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Article: Marvel Sets New Record Date for Stockholders Entitled to Vote on Disney Merger.
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- Mergers & Acquisitions Week
- Article date:
- November 11, 2009
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Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), a global character-based entertainment and licensing company celebrating the 70th anniversary of its founding in 1939, announced that it has set October 30, 2009 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at its upcoming special meeting of stockholders. This record date replaces the previous record date of September 29, 2009. At the special meeting, Marvel's stockholders will be asked to adopt the merger agreement entered into by Marvel and The Walt Disney Company ("Disney"), which provides for a merger in which Marvel will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. The meeting date for the special ...