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Email In Flood v. Synutra Int’l Inc., the Delaware Supreme Court clarified its holding in Kahn v. M&F Worldwide Corp. (“MFW”). In MFW, the Court held that the business judgment rule—rather than the entire fairness standard—applies to a controlling stockholder transaction if such transaction is conditioned “ab initio,” or at the beginning, upon approval of both an independent special committee of directors and the informed vote of a majority of the minority stockholders (the “MFW Conditions”). At issue in Flood was whether the Court of Chancery properly applied the business judgment rule to a controlling stockholder acquisition of Synutra International even though the controlling stockholder did not include the MFW Conditions in its initial proposal to acquire Synutra, but instead included such conditions in a follow-up letter sent two weeks later. Chief Justic https://www.cadwalader.com/resources/clients-friends-memos/ma-update-delaware-supreme-court-clarifies-the-ab-initio-requirement-for-business-judgment-review-of-controlling-stockholder-transactions-in-flood-v-synutra