Contested corporate transactions : mergers and acquisitions

2016·0.18 MB·English

by  Koval, Patricia A

CONTESTED CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS
MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
VOLUME I
B
Professor Patricia A. Koval
Spring 2016
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CONTESTED CORPORATE TRANSACTIONS - MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME I
1. Glossary of Some Commonly Used Deal Terms
2. Securities Act (Ontario): definition of “voting security”, Part I; “equity security”,
Part XX; “convertible securities” (s. 89(5)) (references are to the current Ontario
statute);
3. “Background Notes on Equity Acquisition Structures”, prepared by Pat Koval
4. Re Sears Canada Inc. (2006), 22 B.L.R. (4th) 267 (O.S.C.)
5. Re Sears Canada Inc. (2006), 84 O.R. (3d) 61 (Ont. S.C.J. (Div. Ct.))
6. Vengrowth Funds (Re) (2011), 34 O.S.C.B. 6755
7. Torys LLP M&A Bulletin - Top M&A Trends of 2016
8. Securities Act (Ontario): definitions of “associate”, “insider”, “affiliated
companies”, “controlled companies”, “subsidiary companies”, “beneficial
ownership of securities” in Part I of the Act; Part XX of the Act
9. Statutory sections regarding compulsory acquisitions, going private transactions
and squeeze-out transactions: Business Corporations Act (Ontario): Part XV
(compulsory acquisitions and going private transactions); section 185 (dissent and
appraisal rights); Canada Business Corporations Act, subsection 2(1) definitions
for “affiliate”, “distributing corporation”, “going private transaction”, “squeeze-
out transaction” and subsection 2(2), 2(3), 2(4) and 2(5)
10. “A New ‘Just Say Slow’ Takeover Bid Regime Takes Shape”, Torys LLP
11. “Progress Continues Toward Cooperative Capital Markets System”, Torys LLP
12. Advertisement by BHP Billiton to Holders of Common Shares of Potash
Corporation
13. Re Sterling Centrecorp Inc., (2007), 30 O.S.C.B. 6683 and Re Sterling Centrecorp
Inc., [2007] O.J. No. 3072 (Ont. S.C.J. [Commercial List])
14. Sample Lock-Up Agreements
15. CSA Notice re: Early Warning Requirements and Torys LLP Client Bulletin
94200-0003 20623906.1
16. CSA: Proposed Amendments to MI 62-104 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids,
Proposed Changes to NP 62-203 Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids and Proposed
Consequential Amendments
17. Potash Corp Directors’ Circular dated August 23, 2010 Recommending Rejection
of the Offer by BHP Billiton
18. Unocal Corp. v. Mesa Petroleum Co., 493 A. 2d 946 (Del. Sup. Ct. 1985)
19. Unitrin, Inc. v. American General Corp., 651 A. 2d 1361 (Del. Sup. Ct. 1995)
20. Revlon Inc. v. MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., 506 A. 2d 173 (Del. Sup.
Ct. 1986)
21. In Re Del Monte, 25 A.3d 813 (Del.Ch. 2011). C.A. No. 6027-VCL
22. Extract from the decision of Vice-Chancellor Laster, Court of Chancery of
Delaware in Reiss v. Hazelett Strip - Casting Corporation, pp. 457-460
23. Director Liability: “From Van Gorkum to Southern Peru and Beyond”, Williams,
Koch and Lyons, Insights, Volume 26, Number 4, April 2012
24. C & J Energy Svcs, Inc. v. City of Miami General Employees' Retirement Trust,
No. 655/657, 2014 Del. LEXIS 602, 2014 WL 7243153 (Del.Supr. Dec. 19, 2014)
25. Strine , Leo E., Documenting the Deal: How Quality Control and Candor Can
Improve Boardroom Decision-Making and Reduce the Litigation Target Zone
(October 2014)
26. C.W. Shareholdings Inc. v. WIC Western International Communications Ltd.
(1998), 39 O.R. (3rd) 755 (Ont. Gen. Div. [Commercial List])
27. Pente Investment Management Ltd. v. Schneider Corp. (sub non. Maple Leaf
Foods Inc. v. Schneider Corp.) (1998), 42 O.R. (3d) 177 (C.A.)
28. Peoples Department Stores Inc., (Trustee of) v. Wise, [2004] S.C.J. No.64
(S.C.C.)
29. BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders, [2008] 3 S.C.R. 560, 2008, SCC 69
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