OMNICARE, INC., Plaintiff,
v.
NCS HEALTHCARE, INC., Jon H. Outcalt, Kevin B. Shaw, Boake A. Sells, Richard L. Osbourne, Genesis Health Ventures, Inc., and Geneva Sub, Inc., Defendants.
In re NCS Healthcare, Inc., Shareholders Litigation.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted: October 24, 2002.
Decided: October 29, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Donald J. Wolfe, Jr., Kevin R. Shannon, Michael A. Pittenger, John A. Seaman, Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP, Wilmington; Robert C. Myers, Seth C. Farber, James P. Smith III, David F. Owens, Melanie R. Moss, Dewey Ballantine, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff Omnicare, Inc. in C.A. No. 19800.
Robert J. Kriner, Jr., Chimicles & Tikellis, LLP, Wilmington; Joseph A. Rosenthal, Rosenthal, Monhait, Gross & Goddess, P.A., Wilmington; Richard B. Bemporad, Lowey Dannenberg Bemporad & Selinger, P.C., White Plains, NY; Daniel A. Osborn, Beatie and Osborn, LLP, New York City, for Plaintiffs in C.A. No. 19786.
Edward P. Welch, Edward B. Micheletti, Katherine J. Neikirk, James A. Whitney, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, Wilmington; Mark A. Philips, Megan L. Mehalko, H. Jeffrey Schwartz, Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants NCS Healthcare, Inc., Boake A. Sells, and Richard L. Osbourne.
Jon E. Abramczyk, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, Wilmington; Frances Floriano Goins, Thomas G. Kovach, Squires, Sanders & Dempsey, LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant John H. Outcalt.
Edward M. McNally, Michael A. Weidinger, Elizabeth A. Brown, Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, LLP, Wilmington; James R. Bright, Timothy G. Warner, Spieth, Bell, McCurdy & Newell Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, OH, for Defendant Kevin B. Shaw.
David C. McBride, Bruce L. Silverstein, Christian Douglas Wright, Adam W. Poff, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington; Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr., Theodore N. Mirvis, Mark Gordon, John F. Lynch, Lauryn P. Gouldin, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York City, for Defendants Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. and Geneva Sub, Inc.
Court of Chancery of Delaware, New Castle County.
OPINION AND ORDER
LAMB, Vice Chancellor.
I.
These actions arise out of a proposed merger (the "Merger") between NCS Healthcare, Inc. and a wholly owned subsidiary of Genesis Health Ventures, Inc. in which each share of NCS Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock is to be converted into the right to receive 0.1 share of Genesis common stock. The Class A shares and the Class B shares are identical in most respects; however, (i) the holders...
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