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Houghton Mifflin Shareholder Seeks Appraisal In Delaware

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A Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. shareholder has petitioned Delaware's Court of Chancery for an appraisal of his shares following the education publishing company's $2.8 billion merger this month with affiliates of private equity firm Veritas Capital, telling Law360 that the deal wasn't "properly shopped."

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HMH-Veritas Deal Hid "Secret" Investors, Del. Petitioners Say

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Shareholders of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Co. who petitioned the Delaware Chancery Court for an appraisal of their shares last year now allege the Boston-based education publisher's $2.8 billion merger with Veritas Capital included "secret co-investors" and the companies won't say who they were.