnetar Fundamental Strategies Master Fund Ltd, and Magnetar MSW Master Fund Ltd.

Kieran J. Shanahan , Brandon S. Neuman , and Christopher S. Battles , Raleigh, for defendant-appellant Barry W. Blank Trust.

No brief for defendant-appellees.


¶ 1 This case requires us to interpret and apply N.C.G.S. §§ 55-13-01 et seq. to decide whether the Business Court properly determined the "fair value" of shares held by shareholders in a tobacco company, Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), who sought judicial appraisal after RAI was acquired by the international tobacco...

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