April 21, 2015
Delaware Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal Over Alleged Stock Plan Violation
– Broc Romanek, CompensationStandards.com
As noted in this Morris Nichols memo, in an order issued on March 6, 2015 in Friedman v. Khosrowshahi, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s dismissal of a breach of fiduciary claim relating to an alleged violation of Expedia’s stock incentive plan. The Supreme Court upheld the Court of Chancery’s finding that the complaint failed to allege any violation of the Plan because (1) the board acted on a reasonable interpretation of the Plan’s terms and (2) to the extent the terms of the Plan were ambiguous, the Plan expressly gave the board authority to resolve any ambiguity.