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29, 2005), the Court of Chancery addressed the meaning of "comparably situated" in the context of an MAE carveout, noting that the comparison set must consist of companies that share relevant characteristics with the target — not simply all companies in the same broadly defined industry

The key principles that emerge from the case law may be summarized as follows: (a) The comparison set must be "comparably situated

The comparison set must be sufficiently specific to provide a meaningful benchmark, but not so narrow as to be analytically unhelpful

As the Delaware Court of Chancery recognized in Frontier Oil and its progeny, the comparison set must consist of companies that share relevant characteristics with the target, including stage of development, therapeutic focus, business model, and size