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IN THE COURT OF CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE FREDERICK WEISS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ROBERT H. SWANSON, JR., DAVID S. ) LEE, RICHARD M. MOLEY, THOMAS ) S. VOLPE, LEO T. McCARTHY, ) LOTHAR MAIER, PAUL COGHLAN, ) DAVID B. BELL, ROBERT C. DOBKIN, ) DONALD PAULUS, ALEXANDER ) McCANN, ) ) Defendants, ) ) and ) ) LINEAR TECHNOLOGY ) CORPORATION, ) ) Nominal Defendant. )

C.A. No. 2828-VCL

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Submitted: November 28, 2007 Decided: March 7, 2008 Norman M. Monhait, Esquire, Jessica Zeldin, Esquire, ROSENTHAL MONHAIT & GODDESS, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware; Thomas G. Shapiro, Esquire, Edward F. Haber, Esquire, Michelle H. Blauner, Esquire, Robert E. Ditzion, Esquire, Ian McLoughlin, Esquire, SHAPIRO HABER & URMY LLP, Boston, Massachusetts, Attorneys for the Plaintiff. William M. Lafferty, Esquire, John P. DiTomo, Esquire, MORRIS NICHOLS ARSHT & TUNNELL, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Douglas J. Clark, Esquire, Nicole M. Healy, Esquire, Cheryl W. Foung, Esquire, Dominique-Chantale Alepin, Esquire, WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI, P.C., Palo Alto, California, Attorneys for the Nominal Defendant.

David A. Jenkins, Esquire, SMITH KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware; Robert P. Haney, Jr., Esquire, COVINGTON & BURLING LLP, New York, New York; Sonya D. Winner, Esquire, Tammy Albarr

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