Ryan Lane v. ATG Capital Opportunities Fund LP
CourtSupreme Court of Delaware
Date FiledOctober 8, 2026
Docket417, 2026
StatusPublished
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
RYAN LANE, JOHN KIM, §
JONATHAN P. FOSTER, ADRIAN §
SOLGAARD, ÖRN ÓLASON, § No. 417, 2026
ROHAN CHAUHAN, MATTHEW §
HOMER, and IAN READ, § Court Below—Court of Chancery
§ of the State of Delaware
Defendants Below, §
Appellants, § C.A. No. 2026-0447
§
v. §
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ATG CAPITAL OPPORTUNITIES §
FUND LP, §
§
Plaintiff Below, §
Appellee, §
§
and §
§
EMPERY DIGITAL, INC., §
§
Nominal Defendant. §
Submitted: October 7, 2026
Decided: October 8, 2026
Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; LEGROW, GRIFFITHS, and ZURN, Justices; and
WINSTON, Judge1, constituting the Court en Banc.
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Sitting by designation under DEL. CONST. art. IV, § 12 and Supreme Court Rules 2(a) and 4(a)
to complete the quorum.
ORDER
This 8th day of October, 2026, after careful consideration of the parties’
briefs, the arguments of counsel, and the record below, we affirm the Court of
Chancery’s interpretation of the meaning of “participant” under Instruction 3(a)(v)
to Item 4 of Schedule 14A, as incorporated into Empery Digital, Inc.’s bylaws. We
further hold that, on the record presented, the Court of Chancery did not abuse its
discretion in concluding that Appellants waived legal theories not advanced until
late in the expedited proceedings—specifically, that ATG was required to disclose
an “agreement, arrangement or understanding” with Brown irrespective of Brown’s
status as a “participant,” and that Rule 14a-9 required disclosure of ATG’s Bitcoin
hedge.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the judgment of the Court of
Chancery is AFFIRMED.
BY THE COURT:
/s/ Abigail M. LeGrow
Justice
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