The following excerpt is from an a news release posted November 5, 2012 at EmpoweredNews.net.
The Shareholders Foundation announces that an investor in shares of Ancestry.com Inc (NASDAQ:ACOM) filed a lawsuit against directors of Ancestry.com Inc in effort to block the proposed buyout of Ancestry.com Inc at $32 per NASDAQ:ACOM share.
Provo, Utah based Ancestry.com Inc. is an online family history resource. On October 22, 2012, Ancestry.com (Nasdaq:ACOM) announced that the company owned by the Permira funds and co-investors has entered into a merger agreement to acquire Ancestry.com for $32.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at $1.6 billion.
However, the plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties owed to NASDAS:ACOM stockholder arising out of the attempt to sell the company too cheaply via an unfair process to a company owned by the London-based private-equity firm Permira funds and co-investors.
