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星期一, 03月 8, 2010 posted by admin 2:06 pm

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The lawsuit also alleges that On2’s board agreed to provisions that prohibit the company from entertaining other offers. 

On2 shareholders unhappy with Google deal

Under the terms of the stock swap, which was announced earlier this month, each share of On2 will be exchanged for 60 cents’ worth of Google common stock–a 57 percent premium over On2’s closing stock price on the last trading day before the announcement. The complaint notes that On2’s stock traded at 65 cents in May and reached as high as $1.16 in 2008.



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The lawsuit, which was filed Monday in Delaware Chancery Court, seeks class action status and a permanent injunction against the deal. The suit, first reported by the New York Post, also seeks an accounting of all damages caused by the defendants Google and On2’s board of directors.

The deal, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of this year, still needs the approval of On2 shareholders, but the board has yet to announce a date for the vote.

Google’s acquisition of video-compression software company On2 Technologies is being challenged in court by On2 shareholders dissatisfied by Google’s $106.5 million offer.

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