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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Securities Violation

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700267430v1 - 1 - STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Case No. C 05-04518-WHA 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON #76342 

CLIFFORD C. HYATT #196458 

DAVID L. STANTON #208079 

JACOB R. SORENSEN #209134 

KRISTIN M. LEFEVRE #221541 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

Telephone: (415) 983-1000 

Facsimile: (415) 983-1200 

bruce.ericson@pillsburylaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, 

H.D. VEST INVESTMENT SERVICES, 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST and STEPHENS INC. 

THOMAS O. JACOB #125665 

VANESSA M. HOFFMANN #206086 

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 

WELLS FARGO & CO. 

633 Folsom Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94107 

Telephone: (415) 396-4425 

Facsimile: (415) 975-7867 

tojacob@wellsfargo.com 

Attorneys for Defendants WELLS FARGO & COMPANY,

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, 

H.D. VEST INVESTMENT SERVICES and 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

THE McDANIEL FAMILY TRUST, 

Individually And On Behalf Of ALL OTHERS 

SIMILARLY SITUATED, 

 Plaintiff, 

 vs. 

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, et al., 

 Defendants. 

 No. C-05-04518-WHA 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

Honorable William H. Alsup 

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700267430v1 - 2 - STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

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Case No. C 05-04518-WHA 

WHEREAS plaintiff The McDaniel Family Trust (“Plaintiff”) filed a class action 

complaint captioned The McDaniel Family Trust v. Wells Fargo & Company, et al., Case 

No. C-05-04518-WHA, on November 4, 2005 alleging that defendants WELLS FARGO & 

COMPANY, WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, WELLS CAPITAL 

MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, H.D. VEST INVESTMENT SERVICES, 

STEPHENS INC., SEI INVESTMENTS DISTRIBUTION COMPANY and WELLS 

FARGO FUNDS TRUST (collectively, “Defendants”) engaged in certain conduct which 

allegedly violated federal securities laws; 

WHEREAS certain of the claims arise under the Private Securities Litigation 

Reform Act of 1995; 

WHEREAS the undersigned counsel anticipate that motions will be filed to appoint 

lead plaintiff(s) and to consolidate any actions involving some or all of the same claims 

against the same Defendants (e.g., motions under 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3));

WHEREAS the undersigned counsel agree that the interests of justice and judicial 

economy would be served by an order staying Defendants’ time to respond to this 

Complaint; 

NOW THEREFORE, the undersigned parties hereby stipulate as follows, subject to 

the Court’s approval: 

1. Lead plaintiff shall file a Consolidated Amended Complaint or elect to 

proceed on the current complaint no later than 60 days from the date of entry of an order 

consolidating any actions involving some or all of the same claims against the same 

Defendants and appointing Lead Plaintiff(s) and Lead Counsel. 

2. Defendants shall have 60 days after the filing and service of the 

Consolidated Amended Complaint or Plaintiff’s election to proceed on the current 

complaint to answer or otherwise respond. 

3. Plaintiffs shall have 60 days to respond to any motion filed by defendants in 

response to the Consolidated Amended Complaint or the current complaint, unless 

otherwise agreed to by the parties. 

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Case No. C 05-04518-WHA 

4. Defendants shall have 21 days to serve a Reply, unless otherwise agreed to 

by the parties. 

5. Service of the papers contemplated by paragraphs 2 through 4 above shall be 

by overnight delivery for a complete set of the papers and facsimile or PDF for the briefs. 

Dated: December 19, 2005. 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 

BRUCE A. ERICSON 

CLIFFORD C. HYATT

DAVID L. STANTON 

JACOB R. SORENSEN 

KRISTIN M. LEFEVRE 

50 Fremont Street 

Post Office Box 7880 

San Francisco, CA 94120-7880 

THOMAS O. JACOB 

VANESSA M. HOFFMANN 

OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL 

WELLS FARGO & CO. 

633 Folsom Street, 7th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94107 

By /s/ Bruce A. Ericson 

Bruce A. Ericson 

Attorneys for Defendants 

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, WELLS FARGO 

FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, WELLS CAPITAL 

MANAGEMENT INCORPORATED, H.D. VEST 

INVESTMENT SERVICES, STEPHENS INC. and 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST 

Dated: December 19, 2005. 

GUTRIDE SAFIER LLP 

ADAM GUTRIDE 

SETH A. SAFIER 

835 Douglass Street 

San Francisco, CA 94119 

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700267430v1 - 4 - STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

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Case No. C 05-04518-WHA 

MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD & SCHULMAN LLP 

STEVEN G. SCHULMAN 

JEROME M. CONGRESS 

JANINE L. POLLACK 

KIM E. MILLER 

MICHAEL R. REESE 

One Pennsylvania Plaza 

New York, NY 10119-0165 

STULL STULL & BRODY 

JULES BRODY 

MARK LEVINE 

6 East 45th Street 

New York, NY 10017 

LAW OFFICES OF CHARLES J. PIVEN, P.A. 

CHARLES J. PIVEN 

The World Trade Center-Baltimore 

Suite 2525 

401 East Pratt Street 

Baltimore, MD 21202 

By

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

THE MCDANIEL FAMILY TRUST 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: December ___, 2005. 

Honorable William H. Alsup 

Unites States District Judge 

20 U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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