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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,132, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATES OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: FINE, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017132, Hboc, Directors, Mckesson, Mckesson Hboc, Merger, Third Amended Complaint, Del, Complaint, Facts, Former Hboc, Bear Stearns, Allege, Demand, Faith, Compl, Delaware, Shareholders, Accounting, Allegations, Contract, Breach, Business Judgment, Dismiss, Motion, Mckesson Directors, Financial Statements, Stock, Standing, Excuse Demand, Nominal Defendant, Support, Fails, Liability, Financials, Oversight Claim, York, Professionals, Accounting Irregularities, Hbo, Revenue, Christine Jacobs , ContentID: 120239730

Case Documents
1 2001-04-16 OPENING BRIEF OF THE FORMER HBOC OUTSIDE DIRECTORS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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2 2001-04-16 MCKESSON OUTSIDE DIRECTORS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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3 2001-04-16 OPENING BRIEF OF BEAR STEARNS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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4 2001-04-16 ARTHUR ANDERSENS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
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5 2000-09-15 MEMORANDUM OPINION
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6 2000-03-15 MCKESSON HBOCS SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
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7 2000-02-11 REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS OF DEFENDANTS A. ECKERT A. IRBY M. JACOBS G. MAYO AND J. NAPIER
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8 2000-01-14 PLAINTIFFS ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS
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9 1999-11-05 MCKESSON HBOCS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
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10 1999-04-30 COMPLAINT
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Total Documents: 10 documents , 256 pages
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1 . OPENING BRIEF OF THE FORMER HBOC OUTSIDE DIRECTORS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DIRECTORS
MCKESSON HBOC
FORMER HBOC
PLAINTIFFS
COURT
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
COMPL
ACCOUNTING
BEAR
DEFENDANTS
THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
DELOITTE
DEL
AUDIT
DISMISS
ALLEGATIONS
HBO
AUDIT REPORTS
OVERSIGHT CLAIM
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP
SUBSIDIARIES
SHAREHOLDERS LITIG
PARTICULARITY
CALIFORNIA
CHARTER PROVISIONS
FINANCIAL REPORTING
ACCOUNTING IRREGULARITIES
BEAR STEAMS
REPORTING SYSTEMS
        IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

                     IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

ARLENE ASH, NOEL SAITO, KIMBERLY                :
MADAJCZYK and SYDNEY H. DALMAN,                 :

                           Plaintiffs,

             V.

CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,              :
RICHARD H. HAWKINS, HEIDI E.                                                    -.,
YODOWITZ, ALFRED E. ECKERT III,
TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III,           :  C.A.No.  17132-NC
M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO,            :
JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,              :
CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN
SEELENFREUND, JANE E. SHAW, PHILLIP              :                      :
A. INCARNATI,  DONALD C. WEGMILLER,             :
ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, and BEAR
STEARNS & CO.

                           Defendants,

             and

MCKESSON HBOC, INC., and HBO &
COMPANY a/k/a HEALTH CARE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BUSINESS                 :
UNIT, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
MCKESSON HBOC, INC.

                           Nominal Defendant. :

              OPENING BRIEF OF THE FORMER HBOC OUTSIDE
          DIRECTORS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS


                                   BOUCHARD MARGULES  & FRIEDLANDER
                                   222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1102
                                   Wilmington, Delaware 19801
                                   (302) 573-3500
                                   Attorneys for `The Former HBOC Outside Directors



OF COUNSEL:

SNIPPETS:
  • ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP, and BEAR
  • MCKESSON HBOC, INC., and HBO &
  • OPENING BRIEF OF THE FORMER HBOC OUTSIDE DIRECTORS IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS
  • PLAINTIFFS FAIL TO STATE A CLAIM AGAINST THE
  • Inc. Shareholders Litig., Del.
  • Inc. similarly failed to monitor adequately the financial reporting of the
  • combined company in the three-and-a-half month interval before widespread accounting
  • This Court dismissed both oversight claims pursuant to Chancery
  • Court Rule 23.1,, but afforded plaintiffs an opportunity to "allege with some particularity
  • knowledge of facts indicating potential accounting irregularities,
  • confronted with the DeLoitte audit report in early 1999.
  • plaintiffs admit in the preamble of their Third Amended Complaint that their revised
  • `Citations to the Third Amended Complaint are in the form:
  • 2The Third Amended Complaint concedes that it lacks any allegations respecting the state of
  • the directors of HBOC had retained Arthur Andersen LLP as the outside auditor for HBOC prior
  • Arthur A.ndersen consented to inclusion in the Joint Proxy Statement of their unqualified
  • Plaintiffs have added new claims against Arthur Andersen and Bear Steams - trained
  • We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of HBO & Company and
  • proceeded only after HBOC's financial reporting systems and financial statements had been
  • well as investigations by U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California and the SEC.
  • THE FORMER HBOC OUTSIDE DIRECTORS ARE EXCULPATED FROM LIABILITY BY CHARTER PROVISIONS ADOPTED

  • 2 . MCKESSON OUTSIDE DIRECTORS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DIRECTORS
    HBOC
    THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
    FAITH
    FACTS
    COURT
    MERGER
    PLAINTIFFS
    SUPPORT
    FAILS
    DEL
    DEFENDANTS
    ACCOUNTING
    ALLEGE
    DISLOYALTY
    FINANCIALS
    ALLEGATIONS
    BEAR STEARNS
    BUSINESS JUDGMENT
    FIDUCIARY DUTIES
    PROVISION
    SEELENFREUND
    IMPLICATES
    LIABILITY
    PROXY STATEMENT
    DILIGENCE
    REICHARDT
    SHAREHOLDERS
    APPROVING
    
               IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                             IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    HOWARD FINE, ARLENE ASH, IKIMBERLY
    MADAJCZYK, and SYDNEY H. DALMAN,
    
                                Plaintif&
    
        V.                                              C. A. -No. 17132
    
    CHARLES  W .   MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,
    RICHARD  H.  HAWKINS, HEIDI E.
    YODOWITZ, ALFRED E.  ECKERT III,
    TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III,
    M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO,
    JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,
    
                                Defendants.
              and
    
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,
    
                                Nominal Defendant,
    
       MCKESSON OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF
         THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS  THE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
    
                                                 MORRIS, JAMES, HITCHENS &
                                                      WILLIAMS LLP
                                                 Edward M. McNally (#6 14)
                                                 Stephanie M. Tarabicos (#3442)
                                                 222 Delaware Avenue
                                                 P.O. Box 2306
                                                 Wilmington, Delaware 19899
    OF COUNSEL:                                  (302) 888-6800
    Melvin R. Goldman                            Attorneys for Defendants,
    Xavier Carlos Vasquez                        Tully M. Friedman, David S. Pottruck,
    MORRISON  & FOERSTER, LLP                    Carl E. Reichardt, Alan Seelenfreund
    425 Market Street                            and Jane E. Shaw
    San Francisco, CA 94.105
    
    Dated: April 16, 2001
    
    
    
                                    TABLE OF CONTENTS
                                                                                           &+&g
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,
  • MCKESSON OUTSIDE DIRECTORS' OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THEIR MOTION TO DISMISS THE THIRD
  • A COMPLAINT THAT FAILS TO STATE A CLAIM OF DISLOYALTY
  • OR BAD FAITH SHOULD BE DISMISSED UNDER SECTION 1021 2
  • COUNT I SHOULD BE DISMISSED BECAUSE; IT ATTEMPS TO ALLEGE ONLY A DUTY OF CARE CLAIM TEIAT IS
  • Of Liability Is Insufficient To Show The Type Of Unique Benefit
  • COUNT V MUST BE DISMISSED BECAUSE IT ONLY IMPLICATES ADUTY OF CARE CLAIM.
  • S h a r e h o In re Lukens Inc. l d e r s Litiaation, Del.
  • Shareholders Litin., Del Ch., CA.
  • effort at a derivative complaint on behalf of McKesson HBOC,
  • Subsequently, plaintiffs Arlene
  • care in investigating HBOC's books and records before the merger;
  • HBOC Board, in breach of their fiduciary duties, failed to monitor the accounting
  • All of the defendants moved to dismiss for failure to plead particularized facts to
  • fiduciary duty for approving the merger while knowing of accounting problems at HBOC,
  • adding allegations that the directors had actual knowledge of inaccurate financial records
  • Bear Stearns for their alleged misconduct,
  • McKesson), Tully M. Friedman, David S. Pottruck, Carl E. Reichardt, Alan Seelenfreund
  • `The Third Amended Complaint refers to the Proxy Statement (Compl.
  • due diligence investigation of HBOC.
  • A COMPLAINT THAT FAH3 TO STATE A CLAIM OF DISLOYALTY
  • An exculpatory provision in a certificate of incorporation authorized by 5 102
  • 12 (noting the business judgment rule is "a presumption that in making a business
  • based upon the $3 1 per share loss plaintiffs allege resulted from the restatement of

  • 3 . OPENING BRIEF OF BEAR STEARNS IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MCKESSON
    HBOC
    PLAINTIFFS
    THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
    MCKESSON DIRECTORS
    BREACH
    DEL
    ALLEGE
    FACTS
    DEMAND
    CONTRACT
    YORK
    PROFESSIONALS
    MALPRACTICE
    PLEAD
    EXCUSE DEMAND
    FAIRNESS OPINION
    AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS
    CONNECTION
    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    PROFESSIONAL NEGLIGENCE
    INGERSOLL DECL
    FIDUCIARY DUTY
    ALLEGATIONS
    FAIRNESS OPINION ANALYSIS
    ENGAGEMENT TEAM
    SHAREHOLDERS
    INDEPENDENCE
    PROJECTIONS
    
                IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                                   IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
    ARLENE ASH et al.
                    >-,
    
                    Plaintiffs,
          V.                                       ;         CA. No.  17132-NC
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, &
    
                    Defendants,
    
          and
    
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC., et
    
                    Nominal Defendants.
    
    
           OPENING BRIEF OF DEFENDANT  BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.
                          IN        SUPPORT
                                           O F  ITS MOTION TO DISMISS
                                THE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
    
    
                                            YOUNGCONAWAY  STARGATT   & TAYLOR, LLP
                                            Josy W. Ingersoll
                                            Christian Douglas Wright
                                            Eleventh Floor, Wilmington Trust Center
                                            1100 North Market Street
                                            P.O. Box 39 1
                                            Wilmington, DE 19899-03 9 1
                                            (302) 571-6672
    
                                            Attorneys for Defendant Beur, Stearns & Co., Inc.
    
    OF COUNSEL:
    
    CADWALADER WICKERSHAM & TAFT
    100 Maiden Lane
    New York, New York 10038
    (212) 504-6000
    
    DATED: April16, 2001
    
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • New York, New York 10038
  • ALLEGE FACTS TO EXCUSE DEMAND ON THE
  • OR PROFESSIONAL MALPRACTICE A.GAINST BEAR
  • PLAINTIFFS' BREACH OF CONTRACT CLAIM IS
  • ADEQUATELY PLEAD THAT BEAR STEARNS AIDED
  • OR ABE:TTED THE: MCKESSON DIRECTORS' BREACH
  • Fort Howard CUP Corp. v. Quality Kitchen Corn.., Del.
  • In re Lukens Inc. Shareholders Litig.,
  • In r-e McKe:sson HBOC.
  • its financial statements and the financial statements of HBOC.
  • Inc. ("Bear Stearns") as a defendant upon the filing of the Third
  • Amended Class Action Complaint ("Third Amended Complaint" or "TAC") on January 22,
  • McKesson in connection with the merger between McKesson and HBOC.
  • futility resulting from director self4nterestedness or a lack of independence with respect to
  • rule disfavoring claims against professionals under a theory of negligence.
  • the Fairness Opinion; Plaintiffs have failed to allege how Bear Stearns failed to provide
  • professional negligence and/or malpractice; and Plaintiffs' failed to allege sufficient facts
  • any breach of fiduciary duty by the McKesson directors.
  • ' For purposes of this motion to dismiss, the Court must accept the truth of all wellpled
  • a Memorandum to Project Phoenix File, entitled Accounting Due Diligence of Apollo, dated
  • McKesson, including various projections for future business performance, provided by the
  • performance, the 13ear Stearns engagement team assessed the possible implications, if any,
  • that the observations made by Deloitte would have on the Fairness Opinion analysis,
  • THE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT FAILS TO ALLEGE FACTS TO EXCUSE DEMAND ON THE MCIGESSON HBOC

  • 4 . ARTHUR ANDERSENS OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    HBOC
    COMPLAINT
    MCKESSON
    COURT
    CONTRACT
    FRAUD
    ALLEGE
    BREACH
    DEFENDANT
    CLASS ACTION
    MOTION
    DISMISS
    FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
    DEL
    DUTY
    THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
    ALLEGATIONS
    HBOC EXECUTIVES
    ACCOUNTANTS
    TAC
    NEGLIGENCE
    FIDUCIARY DUTY
    INDICTMENT
    ACCOUNTING
    MARSHALL GROSSMAN
    MALPRACTICE CLAIM
    FORMER HBOC EXECUTIVES
    GAAP DEVIATIONS
    XIII
    
                    IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATES OF DELAWARE
    
                                   IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    ARLENE ASH et al
                    > A,                               i
                             Plaintiffs,
                                                       ;
                    V.                                         C.A. No. 17132-NC
                                                       i
    CHARLES W. MCCALL et al
                             ,A,
                                                       1
                             Defendants,
                                                       1
                    and
                                                       j
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC., &al.,
                                                       1
                             Nominal Defendants.  )
    
                                            ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP'S
                             OPENING  BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION
                            TO DISMISS THE THIRD AMENDED  COMPLAINT
    
    
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                                                    Lawrence C. Ashby         52                 +
                                                    Steven T. Margolin  ,z:,T                    --$
                                                    222 Delaware Avenue$?JJh  Flays                    
                                                    Wilmington,  Delawarf;  .1;?801                    
                                                    (302)     6.54-1888         _.     .`.             
                                                                             .+;  "            s,      
                                                    Attorneys for Defend%!$j                   l .-*
                                                    Arthur Andersen LLP"`$
    Of Counsel.                                                                                z
    
    ALSCHULER  GROSSIMAN
     STEIN & KAHAN LILP
    Marshall Grossman
    Michael Capers
    Gwvn Quillen
    Scott V&k
    2049 Century Park East, 39" Floor
    Los Angeles, CA 90067
    (310) 277-1226
    
    DATED: April  16,200l
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATES OF DELAWARE
  • OPENING BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION
  • TO DISMISS THE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT
  • Marshall Grossman Michael Capers Gwvn Quillen Scott V&k
  • ALLEGATIONS IN THE COMPLAINT.
  • BECAIJSE THE PLAINTIFFS LACK STANDING TO
  • THE PLAINTIFFS' NEGLIGENCE CLAIM AGAIN%
  • The Plaintiffs Fail To Plead That HBOC Justifiably
  • Malpractice Claim As One For Breach Of Contract.
  • The Complaint Does Not Allege That McKesson Was
  • That Its Financial Statements Were Overstate.
  • DUTY (COUNT XIII) SHOULD BE DISMISSED.

  • 5 . MEMORANDUM OPINION

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    HBOC
    DIRECTORS
    MCKESSON
    DEFENDANTS
    DELAWARE
    MERGER
    FORMER HBOC
    FACTS
    COMPLAINT
    DEMAND
    ACCOUNTING IRREGULARITIES
    SHAREHOLDERS
    OVERSIGHT CLAIM
    COURT
    DEL
    WASTE CLAIM
    MEMORANDUM OPINION
    FLOM LLP
    WILMINGTON
    PARTICULARIZED FACTS
    FIRST INTERSTATE
    BUSINESS JUDGMENT
    ALLEGATIONS
    CALIFORNIA
    TRANSACTION
    CONNECTION
    PRE-MERGER
    POTENTIAL CLAIM
    MEAGHER
    
                                                                                     8)
      IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE                               ff
    
                      IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY                 '
    
    
    ARLENE ASH, NOEL SAITO,              >
    KIMBERLY MADAJCZYK and               )
    SYDNEY H. DALMAN,                    >>                             :_    . .
                      Plaintiffs,        >>
              V.                         >
                                         >
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK              )        Civil Action No. 17132
    A. PULIDO, RICHARD H.                >
    HAWKINS, HEIDI E. YODOWITZ, )
    ALFRED E. ECKERT III, TULLY          )
    M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY           )
    III, M. CHRISTINE JACOBS,            >
    GERALD E. MAYO, JAMES V.             )
    NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,           )
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN              )
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E.             )
    SHAW,                                >>
                      Defendants,        >>
               and                       >>
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,                 >>
                    Nominal Defendant.  )
    
    
                            MEMORANDUM OPINION
    
                          Date Submitted: March 15, 2000
                         Date Decided: September  15,200O
    
    
    
    Pamela S. Tikellis, Robert J. Kriner, Jr., and Timothy R. Dudderar, of
    CHIMICLES  & TIKELLIS LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Attorneys for
    Plaintiffs.
    
    Joel Friedlander, of BOUCHARD MARGULES  & FRIEDLANDER,
    Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL: Samuel R. Miller, of FOLGER
    LEVIN & KAHN LLP, San Francisco, California, Attorneys for the Former
    HBOC Outside Directors.
    
    Anthony W. Clark and Paul J. Lockwood, of SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,
    MEAGHER  & FLOM LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL:
    Jonathan J. Lerner, of SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER  & FLOM
    LLP, New York, New York, and James  E. Lyons, of SKADDEN, ARPS,
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • MEMORANDUM OPINION
  • Joel Friedlander, of BOUCHARD MARGULES & FRIEDLANDER, Wilmington, Delaware; OF COUNSEL:
  • Anthony W. Clark and Paul J. Lockwood, of SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP,
  • Shareholder plaintiffs Arlene Ash, Noel Saito, Kimberly Madajczyk
  • and Sydney H. Dalman assert derivative claims on behalf of McKesson
  • defendants' motion to dismiss.
  • I would summarize here the complaint's allegations.
  • this instance, however, plaintiffs have filed a complaint without specifying
  • the facts of the complaint with specific claims of wrongdoing.
  • HBOC in the course of the merger process.
  • plead particularized facts warranting exception to the pre-suit demand
  • statement and on January 12, 1999, their shareholders voted to approve the
  • six directors from each pre-merger company
  • On April 28, 1999, McKesson HBOC announced that in connection
  • The bulk of the accounting irregularities, according to the complaint,
  • Plaintiffs assert their waste claim against the McKesson directors.
  • directors and have not alleged particularized facts establishing that demand
  • Court of Chancery Rule 23.1
  • or the challenged transaction is otherwise
  • was disinterested or capable of exercising independent business judgment
  • see also Grimes v. Donald, Del.
  • "First Oversight Claim") and the second against McKesson HBOC's board
  • reaffirmed it in In re First Interstate Bamorp Consolidated Shareholder
  • to pursue this potential claim in a manner that is grossly negligent or selfinterested, such

  • 6 . MCKESSON HBOCS SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFFS
    MCKESSON HBOC
    MERGER
    COURT
    STANDING
    CAREMARK
    SHAREHOLDERS
    LIABILITY
    DELAWARE
    DEL
    COMPLAINT
    MOTION
    DISMISS
    STANDING RULE
    DEFENDANTS
    SUPPLEMENT
    SUBSIDIARIES
    STOCKHOLDER
    ACCOUNTING
    AUDIT PROCESS
    SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
    DERIVATIVE SUIT
    CONTINUOUS OWNERSHIP
    ARLENE ASH
    NOEL SAITO
    MADAJCZYK
    CHRISTINE JACOBS
    AUTHORITIES
    NATURE
    
           IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                       IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    ARLENE ASH, NOEL SAITO, KIMBERLY
    MADAJCZYK and SYDNEY H. DALMAN.
    
                        Plaintiffs.
    
                V.                                      C. A. No. 17132-NC
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,
    RICHARD H. HAWKINS, HEIDI E.
    YODOWITZ, ALFRED E. ECKERT III,
    TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III,
    M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO,
    JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,
    
                        Defendants,
    
    
    
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,
    
                        Nominal Defendant.
    
         MCKESSON HBOC, INC.'S SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF IN SUPPORT
                      OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
    
                                              SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE,
                                                MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
                                              One Rodney Square
                                              Post Office Box 636
                                              Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
                                              (302) 651-3000
                                              Attorneys for h4cKesson  HBOC, Inc.
    
    DATED: March  15,200O
    
    
    
                                              TABLE OF CONTENTS
    
    
                                                                                                       
    
    TABLE OF CASES AND AUTHORITIES . . i
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • ARLENE ASH, NOEL SAITO, KIMBERLY
  • MCKESSON HBOC,
  • OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT
  • TABLE OF CASES AND AUTHORITIES.
  • NATURE AND STAGE OF PROCEEDINGS.
  • Standing Rule Is Satisfied Where, As Here, Plaintiffs Received
  • Fair Value For Their Interest In The Merger.
  • ASSUMING THE COURT FOUND CAREMARK LIABILITY, THE COURT COULD NOT PROVIDE PLAINTIFFS WITH A
  • Arnold v. Societv for Savings BancorD., Del.
  • In re Baxter Int'l, Inc. Shareholders Litig.,
  • Defendants' motions to dismiss the Second Amended Complaint are
  • In the supplement briefing,.
  • derivative suit asserting board failure to oversee the accounting and audit
  • Delaware General Corporation Law compelled that conclusion.
  • As a result, the derivative plaintiff, now a Du Pont stockholder,
  • Likewise here, as a result of the merger, plaintiffs Kimberly Madajczyk
  • The policy underlying the continuous ownership rule of section 327 is that the
  • Plaintiffs' last minute adoption of the "double derivative" theory at oral argument also
  • subsidiaries.
  • Standing Rule Is Satisfied Where, As Here, Plaintiffs Received Fair
  • Plaintiffs Arlene Ash and Noel Spaito,
  • established for failure to oversee the accounting and audit process.

  • 7 . REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS OF DEFENDANTS A. ECKERT A. IRBY M. JACOBS G. MAYO AND J. NAPIER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DIRECTORS
    PLAINTIFFS
    MCKESSON HBOC
    FORMER HBOC
    DEFENDANTS
    COURT
    DELAWARE
    MERGER
    DEL
    MOTION
    COMPL
    COMPLAINT
    DEMAND
    SHAREHOLDERS
    DISMISS
    CHRISTINE JACOBS
    ALLEGATIONS
    ACCOUNTING
    FIDUCIARY DUTIES
    FIRST INTERSTATE
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    PERSONAL LIABILITY
    SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
    DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION
    GENERAL CORPORATION LAW
    SEELENFREUND
    NOMINAL DEFENDANT
    SAN FRANCISCO
    CALIFORNIA
    
          IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                             IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    ARLENE ASH, NOEL SPAITO,
    KIMBERLY MADAJCZYK, and SYDNEY
    H. DALMAN,
    
                             Plaintiffs,
    
         V.                                         C.A. No.  17132-NC
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A.
    PULIDO, RICHARD H. HAWKINS,
    HEIDI E. YODOWITZ, ALFRED E.
    ECKERT III, TULLY M. FRIEDMAN,
    ALTON F. IRBY III, M. CHRISTINE                                             .-
    JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO, JAMES V.                                            +-
    NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK, CARL                                             /. .,
    E. REICHARDT, ALAN                                                    -.
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,
    
                             Defendants,
    
                      and
    
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,
    
                              Nominal Defendant.
    
                   REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
               OF DEFENDANTS ALFRED E. ECKERT III,  ALTON F. IRBY III,
        M. CHRISTINE JACOBS. GERALD E. MAYO AND JAMES V. NAPIER
    
     OF COUNSEL: BOUCHARD MARGULES
                                               & FRIEDLANDER
     FOLGER LEVIN  & KAHN LLP 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1102
     Embarcadero Center West Wilmington, Delaware 19801
     275 Battery Street, 23rd Floor (302) 573-3500
     San Francisco, California 94111 Attorneys for the Former HBOC
     (4 15) 9862800 Outside Directors
    
     DATED: February 11, 2000
    
    
    
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    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS OF DEFENDANTS ALFRED E. ECKERT III, ALTON F. IRBY
  • San Francisco, California 94111 Attorneys for the Former HBOC
  • PLAINTIFFS LACK STANDING TO ASSERT
  • Upon the Merger of HBOC Into McKesson,
  • The Former HBOC Outside Directors Owed
  • No Fiduciary Duties to McKesson Shareholders
  • THE COMPLAINT MUST BE DISMISSED
  • WHY DEMAND ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
  • OF MCKESSON HBOC SHOULD BE EXCUSED.
  • Personal Liability
  • Citron v. Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp., Del.
  • On July 12, 1999, plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint, which added new
  • The Complaint contained generic and conclusory allegations that the
  • directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to discover the accounting
  • On November 5, 1999, the Company filed a motion to dismiss the Amended
  • 2' Contrary to the suggestions of plaintiffs, the Former HBOC Outside Directors &join in and
  • HBOC enacted pursuant to Section 102of the Delaware General Corporation Law
  • Am. Compl.
  • 2' The facts recited are derived from the proposed Second Amended Complaint ("Sec.
  • Defendants Friedman, Pottruck, Seelenfreund, Shaw and Reichardt
  • This clear rule was recently reaffirmed in In re First Interstate Bancorn

  • 8 . PLAINTIFFS ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    MCKESSON HBOC
    MERGER
    DEFENDANTS
    DEL
    PLAINTIFFS
    COMPL
    BUSINESS JUDGMENT
    DIRECTORS
    SHAREHOLDERS
    REVENUE
    FACTS
    MOTION
    RECOMMENDATION
    WARNINGS
    DISMISS
    DERIVATIVE CLAIMS
    ALLEGATIONS
    NOMINAL DEFENDANT
    TIKELLIS LLP
    VALID EXERCISE
    ACCOUNTING IMPROPRIETIES
    DEFENDANT MCCALL
    FINANCIALS
    CHRISTINE JACOBS
    REICHARDT
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    CHIEF EXECUTIVES
    SOFTWARE SALES
    
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         IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                       IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
    HOWARD FINE, ARLENE ASH, KIMBERLY             :
    MADAJCZYK and SYDNEY H. DALMAN,               :
    
    
                            Plaintiffs,
    
               V.                                           C.A. NO. 17132
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,            :
    RICHARD H. HAWKINS, HEIDI E.
    YODOWITZ, ALFRED E. ECKERT Ill,               1
    TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III,         :
    M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO, :
    JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,           :
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,                     1
    
                            Defendants. :
    
               and
    
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,
    
                               Nominal Defendant. :
    
    
                PLAINTIFFS' ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION
                      TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS
    
                                            CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP
                                            Pamela S. Tikellis
                                            Robert J. Kriner, Jr.
                                            One Rodney Square
                                            P.O. Box 1035
                                            Wilmington, DE 19899
                                            (302)656-2500
    
                                            Attorneys for Plaintiffs
    
    DATED: January  14,200O
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,
  • PLAINTIFFS' ANSWERING BRIEF IN OPPOSITION
  • TO DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS
  • CHIMICLES & TIKELLIS LLP
  • II STATEMENT OF FACTS
  • Recommended The Merger In The Face Of Clear
  • Warnings Regarding Improperly Booked Revenues
  • The Derivative Claims On Behalf Of McKesson HBOC
  • Valid Exercise Of Business Judgment
  • Benerofe v. Cha, Del.
  • This action asserts derivative claims on behalf of McKesson HBOC Inc.
  • defendants, as officers and directors of McKesson HBOC, and as former officers and
  • directors of McKesson and HBOC, committed breaches of fiduciary duties in connection
  • Nominal defendant McKesson HBOC has moved to dismiss the Amended
  • that the allegations of the Amended Complaint do not
  • Contemporaneously with the filing of this brief, plaintiffs have moved for leave to serve and
  • Am. Compl.
  • was disseminated to McKesson and HBOC shareholders on or about November 27,
  • L" 2 Individual Defendants Pulido, Friedman, Pottruck, Reichardt, Seelenfreund, and Shaw,
  • Defendant McCall, the first to file a motion to dismiss, had originally joined the arguments
  • and M. Christine Jacobs were directors of HBOC prior to the Merger.
  • under the HBOC Chief Executive Officer Incentive Plan, a pro rata bonus of $47,000.
  • recording non-final sales as revenue.
  • software sales had actually declined by five percent.

  • 9 . MCKESSON HBOCS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    PLAINTIFFS
    MERGER
    COMPLAINT
    DEMAND
    ALLEGE
    BUSINESS
    FACTS
    DIRECTORS
    DEFENDANT
    COURT
    COMPLAINT FAILS
    EXCUSE DEMAND
    MAJORITY
    DISINTEREST
    EXERCISE
    PLEAD FACTS
    AMENDED COMPLAINT
    ACCOUNTING
    VALID EXERCISE
    ALLEGATIONS
    NOMINAL DEFENDANT
    BUSINESS JUDGMENT
    PARTICULARIZED FACTS
    IRREGULARITIES
    TRANSACTION
    EXERCISE OVERSIGHT
    COMMON STOCK
    SUBSTANTIAL LIKELIHOOD
    LIABILITY
    
         IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                        IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    HOWARD FINE, ARLENE ASH, KIMBERLY              )
    MADAJCZYK and SYDNEY H. DALMAN,                >
    
                          Plaintiffs,
    
               V.                                  >      C. A. No. 17132-NC
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,             )
    RICHARD H. HAWKINS, HEIDI E.                   >
    YODOWITZ, ALFRED E. ECKERT III,                >
    TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III,          )
    M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO,           )
    JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,            )
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN                        >
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,                 >>
                          Defendants,              >>
               and                                 >>
    McKESSON HBOC, INC.,                           >1
                          Nominal Defendant.       )
    
                     MCKESSON HBOC, INC'S BRTEF  1N SUPPORT
                        OF MOTION TO DISMTSS  COMPLAINT
    
                                                SKADDEN,  ARPS, SLATE,
                                                  MEAGHER & FLOM LLP
                                                One Rodney Square
                                                Post Office Box 636
                                                Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636
                                                (302) 651-3000
                                                Attorneys for McKesson HBOC, inc.
    DATED: November 5. 1999
    
    
    
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    TABLE OF CASES AND AUTHORITIES
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    P R E L I M I N A R Y   S T A T E M E N T 1
    
    S      T          A          T              E         M         E         N         T         O    
    S 2
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • The Discovery Of Accounting Irregularities 3
  • COMPLAINT FAILS TO ALLEGE FACTS TO EXCUSE DEMAND.
  • Majority Of The Board Is Disinterested And Independent.
  • Plaintiffs Have Failed To Plead Facts Creating Doubt That Approval Of The Merger Was A Valid
  • Nominal defendant McKesson HBOC,
  • alleges failure by their directors to exercise oversight on the basis of accounting
  • the amended complaint should be dismissed under Court of
  • shares of McKesson common stock for every share of HBOC common stock.
  • HBOC directors failed to exercise oversight to prevent the occurrence of the Improper
  • In any derivative suit instituted by a stockholder of a corporation, it shall be averred in
  • "the challenged transaction was otherwise the product of a valid business judgment."
  • allegations that "create a reasonable doubt that, as of the time the complaint is tiled, the
  • With respect to the disinterest and independence of the McKesson HBOC
  • substantial likelihood of liability.
  • sue themselves"' - plaintiffs are required to allege particularized facts indicating "such
  • egregious conduct by the directors that they face a substantial likelihood of liability ."
  • Of The Merger Was .A Valid Exercise Of Business Judgment.

  • 10 . COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DEFENDANTS
    MERGER
    STOCK
    MCCALL
    PULIDO
    HBO
    INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
    PLAINTIFF
    EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
    DIRECTORS
    ACCOUNTING
    COMMON
    PRIOR
    SHARES
    SALES
    NOMINAL DEFENDANT
    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
    BUSINESS JUDGMENT
    SHAREHOLDERS
    CHRISTINE JACOBS
    PLAINTIFF HOWARD
    DELAWARE CORPORATION
    PORT STREET
    SEEKING RELIEF
    STOCK OPTIONS
    IMPROPER ACCOUNTING
    SOFTWARE SALES
    RESTATEMENT
    WRONGDOING
    
                 IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                                IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    HOWARD  FINE,                                       ..
    
                                 Plaintiff,
                                                        ..
                   V.                                  ..
                                                       .
    
    CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO, ;
    RICHARD H. HAWKINS, HEIDI E.                       ..
    YODOWITZ, ALFRED E. ECKERT III,                    :
    TULLY M. FRIEDMAN, ALTON F. IRBY III, :
    M. CHRISTINE JACOBS, GERALD E. MAYO, :
    JAMES V. NAPIER, DAVID S. POTTRUCK,                :
    CARL E. REICHARDT, ALAN                           .
    SEELENFREUND and JANE E. SHAW,                     ;..
                                 Defendants.           ....
                  and                                 ....
    MCKESSON HBOC, INC.,                              ....
                                 Nominal Defendant. :..
                         . .                   COMPLAINT
    
           Plaintiff Howard Fine,' by his attorneys, alleges upon information and belief, as
    
    follows:
    
                                                PARTIES
    
           1.     Howard Fine owns and has owned at all times pertinent to this action common
    
    stock of McKesson HBOC, Inc. ("McKesson HBOC  ").
    
           2.     Nominal defendant McKesson HBOC is a Delaware corporation with corporate
    
    headquarters at One Port Street, San Francisco, California. McKesson HBOC was formed
    
    
    
    through the merger ("Merger") between McKesson Corporation ("McKesson") and HBO  &
    
    Company ("HBOC") effective on or about January 12, 1999 with McKesson paying $13.9
    
    billion in stock.
    
            3.      Plaintiff brings this action derivatively on behalf of nominal defendant
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • CHARLES W. MCCALL, MARK A. PULIDO,;
  • Defendants
  • Plaintiff Howard Fine,' by his attorneys, alleges upon information and belief, as
  • Howard Fine owns and has owned at all times pertinent to this action common
  • stock of McKesson HBOC, Inc..
  • Nominal defendant McKesson HBOC is a Delaware corporation with corporate
  • headquarters at One Port Street, San Francisco, California.
  • seeking relief for the damage sustained and to be sustained by McKesson
  • McKesson HBOC and was the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Board
  • of HBOC prior to the Merger.
  • McKesson HBOC and was a Vice President and CFO of McKesson prior to the Merger.
  • Defendant Mark A. Pulido is President, CEO and a director of McKesson
  • Officer of McKesson HBOC and was Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of McKesson
  • Defendant M. Christine Jacobs is a director of McKesson HBOC.
  • vesting of stock options and the lapsing of restrictions on shares of restricted stock would
  • McKesson's executive officers held non-vested options to acquire an aggregate
  • All directors and executive
  • On Wednesday, April 28, 1999, McKesson HBOC's shareholders and the
  • A basic tenant of financial accounting requires that contingent sales may be
  • software sales rose thirteen percent as opposed to the
  • shares of McKesson stock for each share of HBO stock in a tax-free exchange.
  • The result of the disclosure of the Restatement on April 28 was that McKesson
  • The Individual Defendants have harmed the Company through their
  • implementation of improper accounting practices, the failure to conduct proper due diligence
  • of the exercise of valid business judgment.
  • Individual Defendants Pulido and McCall received accelerated stock options,
  • these Individual Defendants has thus benefited from the wrongdoing alleged herein and engaged
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