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Oct. 9, 2014

Allergan seeks to block Pershing Square from voting in buyout row

The Irvine-based drugmaker filed a motion for preliminary injunction asking a Santa Ana federal court judge to block the hedge fund from voting out board members in an upcoming shareholder meeting.


By Dominic Fracassa


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Allergan Inc. filed a motion for preliminary injunction in Santa Ana federal court overnight Monday asking U.S. District Judge David O. Carter to enjoin the company's largest shareholder, the hedge fund Pershing Square Capital Management LP, from voting its 9.7 percent stake in an upcoming shareholder meeting.


The meeting, scheduled for Dec. 18, is expected to result in the ouster of six Aller...

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