Multiple Choice
RayCorp offers to buy out MegaCorp by paying $69 per share.LandCo,who also wants to buy MegaCorp,offers to pay $75 per share.When the bidding process is finally over,RayCorp has offered $85 per share and LandCo has offered to pay $90 per share.MegaCorp agrees to sell to RayCorp on grounds that,all things considered,the takeover by RayCorp would be better for the business.LandCo claims that MegaCorp should have sold the company to it since it was the highest bidder.Is LandCo correct?
A) Yes.This is a breach of duty.MegaCorp must sell the company to the highest bidder;it cannot give preferential treatment to a lower bidder.
B) No.This is covered by the Williams Act.
C) No.The directors have broad discretion in deciding to whom to sell the company.
D) No.MegaCorp is acting in good faith by considering all things,not just the offering price of the shares.
Correct Answer:

Verified
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q35: A manager who has engaged in self-dealing
Q36: List and discuss the three ways to
Q37: Management's duty to have a rational business
Q38: Alex is a director of ABC,Inc.Alex wants
Q39: Major Corporation wants to acquire control of
Q40: In order to use poison pills,staggered boards
Q41: Which of the following takeover defenses is
Q43: Which of the following is the most
Q44: Generally,managers that make informed decisions will not
Q45: In the late 1960s,a shareholder of the