Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Announces Investigation of PRIMEDIA Inc.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities firm headquartered in New York City, is investigating the conduct of the Board of Directors of PRIMEDIA, Inc. (“PRIMEDIA” or the “Company”) (NYSE: PRM) in connection with the proposed sale of the Company to affiliates of TPG Capital (“TPG”) for approximately $316 million. The proposed transaction offers PRIMEDIA shareholders $7.10 per share in cash. Stockholders holding approximately 58% of the outstanding PRIMEDIA common stock have executed a written consent approving the transaction. Therefore, no additional PRIMEDIA stockholder action is required to complete the transaction.

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Whether PRIMEDIA’s Board of Directors breached their fiduciary duties to the Company’s stockholders by failing to conduct an adequate and fair sales process to sell the Company prior to agreeing to this proposed transaction, whether the proposed transaction undervalues PRIMEDIA’s shares and by how much this proposed transaction undervalues the Company to the detriment of PRIMEDIA’s shareholders are the key focus of this investigation.

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