Amerigroup Corp said it has delayed a stockholder approval vote on the $4.5 billion sale of the health insurer to WellPoint Inc by two weeks after shareholders sued Amerigroup's board. Amerigroup has now scheduled the vote for Oct. 23, it said in a regulatory filing.In August, shareholders of Amerigroup sued its board, contending its advisers at Goldman Sachs had a "hopelessly conflicted" role in the company's pending sale to WellPoint.Goldman, according to the lawsuit, pushed Amerigroup toward a quick deal with WellPoint over a more lucrative merger with another unnamed company.WellPoint announced the deal to purchase the rival health insurer in July, betting on an expansion of the U.S. government's health plan for the poor soon after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law.
WellPoint, Inc. (WellPoint) is a health benefit company in terms of medical membership in the United States, serving 34. Shares of WLP traded higher by 4.28% or $2.48/share to $60.46. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $52.52 and as high as $74.73. On average, 3550950 shares of WLP exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 4930177.
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