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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SELECTING 

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CASE NO. 06-06486 

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BORIS FELDMAN, State Bar No. 128838 

Email: bfeldman@wsgr.com 

JEROME F. BIRN, JR., State Bar No. 128561 

Email: jbirn@wsgr.com 

BAHRAM SEYEDIN-NOOR, State Bar No. 203244 

Email: bnoor@wsgr.com 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Network Appliance, Inc. and Individual Defendants 

Daniel J. Warmenhoven, Jeffry R. Allen, Carol A. 

Bartz, M. Helen Bradley, Alan L. Earhart, Steven 

Gomo, David Hitz, James K. Lau, Mark Leslie, 

Thomas F. Mendoza, Nicholas G. Moore, Sachio 

Semmoto, George T. Shaheen, Charles E. Simmons, 

Donald T. Valentine, and Robert T. Wall 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA 

TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, 

Derivatively on Behalf of Nominal Defendant 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

DANIEL J. WARMENHOVEN, JEFFRY R. 

ALLEN, CAROL A. BARTZ, M. HELEN 

BRADLEY, ALAN L. EARHART, STEVEN 

GOMO, DAVID HITZ, JAMES K. LAU, MARK 

LESLIE, THOMAS F. MENDOZA, NICHOLAS 

G. MOORE, SACHIO SEMMOTO, GEORGE T. 

SHAHEEN, CHARLES E. SIMMONS, 

DONALD T. VALENTINE, AND ROBERT T. 

WALL, 

Defendants. 

And 

NETWORK APPLIANCE, INC. 

Nominal Defendant. 

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CASE NO.: 06-06486 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SELECTING ADR 

PROCESS 

DATE: N/A 

TIME: N/A 

JUDGE: Honorable James Ware 

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Counsel report that they have met and conferred regarding ADR and have reached the 

following stipulation pursuant to Civil L.R. 16-8 and ADR L.R. 3-5: 

This is a purported shareholder derivative action. Plaintiff asserts two claims against 

sixteen defendants relating to alleged stock option “back dating.” Plaintiff filed its complaint on 

October 17, 2006, and the parties filed a Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases 

for All Purposes and Setting Schedule for Filing of Consolidated Complaint on November 28, 

2006. Defendants intend to file motions to dismiss asserting, among other things, that plaintiff 

lacks standing to pursue this case. The current schedule for defendants’ motions will be 

determined by the briefing schedule set forth in the afore-mentioned Stipulation and [Proposed] 

Order upon the Court’s approval of the stipulation. Given the current procedural posture, the 

parties believe it would be premature to schedule ADR at this time. 

The parties believe that private mediation at some point during the course of this 

litigation would be worthwhile if the Court finds that the plaintiff has standing and that the 

complaint (or a subsequent amended complaint) states a claim. The parties agree that, in the 

event the case proceeds beyond the pleading stage, they will hold a mediation no later than thirty 

(30) days after the completion of fact discovery. The parties further agree to meet and confer 

within 30 days of the filing of an answer to the operative complaint regarding the appropriate 

mediator and timing for a mediation. 

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Dated: December 19, 2006 By: /s/ Jerome F. Birn, Jr. 

Jerome F. Birn, Jr. 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone:(650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Network Appliance, Inc. and Individual 

Defendants Daniel J. Warmenhoven, Jeffry R. 

Allen, Carol A. Bartz, M. Helen Bradley, Alan 

L. Earhart, Steven Gomo, David Hitz, James K. 

Lau, Mark Leslie, Thomas F. Mendoza, 

Nicholas G. Moore, Sachio Semmoto, George 

T. Shaheen, Charles E. Simmons, Donald T. 

Valentine, And Robert T. Wall 

DATED: December 19, 2006 BRAMSON, PLUTZIK, MAHLER & 

BIRKHAEUSER, LLP 

By: /s/ Kathryn A. Schofield 

Kathryn A. Schofield (Bar No. 202939) 

Alan R. Plutzik (Bar No. 077785) 

2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120 

Walnut Creek, California 94598 

Telephone: (925) 945-0200 

SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, LLP 

Eric L. Zagar 

Trevan Borum 

Tara P. Kao 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: 610/667-7706 

Facsimile: 610/667-7056 

Counsel for Plaintiff Southeastern Pennsylvania 

Transportation Authority 

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ORDER

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ___________________ ________________________________________ 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE 

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I, Bahram Seyedin-Noor, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being 

used to file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Selecting ADR Process. I hereby attest that 

Kathryn A. Schofield has concurred in this filing. 

Dated: December 19, 2006 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Bahram Seyedin-Noor 

 Bahram Seyedin-Noor 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant 

Network Appliance, Inc. and Individual Defendants 

Daniel J. Warmenhoven, Jeffry R. Allen, Carol A. 

Bartz, M. Helen Bradley, Alan L. Earhart, Steven 

Gomo, David Hitz, James K. Lau, Mark Leslie, 

Thomas F. Mendoza, Nicholas G. Moore, Sachio 

Semmoto, George T. Shaheen, Charles E. Simmons, 

Donald T. Valentine, and Robert T. Wall 

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