Legal Opinion
Ash V. G. P. Putnam's Sons & MCA Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 75-3591Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
GORBEY, District Judge.
This suit was instituted on December 15, 1975, by two shareholders of G. P. Putnam’s Sons (Putnam), allegedly on behalf of themselves and shareholders of Putnam entitled to vote at a shareholders’ meeting which was held on December 18, 1975. At the meeting, a proposal was adopted upon favorable vote of the holders of more than two-thirds of Putnam’s stock to merge Putnam with the wholly owned subsidiary of MCA, Incorporated (MCA). On December 19, 1975, a certificate of merger was filed with New York authorities, and Putnam is now a wholly owned subsidiary of…
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