California, others ask courtroom to briefly block Albertsons $4B dividend (NYSE:ACI)

California, Illinois and Washington D.C. requested a federal choose on Thursday to briefly block the cost of an Albertsons (NYSE:ACI) dividend linked with its deliberate sale to Kroger (NYSE:KR), in line with a courtroom submitting.

The courtroom submitting comes after the identical choose final month rejected a short lived restraining order the states had requested for to halt cost of the $4 billion dividend. US District Choose Carl Nichols denied the request made by attorneys basic to dam the dividend briefly.

“Following the choice of this Court docket, Plaintiffs have continued to research the circumstances surrounding the choice to problem the particular sividend and the potential results that its cost and different restrictions Defendants’ Merger Settlement locations on Albertsons are more likely to have on competitors, employees, and customers, through the pendency of the merger evaluate and past,” the states mentioned within the submitting.

The courtroom submitting follows as a choose in Washington state in set to carry a listening to on a preliminary injunction on the Albertsons (ACI) $6.85/share dividend cost on Dec. 9 after he granted a short lived restraining order final month.

Information of the newest courtroom submitting was earlier reported by Reuters.

Kroger (KR) and Albertsons executives testified on Wednesday earlier than a Senate listening to as lawmakers grilled them over doable antitrust issues and potential larger costs from the $25 billion transaction.