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ALMOND v. GLENHILL ADVISORS LLC

C.A. No. 10477-CB.

CHARLES ALMOND AS TRUSTEE FOR THE ALMOND FAMILY 2001 TRUST, ALMOND INVESTMENT FUND LLC, CHARLES ALMOND, and ANDREW FRANKLIN, Plaintiffs, v. GLENHILL ADVISORS LLC, GLENHILL CAPITAL LP, GLENHILL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, GLENHILL CONCENTRATED LONG MASTER FUND LLC, GLENHILL SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES MASTER FUND LLC, JOHN EDELMAN, GLENN KREVLIN, JOHN McPHEE, WILLIAM SWEEDLER, WINDSONG DB DWR II, LLC, WINDSONG DWR, LLC, WINDSONG BRANDS, LLC, HERMAN MILLER, INC. and HM CATALYST, INC., Defendants, and DESIGN WITHIN REACH, INC., Intervenor and Counterclaim-Petitioner.

Court of Chancery of Delaware.

Decided: August 17, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter B. Ladig of BAYARD, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; David H. Wollmuth and Michael C. Ledley of WOLLMUTH MAHER & DEUTSCH LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Plaintiffs Charles Almond as Trustee for the Almond Family 2001 Trust, Almond Investment Fund LLC, and Charles Almond.

Norman M. Monhait and P. Bradford deLeeuw of ROSENTHAL MONHAIT & GODDESS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Scott J. Watnik of WILK AUSLANDER LLP, New York, New York; Thomas A. Brown of MOREA SCHWARTZ BRADHAM FRIEDMAN & BROWN LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Plaintiff Andrew Franklin.

Andrew D. Cordo and F. Troupe Mickler IV of ASHBY & GEDDES, Wilmington, Delaware; Adrienne M. Ward and Brian Katz of OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP, New York, New York; John B. Horgan of ELLENOFF GROSSMAN & SCHOLE LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Glenhill Advisors LLC, Glenhill Capital LP, Glenhill Capital Management LLC, Glenhill Concentrated Long Master Fund LLC, Glenhill Special Opportunities Master Fund LLC, Glenn Krevlin, William Sweedler, Windsong DB DWR II, LLC, and Windsong DWR LLC.

Douglas D. Herrmann of PEPPER HAMILTON LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Paul B. Carberry , Joshua Weedman , and Erin Smith of WHITE & CASE LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for John Edelman and John McPhee.

Frederick B. Rosner , Scott J. Leonhardt , and Jason A. Gibson of THE ROSNER LAW GROUP LLC, Wilmington, Delaware; S. Preston Ricardo of Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, New York. Attorneys for Windsong Brands, LLC.

John D. Hendershot , Susan M. Hannigan , and Brian F. Morris of RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Bryan B. House of FOLEY & LARDNER LLP, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Attorneys for Defendants, Counterclaim Petitioners Herman Miller Inc. and HM Catalyst, and Intervenor and Counterclaim Petitioner Design Within Reach, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In July 2014, Herman Miller, Inc. acquired Design Within Reach, Inc. ("DWR" or the "Company"), a retailer of modern furniture, for approximately $170 million in a third-party merger transaction. The merger was the culmination of a dramatic turnaround of the Company that began in August 2009, when a group...

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