Civil action by United States of America: civil penalty
Fund concerned: three Third Point hedge funds. None of the insurance-dedicated funds in this file is named.
Three Funds controlled by third point acquired the voting Securities of DOW Inc. prior to its merger with E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. In connection with the acquisition of the DOW shares, the three Funds made the required hsr filings. Once the merger was finalized on August 31, 2017, the DOW shares converted to shares of the newly formed DowDuPont Inc. according to the ftc's position, as a result of that conversion, the third point Funds were required to make another hsr filing for the shares of the newly formed Company. The three third point Funds made corrective filings with the Federal antitrust authorities on nov. 8, 2017, and the waiting period for those corrective filings ...