Lawsuit Overview
May 9, 2019 - The case was voluntarily dismissed.
March 14, 2019 - An investor, who currently holds shares of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ULTI), filed a lawsuit against the takeover of The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. The plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties owed to NASDAQ: ULTI stockholders by agreeing to sell The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. cheaply via an unfair process.
Weston, FL based The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. provides cloud-based human capital management solutions primarily to enterprise companies in the United States and Canada.
On February 4, 2019, Ultimate Software (Nasdaq: ULTI) announced that it has entered into a merger agreement to be acquired by an investor group led by Hellman & Friedman in an all-cash transaction for $331.50 per share in cash. However, plaintiff claims that the proposed consideration Nasdaq: ULTI shareholders will receive is grossly inadequate and undervalues Ultimate Software. Indeed, at least one analyst has set the high target price for NASDAQ: ULTI shares at $370.00 per share. The Ultimate Software Group, Inc. reported that its annual Total Revenue rose from $940.72 million in 2017 to over $1.14 billon in 2018 and that its Net Income increased from $14.05 million in 2017 to $65.14 million in 2018. In addition, the plaintiff alleges that the process is also unfair Nasdaq: ULTI stockholders