Optium Corp - Additional Proxy Soliciting Materials (definitive) (DEFA14A)
July 24 2008 - 9:00AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED
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SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington,
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SCHEDULE
14A
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Proxy Statement
Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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Preliminary Proxy Statement
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Confidential, for Use of the
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Definitive Proxy Statement
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Definitive Additional Materials
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Soliciting Material Pursuant to §240.14a-12
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OPTIUM
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Persons who are to respond to the collection of information contained
in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently
valid OMB control number.
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Finisar Corporation
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Optium Corporation
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1389 Moffett Park Drive
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200 Precision Road
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Sunnyvale, CA 94089
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Horsham, PA 19044
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www.finisar.com
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www.optium.com
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NEWS RELEASE
Contacts:
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Steve Workman
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Dave Renner
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CFO
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CFO
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Finisar Corporation
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Optium Corporation
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408-548-1000
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267-803-3800
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Victoria McDonald
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Veronica Rosa
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Senior Manager,
Corporate Communications
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Director, Investor and
Public Relations
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Finisar Corporation
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Optium Corporation
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408-542-4261
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267-803-3801
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victoria.mcdonald@finisar.com
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vrosa@optium.com
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Finisar and Optium Set Dates for Stockholder Vote in Connection with
Proposed Business Combination
Sunnyvale,
CA and Horsham, PA (PrimeNewswire) July 24, 2008 Finisar Corporation
(NASDAQ:FNSR) and Optium Corporation (NASDAQ:OPTM)
jointly announced today that
each company will hold a stockholder meeting on August 28, 2008 at which
time their proposed business combination will be presented for approval to
stockholders of record as of July 9, 2008.
The companies are planning to mail the joint proxy statement/prospectus
to their respective stockholders
within the next few
business days.
About Finisar
Finisar
Corporation (Nasdaq: FNSR) is a global technology leader for fiber optic
components and subsystems and network performance test systems. These products
enable high-speed data communications for networking and storage applications
over Gigabit Ethernet Local Area Networks (LANs), Fibre Channel Storage Area
Networks (SANs), and Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) using Fibre Channel, IP,
SAS, SATA and SONET/SDH protocols. The Companys headquarters is in Sunnyvale,
CA, USA. Finisar has approximately 4,500 employees. For more information, visit
http://www.Finisar.com.
About Optium
Optium Corporation (Nasdaq: OPTM) is a leading
designer and manufacturer of high-performance optical subsystems supporting
core to the edge applications for use in telecommunications and cable TV
network systems. Optiums broad suite of optical transport solutions features
fixed and wavelength agile 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transceivers and subsystems,
10Gb/s pluggable transceivers, cable TV trunking and distribution subsystems
and Optiums next generation WSS ROADM product line. Quoted on the NASDAQ
Global Market under the symbol OPTM, Optium is headquartered in Horsham, PA
and has
offices in Waterloo, Australia and Nes Ziona,
Israel. Optium has approximately 400
employees. For more information, visit
http://www.Optium.com.
Important Additional Information
In connection with the
proposed combination of Finisar and Optium, Finisar has filed with the SEC a
Registration Statement on Form S-4 containing a Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus and Optium has filed with the SEC the same Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus. The definitive
Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus will be mailed to the stockholders of Finisar
and Optium within the next few business days.
Each company will also file with the SEC from time to time other
documents relating to the proposed combination.
INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ CAREFULLY THE JOINT
PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AS FILED WITH THE SEC, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED BY
EITHER FINISAR OR OPTIUM WITH THE SEC RELATING TO THE PROPOSED COMBINATION WHEN
THEY ARE FILED, BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PROPOSED COMBINATION.
Copies of the documents
filed with the SEC by Finisar or Optium may be obtained free of charge from the
SEC website maintained at www.sec.gov.
In addition, Finisars SEC filings may be obtained free of charge from
Finisars website (www.Finisar.com) or by calling Finisars Investor Relations
department at 408-542-5050 and Optiums filings may be obtained free of charge
from Optiums website (www.Optium.com) or by calling Optiums Investor
Relations department at 267-803-3801.
Each of Finisar and
Optium, and its respective directors and executive officers, may be deemed to
be participants in the solicitation of proxies from that companys respective
stockholders in connection with the proposed combination. Information about the directors and executive
officers of Finisar (including their respective ownership of Finisar shares)
and the directors and executive officers of Optium (including their respective
ownership of Optium shares) is contained in the Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus
filed with the SEC.
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