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Securities Regulation Keyed to Coffee
Adams v. Standard Knitting Mills, Inc.
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A hosiery producer,Chadbourn, which attained control of Standard Knitting Mills through an exchange of Chadbourn’s securities for Standard shares by shareholders. The Standard and Chadbourn packages were equally similar in market value, however, the Chadbourn stock gave more liquidity and higher dividends to holders. After Chadbourn lost millions as a result of plummeting sales, the holders sued it, Standard, their management, lawyers, and Peat, Marwick & Mitchell, and the accountant who prepared the proxy after the transfer of Standard’s control. The parties engaged in a settlement contract which granted the shareholders control of Chadbourn, renamed “Stanwood Corporation”, with Peat not being party to the settlement contract. Damages were evaluated against Peat when it was discovered that it had negligently failed to mention in the proxy statement it prepared that Chadbourn was limited by a bank loan contract from paying dividends on the preferred stock it was offering in trade for Standard shares. Peat appealed, claiming that Rules 10b-5 and 14a-9 announced under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 necessitated a demonstration of scienter prior to liability being imposed.
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