Legal Opinion
Sea Containers Ltd. v. Stena Ab
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided December 1, 1989No. 89-7115, 89-7146, 89-7147PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge D.H. GINSBURG.
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
These appeals arise out of the cross-fire between the parties to a hostile tender offer. The tender offer was launched by Stena Finance B.V., a Netherlands corporation, and Tiphook pic, an English company, acting through their joint subsidiary, Temple Holdings Ltd., a Bermuda corporation. The target is Sea Containers Ltd., also a Bermuda corporation.
The battle was first heralded on March 13, 1989, when Stena Finance B.V., its parent AB Stena Finans, its grandparent Ste-na AB, and the grandparents’ sole…
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