VCA Animal Hospitals (Veterinary Centers of America), incorporated as VCA, Inc., operates more than 1000 animal hospitals in the US and Canada. The company is based in Los Angeles and was founded in 1986.

According to the Complaint, on January 9, 2017, Mars announced a definitive agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) to acquire all outstanding shares of VCA in a transaction valued at approximately $9.1 billion. Under the terms outlined in the Merger Agreement, Mars, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, MMI Holdings, Inc., is to acquire all of the outstanding shares of VCA, with each share of VCA common stock being cancelled and converted into the right to receive $93 per share in cash (the “Proposed Transaction”).

The Complaint alleges in connection with the Proposed Transaction, Defendants filed a materially incomplete and misleading proxy statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 15, 2017 .

Pursuant to a stipulation by the parties, this case was ordered dismissed on May 9, 2017.