0000921895-14-001659.txt : 20140731 0000921895-14-001659.hdr.sgml : 20140731 20140731172713 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000921895-14-001659 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 6 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140731 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140731 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: OPLINK COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001022225 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH APPARATUS [3661] IRS NUMBER: 770411346 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0701 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-60061 FILM NUMBER: 141007273 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 46335 LANDING PKWY CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94538 BUSINESS PHONE: 5109337200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 46335 LANDING PKWY CITY: FREMONT STATE: CA ZIP: 94538 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Engaged Capital LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001559771 IRS NUMBER: 454591052 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 BUSINESS PHONE: 949-734-7900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 610 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE STREET 2: SUITE 250 CITY: NEWPORT BEACH STATE: CA ZIP: 92660 SC 13D/A 1 sc13da109455007_07302014.htm AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE SCHEDULE 13D sc13da109455007_07302014.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
§ 240.13d-2(a)

(Amendment No. 1)1

Oplink Communications, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)

68375Q403
(CUSIP Number)

GLENN W. WELLING
ENGAGED CAPITAL, LLC
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250
Newport Beach, California 92660
(949) 734-7900

J. DANIEL PLANTS
VOCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, California 94111
(415) 489-2600

with a copy to:

STEVE WOLOSKY, ESQ.
OLSHAN FROME WOLOSKY LLP
Park Avenue Tower
65 East 55th Street
New York, New York 10022
(212) 451-2300
MARC WEINGARTEN, ESQ.
SCHULTE ROTH & ZABEL LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 756-2280

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

July 31, 2014
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§ 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box .

Note:  Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits.  See § 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

_______________
1           The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 
 

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
(b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
CAYMAN ISLANDS
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
409,628
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
409,628
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
409,628
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
2.2%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
PN
 
 
2

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
CAYMAN ISLANDS
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
453,840
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
453,840
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
453,840
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
2.5%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
PN
 
 
3

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403
 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital I, LP
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
DELAWARE
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
409,628
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
409,628
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
409,628
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
2.2%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
PN
 
 
4

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403
 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd.
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
CAYMAN ISLANDS
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
409,628
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
409,628
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
409,628
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
2.2%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
CO
 
 
5

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403
 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital II, LP
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2€ [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
DELAWARE
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
453,840
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
453,840
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
453,840
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
2.5%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
PN
 
 
6

 
 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital, LLC
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
DELAWARE
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
863,468
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
863,468
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
863,468
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
4.7%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
OO
 
 
7

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403
 
1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
DELAWARE
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
863,468
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
863,468
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
863,468
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
4.7%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
OO

 
8

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Glenn W. Welling
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
USA
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
863,468
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
863,468
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
863,468
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
4.7%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
IN
 
 
9

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Voce Capital Management LLC
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
CALIFORNIA
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
291,850
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
291,850
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
291,850
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
1.6%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
OO
 
 
10

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Voce Capital LLC
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
DELAWARE
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
291,850
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
291,850
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
291,850
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
1.6%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
OO
 
 
11

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
J. Daniel Plants
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
OO
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
USA
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
291,850
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
291,850
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
291,850
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
1.6%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
IN
 
 
12

CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

1
NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS
 
Jeffrey S. McCreary
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*(a) [X]
 (b) [  ]
3
SEC USE ONLY
 
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS
PF
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) OR 2(e) [  ]
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 
USA
NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
 
5,000
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
 
- 0 -
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
5,000
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
 
- 0 -
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 
5,000
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES [  ]
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
 
Less than 1%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
 
IN

 
13

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The following constitutes Amendment No. 1 to the Schedule 13D filed by the undersigned (“Amendment No. 1”).  This Amendment No. 1 amends the Schedule 13D as specifically set forth herein.

Item 2.
Identity and Background.
 
 
Item 2 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
 
(a)           This statement is filed by:
 
 
(i)
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Engaged Capital Master I”), with respect to the Shares directly and beneficially owned by it;
 
 
(ii)
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (“Engaged Capital Master II”), with respect to the Shares directly and beneficially owned by it;
 
 
(iii)
Engaged Capital I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Engaged Capital I”), as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master I;
 
 
(iv)
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Engaged Capital Offshore”), as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master I;
 
 
(v)
Engaged Capital II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Engaged Capital II”), as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master II;
 
 
(vi)
Engaged Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Engaged Capital”), as the general partner and investment advisor of each of Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II;
 
 
(vii)
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Engaged Holdings”), as the managing member of Engaged Capital;
 
 
(viii)
Glenn W. Welling, as the managing member and Chief Investment Officer (“CIO”) of Engaged Capital and the sole member of Engaged Holdings;
 
 
(ix)
Voce Capital Management LLC, a California limited liability company (“Voce Capital Management”), with respect to the Shares beneficially owned by it;
 
 
(x)
Voce Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Voce Capital”), as the sole managing member of Voce Capital Management;
 
 
(xi)
J. Daniel Plants, as the sole managing member of Voce Capital; and
 
 
(xii)
Jeffrey S. McCreary.
 

 
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Each of the foregoing is referred to as a “Reporting Person” and collectively as the “Reporting Persons.”  Each of the Reporting Persons is party to that certain Joint Filing Agreement and Joinder Agreement thereto, as further described in Item 6.  Accordingly, the Reporting Persons are hereby filing a joint Schedule 13D.
 
(b)           The address of the principal office of each of Engaged Capital Master I, Engaged Capital Master II and Engaged Capital Offshore is c/o Codan Trust Company (Cayman) Ltd., Cricket Square, Hutchins Drive, P.O. Box 2681, Grand Cayman KY1-1111, Cayman Islands.  The address of the principal office of each of Engaged Capital I, Engaged Capital II, Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling is 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250, Newport Beach, California 92660. The officers and directors of Engaged Capital Offshore and their principal occupations and business addresses are set forth on Schedule A to the Schedule 13D and are incorporated by reference in this Item 2. The address of the principal office of each of Voce Capital Management, Voce Capital and Mr. Plants is 600 Montgomery Street, Suite 210, San Francisco, California 94111. The address of the principal office of Mr. McCreary is 21 Ridgetop Circle, Sante Fe, New Mexico 87506.
 
(c)           The principal business of each of Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II is investing in securities.  Each of Engaged Capital I and Engaged Capital Offshore is a private investment partnership that serves as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master I.  Engaged Capital II is a private investment partnership that serves as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master II.  Engaged Capital is a registered investment advisor and serves as the investment adviser to each of Engaged Capital Master I, Engaged Capital Master II, Engaged Capital I, Engaged Capital Offshore and Engaged Capital II. Engaged Capital is also the general partner of each of Engaged Capital Master I, Engaged Capital Master II, Engaged Capital I, and Engaged Capital II. Engaged Holdings serves as the managing member of Engaged Capital.  Mr. Welling is the Founder, Managing Member and CIO of Engaged Capital, the sole member of Engaged Holdings and a director of Engaged Capital Offshore. The principal business of Voce Capital Management is investing for funds and accounts under its management. The principal business of Voce Capital is serving as the sole managing member of Voce Capital Management. Mr. Plants is the sole managing member of Voce Capital. Mr. McCreary is an independent management consultant.
 
(d)           No Reporting Person, nor any person listed on Schedule A to the Schedule 13D has, during the last five years, been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).
 
(e)           No Reporting Person, nor any person listed on Schedule A to the Schedule 13D has, during the last five years, been party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
 
(f)           Engaged Capital Master I, Engaged Capital Master II and Engaged Capital Offshore are organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands.  Engaged Capital I, Engaged Capital II, Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Voce Capital are organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Voce Capital Management is organized under the laws of the State of California.  Messrs. Welling, Plants and McCreary are citizens of the United States of America.  The citizenship of the persons listed on Schedule A to the Schedule 13D is set forth therein.
 
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
 
Item 3 is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
 

 
15

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The Shares purchased by each of Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II were purchased with working capital (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases, except as otherwise noted, as set forth in Schedule B, which is incorporated by reference herein. The aggregate purchase price of the 409,628 Shares beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master I is approximately $6,865,120, excluding brokerage commissions.  The aggregate purchase price of the 453,840 Shares beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master II is approximately $7,667,309, excluding brokerage commissions.
 
The Shares beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management were purchased with working capital (which may, at any given time, include margin loans made by brokerage firms in the ordinary course of business) in open market purchases, except as otherwise noted, as set forth in Schedule B, which is incorporated by reference herein. The aggregate purchase price of the 291,850 Shares beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management is approximately $4,940,746, excluding brokerage commissions.
 
The Shares purchased by Mr. McCreary were purchased in the open market with personal funds.  The aggregate purchase price of the 5,000 Shares owned directly by Mr. McCreary is approximately $91,529, excluding brokerage commissions.
 
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction.
 
Item 4 is hereby amended to add the following:
 
On July 31, 2014, Engaged Capital, Voce Capital Management and certain of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Oplink Shareholders for Change” or “OSC”) delivered a letter to the Issuer nominating Jeffrey S. McCreary and J. Daniel Plants (the “Nominees”) for election to the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the “Board”) at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders (the “2014 Annual Meeting”).
 
Also on July 31, 2014, OSC issued a press release announcing its nomination of the Nominees for election to the Board at the 2014 Annual Meeting. In the press release, OSC outlined its position that the Issuer’s recently announced initiatives acknowledge glaring strategic, capital allocation and governance issues previously raised by OSC, but fail to deliver a comprehensive plan for shareholders. OSC urged the Issuer to end financial support of Oplink Connected and commit to quickly and efficiently return excess capital to shareholders. The press release concluded with OSC’s stated conviction that the current Board lacks the independence and skills necessary to execute the announced initiatives and will greatly benefit from the addition of the Nominees who possess the strategic, financial, and operational skills and experience the Board urgently requires.
 
The foregoing description of the press release is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the press release, which is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
 
Items 5(a) – (c) are hereby amended and restated to read as follows:
 
(a)           The aggregate percentage of Shares reported owned by each person named herein is based upon 18,504,373 Shares outstanding as of April 27, 2014, which is the total number of Shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 9, 2014.
 
As of the close of business on July 30, 2014, Engaged Capital Master I beneficially owned 409,628 Shares, constituting approximately 2.2% of the Shares outstanding. Each of Engaged Capital I and Engaged Capital Offshore, as feeder funds of Engaged Capital Master I, may be deemed to beneficially own the 409,628 Shares owned by Engaged Capital Master I, constituting approximately 2.2% of the Shares outstanding.
 
As of the close of business on July 30, 2014, Engaged Capital Master II beneficially owned 453,840 Shares, constituting approximately 2.5% of the Shares outstanding.  Engaged Capital II, as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master II, may be deemed to beneficially own the 453,840 Shares owned by Engaged Capital Master II, constituting approximately 2.5% of the Shares outstanding.
 

 
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CUSIP NO. 68375Q403

Engaged Capital, as the general partner and investment adviser of Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 Shares owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II, constituting approximately 4.7% of the Shares outstanding.  Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 Shares owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II, constituting approximately 4.7% of the Shares outstanding.  Mr. Welling, as the managing member and CIO of Engaged Capital and sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 Shares owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II, constituting approximately 4.7% of the Shares outstanding.
 
As of the close of business on July 30, 2014, Voce Capital Management beneficially owned 291,850 Shares, constituting approximately 1.6% of the Shares outstanding. Voce Capital, as the sole managing member of Voce Capital Management, may be deemed to beneficially own the 291,850 Shares beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management, constituting approximately 1.6% of the Shares outstanding.  Mr. Plants, as the sole managing member of Voce Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the 291,850 Shares beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management, constituting approximately 1.6% of the Shares outstanding.
 
As of the close of business on July 30, 2014, Mr. McCreary directly owned 5,000 Shares, constituting less than 1% of the Shares outstanding.
 
As of the close of business on July 30, 2014, the Reporting Persons collectively beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,160,318 Shares, constituting approximately 6.3% of the Shares outstanding.
 
Each Reporting Person, as a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons for the purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares directly owned by the other Reporting Persons.  Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
 
(b)           By virtue of their respective positions with Engaged Capital Master I, each of Engaged Capital I, Engaged Capital Offshore, Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported owned by Engaged Capital Master I.
 
By virtue of their respective positions with Engaged Capital Master II, each of Engaged Capital II, Engaged Capital, Engaged Holdings and Mr. Welling may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported owned by Engaged Capital Master II.
 
By virtue of their respective positions with Voce Capital Management, each of Voce Capital and Mr. Plants may be deemed to have sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares reported beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management.
 
Mr. McCreary has the sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares he directly owns.
 
(c)           Schedule A annexed hereto lists all transactions in securities of the Issuer by the Reporting Persons since the filing of the Schedule 13D.
 
 
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Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
 
Item 6 is hereby amended to add the following:
 
On July 30, 2014, Mr. McCreary entered into a Joinder Agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) to the Joint Filing Agreement, as defined and described in the Schedule 13D, pursuant to which Mr. McCreary agreed to be bound by the terms and conditions set forth therein, including, among other things, the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D, and any amendments thereto, with respect to the securities of the Issuer.  A copy of the Joinder Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Pursuant to letter agreements, OSC has agreed to indemnify each of Messrs. McCreary and Plants against any and all claims of any nature arising from the solicitation of proxies at the 2014 Annual Meeting and any related transactions.  Copies of such indemnification letter agreements are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.3 and Exhibit 99.4 and are incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 7.
Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
 
 
Item 7 is hereby amended to add the following exhibits:
 
 
99.1
Press Release, dated July 31, 2014.
 
 
99.2
Joinder Agreement by and among Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP, Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP, Engaged Capital I, LP, Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd., Engaged Capital II, LP, Engaged Capital, LLC, Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC, Glenn W. Welling, Voce Capital Management LLC, Voce Capital LLC, J. Daniel Plants and Jeffrey S. McCreary, dated July 30, 2014.
 
 
99.3
Indemnification Agreement, Jeffrey S. McCreary.
 
 
99.4
Indemnification Agreement, J. Daniel Plants.
 
 
99.5
Power of Attorney.
 

 
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SIGNATURES
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
 
Dated:  July 31, 2014

 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer


 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP
   
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer


 
Engaged Capital I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer


 
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd.
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Director
 
 
 

 
 

 
Engaged Capital II, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer


 
Engaged Capital, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer


 
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Sole Member


 
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
 
GLENN W. WELLING
Individually and as attorney-in-fact for Jeffrey S. McCreary
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Voce Capital Management LLC
     
 
By:
Voce Capital LLC
Managing Member
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member
 

 
Voce Capital LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member


 
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
 
J. Daniel Plants

 
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SCHEDULE A
 
Transactions in Securities of the Issuer Since the Filing of the Schedule 13D
 

Nature of the Transaction
Securities
Purchased/(Sold)
Price Per
Share($)
Date of
Purchase / Sale

JEFFREY S. MCCREARY

Purchase of Common Stock
5,000
 
18.3058
07/29/2014


EX-99.1 2 ex991to13da109455007_073014.htm PRESS RELEASE, DATED JULY 31, 2014 ex991to13da109455007_073014.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
OPLINK SHAREHOLDERS FOR CHANGE (OSC) NOMINATE TWO HIGHLY-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS FOR OPLINK BOARD

·
Oplink’s announced initiatives acknowledge glaring strategic, capital allocation and governance issues raised by OSC but fail to deliver a comprehensive plan for shareholders.

·
Oplink must end financial support of Oplink Connected and commit to quickly and efficiently return excess capital to shareholders.

·
Current Oplink Board lacks independence and skills necessary to execute upon announced initiatives.

July 31, 2014 -- NEWPORT BEACH and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. /BusinessWire/ Oplink Shareholders for Change (“OSC”), a group led by Engaged Capital, LLC (“Engaged Capital”) and Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce Capital”), who collectively own approximately 6.2% of the outstanding shares of Oplink Communications Inc. (“Oplink” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:OPLK), announced today that they have nominated two independent, highly-qualified individuals (the “Nominees”) for election to the board of directors (the “Board”) of Oplink in connection with the upcoming annual meeting of shareholders (the “Meeting”).

“Oplink’s announcement of initiatives to enhance shareholder value appears to be a thinly-veiled attempt to placate shareholders who have demanded a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to capital allocation, strategic focus, and meaningful governance reform,” said Glenn W. Welling, Chief Investment Officer of Engaged Capital.  “The timing of these sudden announcements – two weeks after the filing of our 13D and just days before the director nomination deadline – speaks for itself.”

“While we are pleased that the Board has finally recognized that it must seek strategic alternatives for Oplink Connected, return capital to shareholders and recruit independent directors, the Board’s patchwork approach to addressing these issues betrays a superficial understanding of how to effectively execute these initiatives. The arbitrary increase in the existing share repurchase authorization and the initiation of a quarterly dividend, rather than considering other alternatives to efficiently return capital to shareholders, underscore the Board’s lack of sophistication and inability to execute.” continued Mr. Welling.

J. Daniel Plants, Managing Partner of Voce Capital, stated:  “Oplink’s corporate governance is abysmal.  Its five-member Board is marred by over-tenured directors and is riddled with conflicts of interest and an absence of independence from one another and from management.  The current directors also lack the necessary qualifications to set the Company’s strategic agenda or the willingness to hold management accountable for its execution. The decision to waste what we estimate to be almost $25 million of shareholder capital in the last two years on the CEO’s “Oplink Connected” project is a prime example of these failings.”

OSC notes that Oplink’s “lead independent director” is a co-founder of the Company, a close business associate of the CEO and has served on the Board since inception (19 years).

 “Management has been inconsistent regarding its intentions with respect to the ultimate disposition of the “Oplink Connected” division as well as its willingness to make appropriate changes to the Company’s Board, including the addition of shareholder representation.  We also fear that, left unchecked, this Board may be tempted again to divert capital towards other non-core “growth” initiatives.  We are therefore taking action to ensure that shareholder interests are directly represented.”
 
 
 

 
 
OSC has nominated two highly-qualified individuals for the Board of Oplink. The Nominees will contribute the strategic, financial, and operational skills and experience that the Board urgently requires.  The Oplink Shareholders for Change Nominees are:

Jeffrey S. McCreary, age 57, has been an independent management consultant since 2006 and a member of the board of directors of Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDTI) (“Integrated Device Technology”) since June 2012. Mr. McCreary served as the Interim President and CEO of Integrated Device Technology from August 2013 to January 2014, and previously served as a member of its Audit and Nominating & Governance Committees. Mr. McCreary has also served as a director of the Isola Group, a provider of materials used to manufacture printed circuit boards, since 2006. From December 2011 until its acquisition by Imagination Technologies Group plc in February 2013, Mr. McCreary served as a director of  MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIPS), a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital home, networking and mobile applications. Mr. McCreary served as a board member of the Gennum Corporation, a provider of semiconductor solutions and intellectual property cores, from 2008 until its acquisition by Semtech Corporation in March 2012.  Mr. McCreary is a former Senior Vice President at Texas Instruments, which develops analog, digital signal processing RF and DLP semiconductor technologies.  Mr. McCreary was the Manager of Texas Instruments’ Worldwide Sales and Marketing, from 1998 through 2005, where he directed the global sales organization and was responsible for $12 billion dollars in revenue. Mr. McCreary held a variety of other executive positions within Texas Instruments, including the General Manager of Advanced Logic Products and General Manager of Worldwide Military Semiconductors. Mr. McCreary has led organizations conducting product design and development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales. His book, “Creating the I in Team” was published in 2007.  He is also currently working as a special consultant to the National Hockey League (NHL) Coaches Association.  Additionally, Mr. McCreary is a long-time member of the Board of Trustees of the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.  Mr. McCreary holds a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and received an honorary doctorate in engineering from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 2004.    The Nominating Persons believe that Mr. McCreary’s deep industry expertise in the technology sector, experience leading technology companies both in a senior executive capacity and as a director and his knowledge of public company governance matters from his years of service on the boards of numerous enterprises, will make him a valuable addition to the Board.
 
J. Daniel Plants, age 47, has been the Managing Partner of Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce Capital Management”) since founding the firm in 2009. Prior to founding Voce Capital Management, he served as a Managing Director and Head of Communications Technology and Media for Needham & Company LLC, an investment banking and asset management firm focused on small-capitalization companies, from July 2007 through May 2009. Prior to then, Mr. Plants held a number of positions at leading Wall Street firms, including executive positions in investment banking at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase and as a corporate attorney with Sullivan & Cromwell. He has previously served as a director of Volunteers of America – Greater New York from 2002 until 2005 and the Bay Area Urban Debate League, which he co-founded and where he served as Vice Chairman, from 2008 until 2012.   The Nominating Persons believe that Mr. Plants’ career in telecom/technology investment banking and principal investing as well as his experience with corporate governance and strategic transactions make him well-qualified to serve as a director of the Company.
 
 
 

 
 
CERTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS

Engaged Capital, LLC and Voce Capital Management LLC, together with the other members of the Oplink Shareholders for Change and the participants named herein, intend to file a preliminary proxy statement and accompanying proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used to solicit votes for the election of their slate of two highly-qualified director nominees at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of Oplink Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

OPLINK SHAREHOLDERS FOR CHANGE STRONGLY ADVISE ALL STOCKHOLDERS OF THE COMPANY TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER PROXY MATERIALS AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION. SUCH PROXY MATERIALS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE ON THE SEC’S WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SEC.GOV. IN ADDITION, THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS PROXY SOLICITATION WILL PROVIDE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT WITHOUT CHARGE, WHEN AVAILABLE, UPON REQUEST. REQUESTS FOR COPIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE PARTICIPANTS’ PROXY SOLICITOR.

The participants in the proxy solicitation are Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP (“Engaged Capital Master I”), Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP (“Engaged Capital Master II”), Engaged Capital I, LP (“Engaged Capital I”), Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd. (“Engaged Capital Offshore”), Engaged Capital II, LP (“Engaged Capital II”), Engaged Capital, LLC (“Engaged Capital”), Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC (“Engaged Holdings”), Glenn W. Welling, Voce Catalyst Partners LP (“Voce Catalyst Partners”), Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce Capital Management”), Voce Capital LLC (“Voce Capital”), J. Daniel Plants and Jeffrey S. McCreary (collectively, the “Participants”).

As of the date hereof, Engaged Capital Master I beneficially owned 409,628 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, Engaged Capital Master II beneficially owned 453,840 shares of Common Stock. Engaged Capital I, as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master I, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 409,628 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master I. Engaged Capital Offshore, as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master I, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 409,628 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master I. Engaged Capital II, as a feeder fund of Engaged Capital Master II, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 453,840 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master II. Engaged Capital, as the investment adviser to each of Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II. Engaged Holdings, as the managing member of Engaged Capital, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II. Mr. Welling, as the founder and chief investment officer of Engaged Capital and the sole member of Engaged Holdings, may be deemed to beneficially own the 863,468 shares of Common Stock owned in the aggregate by Engaged Capital Master I and Engaged Capital Master II. As of the date hereof, Voce Catalyst Partners directly owned 175,528 shares of Common Stock. As of the date hereof, Voce Capital Management beneficially owned 291,850 shares of Common Stock (including 175,528 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Voce Catalyst Partners). Voce Capital, as the sole managing member of Voce Capital Management, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 291,850 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Voce Capital Management. Mr. Plants, as the sole managing member of Voce Capital, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the 291,850 shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by Voce Capital. As of the date hereof, Mr. McCreary directly owned 5,000 shares of Common Stock.
 
 
 

 
 
About Engaged Capital:

Engaged Capital, LLC, (“Engaged Capital”) was established in 2012 by a group of professionals with significant experience in activist investing in North America and was seeded by Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P., one of the oldest and largest global alternative investment managers. Engaged Capital is a limited liability company owned by its principals and formed to create long-term shareholder value by bringing an owner’s perspective to the managements and boards of undervalued public companies. Engaged Capital manages both a long-only and long/short North American equity fund. Engaged Capital’s efforts and resources are dedicated to a single investment style, “Constructive Activism” with a focus on delivering superior, long-term, risk-adjusted returns for investors. Engaged Capital is based in Newport Beach, California.

About Voce Capital Management:

Voce Capital Management LLC (“Voce”) is an employee-owned investment manager and the advisor to Voce Catalyst Partners LP, a private investment partnership.  Voce employs a value-driven, governance-focused investment strategy and is based in San Francisco, California.

CONTACT

Media:
Bayfield Strategy, Inc.
Riyaz Lalani
416-907-9365
rlalani@bayfieldstrategy.com
 
EX-99.2 3 ex992to13da109455007_073014.htm JOINDER AGREEMENT, DATED JULY 30, 2014 ex992to13da109455007_073014.htm
Exhibit 99.2

 
JOINDER AGREEMENT
 
This JOINDER AGREEMENT (the “Joinder”) is dated as of July 30, 2014 by and among Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP, Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP, Engaged Capital I, LP, Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd, Engaged Capital II, LP, Engaged Capital, LLC, Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC, Glenn W. Welling, Voce Capital LLC, Voce Capital Management LLC and J. Daniel Plants (collectively, the “Existing Members”) and Jeffrey S. McCreary (the “New Member”).
 
WHEREAS, the Existing Members are parties to that certain Joint Filing Agreement dated as of July 11, 2014 (the “Agreement”), pursuant to which the Existing Members formed a “group” (as contemplated by Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) for the purpose of (i) engaging in discussions with Oplink Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), regarding operating results, cost and capital allocation, opportunities to enhance stockholder value and corporate governance, (ii) taking all other action necessary to achieve the foregoing and (iii) taking any other actions the group determines to undertake in connection with their respective investment in the Company; and
 
WHEREAS, the New Member desires to join the group formed by the Existing Members.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements of the parties herein contained, the parties hereby agree as follows:
 
1. Effective immediately, the New Member is joined as a party to the Agreement.
 
2. The New Member agrees to be bound by the terms of the Agreement, including the obligations of a member of the Group (as defined in the Agreement), the terms of which are incorporated herein and made a part hereof.
 
3. This Joinder may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument, which may be sufficiently evidenced by one counterpart.
 
[Signatures appear on next page]
 

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP
   
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
Engaged Capital I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd.
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Director
 
 
Engaged Capital II, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
 

 
 
 
Engaged Capital, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Sole Member
 
 
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
 
Glenn W. Welling

 

 
Voce Capital Management LLC
     
 
By:
Voce Capital LLC
Managing Member
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member
 
 
Voce Capital LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member
 
 
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
 
J. Daniel Plants


 
/s/ Jeffrey S. McCreary
 
JEFFREY S. MCCREARY

EX-99.3 4 ex993to13da109455007_073014.htm INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, JEFFREY S. MCCREARY ex993to13da109455007_073014.htm
Exhibit 99.3
 
ENGAGED CAPITAL, LLC
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250
Newport Beach, California 92660
VOCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, California 94111

 
July 30, 2014
 


Re:                           Oplink Communications, Inc.
 
Dear Mr. McCreary:

Thank you for agreeing to serve as a nominee for election to the Board of Directors of Oplink Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the proxy solicitation that Engaged Capital, LLC and Voce Capital Management LLC, together with certain of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Stockholder Group”), is considering undertaking to nominate and elect directors at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, or any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof (the “Stockholder Group Solicitation”).  Your outstanding qualifications, we believe, will prove a valuable asset to the Company and all of its stockholders.  This letter (“Agreement”) will set forth the terms of our agreement.
 
The members of the Stockholder Group agree to jointly and severally indemnify and hold you harmless against any and all claims of any nature, whenever brought, arising from the Stockholder Group Solicitation and any related transactions, irrespective of the outcome; provided, however, that you will not be entitled to indemnification for claims arising from your gross negligence, willful misconduct, intentional and material violations of law, criminal actions or material breach of the terms of this agreement; provided further, that upon your becoming a director of the Company, this indemnification shall not apply to any claims made against you in your capacity as a director of the Company.  This indemnification will include any and all losses, liabilities, damages, demands, claims, suits, actions, judgments, or causes of action, assessments, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitration action, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation asserted against, resulting, imposed upon, or incurred or suffered by you, directly or indirectly, as a result of or arising from the Stockholder Group Solicitation and any related transactions (each, a “Loss”).
 
In the event of a claim against you pursuant to the prior paragraph or the occurrence of a Loss, you shall give the Stockholder Group prompt written notice of such claim or Loss (provided that failure to promptly notify the Stockholder Group shall not relieve us from any liability which we may have on account of this Agreement, except to the extent we shall have been materially prejudiced by such failure).  Upon receipt of such written notice, the Stockholder Group will provide you with counsel to represent you.  Such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to you.  In addition, you will be reimbursed promptly for all Losses suffered by you and as incurred as provided herein.  The Stockholder Group may not enter into any settlement of loss or claim without your consent unless such settlement includes a release of you from any and all liability in respect of such claim.
 
You hereby agree to keep confidential and not disclose to any party, without the consent of the Stockholder Group, any confidential, proprietary or non-public information (collectively, “Information”) of the Stockholder Group, its affiliates or members of its Schedule 13D group which you have heretofore obtained or may obtain in connection with your service as a nominee hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Information shall not include any information that is publicly disclosed by the Stockholder Group, its affiliates or members of its Schedule 13D group or any information that you can demonstrate is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on your part, otherwise generally known to the public.


 
 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are required by applicable law, rule, regulation or legal process to disclose any Information you may do so provided that you first promptly notify the Stockholder Group so that the Stockholder Group or any member thereof may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or, in the Stockholder Group’s sole discretion, waive compliance with the terms of this Agreement.  In the event that no such protective order or other remedy is obtained or the Stockholder Group does not waive compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you may consult with counsel at the cost of the Stockholder Group and you may furnish only that portion of the Information which you are advised by counsel is legally required to be so disclosed and you will request that the party(ies) receiving such Information maintain it as confidential.

All Information, all copies thereof, and any studies, notes, records, analysis, compilations or other documents prepared by you containing such Information, shall be and remain the property of the Stockholder Group and, upon the request of a representative of the Stockholder Group, all such information shall be returned or, at the Stockholder Group’s option, destroyed by you, with such destruction confirmed by you to the Stockholder Group in writing.

This letter agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of the conflicts of laws thereof.
 

 
*              *              *

 
 

 

 
If you agree to the foregoing terms, please sign below to indicate your acceptance.
 
   Very truly yours,
   
   
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP
   
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd.
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Director

 
Engaged Capital II, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Engaged Capital, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Sole Member

 
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
 
Glenn W. Welling



 
Voce Capital Management LLC
     
 
By:
Voce Capital LLC
Managing Member
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member

 
Voce Capital LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member

 
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
 
J. Daniel Plants




ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
 
/s/ Jeffrey S. McCreary
JEFFREY S. MCCREARY

 
EX-99.4 5 ex994to13da109455007_073014.htm INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT, J. DANIEL PLANTS ex994to13da109455007_073014.htm
Exhibit 99.4
 
ENGAGED CAPITAL, LLC
610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 250
Newport Beach, California 92660
VOCE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
600 Montgomery Street, Suite 210
San Francisco, California 94111
 
 
July 30, 2014
 


Re:                           Oplink Communications, Inc.
 
Dear Mr. Plants:

Thank you for agreeing to serve as a nominee for election to the Board of Directors of Oplink Communications, Inc. (the “Company”) in connection with the proxy solicitation that Engaged Capital, LLC and Voce Capital Management LLC, together with certain of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Stockholder Group”), is considering undertaking to nominate and elect directors at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting of stockholders, or any other meeting of stockholders held in lieu thereof, and any adjournments, postponements, reschedulings or continuations thereof (the “Stockholder Group Solicitation”).  Your outstanding qualifications, we believe, will prove a valuable asset to the Company and all of its stockholders.  This letter (“Agreement”) will set forth the terms of our agreement.
 
The members of the Stockholder Group agree to jointly and severally indemnify and hold you harmless against any and all claims of any nature, whenever brought, arising from the Stockholder Group Solicitation and any related transactions, irrespective of the outcome; provided, however, that you will not be entitled to indemnification for claims arising from your gross negligence, willful misconduct, intentional and material violations of law, criminal actions or material breach of the terms of this agreement; provided further, that upon your becoming a director of the Company, this indemnification shall not apply to any claims made against you in your capacity as a director of the Company.  This indemnification will include any and all losses, liabilities, damages, demands, claims, suits, actions, judgments, or causes of action, assessments, costs and expenses, including, without limitation, interest, penalties, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and any and all reasonable costs and expenses incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, any civil, criminal, administrative or arbitration action, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation asserted against, resulting, imposed upon, or incurred or suffered by you, directly or indirectly, as a result of or arising from the Stockholder Group Solicitation and any related transactions (each, a “Loss”).
 
In the event of a claim against you pursuant to the prior paragraph or the occurrence of a Loss, you shall give the Stockholder Group prompt written notice of such claim or Loss (provided that failure to promptly notify the Stockholder Group shall not relieve us from any liability which we may have on account of this Agreement, except to the extent we shall have been materially prejudiced by such failure).  Upon receipt of such written notice, the Stockholder Group will provide you with counsel to represent you.  Such counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to you.  In addition, you will be reimbursed promptly for all Losses suffered by you and as incurred as provided herein.  The Stockholder Group may not enter into any settlement of loss or claim without your consent unless such settlement includes a release of you from any and all liability in respect of such claim.
 
You hereby agree to keep confidential and not disclose to any party, without the consent of Engaged Capital LLC, any confidential, proprietary or non-public information regarding Engaged Capital LLC or its affiliates (collectively, “Information”) which you have heretofore obtained or may obtain in connection with your service as a nominee hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Information shall not include any information that is publicly disclosed by the Stockholder Group, its affiliates or members of its Schedule 13D group or any information that you can demonstrate is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on your part, otherwise generally known to the public.

 
 
 

 
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you are required by applicable law, rule, regulation or legal process to disclose any Information you may do so provided that you first promptly notify the Stockholder Group so that the Stockholder Group or any member thereof may seek a protective order or other appropriate remedy or, in the Stockholder Group’s sole discretion, waive compliance with the terms of this Agreement.  In the event that no such protective order or other remedy is obtained or the Stockholder Group does not waive compliance with the terms of this Agreement, you may consult with counsel at the cost of the Stockholder Group and you may furnish only that portion of the Information which you are advised by counsel is legally required to be so disclosed and you will request that the party(ies) receiving such Information maintain it as confidential.

All Information, all copies thereof, and any studies, notes, records, analysis, compilations or other documents prepared by you containing such Information, shall be and remain the property of the Stockholder Group and, upon the request of a representative of the Stockholder Group, all such information shall be returned or, at the Stockholder Group’s option, destroyed by you, with such destruction confirmed by you to the Stockholder Group in writing.

This letter agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the principles of the conflicts of laws thereof.
 

 
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If you agree to the foregoing terms, please sign below to indicate your acceptance.
 
   Very truly yours,
   
   
 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital Master Feeder II, LP
   
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital I, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital I Offshore, Ltd.
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Director

 
Engaged Capital II, LP
     
 
By:
Engaged Capital, LLC
General Partner
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Engaged Capital, LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Managing Member and Chief Investment Officer

 
Engaged Capital Holdings, LLC
   
 
By:
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
   
Name:
Glenn W. Welling
   
Title:
Sole Member

 
/s/ Glenn W. Welling
 
Glenn W. Welling



 
Voce Capital Management LLC
     
 
By:
Voce Capital LLC
Managing Member
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member

 
Voce Capital LLC
     
 
By:
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
   
Name:
J. Daniel Plants
   
Title:
Managing Member

 
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
 
J. Daniel Plants




ACCEPTED AND AGREED:
 
/s/ J. Daniel Plants
J. DANIEL PLANTS

 
EX-99.5 6 ex995to13da109455007_073014.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY ex995to13da109455007_073014.htm
Exhibit 99.5

POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Glenn W. Welling the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to take any and all action in connection with (i) the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of, or participation in a group with respect to, securities of Oplink Communications, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) directly or indirectly beneficially owned by Engaged Capital Master Feeder I, LP and Voce Capital Management LLC, together with certain of their respective affiliates (collectively, the “Stockholder Group”), and (ii) any proxy solicitation of the Stockholder Group to elect the Stockholder Group’s slate of director nominees to the board of directors of the Company at the 2014 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company (the “Solicitation”).  Such action shall include, but not be limited to:
 
1.           executing for and on behalf of the undersigned any Schedule 13D, and amendments thereto, filed by the Stockholder Group that are required to be filed under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules thereunder in connection with the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of, or participation in a group with respect to, securities of the Company or the Solicitation;
 
2.           if applicable, executing for and on behalf of the undersigned all Forms 3, 4 and 5 required to be filed under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with the undersigned’s beneficial ownership of, or participation in a group with respect to, securities of the Company or the Solicitation;
 
3.           executing for and on behalf of the undersigned all Joint Filing and Solicitation Agreements or similar documents pursuant to which the undersigned shall agree to be a member of the Stockholder Group;
 
4.           performing any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such document, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 
5.           taking any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the Solicitation, including entering into any settlement agreement, that in the reasonable opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's reasonable discretion and shall not be inconsistent with the terms of that certain letter agreement among the Stockholder Group and the undersigned dated July 30, 2014 with respect to the indemnification of the undersigned by the Stockholder Group under certain circumstances.
 
The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 13(d), Section 16 or Section 14 of the Exchange Act.
 
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer a member of the Stockholder Group unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 30th day of July 2014.
 
   
   
 
/s/ Jeffrey S. Mccreary
 
JEFFREY S. MCCREARY