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Email In a trio of appraisal decisions, Delaware courts declined to use the deal price as the best evidence of fair value, instead using discounted cash flow analyses (“DCF”) and the unaffected market price to determine fair values below the merger consideration. Building on the trend reflected in the Delaware Supreme Court’s high-profile 2017 decisions in Dell, Inc. v. Magnetar Glob. Event Driven Master Fund Ltd. and DFC Global Corp. v. Muirfield Value Partners (discussed in our 2017 year-in-review), L.P., the Delaware Court of Chancery’s recent decisions in Verition Partners Master Fund Ltd. v. Aruba Networks, Inc. and In re Appraisal of AOL Inc., and the Delaware Supreme Court’s decision in Merlin Partners, L.P. v. SWS Group, Inc. further underscore the ability of companies and their boards to successfully contest dissenting shareholders seeking appraisal. https://www.cadwalader.com/resources/clients-friends-memos/ma-update-a-trio-of-recent-delaware-decisions-discount-deal-price-in-appraisal-litigation