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		<title>Private Equity: A Bumpy Q1 for Financial Sponsors</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/05/private-equity-a-bumpy-q1-for-financial-sponsors.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 04:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MergerMarket recently issued its Q1 2026 M&#38;A Highlights report. Among other things, the report said that global M&#38;A volume rose 22% year-on-year to $1.16 trillion through March 23rd. That&#8217;s the second highest first quarter ever after 2021. However, not all the news was good. This excerpt notes that financial sponsors had a bumpy ride during [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Advance Notice Bylaws: DE Supreme Court Rejects Challenge on Ripeness Grounds</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/advance-notice-bylaws-de-supreme-court-rejects-challenge-on-ripeness-grounds.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 04:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, in In re The AES Corporation and Owens Corning, (Del. 4/26), the Delaware Supreme Court upheld a prior Chancery Court decision rejecting efforts by two plaintiffs to obtain declaratory and injunctive relief against advance notice bylaws adopted by two companies in 2023. The plaintiffs were stockholders who neither intended to nominate directors nor identified a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Timely Takes Podcast: Garrett Muzikowski &#038; Andrea Hearon on DExit</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/timely-takes-podcast-garrett-muzikowski-andrea-hearon-on-dexit.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 04:05:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The growing list of public companies proposing to move from Delaware to another jurisdiction of incorporation indicates that &#8220;DExit&#8221; remains a live topic among boards and management teams. In our latest &#8220;Timely Takes&#8221; podcast,  FTI Consulting&#8217;s Garrett Muzikowski &#38; Andrea Hearon joined me to discuss a variety of legal and business issues that companies considering [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Study: Private Target Deal Terms</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/study-private-target-deal-terms-10.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 04:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[SRS Acquiom recently released the 2026 edition of its M&#38;A Deal Terms Study. The study analyzes over 2,300 private-target acquisitions that closed between 2020 and 2025 where SRS Acquiom provided services, valued at $569 billion. Here are some of the key findings from this year’s study: Jumbo Deal Activity Accelerates:  More jumbo deals in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>March-April Issue of Deal Lawyers Newsletter</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/march-april-issue-of-deal-lawyers-newsletter-4.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Jenkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The March-April issue of the Deal Lawyers newsletter was just sent to the printer and is also available online to members of DealLawyers.com who subscribe to the electronic format. This issue includes the following articles: &#8211; Delaware Case Applying Indemnification Materiality Scrape Creates Risks for the Unwary &#8211; Special Committees in Conflict Transactions: A Practical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nasdaq Increases Initial Listing Requirements for SPACs</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/nasdaq-increases-initial-listing-requirements-for-spacs.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 09:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, the SEC posted notice &#38; immediate effectiveness of a Nasdaq proposal that increases SPAC initial listing requirements. Here&#8217;s the background from the notice: Historically, Acquisition Companies chose to list on the Nasdaq Capital Market instead of the Nasdaq Global Market, in part, because it had lower fees and lower initial distribution requirements. More recently, certain Acquisition Companies [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How the New Equity Tender Offer Exemptive Order Will Shape M&#038;A</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/how-the-new-equity-tender-offer-exemptive-order-will-shape-ma.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all the law firm memos rolling in &#8211; and posted in our &#8220;Tender Offers&#8221; Practice Area &#8211; I&#8217;ve read a lot of really smart people&#8217;s thoughts about what the SEC Staff&#8217;s new exemptive order will mean for transaction planning, timing and structure. Here are some insights some of these memos share (headings added): [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Chatbot Conversations Evidenced Pretextual Nature of Buyer&#8217;s Conduct</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In late March, when I blogged about Fortis Advisors LLC v. Krafton, Inc. (Del. Ch.; 3/26), I focused on the reasons the Chancery Court decided to extend the earnout window. I briefly noted that the Court&#8217;s factual findings significantly relied on a conversation between the buyer&#8217;s CEO and a chatbot, and this Mayer Brown alert [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Del. Superior: “Public Offering” Exclusion Doesn&#8217;t Preclude D&#038;O Coverage for De‑SPAC Claims</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/del-superior-public-offering-exclusion-doesnt-preclude-do-coverage-for-de-spac-claims.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over on the D&#38;O Diary, Sarah Abrams wrote about the Delaware Superior Court&#8217;s decision in View v. Starstone (Del. Superior; 3/26), finding that the “public offering” exclusion of the de-SPACs D&#38;O policy did not preclude coverage for claims arising out of the de‑SPAC transaction and that additional payment conditions could not be imposed unless expressly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>SEC Exemptive Order Provides Path to 10-Business Day Equity Tender Offers</title>
		<link>https://www.deallawyers.com/blog/2026/04/sec-exemptive-order-provides-path-to-10-business-day-equity-tender-offers.html</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Meredith Ervine]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 09:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something John shared on TheCorporateCounsel.net on Friday: Yesterday, the SEC’s Office of Mergers and Acquisitions issued an exemptive order providing issuers and, in some cases, third-party bidders with the flexibility to shorten the time period during which tender offers for equity securities must be open from 20 to 10 business days. In order to take [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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