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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

STIPULATING PARTIES AND COUNSEL

LISTED ON SIGNATURE PAGES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

In re: CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)

ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Case No. 07-5944 (SC)

MDL No. 1917

STIPULATION AND

ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC. AND DELL PRODUCTS

L.P. ACTION

This Document Relates to: Individual Case

No. 13-cv-2171 (SC)

DELL INC.; DELL PRODUCTS L.P.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

PHILIPS ELECTRONICS NORTH AMERICA

CORPORATION et al.,

Defendants.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

Pursuant to Civil Local Rules 6-2 and 7-12, Plaintiffs Dell Inc. and Dell Products

L.P. (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) and the undersigned Defendants have conferred by and through

their counsel and, subject to the Court’s approval, HEREBY STIPULATE AS FOLLOWS:

WHEREAS, on February 17, 2013, Plaintiffs filed a Summons (the “Dell

Summons”) and Complaint (the “Dell Complaint”) in the Western District of Texas, Dell Inc., et

al. v. Philips Electronics North America Corp., et al., Case No. 13-cv-141 (the “Dell Action”);

WHEREAS, on March 19, 2013, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

issued a conditional transfer order pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, transferring the Dell Action to

the Northern District of California to be consolidated with MDL No. 1917, In re Cathode Ray

Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation, No. 07-cv-5944-SC (the “MDL”);

WHEREAS, on March 27, 2013, the automatic seven-day stay on the abovementioned conditional transfer order was lifted;

WHEREAS, on May 13, 2013, the Dell action was transferred to the MDL;

WHEREAS, on May 28, 2013, Plaintiffs filed as a matter of course the First

Amended Complaint (the “Dell Amended Complaint”);

WHEREAS, the undersigned Defendants named in the Dell Amended Complaint

(“Defendants”) have not yet been formally served with process;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between counsel for the

undersigned Plaintiffs and Defendants, as follows:

1. Each of the undersigned Defendants shall be deemed served with the Dell

Summons, Complaint, and Amended Complaint as of the date of execution of this Stipulation.

2. The Dell Amended Complaint asserts similar causes of action alleged by

the following Direct Action Plaintiff complaints: Stoebner v. LG Electronics, Inc., No. 11-cv05381 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 7, 2011); Target Corp. v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., No. 11-cv05514 (N.D. Cal.) (Jan. 6, 2012); P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 12-

cv-02648 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Schultze Agency Servs., LLC v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 12-cv02649 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); CompuCom Systems, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06396

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

(N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Interbond Corp. of Am. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06275 (N.D.

Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06397 (N.D. Cal.)

(Nov. 14, 2011); Siegel v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05502 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Office

Depot, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06276 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Best Buy Co., Inc. v.

Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05513 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Electrograph Systems, Inc. v.

Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-01656 (N.D. Cal.) (Mar. 10, 2011); and Tech Data Corporation, et al. v.

Hitachi, Ltd. et al., Case No. 8:12-cv-02795 (M.D. Fla.) (Dec. 11, 2012).

3. The Dell Amended Complaint seeks damages based on an alleged

conspiracy to fix, raise, maintain, and/or stabilize prices for CRTs, as set forth in the Dell

Amended Complaint; the Dell Amended Complaint does not assert any claims that Defendants

have combined and conspired to fix, raise, maintain or stabilize the prices of products containing

CRTs (“CRT Finished Products”).

4. On August 17, 2012, Defendants filed motions to dismiss and for

judgment on the pleadings with respect to the following Direct Action Plaintiff complaints (the

“Dispositive Motions”): Stoebner v. LG Electronics, Inc., No. 11-cv-05381 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 7,

2011); Target Corp. v. Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05514 (N.D. Cal.) (Jan. 6,

2012); P.C. Richard & Son Long Island Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 12-cv-02648 (N.D. Cal.)

(Nov. 14, 2011); Schultze Agency Servs., LLC v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 12-cv-02649 (N.D. Cal.)

(Nov. 14, 2011); CompuCom Systems, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06396 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov.

14, 2011); Interbond Corp. of Am. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06275 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011);

Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-06397 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Siegel v.

Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv-05502 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Office Depot, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd.,

No. 11-cv-06276 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); Best Buy Co., Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv05513 (N.D. Cal.) (Nov. 14, 2011); and Electrograph Systems, Inc. v. Hitachi, Ltd., No. 11-cv01656 (N.D. Cal.) (Mar. 10, 2011). (Dkts. 1316, 1317, 1319). Special Master Legge issued a

Report and Recommendation regarding the Dispositive Motions on May 2, 2013 (the “Report

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

and Recommendation”). Direct Action Plaintiffs and Defendants are objecting to certain

conclusions in the Report and Recommendation.

5. Pending the resolution of the Dispositive Motions by the Honorable

Samuel Conti, the undersigned Defendants do not need to answer or otherwise respond to the

Dell Amended Complaint. Once the Honorable Samuel Conti rules on the Dispositive Motions,

the parties agree to set a reasonable deadline for Defendants’ answers and/or a reasonable

briefing schedule for Defendants’ motions to dismiss Dell’s Amended Complaint.

6. The undersigned parties jointly and respectfully request that the Court

enter this stipulation as an order.

Dated: June 17, 2013 ALSTON & BIRD

By: /s/ Debra D. Bernstein

Michael P. Kenny, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

mike.kenny@alston.com

Debra D. Bernstein, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

debra.bernstein@alston.com

Rodney J. Ganske, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

rod.ganske@alston.com

Matthew D. Kent, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

matthew.kent@alston.com

Elizabeth Jordan, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

elizabeth.jordan@alston.com

Melissa Mahurin Whitehead, Esq. (admitted pro hac vice)

melissa.whitehead@alston.com

ALSTON & BIRD LLP

1201 West Peachtree Street

Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3424

Tel: (404) 881-7000

Facsimile: (404) 881-7777

James M. Wagstaffe, Esq.

wagstaffe@kerrwagstaffe.com

Kerr & Wagstaffe LLP

100 Spear Street, 18th Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-1576

Tel: (415) 371-8500

Facsimile: (415) 371-0500

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Dell Inc. and Dell Products L.P.

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

Dated: June 17, 2013 MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

By: /s/ Kent M. Roger

Kent M. Roger (SBN 95987)

Michelle Park Chiu (SBN 248421)

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Telephone: (415) 442-1000

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001

Email: kroger@morganlewis.com

Email: mchiu@morganlewis.com

J. Clayton Everett, JR. (Pro Hac Vice)

Scott A. Stempel (Pro Hac Vice)

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: (202) 739-3000

Facsimile: (202) 739-3001

Email: jeverett@morganlewis.com

Email: sstempel@morganlewis.com

Attorneys for Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd.,

Hitachi America, Ltd., Hitachi Asia, Ltd., and Hitachi Electronic

Devices (USA), Inc.

Dated: June 17, 2013 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

By: /s/ Hojoon Hwang

Hojoon Hwang (SBN 184950)

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

560 Mission Street, Twenty-Seventh Floor

San Francisco, California 94105-2907

Telephone: (415) 512-4000

Facsimile: (415) 512-4077

E-mail: Hojoon.Hwang@mto.com

William D. Temko (SBN 098858)

Jonathan E. Altman (SBN 170607)

Bethany W. Kristovich (SBN 241891)

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Thirty-Fifth Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560

Telephone: (213) 683-9100

Facsimile: (213) 687-3702

E-mail: William.Temko@mto.com

E-mail: Jonathan.Altman@mto.com

E-mail: Bethany.Kristovich@mto.com

Attorneys for Defendants LG Electronics, Inc.; LG Electronics

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

USA, Inc.; and LG Electronics Taiwan Taipei Co., Ltd.

Dated: June 17, 2013 SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

By: /s/ James L. McGinnis

Gary L. Halling (SBN 66087)

James L. McGinnis (SBN 95788)

Michael Scarborough (SBN 203524)

SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER & HAMPTON LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, 17th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94111-4109

Telephone: (415) 434-9100

Facsimile: (415) 434-3947

Email: ghalling@sheppardmullin.com

Email: jmcginnis@sheppardmullin.com

Email: mscarborough@sheppardmullin.com

Attorneys for Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Samsung SDI America, Inc.,

Samsung SDI (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. de

C.V., Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda., Shenzhen Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.,

and Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.

Dated: June 17, 2013 WHITE & CASE LLP

By: /s/ Christopher M. Curran

Christopher M. Curran (Pro Hac Vice)

Lucius B. Lau (Pro Hac Vice)

Dana E. Foster (Pro Hac Vice)

WHITE & CASE LLP

701 Thirteenth Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005

Telephone: (202) 626-3600

Facsimile: (202) 639-9355

E-mail: ccurran@whitecase.com

E-mail: alau@whitecase.com

E-mail: defoster@whitecase.com

Attorneys for Toshiba Corporation, , Toshiba America Electronic

Components, Inc., and Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc.

Dated: June 17, 2013 BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

By: /s/ John M. Taladay

John M. Taladay (pro hac vice)

Erik T. Koon (pro hac vice)

Charles M. Malaise (pro hac vice)

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2400

Telephone: (202) 639-7700

Facsimile: (202) 639-7890

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

Email: john.taladay@bakerbotts.com

Email: erik.koons@bakerbotts.com

Email: charles.malaise@bakerbotts.com

Counsel for Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. and Philips

Electronics North America Corporation

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STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT IN THE

DELL INC., ET AL. ACTION, Case No. 13-cv-1173 (SC); MDL No. 1917

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING THEREFORE,

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ___July 3, 2013 ____ __________________________________________

HONORABLE SAMUEL CONTI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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