« Shareholder Votes On Say on Pay Down at Big Banks | Main | Eight individuals Indicted in Stock Lending Kickbacks Investigation »
May 22, 2008
Canadian Court Blocks BCE Buyout
A Canadian appellate court sided with the bondholders of Canadian telecommunications company BCE Inc. and held that the company's LBO is unfair to them. According to the court,
"The Board should have considered the interests (including reasonable expectations) of the [bondholders]. In Canada, the directors of a corporation have a more extensive duty...giving consideration to the interests of all stakeholders, which, in this case, includes the [bondholders]."
Is this an accurate expressesion of Canadian law, or will the decision be overturned on appeal? Any experts in Canadian corporate law out there? WSJ, BCE Buyout Blocked in Canada Court.
May 22, 2008 in News Stories | Permalink
TrackBack
TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341bfae553ef00e5526635948833
Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Canadian Court Blocks BCE Buyout: