0001193125-12-243515.txt : 20120522 0001193125-12-243515.hdr.sgml : 20120522 20120522162445 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-12-243515 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC TO-T/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 4 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120522 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120522 GROUP MEMBERS: CENTERBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P. GROUP MEMBERS: WOK HOLDINGS INC GROUP MEMBERS: WOK PARENT LLC SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: P F CHANGS CHINA BISTRO INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001039889 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RETAIL-EATING PLACES [5812] IRS NUMBER: 860815086 FISCAL YEAR END: 0103 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-54977 FILM NUMBER: 12861898 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7676 E. PINNACLE PEAK RD. CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85255 BUSINESS PHONE: 480-888-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7676 E. PINNACLE PEAK RD. CITY: SCOTTSDALE STATE: AZ ZIP: 85255 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Wok Acquisition Corp. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001548857 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC TO-T/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, L.P. STREET 2: 375 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10152 BUSINESS PHONE: 212 672-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, L.P. STREET 2: 375 PARK AVENUE, 12TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10152 SC TO-T/A 1 d357069dsctota.htm AMENDMENT NO.2 TO SCHEDULE TO AMENDMENT NO.2 TO SCHEDULE TO

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE TO

Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 2)

 

P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO, INC.

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

WOK ACQUISITION CORP.

WOK PARENT LLC

WOK HOLDINGS INC.

(Name of Filing Persons (Offerors))

CENTERBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.

(Name of Filing Persons (Other Person(s))

 

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.001 PER SHARE

(Title of Class of Securities)

69333Y108

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Susanne V. Clark

c/o Centerbridge Partners, L.P.

375 Park Avenue, 12th Floor

New York, New York 10152

Telephone: (212) 672-5000

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and

communications on behalf of filing persons)

Copy to:

Michael E. Lubowitz, Esq.

Douglas P. Warner, Esq.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

767 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10153

(212) 310-8000

CALCULATION OF FILING FEE

 

Transaction Valuation(1)   Amount of Filing Fee(2)

$1,107,651,252

  $126,937


(1) Estimated for purposes of calculating the filing fee only. The transaction valuation was calculated by adding the sum of (i) 21,283,548 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (“P.F. Chang’s”) outstanding multiplied by the offer price of $51.50 per share, (ii) 737,592 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of P.F. Chang’s, issuable pursuant to outstanding options with an exercise price less than the offer price of $51.50 per share, multiplied by the offer price of $51.50 per share minus the weighted average exercise price for such options of $38.95 per share and (iii) 44,500 outstanding restricted stock units, multiplied by the offer price of $51.50 per share. The calculation of the filing fee is based on information provided by P.F. Chang’s as of May 4, 2012.

 

(2) The filing fee was calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by multiplying the transaction value by 0.00011460.

 

þ Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the form or schedule and the date of its filing.

 

   Amount Previously Paid: $126,937.00   

Filing Party: Wok Acquisition Corp., Wok Parent LLC,

Wok Holdings Inc. and Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P.

   Form of Registration No.: Schedule TO    Date Filed: May 15, 2012

 

¨ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

  þ Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
  ¨ Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
  ¨ Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.
  ¨ Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer.   ¨


This Amendment No. 2 amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2012, as amended by Amendment No. 1 filed on May 21, 2012 (which, together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Schedule TO”) and relates to the offer by Wok Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Purchaser”) and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Wok Parent LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parent”), which is controlled by Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P. (“Centerbridge”), to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Shares”), of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“P.F. Chang’s”), at a purchase price of $51.50 per Share, net to the seller in cash, without interest thereon and less any required withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated May 15, 2012 (which, together with any amendments and supplements thereto, collectively constitute the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, copies of which are attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B), respectively (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, collectively constitute the “Offer”). The Schedule TO (including the Offer to Purchase) and the Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 filed with the SEC by P.F. Chang’s on May 15, 2012 contain important information about the Offer, all of which should be read carefully by P.F. Chang’s stockholders before any decision is made with respect to the Offer. The Offer is made pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2012, among Parent, Purchaser and P.F. Chang’s.

Documentation relating to the Offer has been mailed to stockholders of P.F. Chang’s and may be obtained at no charge at the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov and may also be obtained at no charge by directing a request by mail to Georgeson Inc., 199 Water Street, 26th Floor, New York, New York 10038-3560, or by calling toll-free at (866) 300-8594.

All information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated by reference in answer to Items 1 through 12 in the Schedule TO, except those items as to which information is specifically provided herein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Offer to Purchase.

Items 1-11.

The Offer to Purchase is hereby amended by:

Amending and supplementing the information set forth in Section 16 of the Offer to Purchase entitled “Certain Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals” by inserting the following text after the second paragraph under the heading “Legal Proceedings”:

On May 17, 2012, the complaint in the Jeanty action was amended by, among other things, adding a claim alleging that the members of the P.F. Chang’s Board breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders of P.F. Chang’s by failing to provide full and fair disclosure regarding the transaction.

On May 18, 2012, another putative shareholder class action suit captioned Coyne v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., et al., C.A. No. 7551- was filed in the Delaware Court of Chancery seeking to enjoin the proposed acquisition of P.F. Chang’s by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners. The complaint names P.F. Chang’s, the P.F. Chang’s Board, Centerbridge Partners, Parent and Purchaser as defendants. The complaint alleges that the members of the P.F. Chang’s Board breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders of P.F. Chang’s by, among other things, agreeing to sell P.F. Chang’s to Centerbridge Partners for an inadequate price and pursuant to an unfair process, failing to provide full and fair disclosure regarding the transaction and acting to put their personal interests ahead of the interests of stockholders of P.F. Chang’s. The complaint also alleges that Centerbridge Partners, Parent and Purchaser aided and abetted the alleged breaches of fiduciary duties by the P.F. Chang’s Board. The complaint seeks injunctive relief and an award of attorneys’ and other fees and costs, in addition to other relief.

 

Item 12. Exhibits.

Item 12 of the Schedule TO is hereby amended by adding the following exhibits thereto:

 

Exhibit  

Exhibit Name

(a)(5)(H)   Amended Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 17, 2012 (Jeanty v. Kerrii B. Anderson, et al.).
(a)(5)(I)   Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 18, 2012 (Coyne v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., et al.).


SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of each of the undersigned, each of the undersigned hereby certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

WOK ACQUISITION CORP.
By:           /s/ Jason Mozingo
Name:           Jason Mozingo
Title:           President

 

WOK PARENT LLC
By:           /s/ Jason Mozingo
Name:           Jason Mozingo
Title:           President

 

WOK HOLDINGS INC.
By:           /s/ Jason Mozingo
Name:           Jason Mozingo
Title:           President

 

CENTERBRIDGE CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P.
By:   Centerbridge Associates II, L.P.,
  its general partner

 

By:   Centerbridge GP Investors II, LLC
  its general partner

 

By:           /s/ Jason Mozingo
Name:           Jason Mozingo
Title:           Senior Managing Director and Authorized         Signatory

Date: May 22, 2012


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit  

Exhibit Name

(a)(1)(A)   Offer to Purchase dated May 15, 2012.*
(a)(1)(B)   Letter of Transmittal (including Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) on Substitute Form W-9).*
(a)(1)(C)   Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.*
(a)(1)(D)   Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(E)   Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(5)(A)   Press Release issued by P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. on May 1, 2012, incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Schedule TO-C filed by Purchaser on May 1, 2012.*
(a)(5)(B)   Form of Summary Advertisement as published on May 15, 2012 in The New York Times.*
(a)(5)(C)   Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 2, 2012 (Israni v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., et al.).*
(a)(5)(D)   Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 11, 2012 (Jeanty v. Kerrii B. Anderson, et al.).*
(a)(5)(E)   Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 11, 2012 (Macomb County Employees’ Retirement System v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., et al.).*
(a)(5)(F)   Press Release issued by P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. on May 15, 2012.*
(a)(5)(G)   Press Release issued by P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. on May 21, 2012.*
(a)(5)(H)   Amended Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 17, 2012 (Jeanty v. Kerrii B. Anderson, et al.).**
(a)(5)(I)   Class Action Complaint, dated as of May 18, 2012 (Coyne v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc., et al.).**
(b)   Not applicable.
(d)(1)   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 1, 2012, among Wok Parent LLC, Wok Acquisition Corp. and P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc.*
(d)(2)   Nondisclosure and Standstill Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2012, between P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. and Centerbridge Advisors II, LLC.*
(d)(3)   First Amendment to Nondisclosure and Standstill Agreement, dated as of March 27, 2012, between P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. and Centerbridge Advisors II, LLC.*
(d)(4)   Equity Commitment Letter, dated as of May 1, 2012, from Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P. and Centerbridge Capital Partners SBS II, L.P. to Parent.*
(d)(5)   Limited Guarantee, dated as of May 1, 2012, delivered by Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P. in favor of P.F. Chang’s.*
(d)(6)   Amended and Restated Debt Commitment Letter, dated as of May 15, 2012, from Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, WF Investment Holdings, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Deutsche Bank AG Cayman Islands Branch, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Barclays Bank PLC to Purchaser.*
(g)   Not applicable.
(h)   Not applicable.

 

 

* Previously filed.
** Filed herewith.
EX-99.(A)(5)(H) 2 d357069dex99a5h.htm AMENDED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Amended Class Action Complaint

Exhibit (a)(5)(H)

BURCH & CRACCHIOLO, P.A.

    702 EAST OSBORN ROAD

    PHOENIX, ARIZONA 85014

    TELEPHONE (602) 274-7611

Jake D. Curtis, SBA #019726

JCurtis@bcattorneys.com

Joseph E. Levi

Michael H. Rosner

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

30 Broad Street, 24th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Tel: (212) 363-7500

Fax: (212) 363-7171

Attorneys for Plaintiff

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF MARICOPA

 

JASON JEANTY, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

KERRII B. ANDERSON, F. LANE CARDWELL, JR., RICHARD L. FEDERICO, LESLEY H. HOWE, DAWN E. HUDSON, M. ANN RHOADES, JAMES G. SHENNAN, JR., R. MICHAEL WELBORN, KENNETH J. WESSELS, CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, L.P., WOK PARENT LLC, WOK ACQUISITION CORP., and P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO, INC.,

Defendants.

No. CV2012-007825

No. CV2012-007825

CLASS ACTION

AMENDED COMPLAINT FOR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY

DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL

 

 


Plaintiff, by his attorneys, alleges upon information and belief, except for his own acts, which are alleged on knowledge, as follows:

1. Plaintiff brings this class action on behalf of the public stockholders of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (“P.F. Chang’s” or the “Company”) against P.F. Chang’s’ Board of Directors (the “Board” or the “Individual Defendants”) for their breaches of fiduciary duties arising out of their attempt to sell the Company to Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (“Centerbridge”).

2. P.F. Chang’s owns and operates 204 full service upscale Bistro restaurants that feature high quality, Chinese-inspired cuisine. P.F. Chang’s menu features traditional Chinese offerings and innovative dishes that illustrate the emerging influence of Southeast Asia on modern Chinese cuisine.

3. The Company’s business is doing well and it has strong growth prospects, forecasting substantially increasing earnings and revenues each of the next five years. Indeed, the Company recently put in place “initiatives [that] are designed to generate sustainable sales momentum and deliver strong long-term growth” and “[t]he Company expects to see results of its initiatives beginning in fiscal 2012.”

4. On May 1, 2012, Centerbridge and the Company announced a definitive agreement under which Centerbridge, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Wok Parent LLC (“Parent”) and Parent’s wholly-owned subsidiary Wok Acquisition Corp. (“Merger Sub”), will commence a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of P.F. Chang’s for $51.50 per share in cash, with provisions for a “back-up one-step merger” (requiring the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock) in the event the minimum tender

 

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condition is not satisfied (collectively with the Tendre Offer, the “Proposed Transaction”). 1 The Proposed Transaction is valued at approximately $1.1 billion. Centerbridge, through Parent, commenced the Tender Offer on May 15, 2012, and it is scheduled to expire on June 12, 2012.

5. The Proposed Transaction is unfair to P.F. Chang’s’ public shareholders, as it does not offer them adequate consideration and was the result of an unfair and flawed sales process. Moreover, Defendants are soliciting shareholders to tender their shares and approve the Proposed through the dissemination of a materially false and misleading and incomplete materials, i.e., the Schedule 14D-9 Recommendation Statement filed by P.F. Chang’s on May 15, 2012 (the “Recommendation Statement”) and the Schedule 14A Preliminary Proxy Statement likewise filed on that date.

6. The Board has breached its fiduciary duties by agreeing to the Proposed Transaction for grossly inadequate consideration. As described in more detail below, given the Company’s recent performance and strong growth prospects, the consideration shareholders are to receive is inadequate and substantially undervalues the Company. Indeed, the Company’s own conflicted financial advisor, Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman”), valued the Company as high as $101.25 per share.

7. Goldman served as the Company’s financial advisor throughout the sales process and rendered a fairness opinion that the Proposed Transaction was fair from a

 

 

1 

Because the Merger Agreement provides that the Company will hold a stockholder vote to approve the Proposed Transaction in the event that the Company is unable to consummate the Proposed Transaction through the tender offer structure, the Company also filed a Schedule 14A Preliminary Proxy Statement on May 15, 2012 in connection with the potential stockholder vote. All references herein to materially false, misleading and/or incomplete information in the Recommendation Statement similarly apply to the information contained in the proxy statement.

 

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financial point of view. However, Goldman was conflicted due to, among other things, Goldman’s substantial and profitable investment banking relationship with Centerbridge and Goldman’s ownership interest in Centerbridge. As detailed below, Goldman was unable to adequately act for the Company’s best interests, thus tainting the sales process and fairness opinion.

8. In addition, the Proposed Transaction likely will result in highly lucrative arrangements for the Company’s officers and directors described in more detail below, including: (a) employment arrangements for management of the Company and the opportunity to invest in the equity interests of the post-merger Company (and thus participate in the Company’s substantial upside, an opportunity that the Company’s public shareholders are being denied); (b) substantial payments to the Company’s officers and directors resulting from the vesting of previously restricted and unvested stock; and (c) the awarding of a substantial amount of stock awards to the Company’s officers and directors just two weeks prior to the execution of the merger agreement with Centerbridge, which as described below, represents a huge financial windfall. As described in more detail below, in negotiating the Proposed Transaction, the Board and other Company insiders were more focused on maximizing their personal financial benefit instead of maximizing shareholder value.

9. The Individual Defendants have exacerbated their breaches of fiduciary duty by agreeing to lock up the Proposed Transaction with deal protection devices that are precluding other bidders from making a successful competing offer for the Company. Specifically, pursuant to the merger agreement dated May 1, 2012 (the “Merger Agreement”), Defendants agreed to: (i) a limited 30-day “go-shop” period

 

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followed by a strict no-solicitation provision that prevents the Company from soliciting other potential acquirers or even in continuing discussions and negotiations with potential acquirers after the “go-shop” period ends (other than an unduly restricted 15 day window); (ii) a provision that provides Centerbridge with three business days to match any competing proposal in the event one is made, and a provision that provides Centerbridge with material terms of such competing proposals; and (iii) a provision that requires the Company to pay Centerbridge a termination fee as high as $36,528,000 in order to enter into a transaction with a superior bidder. These provisions substantially and improperly limit the Board’s ability to act with respect to investigating and pursuing superior proposals and alternatives, including a sale of all or part of P.F. Chang’s.

10. Moreover, the Company’s executive officers, directors and affiliates have committed to tender to Centerbridge all of their shares of Company stock, and, if necessary, to vote such shares in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement. These insiders’ representation of their intent to tender and vote for the Proposed Transaction further deters competing bids as it sends a strong signal that current management favors Centerbridge and makes it more likely that Centerbridge will succeed in acquiring the Company at the low price it is offering.

11. In an attempt to secure shareholder support for the unfair Proposed Transaction, on May 15, 2012, Defendants issued the materially false and misleading Recommendation Statement. The Recommendation Statement, pursuant to which the Board recommends that P.F. Chang’s’ shareholders tender their shares in support of the Tender Offer, omits and/or misrepresents material information about, among other

 

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things, Goldman’s relationship with Centerbridge, the interests of the Company’s officers and directors in the Proposed Transaction, the Company’s long-term business plan, the financial analyses conducted by Goldman, and the process conducted by the Company. Specifically, the Recommendation Statement omits and/or misrepresents the material information detailed in ¶¶73-91, infra, in contravention of Defendants’ duty of disclosure. As explained herein, this information is material to the decision of P.F. Changs’ shareholders as to whether or not to tender their shares, and vote, in support of the Proposed Transaction.

12. The Individual Defendants have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, candor, due care, independence, good faith and fair dealing, and P.F. Chang’s, Centerbridge and Merger Sub have aided and abetted such breaches by P.F. Chang’s officers and directors. Plaintiff seeks to enjoin the Proposed Transaction unless and/or until Defendants cure their breaches of fiduciary duty.

PARTIES

13. Plaintiff is, and has been at all relevant times, the owner of shares of common stock of P.F. Chang’s.

14. P.F. Chang’s is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware. It maintains its principal executive offices at 7676 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale, Arizona 85255.

15. Defendant Richard L. Federico (“Federico”) has been the Chairman of the Board since 2000, Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 2012 and from 1997 to 2009, and a director of the Company since 1996.

 

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16. Defendant F. Lane Cardwell, Jr. has been President of the Company since 2011, and a director of the Company since 2010.

17. Defendant R. Michael Welborn has been a director of the Company since 1996, and is the Company’s President of Global Brand Development and an Executive Vice President. He joined the Company as Executive Vice President in 2005 and was appointed President, Global Brand Development during 2009.

18. Defendant Kerrii B. Anderson has been a director of the Company since 2009.

19. Defendant Lesley H. Howe has been a director of the Company since 2003.

20. Defendant Dawn E. Hudson has been a director of the Company since 2010.

21. Defendant M. Ann Rhoades has been a director of the Company since 2003.

22. Defendant James G. Shennan, Jr. has been a director of the Company since 1997. Shennan is the Board’s so-called “lead independent director.”

23. Defendant Kenneth J. Wessels has been a director of the Company since 2000.

24. Defendants referenced in ¶¶ 15 through 23 are collectively referred to as Individual Defendants and/or the Board.

25. Defendant Centerbridge is a Delaware limited partnership with its headquarters located at 375 Park Avenue, 12th Floor New York, New York, 10152-

 

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0002. Centerbridge is a private investment firm with approximately $20 billion in capital under management.

26. Defendant Wok Parent LLC is a Delaware limited liability corporation wholly owned by Centerbridge that was created for the purposes of effectuating the Proposed Transaction.

27. Defendant Wok Acquisition Corp. is a Delaware corporation wholly owned by Wok Parent LLC that was created for the purposes of effectuating the Proposed Transaction.

INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS’ FIDUCIARY DUTIES

28. By reason of Individual Defendants’ positions with the Company as officers and/or directors, they are in a fiduciary relationship with Plaintiff and the other public shareholders of P.F. Chang’s and owe them, as well as the Company, duties of care, loyalty, good faith, candor, and independence.

29. Under Delaware law, where, as here, the directors of a publicly traded corporation undertake a transaction that will result in a change in corporate control, the directors have an affirmative fiduciary obligation to obtain the highest value reasonably available for the corporation’s shareholders and, if such transaction will result in a change of corporate control, the shareholders are entitled to receive a significant premium. To diligently comply with their fiduciary duties, the Individual Defendants were obligated to not take any action that:

(a) adversely affects the value provided to the Company’s shareholders;

 

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(b) favors themselves or will discourage or inhibit alternative offers to purchase control of the corporation or its assets;

(c) adversely affects their duty to search and secure the best value reasonably available under the circumstances for the corporation’s shareholders; and/or

(d) will provide the Individual Defendants with preferential treatment at the expense of, or separate from, the public shareholders.

30. In accordance with their duties of loyalty and good faith, the Individual Defendants are obligated to refrain from:

(a) participating in any transaction where the Individual Defendants’ loyalties are divided;

(b) participating in any transaction where the Individual Defendants receive, or are entitled to receive, a personal financial benefit not equally shared by the public shareholders of the corporation; and/or

(c) unjustly enriching themselves at the expense or to the detriment of the public shareholders.

31. Defendants also owe the Company’s stockholders a duty of candor, which includes the disclosure of all material facts concerning the Proposed Transaction and, particularly, the fairness of the price offered for the stockholders’ equity interest. Defendants are knowingly or recklessly breaching their fiduciary duties of candor by failing to disclose all material information concerning the Proposed Transaction, and/or aiding and abetting other Defendants’ breaches.

 

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32. Plaintiff alleges herein that the Individual Defendants, separately and together, in connection with the Proposed Transaction, are knowingly or recklessly violating their fiduciary duties, including their duties of care, loyalty, good faith, candor, and independence owed to plaintiff and other public shareholders of P.F. Chang’s.

CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS

33. Plaintiff brings this action on its own behalf and as a class action on behalf of all owners of P.F. Chang’s common stock and their successors in interest, except Defendants and their affiliates (the “Class”).

34. This action is properly maintainable as a class action for the following reasons:

(a) the Class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable. As of April 1, 2012, P.F. Chang’s has approximately 21.2 million shares outstanding.

(b) questions of law and fact are common to the Class, including, inter alia, the following:

 

  (i) Have the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties of undivided loyalty, independence, or due care with respect to plaintiff and the other members of the Class in connection with the Proposed Transaction;

 

  (ii)

Have the Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duty to secure and obtain the best price reasonable under the circumstances for the benefit of plaintiff and the other

 

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  members of the Class in connection with the Proposed Transaction;

 

  (iii) Have the Individual Defendants misrepresented and/or omitted material facts in violation of their fiduciary duties owed by them to Plaintiff and the other members of the Class;

 

  (iv) Have the Individual Defendants breached any of their other fiduciary duties to Plaintiff and the other members of the Class in connection with the Proposed Transaction, including the duties of good faith, diligence, honesty and fair dealing;

 

  (v) Have the Individual Defendants, in bad faith and for improper motives, impeded or erected barriers to discourage other strategic alternatives, including offers from interested parties for the Company or its assets;

 

  (vi) Whether Plaintiff and the other members of the Class would be irreparably harmed were the transactions complained of herein consummated;

 

  (vii) Have P.F. Chang’s, Centerbridge, Parent, and Merger Sub aided and abetted the Individual Defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duty; and

 

  (viii) Is the Class entitled to injunctive relief or damages as a result of Defendants’ wrongful conduct.

 

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(c) Plaintiff is committed to prosecuting this action, is an adequate representative of the Class, and has retained competent counsel experienced in litigation of this nature.

(d) Plaintiff’s claims are typical of those of the other members of the Class.

(e) Plaintiff has no interests that are adverse to the Class.

(f) The prosecution of separate actions by individual members of the Class might create the risk of inconsistent or varying adjudications for individual members of the Class and of establishing incompatible standards of conduct for the party opposing the Class.

(g) Conflicting adjudications for individual members of the Class might, as a practical matter, be dispositive of the interests of the other members not parties to the adjudications, or substantially impair or impede their ability to protect their interests.

(h) Plaintiff anticipates that there will be no difficulty in the management of this litigation as a class action. A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of this controversy

FURTHER SUBSTANTIVE ALLEGATIONS

35. P.F. Chang’s owns and operates 204 full service upscale Bistro restaurants that feature high quality, Chinese-inspired cuisine. P.F. Chang’s menu features traditional Chinese offerings and innovative dishes that illustrate the emerging influence of Southeast Asia on modern Chinese cuisine.

 

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The Proposed Transaction is Unfair

36. In a press release dated May 1, 2012, the Company announced that it had entered into a merger agreement with Centerbridge pursuant to which Centerbridge, through Parent and Merger Sub, will commence a tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company for $51.50 per share. Centerbridge, through Parent, commenced the Tender Offer on May 15, 2012, and it is scheduled to expire on June 12, 2012.

37. The Proposed Transaction consideration is inadequate.

38. The Illustrative Present Value of Future Share Price Analysis conducted by Goldman, the Company’s financial advisor, indicated an implied present value of the Company as high as $101.25 per share.

39. The Illustrative Discounted Cash Flow Analysis conducted by Goldman Sachs indicated an implied stand-alone value for the Company as high as $66.96 per share, and the mid-point value of Goldman’s Illustrative Discounted Cash Flow Analysis is $56.21 per share, well above the Proposed Transaction price of $51.50 per share.

40. Centerbridge is seeking to acquire the Company at the most opportune time, at a time when the Company has had some recent sluggish performance but is poised for a turnaround, as demonstrated by, among other things, the Company’s projections of substantial growth in revenues, “restaurant cash operating income,” EBITDA, net income and free cash flow, all of which are forecasted to increase significantly in each year from 2012-2016, inclusive. (See Recommendation Statement, at page 47.)

 

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41. Further, the Company recently put in place “initiatives [that] are designed to generate sustainable sales momentum and deliver strong long-term growth” and “[t]he Company expects to see results of its initiatives beginning in fiscal 2012.” Thus, the Board repeatedly maintained that the Company was “not for sale” and would be better off as a stand-alone entity, and the market reacted positively to the Company’s earnings release and conference call on February 16, 2012.

42. Indeed, in a February 16, 2012 press release, defendant Federico stated: “We remain confident in the direction of recent initiatives to restore positive sales momentum, which have shown encouraging early signs in the first half of our first fiscal quarter. We believe 2012 will be an inflection point for our business and look forward to delivering on the goals we have articulated to our shareholders over the past several months.”

43. As a result of the Proposed Transaction, however, P.F. Chang’s shareholders will not be able to benefit from the Company’s growth prospects. “Being a private company will provide us with greater flexibility to focus on our long-term strategic plan of elevating our guest experience, enhancing our value proposition, growing traffic and improving the performance of our brands,” defendant Federico stated.

44. Indeed, Defendants admit in the Recommendation Statement that, “The Company’s current stockholders w[ill] not have the opportunity to participate in any possible growth prospects and profits of the Company following the completion of the transaction.” This stands in sharp contrast to Company insiders, who apparently will

 

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be given the opportunity to participate in the Company’s future growth and profits, through equity investment in Centerbridge and continuing positions.

45. R.W. Baird analyst David Tarantino also observed that the Company has been pursuing a wide range of turnaround initiatives after a sluggish performance last year. Among other things, the Company has been focusing on reducing portion sizes and improving price points at its Pei Wei restaurants and remodeling stores and enhancing service at its P.F. Chang’s Bistros.

46. As further described in an article in a May 1, 2012 article in the Wall Street Journal online:

During the economic downturn, other chains focused on menu innovation and marketing shifts to achieve growth from existing restaurants rather than new ones, but P.F. Chang’s didn’t engage in much of that.

Now, it’s trying to make a comeback, focusing more on value at both of its chains to appease cost-conscious consumers.

A new lunch menu at the Bistro, which was scheduled to go national in April, brought a 20% jump in guest traffic at lunch time in test markets when it was advertised. The Bistro didn’t have a lunch menu, so the smaller portions, faster service and lower prices were expected to be a major catalyst for guest traffic.

The Bistro is also experimenting with lower-price dinner menu items and happy hour specials, as well as slowing down new-restaurant development to put that money toward remodeling its Bistros, which it says will provide a faster return on investment.

At Pei Wei, it is focusing on fairly new lunch combo meals, and it’s testing a more quick-casual version of the chain called Pei Wei Asian Market, which eliminates table service and other fancier elements to improve restaurant margins.

47. Notably, the Company’s stock traded at over $53 per share in December 2010.

 

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48. Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy also commented on Centerbridge’s perfect timing to pick up P.F. Chang’s: “If you find a company that’s been beaten up but there’s no structural damage to the company, this may be the time for a deal,” he stated.

49. Further, according to Yahoo Finance, at least one analyst had a price target of $52.00 per share before the Proposed Transaction was announced.

Goldman’s Conflicts of Interest

50. Goldman served as the Company’s financial advisor throughout the sales process and rendered a fairness opinion that the Proposed Transaction was fair from a financial point of view.

51. However, due to Goldman’s profitable and long-standing substantial relationship with Centerbridge, Goldman was unable to adequately act for the Company’s best interests, thus tainting the sales process and fairness opinion.

52. In particular, Goldman has the following relationships with Centerbridge, which caused Goldman to be conflicted:

 

   

Certain funds managed by Goldman affiliates (the “GS Managed Funds”) own an approximately 3.69% interest in Centerbridge and, in connection with the Proposed Transaction, it is expected that existing Centerbridge investors, including the GS Managed Funds, will make mandatory capital contributions to the fund on a pro rata basis.

 

   

Affiliates of Goldman and employees of Goldman and its affiliates hold certain of the equity interests of the GS Managed Funds (resulting in such affiliates and employees of Goldman and its affiliates holding interests totaling approximately 0.22% in Centerbridge). Centerbridge has indicated that Centerbridge Capital Partners II, L.P. has committed capital of approximately $4.5 billion, equating to a nearly $10 million interest possessed by affiliates and employees of Goldman and its affiliates in Cenerbridge.

 

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Affiliates of Goldman “also may have co-invested with Centerbridge and its affiliates from time to time and may have invested in limited partnership units of affiliates of Centerbridge from time to time and may do so in the future.”

 

   

Goldman has “provided certain investment banking services to Centerbridge and its affiliates and portfolio companies from time to time for which its Investment Banking Division has received, and may receive, compensation, including having acted as joint bookrunner with respect to the initial public offering of common stock of Bank United, Inc., of which an affiliate of Centerbridge was a significant stockholder, in January 2011 and as financial advisor to GSI Group, a portfolio company of an affiliate of Centerbridge, with respect to its sale in December 2011.” During the two year period ended May 1, 2012, “the Investment Banking Division of Goldman received compensation for services provided to Centerbridge and its affiliates and portfolio companies of approximately $14.2 million.”

 

   

As stated in the Recommendation Statement, “Goldman may be or may have been involved in other transactions on behalf of, or involving, [Centerbridge and other relevant parties] or any of their respective affiliates or portfolio companies that have not been publicly disclosed and that Goldman is accordingly not permitted to disclose without consent from its client.”

53. The structure of Goldman’s compensation in the Proposed Transaction further caused Goldman to favor a transaction with Centerbridge over the alternative of P.F. Chang’s remaining a stand-alone entity. In particular, the Company agreed to pay Goldman a fee equal to approximately $13.4 million for its services in connection with the Proposed Transaction (which may be increased by up to approximately $600,000), of which $4 million became payable upon execution of the Merger Agreement and the remainder of which is contingent upon consummation of the Proposed Transaction.

P.F. Chang’s’s Executives Officers and Directors Stand to Receive Unique Material Financial Benefits in the Proposed Transaction Not Available to P.F. Chang’s’ Public Shareholders

54. The Company’s executive officers and directors have material conflicts of interest and are acting to better their own personal interests through the Proposed

 

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Transaction at the expense of P.F. Chang’s’ public shareholders. As stated in the Recommendation Statement, “the Company’s executive officers and directors have interests in the [Tender Offer and Proposed Transaction] that may be different from, or in addition to, those of other stockholders generally.”

55. First, the Company’s management will be staying on board after consummation of the Proposed Transaction. In the press release announcing the Proposed Transaction, Jason Mozingo, Senior Managing Director of Centerbridge, stated, “We have great respect for P.F. Chang’s, its brands, and the Company’s strong commitment to its customers, employees, and partners. We look forward to working with management to lead the Company through its next phase of growth and development.”

56. Further, while the Company’s shareholders are being cashed out an unfair price, certain members of Company’s management may also be given an equity stake in the post-transaction P.F. Chang’s. As stated in the Recommendation Statement, “it is possible that certain members of the Company’s current management team will enter into arrangements with [Centerbridge] regarding …the right to purchase or participate in the equity of” the post-transaction company. It is highly likely that members of the Company’s current management team will enter into such arrangements with Centerbridge, as the Company’s top management knew well prior to entry into the Merger Agreement.

57. In addition, the executive officers of the Company, including defendant Federico, will also be able to cash out millions of dollars in illiquid holdings in the Company as a result of the Proposed Transaction. As stated in the Recommendation

 

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Statement, the executive officers hold restricted cash units and unvested stock options of the Company granted prior to 2012 that will automatically vest as a result of the Proposed Transaction. As stated in the Recommendation Statement, “with respect to Pre-2012 Company Stock Options, the executive officers will receive the following cash amounts: Mr. Federico: $2,721,700, Mr. Welborn: $1,964,748, Mr. Mumford: $363,690, Mr. Moylan: $179,829, Mr. Cardwell: $0, Ms. Mailhot: $217,707. With respect to Pre-2012 Executive RCUs, the executive officers will receive the following cash amounts: Mr. Federico: $0, Mr. Welborn: $1,331,842, Mr. Mumford: $1,164,518, Mr. Moylan: $814,988, Mr. Cardwell: $386,250, Ms. Mailhot: $804,688.”

58. Further, on April 18, 2012, less than two weeks before the Merger Agreement was executed, the Board’s compensation committee authorized the grant of stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and restricted stock units to the Company’s executive officers. As stated in the Recommendation Statement:

Stock Options. On April 18, 2012, the Company’s executive officers as a group received 142,665 stock options (“2012 Company Stock Options”). Upon the completion of the Offer and Merger, all 2012 Company Stock Options will be replaced with a right to receive an amount of cash equal to the product of

 

   

the excess, if any, of $51.50, which is the per-share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock in the Offer and Merger, over the per-share exercise price of the 2012

 

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Company Stock Options, multiplied by

 

   

the number of shares of Company Common Stock underlying the 2012 Company Stock Options.

Upon completion of the Offer and Merger, assuming all 2012 Company Stock Options remain outstanding, the 2012 Company Stock Options would then be converted into a total cash amount of approximately $1,710,553. This cash amount, less required withholding taxes, will be paid at the time the 2012 Company Stock Options would have vested under the original award agreement terms relating to service-based vesting, provided the executive officer remains employed on that date except as otherwise set forth in the award agreement.

Executive Restricted Stock Units. Our executive officers who received restricted stock units in 2012 (“2012 Executive RSUs”) will have the value of their awards calculated as of the Merger closing date in accordance with the terms of their award agreement and converted upon the completion of the Offer and Merger to a cash amount equal to the number of 2012 Executive RSUs outstanding on the Merger closing date times $51.50, which is the per-share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock in the Offer and Merger. Upon completion of the Offer and Merger, assuming all 2012 Executive RSUs remain outstanding the Company’s executive officers as a group would become entitled to 32,387 2012 Executive RSUs in total, which would then be converted into a total cash payment of $1,667,932. This cash amount, less required withholding taxes, will be paid at the time the 2012 Executive RSUs would have vested under the original award agreement

 

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terms relating to service-based vesting, provided the executive officer remains employed on that date, except as otherwise set forth in the award agreement.

Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units. Our executive officers who received performance-based restricted stock units in 2012 (“2012 PBRSUs”) will have the value of their awards calculated as of the Merger closing date in accordance with the terms of their award agreement and converted to a cash amount equal to the number of 2012 PBRSUs outstanding on the Merger closing date times $51.50, which is the per-share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock in the Merger. Assuming that the performance measurement results in an award at the 200% level and all 2012 PBRSUs remain outstanding, the Company’s executive officers as a group would become entitled to 80,242 2012 PBRSUs in total, which would then be converted into a total cash payment of $4,134,523. This cash amount, less required withholding taxes, will be paid at the time the 2012 PBRSUs would have vested under the original award agreement terms relating to service-based vesting, provided the executive officer remains employed on that date, except as otherwise set forth in the award agreement.

The stock awards, as a result of the Proposed Transaction, will be converted to cash payments and will be awarded upon the satisfaction of service-based vesting requirements. As stated in the Recommendation Statement:

The value of cash payments in substitution for the 2012 Company Stock Options for executive officers is as follows: Mr. Federico: $698,609, Mr. Welborn: $232,366, Mr. Mumford: $207,691, Mr. Moylan: $180,593, Mr. Cardwell: $210,700, Ms. Mailhot: $180,593. The cash payments in substitution for the 2012 Executive RSUs are as follows:

 

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Mr. Federico: $798,662, Mr. Welborn: $213,828, Mr. Mumford: $191,117, Mr. Moylan: $146,621, Mr. Cardwell: $171,083, Ms. Mailhot: $146,621. The cash payments in substitution for the 2012 PBRSUs are as follows: Mr. Federico: $2,395,986, Mr. Welborn: $427,656, Mr. Mumford: $382,233, Mr. Moylan: $293,241, Mr. Cardwell: $342,166, Ms. Mailhot: $293,241. The aggregate value of the dividend equivalents to be awarded in respect of 2012 Executive RSUs and 2012 PBRSUs are as follows: Mr. Federico: $10,662, Mr. Welborn: $2,284, Mr. Mumford: $2,041, Mr. Moylan: $1,566, Mr. Cardwell: $1,827, Ms. Mailhot: $1,566.

These awards were made at a time when the Company was well into the sales process and two days after Centerbridge submitted an offer to acquire the Company for $51 to $53 per share. These awards represent a huge financial windfall to the Company’s officers, including defendants Federico, Welborn and Cardwell.

59. In addition, the Company’s directors hold restricted stock units and restricted cash units granted prior to 2012 that they will be able to cash out in connection with the Proposed Transaction. As stated in the Recommendation Statement:

Director Restricted Stock Units. Our non-employee directors who received restricted stock units prior to 2012 (“Pre-2012 Director RSUs”) will have the value of their outstanding awards converted to a right to receive a cash amount equal to the number of Pre-2012 Director RSUs outstanding on the Merger closing date times $51.50, which is the per-share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock on the Merger closing date. This cash payout will be paid within 10 business days after the Merger closing date or, to the extent applicable, at such other time as the director may have elected. Our non-employee directors as a group hold 44,500 vested but unsettled Pre-2012 Director RSUs in total, which would be paid at the Merger closing date or, if later

 

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the date elected by the director. The total cash payment to directors in the aggregate will consist of $2,291,802.

Director Restricted Cash Units. Our non-employee directors who received restricted cash units prior to 2012 (“Pre-2012 Director RCUs”) will have the value of their outstanding awards converted to a cash amount equal to the number of Pre-2012 Director RCUs outstanding on the Merger closing date times $51.50, which is the per share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock on the Merger closing date. The cash amount will be paid within 10 days following the Merger closing date or, to the extent applicable, at such time as elected by the director under the terms of the award agreement. The non-employee directors as a group hold 8,751 vested but unsettled Pre-2012 Director RCUs in total which would be converted into a cash payment of $450,677. Mr. Cardwell does not hold any Pre-2012 Director RCUs.

In addition, the non-employee directors also hold restricted stock units granted in 2012 that will be converted to cash as a result of the Proposed Transaction. As stated in the Recommendation Statement:

Director Restricted Stock Units. Our non-employee directors who received restricted stock units in 2012 (“2012 Director RSUs”) will have the value of their awards calculated as of the Merger closing date in accordance with the terms of their award agreement and converted upon the completion of the Offer and Merger to a cash amount equal to the number of 2012 Director RSUs outstanding on the Merger closing date times $51.50, which is the per-share cash amount to be paid for each share of Company Common Stock in the Offer and Merger. Upon completion of the Offer and Merger, assuming all 2012 Director RSUs

 

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remain outstanding the Company’s directors as a group would become entitled to 14,044 2012 Director RSUs in total, which would then be converted into a total cash payment of $723,266. This cash amount, less required withholding taxes, will be paid at the time the 2012 Director RSUs would have vested under the original award agreement terms relating to service-based vesting, provided the director remains employed on that date, except as otherwise set forth in the award agreement or, to the extent applicable, at such other time as the director may have elected.

The Recommendation Statement, however, is unclear as to when and whether the directors will be paid the cash payments from the 2012 restricted stock unit grants in light of the Proposed Transaction.

60. The Company has entered into employment agreements with certain of the Company’s executive officers that provide additional or accelerated severance benefits if the Company terminates the executive officer’s employment without cause or the executive officer resigns for good reason within 24 months following a change in control. In such an event, the officer would receive the following payments:

 

Name

   Cash
($)(1)
     Equity ($)(2)      Pension/
NQDC($)
     Perquisites/
Benefits

($)(3)
     Tax
Reimburse-
ments

($)(4)
     Total($)  

Richard L. Federico

     2,785,120         6,625,619         0         23,744         0         9,434,483   

R. Michael Welborn

     1,235,200         4,172,723         0         26,692         486,324         5,920,939   

Mark D. Mumford

     1,104,000         2,311,289         0         23,744         411,623         3,850,656   

Kevin. C. Moylan

     960,000         1,616,838         0         5,835         0         2,582,673   

F. Lane Cardwell, Jr.

     1,120,000         1,112,026         198         12,159         0         2,244,383   

Nancy F. Mailhot

     1,140,833         1,644,416         750         31,302         0         2,817,301   

 

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It should be noted that the equity payments include the cash value of the stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and restricted stock unit granted on April 18, 2012. Thus, should the executive officer be terminated following consummation of the Proposed Transaction, they would still be awarded the value of the April 18, 2012 grants, representing an enormous financial windfall for the executive officers, including the three executive officers who are also directors (Defendants Federico, Welborn and Cardwell).

61. Based on the above, the Proposed Transaction is unfair to P.F. Chang’s’ public shareholders, and represents an effort by the Individual Defendants and other company insiders to aggrandize their own financial position and interests at the expense of and to the detriment of Class members.

The Flawed Process and the Preclusive Deal Protection Devices

62. Due to Goldman’s conflict of interest as a result of its substantial relationship with Centerbridge, Goldman was unable to adequately act for the Company’s best interests, thus tainting the sales process and fairness opinion. Indeed, as admitted in the Recommendation Statement, it was Goldman that first introduced the Company to Centerbridge. After Centerbridge indicated their interest in acquiring the Company, it was Goldman that advised the Company “that a confidential process would be better than a public auction process” and that “a faster process would be better than a lengthy, drawn-out process” thus limiting the process to a select few parties and thus increasing the likelihood that Centerbridge would be the ultimate acquirer. It was Goldman that advised the Company that only “a limited number of strategic buyers” would likely be interested in acquiring the Company (and that the

 

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Company should not reach out to various potential strategic buyers, as well as various potential financial buyers). It was Goldman that acted as the Company’s sole representative in many discussions and negotiations with Centerbridge and the select few alternative buyers that were contacted. It was Goldman that provided the Company with a fairness opinion. It is thus without surprise that when the process concluded the Company was sold to Centerbridge at the unfair price of $51.50 per share. Moreover, Goldman and the Company’s interested insiders led the Board to sell the Company to Centerbridge, despite the Board having maintained through much of the process that the Company was “not for sale” and that apparently inaccurate “not for sale” message wrongly being provided to interested potential acquirers.

63. In addition, there were obvious conflicts of interest that existed with the Company’s senior management in connection with the sales process. In connection with sale of the Company, the Company’s executive officers were highly incentivized to favor a private equity firm over a strategic buyer, as strategic buyers often terminate the employment of the target company’s executive officers, whereas private equity firms often seek to retain a target company’s senior management in connection with an acquisition, often providing lucrative equity participation. Since the Company’s executive officers (including those on the Board) knew that they could likely secure for themselves lucrative post-transaction arrangements, they were incentivized to pursue a deal at any price, even one as unfairly low as in the Proposed Transaction, and to improperly favor financial buyers, such as Centerbridge. (Indeed, a lower price is more advantageous to executives who will have equity participation in the private equity buyer, as a lower basis increases the probability and magnitude of their personal

 

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gain.) Such conflicting interests appear to have had such a deleterious impact on the price in the Company’s shareholders are to receive in the Proposed Transaction, as the Company failed to adequately open up the process to strategic buyers, soliciting interest from just two strategic buyers prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement.

64. Moreover, it appears that the executive officers and directors were more focused on maximizing the benefits they would receive in the Proposed Transaction as opposed to shareholder value, as evidenced by the April 18, 2012 stock grants, and other material benefits, described in detail above.

65. In addition, as part of the Merger Agreement, the Individual Defendants agreed to certain onerous and preclusive deal protection devices that operate conjunctively to make the Proposed Transaction a fait accompli and ensure that no competing offers will emerge for the Company.

66. Section 5.4(a) of the Merger Agreement includes a “go-shop” provision, which allows the Company a mere thirty (30) days to solicit interest from other potential acquirers to procure a price in excess of the low amount offered by Centerbridge. Once the “go-shop” period ends, the Company is subject to a “no solicitation” provision barring the Company from soliciting interest from other potential acquirers. Section 5.4(b) demands that the Company terminate any and all prior or on-going discussions with other potential acquirers, except for those with whom the Company began discussions during the “go-shop” period, but only for an extra fifteen (15) days.

 

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67. Pursuant to § 5.4(d) of the Merger Agreement, should an unsolicited bidder submit a competing proposal, the Company must notify Centerbridge of the bidder’s identity and the terms of the bidder’s offer.

68. Pursuant to § 5.4(f), should the Board determine that a competing offer is superior, before the Company can terminate the Merger Agreement with Centerbridge in order to enter into the competing proposal, it must grant Centerbridge three business days in which the Company must negotiate in good faith with Centerbridge (if Centerbridge so desires) and allow Centerbridge to amend the terms of the Merger Agreement to make a counter-offer so that the other proposal no longer constitutes a superior proposal. In other words, the Merger Agreement gives Centerbridge access to any rival bidder’s information and allows Centerbridge a free right to top any superior offer simply by matching it. Accordingly, no rival bidder is likely to emerge and act as a stalking horse, because the Merger Agreement unfairly assures that any “auction” will favor Centerbridge and piggy-back upon the due diligence of the foreclosed second bidder.

69. The Merger Agreement also provides that a termination fee of $21,073,900 must be paid to Centerbridge by P.F. Chang’s if the Company terminates the Merger Agreement prior to the end of the “go-shop” period in order to enter into an agreement with a competing bidder, and $36,528,000 if the Merger Agreement is terminated after the end of the “go-shop” period, thereby essentially requiring that the competing bidder agree to pay a large naked premium for the right to provide the shareholders with a superior offer.

 

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70. Centerbridge is also the beneficiary of a “Top-Up” provision that helps ensure that Centerbridge gains the shares necessary to effectuate a short-form merger. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, if Centerbridge receives 90% of the shares outstanding through its tender offer, it can effect a short-form merger. In the event Centerbridge fails to acquire the 90% required, the “Top-Up” provision in the Merger Agreement grants Centerbridge an option to purchase additional shares from the Company in order to reach the 90% threshold required to effectuate a short-form merger.

71. Moreover, the Company’s executive officers, directors and affiliates have committed to tender to Centerbridge all of their shares of Company stock, and, if necessary, to vote such shares in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement. These insiders’ representation of their intent to tender and vote for the Proposed Transaction further deters competing bids as it sends a strong signal that current management favors Centerbridge and makes it more likely that Centerbridge will succeed in acquiring the Company at the low price it is offering.

72. Ultimately, these preclusive deal protection provisions operate collectively to illegally restrain the Company’s ability to solicit or engage in negotiations with any third party regarding a proposal to acquire all or a significant interest in the Company at a price higher than the low one Centerbridge has offered. The circumstances under which the Board may respond to an unsolicited written bona fide proposal for an alternative acquisition that constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute a superior proposal are too narrowly circumscribed to provide an effective “fiduciary out” under the circumstances.

 

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The Materially Misleading and Incomplete Recommendation Statement

73. To make matters worse, defendants are withholding material information about the Proposed Transaction from the Company’s public shareholders. The Recommendation Statement, pursuant to which the Board has recommended that P.F. Chang’s’ shareholders tender their shares in the Tender Offer, contains numerous material omissions and misstatements, in contravention of the Board’s duty of candor and full disclosure under governing Delaware law.

Disclosures Related to Goldman’s Conflicts of Interest

74. The Recommendation Statement states that “Goldman has also provided certain investment banking services to Centerbridge and its affiliates and portfolio companies from time to time for which its Investment Banking Division has received, and may receive, compensation, including having acted as joint bookrunner with respect to the initial public offering of common stock of Bank United, Inc., of which an affiliate of Centerbridge was a significant stockholder, in January 2011 and as financial advisor to GSI Group, a portfolio company of an affiliate of Centerbridge, with respect to its sale in December 2011.” However, page 28 of the Recommendation Statement states that Goldman has performed three investment banking transactions for Centerbridge. The Recommendation Statement must disclose the nature and date of the undisclosed third transaction, and the amounts Goldman has received for each transaction.

75. The Recommendation Statement states that “Affiliates of Goldman also may have co-invested with Centerbridge and its affiliates from time to time and may have invested in limited partnership units of affiliates of Centerbridge from time to

 

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time and may do so in the future.” The Recommendation Statement must disclose the nature and terms of these investments.

76. The Recommendation Statement states that “certain funds managed by Goldman affiliates (the “GS Managed Funds”) own an approximately 3.69% interest in Centerbridge and, in connection with the [Proposed Transaction], it is expected that existing Centerbridge investors, including the GS Managed Funds, will make mandatory capital contributions to the fund on a pro rata basis,” but fails to disclose the amount of capital contributions expected to be made by the GS Managed Funds.

77. The Recommendation Statement states that “the Committee in its sole discretion may determine to increase Goldman’s fee by an amount up to approximately $0.6 million,” but fails to disclose what reasons and factors does the Committee expect to consider in determining whether to award the discretionary fee.

78. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose whether the Board considered retaining another advisor to conduct a fairness opinion given Goldman’s substantial relationship with Centerbridge.

79. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose whether the Board and the Committee were aware that certain funds managed by Goldman affiliates own an approximately 3.69% interest in Centerbridge, and if so whether the Board/Committee considered this ownership interest in determining to use Goldman as its financial advisor and render a fairness opinion.

80. The Recommendation Statement states that Board was “satisfied” that Goldman had no conflicts, but fails to disclose what specific factors were considered by the Board in determining that Goldman supposedly had no conflicts.

 

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81. The Recommendation Statement states that “Goldman has provided certain investment banking services to the Company and its affiliates from time to time for which its Investment Banking Division has received, and may receive, compensation” but fails to disclose the date and nature of the services, and the amount of compensation received for such services.

Disclosures Regarding the Interests of the Company’s Officers and Directors in the Proposed Transaction

82. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose material information concerning the interests of the officers and directors in the Proposed Transction.

83. The Recommendation Statement states: “Although it is possible that certain members of the Company’s current management team will enter into arrangements with Parent or an affiliate of Parent regarding employment (and potentially severance arrangements) with, and the right to purchase or participate in the equity of, Parent or an affiliate of Parent, as of the date hereof, there are no agreements between members of the Company’s current management and representatives of Parent or Centerbridge.” The Recommendation Statement must disclose whether Centerbridge has indicated their intent to employ and/or provide equity opportunities for any members of management, and if so to disclose when Centerbridge indicated such an intent, as well the nature and dates of any discussions and negotiations that have already occurred.

84. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose the reasons the Board’s compensation committee authorized the grant of stock options, performance-based restricted stock units, and restricted stock units to the Company’s executive officers less than two weeks prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, including

 

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whether and if so to what extent did the Board’s compensation committee consider the ongoing sales process and Centerbridge’s pending offer to acquire the Company in determining to authorize the awards.

85. The Recommendation Statement must provide a breakdown of the amount of RSUs received by each non-employee director in 2012, and must clarify whether the directors will receive the cash value of these RSUs following consummation of the Proposed Transaction, including whether Centerbridge expects to retain or otherwise employ any particular directors and/or officers upon consummation of the Proposed Transaction.

Disclosures Related to the Company’s Long-Term Business Plan and Financial Forecasts, and Goldman’s Financial Analyses

86. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose the “long-term business plan” discussed by the Committee and the Board during the months leading up to the Board’s decision to sell the Company to Centerbridge, the “assumptions underlying the long-term business plan” discussed by the Committee and the Board, and the “sensitivities analysis reflecting both upside and downside scenarios to the long-term business plan” prepared by Company management. The Recommendation Statement should also disclose the “risks associated with the Company achieving its long-term plan” discussed by the Committee on April 28, 2012, as well as the risks and benefits considered by the Board and Committee with respect to “the possibility of continuing as a standalone company, divesting the Pei Wei brand or pursuing further stock repurchases” and all material bases for the Committee’s purported “assessment that no alternatives were reasonably likely to create greater value for the Company’s stockholders than the [Proposed Transaction]”;

 

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87. The Recommendation Statement states that on March 19, 2012, the Committee “discussed the indications of interest compared to the Company’s long-term business plan, considering the sensitivities analysis” but fails to disclose the results of such discussion.

88. The Recommendation Statement should also disclose all of the material assumptions used by management in preparing the five-year stand alone projections that were provided to Goldman for use in their fairness opinion.

89. The Recommendation Statement should disclose the “likely financial results” for the first quarter of 2012, and the “timing for the announcement of these results,” that were discussed by the Committee on March 22, 2012.

90. The Recommendation Statement fails to disclose certain material data and inputs underlying the financial analyses supporting the fairness opinion of the Board’s financial advisor, Goldman, including:

(a) with respect to the Selected Companies Analysis, the criteria used to determine which companies were considered “similar” to the Company, the multiples observed for each of the comparable companies, and the conclusions drawn by Goldman from the analysis;

(b) with respect to the Illustrative Present Value of Future Share Price Analysis, the criteria used to select the forward EPS multiple range of 18.7x to 26.4x and the forward EBITDA multiple range of 5.1x to 6.6x, the EPS estimates and outstanding shares of the Company estimates for each of the fiscal years 2013 to 2016, and the estimated dividend payments used in the analysis;

 

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(c) with respect to the Illustrative Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, the key inputs used to select the discount rate range of 8.5% to 10.5%, the criteria used to select the perpetuity growth rate range of 2.00% to 3.00%, and the stock-based compensation expense forecasts used in the analysis;

(d) with respect to the Illustrative Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, the definition of “free cash flow” used by Goldman, and the “free cash flow” amounts for years 2012 through 2016 used by Goldman in the analysis; and

(e) with respect to the Selected Transactions Analysis, the criteria used to select the transactions used in the analysis, the Total Enterprise Value/LTM EBITDA multiple observed for each transaction, and the conclusions drawn by Goldman from the analysis.

Disclosures Related to the Process Conducted by the Board and the Events Leading up to the Announcement of the Proposed Transaction

91. The Recommendation Statement also fails to disclose material information concerning the events leading up to the announcement of the Proposed Transaction, including information directly related to whether the Company adequately engaged in a process to maximize shareholder value or rather whether the process was unfairly tilted to ensure a sale to Centerbridge. In particular, the Recommendation Statement:

(a) States that on July 27, 2011, a representative from Goldman sent defendant Fedrico an email introducing him to Mozingo, a representative of Centerbridge, but fails to disclose the purpose of the introduction;

 

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(b) Fails to disclose the purpose of the meeting between Mozingo, Federico, and Mark D. Mumford (“Mumford”), the Company’s Chief Financial Officer, on August 24, 2011;

(c) Fails to disclose the content of the report prepared by Centerbridge and provided to Federico and Mumford as indicated on page 16 of the Recommendation Statement;

(d) States that “Mozingo and Mr. Federico were, from time to time, in communication with each other from the October 19, 2011 meeting through February 2012. Mr. Mozingo initiated these communications. During the communications, Mr. Mozingo would indicate that Centerbridge remained interested in the Company.” The Recommendation Statement must disclose the meaning behind Centerbridge being “interested” in the Company, and when Centerbridge first indicated its interest in acquiring the Company;

(e) Fails to disclose the reasons and factors considered by the Board on January 18, 2012 in determining that it was “not an appropriate time to consider a sale of the Company”, and similar determinations thereafter;

(f) Fails to disclose which three directors, other than defendant Anderson, were members of the committee formed by the Board on January 18, 2012;

(g) States that in early February 2012, “Mozingo and Federico had a general discussion regarding the Company’s business and performance” but fails to disclose whether the Committee authorized this discussion;

 

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(h) Fails to disclose the “potential strategic alternatives available to the Company to increase stockholder value” that was discussed by Goldman with the Committee on February 7, 2012;

(i) States that on February 24, 2012, “the representatives from Goldman reported that in Goldman’s view only a limited number of strategic buyers likely would have both the financial ability and the strategic interest in potentially acquiring the Company, given the Company’s size and business sector,” but fails to disclose how many potential strategic buyers did Goldman identify, and what about the Company’s size and business sector led Goldman to conclude that only a limited amount of strategic buyers would be interested in acquiring the Company;

(j) Fails to disclose the nature of the communications with Party D mentioned by Federico at the February 7, 2012 Board meeting;

(k) Fails to disclose how the indications of interest “related to where other private equity groups would likely value the Company” discussed by the Committee on March 19, 2012, the “trade-offs of inviting other private equity groups to join the process” discussed at this meeting, what the Committee determined with respect to “whether any strategic buyers should be invited to join the process,” and how many “potential strategic buyers” were discussed by Goldman at this meeting;

(l) Fails to disclose how many “potential strategic and equity buyers” were discussed at the March 22, 2012 Committee meeting, as well as the “their likely respective interests in and abilities to consummate a transaction with the Company” discussed at this meeting;

 

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(m) Fails to disclose what specific “relevant facts” and “advice” did the Committee rely on in determining that “a confidential process would be better than a public auction process” and “a faster process would be better than a lengthy, drawn-out process;”

(n) Fails to disclose the reasons the Committee considered Strategic B as the “most likely interested strategic buyer;”

(o) Fails to disclose the “trade-offs” of inviting the “strategic buyers to join later in any process” discussed by the Committee on March 22, 2012;

(p) States that “On April 5, 2012, Strategic B notified Goldman that it was declining to further participate in the exploratory discussions, indicating that it could not get to a purchase price for the Company that would be attractive,” but fails to disclose whether, and if so, what the Company indicated to Strategic B would be an “attractive” price;

(q) Fails to disclose how did Company F hear that Goldman had been retained by the Company to conduct a sale process;

(r) Fails to disclose the reasons the Committee determined on April 26, 2012 that Party G’s proposal was not acceptable, and the reasons the Committee determined not to respond to Party G until after discussions had concluded with Centerbridge;

(s) Fails to disclose the substance of the discussion at the Committee meeting on April 28, 2012 with respect to the “go-shop” provision and termination fee, as well as the “other outstanding legal issues that the Company planned to discuss with Centerbridge ....”

 

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(t) Fails to disclose the original “go-shop” and termination fee provisions proposed by the Company;

(u) Fails to disclose the “the length of and the termination fees associated with the “go-shop” provisions” proposed by Centerbridge that the Committee determined were not acceptable;

(v) Fails to disclose the “alternative means of creating stockholder value and pursuing the Company’s strategic goals (including pursuing the Company’s long-term business plan as an independent public company) and the risks and uncertainties of these alternatives to achieve strategic goals” discussed at the April 30, 2012 Committee meeting;

(w) Fails to disclose the substance of Goldman’s “conversation with Centerbridge regarding the bid package, including the factors that Centerbridge had learned during the due diligence process that [purportedly] caused it to present an offer at the lower end of the range of Centerbridge’s original indication of interest” of $51 to $53 per share, as discussed with the Committee on April 30, 2012.

(x) Fails to disclose the criteria used to select the 29 parties contacted by Goldman during the go-shop period; and

(y) Fails to disclose the current status of the go-shop.

92. Accordingly, Plaintiff seeks injunctive and other equitable relief to prevent the irreparable injury that Company shareholders will continue to suffer absent judicial intervention.

CLAIMS FOR RELIEF

COUNT I

 

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Breach of Fiduciary Duties

(Against All Individual Defendants)

93. Plaintiff repeats all previous allegations as if set forth in full herein.

94. The Individual Defendants have knowingly and recklessly and in bad faith violated fiduciary duties of care, loyalty, good faith, and independence owed to the public shareholders of P.F. Chang’s and have acted to put their personal interests ahead of the interests of P.F. Chang’s shareholders.

95. The Individual Defendants’ recommendation of the Proposed Transaction will result in change of control of the Company which imposes heightened fiduciary responsibilities to maximize P.F. Chang’s’ value for the benefit of the stockholders and requires enhanced scrutiny by the Court.

96. The Individual Defendants have breached their fiduciary duties of loyalty, good faith, and independence owed to the shareholders of P.F. Chang’s because, among other reasons, they acted unreasonably and:

(a) they failed to take steps to maximize the value of P.F. Chang’s to its public shareholders and took steps to avoid sufficient competitive bidding;

(b) they failed to properly value P.F. Chang’s; and

(c) they ignored or did not protect against the numerous conflicts of interest resulting from the directors’ own interrelationships or connection with the Proposed Transaction.

97. As a result of the Individual Defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties, Plaintiff and the Class will suffer irreparable injury in that they have not and

 

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will not receive their fair portion of the value of P.F. Chang’s’ assets and will be prevented from benefiting from a value-maximizing transaction.

98. Unless enjoined by this Court, the Individual Defendants will continue to breach their fiduciary duties owed to Plaintiff and the Class, and may consummate the Proposed Transaction, to the irreparable harm of the Class.

99. Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.

COUNT II

Breach of Fiduciary Duty — Disclosure

(Against Individual Defendants)

100. Plaintiff repeats all previous allegations as if set forth in full herein.

101. The fiduciary duties of the Individual Defendants in the circumstances of the Proposed Transaction require them to disclose to Plaintiff and the Class all information material to the decisions confronting P.F. Chang’s’ shareholders.

102. As set forth above, the Individual Defendants have breached their fiduciary duty through materially inadequate disclosures and material disclosure omissions.

103. As a result, Plaintiff and the Class members are being harmed irreparably.

104. Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.

COUNT III

Aiding and Abetting

(Against P.F. Chang’s, Centerbridge, Parent and Merger Sub)

105. Plaintiff repeats all previous allegations as if set forth in full herein.

 

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106. As alleged in more detail above, Defendants P.F. Chang’s, Centerbridge, Parent, and Merger Sub have aided and abetted the Individual Defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties.

107. As a result, Plaintiff and the Class members are being harmed.

108. Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment against defendants jointly and severally, as follows:

(A) declaring this action to be a class action and certifying Plaintiff as the Class representatives and his counsel as Class counsel;

(B) enjoining, preliminarily and permanently, the Proposed Transaction;

(C) in the event that the transaction is consummated prior to the entry of this Court’s final judgment, rescinding it or awarding Plaintiff and the Class rescissory damages;

(D) directing that Defendants account to Plaintiff and the other members of the Class for all damages caused by them and account for all profits and any special benefits obtained as a result of their breaches of their fiduciary duties;

(E) awarding Plaintiff the costs of this action, including a reasonable allowance for the fees and expenses of Plaintiff’s attorneys and experts; and

(F) granting Plaintiff and the other members of the Class such further relief as the Court deems just and proper.

 

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RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 17th day of May, 2012.

 

BURCH & CRACCHIOLO, P.A.
By:    s/ Jake D. Curtis
  Jake D. Curtis
 

702 E. Osborn Road, Suite 200

Phoenix, Arizona 85014

 

LEVI & KORSINSKY, LLP

Joseph E. Levi, Esq.

Michael H. Rosner, Esq.

30 Broad Street, 24th Floor

New York, New York 10004

 

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Original of the foregoing efiled

This 17th day of May, 2012, with

Clerk of the Court

Superior Court – Maricopa County

And mailed to:

Robert Brownlie

Jerry Trippitelli

DLA PIPER US, LLP

401 B Street – Suite 1700

San Diego, CA 92101

Attorneys for Defendant P.F. Chang’s

    And Individual Defendants

Kate E. Frenzinger

DLA PIPER US, LLP

2525 E. Camelback – Suite 1000

    Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Local Counsel for Defendant P.F. Chang’s China

Bistro, Inc. and Individual Defendants

s/ Lisa Nelson

 

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EX-99.(A)(5)(I) 3 d357069dex99a5i.htm CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Class Action Complaint

Exhibit (a)(5)(I)

 

LOGO

IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE

 

HILARY COYNE,    )   
   )   
Plaintiff,    )   
   )   

v.

   )   
   )    C.A. NO.
P.F. CHANG’S CHINA BISTRO, INC.,    )   
RICHARD L. FEDERICO, F. LANE    )   
CARDWELL, JR., R. MICHAEL WELBORN,    )   
KERRII B. ANDERSON, LESLEY H. HOWE,    )   
DAWN E. HUDSON, M. ANN RHOADES,    )   
JAMES G. SHENNAN, JR., KENNETH J.    )   
WESSELS, CENTERBRIDGE PARTNERS, L.P.,    )   
WOK PARENT LLC AND WOK ACQUISITION    )   
CORP.,    )   
   )   
Defendants.    )   
   )   

VERIFIED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT

Plaintiff Hilary Coyne (“Plaintiff”), by her attorneys, for her complaint against defendants, alleges upon personal knowledge as to herself, and upon information and belief as to all other allegations herein, as follows:

NATURE OF THE ACTION

1. This is a shareholder class action brought by Plaintiff on behalf of herself and all other similarly situated public shareholders of P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, Inc. (“PFCB” or the “Company”) against PFCB’s Board of Directors (the “Board” or “Individual Defendants”) and Centerbridge Partners, L.P. (“Centerbridge”), and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Wok Parent LLC and Wok Acquisition Corp., to enjoin a proposed buyout (“Buyout”) of the publicly owned shares of PFCB common stock by Centerbridge.


2. On May 1, 2012, PFCB announced that it had entered into a definitive merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”) pursuant to which Centerbridge will acquire PFCB in a cash tender offer at $51.50 per share (the “Buyout Price”), followed by a short form merger. The all-cash transaction is valued at approximately $1.1 billion. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, Centerbridge was to commence a cash tender offer no later than May 15, 2012. The Buyout is expected to close by May 31, 2012.

3. On May 15, 2012, Centerbridge commenced the Tender Offer with the filing of its Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (“TO”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). PFCB filed its Recommendation Statement in connection with the Tender Offer on Schedule 14D-9 with the SEC on the same date (“14D-9” and collectively with the TO, the “Disclosure Documents”). The Tender Offer is currently scheduled to expire on June 12, 2012, unless it is extended. Following the Tender Offer, if Centerbridge owns more than 90% of PFCB outstanding common stock, including following the exercise of a top up option, Centerbridge will complete the short form merger without the vote of the shareholders.

4. As described below, both the value to PFCB shareholders contemplated in the Buyout and the process by which defendants propose to consummate the Buyout, including the dissemination of Disclosure Documents that fail to provide PFCB shareholders with material information upon which to make an informed decision with respect to the Buyout, are fundamentally unfair to Plaintiff and the other public shareholders of the Company. Critically, the defendants fail to disclose in the 14D-9 the unlevered free cash flow projections that were used by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”) in its discounted cash flow analysis. The 14D-9 only discloses the levered free cash flow projections that were provided to Goldman Sachs by PFCB management. The fact that Buyout Price is at the lower end of the price range

 

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and stock based compensation was treated as a cash expense for purposes of determining unlevered free cash flows further necessitate disclosing the unlevered free cash flows used by Goldman Sachs in its discounted cash flow analysis.

5. The Buyout comes at a time when PFCB has implemented a new strategy to revamp the Company, including a new menu to bring in budget-minded diners, and its prospects for growth are promising. Indeed, the Company’s turnaround initiatives have led to an upswing in market perception about the Company. Rather than waiting to allow the Company’s public shareholders to reap the benefits of the Company’s efforts to revamp the business, PFCB agreed to a Buyout that is the product of a flawed process designed to ensure the sale of PFCB to Centerbridge on terms preferential to Centerbridge and the Company’s insiders, but detrimental to Plaintiff and other public stockholders of PFCB.

6. For these reasons and as set forth in detail herein, Plaintiff seeks to enjoin defendants from taking any steps to consummate the Buyout or, in the event the Buyout is consummated, recover damages resulting from the defendants’ violations of their fiduciary duties of loyalty, good faith and due care.

THE PARTIES

7. Plaintiff is and has been at all times relevant hereto a shareholder of PFCB common stock.

8. PFCB is a Delaware corporation, founded in 1996, with principle executive offices located in Scottsdale, Arizona. PFCB owns and operates chain Asian food restaurant concepts, including PFCB China Bistro (“Bistro”) and Pei Wei Asian Diner (“Pei Wei”). The Company also sells branded food products to domestic and international markets, which are operated under licensing agreements. In February 2012, the Company also announced an

 

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agreement to acquire a majority equity ownership in True Food Kitchen, a Fox Restaurant Concept that specializes in healthy, locally sourced meals. PFCB common stock is traded on the NASDAQ market under the symbol “PFCB”. PFCB is named herein as a necessary party in connection with equitable relief needed to prevent the consummation of the Buyout agreed to by its Board of Directors, the Individual Defendants herein, in violation of their fiduciary duties to Plaintiff and the other public shareholders of PFCB.

9. Defendant Richard L. Federico (“Federico”) has served as a director of PFCB since 1996, and he has served as the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of the Company since January 2012 and from September 1997 through January 2009, when he succeeded the founder of the Company, Paul. M. Fleming. Federico previously served as Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Company from January 2009 to January 2012. Federico joined the Company as President in February 1996, and he was named Chairman of the Board in December 2000. Federico also currently serves on the board of directors of Jamba, Inc. and Domino’s Pizza.

10. Defendant F. Lane Cardwell, Jr. (“Cardwell”) has served as a director of PFCB since December 2010 and has served as the Company’s President of PFCB China Bistro concept since March 2011. He previously served as a director of the Company from 1999 through 2009.

11. Defendant R. Michael Welborn (“Welborn”) has served as a director of PFCB since August 1996. Welborn joined the Company as Executive Vice President in May 2005 and was appointed President, Global Brand Development during 2009.

12. Defendant Kerrii B. Anderson (“Anderson”) has served as a director of PFCB since October 2009 and also serves as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

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13. Defendant Lesley H. Howe (“Howe”) has served as a director of PFCB since March 2003 and is also the Chairperson of the Company’s Audit Committee.

14. Defendant Dawn E. Hudson (“Hudson”) has served as a director of PFCB since February 2010 and also serves as a member of the Company’s Compensation and Executive Development Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

15. M. Ann Rhoades (“Rhoades”) has served as a director of PFCB since March 2003 and also serves as the Chairperson of the Company’s Compensation and Executive Development Committee.

16. James G. Shennan, Jr. (“Shennan”) has served as a director of PFCB since May 1997 and also serves as the Chairperson of the Company’s Compensation and Executive Development Committee and a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

17. Kenneth J. Wessels (“Wessels”) has served as a director of PFCB since October 2000 and serves as a member of the Company’s Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

18. Defendants Federico, Cardwell, Welborn, Anderson, Howe, Hudson, Rhoades, Shennan and Wessels are collectively referred to herein as the “Individual Defendants.”

19. Defendant Centerbridge is a Delaware limited partnership with principle executive offices in New York, New York. Centerbridge is a private equity firm focused on leveraged buyouts and distressed securities opportunities that typically invests in companies in North America and Europe. Centerbridge has approximately $20 billion in capital under management.

 

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20. Defendant Wok Acquisition Corp. is a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly- owned subsidiary of Centerbridge that is being used to facilitate the Buyout.

21. Defendant Wok Parent LLC is a Delaware LLC and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Centerbridge that is being used to facilitate the Buyout.

CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS

22. Plaintiff brings this action pursuant to Court of Chancery Rule 23, individually and on behalf of the holders of the common stock of the Company, who have been and/or will be harmed as a result of the wrongful conduct alleged herein (the “Class”). The Class excludes defendants herein, and any person, firm, trust, corporation or other entity related to, or affiliated with, any of the defendants.

23. This action is properly maintainable as a class action.

24. The Class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable. As of April 1, 2012, the Company had approximately 20,955,461 million shares of common stock outstanding and not owned by Defendants. Members of the Class are scattered geographically and are so numerous that it is impracticable to bring them all before this Court.

25. Questions of law and fact exist that are common to the Class, including, among others:

a. whether the Individual Defendants have fulfilled, and are capable of fulfilling, their fiduciary duties owed to Plaintiff and the Class;

b. whether the Individual Defendants have acted in a reasonable manner designed to maximize value;

c. whether the Individual Defendants are acting in furtherance of their own self-interest to the detriment of the Class;

 

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d. whether the other Defendants have aided and abetted the Individual Defendants’ breach of fiduciary duty; and

e. whether Plaintiff and the other members of the Class will be irreparably harmed if defendants are not enjoined from continuing the conduct described herein.

26. Plaintiff is committed to prosecuting this action and has retained competent counsel experienced in litigation of this nature. Plaintiff’s claims are typical of the claims of the other members of the Class and Plaintiff has the same interests as the other members of the Class. Accordingly, Plaintiff is an adequate representative of the Class and will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the Class.

27. The prosecution of separate actions by individual members of the Class would create the risk of inconsistent or varying adjudications with respect to individual members of the Class, which would establish incompatible standards of conduct for Defendants, or adjudications with respect to individual members of the Class which would, as a practical matter, be dispositive of the interests of the other members not parties to the adjudications or substantially impair or impede their ability to protect their interests.

28. Preliminary and final injunctive relief on behalf of the Class as a whole is entirely appropriate because defendants have acted, or refused to act, on grounds generally applicable and causing injury to the Class.

SUBSTANTIVE ALLEGATIONS

Background of the Buyout

29. According to the 14D-9, the first steps that led to the Buyout started when Goldman Sachs contacted Federico at the request of Centerbridge. At the time, Goldman Sachs had not been retained by the Company, but had worked on various projects for Centerbridge

 

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during the past two years and maintains close ties to Centerbridge (several managers at Centerbridge are Goldman Sachs alums). At or about this time and continuing throughout the second half of 2012, the Company had been approached on various occasions by buyers expressing initial interest in exploring a purchase of the Company. The Company declined to proceed with any initial discussions.

30. On January 17, 2012, a registered investment advisor, referred to in the 14D-9 as “Party C” began agitating for change at the Company and submitted a notice of intent to nominate six directors for election to the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting scheduled for April 18, 2012.

31. One day after learning of Party C’s agitating activities, the Independent Directors quickly changed course and on January 18, 2012 formed a committee of four non-management directors charged with two directives: (i) to review and evaluate and make a recommendation about any potential acquisition proposals; and (ii) prepare for and recommend the response to any attempts to change the composition of the Company’s Board. The 14D-9 does not disclose the names of the four directors who made up the Committee, other than Anderson was named as Chair of the Committee. On January 27, 2012, the Committee met and formally retained Goldman Sachs to act in a dual capacity of advising with respect to potential acquisition proposals and any attempts to change the Board composition.

32. Discussions ensued with Centerbridge and one other potential financial buyer who had made an unsolicited indication of interest a few months earlier. Centerbridge submitted an initial indication of interest with a price range of $51 to $53 per share. The other financial buyer indicated a range of $44 to $46 per share and then dropped out of the bidding. Goldman Sachs

 

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advised the Committee that there would be only limited interest by potential strategic buyers. Two potential strategic buyers were contacted but did not proceed far in the process.

33. With the few other bidders involved having dropped out, Centerbridge on April 27, 2012 submitted a final bid package at $51 cash per share, matching the low end of its $51 to $53 indication of interest. On April 29, 2012, Centerbridge increased the offer to $51.50, but included new terms rejecting the Committee’s proposed terms of a go-shop period, including the Committee’s proposals for the length and termination fees associated with the go-shop period (the 14D-9 does not disclose the Committee’s proposal). Goldman Sachs delivered its fairness opinion to the Committee on April 30, 2012, and the Board approved the terms of the Merger Agreement later that day.

The Buyout

34. On May 1, 2012, PFCB issued a press release announcing that the Company had entered into a definitive merger agreement with Centerbridge in a transaction valued at approximately $1.1 billion, which will result in PFCB becoming a private company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Centerbridge will acquire all the outstanding shares of PFCB common stock for $51.50 per share in cash. The Buyout represents a mid-range premium of just $23% to the market price at the time.

35. Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the go-shop period is limited to 30 days under a $21 termination fee. After 30 days, the termination fee is $36.5 million. The tender offer would commence at the same time the go-shop period was underway, further reducing the effectiveness of the go-shop.

 

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36. PFCB’s current management team will continue to run the Company once the Buyout is completed.

The Merger Price is Inadequate and Unfair

37. The $51.50 per share price agreed to by the Individual Defendants does not represent fair value for the Company in that it does not reflect the long-term value of the Company.

38. The Buyout comes at a time when PFCB has been struggling to update its brand upon growing competition. To that end, in April 2012, the Company offered a new lunch menu to lure more budget-conscious diners, with the implied purpose of increasing profitability. Further, the Company has revamped many of its stores, offered promotions such as giveaways and discounts on “Tax Day” and Chinese New Year. In February of this year, the Company bought into the healthful, local and international food trend by buying an ownership stake in True Food Kitchen. See Tiffany Tsu, PFCB restaurant chain goes private for $1.1 billion, Los ANGELES TIMES, May 1, 2012, available at http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-pf- changs-20120501,0,801402.story. The Company’s steps to revamp its stores were taken on the shareholders’ dime, and as a result of the Buyout, the shareholders will not be able to reap the benefits of the Company’s efforts.

39. An article by the Associated Press also reported on the Company’s initiatives to improve its performance: “R.W. Baird analyst David Tarantino said the [C]ompany has been pursuing a wide range of turnaround initiatives after a sluggish performance last year. The [C]ompany has been focusing on reducing portion sizes and improving price points at its Pei Wei restaurants and remodeling stores and enhancing service at its PFCB Bistros.” PFCB reaches $1.09B deal to go private, ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 1, 2012.

 

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40. The Company’s revamping efforts were recognized in an Associated Press article by Bryan Elliott, an analyst at Raymond James:

Raymond James analyst Bryan Elliott reiterated his “strong buy” rating for PFCB, noting that the company recently disclosed that its test of lunch menu resulted in a 10 percent gain in sales.

Elliott also noted the restaurant chain’s efforts to improve its menu, service and ambiance at the launch of its first national TV campaign this week. Additionally he noted that management plans to repurchase $150 million of stock in 2012, which is roughly 18 percent of the company’s market cap.

PF Chang’s goes after budget diners, ASSOCIATED PRESS, April 2, 2012.

41. On May 1, 2012, on the same day PFCB announced the Buyout, the Company reported a 40% drop in first-quarter 2012 earnings, caused largely by higher expenses. The company earned $6.3 million on sales of $318.9 million in the quarter, compared to a $10.6 million profit on $317.4 million in revenue in the same three months of 2011. Revenue increased to $318.9 million from $317.4 million even as a drop in customers caused same-store sales to drop 0.6% at PFCB restaurants and 1.7% at Pei Wei. Profit and revenue fell just shy of Wall Street predictions, according to FactSet.

42. On February 16, 2012, the Company reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 1, 2012. Although the Company posted lower profit and revenue in the fourth quarter of 2011, it did see growth on comparative-store sales over the last quarter. As for the expectations for 2012, Federico commented:

While we remain cautious about the outlook for consumer spending generally, we are beginning to see early signs of progress. We believe our initiatives, aimed at driving restaurant traffic by enhancing our price-value proposition and elevating the guest experience, are gaining traction at both concepts. As a result, we anticipate that our quarterly earnings per share will be higher in the back half of 2012 than the first half of the year. We will continue to execute on our strategic plan and expect to build on our success.

 

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43. Federico acknowledged in the press release regarding the Company’s financial results for the 2011 year-end and fourth quarter that the Company had seen progress as a result of recent initiatives:

While we were not satisfied with our earnings in the fourth quarter, we were pleased with our progress on the top line. We remain confident in the direction of recent initiatives to restore positive sales momentum, which have shown encouraging signs in the first half of our first fiscal quarter. We believe 2012 will be an inflection point for our business and look forward to delivering on the goals we have articulated to our shareholders over the past several months.

44. As a result of the Company’s fourth quarter and year-end 2011 earnings release, the Company’s stock price rose sharply, closing at $37.46 on February 17, 2012, up nearly 6% from its closing price of $35.35 on February 16, 2012.

45. A Seeking Alpha article from December 27, 2011, discussed several factors that indicated that the Company was on the rebound, including:

 

   

18 Wall Street brokerage firms have assigned 23 analysts to run the numbers on this company

 

   

Revenue is expected to be down .50% this year but recover and increase by 3.10% next year

 

   

Earnings estimates are for a decrease of 19.9% this year, up slightly by .60% next year and average a 13.69% annual increase over the next five years

 

   

These consensus numbers resulted in a mixed forecast with five strong buy, two buy, 13 hold, two under perform and a sell recommendation to clients

 

   

The P/E ratio of 16.69 is slightly above the market P/E of 14.0

 

   

The dividend rate of 16.69 is higher than the market dividend rate of 2.30% and is about 60% of earnings forecasts

 

   

As previously mentioned a rework of menu items and prices at both their chains seems to be well received and working.

 

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Jim Van Meerten, PFCB On The Rebound, SEEKING ALPHA, Dec. 27, 2011, available at http://seekingalpha.com/article/316171-p-f-chang-s-on-the-rebound.

46. The Company’s initiatives to improve performance led to an upswing in market perception about the Company and surely would have been followed by soaring stock prices in the years to come.

47. In the Company’s press release announcing the Buyout, Federico said going private would give the Company greater flexibility to pursue its long term strategy to increase traffic and improve performance. But the Company doesn’t explain how going private gives it greater flexibility. Rather, going private permits the Company’s insiders and Centerbridge – and not the shareholders – to profit from the Company’s long term strategy to increase performance.

48. Rather than waiting to allow the shareholders to reap the benefits of the Company’s solid progress, the Company agreed to a Buyout that is the product of a flawed process and designed to ensure the sale of PFCB to Centerbridge on terms preferential to Centerbridge and the Company’s insiders, but detrimental to Plaintiff and other public stockholders of PFCB. The terms of the Buyout have deprived and continue to deprive the Company’s shareholders of the substantial premium, which unfettered and even-handed exposure of the Company to the market could produce.

49. Although defendants claim the Buyout Price represents a 30% premium over the average closing share price of P.F. Chang’s common stock for the 30 days ended April 30, 2012, it is a mere 22.7% premium over the Company’s 52-week high of $41.96 per share on March 15, 2012, and a discount to the Company’s stock price of $51.74 on April 3, 2011.

 

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The Buyer-Friendly Terms of the Merger Agreement

50. On May 2, 2012, the Company filed a Form 8-K with the SEC wherein it disclosed the terms of the Merger Agreement. As part of the Merger Agreement, the Individual Defendants agreed to certain onerous and preclusive deal protection devices that operate together to make the Buyout a fait accompli and ensure that no competing offers will emerge for the Company.

51. By way of example, Section 1.4 of the Merger Agreement contains an irrevocable Top-Up Option which attempts to circumvent the requirement of a shareholder vote. If Centerbridge does not obtain the minimum number of shares necessary to effectuate the short form merger, then Centerbridge may purchase the number of shares necessary to reach the 90% threshold. The Top-Up Option permits Centerbridge to pursue the merger without a shareholder vote.

52. The Individual Defendants also agreed to an inadequate 30 day “go-shop” period, having already committed to the terms of the Buyout and a termination fee of ranging from over $21 million to $36.5 million to Centerbridge if the Company finds a better deal or in other circumstances.

53. Even if PFCB receives a superior proposal from a third party, the Company is obligated under Section 5.4 of the Merger Agreement to immediately make available to Centerbridge any material non-public information concerning the Company or its subsidiaries that the Company provides to any person given such access that was not previously made available to the Centerbridge.

54. The Merger Agreement also includes a matching-rights provision. Section 5.4(f) of the Merger Agreement provides that PFCB shall give Centerbridge three business days to

 

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match any superior competing offer that PFCB may receive. Specifically, PFCB is required to provide prior written notice to Centerbridge if the Board intends to change its recommendation and permit Centerbridge the opportunity to adjust the terms of the Buyout so that Centerbridge is able to match the terms of any competing offer, prior to the Board approving or recommending any such superior offer.

The Buyout is Designed to Benefit the Company’s Insiders

55. The Company announced on May 1, 2012 that its current management team will continue to run the Company once it becomes a private company upon completion of the Buyout. Thus, Federico, Welborn and Cardwell will continue to be employees of the Company post- Buyout, thereby securing their executive compensation. In 2011, Federico’s total compensation was over $1.1 million; Welborn’s total compensation was over $978,000 and Cardwell’s total compensation was over $706,000. Moreover, Federico, Cardwell and Welborn, had material non-public information regarding the Company’s future prospects and are, thus, unfairly advantaged by participating in the Company’s future when PFCB public shareholders will not.

56. Moreover, upon consummation of the Buyout, defendants Federico, Welborn and Cardwell will receive a significant amount of Golden Parachute compensation. Specifically, Federico stands to receive over $9.4 million, Welborn stands to receive over $5.9 million, and Cardwell stands to receive over $2.2 million.

57. The prospects of future employment and additional compensation have hindered the Company’s insiders from acting in the best interests of the Company’ shareholders.

58. The Individual Defendants have initiated a process to sell the Company, which imposes heightened fiduciary responsibilities on them and requires enhanced scrutiny by the Court. The Individual Defendants owe fundamental fiduciary obligations to the Company’s

 

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shareholders to take all necessary and appropriate steps to maximize the value of their shares in implementing such a transaction.

59. In addition, the Individual Defendants have the responsibility to act independently so that the interests of PFCB shareholders will be protected, and to conduct fair and active bidding procedures and other mechanisms for checking the market to assure that the highest price possible is achieved. Rather than truly shop the Company to the highest bidder, the Individual Defendants have agreed to a go-shop period that is unlikely to generate a reliable post-signing market check in a mere 30-day period, provided that the Company receives an alternative proposal that the Individual Defendants believe may lead to a superior proposal. Following the expiration of the go-shop period, the Company is prohibited from soliciting any proposals and must terminate any discussions with potential acquirers.

60. Having failed to maximize the sale price for the Company, the Individual Defendants have breached the fiduciary duties they owe to the Company’s public shareholders because the Company has been improperly valued and shareholders will not likely receive adequate or fair value for their PFCB common stock in the Buyout.

PFCB Hires a Conflicted Financial Advisor

61. Further compounding the conflicted Board, the Buyout suffers from additional conflicts of interest as a result of the Committee’s chosen financial advisor.

62. Goldman Sachs and its affiliates have had commercial or investment banking relationships with Centerbridge or its affiliates, for which Goldman Sachs and its affiliates have received or expect to receive compensation.

63. According to the 14D-9, Goldman Sachs’ Investment Banking Division were involved in three transactions over the past two years. Indeed, Goldman Sachs served as an

 

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underwriter with respect to the January 2011 initial public offering of BankUnited, Inc., a bank which is co-owned by Centerbridge. Goldman Sachs served as financial advisor to GSI Group, a portfolio company of a Centerbridge affiliate, with respect to its sale in December 2011. Also, affiliates of Goldman Sachs and Centerbridge co-own Kenan Advantage Group, Inc. Goldman Sachs also retained Centerbridge as one of the primary lenders in its acquisition of Hawker Beechcraft, Inc. in 2012.

64. During the two year period ended May 1, 2012, Goldman Sachs received compensation of approximately $14.2 million for services provided to Centerbridge and its affiliates.

65. Goldman Sachs’ lucrative relationship with Centerbridge inhibits its ability to act impartially because a negative review of the Buyout would limit its future prospects with Centerbridge.

The 14D-9 Fails to Disclose Material Information

66. Compounding the flawed sales process and inadequate Buyout Price, the Buyout the 14D-9 fails to provide the Company’s shareholders with material information, thereby precluding PFCB public shareholders from making an informed decision with respect to the Buyout.

67. Most significantly, the defendants fail to disclose in the 14D-9 the unlevered free cash flow projections that were used by Goldman Sachs in its discounted cash flow analysis. The 14D-9 only discloses the levered free cash flow projections that were provided to Goldman Sachs by PFCB management. This information is important to shareholders because it will assist them in understanding why the Buyout Price is at the lower end of the price range determined by Goldman Sachs. Goldman Sachs’ analysis resulted in price per share range of $45.46 to $66.96.

 

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The middle of the price range is $56.21, a price considerably above the Buyout Price. This fact, coupled with the fact that Goldman Sachs treated stock based compensation as a cash expense for purposes of determining unlevered free cash flows, militate in favor of disclosing the unlevered free cash flows used by Goldman Sachs in its discounted cash flow analysis.

68. The defendants also fail to disclose in the 14D-9 all of the members of the independent Committee, and only disclose that Anderson is the Chair of the Committee.

69. The 14D-9 should disclose sufficient information regarding the Company’s threshold negotiation criteria used in selecting the 29 potential acquirers contacted during the go-shop period. The 14D-9 also does not disclose whether Strategic A was contacted during the go-shop period, as it had requested on April 19, 2012.

70. These types of selective omissions of information that do not support the Buyout Price are misleading, preclusive and indicative of a 14D-9 drafted to achieve a desired outcome in favor of the Buyout, rather than provide shareholders with a fair and accurate description of the sales process and the financial advisor’s work.

COUNT I

Claim for Breach of Fiduciary Duties

Against the Individual Defendants

71. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation set forth herein.

72. The Individual Defendants have violated the fiduciary duties owed to the public shareholders of PFCB and have acted to put their personal interests ahead of the interests of PFCB shareholders or acquiesced in those actions by fellow defendants. These defendants have failed to take adequate measures to ensure that the interests of PFCB shareholders are properly protected and have embarked on a process that avoids competitive bidding and provides Centerbridge with an unfair advantage by discouraging other alternative proposals.

 

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73. By the acts, transactions, and courses of conduct alleged herein, these defendants, individually and acting as a part of a common plan, will unfairly deprive Plaintiff and other members of the Class of the true value of their PFCB investment. Plaintiff and other members of the Class will suffer irreparable harm unless the actions of these defendants are enjoined and a fair process is substituted.

74. By reason of the foregoing acts, practices, and courses of conduct, the Individual Defendants have failed to exercise loyalty, due care and diligence in the exercise of their fiduciary obligations toward Plaintiff and the other members of the Class.

75. As a result of the actions of defendants, Plaintiff and the Class have been, and will be, irreparably harmed in that they have not, and will not, receive their fair portion of the value of their PFCB stock and businesses, and will be prevented from obtaining a fair price for their common stock.

76. Unless enjoined by this Court, the Individual Defendants will continue to breach the fiduciary duties owed to Plaintiff and the Class and may consummate the Buyout to the disadvantage of the public shareholders.

77. Plaintiff and members of the Class have no adequate remedy at law. Only through the exercise of this Court’s equitable powers can Plaintiff and the Class be fully protected from the immediate and irreparable injury which these actions threaten to inflict.

COUNT II

Claim Against the Individual Defendants for

Breach of Fiduciary Duty Related to their Disclosures

78. Plaintiffs repeat and reallege each allegation set forth herein.

79. The Individual Defendants have an obligation to disclose all material information in a non-misleading manner and be complete and accurate in their disclosures.

 

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80. The Individual Defendants have caused materially misleading and incomplete information to be disseminated to the Company’s public shareholders. The 14D-9 fails to disclose material information as described herein, including financial information necessary to prevent the statements contained therein from being misleading.

81. Because of defendants’ failure to provide full and fair disclosure, Plaintiff and the Class will be deprived of the opportunity to make an informed decision on whether to tender their shares in the Tender Offer, and thus are damaged thereby.

82. Plaintiff and other members of the Class have no adequate remedy at law. Only through the exercise of the Court’s equitable powers can Plaintiff and the Class be fully protected from immediate and irreparable injury, which defendants’ actions threaten to inflict.

COUNT III

Claim Against Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition for

Aiding and Abetting the Individual Defendants’ Breaches of Fiduciary Duties

83. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation set forth herein.

84. The Individual Defendants breached their fiduciary duties to the PFCB shareholders by the wrongful actions alleged herein.

85. Such breaches of fiduciary duties could not, and would not, have occurred but for the conduct of Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition, which, therefore, aided and abetted such breaches through entering into the Buyout based on the process detailed herein.

86. Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition had knowledge that they were aiding and abetting the Individual Defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties to PFCB shareholders.

87. Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition rendered substantial assistance to the Individual Defendants in their breaches of their fiduciary duties to PFCB shareholders.

 

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88. As a result of Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition’s conduct of aiding and abetting the Individual Defendants’ breaches of fiduciary duties, Plaintiff and the other members of the Class have been, and will be, damaged in that they have been, and will be, prevented from obtaining a fair price for their shares.

89. As a result of the unlawful actions of Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition, Plaintiff and the other members of the Class will be irreparably harmed in that they will be prevented from obtaining the fair value of their equity ownership in the Company. Unless enjoined by the Court, Centerbridge, Wok Parent and Wok Acquisition will continue to aid and abet the Individual Defendants’ breaches of their fiduciary duties owed to Plaintiff and the members of the Class, and will aid and abet a process that inhibits the maximization of shareholder value.

90. Plaintiff and the other members of the Class have no adequate remedy at law. Only through the exercise of this Court’s equitable powers can Plaintiff and the Class be fully protected from immediate and irreparable injury which defendants’ actions threaten to inflict.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff demands judgment and relief, including injunctive relief, in her favor and in favor of the Class, and against the defendants as follows:

A. Certifying this case as a class action, certifying Plaintiff as Class representative and her counsel as Class counsel;

B. Enjoining the defendants and all those acting in concert with them from consummating the Buyout;

C. To the extent that the Buyout is consummated before this Court’s entry of final judgment, rescinding it and setting it aside or awarding rescissory damages;

 

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D. Enjoining the Individual Defendants from initiating any defensive measures that would inhibit their ability to maximize value for PFCB shareholders;

E. Directing defendants to account to Plaintiff and the Class for all damages suffered by them as a result of Defendants’ wrongful conduct alleged herein;

F. Awarding Plaintiff the costs, expenses, and disbursements of this action, including any attorneys’ and experts’ fees and expenses and, if applicable, pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; and

G. Awarding Plaintiff and the Class such other relief as this Court deems just, equitable, and proper.

 

Dated: May 18, 2012

  ROSENTHAL, MONHAIT & GODDESS, P.A.  
  By:  

/s/ Carmella P. Keener

 
   

Carmella P. Keener (Del. Bar No. 2810)

919 N. Market Street, Suite 1401

P.O. Box 1070

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 656-4433

 
    Attorneys for Plaintiff  

 

OF COUNSEL:  

GARDY & NOTIS, LLP

Mark C. Gardy

James S. Notis

Meagan A. Farmer

501 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1408 New York, NY 10017

(212) 905-0509

 

 

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