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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re ORACLE CORPORATION 

SECURITIES LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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Master File No. C-01-0988-MJJ 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

APPROVING FORM AND MANNER OF 

NOTICE 

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WHEREAS, the Court certified a Class in this action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

23(b)(3); 

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 

1. The United States District Court for the Northern District of California approves, as 

to form and content, the Notice of Pendency of Class Action (the “Notice”), and the Summary 

Notice from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (“Summary 

Notice”) annexed as Exhibits 1 and 2 hereto and finds that the mailing and distribution of the Notice 

and publishing of the Summary Notice substantially in the manner and form set forth below meet the 

requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and due process, and is the best notice 

practicable under the circumstances and shall constitute due and sufficient notice to all persons 

entitled thereto. 

2. Defendants are ordered to provide the transfer records for all persons or entities who 

purchased or otherwise acquired Oracle Corporation (“Oracle”) publicly traded securities between 

December 14, 2000 and March 1, 2001 (“Class Period”). Persons or entities who purchased or 

acquired Oracle publicly traded securities during the Class Period are hereinafter referred to as 

“Potential Class Members.” 

3. Lead Counsel is hereby authorized to retain the firm of Gilardi & Co. LLC (“Claims 

Administrator”) to supervise and administer the notice procedure set forth below. The Claims 

Administrator shall be responsible for the receipt of all responses from Potential Class Members and 

shall preserve any and all written communications from Potential Class Members, nominees, or any 

other person or entity in response to the Notice or Summary Notice until one year following the date 

of a final order of disposition of the Class claims. 

4. Not later than October 16, 2007 (the “Notice Date”), Lead Counsel shall cause a copy 

of the Notice substantially in the forms annexed as Exhibit 1 hereto, to be mailed by first class mail 

to all Potential Class Members who can be identified with reasonable effort; 

5. Not later than October 18, 2007, Lead Counsel shall cause the Summary Notice to be 

published once in Investor’s Business Daily.

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6. Not later than December 14, 2007, Lead Counsel shall serve and file with the Court 

proof by affidavit or declaration of the mailing of the Notice and publication of Summary Notice in 

accordance with this Order. 

7. Nominees who purchased or acquired the publicly traded securities of Oracle for the 

beneficial ownership of Potential Class Members during the Class Period shall send the Notice to all 

beneficial owners of such Oracle securities within ten days after receipt thereof, or send a list of the 

names and addresses of such beneficial owners to the Claims Administrator within ten days of 

receipt thereof, in which event the Claims Administrator shall promptly mail the Notice to such 

beneficial owners. If a nominee elects to send the Notice to a beneficial owner, such nominee is 

directed to send a statement to the Claims Administrator within ten days of such mailing confirming 

that the mailing was made as directed. Thereafter, the nominee shall retain the list of names and 

addresses of any beneficial owners to whom the nominee sent the Notice for use in connection with 

any possible future notice to the Class. Lead Counsel shall, if requested, reimburse banks, brokerage 

houses or other nominees solely for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing 

notice to beneficial owners who are Potential Class Members, which expenses would not have been 

incurred except for the sending of such Notice, subject to further order of this Court with respect to 

any dispute concerning such compensation. 

8. Any person falling within the definition of the Class may, upon request, be excluded 

from the Class. Any such person must submit to the Claims Administrator a request for exclusion 

(“Request for Exclusion”), postmarked no later than November 30, 2007. A Request for Exclusion 

must state: (a) the full name and address of the person requesting exclusion; (b) that the person 

wishes to be excluded from the Class; and (c) be signed. All persons who submit valid and timely 

Request for Exclusion in the manner set forth in this paragraph shall not be bound by any judgment 

entered in this litigation. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all Class Members who do not 

submit a valid and timely Request for Exclusion shall be part of the Class (to the extent they satisfy 

the Class criteria) for all purposes, and shall not have any further opportunity to opt out of the Class, 

although nothing herein shall affect any Class Member’s rights or standing in the event of any future 

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proposed settlement. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, all Class Members shall be bound by 

all determinations and judgments in this Action (whether favorable or unfavorable to the Class). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE MARTIN J. JENKINS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

DATED: September 27, 2007 

Submitted by: 

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER 

ELI R. GREENSTEIN 

DANIEL J. PFEFFERBAUM 

s/ Shawn A. Williams 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

MARK SOLOMON 

DOUGLAS R. BRITTON 

STACEY M. KAPLAN 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

DATED: September 27, 2007 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

PATRICK E. GIBBS 

s/ Patrick E. Gibbs 

PATRICK E. GIBBS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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Judge Martin J. Jenkins

09/28/07

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140 Scott Drive 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Telephone: 650/328-4600 

650/463-2600 (fax) 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

Peter A. Wald 

Michele F. Kyrouz 

505 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/391-0600 

415/395-8095 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants 

I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Approving Form and Manner of Notice. In compliance with 

General Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Patrick E. Gibbs has concurred in this filing. 

s/ Shawn A. Williams 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on September 27, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the 

Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on September 27, 2007. 

 s/ SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

 SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

E-mail:ShawnW@csgrr.com

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