Legal Opinion
Winshall v. Viacom International, Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided November 10, 2011No. Civil Action No. 6074-CSPublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
STRINE, Chancellor.
I. Introduction
This is a dispute over earn-out payments. In 2006, defendant Viacom International, Inc., a media conglomerate whose portfolio includes such brands as MTV and Nickelodeon, acquired defendant Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., a company best known for creating the music-oriented video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero (the “Merger”). Under a merger agreement entered into by Viacom, Harmonix and the selling stockholders of Harmonix (the “Selling Stockholders”), including the plaintiff, Walter A. Winshall, as the representative of the Selling Stockholders (the…
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