Argo Group slams lawsuits, demand letters as “with out benefit”

Argo Group International Holdings – purported shareholders of which have filed lawsuits and despatched demand letters in respect of the corporate’s merger take care of Brookfield Reinsurance – has described the claims as having no benefit.

In a US Securities and Exchange Commission submitting, Argo famous: “On March 7, 2023, March 8, 2023, March 28, 2023, March 29, 2023, and April 1, 2023, complaints have been filed alleging, amongst different issues, that the proxy assertion [for the merger agreement] omitted materials data that rendered it incomplete or deceptive.

“The lawsuits, every filed by a purported shareholder of the corporate in a person capability and/or on behalf of all others equally located, have been filed in federal courtroom… As a results of the alleged omissions, a number of of the lawsuits search to carry the corporate and/or its administrators accountable for violating Sections 14(a) and/or 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, in addition to Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder.”

According to Argo, the aid sought in a number of of the complaints consists of enjoining the consummation of the merger until and till sure allegedly materials data is disclosed.

Similarly, separate demand letters are alleging that the proxy assertion omitted materials data that rendered it false and deceptive or in any other case had disclosure deficiencies in violation of federal securities legal guidelines.