Quicksilver Resources Inc's (KWK.N) top shareholder, the Darden family, which wants to take the gas-focused company private, valued it in excess of $16 a share, a regulatory filing showed. This would value Fort Worth, Texas-based Quicksilver at a minimum of $2.73 billion. In a letter sent on Feb. 1, the Darden family said Quicksilver board's special committee did not allow them to engage in discussions with hedge fund SPO, which owns about 15 percent of Quicksilver, regarding a deal.
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