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Paramount Communications Inc v Time Inc

571 A.2d 1140 (Del. 1989)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtDelaware Supreme Court
Year1989
StatusBinding authority

Summary

Delaware directors may maintain a pre-existing strategic merger plan without triggering Revlon auction duties merely because a hostile bidder emerges.

Key Principle

Directors are not obligated to abandon a preexisting business plan in favor of a hostile bid; Revlon duties are not triggered by a long-term strategic transaction.

Area of Law

corporate

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