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LUBY’S,
INC.
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(Name
of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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STARBOARD
VALUE AND OPPORTUNITY MASTER FUND LTD.
PARCHE,
LLC
RCG
ENTERPRISE, LTD
RCG
STARBOARD ADVISORS, LLC
RAMIUS
CAPITAL GROUP, L.L.C.
C4S
& CO., L.L.C.
PETER
A. COHEN
MORGAN
B. STARK
JEFFREY
M. SOLOMON
THOMAS
W. STRAUSS
STEPHEN
FARRAR
WILLIAM
J. FOX
BRION
G. GRUBE
MATTHEW
Q. PANNEK
JEFFREY
C. SMITH
GAVIN
MOLINELLI
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On
November 30, 2007, Starboard Value
and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd. (“Starboard”), an affiliate of Ramius Capital
Group, L.L.C. (“Ramius Capital”), together with the other participants named
herein, made a definitive filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying GOLD proxy card to be used to
solicit votes for the election of its nominees at the 2008 annual meeting of
shareholders of Luby’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”).
Item
1: On January 7,
2008, Ramius Capital sent the following by electronic mail to Institutional
Shareholder Services and Glass, Lewis & Co.:
CERTAIN
INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS
On
November 30, 2007, Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd., an
affiliate of Ramius Capital Group, L.L.C. (“Ramius Capital”), together with the
other participants named herein, made a definitive filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of a proxy statement and an accompanying GOLD
proxy card to be used to solicit votes for the election of its nominees at
the
2008 annual meeting of shareholders of Luby’s, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”).
RAMIUS
CAPITAL ADVISES ALL SHAREHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY
STATEMENT BECAUSE IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. THE DEFINITIVE
PROXY STATEMENT IS AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE PROXY
SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT
CHARGE UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS'
PROXY SOLICITOR, INNISFREE M&A INCORPORATED, AT ITS TOLL-FREE
NUMBER: (877) 800-5185.
The
participants in the proxy solicitation are Starboard Value and Opportunity
Master Fund Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Starboard”),
Parche, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Parche”), RCG Enterprise,
Ltd, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“RCG Enterprise”), RCG Starboard
Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“RCG Starboard”), Ramius
Capital Group, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“Ramius Capital”),
C4S & Co., L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (“C4S”), Peter A.
Cohen, Morgan B. Stark, Thomas W. Strauss, Jeffrey M. Solomon, Stephen Farrar,
William J. Fox, Brion G. Grube, Matthew Q. Pannek, Jeffrey C. Smith and Gavin
Molinelli (the “Participants”).
As
of
January 7, 2008, Starboard beneficially owned 1,778,616 shares of Common Stock
of the Company and Parche beneficially owned 338,784 shares of Common Stock
of
the Company. As the sole non-managing member of Parche and owner of all economic
interests therein, RCG Enterprise is deemed to beneficially own the 338,784
shares of Common
Stock of the Company owned by Parche. As the investment manager of Starboard
and
the managing member of Parche, RCG Starboard Advisors is deemed to beneficially
own the 1,778,616 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Starboard
and
the 338,784 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche. As the sole
member of RCG Starboard Advisors, Ramius Capital is deemed to beneficially
own
the 1,778,616 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Starboard and
the
338,784 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche. As the managing
member of Ramius Capital, C4S is deemed to beneficially own the 1,778,616 shares
of Common Stock of the Company owned by Starboard and the 338,784 shares of
Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche. As the managing members of C4S,
each of Mr. Cohen, Mr. Stark, Mr. Strauss and Mr. Solomon is deemed to
beneficially own the 1,778,616 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned
by
Starboard and the 338,784 shares of Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche.
Messrs. Cohen, Stark, Strauss and Solomon disclaim beneficial ownership of
such
shares of Common Stock of the Company except to the extent of their pecuniary
interest therein. As members of a “group” for the purposes of Rule 13d-5(b)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, Messrs. Farrar, Fox, Grube,
Pannek, Smith and Molinelli are deemed to beneficially own the 1,778,616 shares
of Common Stock of the Company owned by Starboard and the 338,784 shares of
Common Stock of the Company owned by Parche. Messrs. Farrar, Fox, Grube, Pannek,
Smith and Molinelli each disclaim beneficial ownership of shares of Common
Stock
of the Company that they do not directly own.