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CaseNo: C.A. No. 16,360, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00016360, Settlement, Stipulation, Parties, Transaction, Complaint, Stockholders, Shares, Representatives, Chancery, Investor Group, Proxy Statement, Digital Public Shareholders, Directors, Duty, Amended Proxy Statement, Expenses, Parties Hereto, Releasing, Settled Claims, Breach, Financial Advisor, Releasing Parties, Delaware, Crandon Capital Partners, Digital Technologies Corporation, Fully Disclose, Proposed Merger, Relevant Times, Stock, Chancery Court Rules, Pursuant, Scheduling Order, Relief , ContentID: 120239615

Case Documents
1 1999-06-03 ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 100391
6 pages
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2 1999-03-18 STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 100125
11 pages
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3 1998-05-06 CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 102150
8 pages
PDF
Total Documents: 3 documents , 25 pages
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1 . ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
SETTLEMENT
PARTIES
MEMBERS
RELEASING
REPRESENTATIVES
DEFENDANTS
STIPULATION
LAW
CHANCERY COURT RULES
PURSUANT
SCHEDULING ORDER
PLAINTIFF
ACCORDANCE
MATTER
PROVISIONS
FACTS
COUNSEL
TRANSACTIONS
EXECUTORS
RIGHTS
ASSERTING
COMPLAINT
AFFECTING
ADEQUATE
HEREBY
INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
ATTORNEYS
MANNER
PROSECUTION
          IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                   IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY                                 JY
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CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS,              :
Individually                           :
And On Behalf of All Others            :
Similarly Situated,                    ::
                       Plaintiff,      :i:
          V.                           :      Civil Action No. 16360-NC
                                       i:
GEORGE N. FISHMAN, WILLIAM H.          :
SMITH, DONALD L. OLESEN, WERNER        :
H.  JEAN, H. SEAN MATHIS,  SEYMOUR     :
LESLIE, JOHN A. MORGAN, EUGENE A. :
GARGARO, JR., and ALLIED DIGITAL :
TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,              ::
                        Defendants.
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                        ORDER AND FINAL JUDGMENT             :: L;* ;: ;.;-3
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     A hearing having been held before this Court (the Il6&t?)
June 3, 1999, pursuant to the Court's Order of April 9, 1999 (the
"Scheduling Order"), upon a Stipulation of Settlement,  filed on
March 18, 1999, (the "Stipulation"), of the above-captioned  action
(the "Action"), which Scheduling Order and Stipulation are each
incorporated  herein by reference; it appearing that due notice of
said hearing has been given in accordance with the aforesaid
Scheduling Order; the respective parties having appeared by their
attorneys of record; the Court having heard and considered  evidence
in support of the proposed Settlement (as defined in the
Stipulation); the attorneys for the respective parties having been
heard; an opportunity  to be heard having been given to all other
persons requesting to be heard in accordance with the requirements
of the Scheduling Order; the Court having determined that notice to



the Class (as defined below) preliminarily  certified,  pursuant to
the aforesaid  Scheduling Order, was adequate and sufficient;  and
the entire matter of the proposed Settlement having been heard and
considered  by the Court;
              IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED this      day
of June, 1999, that:
     1.       The form and manner of notice given to the members of the
Class are hereby determined to have been the best notice
practicable  under the circumstances and to have been given in full
compliance  with the requirements of due process and of Court of
Chancery Rule 23.
SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • A hearing having been held before this Court June 3, 1999, pursuant to the Court's Order of t having heard and considered evidence in support of the proposed Settlement; the attorneys for the
  • the entire matter of the proposed Settlement having been heard and considered by the Court;
  • The form and manner of notice given to the members of the Class are hereby determined to have
  • Each of the provisions of Chancery Court Rule 23has been satisfied and the Action has been
  • the Class contemplated in the Action is so numerous that joinder of all members is
  • The Court further finds that the prosecution of separate actions by individual members of the
  • as a practical matter dispositive to the other members of the Class not parties to the
  • The Action is certified as a class action, pursuant to Chancery Court Rules 23and, on behalf
  • including September 23, 1998, including any and all of their respective predecessors,
  • The Stipulation and the Settlement are approved as fair, reasonable, adequate and in the best
  • omissions or any other matter, thing or cause whatsoever, or any series thereof, embraced,
  • The release contemplated by this Stipulation extends to claims that the Releasing Parties do
  • The Releasing Parties shall be deemed to relinquish, to the full extent permitted by law, the
  • acknowledged that they may discover facts in addition to or different from those that they
  • representatively or in any other capacity, are permanently barred and enjoined from the Action in any court or tribunal of this or any other jurisdiction.
  • Without affecting the finality of this Order and Final Judgment in any way, this Court

  • 2 . STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    STIPULATION
    PARTIES
    COURT
    PLAINTIFF
    MEMBERS
    TRANSACTION
    COMPLAINT
    CHANCERY
    STOCKHOLDERS
    DEFENDANTS
    PROXY STATEMENT
    DIGITAL PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS
    DIRECTORS
    DUTY
    SHARES
    AMENDED PROXY STATEMENT
    ATTORNEYS
    REPRESENTATIVES
    EXPENSES
    PARTIES HERETO
    SETTLED CLAIMS
    FINANCIAL ADVISOR
    RELEASING PARTIES
    DELAWARE
    CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS
    DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    FULLY DISCLOSE
    PROPOSED MERGER
    EXPRESSLY DENY
    
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             IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                       IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY                       _
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    CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS,                  :
    Individually                               :
    And On Behalf of All Others                :
    Similarly Situated,                        ::
                           Plaintiff,          :::
              V .                              :      Civil Action No.  16360-NC
                                               ::
    GEORGE N. FISHMAN,  WILLIAM H.             :
    SMITH, DONALD L. OLESEN, WERNER            :
    H. JEAN, H. SEAN  MATHIS, SEYMOUR          :
    LESLIE, JOHN A. MORGAN, EUGENE A. :
    GARGARO, JR., and ALLIED DIGITAL :
    TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,                  ::
                            Defendants.        :
    ----------------------------------- X
    
                            STIPULATION OF SETTLEMENT
    
         The parties to the above-captioned action, by and through
    their respective attorneys,            have entered into the following
    Stipulation of Settlement (the "Stipulation") subject to the
    approval of the Court of Chancery (the "Court"):
         WHEREAS,
              A.     Plaintiff Crandon Capital Partners, an Allied
    Digital Technologies Corporation ("Allied Digital") shareholder,
    filed a complaint as captioned above (the "Action") alleging that
    Allied Digital and its Board of Directors had breached certain
    fiduciary duties owed to the Allied Digital public shareholders,
    including the duty to maximize the value of the Company's shares in
    a change of control transaction and fully disclose the terms,
    conditions and circumstances of a proposed merger in which each
    share of Allied Digital held by persons              other than 399 Venture
    
    
    
    Partners Inc., members of Allied Digital's management who elect to
    retain shares of Allied Digital (which shares would be converted
    into shares of the corporation           surviving the merger),        and
    stockholders who      exercise appraisal rights, would be converted
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • The parties to the above-captioned action,
  • Stipulation of Settlement subject to the approval of the Court of Chancery:
  • Plaintiff Crandon Capital Partners, an Allied Digital Technologies Corporation shareholder,
  • members of Allied Digital's management who elect to retain shares of Allied Digital (which
  • stockholders who exercise appraisal rights, would be converted into the right to receive $5
  • including the alleged failure to identify fully the interests of the Company's financial
  • On September 2, 1998, Allied Digital amended its proxy statement (the "Amended Proxy
  • F. After settlement discussions, conducted at arms-length by their respective counsel, the
  • J. Defendants have denied and continue to deny vigorously any wrongdoing or liability with
  • proceeding by or on behalf of any member of the Class, whether individual, class, derivative, cial bankers, engineers, advisors or agents, heirs, executors, trustees,
  • "Settled Claims") shall be and hereby are fully, finally and forever compromised, settled, receive $5.00 per share to seek appraisal pursuant to 8 Del.
  • Defendants specifically disclaim any liability whatsoever relating to any of the Settled oned by
  • At or before the hearing on the Settlement, plaintiff's attorneys will apply for an award of
  • Each of the attorneys executing the Stipulation on behalf of one or more of the parties
  • This stipulation shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of

  • 3 . CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    INVESTOR GROUP
    MEMBERS
    TRANSACTION
    SHARES
    BREACH
    RELEVANT TIMES
    STOCK
    RELIEF
    FIDUCIARY DUTIES
    COMMON STOCK
    LAW
    STOCKHOLDERS
    HERETO
    COURT
    CONTROLS
    OUTSTANDING
    PROPOSED TRANSACTION
    DAMAGES
    COUNSEL
    EXPANSION
    INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
    ENJOIN
    MANAGEMENT
    DUPLICATION
    VIDEOCASSETTE
    EXECUTIVE OFFICES
    YORK
    MARKET
    
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                         IN THE COURT CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
    I                                    IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
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         CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS,
         Individually
         And On Behalf of All Others
         Similarly Situated,
    
                                            Plaintiff,
    
    
                   - against -
    
    
         GEORGE N. FISHMAN, WILLIAM H.                                j
         SMITH, DONALD L. OLESEN, WERNER                              )
         H. JEAN, H. SEAN MATHIS, SEYMOUR                             )
         LESLIE, JOHN A. MORGAN, EUGENE A.                            )
         GARGARO, JR., and ALLIED DIGITAL                             1
         TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
                                                                      ;
                                            Defendants.
    
    
    
    
                                              CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
    
    
                          Plaintiff, by its attorneys, alleges upon personal knowledge as to its own
    
         acts and upon information and belief as to all other matters, as follows:
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • Plaintiff brings this action individually and as a class action on behalf
  • of all persons, other than defendants, who own the securities of Allied Digital
  • for injunctive and other relief.
  • herein, inter alia, to enjoin the implementation of a transaction whereby an investor group
  • consisting of certain members of Company management and Citicorp's 399 Venture
  • Inc. (collectively the "Investor Group") would buy the shares of Allied Digital
  • approximately 54% of the Company's outstanding shares.
  • plaintiff seeks to recover damages caused by
  • the breach of fiduciary duties owed by the defendants.
  • Plaintiff is and, at all relevant times, has been the owner of shares
  • Allied Digital maintains its principal executive offices at 140 Fell Court, Hauppauge, New
  • Allied Digital has approximately 13,619,644 shares of common stock
  • outstanding and hundreds of stockholders of record.
  • hereto has been the President and Co-Chairman of the Board of Allied Digital.
  • duties of loyalty and due care to plaintiff and the other members of the Class.
  • There are questions of law and fact common to the Class including,
  • competent counsel experienced in litigation of this nature.
  • injunctive relief on behalf of the Class as a whole is appropriate.
  • which presently controls 54% of Allied Digital's
  • On March 30, 1998, Allied Digital announced a major expansion of its
  • of Denver Dubbing and the recent expansion of duplication and packaging in San
  • our videocassette production has increased 500%."
  • increased capacities and market expansion.
  • position to, and in fact did, dictate the terms of the proposed transaction.
  • New York, New York 10022
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