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Recommended Reading: The Standard of Review for Dell’s IPO

2018-11-30 07:00

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By: Stuart E. Leblang

This week we highlight a post by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation by Akin Gump attorneys. This article discussed how Dell has been planning to eliminate its tracking stock (DVMT) through a merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary that would effectively convert the outstanding DVMT shares into a new class of publicly traded Dell common stock, and the reluctance of many DVMT stockholders to support the proposed exchange.

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