Making Sense Of Delaware's Cigna V. Audax Decision

Law360, New York (January 12, 2015, 11:47 AM EST) -- In private company acquisitions, it is common for the buyer to require that a portion of the merger consideration be set aside in escrow as an accessible source of funds to cover the buyer's post-closing indemnification claims relating to breaches of the target company's representations and warranties and other specified contingencies. However, the buyer might demand additional protection if its losses under such claims exceed the escrow amount by insisting upon collection of the full loss from the target company's stockholders. If the losses are significant and the indemnification obligations are uncapped or have a sufficiently high cap, this could require the target company's stockholders to return their full pro rata share of the merger consideration to the buyer....

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