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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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Barbara A. Rohr SBN 273353 

Benjamin Heikali SBN 307466 

FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP 

10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1470 

Los Angeles, CA 90024 

Telephone: 424-256-2884

Facsimile: 424-256-2885

E-mail: brohr@faruqilaw.com 

 bheikali@faruqilaw.com 

Counsel for Plaintiff 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

GERALD DOUGLAS, Individually and On 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRANK WITNEY, NELSON CHAN, GARY 

GUTHART, JAMI NACHTSHEIM, 

RICCARDO PIGLIUCCI, MERILEE RAINES, 

ROBERT TRICE, and AFFYMETRIX, INC.

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Case No. 3:16-cv-00921-WHO

STIPULATION AND 

ORDER FOR THE ADJOURNMENT 

OF THE INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

Judge: Honorable William H. Orrick

 

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between PLAINTIFF GERALD DOUGLAS 

(“Plaintiff”) and DEFENDANTS FRANK WITNEY, NELSON CHAN, GARY GUTHART, 

JAMI NACHTSHEIM, RICCARDO PIGLIUCCI, MERILEE RAINES, ROBERT TRICE 

(collectively, the “Individual Defendants”), and AFFYMETRIX, INC. (collectively, the 

“Defendants”), (Plaintiff and Defendants are to be collectively referred to as the “Parties”), by 

and through their attorneys of record, that good cause exists for the Court to accept the following 

proposed schedule based on the following: 

WHEREAS, on February 24, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint captioned 

Douglas v. Witney, et al., Case No. 16-cv-921-WHO (the “Complaint”) in the United States 

District Court, Northern District of California for violations of Section 14(a) and 20(a) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78n(a), 78t(a), and SEC 

Rule 14a-9, 17 C.F.R. 240.14a-9, and breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the 

proposed merger between Affymetrix, Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.; 

WHEREAS, the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter is set for May 17, 

2016; 

WHEREAS, Defendants’ Answers to the Complaint are due on May 31, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a preliminary settlement agreement in the abovereferenced matter and are currently conducting confirmatory discovery. 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire the adjournment of the deadline for any response to the 

Complaint until after the conclusion of confirmatory discovery; 

WHEREAS, the Parties desire the adjournment of the Initial Case Management 

Conference until after the conclusion of confirmatory discovery; 

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND AMONG THE 

PARTIES HERETO, THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD, AND SUBJECT TO 

APPROVAL OF THE COURT, AS FOLLOWS: 

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1. The Initial Case Management Conference shall be adjourned to a date to be 

determined by the Court; and 

2. Defendants’ deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be adjourned indefinitely, with the parties to confer on a new deadline in the 

event that the settlement is not consummated. 

Stipulated by and between the following: 

DATED: May 2, 2016 FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP

By: /s/ Barbara A. Rohr

Barbara A. Rohr SBN 273353

Benjamin Heikali SBN 307466

FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP

10866 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1470

Los Angeles, CA 90024

Telephone: 424-256-2884

Facsimile: 424-256-2885

E-mail: brohr@faruqilaw.com

 bheikali@faruqilaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiff

DATED: May 2, 2016 DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL, LLP

By: /s/ Neal A. Potischman

Neal A. Potischman (SBN 254862)

Andrew David Yaphe (SBN 274172) 

Jayeeta Kundu (SBN 291599)

Micah Galvin Block (SBN 270712)

1600 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, California 94025

Telephone: (650) 752-2000

Facsimile: (650) 752-2111

Counsel for Defendants Affymetrix, Inc., Frank 

Witney, Nelson Chan, Gary Guthart, Jami 

Nachtsheim, Riccardo Pigliucci, Merilee 

Raines, and Robert Trice

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PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED: 

1. The Initial Case Management Conference will be adjourned until 

___________________ _____, 2016. 

2. Defendants’ deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be adjourned indefinitely, with the parties to confer on a new 

deadline in the event that the settlement is not consummated. 

DATED:__________________ 

Honorable William H. Orrick 

United States District Judge

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