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MENTOR GRAPHICS SAYS IT AGREES WITH QUICKTURN TO ADJOURN
SPECIAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS TO NOVEMBER 24
WILSONVILLE, OR, OCTOBER 27, 1998 -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT)
announced today that Mentor and Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: QKTN)
agreed to the adjournment of the special meeting of Quickturn stockholders
called by Mentor for October 29, 1998 until November 24, 1998.
Under the terms of the parties' agreement, the trial in which Mentor is
challenging the validity of Quickturn's bylaw and poison pill amendments is
scheduled to end tomorrow, October 28, 1998, with post-trial briefs due on
November 3, 1998. A decision by the Court of Chancery on Mentor's claims is
expected shortly thereafter. The parties' agreement provides that the special
meeting of stockholders called by Mentor will convene on October 29, 1998, and
be adjourned until November 24, 1998. No substantive business will be conducted
at the special meeting on October 29, 1998. The record date for the special
meeting called by Mentor will continue to be September 10, 1998.
Dr. Walden C. Rhines, President and Chief Executive Officer of Mentor Graphics,
said: "We are pleased to reach this agreement, and look forward to a favorable
ruling by the Court on the invalidity of Quickturn's anti-takeover tactics, as
well as to the ultimate vote of stockholders on November 24, 1998."
Separately, on October 21, 1998, the United States District Court for the
District of Delaware denied requests by Quickturn and Mentor Graphics for
preliminary injunctions on their respective motions for corrective disclosure.
An additional preliminary injunction hearing in federal court has been scheduled
for November 4, 1998 on Mentor Graphics' motion to require Quickturn to disclose
the analyses underlying its damages claims in the Oregon patent litigation.
As previously announced, the principal purpose of the special meeting is to vote
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on replacing the Quickturn Board of Directors with a slate of independent
directors nominated by Mentor Graphics. If the nominees are elected, Mentor
Graphics expects that, subject to their fiduciary duties to all Quickturn
stockholders, the new directors will take the steps necessary to facilitate the
stockholders' ability to accept Mentor Graphics' $12.125 per share all-cash
offer. Quickturn continues to assert, nevertheless, that the special meeting
date has been conditionally set for January 8, 1999, citing a bylaw that it
purported to adopt after Mentor Graphics' offer was launched on August 12, 1998.
Mentor Graphics' Offer to Purchase and ancillary documents are available on a
Mentor Graphics World Wide Web site at http://www.mentorg.com/file.
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is Salomon Smith Barney. The Information Agent
for the Offer is MacKenzie Partners, Inc., which can be reached toll-free at
800-322-2885 or by collect call at 212-929-5500.
CONTACT: Anne M. Wagner Roy Winnick/Todd Fogarty
Vice President, Marketing Kekst and Company
503/685-1462 212/521-4800
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