UNITED STATES
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RAMIUS VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD COWEN OVERSEAS INVESTMENT LP RAMIUS ADVISORS, LLC RAMIUS VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY ADVISORS LLC RAMIUS LLC COWEN GROUP, INC. RCG HOLDINGS LLC C4S & CO., L.L.C. PETER A. COHEN MORGAN B. STARK JEFFREY M. SOLOMON THOMAS W. STRAUSS JON S. CASTOR DALE FULLER THOMAS LACEY JEFFREY MCCREARY JEFFREY C. SMITH EDWARD TERINO |
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Ramius Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Ramius”), has made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a consent statement and an accompanying WHITE consent card to be used to solicit consents from stockholders of Zoran Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Zoran”) for the removal of six current directors of Zoran and the election of Ramius’ six nominees.
On February 11, 2011, Ramius gave the following presentation to Institutional Shareholder Services:
