Case4:14-cv-02412-JSW Document1 Filed05/23/14 Page1 of 80 1 FRANCIS M. GREGOREK (144785)
[email protected] 2 BETSY C. MANIFOLD (182450)
[email protected] 3 RACHELE R. RICKERT (190634)
[email protected] 4 MARISA C. LIVESAY (223247)
[email protected] 5 WOLF HALDENSTEIN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 6 750 B Street, Suite 2770 San Diego, CA 92101 7 Telephone: 619/239-4599 Facsimile: 619/234-4599 8 Attorneys for Plaintiff 9 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA OAKLAND DIVISION 12 13 BARBARA TEMPLETON, on Behalf of Herself Case No. and All Others Similarly Situated, 14 Plaintiff, CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT FOR 15 v. VIOLATIONS OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT, SELF-DEALING, 16 SAFEWAY INC.; ROBERT L. EDWARDS; T. AND FOR BREACH OF FIDUCIARY GARY ROGERS; WILLIAM Y. TAUSCHER; DUTIES 17 MOHAN GYANI; ARUN SARIN; 18 JANET E. GROVE; FRANK C. HERRINGER; KENNETH W. ODER; GEORGE J. MORROW; 19 AB ACQUISITION LLC; ALBERTSON’S HOLDINGS LLC; 20 ALBERTSON’S LLC; SATURN ACQUISITION MERGER SUB, INC.; and CERBERUS 21 CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L.P., 22 Defendants 23 24 25 26 27 28 CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Case4:14-cv-02412-JSW Document1 Filed05/23/14 Page2 of 80 1 SUMMARY OF THE ACTION 2 1. Plaintiff Barbara Templeton (“Plaintiff”) brings this shareholder class action 3 for herself, and on behalf of all similarly situated holders of Safeway Inc. (“Safeway” or the 4 “Company”) common stock against Safeway, the members of the Company’s Board of Directors 5 (the “Board” or the “Individual Defendants”), AB Acquisition LLC (“AB Acquisition”), 6 Albertson’s Holdings LLC (“Albertson’s Holdings”), Albertson’s LLC (“Albertson’s LLC”), 7 Saturn Acquisition Merger Sub, Inc.