Briscoe Law Firm Investigates Tasty Baking Co. for Shareholders Concerning Acquisition by Flowers Foods
April 12 2011 - 10:41AM
Business Wire
The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC, founded by a former state prosecutor
and enforcement attorney for the United States Securities and
Exchange Commission, and the securities litigation law firm of
Powers Taylor, LLP are investigating potential legal claims against
the Board of Directors of Tasty Baking Co. (“Tasty Baking” or
“TSTY”) (NASDAQ: TSTY) related to the proposed buyout of Tasty
Baking by Flowers Foods.
The definitive merger agreement involves an all-cash transaction
valued at approximately $165 million. Under the proposed buyout,
Tasty Baking shareholders will receive only $4.00 in cash for each
share of Tasty Baking/TSTY common stock they hold. The transaction
is expected to close during the second quarter of 2011.
The firms are investigating the fairness of the proposed
transaction to Tasty Baking shareholders and whether Tasty Baking’s
Board of Directors acted in the shareholders’ best interests.
Specifically, the acquisition price is well below the company’s
52-week high of $7.90 per share. In addition, at least one analyst
has set a target price of $14.00 for TSTY shares. “Based on the
fact that the acquisition price is well below what Tasty Baking
shares were trading for as recently as December 2010, and other
considerations, we feel that the price offered to Tasty Baking
shareholders is unfair,” said shareholder rights attorney Willie
Briscoe. The firms are also investigating whether Tasty Baking’s
Board of Directors adequately considered all viable alternatives
and properly shopped the company before entering into the
acquisition agreement.
If you currently own shares of Tasty Baking/TSTY and would like
additional information regarding this investigation, or if you have
information regarding the allegations involved in this transaction,
please contact Patrick Powers at Powers Taylor, LLP, toll free
(877) 728-9607, via e-mail at patrick@powerstaylor.com, or Willie
Briscoe at The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC toll free (877) 397-5991, or
via email at WBriscoe@TheBriscoeLawFirm.com. There is no cost or
fee to you.
The Briscoe Law Firm is a full service business litigation and
shareholder rights advocacy firm with more than 20 years of
experience in complex litigation matters.
Powers Taylor, LLP is a boutique litigation law firm that
handles a variety of complex business litigation matters
nationwide, including claims of investor and stockholder fraud,
shareholder oppression, shareholder derivative suits, and security
class actions.
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