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    TC Energy, ex-Columbia Pipeline execs must face lawsuit over $10 billion deal

    March 2, 20211 Min Read
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    TC Energy Corp and two former Columbia Pipeline Group Inc executives must defend against a lawsuit claiming the companies’ $10 billion merger in 2016 shortchanged Columbia investors, a Delaware judge ruled on Monday

    Vice Chancellor Travis Laster of the Delaware Chancery Court refused to dismiss the lawsuit by former Columbia shareholders, led by the Public Employees’ Retirement System of Mississippi.

    Former Columbia Chief Executive Robert Skaggs and Chief Financial Officer Stephen Smith were accused of engineering a spin-off of Columbia from NiSource Inc, and then selling Columbia to TC Energy at a lowball price to obtain lucrative change-of-control payments, known as golden parachutes.

    Laster said it was reasonable to infer that Skaggs and Smith breached their duty of loyalty to Columbia by agreeing to sell their company for $25.50 per share, below the $26 per share proposed by TC Energy, then known as TransCanada Corp.

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