Thursday, May 28, 2009

Doft & Co. v. Travelocity.Com Inc., 2004 WL 1152338 (Del. Ch.)

Facts

Sabre owned 70% of Travelocity’s shares and eventually bought the remainder not owned by Travelocity.  A forced sale gives shareholders the right to receive a fair value for their shares.

Procedural History

Doft & Co. sued to obtain the fair value from the Court.

Issue(s)

What is the fair value of the shares?

Reasoning/Analysis

The Court came to the conclusion that no one is able to produce a reliable set of long-range projections for Travelocity.  The Court decided to ignore both parties’ experts and used the comparable company approach, looking at Expedia as the comparable company.  A 35% discount was applied to the valuation multiples derived from analysis of Expedia, giving a per share value of $32.76.

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