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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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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113) 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER (213031) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

shawnw@lerachlaw.com 

moniquew@lerachlaw.com 

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TRAVIS E. DOWNS III (148274) 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III (211302) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

travisd@lerachlaw.com 

bennyg@lerachlaw.com 

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

THE EDWARD J. GOODMAN LIFE 

INCOME TRUST, Derivatively on Behalf of 

NVIDIA CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

Defendants, 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION, a Delaware 

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No. C-06-06110-SBA 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

CONSOLIDATING CASES FOR ALL 

PURPOSES, APPOINTING LEAD 

PLAINTIFF AND LEAD COUNSEL, AND 

ESTABLISHING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

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HYUN JA PARK, Derivatively on Behalf of 

NVIDIA CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

ALASKA ELECTRICAL PENSION FUND, 

Derivatively on Behalf of NVIDIA 

CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

Defendants, 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION, a Delaware 

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PHILLIP MCCARTHY, an Individual, 

Derivatively on Behalf of NVIDIA 

CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

Defendants, 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION, a Delaware 

corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

LIUNA STAFF & AFFILIATES PENSION 

FUND, Derivatively on Behalf of NVIDIA 

CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

Defendants, 

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ROBERT MARKEWICH, In The Right Of 

And For The Benefit Of NVIDIA 

CORPORATION, 

Plaintiff, 

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JEN-HSUN HUANG, et al., 

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NVIDIA CORPORATION, 

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WHEREAS, there are currently six derivative actions pending in this District filed by 

NVIDIA Corporation (“NVIDIA” or the “Company”) shareholders on behalf of the Company 

arising out of the same transactions and occurrences and involving the same or substantially similar 

issues of law and fact, and, therefore, the six actions should be consolidated for all purposes under 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a): 

Abbreviated Case Name Case Number Date Filed 

Edward J. Goodman Life Income 

Trust v. Huang, et al. 

C-06-06110-SBA September 29, 2006

Park v. Huang, et al. C-06-06544-SBA October 19, 2006 

Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. 

Huang, et al. 

C-06-06952-SBA November 7, 2006 

McCarthy v. Huang, et al. C-06-07035-SBA November 13, 2006

LIUNA Staff & Affiliates Pension 

Fund v. Huang, et al. 

C-06-07061-SBA November 14, 2006

Markewich v. Huang, et al. C-06-07416-SBA December 4, 2006 

WHEREAS, on December 7, 2006 LIUNA Staff & Affiliates Pension Fund (“LIUNA”) filed 

a Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of the Motion of LIUNA Staff & Affiliates 

Pension Fund for Consolidation of Related Cases, Appointment as Lead Derivative Plaintiff, 

Appointment of Barrack, Rodos & Bacine [(“Barrack Rodos”)] as Interim Lead Derivative Counsel; 

WHEREAS, on December 8, 2006, Edward J. Goodman Life Income Trust filed a 

Memorandum of Points and Authorities in Support of the Motion of the Edward J. Goodman Life 

Income Trust to Consolidate Related Actions, for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff and for 

Appointment of Co-Lead Counsel, selecting Berman, DeValerio, Pease, Tabacco, Burt & Pucillo and 

Kohn, Swift & Graf, P.C. as Co-Lead Counsel; 

WHEREAS, on December 15, 2006, Alaska Electrical Pension Fund (“Alaska Electrical”) 

filed a Notice of Motion and Motion to Consolidate, to Appoint Alaska Electrical Pension Fund as 

Lead Plaintiff and Appoint Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP [(“Lerach 

Coughlin”)] as Lead Counsel; 

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WHEREAS, after meeting and conferring, all lead plaintiff movants agree that Alaska 

Electrical and LIUNA should be appointed lead plaintiffs and Lerach Coughlin and Barrack Rodos 

should be appointed co-lead counsel; 

WHEREAS, nominal defendants NVIDIA and the individual defendants have no objection to 

the appointment of Alaska Electrical and LIUNA as lead plaintiffs and Lerach Coughlin and Barrack 

Rodos as co-lead counsel; 

WHEREAS, on February 28, 2007, Alaska Electrical and LIUNA, in their agreed-upon 

capacity as lead plaintiffs, filed the Consolidated Verified Shareholders Derivative Complaint 

(“Consolidated Complaint”); 

WHEREAS, nominal defendant NVIDIA and all individual defendants intend to file motions 

to dismiss the Consolidated Complaint; and 

WHEREAS, all parties agree that, given the complexity and importance of the issues, an 

extended briefing schedule on defendants’ motions is appropriate; 

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by lead plaintiff movants and 

defendants, through their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

I. CONSOLIDATION OF ACTIONS 

1. The following actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes, including pretrial 

proceedings, trial and appeal: 

2. The caption of these consolidated actions shall be “In re NVIDIA Corp. Derivative 

Litigation” and the files of these consolidated actions shall be maintained in one file under Master 

File No. C-06-06110-SBA. Any other actions now pending or later filed in this Court which arise 

out of or are related to the same facts as alleged in the above-identified cases shall be consolidated 

for all purposes, if and when they are brought to the Court’s attention. 

3. Every pleading filed in the consolidated actions, or in any separate action included 

herein, shall bear the following caption: 

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In re NVIDIA CORP. DERIVATIVE 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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4. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to all actions governed by this Order, 

the words “All Actions” shall appear immediately after the words “This Document Relates To:” in 

the caption set out above. When a pleading is intended to be applicable to only some, but not all, of 

the consolidated actions, this Court’s docket number for each individual action to which the pleading 

is intended to be applicable and the abbreviated case name of said action shall appear immediately 

after the words “This Document Relates To:” in the caption described above (e.g., “No. C-06-06952-

SBA, Alaska Electrical Pension Fund v. Huang, et al.”). 

5. A Master Docket and a Master File hereby are established for the above consolidated 

proceedings and for all other related cases filed in or transferred to this Court. Separate dockets shall 

continue to be maintained for each of the individual actions hereby consolidated, and entries shall be 

made in the docket of each individual case in accordance with the regular procedures of the clerk of 

this Court, except as modified by this Order. 

6. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is applicable to “All Actions,” 

the clerk shall file such pleading in the Master File and note such filing on the Master Docket. No 

further copies need be filed, and no other docket entries need be made. 

7. When a pleading is filed and the caption shows that it is to be applicable to fewer than 

all of the consolidated actions, the clerk will file such pleading in the Master File only but shall 

docket such filing on the Master Docket and the docket of each applicable action. 

8. When a case which properly belongs as part of In re NVIDIA Corp. Derivative 

Litigation is filed in this Court or transferred to this Court from another court and assigned to Judge 

Armstrong, the clerk of this Court shall: 

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(a) Place a copy of this Order in the separate file for such action; 

(b) Mail to the attorneys for the plaintiff(s) in the newly-filed or transferred case a 

copy of this Order and direct that this Order be served upon or mailed to any new defendant(s) or 

their counsel in the newly-filed or transferred case; and 

(c) Make an appropriate entry on the Master Docket. This Court requests the 

assistance of counsel in calling to the attention of the clerk of this Court the filing or transfer of any 

case which properly might be consolidated as part of In re NVIDIA Corp. Derivative Litigation. 

II. APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFFS AND CO-LEAD COUNSEL 

9. Plaintiffs Alaska Electrical and LIUNA shall be appointed lead plaintiffs. 

10. The law firms of Lerach Coughlin and Barrack Rodos shall be appointed co-lead 

counsel for plaintiffs in the consolidated NVIDIA shareholder derivative actions. 

11. Co-lead counsel shall be responsible for the overall supervision and conduct of the 

consolidated actions on behalf of all plaintiffs and shall have authority to speak for plaintiffs in 

matters regarding pretrial and trial procedure and settlement negotiations, and shall make all work 

assignments in such manner as to facilitate the orderly and efficient prosecution of this litigation and 

to avoid duplicative or unproductive effort. 

12. Co-lead counsel shall be responsible for coordination of all activities and appearances 

on behalf of plaintiffs and for the dissemination of notices and orders of this Court. No motion, 

request for discovery or other pretrial proceedings shall be initiated or filed by plaintiffs except 

through co-lead counsel. 

13. Co-lead counsel also shall be available and responsible for communications to and 

from this Court. Co-lead counsel shall be responsible for the creation and maintenance of a master 

service list of all parties and their respective counsel. 

14. Defendants’ counsel may rely upon all agreements made with co-lead counsel, or 

other duly authorized representatives of plaintiffs, and such agreements shall be binding on 

plaintiffs. 

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III. BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

1. Nominal defendant NVIDIA and the individual defendants shall file their motions to 

dismiss on or before May 15, 2007. 

2. Lead plaintiffs shall file their opposition brief(s) on or before July 2, 2007. 

3. Nominal defendant NVIDIA and the individual defendants shall file their reply 

brief(s) on or before July 23, 2007. 

4. A hearing on the motions to dismiss will occur on a date thereafter convenient to the 

Court. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: April 3, 2007 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER 

/s/ 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

TRAVIS E. DOWNS III 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

THOMAS G. WILHELM 

9601 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 510 

Los Angeles, CA 90210 

Telephone: 310/859-3100 

310/278-2148 (fax) 

Counsel for Alaska Electrical Pension Fund and 

[Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

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I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases for all Purposes, Appointing Lead Plaintiff 

and Lead Counsel and Setting Briefing Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Christopher T. Heffelfinger has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: April 3, 2007 BERMAN DeVALERIO PEASE TABACCO 

 BURT & PUCILLO 

CHRISTOPHER T. HEFFELFINGER 

/s/ 

CHRISTOPHER T. HEFFELFINGER 

425 California Street, Suite 2025 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/433-3200 

415/433-6382 (fax) 

Counsel for Plaintiff Edward J. Goodman Life 

Income Trust 

I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases for all Purposes, Appointing Lead Plaintiff 

and Lead Counsel and Setting Briefing Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Denis F. Sheils has concurred in this filing.

DATED: April 3, 2007 KOHN SWIFT & GRAF, P.C. 

DENIS F. SHEILS 

/s/ 

DENIS F. SHEILS 

One South Broad Street, Suite 2100 

Philadelphia, PA 19107-3389 

Telephone: 215/238-1700 

215/238-1968 (fax) 

Counsel for Plaintiff Edward J. Goodman Life 

Income Trust 

I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases for all Purposes, Appointing Lead Plaintiff 

and Lead Counsel and Setting Briefing Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Stephen R. Basser has concurred in this filing.

DATED: April 3, 2007 BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 

STEPHEN R. BASSER 

JOHN L. HAEUSSLER 

/s/ 

STEPHEN R. BASSER 

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San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/230-0800 

619/230-1874 (fax) 

BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 

DANIEL BACINE 

JEFFREY W. GOLAN 

Two Commerce Square 

2001 Market Street, Suite 3300 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 

Telephone: 215/963-0600 

215/963-0838 (fax) 

Counsel for Plaintiff LIUNA Staff & Affiliates 

Pension Fund and [Proposed] Co-Lead Counsel 

for Plaintiffs 

I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases for all Purposes, Appointing Lead Plaintiff 

and Lead Counsel and Setting Briefing Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that James N. Kramer has concurred in this filing.

DATED: April 3, 2007 ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP

JAMES N. KRAMER 

MICHAEL D. TORPEY 

RICHARD GALLAGHER 

JAMES THOMPSON 

/s/ 

JAMES N. KRAMER 

The Orrick Building 

405 Howard Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415/773-5700 

415/773-5759 (fax) 

Attorneys for Nominal Defendant NVIDIA 

Corporation and Defendants Jen-Hsun Huang, 

Marvin D. Burkett, Chris A. Malachowsky, 

David M. Shannon, Daniel F. Vivoli, Jeffrey D. 

Fisher, Steven Chu, Tench Coxe, James C. 

Gaither, Harvey C. Jones, William J. Miller, 

Mark L. Perry, A. Brooke Seawell, Curtis R. 

Priem, Mark L. Steven, and Mary Dotz 

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I, Shawn A. Williams, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Consolidating Cases for all Purposes, Appointing Lead Plaintiff 

and Lead Counsel and Setting Briefing Schedule. In compliance with General Order 45, X.B., I 

hereby attest that Karin Kramer has concurred in this filing.

DATED: April 3, 2007 HOWREY LLP 

KARIN KRAMER 

LEIGH A. KIRMSSE 

/s/ 

KARIN KRAMER 

525 Market Street, Suite 3600 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2708 

Telephone: 415/848-4966 

415/848-4999 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendant Christine B. Hoberg 

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 ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: 

4/24/07_________________________ 

THE HONORABLE SAUNDRA B. ARMSTRONG 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 3, 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. 

 /s/ 

 SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

100 Pine Street, 26th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

E-mail: ShawnW@lerachlaw.com

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