Chancery Requires Apollo-backed Hexion to Fulfill Its Contractual Duty to Buy Hunstman Despite Material Adverse Effect Clause

In Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. v. Huntsman Corp., (Del. Ch., Sept. 29, 2008), read opinion here, the Delaware Chancery Court rejected the arguments of Hexion, which is 92% owned by private equity group Apollo, that it should be relieved of its contractual obligations to buy 100% of Huntsman's stock based... Continue Reading...