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Nature of Suit Code: 410
Nature of Suit: Antitrust
Cause of Action: 15:1 Antitrust Litigation

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FRANCIS O. SCARPULLA (41059) 

CRAIG C. CORBITT (83251) 

CHRISTOPHER T. MICHELETTI (136446) 

JANE YI (257893) 

ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL & MASON LLP 

44 Montgomery Street, Suite 3400 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: (415) 693-0700 

Facsimile: (415) 693-0770

fscarpulla@zelle.com

ccorbitt@zelle.com 

Lead and Liaison Counsel for 

Indirect Purchaser Class 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

IN RE STATIC RANDOM ACCESS 

MEMORY (SRAM) ANTITRUST 

LITIGATION 

Case No. M:07-CV-01819-CW 

MDL No. 1819 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

AMENDING INDIRECT PURCHASER 

PLAINTIFFS' PROPOSED FORMS OF 

NOTICE REGARDING CLASS ACTION 

AND PARTIAL SETTLEMENTS 

This Document Relates to: 

ALL INDIRECT PURCHASER ACTIONS 

WHEREAS, on November 25, 2009, the Court issued an Order Granting Indirect Purchaser 

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification and Denying Motions to Exclude Expert Opinions (Dkt. 

903) (“Order Granting Certification”), wherein the Court certified a nationwide injunctive class of 

indirect purchasers of SRAM pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(2), as well 

as twenty-seven (27) state classes of indirect purchasers of SRAM seeking damages and/or 

restitution under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 23(a) and (b)(3); and 

WHEREAS, on March 12, 2010, Indirect Purchaser ("IP") Plaintiffs submitted Proposed 

Forms of Notice Regarding Class Action and Partial Settlements (Dkt. 971) (the "Proposed Forms of 

Notice"); and 

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WHEREAS, the Court's Order Granting Certification provides that within fifteen days of IP 

Plaintiffs' submission of a proposed form of notice, Defendants may file any comments thereto, and 

that IP Plaintiffs may file a reply fifteen days thereafter; and 

WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the informal resolution of concerns raised by non-settling 

Defendants Cypress and Samsung (the "Non-Settling Defendants") regarding the Proposed Forms of 

Notice, the parties stipulated and the Court ordered that Non-Settling Defendants would have until 

April 2, 2010 to comment on IP Plaintiffs' Proposed Forms of Notice (Dkt. 978); and 

WHEREAS, the parties stipulated and requested that the Court order that the Court's Order 

Granting Certification be amended, for purposes of the litigation of this matter, to add the following 

language expressly limiting the definition and scope of each of the requested state plaintiff classes to 

purchasers of the following "products containing SRAM," on page 36 following the Court's 

descriptions of the state classes and before the class representatives are identified beginning on lines 

22-23: 

"Products containing SRAM" as used in each of the foregoing state 

plaintiff class definitions shall be limited for litigation purposes to 

handheld computer devices (also known as personal digital assistants 

("PDAs") and smart phones), desktop computers (with separate level 2 

cache memory), servers, mainframes, Voice-Over Internet Protocol 

Systems, routers, switches, modems, storage area networks and firewalls. 

(Dkt. 979); and 

WHEREAS, the parties have worked together to prepare revised "short" and "long" forms of 

notice that conform to the above limitation which are attached hereto as Exhibits A and B, 

accordingly; 

NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby stipulated by the undersigned counsel on behalf of the 

parties identified below, and subject to the Court’s approval, that: 

In lieu of Non-Settling Defendants' submission of comments to the Proposed Forms of 

Notice, and in lieu of a reply submission by IP Plaintiffs relating to the Proposed Forms of Notice, 

the parties jointly submit, and have approved, amended proposed forms of notice, which are attached 

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hereto as Exhibit A (proposed amended "short" form of notice) and Exhibit B (proposed amended 

"long" form of notice). No further briefing regarding proposed forms of notice shall be permitted or 

considered by the Court. 

Dated: April 1, 2010 By: /s/ Christopher T. Micheletti 

 CHRISTOPHER T. MICHELETTI 

ZELLE HOFMANN VOELBEL 

 & MASON LLP 

Lead and Liaison Counsel for IndirectPurchaser Class 

Dated: April 1, 2010 

Dated: April 1, 2010 

By: 

By: 

/s/ Michael W. Scarborough 

MICHAEL W. SCARBOROUGH 

SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER & 

HAMPTON LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., 

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and 

Samsung Electronics America, Inc. 

/s/ Gary A. Winters 

 GARY A. WINTERS 

MAYER BROWN LLP

Attorney for Defendant 

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 

Additional Defendants and Counsel: 

By /s/ Belinda Lee

BELINDA LEE 

LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba 

America Electronic Components, Inc. 

By /s/ Matthew S. Leddicotte

MATTHEW S. LEDDICOTTE (pro hac vice) 

WHITE & CASE LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

Etron Technology Corporation and Etron 

Technology America, Inc. 

By /s/ Joshua D. N. Hess

JOSHUA D. N. HESS 

GIBSON DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

Micron Technology, Inc. and Micron 

Semiconductor Products, Inc.

By /s/ Michael F. Tubach

MICHAEL F. TUBACH 

O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

Hynix Semiconductor Inc., and 

Hynix Semiconductor America Inc. 

By /s/ Craig P. Seebald

CRAIG P. SEEBALD (pro hac vice) 

McDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 

Attorney for Defendants 

By /s/ Paul Griffin 

PAUL GRIFFIN 

WINSTON & STRAWN LLP

Attorney for Defendants 

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Renesas Technology Corp., Renesas 

Technology America, Inc., Mitsubishi Electric 

Corporation, and Mitsubishi Electric & 

Electronics USA, Inc. 

NEC Electronics Corporation and NEC 

Electronics America, Inc. and 

Liaison Counsel for Defendants

I, Christopher T. Micheletti, hereby attest, pursuant to N.D. Cal. General Order No. 45, that 

the concurrence to the filing of this document has been obtained from each signatory hereto. 

 /s/ Christopher T. Micheletti 

 Christopher T. Micheletti

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 5, 2010 ______________________________________ 

 THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

United States District Judge 

Northern District of California 

3220776.2 

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