Take-Two Sued by Shareholder
By Chris on Wednesday, March 12th, 2008 at 2:45 PM PST In Game Companies, Take-Two
Take-Two is facing yet another lawsuit, but this time it’s by shareholder. Filed last Friday, Take-Two shareholder Patrick Solomon alleges that the “outright rejection of EA’s offers and failure to negotiate” are a failure to “reasonably respond” and “maximize shareholder value.” It’s also alleged that the buyout offer was kept secret (albeit only for a short amount of time) in order to benefit executives.
ZelnickMedia partners Strauss Zelnick and Benjamin Feder are named in the lawsuit, which is focusing on a certain move made last month shortly before the EA offer was rejected. In the event that the company were bought out, Zelnick and his partners would stand to receive a significant bonus. At the time I referred to the move as “unsavory,” which is a sentiment which Solomon obviously agrees with.
GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Take-Two released a statement saying, “We believe that the claims lack merit, and intend to defend vigorously against them.”
Even though it seemed inevitable, I’m glad to see this is indeed going to court. It’ll be interesting to see how the case turns out and what impact it might have on a potential buyout of Take-Two.
image via The Infinite Monkey Project
dang, I saw that picture and I thought they were actually making a Simpsons-themed lawyer game like that Harvey Birdman one. now i’m just sad
It is a pretty wicked awesome Photoshop, though.
You can sue for pretty much anything these days….
Take-Two has a hyphen in its name, I’m suing!!!
Man I’m glad that takeover didn’t take place. Everything EA touches turns to shit now days, eventually that is.