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CaseNo: C.A. No. 18,310, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00018310, Digex, Intermedia, Worldcorn, Shareholders, Stock, Directors, Sale, Loyalty, Special Committee, Merger, Controls, Corporate Opportunity, Fiduciary Duty, Delaware, Waiver, Officer, Minority, Transaction, Suffer, Breach, Recommendation, Conflict, Divided Loyalties, Approving, Executive Officer, Outstanding Shares, Acquisition , ContentID: 120240154

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1 2000-09-12 DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT
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1 . DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
INTERMEDIA
DEFENDANT
WORLDCORN
SHAREHOLDERS
STOCK
DIRECTORS
SALE
LOYALTY
SPECIAL COMMITTEE
MERGER
CONTROLS
CORPORATE OPPORTUNITY
FIDUCIARY DUTY
DELAWARE
PLAINTIFF
WAIVER
OFFICER
MINORITY
TRANSACTION
SUFFER
BREACH
RECOMMENDATION
CONFLICT
DIVIDED LOYALTIES
APPROVING
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
BUSINESS
OUTSTANDING SHARES
ACQUISITION
           IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY                                       

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CRANDON CAPITAL PARTNERS,                                     :
Derivatively And On Behalf                                    :
Of Digex, Inc.,                                               :
                                   Plaintiff,                  ::                          i  `
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                          V.                                   :                            _i
                                                               :                                 - 
DAVID C. RUBERG, PHILIP A. CAMPBELL :                                                            I 
JOHN C. BAKER, GEORGE F. KNAPP,                                :
MARK K. SHULL, ROBERT M.                                                                         
                                                                                                  
MANNING, and INTERMEDIA                                        :                                  
COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,                                          :                                  

                                   Defendants.                 ::
                           and                                 ::
DIGEX, INC.,                                                   ::
                           Nominal Defendant.
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                                       DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT

                  Plaintiff, by its attorneys, alleges upon personal knowledge as to their own acts

upon information and belief as to all other matters, as follows:

                  1.       Plaintiff brings this action derivatively on behalf of Digex, Inc.

or the "Company") for injunctive and other relief. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief herein,  &

a&, to enjoin the implementation of a transaction whereby  WorldCorn Inc.  ("WorldCorn")  has

agreed to buy defendant Intermedia Communications, Inc. ("Intermedia"), the 54% owner of

Digex, for approximately $6 billion in stock and debt in order to gain control of Digex and to

enjoin the agreement to waive Section 203 of Delaware General Corporation Law. Intermedia

had put Digex up for sale and had received several offers, including one offer from Exodus



Communications, Inc. ((`Exodus") to purchase Digex for $120 per share, representing a significant

premium for Digex stock, which had been trading in the mid-$80 range. However, Intermedia
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  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • Nominal Defendant.
  • Plaintiff brings this action derivatively on behalf of Digex,
  • to enjoin the implementation of a transaction whereby WorldCorn Inc. has
  • agreed to buy defendant Intermedia Communications, Inc., the 54% owner of
  • for approximately $6 billion in stock and debt in order to gain control of Digex and to
  • had put Digex up for sale and had received several offers,
  • Digex's corporate opportunity for itself.
  • approving the WorldCorn transaction and approving a waiver of
  • Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law against the recommendation of Digex's
  • also controls the Digex Board of Directors through its ownership and voting interest.
  • Chief Executive Officer of Digex.
  • Intermedia currently owns approximately 54% of Digex's outstanding shares and controls
  • Intermedia owes a fiduciary obligation to Digex and its minority shareholders.
  • Reich and Jalkut were named to a special committee to protect the rights of Digex's minority
  • Without this waiver, WorldCorn would not
  • WorldCorn and Digex had each approved a definitive merger agreement
  • in the WorldCorn acquisition of Intermedia.
  • a fiduciary duty to Digex and its minority shareholders and are required to maintain and
  • from disabling conflicts of interest and divided loyalties, have breached their fiduciary
  • injuries suffered and to be suffered by Digex as a direct result of the breach of fiduciary
  • loyalty by defendants.
  • A majority of Digex's directors suffer from conflicts of interest and divided
  • loyalties which preclude them from exercising independent business judgment.
  • motivated by conflict of interest and divided loyalty was not the
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