FRIEDMAN v. ALCATEL ALSTHOM

C.A. No. 16650.

752 A.2d 544 (1999)

Caryn FRIEDMAN, Michael Hojnoski, Jean-Guy Dahan, Darrell DeJong, Frederick W. Goff, Jeffrey Grill, Roy Hammond, Roberto Homedes, Weley Hough, David Kang, Tom Lisk, John E. Miertschin, Donald A. & Linda M. Pahl, Lerow Rosewitz, Lorraine Schreiber, Frank Shorr, Nick Soulis, Robert Verity, Ronald Washington, Beryl J. Weinstein, Charles C. Anderson, John Delaney, Elliot Heller, C.M. Jayashankar, A. Hobart Leeds, Robert McKay, Rick Napholz, Michael O'Conner, Pat O O'Donnell, Michael K. Pawley, Timothy Jay Turner and Gary Masner, Plaintiffs, v. ALCATEL ALSTHOM, Net Acquisition Inc., Serge Tchuruk, Jean-Pierre Halbron, Amrose Roux, Rand V. Araskog, Daniel Bernard, Philippe Bissara, Paola Cantarella, Guy Dejouany, Jacques Friedman, Noel Goutard, Francois De Laage De Meux, Pierre-Louis Lions, Thierry De Loppinot, Bruno Vaillant, Marc Vienot and Helmut Werner, Defendants.

Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.

Decided: December 10, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman M. Monhait of Rosenthal Monhait Gross & Goddess, Wilmington, Delaware; of Counsel: Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, New York City; Schiffrin Craig & Barroway, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, for Plaintiffs.

Anthony W. Clark of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Wilmington, Delaware; of Counsel: Robert E. Zimet and Lea Haber Kuck of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for Defendants.


OPINION

STEELE, V.C.

A French company created a Delaware subsidiary to effect a merger with an American corporation. Plaintiffs, former shareholders in the American corporation subsumed by the French company as a result of the merger, bring this action against the French company, its Delaware subsidiary, and directors and officers of the French company alleging that defendants violated federal securities...

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