Business
US Facilities Corp., which shareholders voted last week to put up for sale, filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the election of two directors nominated by the company that wants to purchase it.
June 2, 1994
US Facilities Corp. won a legal battle Friday against unfriendly suitor Fidelity National Financial Inc. when a Delaware court overturned the election of two directors nominated by Fidelity.
July 30, 1994
A three-judge panel of the Delaware Supreme Court may have killed the hostile takeover bid for US Facilities Corp. in a ruling that keeps the Costa Mesa insurance carrier’s board of directors intact.
Dec. 16, 1994
Investors seem to have lost interest in the hostile takeover bid for US Facilities Corp. in Costa Mesa.
Dec. 7, 1994
Irvine-based Fidelity National Financial Inc., which used a string of acquisitions to become the nation’s fourth-largest title insurance company, is discussing a possible merger with a major rival that would create the nation’s largest title insurance company, The Times has learned.
July 30, 1999
Rancho Bernardo Savings Bank said Thursday that it has agreed to sell all of its stock to a private firm for about $4 million, more than twice the bank’s net worth.
Jan. 4, 1985
US Facilities Corp., fighting a hostile takeover attempt, said Monday it has appointed John T.
June 21, 1994
Fidelity Ends Giant Bid: Fidelity National Financial Inc., apparently stymied in another hostile takeover effort, said it ended its bid for cash-rich Giant Group Ltd.
April 30, 1996
World & Nation
When Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote the U.S.
Aug. 28, 2015
Insurance: Irvine firm agrees to acquire industry’s No. 3 company for $1.2 billion, creating a new giant with 30% of the market.
Aug. 2, 1999