OTK Associates Obtains Delay of Morgans Hotel Group's Rights Offering
OTK Associates Obtains Delay of Morgans Hotel Group's Rights Offering
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- OTK Associates LLC, the largest stockholder of Morgans Hotel Group Co. (NAS: MHGC) with 13.9% of the outstanding common stock of the company, today commented on the postponement of Morgans' recently announced rights offering and recapitalization plan pending a hearing for a preliminary injunction in Delaware Chancery Court. The hearing is expected to be scheduled before May 15, 2013.
OTK is pleased that the Morgans Hotel Group agreed to delay the rights offering, as OTK had requested in its motion for a temporary restraining order. All shareholders should be deeply troubled by the current board of directors' continued waste of corporate assets to advocate for a coercive and dilutive transaction that OTK believes is invalid. Further, the use of company funds to change sharehholder voting rules and diminish voting rights calls into question this board's fiduciary duties and responsibilities.
OTK looks forward to presenting to the Delaware Chancery Court its case that the company's recapitalization plan is invalid under Delaware law and requesting that the court invalidate the board's decision to retroactively postpone the 2013 annual meeting and reset the corresponding record date.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
STOCKHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SOLICITATION OF PROXIES BY OTK ASSOCIATES, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM THE STOCKHOLDERS OF MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO. FOR USE AT THE 2013 ANNUAL MEETING OF MORGANS HOTEL GROUP CO. WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WHEN COMPLETED, SUCH MATERIALS WILL, ALONG WITH OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS, BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE AT THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV OR BY CONTACTING THE PARTICIPANTS' PROXY SOLICITOR, OKAPI PARTNERS, TOLL FREE AT (877) 869-0171, OR BY EMAIL TO INFO@OKAPIPARTNERS.COM.
INFORMATION RELATING TO THE POTENTIAL PARTICIPANTS IN A POTENTIAL PROXY SOLICITATION IS CONTAINED IN EXHIBIT 1 TO THE SCHEDULE 14A FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 14A-12 FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BY OTK ASSOCIATES, LLC ON APRIL 8, 2013, AS IT MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. THE SCHEDULE 14A AND ANY AMENDMENTS ARE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV.
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212-297-0720
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