MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD HYNES Agilent
& LERACH, LLP Technologies, Inc.
One Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, New York 10119-0165
(212) 594-5300
BERNSTEIN LIEBHARD & LIFSHITZ, LLP
10 East 40th Street
New York, New York 10016
(212) 779-1414
Co-Liaison Counsel for Plaintiff
On Behalf of Plaintiffs'
Executive Committee
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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ABRAHAM KASSIN, on behalf : 01-CV-10639 (SAS)
of himself and all others :
similarly situated, : 21 MC 92 (SAS)
:
Plaintiff, :
: CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT
-against- : FOR VIOLATIONS OF
: FEDERAL SECURITIES LAW
:
AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC., :
MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER & CO., :
INCORPORATED, THE GOLDMAN SACHS :
GROUP, INC., CREDIT SUISSE FIRST :
BOSTON CORPORATION, MERRILL LYNCH, :
PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, :
INCORPORATED, SALOMON SMITH :
BARNEY, INC., BEAR, STEARNS & CO., :
INC., J.P. MORGAN CHASE & CO., :
LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC., SG COWEN :
SECURITIES
CORPORATION,
:
FLEETBOSTON ROBERTSON STEPHENS, :
INC., CHASE H&Q (HAMBRECHT & :
QUIST LLC), EDWARD W. :
BARNHOLT, GERALD GRINSTEIN and :
ROBERT
R.
WALKER,
:
SNIPPETS:
One Pennsylvania Plaza New York,
Co-Liaison Counsel for Plaintiff On Behalf of Plaintiffs' Executive Committee
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------X
GROUP, INC., CREDIT SUISSE FIRST: BOSTON CORPORATION, MERRILL LYNCH,:
herein as "Agilent" or the "Company") with the Securities
and Exchange Commission or disseminated to Agilent's
Form 10-Q's, proxy statements, Quarterly Reports to
the Prospectus and Registration Statement
12 and 15 of the Securities Act of
including the preparation and dissemination
documents were materially false and misleading,
Class Period (including the trading of Agilent stock based
In addition, Morgan Stanley
other wrongs complained of herein, the defendants, directly
Plaintiff purchased shares of Agilent as
"IPO" or the "Offering").
international parts of the Offering of Agilent shares to
Morgan Stanley, as a lead underwriter,
received substantial fees in conjunction with the Offering.
Defendant Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner &
Each of the Individual Defendants was provided
Public Offering Price.
$ 30.00 $2,160,000,000 Underwriting discounts and commissions.
offering, according to the executives.
Due to the undisclosed material facts
or participation in the making of
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