Class Action, speciale IPO

Di Pietro Adami - Avvocato in Verona

Nell'ambito della vertenza nota come 'IPO Securities Litigation' è stata recentemente conclusa una (prima) transazione con alcuni dei convenuti; la transazione interessa, nello specifico, i cosiddetti 'Issuer Defendants' (ovvero le 298 società che hanno emesso le azioni oggetto di IPO) e alcuni soggetti / persone fisiche che hanno rivestito ruoli dirigenziali nelle stesse.

Sono esclusi dalla transazione (e nei loro confronti prosegue, quindi, l'azione legale) i cosiddetti 'Underwriter Defendants' ovvero, sostanzialmente, le maggiori istituzioni finanziarie a livello mondiale.

L'ammontare concordato a carico delle parti che hanno ritenuto ad oggi di definire transattivamente le loro posizioni è di US$ 1.000.000.000,00 al lordo dei costi legali ( ammontanti ad oggi ad US$ 38.000.000 circa) e delle legal fees.

Non è previsto, per il momento, alcun riparto, e di conseguenza non vi sono scadenze per il deposito delle Proof of Claim Forms, ancora non disponibili.

La definizione di Class Member (e quindi, dei soggetti che un domani potranno aspirare alla ripartizione di quanto recuperato nell'ambito della class action) è la seguente:

Pur non essendo ad oggi disponibile un piano di riparto particolareggiato, le stime di recupero - sulla base della somma sino ad ora recuperata e quindi suscettibili di successive variazioni, ed a seconda dei diversi titoli interessati - variano da US$ 0,008 ( WEBMD) a US$ 0,427 ( INRANGE TECHNOLOGIES CORP.) per azione.


Di seguito l'elenco dei titoli (e delle società) interessati dal recente Settlement:


724 SOLUTIONS INC
81788Q100, 81788Q209

ACCELERATED NETWORKS INC
00429P107

ACLARA BIOSCIENCES INC
00461P106

AETHER HLDGS INC
00809C106

AETHER SYSTEMS INC
00808V105

AGENCY COM LTD
008447104

AGILE SOFTWARE CORP DEL
00846X105

AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
00846U101

AIRNET COMMUNICATIONS CORP
00941P106, 00941P403

AIRSPAN NETWORKS INC
00950H102

AKAMAI TECHNOLOGIES INC
00971T101

ALAMOSA HLDGS INC
011589108

ALAMOSA PCS HLDGS INC
011593100

ALLOY INC
019855105

ANTIGENICS INC
037031101

ANTIGENICS INC DEL
037032109

APROPOS TECHNOLOGY INC
038334108

ARIBA INC
04033V104, 04033V203

ASHFORD COM INC
044093102

ASIAINFO HLDGS INC
04518A104

ASK JEEVES INC
045174109

AUDIBLE INC
05069A104, 05069A302

AUTOBYTEL INC
05275N106

AUTOWEB COM INC
053331104

AVANEX CORP
05348W109

AVANTGO INC
05349M100

AVENUE A INC
053566105

AVICI SYS INC
05367L109, 05367L802

AXEDA SYS INC
054959101

BACKWEB TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
M15633106

BE FREE INC
073308108

BLUE MARTINI SOFTWARE INC
095698106, 095698502

BOOKHAM INC
09856E105

BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC
09856Q108

BOTTOMLINE TECHNOLOGIES DEL
101388106

BRAUN CONSULTING INC
105651103

BREAKAWAY SOLUTIONS INC
106372105

BROADWING CORP
11161E101

BROCADE COMMUNICATIONS SYS INC
111621108

BSQUARE CORP
11776U102

BUY COM INC
124269101

CACHEFLOW INC
126946102

CALDERA INTL INC
12877Q107, 12877Q206

CALICO COMM INC
129897104

CALIPER LIFE SCIENCES INC
130872104

CALIPER TECHNOLOGIES CORP
130876105

CAPSTONE TURBINE CORP
14067D102

CARRIER1 INTL S A
144500303

CDC CORPORATION
G2022L106

CENTRA SOFTWARE INC
15234X103

CHEMDEX CORP
163595101

CHINA DATACOM CORP
169380102

CHINADOTCOM
G2108N109

CHOICE ONE COMMUNICATIONS INC
17038P104

CHOICEONE FINL SVCS INC
170386106

CHORDIANT SOFTWARE INC
170404107

CLARENT CORP DEL
180461105

CNET INC
125945105

CNET NETWORKS INC
12613R104

COBALT NETWORKS INC
19074R101

COMMERCE ONE INC DEL
200693109, 200693208

COMPUTER LITERACY INC
20520N108

CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES INC
206708109

COPPER MTN NETWORKS INC
217510106, 217510205

CORIO INC
218875102

CORVIS CORP
221009103

COSINE COMMUNICATIONS INC
221222102, 221222607

COVAD COMMUNICATIONS GROUP INC
222814204

CRITICAL PATH INC
22674V100, 22674V506

CYBERSOURCE CORP DEL
23251J106

DALEEN TECHNOLOGIES INC
23437N104

DATA RETURN CORP
23785M104

DECODE GENETICS INC
243586104

DELANO TECHNOLOGY CORP
245701107

DELTATHREE INC
24783N102

DICE INC
25301P107

DIGIMARC CORP
253807101

DIGITAL IMPACT INC DEL
25385G106

DIGITAL INSIGHT CORP
25385P106

DIGITAL IS INC DEL
25385N101

DIGITAL RIV INC
25388B104

DIGITALTHINK INC
25388M100

DIGITAS INC
25388K104

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY SYS CORP
25475V104

DIVERSA CORP
255064107

DOUBLECLICK INC
258609304

DRUGSTORE COM INC
262241102

E PIPHANY INC
26881V100

E-LOAN INC
26861P107

EARTHWEB INC
27032C108

EBENX INC
278668108

EGAIN COMMUNICATIONS CORP
28225C103, 28225C806

El Sitio, Inc.
G30177201

ELOQUENT INC
290140102

ENGAGE INC
292827102

EQUINIX INC
29444U106, 29444U502

ETOYS INC
297862104

EVOLVE SOFTWARE INC
30049P104, 30049P708

EXCHANGE APPLICATIONS INC
300867108, 300867306

EXFO ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGR INC
302043104

EXPEDIA INC
302125109

EXTENSITY INC
302255104

EXTREME NETWORKS INC
30226D106

F5 NETWORKS INC
315616102

FAIRMARKET INC
305158107

FATBRAIN COM INC
311889109

FINISAR CORP
31787A101

FIREPOND INC
318224102, 318224201

FIRSTWORLD COMMUNICATIONS INC
337625305

FLASHNET COMMUNICATIONS INC
338527104

FOCAL COMMUNICATIONS CORP
344155106, 344155205

FOUNDRY NETWORKS INC
35063R100

FREEMARKETS INC
356602102

GADZOOX NETWORKS INC
362555104

GigaMedia Limited
Y2711Y104

GLOBAL CROSSING LTD
37932J202, 37932J301

Global Crossing Ltd.
G3921A100

GLOBESPAN INC
379571102

GOREMOTE INTERNET
382859106

GOTO COM INC
38348T107

GRIC COMMUNICATIONS INC
398081109

GT GROUP TELECOM INC
362359408

HANDSPRING INC
410293104

HEALTHEON / WEBMD CORP
422209106

HIGH SPEED ACCESS CORP
42979U102

HOOVERS INC
439321100

IBASIS INC
450732102

IBEAM BROADCASTING CORP
45073P101, 45073P408

IMANAGE INC
45245Y105

IMMERSION CORP
452521107

IMPSAT FIBER NETWORKS INC
45321T103

INFORMATICA CORP
45666Q102

INFORMAX INC
45677N205

INFORTE CORP
45677R107

INRANGE TECHNOLOGIES CORP
45769V206

INSWEB CORP
45809K103, 45809K202

INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYS INC
45817B103, 45817B301

INTEGRATED TELECOM EXPRESS INC
45817U101

INTERNAP DELAWARE INC
45885A102

INTERNET CAP GROUP INC
46059C106, 46059C205

INTERNET INITIATIVE JAPAN INC
46059T109

INTERSIL CORP
46069S109

INTERTRUST TECHNOLOGIES CORP
46113Q109

INTERWAVE COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
G4911N102, G4911N300

INTERWOVEN INC
46114T102, 46114T508

INTRAWARE INC
46118M103

IPRINT TECHNOLOGIES INC
462628108

ITXC CORP
45069F109

IVILLAGE INC
46588H105

IXL ENTERPRISES INC
450718101

JAZZTEL P L C
47214R152

JNI CORP
46622G105

JUNIPER NETWORKS INC
48203R104

KANA SOFTWARE INC
483600102, 483600300

KEYNOTE SYS INC
493308100

KOREA THRUNET CO LTD
Y49975108, Y49975132, Y49975207

L Q CORP INC
50213T104

LANTE CORP
516540101

LATITUDE COMMUNICATIONS INC
518292107

LEXENT INC
52886Q102

LIBERATE TECHNOLOGIES
530129105

LIONBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES INC
536252109

LIQUID AUDIO INC
53631T102

LOUDEYE TECHNOLOGIES INC
545754103

MANUFACTURERS SVCS LTD
565005105

MARIMBA INC
56781Q109

MARKETWATCH COM INC
570619106

MARTHA STEWART LIVING
573083102

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.
G5876H105

MATRIXONE INC
57685P304

MAXYGEN INC
577776107

MCAFEE COM CORP
579062100

MCDATA CORP
580031102

MCK COMMUNICATIONS INC
581243102

MEDIAPLEX INC
58446B105

MEDICALOGIC / MEDSCAPE INC
584642102

METASOLV INC
59139P104

METASOLV SOFTWARE INC
591393103

METAWAVE COMMUNICATIONS CORP
591409107

MICROTUNE INC DEL
59514P109

MODEM MEDIA INC
607533106

MP3 COM INC
62473M109

MULTEX COM INC
625367107

NAVISITE INC
63935M109, 63935M208

NEOFORMA INC NEW
640475109, 640475505

NET PERCEPTIONS INC
64107U101

NET2000 COMMUNICATIONS INC
64122G103

NET2PHONE INC
64108N106

NETCENTIVES INC
64108P101

NETPLIANCE INC
64115K103

NETRATINGS INC
64116M108

NETRO CORP
64114R109

NETSILICON INC
64115X105

NETSOLVE INC
64115J106

NETWORK ENGINES INC
64121A107

NETWORK PLUS CORP
64122D506

NETZERO INC
64122R109

NEW FOCUS INC
644383101

NEXPRISE INC NEW
65333Q202

NEXT LEVEL COMMUNICATIONS INC
65333U104

NEXTCARD INC
65332K107

NEXTEL PARTNERS INC
65333F107

NIKU CORP
654113109, 654113703

NORTHPOINT COMMUNICATIONS
666610100

NUANCE COMMUNICATIONS
669967101

OMNISKY CORP
68213L103

OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC
682128103

ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP
682189105

ONI SYS CORP
68273F103

ONVIA COM INC
68338T106, 68338T403

ONYX SOFTWARE CORP
683402101, 683402200

OPENTV CORP
G67543101

OPENWAVE SYS INC
683718100, 683718308

OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC
68375Q106

OPTIO SOFTWARE INC
68389J106

ORAPHARMA INC
68554E106

ORATEC INTERVENTIONS INC DEL
68554M108

ORCHID BIOSCIENCES INC
68571P100, 68571P506

ORCHID CELLMARK INC
68573C107

ORGANIC INC
68617E101

OTG SOFTWARE INC
671059103

PAC-WEST TELECOMM INC
69371Y101

PACIFIC INTERNET, LTD.
Y66183107

PACKETEER INC
695210104

PALM INC
696642107, 696642206

PALM INC NEW
696643105

PARADYNE NETWORKS INC
69911G107

PCORDER COM INC
70453H107

PEROT SYS CORP
714265105

PHONE COM INC
71920Q100

PLANETRX COM INC
727049108, 727049405

PORTAL SOFTWARE INC
736126103, 736126301

PREDICTIVE SYS INC
74036W102

PREVIEW SYS INC
741379101

PRICELINE COM INC
741503106, 741503403

PRIMUS KNOWLEDGE SOLUTIONS INC
74163Q100

PRODIGY COMMUNICATIONS CORP
74283P107, 74283P206

PROTON ENERGY SYS INC
74371K101

PSI TECHNOLOGIES HLDGS INC
74438Q109

PURCHASEPRO COM INC
746144104, 746144302

QUEST SOFTWARE INC
74834T103

QUICKLOGIC CORP
74837P108

QUOVADX INC
74913K106


RADIO ONE INC
75040P108

RADIO UNICA COMMUNICATIONS
75040Q106

Radware Ltd.
M81873107

RAVISENT TECHNOLOGIES INC
754440105

RAZORFISH INC
755236106, 755236205

RED HAT INC
756577102

REDBACK NETWORKS INC
757209101

REGENT COMMUNICATIONS INC DEL
758865109

REGISTER COM INC
75914G101

REPEATER TECHNOLOGIES INC
76027U102

RESONATE INC
76115Q104

RETEK INC
76128Q109

RHYTHMS NETCONNECTIONS INC
762430205

ROWECOM INC
77957X108

SABA SOFTWARE INC
784932105, 784932600

SATYAM INFOWAY LTD
804099109

SCG HLDG CORP
783884109

SCIQUEST INC
80908Q107, 80908Q404

SELECTICA INC DEL
816288104

SEQUENOM INC
817337108

SIFY LTD
82655M107

SILICON IMAGE INC
82705T102

SILICON LABORATORIES INC
826919102

SILVERSTREAM SOFTWARE INC
827907106

SIRENZA MICRODEVICES INC
82966T106

SMARTDISK CORP
83169Q105

SMTC CORP
832682108, 832682207

SONICWALL INC
835470105

SONUS NETWORKS INC
835916107

SPANISH BROADCASTING SYS INC
846425882

STAMPS COM INC
852857101, 852857200

STANFORD MICRODEVICES INC
854399102

STARMEDIA NETWORK INC
855546107

STORAGENETWORKS INC
86211E103

STRATOS LIGHTWAVE INC
863100103, 863100202

SUPPORT COM INC
868587106

SWITCHBOARD INC
871045100

SYCAMORE NETWORKS INC
871206108

TALARIAN CORP
874090103

TELAXIS COMMUNICATIONS CORP
879202109

TELECOMMUNICATION SYS INC
87929J103

TELECORP PCS INC
879299105

TELECORP PCS INC NEW
879300101

TENFOLD CORP
88033A103

TERRA NETWORKS S A
88100W103

THEGLOBE COM INC
88335R101

THESTREET COM INC
88368Q103

TIBCO SOFTWARE INC
88632Q103

TICKETMASTER
88633P203

TICKETS COM INC
88633M101, 88633M200

TIPPINGPOINT TECHNOLOGIES INC
888011103

TIVO INC
888706108

TRANSMETA CORP DEL
89376R109

TRINSIC INC
89668P100

TRITON NETWORK SYS INC
896775103

TURNSTONE SYS INC
900423104

TUT SYS INC
901103101

UAXS GLOBAL HLDGS INC
902580109

UNITED PAN-EUROPE
911300200

UNIVERSAL ACCESS GLOBAL HLDGS
91336M204

UNIVERSAL ACCESS INC
913363107

USINTERNETWORKING INC
917311805

UTSTARCOM INC
918076100

VA LINUX SYS INC
91819B105

VALICERT INC
91915Q105

VALLEY MEDIA INC
91972C106

VALUE AMER INC
92038N102

VARIAGENICS INC
922196100

VENTRO CORP
922815105

VERADO HLDGS INC
92335X100

VERTICALNET INC
92532L107, 92532L206

VIA NET WKS INC
925912107

VIADOR INC
92553R108

VIANT CORP
92553N107

VICINITY CORP
925653107

VIGNETTE CORP
926734104, 926734401

VIRAGE INC
92763Q106

VITRIA TECHNOLOGY INC
92849Q104, 92849Q401

VIXEL CORP DEL
928552108

WEBMD CORP
94769M105

WEBMETHODS INC
94768C108

WEBVAN GROUP INC
94845V103

WINK COMMUNICATIONS INC
974168106

WIRELESS FACS INC
97653A103

WOMEN COM NETWORKS INC
978149102

WORLD WRESTLING FEDN ENTMT INC
98156Q108

XCARE NET INC
98388Y101

XPEDIOR INC
98413B100

YDI WIRELESS INC
984215103

Z-TEL TECHNOLOGIES INC
988792107, 988792206

ZIFF-DAVIS INC
989511209