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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In re VERISIGN, INC. SECURITIES 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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Master File No. C-02-2270-JW(PVT) 

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] ORDER AWARDING 

PLAINTIFFS’ COUNSEL’S ATTORNEYS 

FEES AND REIMBURSEMENT OF 

EXPENSES 

DATE: March 12, 2007 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

COURTROOM: The Honorable James Ware

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This matter having come before the Court on March 12, 2007, on the application of counsel 

for the Lead Plaintiffs for an award of attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of expenses incurred in the 

captioned action, the Court, having considered all papers filed and proceedings conducted herein, 

having found the settlement of this action to be fair, reasonable, and adequate and otherwise being 

fully informed in the premises and good cause appearing therefor; 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 

1. All of the capitalized terms used herein shall have the same meanings as set forth in 

the Stipulation of Settlement and Release dated as of December 12, 2006 (the “Stipulation”), and 

filed with the Court. 

2. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this application and all matters 

relating thereto, including all Members of the Class who have not timely and validly requested 

exclusion. 

3. The Court has reviewed and considered the objections submitted by the 

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System, the New York State 

Teachers’ Retirement System and George and Maribeth Lebus. The Court finds the above 

objections to be without merit and hereby overrules each of the objections. 

4. The Court hereby awards counsel for Lead Plaintiffs attorneys’ fees of 25% of the 

Settlement Fund, plus reimbursement of litigation expenses in the amount of $4,200,000 together 

with the interest earned thereon for the same time period and at the same rate as that earned on the 

Settlement Fund until paid. The Court finds that the amount of fees awarded is appropriate and that 

the amount of fees awarded is fair and reasonable under the “percentage-of-recovery” method given 

the substantial risks of non-recovery, the time and effort involved, and the result obtained for the 

Class. 

5. The fees shall be allocated among counsel for the Lead Plaintiffs by Lead Counsel 

Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP in a manner which reflects each such 

counsel’s contribution to the institution, prosecution and resolution of the captioned action. 

6. The awarded attorneys’ fees and expenses and interest earned thereon shall 

immediately be paid to Lead Counsel subject to the terms, conditions and obligations of the 

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Stipulation, and in particular ¶9.3 thereof which terms, conditions and obligations are incorporated 

herein. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE JAMES WARE 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

 Submitted by: 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

PATRICK J. COUGHLIN 

JEFFREY W. LAWRENCE 

DENNIS J. HERMAN 

CHRISTOPHER P. SEEFER 

SHIRLEY H. HUANG 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH 

JOY ANN BULL 

s/ Joy Ann Bull 

JOY ANN BULL 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

LAW OFFICES BERNARD M. GROSS, P.C.

BERNARD M. GROSS 

DEBORAH R. GROSS 

Wanamaker Bldg., Suite 450 

100 Penn Square East 

Philadelphia, PA 19107 

Telephone: 215/561-3600 

215/561-3000 (fax) 

April 23 2007

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COHEN, MILSTEIN, HAUSFELD 

 & TOLL, P.L.L.C. 

STEVEN J. TOLL 

LISA M. MEZZETTI 

JOSHUA S. DEVORE 

1100 New York Avenue, N.W. 

West Tower, Suite 500 

Washington, DC 20005-3964 

Telephone: 202/408-4600 

202/408-4699 (fax) 

SCHATZ NOBEL IZARD, P.C. 

ANDREW M. SCHATZ 

JEFFREY S. NOBEL 

NANCY A. KULESA 

One Corporate Center 

20 Church Street, Suite 1700 

Hartford, CT 06103 

Telephone: 860/493-6292 

860/493-6290 (fax) 

Additional Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on March 5, 2007, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of 

the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail 

addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have 

mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non-CM/ECF 

participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. 

I further certify that I caused this document to be forwarded to the following designated 

Internet site at: http://securities.lerachlaw.com/. 

 s/ Joy Ann Bull 

 JOY ANN BULL 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101-3301 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail:JoyB@lerachlaw.com

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