The Omnicare,Inc

The Omnicare,Inc.v.NCS Healthcare,Inc.case,involved a question of whether directors of an insolvent publicly traded company violated their fiduciary duty when they entered into an agreement for the sale of the company to a particular interested buyer regardless of other offers.The court ruled that:

A) the directors violated their fiduciary duty and lacked the authority to agree to an absolute lock-up guaranteeing the sale and agreeing to forgo consideration of future offers.
B) the directors violated their fiduciary duty because the agreement was kept secret from majority shareholders but that,otherwise,the agreement foregoing consideration of future offers would have been valid.
C) the directors violated their fiduciary duty because the agreement was kept secret from minority shareholders but that,otherwise,the agreement foregoing consideration of future offers would have been valid.
D) the directors satisfied all fiduciary duties because there was no evidence of bad faith or self-dealing.