FRYE, Judge. 1. Introduction { 1} Prompted by the announcement of a proposed corporate merger, three cases (now consolidated) were filed by four shareholders of Pinnacle Data Systems, Inc. ("PDSi"). Under a proposal unanimously endorsed by PDSi's board of directors, holders of PDSi common shares would receive $2.40 per share in an all-cash merger with a newly created subsidiary of Avnet, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. The proposed transaction has been valued at roughly $22 million. { 2}...
