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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

JAMES E. LYONS (State Bar No. 112582)

TIMOTHY A. MILLER (State Bar No. 154744)

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3800

San Francisco, California 94111-4144

Telephone: (415) 984-6400

Facsimile: (415) 984-2698

Email: james.lyons@skadden.com

timothy.miller@skadden.com

Attorneys for the Special Litigation Committee

of the Board of Directors of KLA-Tencor Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ALASKA ELECTRICAL PENSION

FUND, derivatively on behalf of KLATENCOR CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

KENNETH LEVY, et al.,

Defendants,

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KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION, a

Delaware corporation,

Nominal Defendant.

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Case No. C-06-03445-JW

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING APPEARANCE BY THE

SPECIAL LITIGATION COMMITTEE OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF KLATENCOR CORPORATION

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

TO THE HONORABLE COURT:

Lead Plaintiff and Defendants hereby stipulate and agree, by and through their

undersigned counsel of record, as follows:

WHEREAS, this case is a consolidated shareholder derivative lawsuit filed against

current and former officers and directors of nominal defendant KLA-Tencor Corporation and

purports to seek, on behalf of the Company, to redress injuries to the Company arising from its

stock option granting practices for the period 1995 to the present;

WHEREAS, on November 16, 2006, the Board of Directors of KLA-Tencor

Corporation appointed a Special Litigation Committee ("SLC");

WHEREAS, KLA-Tencor Corporation and the SLC contend that the SLC has an

interest in the conduct and outcome of this litigation;

WHEREAS, the Special Litigation Committee is represented by counsel from the

law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP ("Skadden");

WHEREAS, James E. Lyons, Timothy A. Miller, and Lanelle K. Meidan are

attorneys at Skadden who have represented the Special Litigation Committee in connection with

SLC's work regarding this action;

WHEREAS, Mr. Lyons, Mr. Miller, and Ms. Meidan are all members of the bar of

the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; and

WHEREAS, although the SLC is not a party to this action, the parties do not object

to counsel for the SLC appearing before the Court.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

STIPULATION

Now, therefore, the parties agree and stipulate, subject to Court approval, that Mr.

Lyons, Mr. Miller, and Ms. Meidan may enter an appearance before this Court on behalf of the

SLC.

DATED: January 18, 2008

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

JAMES E. LYONS

TIMOTHY A. MILLER

By: /s/

James E. Lyons

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 3800

San Francisco, CA 94111-4144

Telephone: (415) 984-6400

Facsimile: (415) 984-2698

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP

LANELLE K. MEIDAN (State Bar No. 248561)

525 University Avenue, Suite 1100

Palo Alto, CA 94301

Telephone: (650) 470-4589

Facsimile: (650) 470-4570

Email: lanelle.meidan@skadden.com

Attorneys for the Special Litigation Committee of the

Board of Directors of Nominal Defendant KLA-Tencor

Corporation

I, James E. Lyons, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file

this STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I

hereby attest that each of the 9 signatories identified below has concurred in this filing.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

DATED: January 18, 2008

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP

JOHN H. HEMANN

JOSEPH E. FLOREN

TERA M. HEINTZ

By: /s/

Joseph E. Floren

One Market, Spear Street Tower

San Francisco, CA 94105-1126

Telephone: (415) 442-1000

Facsimile: (415) 442-1001

Attorneys for Defendants Jeffrey L. Hall, Richard P.

Wallace, John H. Kispert, and Nominal Defendant KLATencor Corporation

DATED: January 18, 2008

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS

LLP

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS

MONIQUE C. WINKLER

AELISH M. BAIG

By: /s/

Travis E. Downs

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600

San Francisco, CA 94111

Telephone: (415) 288-4545

Facsimile: (415) 288-4534

COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP

DARREN J. ROBBINS

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900

San Diego, CA 92101-3301

Telephone: (619) 231-1058

Facsimile: (619) 231-7423

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

DATED: January 18, 2008

FENWICK & WEST LLP

KEVIN P. MUCK

DEAN S. KRISTY

By: /s/

Dean S. Kristy

555 California Street, 12th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 875-2300

Facsimile: (415) 281-1350

Attorneys for Defendants Edward W. Barnholt, H.

Raymond Bingham, Robert J. Boehlke, Robert T. Bond,

Richard J. Elkus, Jr., Leo Chamberlain, and Lida

Urbanek

DATED: January 18, 2008

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

WALTER F. BROWN, JR.

ROBERT P. VARIAN

By: /s/

Robert P. Varian

405 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 773-5700

Facsimile: (415) 773-5759

Attorneys for Defendant Gary Dickerson

DATED: January 18, 2008

SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP

PATRICK D. ROBBINS

JEFFREY S. FACTER

EMILY GRIFFEN

By: /s/

Emily Griffen

525 Market Street, Suite 1500

San Francisco, CA 94105

Telephone: (415) 616-1100

Facsimile: (415) 616-1199

Attorneys for Defendant Kenneth Levy

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

DATED: January 18, 2008

LAW OFFICE OF MARK A. BELNICK, LLC

MARK A. BELNICK (admitted pro hac vice)

By: /s/

Mark A. Belnick

120 West 45th Street, Suite 1700B

New York NY 10036

Telephone: (646) 453-2901

Facsimile: (646) 453-2908

CHRISTOPHER D. KERCHER (pro hac vice)

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

590 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Telephone: (212) 872-1000

STEVEN S. KAUFHOLD

AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP

580 California Street, 15th Floor

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 765-9500

Facsimile: (415) 765-9501

Attorneys for Defendant Stuart J. Nichols

DATED: January 18, 2008

RAMSEY & EHRLICH LLC

ISMAIL RAMSEY

MILES F. EHRLICH

By: /s/

Ismail Ramsey

803 Hearst Avenue

Berkeley, CA 94710

Telephone: (510) 548-3600

Attorneys for Defendant Arthur Schnitzer

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

DATED: January 18, 2008

DLA PIPER US LLC

SHIRLI FABBRI WEISS

DAVID A PRIEBE

By: /s/

David A. Priebe

2000 University Avenue

East Palo Alto, CA 94303

Telephone: (650) 833-2056

Facsimile: (650) 833-2001

Attorneys for Defendant Kenneth L. Schroeder

DATED: January 18, 2008

HELLER EHRMAN LLC

MICHAEL J. SHEPARD

WARRINGTON S. PARKER, III

By: /s/

Warrington S. Parker, III

333 Bush Street

San Francisco, CA 94104

Telephone: (415) 772-6000

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268

Attorneys for Defendant Jon D. Tompkins

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER REGARDING APPEARANCE BY SLC Case No. C-06-03445-JW

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ORDER

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, AND GOOD CAUSE APPEARING, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED THAT:

James E. Lyons, Timothy A, Miller, and Lanelle K. Meidan, attorneys at the law firm of

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, are granted leave to appear in this action on behalf of

the Special Litigation Committee of the Board of Directors of Nominal Defendant KLA-Tencor

Corporation.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: ______________, 2008

Hon. James Ware

United States District Judge

January 25

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