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CaseNo: C.A. No. 17,591, CourtCode: CC, CourtName: IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, Plaintiff: BERLESE, State: DE Delaware, UniqueCaseRef: DE>CC>00017591, Paxson, Shareholders, Lowell, Public Shareholders, Directors, Nbc, Common Stock, Shares, Agreement, Officer, Price, William Berlese, Paxson Communications, Expense, Exercise Price, Fiduciary Duties, Investment Agreement, Substantial Premium, Stockholders, Consecutive Trading, Common Law Duties, Acquisition, Ira, Nominal Defendant, Derivative Complaint, Enjoin Wrongful Actions, Business Judgment, Injunctive Relief , ContentID: 120240613

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1 1999-11-17 CLASS ACTION AND DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT
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1 . CLASS ACTION AND DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
DEFENDANTS
SHAREHOLDERS
PLAINTIFF
LOWELL
PUBLIC SHAREHOLDERS
DIRECTORS
NBC
COMMON STOCK
SHARES
AGREEMENT
OFFICER
PRICE
WILLIAM BERLESE
PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS
EXPENSE
EXERCISE PRICE
FIDUCIARY DUTIES
INVESTMENT AGREEMENT
SUBSTANTIAL PREMIUM
STOCKHOLDERS
CONSECUTIVE TRADING
COMMON LAW DUTIES
ACQUISITION
IRA
NOMINAL DEFENDANT
DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT
ENJOIN WRONGFUL ACTIONS
BUSINESS JUDGMENT
INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
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             IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE
                                IN AND FOR NEW CASTLE COUNTY



WILLIAM BERLESE, IRA

                          Plaintiff,
                                                           Civil Action No.
                 V.


LOWELL W.  PAXSON,  JEFFREY
SAGANSKY, JAMES B. BOCOCK,
BRUCE L.  BURNHAM, JAMES L.
GREENWALD and WILLIAM E.
SIMON, JR.

                          Defendants,

                                   -and-

PAXSON  COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION,

                          Nominal Defendant. :
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                       CLASS ACTION AND DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT

                 Plaintiff alleges upon information and belief, except for paragraph 4 hereof,

which is alleged upon personal knowledge, as follows:

                                         SUMMARY OF ACTION

                 1.       Plaintiff brings this as a class action on behalf of himself and all other

shareholders of defendant  Paxson Communications Corporation ("Paxson" or the "Company")

who are similarly situated, and as a derivative action on behalf of  Paxson, against the

directors and/or senior officers of  Paxson to enjoin wrongful actions by the Individual

Defendants (defined herein) which are intended to benefit defendant Lowell W.  Paxson and

SNIPPETS:
  • PAXSON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION,
  • CLASS ACTION AND DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT
  • Plaintiff alleges upon information and belief, except for paragraph 4 hereof,
  • shareholders of defendant Paxson Communications Corporation
  • directors and/or senior officers of Paxson to enjoin wrongful actions by the Individual
  • Defendants which are intended to benefit defendant Lowell W. Paxson and
  • Paxson Communication's other insiders at the expense of the Company's public shareholders,
  • 41,500 shares of newly created Series B Convertible Exchangeable Preferred Paxson stock
  • Paxson sold two warrants to a wholly owned subsidiary of NBC
  • to purchase 13,065,507 shares of Paxson common stock at an exercise price of $12.60 per
  • share and up to 18,966,620 shares of Paxson common stock at an exercise price equal to the
  • average of the closing sale prices of the Class A common stock for the 45 consecutive trading
  • into a call agreement with NBC which gives NBC the right to purchase all but not less than
  • Defendants constitute a breach of their fiduciary duties to act in the best interests of
  • Plaintiff William Berlese, IRA owns shares of common stock of Paxson
  • Nominal defendant Paxson is a corporation organized and existing under
  • Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Paxson.
  • common law duties owed by them to plaintiff and the other members of the Class;
  • thereby making appropriate injunctive relief and/or corresponding
  • offered to acquire Paxson for approximately $20.00 per share, a substantial premium over the
  • Investment Agreement with NBC pursuant to which NBC will
  • material agreement which would disadvantage NBC relative to other stockholders on the basis
  • Paxson represents a highly attractive acquisition candidate.
  • independent business judgment in deciding whether to bring this action.
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