Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Investigates LaBranche & Co Inc. Buyout - LAB
18 February 2011 - 4:07AM
Business Wire
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. announces that it is investigating
potential claims against the board of directors of LaBranche &
Co, Inc. (“LaBranche” or the “Company”) (NYSE: LAB) concerning
possible breaches of fiduciary duty and other violations of law
related to the Company’s entry into an agreement to be acquired by
Cowen Group, Inc. (“Cowen”) (NASDAQ: COWN) in a stock-for-stock
merger transaction valued at approximately $192.8 million. Click
here to learn how to join the action:
http://www.rigrodskylong.com/news/LaBrancheCoInc-LAB.
Under the proposed agreement, each outstanding share of
LaBranche common stock will be exchanged for 0.9980 of a share of
Cowen Class A common stock. The total Cowen shares to be issued to
LaBranche shareholders will represent approximately 35.1 percent of
the combined company and 33.8 percent on a fully diluted basis. The
transaction represents an only 16 percent premium to LaBranche’s
closing price on February 16, 2011. Certain executive officers of
LaBranche, holding approximately 12.5% of the Company’s outstanding
shares, and RCG Holding LLC, which currently holds approximately
44.5% of the outstanding shares of Cowen, have entered into voting
agreements to vote in favor of the transaction.
The investigation concerns whether LaBranche’s board of
directors failed to adequately shop the Company and obtain the best
price possible for LaBranche’s shareholders before entering into
the agreement with Cowen.
If you own the common stock of LaBranche and purchased your
shares before February 17, 2011, if you have information or would
like to learn more about these claims, or if you wish to discuss
these matters or have any questions concerning this announcement or
your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please
contact Scott J. Farrell, Esquire, of Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.,
585 Stewart Avenue, Suite 304, Garden City, New York 11530, by
telephone at (516) 683-3516, or by e-mail to
info@rigrodskylong.com.
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., with offices in Wilmington, Delaware
and Garden City, New York, regularly litigates securities class,
derivative and direct actions, shareholder rights litigation and
corporate governance litigation, including claims for breach of
fiduciary duty and proxy violations in the Delaware Court of
Chancery and in state and federal courts throughout the United
States.
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