• In re: Appraisal of Panera Bread Co.

    Publication Date: 2020-02-19
    Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions
    Industry: Food and Beverage
    Court: Court of Chancery
    Judge: Vice Chancellor Zurn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Samuel T. Hirzel, II, Elizabeth A. DeFelice and Melissa N. Donimirski, Heyman Ererio Gattuso & Hirzel LLP, Wilmington, DE; Steven M. Hecht, Michael T.G. Long, Jarett N. Sena, Natalie F. Dallavalle, Frank T.M. Catalina, Edoardo Murillo and Jonathan M. Kass, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, New York, NY for peti-tioners.
    for defendant: Paul J. Lockwood, Jennifer C. Voss, Jenness E. Parker, Alyssa S. O’Connell, Kaitlin E. Maloney, Daniel S. Atlas, Bonnie W. David and Andrew D. Kinsey, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Wilming-ton, DE for respondent.

    Case Number: D68882

    In this statutory appraisal action, the court determined that the process by which the company was sold bore multiple indicia of reliability, and the deal price was persuasive evidence of fair value.