Lawsuit Overview
October 16, 2018 - The case was voluntarily dismissed.
July 6, 2018 - An investor, who currently hold shares of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOX), filed a lawsuit to halt the takeover of Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.
On June 20, 2018, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX) announced that it has entered into an amended and restated merger agreement with The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) pursuant to which The Walt Disney Company has agreed to acquire for a price of $38 per Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOX share the same businesses The Walt Disney Company agreed to acquire under the previously announced merger agreement between Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (NASDAQ: FOX) and The Walt Disney Company (the “Disney Merger Agreement”). This price represents a significant increase over the purchase price of approximately $28 per share included in the Disney Merger Agreement when it was announced in December 2017.
However, the plaintiff alleges that the deal “omits or misrepresents material information.”
Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. reported that its Total Revenue rose from over $27.32 billion for the 12 months period that ended on June 30, 2016 to $28.5 billion for the 12 months period that ended on June 30, 2017, and that its Net Income over those time periods increased from $2.75 billion to $29.5 billion.