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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Stockholders Suits

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STIP. AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND LEAD COUNSEL, SCHEDULING, AND RELATED MATTERS; CASE NO. CV 09-05731 HRL

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ROBBINS UMEDA LLP

MARC M. UMEDA (197847)

mumeda@robbinsumeda.com

GEORGE C. AGUILAR (126535)

gaguilar@robbinsumeda.com

ARSHAN AMIRI (246874)

aamiri@robbinsumeda.com

DAVID L. MARTIN (253858)

dmartin@robbinsumeda.com

600 B Street, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 525-3990

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991

Counsel for Plaintiff Richard Logan and

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

JORDAN ETH (BAR NO. 121617)

JUDSON E. LOBDELL (BAR NO. 146041)

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

425 Market Street

San Francisco, California 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

Attorneys for Defendants Thomas H. Werner, 

Thurman J. Rodgers, W. Steve Albrecht, 

Betsy S. Atkins, Uwe-Ernst Bufe, 

Thomas R. McDaniel, Pat Wood, III, 

Dennis V. Arriola, Emmanuel T. Hernandez, 

Daniel S. Shugar, Douglas J. Richards, 

Bruce R. Ledesma, Marty T. Reese, 

and nominal defendant SunPower Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD LOGAN, Derivatively on 

Behalf of SUNPOWER CORPORATION, Plaintiff,

v.

THOMAS H. WERNER, DENNIS V. 

ARRIOLA, EMMANUEL T. 

HERNANDEZ, W. STEVE ALBRECHT, 

BETSY S. ATKINS, PAT WOOD, III, 

THOMAS R. MCDANIEL, THURMAN J. 

RODGERS, and UWE-ERNST BUFE, Defendants,

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Case No. C 09-05731-HRL

Honorable Howard R. Lloyd

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

REGARDING CONSOLIDATING ACTIONS, 

APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND 

LEAD COUNSEL, SCHEDULING, AND 

RELATED MATTERS

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v.

SUNPOWER CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation,

 Nominal Defendant.

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DAVID CLARKE, Derivatively on Behalf 

of SUNPOWER CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

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THOMAS H. WERNER, T.J. RODGERS, 

W. STEVE ALBRECHT, BETSY S. 

ATKINS, UWE-ERNST BUFE, THOMAS 

R. MCDANIEL, PAT WOOD III, 

DENNIS V. ARRIOLA, EMMANUEL T. 

HERNANDEZ, DANIEL S. SHUGAR, 

DOUGLAS J. RICHARDS, BRUCE R. 

LEDESMA, MARTY T. REESE, AND 

DOES 1-20,

Defendants,

v.

SUNPOWER CORPORATION, a 

Delaware corporation,

 Nominal Defendant.

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Case No. C 09-05925-JSW 

Honorable Judge Jeffrey S. White

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WHEREAS, there are presently two related shareholder derivative actions against certain of 

the officers and directors of SunPower Corporation ("SunPower ") on file in this Court;

WHEREAS, in an effort to assure consistent rulings and decisions and the avoidance of

unnecessary duplication of effort, all of the counsel for the parties in the related SunPower 

shareholder derivative actions currently on file in this Court enter into this stipulation. The counsel 

are: (1) Robbins Umeda LLP on behalf of plaintiff Richard Logan; (2) Johnson Bottini LLP on

behalf of plaintiff David Clarke; and (4) Morrison & Foerster LLP on behalf of nominal defendant 

SunPower Corporation and individual defendants Thomas H. Werner, Thurman J. Rodgers, W. Steve 

Albrecht, Betsy S. Atkins, Uwe-Ernst Bufe, Thomas R. McDaniel, Pat Wood, III, Dennis V. Arriola, 

Emmanuel T. Hernandez, Daniel S. Shugar, Douglas J. Richards, Bruce R. Ledesma, and Marty T. 

Reese;

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2009, SunPower issued a press release announcing an internal 

investigation by its Audit Committee; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that it would be duplicative and wasteful of the Court's

resources for defendants named in plaintiffs' shareholder derivative actions to have to respond to the 

individual complaints prior to the agreed upon consolidation and filing of a consolidated complaint. NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by plaintiffs and

defendants, through their respective counsel of record, as follows:

1. The following actions are hereby related and consolidated for all purposes, including 

pre-trial proceedings and trial:

Case Name Case Number Date Filed

Logan v. Werner, et al. No. C 09-05731-HRL December 4, 2009

Clarke v. Werner, et al. No. C 09-05925-JSW December 17, 2009

2. Every pleading filed in the consolidated action, or in any separate action included

herein, shall bear the following caption:

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IN RE SUNPOWER CORPORATION

SHAREHOLDER DERIVATIVE 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates To:

ALL ACTIONS

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Master File No. C 09-05731-HRL

3. The files of the consolidated action shall be maintained in one file under Master File 

No. C 09-05731-HRL.

4. Counsel for plaintiffs and defendants agree to meet and confer in good faith to

arrange a schedule for the designation of an operative complaint or the filing of a Consolidated

Derivative Complaint ("Consolidated Complaint") and a briefing schedule concerning any

responsive pleading to the Consolidated Complaint within ten (10) days after the public

announcement of the results and completion of the internal investigation. If the parties cannot agree 

to a schedule, plaintiff shall either designate a complaint as operative or file a Consolidated

Derivative Complaint within thirty (30) days after the public announcement of the results and

completion of the internal investigation, and defendants shall respond to the complaint within thirty

(30) days. 5. If any defendant challenges plaintiffs' standing to maintain this derivative action on 

demand futility grounds – i.e., that plaintiffs failed to satisfy the requirements of Federal Rules of 

Civil Procedure 23.1 or Delaware Chancery Court Rule 23.1 by failing to plead facts sufficient to 

raise a reasonable doubt that a pre-litigation demand on SunPower 's Board of Directors would have 

been futile, it is Lead Plaintiffs’ position that demand futility should be determined as it relates to the 

designated complaint or Consolidated Complaint based on the membership of the Board on the date 

plaintiff Logan filed his original complaint (December 4, 2009). By agreeing to this stipulation, defendants do not waive any argument they may have that demand futility should be determined 

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based on the membership of the Board on the date of the filing of any amended complaint or at any 

other point in time. 6. The Lead Plaintiffs for these consolidated actions are Richard Logan and David

Clarke.7. The Co-Lead Counsel for plaintiffs for the conduct of these consolidated actions are:

ROBBINS UMEDA LLP

MARC M UMEDA 

KEVIN A. SEELY

DANIEL R. FORDE

600 B Street, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 525-3990

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991

and

JOHNSON BOTTINI, LLP

FRANK J. JOHNSON

FRANCIS A. BOTTINI, JR.

BRETT M. WEAVER

501 West Broadway, Suite 1720

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 230-0063

Facsimile: (619) 238-0622

8. Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel shall have sole authority to speak for plaintiffs in matters 

regarding pre-trial procedure, trial and settlement and shall make all work assignments in such

manner as to facilitate the orderly and efficient prosecution of this litigation and to avoid duplicative 

or unproductive effort.

9. Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel shall be responsible for coordinating all activities and

appearances on behalf of plaintiffs. No motion, request for discovery or other pre-trial or trial

proceedings shall be initiated or filed by any plaintiff except through plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel.

10. Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel shall be available and responsible for communications to 

and from this Court, including distributing orders and other directions from the Court to counsel. Plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel shall be responsible for creating and maintaining a master service list of 

all parties and their respective counsel.

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11. Defendants' counsel may rely upon all agreements made with plaintiffs' Co-Lead 

Counsel, or other duly authorized representative of plaintiffs' Co-Lead Counsel, and such

agreements shall be binding on all plaintiffs.

12. Defendants take no position as to the appointment of Lead Plaintiffs or Co-Lead 

Counsel.

13. This Order shall apply to each case, arising out of the same or substantially the same 

transactions or events as these cases, which is subsequently filed in, remanded to or transferred to 

this Court.

14. When a derivative case that properly belongs as part of the In re SunPower

Corporation Shareholder Derivative Litigation, Lead Case No. C 09-05731-HRL, is hereafter filed 

in the Court or transferred here from another court, this Court requests the assistance of counsel in 

calling to the attention of the clerk of the Court the filing or transfer of any case which might

properly be consolidated as part of the In re SunPower Corporation Shareholder Derivative

Litigation, Lead Case No. C 09-05731-HRL, and counsel are to assist in assuring that counsel in

subsequent actions receive notice of this Order.

15. By agreeing to this stipulation, the parties do not consent to the jurisdiction of the

magistrate judge. 

16. Defendants' counsel shall appear for and accept service on behalf of all defendants 

not already served.

ROBBINS UMEDA LLP

MARC M. UMEDA 

GEORGE C. AGUILAR 

ARSHAN AMIRI 

DAVID L. MARTIN 

s/ Marc M. Umeda

MARC M. UMEDA

DATED: December 30, 2009

600 B Street, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 525-3990

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel and Counsel for 

Plaintiff Richard Logan

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JOHNSON BOTTINI, LLP

FRANK JOHNSON

FRANCIS A. BOTTINI, JR.

BRETT M. WEAVER

s/ Frank Johnson

FRANK JOHNSON

DATED: December 30, 2009

501 W. Broadway, Suite 1720

San Diego, CA 92101

Telephone: (619) 230-0063

Facsimile: (619) 238-0622

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel and Counsel for 

Plaintiff David Clarke

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP

JORDAN ETH

JUDSON E. LOBDELL

s/ Jordan Eth

JORDAN ETH

DATED: December 30, 2009

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

Telephone: (415) 268-7000

Facsimile: (415) 268-7522

Counsel for defendants Thomas H. Werner, 

Thurman J. Rodgers, W. Steve Albrecht, Betsy 

S. Atkins, Uwe-Ernst Bufe, Thomas R. 

McDaniel, Pat Wood, III, Dennis V. Arriola, 

Emmanuel T. Hernandez, Daniel S. Shugar, 

Douglas J. Richards, Bruce R. Ledesma, Marty 

T. Reese, and nominal defendant SunPower 

Corporation

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED HONORABLE HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

450960_3

January 4, 2010

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I, Jordan Eth, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Regarding Consolidating Actions, Appointing Lead Plaintiffs 

and Lead Counsel, Scheduling, and Related Matters. In compliance with General Order No. 45, 

X.B., I hereby attest that Frank Johnson and Mark M. Umeda have concurred in this filing.

/s/ Jordan Eth

JORDAN ETH

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