WILMINGTON, Delaware – Blackboard Inc., an educational-software maker, was sued in Delaware Chancery Court by an investor contending the company’s stock is undervalued in a proposed $1.64 billion buyout by Providence Equity Partners Inc.
The company is being sold through “an unfair process and for an unfair price,” shareholder Astor BK Realty Trust contends in a complaint filed Thursday in Wilmington, Delaware.
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“Indeed, one analyst, Wedbush, believes that Blackboard is worth at least $50 to $65 per share as a takeover target,” Astor lawyers said in court papers.
The Providence-based investment firm agreed July 1 to buy Blackboard, of Washington, for $45 a share in cash, a 21 percent premium at the time.
Astor is seeking class-action or group status for the lawsuit on behalf of common stockholders and an order to stop the buyout or award damages.
Michael Stanton, a spokesman for Blackboard, didn’t immediately return a call seeking comment on the suit.
Blackboard rose 2 cents to $44.20 at 12:48 p.m. in Nasdaq stock market trading on Thursday.
