Exhibit (a)(5)(vii)
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1 | | LIONEL Z. GLANCY (#134180) | | | | | | |
2 | | MICHAEL GOLDBERG (#188669) | | | | | | |
3 | | GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP | | | | | | |
4 | | 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 311 | | | | | | |
5 | | Los Angeles, California 90067 | | | | | | |
6 | | Telephone: (310) 201-9150 | | | | | | |
7 | | Facsimile: (310) 201-9160 | | | | | | |
8 | | Email: info@glanyclaw.com | | | | | | |
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9 | | Attorneys for Plaintiffs | | | | | | |
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10 | | [Additional Counsel Appear on Signature Page] | | | | | | |
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11 | | SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA |
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12 | | FOR THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA |
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13 | | VLADIMIR GUSINSKY REV. TRUST, on | | ) | | Case No. 109CV157611 |
14 | | behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, | | ) | | | | |
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15 | | Plaintiff, | | ) | | | | |
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18 | | | | ) | | SHAREHOLDER’S CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT | | |
19 | | SILICON STORAGE TECHNOLOGY INC., | | ) | | | | |
20 | | BING YEH, YAW WEN HU, RONALD | | ) | | | | |
21 | | CHWANG, TERRY M. NICKERSON, | | ) | | JURY TRIAL DEMANDED | | |
22 | | BRYANT R. RILEY, EDWARD YAO-WU | | ) | | | | |
23 | | YANG | | ) | | | | |
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27 | | Defendants. | | ) | | | | |
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1 | | Plaintiff, Vladimir Gusinsky Rev. Trust, by its attorneys, alleges as follows: |
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2 | | SUMMARY OF THE ACTION |
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3 | | 1. This is a stockholder class action brought by plaintiff on behalf of the holders of |
4 | | Silicon Storage Technology Inc. (“Silicon Storage” or the “Company”) common stock against |
5 | | Silicon Storage and its directors arising out of defendants’ efforts to complete the sale of Silicon |
6 | | Storage at a grossly inadequate and unfair price (the “Proposed Acquisition”) and their efforts to |
7 | | provide certain insiders and directors with preferential treatment at the expense of, and which is |
8 | | unfair to, the public shareholders. Defendants have agreed to sell the Company to Technology |
9 | | Resource Holdings, Inc., a Prophet Equity LP -controlled entity, as well as members of the Silicon |
10 | | Storage management. (collectively the “Acquirers”). |
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11 | | 2. In pursuing the unlawful plan to cash out Silicon Storage’s public stockholders for |
12 | | grossly inadequate consideration, each of the defendants violated applicable law by directly |
13 | | breaching and/or aiding the other defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties of loyalty, due care, |
14 | | independence, good faith and fair dealing. |
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15 | | 3. In entering into the merger agreement, without full and fair disclosure of all material |
16 | | information, each of the Defendants violated and continues to violate applicable law by directly |
17 | | breaching and/or aiding and abetting the Defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties of loyalty, |
18 | | due care, independence, candor, good faith and fair dealing. |
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19 | | 4. Instead of seeking to obtain the highest price reasonably available for the Company, |
20 | | the Individual Defendants spent substantial efforts to ensure that the Proposed Acquisition could not |
21 | | be disturbed by another interested bidder. Defendants agreed to certain deal protection devices, |
22 | | including a termination fee, which is nothing more than a liquidated damages provision that serves |
23 | | as a tax on any party considering making a superior offer. |
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24 | | 5. Defendants’ motivation was clear. By catering the process to the Acquirers to |
25 | | facilitate a going-private transaction, Defendants are trying to preserve their jobs and allow |
26 | | themselves to participate in the profits of the Company going forward. |
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1 | | 6. As alleged herein, the Proposed Transaction is the product of a hopelessly flawed |
2 | | process that was designed to divert Silicon Storage’s assets to the Acquirers, and the Acquirers |
3 | | only, on terms preferential to the Acquirers and detrimental to Plaintiff and the other public |
4 | | stockholders of Silicon Storage. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin the Proposed Transaction. |
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5 | | 7. Absent judicial intervention, the merger will be consummated, resulting in |
6 | | irreparable injury to Plaintiff and the Class. This action seeks to enjoin the unreasonable steps taken |
7 | | by the Defendants in entering into the merger agreement without attempting to maximize |
8 | | shareholder value in order to obtain millions of dollars in benefits for themselves. Immediate |
9 | | judicial intervention is warranted here to rectify existing and future irreparable harm to the |
10 | | Company’s shareholders. Plaintiff, on behalf of the Class, seeks only to level the playing field and |
11 | | to ensure that if shareholders are to be ultimately stripped of their respective equity interests through |
12 | | the Proposed Transaction, that the Proposed Transaction is conducted in a manner that is not overtly |
13 | | improper, unfair and illegal, and that all material information concerning the Proposed Transaction |
14 | | is disclosed to the Silicon Storage shareholders so that they are able to make informed decisions as |
15 | | to whether to vote in favor or against the Buyout or to seek appraisal of their shares. |
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16 | | JURISDICTION AND VENUE |
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17 | | 8. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action pursuant to the |
18 | | California Constitution, Article VI, Section 10, because this case is an action not given by statute to |
19 | | other trial courts. |
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20 | | 9. This Court has jurisdiction over the Defendants in this action because Silicon |
21 | | Storage is headquartered in this State and because the improper conduct alleged in this Complaint |
22 | | occurred in and/or was directed at this State. This Court has jurisdiction over each Defendant |
23 | | because their wrongful conduct challenged in this Complaint was directed at, and intended to have |
24 | | its primary effect in, this State. Finally, many of the Individual Defendants (as defined below) |
25 | | reside in California. |
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26 | | 10. Venue lies in this Court because the Company’s principal place of business is located |
27 | | in Sunnyvale California, and Defendants’ wrongful acts occurred in substantial part in Santa Clara |
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1 | | County. Venue is also proper in this Court because many of those affected by Defendants’ |
2 | | wrongful conduct reside in this County, and many of the potential witnesses reside or work in this |
3 | | County. |
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4 | | 11. This action challenges the internal affairs or governance of IRF and hence is not |
5 | | removable to Federal Court under the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 or the Securities Litigation |
6 | | Uniform Standards Act (“SLUSA”), 15 U.S.C. § 78bb(f). |
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7 | | PARTIES |
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8 | | 12. Plaintiff Vladimir Gusinsky Rev. Trust is and at all times relevant hereto was a |
9 | | shareholder of Silicon Storage. |
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10 | | 13. Defendant Silicon Storage, is a California corporation. Silicon Storage supplies |
11 | | NOR flash memory semiconductor devices for the digital consumer, networking, wireless |
12 | | communications, and the Internet computing markets. The Company produces and sells |
13 | | semiconductor products, including NAND flash controllers and NAND controller-based modules, |
14 | | smart card integrated circuits (ICs) and modules, flash microcontrollers, and radio frequency ICs |
15 | | and modules. It also produces and sells various products based on its SuperFlash design and |
16 | | manufacturing process technology, as well as licenses the SuperFlash technology for applications in |
17 | | semiconductor devices that integrate flash memory with other functions on a monolithic chip. The |
18 | | Company sells its products in Asia through its representatives, as well as in North America and |
19 | | Europe through manufacturers’ representatives and distributors. Silicon Storage was founded in |
20 | | 1989. |
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21 | | 14. Defendant Bing Yeh (“Yeh”) is the President, Chief Executive Officer and a member |
22 | | of the Board of Directors since the Company’s inception in 1989. In April 2004, he was appointed |
23 | | Chairman of the Board of Directors. From 1979 to 1981, Yeh was a senior development engineer |
24 | | of EEPROM technology of Intel Corporation (“Intel”). According to the Proxy Statement filed with |
25 | | the SEC on April 30, 2009, Yeh is the beneficial owner of 11.3 % of Silicon Storage reported |
26 | | outstanding shares. |
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1 | | 15. Defendant Yaw Wen Hu (“Hu”) has been a member of the Board of Directors since |
2 | | September 1995. He is currently Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. In August |
3 | | 1999, he became Vice President, Operations and Process Development. In January 2000, he was |
4 | | promoted to Senior Vice President, Operations and Process Development. In April 2004, he was |
5 | | promoted to Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1978 to 1985, he worked |
6 | | as a senior staff engineer in Intel. According to the Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on April 30, |
7 | | 2009, Hu is the beneficial owner of 1.4 % of Silicon Storage reported outstanding shares. |
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8 | | 16. Defendant Ronald Chwang (“Chwang”) has been a member of the Board of |
9 | | Directors since June 1997. Since 1997, Dr. Chwang has been the Chairman and President of iD |
10 | | Ventures America, LLC, a venture capital management company under the iD SoftCapital Group. |
11 | | Chwang is a general partner of iD8 Fund under the management of iD Ventures America, LLC. |
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12 | | 17. Defendant Terry M. Nickerson (“Nickerson”) has been a member of the Board of |
13 | | Directors since April 2005. |
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14 | | 18. Defendant Bryant R. Riley (“Riley”) has been a member of the Board of Directors |
15 | | since June 2008. Riley has been the Managing Member and founder of Riley Investment |
16 | | Management LLC and founder and Chairman of B. Riley & Co., LLC. According to the Proxy |
17 | | Statement filed with the SEC on April 30, 2009, Riley is the beneficial owner of 4.3 % of Silicon |
18 | | Storage reported outstanding shares. |
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19 | | 19. Defendant Edward Yao-Wu Yang (“Yang”) has been a member of the Board of |
20 | | Directors since October 2007. Yang is a general partner of iD8 Fund under the management of iD |
21 | | Ventures America. |
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22 | | 20. The defendants named above in ¶¶14-19 are sometimes collectively referred to |
23 | | herein as the “Individual Defendants.” |
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24 | | DEFENDANTS’ FIDUCIARY DUTIES |
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25 | | 21. In any situation where the directors of a publicly traded corporation undertake a |
26 | | transaction that will result in either (i) a change in corporate control or (ii) a break-up of the |
27 | | corporation’s assets, the directors have an affirmative fiduciary obligation to obtain the highest |
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1 | | value reasonably available for the corporation’s shareholders, and if such transaction will result in a |
2 | | change of corporate control, the shareholders are entitled to receive a significant premium. To |
3 | | diligently comply with these duties, the directors may not take any action that: |
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4 | | (a) adversely affects the value provided to the corporation’s shareholders; |
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5 | | (b) will discourage or inhibit alternative offers to purchase control of the |
6 | | corporation or its assets; |
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7 | | (c) contractually prohibits them from complying with their fiduciary duties; |
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8 | | (d) will otherwise adversely affect their duty to search and secure the best value |
9 | | reasonably available under the circumstances for the corporation’s shareholders; and/or |
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10 | | (e) will provide the directors with preferential treatment at the expense of, or |
11 | | separate from, the public shareholders. |
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12 | | 22. In accordance with their duties of loyalty and good faith, the defendants, as directors |
13 | | and/or officers of Silicon Storage, are obligated to refrain from: |
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14 | | (a) participating in any transaction where the directors’ or officers’ loyalties are |
15 | | divided; |
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16 | | (b) participating in any transaction where the directors or officers receive or are |
17 | | entitled to receive a personal financial benefit not equally shared by the public shareholders of the |
18 | | corporation; and/or |
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19 | | (c) unjustly enriching themselves at the expense or to the detriment of the public |
20 | | shareholders. |
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21 | | 23. Plaintiff alleges herein that the Individual Defendants, separately and together, in |
22 | | connection with the Proposed Acquisition, violated the fiduciary duties owed to plaintiff and the |
23 | | other public shareholders of Silicon Storage, including their duties of loyalty, good faith and |
24 | | independence, insofar as they stood on both sides of the transaction and engaged in self-dealing and |
25 | | obtained for themselves personal benefits, including personal financial benefits not shared equally |
26 | | by Plaintiff or the Class. As a result of the Individual Defendants’ self-dealing and divided |
27 | | loyalties, neither Plaintiff nor the Class have received or will receive, without court intervention, a |
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1 | | fair process or fair price in the Proposed Acquisition. |
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2 | | 24. Because the Individual Defendants have breached their duties of loyalty, good faith |
3 | | and independence in connection with the Proposed Acquisition, the burden of proving the inherent |
4 | | or entire fairness of the Proposed Acquisition, including all aspects of its negotiation, structure, |
5 | | price and terms, is placed upon the Individual Defendants as a matter of law. |
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6 | | CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS |
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7 | | 25. Plaintiff brings this action on its own behalf and as a class action, on behalf of all |
8 | | stockholders of Silicon Storage, except Defendants herein and any person, firm, trust, corporation, |
9 | | or other entity related to or affiliated with any of the Defendants, who are threatened with injury |
10 | | arising from Defendants’ actions as is described more fully below (the “Class”) |
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11 | | 26. This action is properly maintainable as a class action. |
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12 | | 27. The Class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable. There are |
13 | | more than 96 million shares of Silicon Storage common stock outstanding held by thousands of |
14 | | shareholders geographically dispersed across the country. |
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15 | | 28. There are questions of law and fact which are common to the Class and which |
16 | | predominate over questions affecting any individual Class member. The common questions |
17 | | include, inter alia, the following: |
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18 | | (a) whether Defendants have breached and are continuing to breach their |
19 | | fiduciary duties of undivided loyalty, independence or due care with respect to Plaintiff and the |
20 | | other members of the Class in connection with the Proposed Merger; and |
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21 | | (b) whether Plaintiff and the other members of the Class would suffer irreparable |
22 | | injury were the transaction complained of herein consummated. |
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23 | | 29. Plaintiff’s claims are typical of the claims of the other members of the Class and |
24 | | Plaintiff does not have any interests adverse to the Class. |
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25 | | 30. Plaintiff is an adequate representative of the Class, has retained competent counsel |
26 | | experienced in litigation of this nature and will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the |
27 | | Class. |
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1 | | 31. The prosecution of separate actions by individual members of the Class would create |
2 | | a risk of inconsistent or varying adjudications with respect to individual members of the Class |
3 | | which would establish incompatible standards of conduct for the party opposing the Class. |
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4 | | 32. Plaintiff anticipates that there will be no difficulty in the management of this |
5 | | litigation as a class action. A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and |
6 | | efficient adjudication of this controversy. |
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7 | | 33. Defendants have acted on grounds generally applicable to the Class with respect to |
8 | | the matters complained of herein, thereby making appropriate the relief sought herein with respect |
9 | | to the Class as a whole. |
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10 | | THE PROPOSED ACQUISITION |
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11 | | 34. On November 13, 2009, the Company issued a press release entitled “Silicon Storage |
12 | | Technology to Be Acquired for $2.10 per Share.” The release stated in part: |
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13 | | SST (Silicon Storage Technology, Inc.) (Nasdaq: SSTI - News), a |
| | memory and non-memory products provider for high-volume |
14 | | applications in the digital consumer, networking, wireless |
| | communications and Internet computing markets, today announced |
15 | | that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be |
| | acquired by Technology Resource Holdings, Inc., a Prophet Equity |
16 | | LP-controlled entity, as well as by members of SST’s management |
| | team. Prophet Equity LP will acquire all of the outstanding |
17 | | common stock of the company for $2.10 per share, except for |
| | shares held by Bing Yeh, SST’s Chairman and Chief Executive |
18 | | Officer, and Yaw Wen Hu, SST’s Executive Vice President and |
| | Chief Operating Officer and member of the Board of Directors, |
19 | | who have agreed to exchange all of their shares of SST common |
20 | | stock for shares of capital stock of the resulting privately held |
21 | | company. This price per share represents approximately a 13 |
22 | | percent premium to the closing price per share of SST’s stock on |
| | November 12, 2009… |
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23 | | The agreement contains a go-shop provision under which |
24 | | the Strategic Committee, with the assistance of its independent |
25 | | advisors, has the right to solicit proposals or offers with respect to, |
26 | | or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an acquisition |
27 | | proposal from a third party for a 45 day period beginning on |
28 | | November 13, 2009. SST does not intend to disclose any |
| | developments with respect to this solicitation process unless or |
| | until the Strategic Committee has made a decision with respect to |
| | any proposals or offers it may receive. |
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1 | | “After an extensive review of strategic alternatives with |
| | company management and our financial advisors, we determined |
2 | | this all-cash sale of the company with a go-shop provision is in the |
3 | | best interests of the company’s shareholders,” said Ronald |
| | Chwang, chairman of the Strategic Committee. |
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4 | | “We believe that this transaction provides the greatest |
| | likelihood of achieving the highest value for the company’s |
5 | | shareholders, and that this is also in the best interest of our |
| | customers, partners and employees. We believe the added |
6 | | flexibility of being a private company will help us to focus on |
| | delivering innovative memory and non-memory solutions to our |
| | customers and supporting their needs with the highest levels of |
7 | | service that they have come to expect,” said Bing Yeh, co-Founder |
8 | | and Chief Executive Officer of SST. |
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9 | | The transaction, which is expected to close in the second |
| | quarter of 2010, is subject to regulatory approvals and approval of |
10 | | the agreement by (i) the holders of a majority of the company’s |
| | outstanding common stock represented and voting at a special |
11 | | meeting to be held to approve the transaction, excluding Bing Yeh |
12 | | and Yaw Wen Hu, and (ii) the holders of a majority of the |
13 | | company’s outstanding common stock, and other customary |
| | closing conditions. |
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14 | | 35. On the day the Proposed Acquisition was announced, the Company’s stock closed at |
15 | | $2.24. |
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16 | | 36. Based on shareholders’ views that the Proposed Acquisition greatly undervalues the |
17 | | Company, Silicon Storage’s stock price has traded above $2.10 since the Proposed Acquisition was |
18 | | announced. |
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19 | | 37. If the Proposed Acquisition is allowed to proceed, without adequate information |
20 | | being disclosed to shareholders or an otherwise fair process or fair price being provided to them, |
21 | | shareholders will be irreparably injured and will be otherwise forever foreclosed from participating |
22 | | in Silicon Storage’s business and its prospects. |
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23 | | 38. The Individual Defendants are obligated to maximize the value of Silicon Storage to |
24 | | the shareholders. The Class members are being deprived of their right to a fair and unbiased |
25 | | process to sell the Company and the opportunity to obtain maximum value and terms for their |
26 | | interests, without preferential treatment to the insiders. |
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27 | | 39. By reason of their positions with Silicon Storage, the Individual Defendants are in |
28 | | possession of non-public information concerning the financial condition and prospects of Silicon |
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1 | | Storage, and especially the true value and expected increased future value of Silicon Storage and its |
2 | | assets, which they have not disclosed to Silicon Storage’s public stockholders. Moreover, despite |
3 | | their duty to maximize shareholder value, the defendants have clear and material conflicts of |
4 | | interest and are acting to better their own interests at the expense of Silicon Storage’s public |
5 | | shareholders. |
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6 | | 40. The Board members and advisors identified herein have irremediable positions of |
7 | | conflict and cannot be expected to act in the best interests of Silicon Storage’s public stockholders |
8 | | in connection with this Proposed Acquisition. |
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9 | | 41. The Proposed Acquisition is wrongful, unfair and harmful to Silicon Storage’s public |
10 | | stockholders, and represents an effort by management to aggrandize their own financial position |
11 | | and interests at the expense of and to the detriment of Class members. The Proposed Acquisition is |
12 | | an attempt to deny Plaintiff and the other members of the Class their right to share proportionately |
13 | | in the true value of Silicon Storage’s valuable assets and future growth in profits and earnings, |
14 | | while usurping the same for the benefit of Yeh and Hu on unfair and inadequate terms. |
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15 | | 42. As a result of defendants’ unlawful actions, Plaintiff and the other members of the |
16 | | Class will be damaged in that they will not receive their fair portion of the value of Silicon |
17 | | Storage’s assets and business and will be prevented from obtaining the real value of their equity |
18 | | ownership of the Company. |
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19 | | 43. In light of the foregoing, the Individual Defendants must, as their fiduciary |
20 | | obligations require: |
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21 | | • Undertake an appropriate evaluation of Silicon Storage’s worth as an acquisition |
22 | | candidate. |
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23 | | • Act independently so that the interests of Silicon Storage’s public stockholders will |
24 | | be protected, including, but not limited to, the retention of truly independent advisors |
25 | | and/or the appointment of a truly independent Special Committee. |
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26 | | • Adequately ensure that no conflicts of interest exist between defendants’ own |
27 | | interests and their fiduciary obligation to maximize stockholder value or, if such |
28 | | conflicts exist, to ensure that all conflicts be resolved in the best interests of Silicon |
| | Storage’s public stockholders. |
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| | • Disclose all material information to shareholders. |
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1 | | CAUSE OF ACTION |
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2 | | Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duties |
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3 | | 44. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each allegation set forth herein. |
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4 | | 45. The defendants have violated fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, candor and |
5 | | independence owed to the public shareholders of Silicon Storage and have acted to put their |
6 | | personal interests ahead of the interests of Silicon Storage’s shareholders. |
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7 | | 46. By the acts, transactions and courses of conduct alleged herein, defendants, |
8 | | individually and acting as a part of a common plan, are attempting to unfairly deprive Plaintiff and |
9 | | other members of the Class of the true value of their investment in Silicon Storage without a fair |
10 | | process. |
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11 | | 47. The Individual Defendants have violated their fiduciary duties by entering into a |
12 | | transaction with Silicon Storage without regard to the fairness of the transaction to Silicon Storage’s |
13 | | shareholders. Defendant Silicon Storage directly breached and/or aided and abetted the other |
14 | | defendants’ fiduciary duties to Plaintiff and the other holders of Silicon Storage stock. |
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15 | | 48. As demonstrated by the allegations above, the Individual Defendants failed to |
16 | | exercise the care required, and breached their duties of loyalty, good faith, candor and independence |
17 | | owed to the shareholders of Silicon Storage because, among other reasons: |
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18 | | (a) they failed to take steps to maximize, the value of Silicon Storage to its public |
19 | | shareholders and they took steps to avoid competitive bidding, to cap the price of Silicon Storage’s |
20 | | stock and to give the Individual Defendants an unfair advantage, by, among other things, failing to |
21 | | solicit other potential acquirers or alternative transactions; |
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22 | | (b) they failed to properly value Silicon Storage; and |
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23 | | (c) they ignored or did not protect against the numerous conflicts of interest |
24 | | resulting from the directors’ own interrelationships or connection with the Proposed Acquisition. |
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25 | | 49. Because the Individual Defendants dominate and control the business and corporate |
26 | | affairs of Silicon Storage, and are in possession of private corporate information concerning Silicon |
27 | | Storage’s assets, business and future prospects, there exists an imbalance and disparity of |
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1 | | knowledge and economic power between them and the public shareholders of Silicon Storage which |
2 | | makes it inherently unfair for them to pursue any proposed transaction wherein they will reap |
3 | | disproportionate benefits to the exclusion of maximizing stockholder value. |
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4 | | 50. By reason of the foregoing acts, practices and course of conduct, the defendants have |
5 | | failed to exercise ordinary care and diligence in the exercise of their fiduciary obligations toward |
6 | | Plaintiff and the other members of the Class. |
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7 | | 51. As a result of the actions of defendants, Plaintiff and the Class have been and will be |
8 | | irreparably damaged in that they have not and will not receive their fair portion of the value of |
9 | | Silicon Storage’s assets and businesses and have been and will be prevented from obtaining a fair |
10 | | process or price for their common stock. |
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11 | | 52. Unless enjoined by this Court, the defendants will continue to breach their fiduciary |
12 | | duties owed to Plaintiff and the Class, and may consummate the Proposed Acquisition which will |
13 | | exclude the Class from its fair share of Silicon Storage’s valuable assets and businesses, and/or |
14 | | benefit them in the unfair manner complained of herein, all to the irreparable harm of the Class, as |
15 | | aforesaid. |
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16 | | 53. Defendants are engaging in self dealing, are not acting in good faith toward Plaintiff |
17 | | and the other members of the Class, and have breached and are breaching their fiduciary duties to |
18 | | the members of the Class. |
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19 | | 54. Plaintiff and the members of the Class have no adequate remedy at law. Only |
20 | | through the exercise of this Court’s equitable powers can Plaintiff and the Class be fully protected |
21 | | from the immediate and irreparable injury which defendants’ actions threaten to inflict. |
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22 | | PRAYER FOR RELIEF |
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23 | | WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands injunctive relief, in its favor and in favor of the Class and |
24 | | against defendants as follows: |
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25 | | A. Declaring that this action is properly maintainable as a class action; |
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26 | | B. Declaring and decreeing that the Proposed Acquisition agreement was entered into in |
27 | | breach of the fiduciary duties of the defendants and is therefore unlawful and unenforceable; |
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1 | | C. Enjoining defendants, their agents, counsel, employees and all persons acting in |
2 | | concert with them from consummating the Proposed Acquisition, unless and until the Company |
3 | | adopts and implements a procedure or process to obtain the highest possible price for shareholders; |
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4 | | D. Directing the Individual Defendants to exercise their fiduciary duties to obtain a |
5 | | transaction which is in the best interests of Silicon Storage’s shareholders until the process for the |
6 | | sale or auction of the Company is completed and the highest possible price is obtained; |
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7 | | E. Directing defendants to immediately disclose all material information to shareholders |
8 | | prior to seeking shareholder approval of any acquisition; |
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9 | | F. Rescinding, to the extent already implemented, the Proposed Acquisition or any of |
10 | | the terms thereof; |
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11 | | G. Imposing a constructive trust, in favor of plaintiff, upon any benefits improperly |
12 | | received by defendants as a result of their wrongful conduct; |
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13 | | H. Awarding plaintiff the costs and disbursements of this action, including reasonable |
14 | | attorneys’ and experts’ fees; and |
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15 | | I. Granting such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper. |
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16 | | DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL |
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17 | | Plaintiff hereby demands a jury on all issues which can be heard by a jury. |
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18 | | Dated: November 19, 2009 | | GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP |
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20 | | | | By: | | /s/ Michael Goldberg |
| | | | | | Lionel Z. Glancy |
21 | | | | | | Michael Goldberg |
| | | | | | 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 311 |
22 | | | | | | Los Angeles, CA 90067 |
| | | | | | Telephone: (310) 201-9150 |
23 | | | | | | Facsimile: (310) 201-9160 |
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24 | | | | | | Attorneys for the Plaintiff |
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25 | | THE WEISER LAW FIRM, P.C. | | | | |
| | Patricia C. Weiser, Esquire | | | | |
26 | | Debra S. Goodman, Esquire | | | | |
| | Henry J. Young, Esquire | | | | |
27 | | 121 N. Wayne Avenue, Suite 100 | | | | |
| | Wayne, PA 19087 | | | | |
28 | | Tel: (610) 225-2677 | | | | |
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