Free Designation of Record on Appeal - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE --------------------------------------------------------------X In re: ) ) BLAKE OF CHICAGO CORP., et al., ) ) Debtors. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------X MHR CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, MHR ) INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS LP, MHRM ) LP, AND MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC, ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) BLAKE OF CHICAGO CORP., et al., ) f/k/a A.B. DICK COMPANY, et al., AND ) PRESSTEK, INC., ) ) Appellees. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------X

Chapter 11 Case Nos. 04-12002 (RB) (Jointly Administered)

Appeal No. 04-CV-1498 (KAJ)

COUNTER-DESIGNATION OF APPELLEE PRESSTEK. INC. OF ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE RECORD AND STATEMENT OF ISSUES TO BE PRESENTED ON APPEAL Presstek, Inc. ("Presstek"), Appellee herein, by and through its undersigned counsel, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 6(b)(2)(B)(ii), hereby files its Counterdesignation of Items to Included in Record on Appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from the Order of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, dated May 25, 2005, dismissing Appellants appeal as moot, and respectfully represents as follows: COUNTER-STATEMENT OF ISSUES TO BE PRESENTED ON APPEAL 1. Did the District Court err as a matter of law in granting Presstek, Inc's

("Presstek") motion to dismiss the appeal as moot, in its order entered on May 25, 2005?

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Did the District Court err as a matter of law in its determination that the

United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware's (the "Bankruptcy Court") determination, pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m), that Presstek was a good faith purchaser, under the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated July 13, 2004, of substantially all of the assets of the A.B. Dick Company, the A.B. Dick Company of Canada, Ltd, and the capital stock of the A.B. Dick U.K. Limited (collectively, "ABD") and Paragon Holdings Inc., was supported by the evidentiary record? 3. Did the District Court err as a matter of law in holding that Presstek's

alleged bad faith behavior prior to ABD's bankruptcy filing was not a proper consideration in determining whether Presstek was a good faith purchaser pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m), where the bankruptcy auction process was admittedly fair and open? 4. Did the District Court err as a matter of law in holding that the Bankruptcy

Court made sufficient findings of fact to support a determination that Presstek was a good faith purchaser pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 363(m)? Dated: July 14, 2005 MONZACK AND MONACO, P.A _/s/ Joseph J. Bodnar______ Francis A. Monaco, Jr. (#2078) Joseph J. Bodnar (#2512) 1201 Orange Street, Ste. 400 Wilmington, DE 19801 T: (302) 656-8162 [email protected] McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP Stephen B. Selbst Lawrence J. Slattery Gary O. Ravert 50 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 (212) 547-5400 2
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE --------------------------------------------------------------X In re: ) ) BLAKE OF CHICAGO CORP., et al., ) ) Debtors. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------X MHR CAPITAL PARTNERS LP, MHR ) INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS LP, MHRM ) LP, AND MHR FUND MANAGEMENT LLC, ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) BLAKE OF CHICAGO CORP., et al., ) f/k/a A.B. DICK COMPANY, et al., AND ) PRESSTEK, INC., ) ) Appellees. ) ---------------------------------------------------------------X

Chapter 11 Case Nos. 04-12002 (RB) (Jointly Administered)

Appeal No. 04-CV-1498 (KAJ)

CERTIFICATE of SERVICE Jeffrey Schlerf, Esq. GianClaudio Finizio, Esq. The Bayard Firm 222 Delaware Avenue, Ste. 900 Wilmington, DE 19801 F: (302) 658-6395 (Committee Counsel) Federick B. Rosner, Esq. Jaspan Schlesinger Hoffman LLP 1201 Nort h Orange Street, Ste. 1001 Wilmington, DE 19801 F: (302) 351-8010 (Debtors' Counsel) Jeffrey Schwartz, Esq. Benesch Friedlander Coplan & Aronoff LLP 2300 BP Tower, 200 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 3
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David Klauder, Esq. Office of the United States Trustee 844 King Street, 2nd Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 F: (302) 573-6497 Richard Cobb Megan Harper, Esquire Landis Rath & Cobb LLP 919 Market Street, Ste. 600 Wilmington, DE 19801 (MHR) Jami Nimeroff, Esquire Buchanan Ingersoll PC The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Ste. 1110 Wilmington, DE 19801 Robert C. Folland, Esq. Thompson Hine LLP 3900 Key Center 127 Public Square Cleveland, OH 44114 Richard Mason, Esq. McGuire Woods LLP 77 West Wacker Drive Suite 4100 Chicago, IL 60601 Dated: July 15, 2005 MONZACK AND MONACO, P.A __/s/ Joseph J. Bodnar_____ Francis A. Monaco, Jr. (#2078) Joseph J. Bodnar (#2512) 1201 Orange Street, Ste. 400 Wilmington, DE 19801 T: (302) 656-8162 [email protected] McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP Stephen B. Selbst Lawrence J. Slattery Gary O. Ravert 50 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10020 4
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