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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,789, County: New Castle County, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: GARRETT, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017789, Beacon Hill, Directors, Garrett, Tan, Power, Officers, Galvin, Cambodia, Jalbert, Consents, Counterclaim, Messrs, Power Project, Washington, Written Consents, Paul Goulding, Purports, Resident, Stockholders Meeting, Resignation, Paragraph, Delaware, Paul, Goulding, Bylaws, Power Plant, Delaware Corporation, Phan, Authority, Request, Nominal Defendant, Purport, By-laws, Invalid Consents, Howard Washington, William Garrett, Financing, Dispute, President, Agents, Effectiveness, Muy Tan , ContentID: 120240498

Case Documents
1 2000-03-03 PLAINTIFFS REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 101380
4 pages
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2 2000-03-03 ANSWER
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10 pages
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3 2000-02-14 COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 8 DEL. C. SEC 225
[ see first page and extracted highlights below  ] ItemID: 101381
9 pages
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Total Documents: 3 documents , 23 pages
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1 . PLAINTIFFS REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
PLAINTIFFS
CONSENTS
COURT
PARAGRAPH
GARRETT
MUY TAN
JOHN GALVIN
DEFENDANTS
RESPONSE
WRITTEN CONSENTS
DELIVERY
DELAWARE
PAUL
HEREBY
DIRECTORS
REGISTERED AGENTS
STOCKHOLDERS
REFER
THEREOF
RELIEF
ATTORNEYS
JUDGEMENT
DISMISS
PREJUDICE
AWARD PLAINTIFFS
COSTS
FEES
COURT DEEMS
PROPER
          IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                             IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY

WILLIAM GARRETT and SE MUY TAN

                         Plaintiffs,
                                                    :
  V.                                                         C.A. No. 17789

JOHN GALVIN, PAUL JALBERT,
HOWARD WASHINGTON and PAUL
GOULDING

                         Defendants,

               and

BEACON HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.,
a Delaware corporation,

                         Nominal Defendant.

                          PLAINTIFFS' REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM

               Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Willi  am Garrett and Se Muy Tan

(hereinafter, "Plaintiffs"), through their undersigned counsel, hereby respond to the numbered

paragraphs of the Counterclaim of John Galvin as follows:

             1. Paragraph 1 of the Counterclaim states a legal conclusion as to which no

response is required.

             2. Denied.

             3. Denied.

             4. The first sentence of Paragraph 4 of the Counterclaim is admitted. The

second sentence of Paragraph 4 of the Counterclaim states a legal conclusion as to which no

response is required.



             5.          Paragraph 5 of the Counterclaim is denied, except that it is admitted that

Messrs. Galvin, Jal'bert, and Phan previously were directors of the Company.
SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • JOHN GALVIN, PAUL JALBERT,
  • PLAINTIFFS' REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIM
  • Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Willi am Garrett and Se Muy Tan
  • response is required.
  • The first sentence of Paragraph 4 of the Counterclaim is admitted.
  • Galvin, Jal'bert, and Phan previously were directors of the Company.
  • written consents were delivered to the Company's registered agents on or about February 8,
  • admitted that written consents signed by shareholders who collectively owned over 50% of the
  • stockholders, including the possible loss of the Cambodian power project.
  • Plaintiffs respectfully refer the Court to that letter for the true and complete contents
  • The Counterclaim fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
  • Plaintiffs request that this Court enter judgment in their favor
  • and against Mr. Gal.vin, dismiss the Counterclaim with prejudice, and award Plaintiffs their
  • attorneys' fees, and any such other and further relief this Court deems just and proper.
  • I hereby certify that on this 3'd day of March, 2000, two copies of the within document
  • were served by hand delivery upon the following attorney ofrecord:

  • 2 . ANSWER

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    DIRECTORS
    TAN
    DEFENDANTS
    GARRETT
    CAMBODIA
    CONSENTS
    POWER
    WRITTEN CONSENTS
    COUNTERCLAIM
    GOULDING
    OFFICERS
    PLAINTIFF
    PAUL GOULDING
    GALVIN
    DELAWARE
    WASHINGTON
    POWER PLANT
    DELAWARE CORPORATION
    PARAGRAPH
    RESIDENT
    PHAN
    MEETING
    COURT
    NOMINAL DEFENDANT
    PURPORT
    BY-LAWS
    INVALID CONSENTS
    AGENTS
    EFFECTIVENESS
    
                     IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
    
                                   IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    
    WILLIAM GARRETT and                              1
    SE MUY TAN,
                                                     ;
                              Plaintiffs,
                                                     ;
               V.
                                                     ;
    JOHN GALVIN, PAUL JALBERT,                       )          C.A. No. 17789
    HOWARD WASHINGTON and PAUL )
    GOULDING,
                                                     1
                              Defendants             1
    
               and                                   ;1
    BEACON HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.,  a )
    Delaware corporation,
                                                     ;
                              Nominal Defendant. )
    
                                                   ANSWER
    
                        1.    Admitted that this paragraph describes what plaintiffs purport to do in
    
    action.
    
                       2.     Denied, except that it is admitted that ESeacon  Hill Associates, Inc.
    
    Hill") currently is involved in completing the financing necessary to build a power plant in
    
    Cambodia, and that this power plant is the company's primay  business venture.
    
                        3.    Denied, except that it is admitted that William Garrett apparently
    
    in Cambodia and Connecticut and was a director of Beacon Hill from 1994 until either December,
    
    1999 or February, 2000, and was an officer of Beacon Hill from 1994 until December, 1999.
    
    DJHO82O.WPD
    CALV00334                                              1
    
    
    
                    4.     Denied, except it is admitted that Se Muy Tan apparently resides both in
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
  • SE MUY TAN,
  • BEACON HILL ASSOCIATES, INC., a) Delaware corporation,
  • Nominal Defendant.
  • Admitted that this paragraph describes what plaintiffs purport to do in this
  • Cambodia, and that this power plant is the company's primay business venture.
  • except that it is admitted that William Garrett apparently resides both
  • in Cambodia and Connecticut and was a director of Beacon Hill from 1994 until either December,
  • Denied, except it is admitted that Paul Goulding is a resident of Washington,
  • See response to paragraph No. 3.
  • admitted that from January, 1995 through December 18, 1999 the Beacon Hill Board of Directors
  • Garrett, Galvin, Jalbert, Phan and R4s.
  • The by-laws quoted from in .:his paragraph were never adopted by
  • meeting on December 18, 1999, as did all the other directors.
  • directors and officers of Beacon Hill,
  • Beacon Hill's board of directors elected Paul Goulding and Howard Washington to replace Mr.
  • Counterclaim Defendants
  • COUNTERCLAIM UNDER 8 DEL.
  • were removed as directors and Paul Goulding was elected as a director (the "Written
  • The written consents, along with a cover letter, were hand delivered on
  • February 8,200O to Registered Agents, Ltd., Beacon Hill's registered agent in Delaware, and
  • It appears that the Invalid Consents are insufficient to take the corporate action
  • effectiveness ofthe Written Consents, and instead to improperly insist that the Invalid
  • Counterclaim plaintiff has no adequatl:

  • 3 . COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 8 DEL. C. SEC 225

    EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
    GARRETT
    TAN
    DIRECTORS
    JALBERT
    MEETING
    OFFICERS
    GALVIN
    DEFENDANTS
    POWER
    MESSRS
    POWER PROJECT
    PURPORTS
    PLAINTIFFS
    STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
    RESIGNATION
    CAMBODIA
    BYLAWS
    PAUL
    WASHINGTON
    RESIDENT
    BUSINESS
    AUTHORITY
    REQUEST
    HOWARD WASHINGTON
    WILLIAM GARRETT
    PAUL GOULDING
    FINANCING
    DISPUTE
    PRESIDENT
    
                                                                                                       
              IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY
    
    WILLIAM GARRETT and SE MUY TAN                      :
    
                          Plaintiffs,
                                                        :
      V.                                                :       C.A. No. 1 ?T9+
    
    JOHN GALVIN, PAUL JALBERT,
    HOWARD WASHINGTON and PAUL
    GOULDING                                            :                                      ."
                                                        :                             :  .,
                          Defendants,
    
                   and
    
    BEACON HILL ASSOCIATES, INC.,
    a Delaware corporation,
                                                        .
                          Nominal Defendant.            :
    
                           COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 8 DEL. C. 6 225
    
                   Plaintiffs, by their undersigned attorneys, for their complaint against Defendants,
    
    allege as follows:
    
                                         NATURE OF ACTION
    
                   1.      This is an action pursuant to 8 Del. C.  9 225 for a declaration that: (i)
    
    Plaintiffs William Garrett and Se May Tan continue to be directors and officers of Nominal
    
    Defendant Beacon Hill Associates, Inc. ("Beacon Hill" or the "Company"); and (ii) Defendants
    
    John Galvin, Paul Jalbert, Howard Washington, and Paul Goulding are no longer directors or
    
    officers of Beacon Hill.
    
                   2.      The Company is on the verge of completing the financing necessary to
    
    build a $100 million power plant in Cambodia -- the Company's primary business venture -- but
    
    
    
    cannot consummate that transaction as a result of the dispute over who has authority to manage
    
    
    SNIPPETS:
  • JOHN GALVIN, PAUL JALBERT,
  • HOWARD WASHINGTON and PAUL
  • Plaintiffs, by their undersigned attorneys, for their complaint against Defendants,
  • Plaintiffs William Garrett and Se May Tan continue to be directors and officers of Nominal
  • Defendant Beacon Hill Associates, Inc.;
  • John Galvin, Paul Jalbert, Howard Washington, and Paul Goulding are no longer directors or
  • cannot consummate that transaction as a result of the dispute over who has authority to manage
  • Plaintiff William Garrett is a resident of Cambodia and has been a director
  • Defendant Paul Goulding is a resident of Washington, D.C. and purports
  • principal place of business in Phnom Penh,
  • Hill's primary business is the development of a power plant in Cambodia.
  • Mr. Garrett has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Beacon
  • Beacon Hill Board of Directors was comprised of Messrs.
  • have devoted almost all of their time and effort to developing the Power Project.
  • financing for the Power Project, which was projected to begin construction in early 2000.
  • "Notice") of a special meeting of the Board of Directors of Beacon Hill to be held on December
  • The Bylaws did not give Messrs.
  • Board and they made no request on the President to call a meeting.
  • Tan's and Mr. Garrett's resignation as officers and directors of Beacon Hill
  • a special stockholders meeting (the "Special Stockholders
  • Galvin and Jalbert have no authority to act on behalf of the
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