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Joel V. Williamson, Roger J. Jones, Gary S. Colton, Jr.,
Jeffrey Allan Goldman, Matthew C. Houchens, Daniel A. Dumezich,
Patricia Anne Yurchak, Andrew R. Roberson, Thomas Lee Kittle-
Kamp, Nathaniel Carden, and Monica Susana Melgarejo, for
petitioner.
Alan Summers, Cathy A. Goodson, William A. McCarthy,
Usha Ravi, Robert H. Schorman, Jr., Gretchen A. Kindel, and M.
Kendall Williams, for respondent.
CONTENTS
FINDINGS OF FACT ....................... 5
Background .......................... 5
A. Times Mirror ..................... 5
B. Changes in the Legal Publishing Landscape ...... 6
Events Leading Up to the Bender Transaction .......... 7
A. November 7, 1997, GS Presentation .......... 7
B. November 17, 1997, Special Meeting of Times Mirror’s
Board of Directors ................. 8
C. Times Mirror’s Announcement Sparks Interest by Reed
and Wolters Kluwer ................ 10
D. February 5, 1998, Regular Meeting of Times Mirror’s
Board of Directors ................ 11
E. March 5, 1998, Regular Meeting of Times Mirror’s
Board of Directors ................ 14
F. Reed and Wolters Kluwer Call Off Merger ...... 15
G. Melone, Sigler, and Walker Gain Access to the
“Domestic Sandwich” Structure .......... 15
H. Reed and Wolters Kluwer Submit Preliminary Interest
Letters to Times Mirror ............. 16
I. The Corporate Joint Venture Structure Is Tabbed as
the Structure of Choice for the Bender
Transaction ................... 17
J. April 14, 1998, Regular Meeting of Reed’s Board of
Directors .................... 18
K. Wolters Kluwer and Reed Attend Times Mirror’s
Presentations Regarding Bender .......... 18
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