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CaseNo: C.A. No. 18,277, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN TH E COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: MOORE-WATTS, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00018277, Sale, Stockholders, Media Solutions, Directors, Del, Dye, Transaction, Expedite, Motion, Complaint, Proposed Sale, Solutions Division, Common Stock, Discovery, Expedited Proceedings, Court Rule, Preliminary Injunction, Acquisition, Dye/aloni Entity, Saad, Manser, Consummate, Supr, Price, Fiduciaries, Period Ending, Slip, Chancery Court Rule, Chandler, Assets, Officer, Accordance, Facts, Disclosures, Irreparable Injury, Exhibit, Hereto, Delaware Law, Requiring, York, Execution , ContentID: 120240179

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1 2000-08-31 MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS
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13 pages
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2 2000-08-31 VERIFIED COMPLAINT
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10 pages
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Total Documents: 2 documents , 23 pages
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1 . MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS MOTION FOR EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS
PLAINTIFF
DEL
TRANSACTION
EXPEDITE
MOTION
STOCKHOLDERS
COMPLAINT
SALE
SOLUTIONS DIVISION
DISCOVERY
EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS
COURT RULE
PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
MEDIA SOLUTIONS
CONSUMMATE
SUPR
PERIOD ENDING
SLIP
CHANCERY COURT RULE
CHANDLER
LAW
FACTS
DISCLOSURES
IRREPARABLE INJURY
EXHIBIT
HERETO
DIRECTORS
CONNECTION
      IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                              IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

PATRICIA MOORE-WATTS,                        )

                Plaintiff,                   1

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WILLIAM  :E. DYE, PETER SAAD                  ;
and ANTHONY MANSER,
                                              i
                Defendants,
                                              ;
       and
                                              i
UNIDIGITAL, INC.                              >

                Nominal Defendant.

                      MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF
               PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS

                                       MORRIS, JAMES, HITCHENS &WILLIAMS LLP
                                       Michael J. Maimone
                                       Joseph C. Schoell
                                       222 Delaware Avenue
                                       P.O. Box 2306
                                       Wilmington, Delaware 19899
                                       (302) 888-6800
                                       Attorneys for Plaintiff Patricia Moore-Watts
Of Counsel:

CAMHY KARLINSKY  & STEIN LLP
Martin E. Karlinsky
George F . Meierhofer
1740 Broadway
161h Floor
New York, New York  10019-4.315
(212) 9'77-6600

Dated: August 3 1, 2000



                                    TABLE OF CONTENTS



SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS
  • Statement of Facts
  • EXPEDITED DISCOVERY AND A PROMPT
  • Del.
  • No. 15012, Chandler, V.C.
  • Supr., 559 A.2d 1261
  • Chanc'ery Court Rule 30
  • Chancery Court Rule 34
  • On August 30,2000, plaintiff filed a verified complaint for injunctive relief
  • preliminar,y injunctive relief based upon defendants' breaches of their fiduciary duty of
  • Corporation Law.
  • Unidigital disclosed to its stockholders that defendants approved a self-dealing transaction
  • involving the sale of substantially all of the assets of Unidigital to an entity controlled
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unidigital,
  • date in which defendants intend to consummate the transaction.
  • in comiection with plaintiff's motion for preliminary injunction because, absent such relief,
  • injunctive relief in connection with the self-dealing transaction, and, unremedied, plaintiff
  • THE AUTHORITY TO EXPEDITE DISCOVERY IN THIS ACTION
  • was based upon misleading and incomplete disclosures to the
  • No. 16639, slip op.
  • 1999, revised Aug. 10, 1999) (Exhibit B attached hereto) (this Court permitted expedited
  • claim" and "a sufficient possibility of threatened irreparable injury.
  • Media Solutions Division represented 76 percent of Unidigital's income from operations,
  • compared to the nine-month period ending on May 3 1,

  • 2 . VERIFIED COMPLAINT

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DYE
    MEDIA SOLUTIONS
    DEFENDANTS
    DIRECTORS
    STOCKHOLDERS
    PROPOSED SALE
    PLAINTIFF
    COMMON STOCK
    ACQUISITION
    DYE/ALONI ENTITY
    SAAD
    MANSER
    PRICE
    FIDUCIARIES
    ASSETS
    LAW
    OFFICER
    ACCORDANCE
    DELAWARE LAW
    REQUIRING
    YORK
    EXECUTION
    COMPENSATION COMMITTEE
    DGCL
    COURT
    ALLEGES
    BREACHES
    CONSUMMATION
    DUTY
    
             IN  TH::E COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                                 IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    PATRICIA MOORE-WATTS,                                          j'
                                     Plaintiff,
    
    
    
    `WILLIAM E. DYE, PETER SAAD, and
    .ANTHONY MANSER,
    
                                     Defendants,                   j
    
                   and
    
    UNIDIGITAL.,  INC.,
    
                                     Nominal Defendant.
    
    
    
                                         JWRIFIED COMPLAINT
    
    
                          Plaint.iff  Patricia Moore-Watts ("Plaintiff"), by and through her
    
    attorneys, and for her Com.plaint  in this action, alleges as follows:
    
                                      SUMMARY OF THE ACTION
    
                   1. Plaintiff brings this action a.s a stockholder of the nominal defendant,
    
    Inc. ("Unidigital" or the "Company"), in order to halt the unlawful sale of Unidigital's "crown
    
    division to corporate insiders without any meaningful negotiation and at an unfair price. As alleged
    
    below, the sale of these assets announced by Unidigital on August 21, 2000, should be enjoined
    
    because it is the product of egregious breaches of fiduciary duties by a conflicted board of
    
    and because, although Delaware law requires that the proposed sale be approved by stockholders of
    
    
    
    Unidigital, management publicly has suggested that a vote of Unidigital's stockholders may not be
    
    required.
    
                                                  PARTIES
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN TH::E COURT OF CHANCERY FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • attorneys, and for her Com.plaint in this action, alleges as follows:
  • in order to halt the unlawful sale of Unidigital's "crown jewel"
  • division to corporate insiders without any meaningful negotiation and at an unfair price.
  • below, the sale of these assets announced by Unidigital on August 21, 2000, should be enjoined
  • because it is the product of egregious breaches of fiduciary duties by a conflicted board of
  • management publicly has suggested that a vote of Unidigital's stockholders may not be
  • Plaintiff is an individual residing in the State of New York.
  • Defendants William E. Dye, Peter Saad and Anthony Manser
  • Defendant Dye currently is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
  • with Unidigital to purchas,e the Company's Media Solutions Division.
  • Dye also chairs the compensation committee of Unidigital's
  • Unidigital made an initial public offering of common stock
  • Pursuant to this acquisition, Mega Art's founder
  • that its Board of Directors had approved the execution of a letter of intent for the sale of
  • this proposed sale will leave the Company with inadequate capital and with an inability to
  • Accordingly, in accordance with Court of Chancery Rule 23.1, demand upon the directors would
  • Under well-established Delaware law,
  • stockholders, mandating that the fiduciaries perform the duties with the utmost care, loyalty
  • Defendants violated their duty to act with utmost loyalty and good faith.
  • An injunction preventing the consummation of the proposed sale of the Media
  • Division to the Dye/Aloni Entity:is required to prevent Defendants from disposing of the
  • the breaches of the fiduciary
  • Section 271 of Delaware's General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") requires
  • the Dye/Aloni Entity constitutes the sale of substantially all of the Company's assets, thus
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