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DELCATH
SYSTEMS, INC.
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(Name
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ROBERT
B. LADD
JONATHAN
A. FOLTZ
MICHAEL
KARPF, M.D.
PAUL
WILLIAM FREDERICK NICHOLLS
FRED
S. ZEIDMAN
LADDCAP
VALUE ASSOCIATES LLC
LADDCAP
VALUE PARTNERS LP
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Not yet assigned; District Court
Docket No.
06-cv-6420
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Caption
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title]
Robert
Ladd, et al.,
Defendants-Appellants,
vs.
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EMERGENCY
Motion
for:
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Modification of Temporary Restraints
and Immediate Temporary Remand to
District
Court
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Set
forth below precise, complete statement of relief sought:
Appellants
move for an emergency order (i) modifying
interim
restraints entered by the District Court against
Appellants
by permitting Appellants to deliver written
shareholder
consents they have collected to Appellee or its
registered
agent pursuant to Delaware General Corporation
Law
Section 228(c) by September 25, 2006, thereby
preserving
the legal viability of the shareholder vote
pending
the completion of further proceedings in this Court
and
in the District Court on remand, and (ii) temporarily
remanding
this case to the District Court for a plenary
hearing
on Appellee's application for entry of a preliminary
injunction,
to be immediately followed by further appellate
proceedings
in this Court should the District Court grant the
application
in
whole
or in
part.
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Delcath Systems, Inc.,
Plantiff - Appellee.
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MOVING
PARTY:
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Robert
Ladd, Laddcap Value
Partners
LP, Laddcap Value
Advisors
LLC and Laddcap Value
Associates
LLC.
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OPPOSING
PARTY: Delcath
Systems, Inc.
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¨ Plaintiff
X Appellant/Petitioner
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¨ Defendant
¨ Appellee/Respondent
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MOVING
ATTORNEY:
[name
of attorney, with firm, address, phone number and e-mail]
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OPPOSING
ATTORNEY:
[name
of attorney,with firm, address, phone number and
e-mail]
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Steven
M. Hecht,
Esq.
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Adam
H. Offenhartz,
Esq.
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Lowenstein
Sandler
PC
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Gibson,
Dunn & Crutcher
LLP
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1251
Avenue of The
Americas
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200
Park
Avenue
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New
York, NY
10020
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New
York, NY
10166
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Tel:
212-262-6700
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Tel:
212-351-3808
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Email:
shecht@lowenstein.com
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Email:
aoffenhartz@gibsondunn.com
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Court-Judge/Agency
appealed from:
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United
States District Court for the Southern District of New York,
Hon. Loretta
A. Preska,
U.S.D.J.
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Please
check appropriate boxes:
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FOR
EMERGENCY MOTIONS, MOTIONS FOR STAYS
AND
INJUNCTIONS PENDING APPEAL:
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Has
consent
of
opposing counsel:
A.
been
sought?
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Yes X No
B.
been
obtained? ¨
Yes X
No.
Is
oral
argument requested: X
Yes ¨
No
(requests
for oral argument will not necessarily be granted)
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Has
request for relief been made below? X
Yes ¨
No
Has
this
relief been previously sought
in
this Court?
¨
Yes X
No
Requested
return date and explanation of emergency:
Requested
return date: Monday, September 25, 2006
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Has
argument date of appeal been set? ¨
Yes X
No
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Appellants
are in the process of conducting a shareholder
consent
solicitation campaign to unseat the current board of
directors
of Appellee, a publicly-traded company that is
organized
under Delaware law. Under Delaware law, this
process
must be completed by September 25, 2006.
Accordingly,
the window of time within which this Court can
provide
meaningful relief to Appellants from an Order entered
by
the District Court on September 20, 2006 is extremely
limited.
The District Court's September 20, 2006 Order
extended
a TRO which prohibits Appellants from delivering
written
shareholder consents in
its
possession to Appellee's
registered
agent. Under § 228(c) of the Delaware General
Corporation
Law, if Appellants fail to deliver the consents by
the
close of business on September 25, 2006 --
less
than four
days
from the date of this motion -- the written consents will
become
null and void, and the shareholder vote will be rendered
a
nullity. Once the statutory deadline passes, no Court has the
power
to undo that result under Delaware law. Accordingly,
emergency
relief is necessary to prevent the irretrievable loss of
the
shareholders' decision in this election and to preserve that
decision
for the benefit of whichever party proves to be the
winner
in the consent solicitation campaign.
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If
ves. enter
date
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Signature
of Moving
Attorney:
Date: September
21, 2006
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Has
service been
effected? X
Yes ¨
No
[Attach
proof of service]
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IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT the
motion is GRANTED
DENIED.
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FOR THE COURT:
ROSEANN B.
MacKECHNIE, Clerk of the Court
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Date:
Form
T-1080 (Revised 10/31/02).
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By:
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