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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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Effie F. Anastassiou, Esq. (SBN 96279)

Stephen J. Beals, Esq. (SBN 226365)

ANASTASSIOU& ASSOCIATES

242 Capitol Street

Post Office Box 2210

Salinas, California 93902

Telephone: (831) 754-2501 

Facsimile: (831) 754-0621 

Attorneys for Plaintiff, 

UNITED GENETICS TURKEY TOHUM FIDE A.S.,

formerly known as TAT TOHUMCULUK A. S.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

UNITED GENETICS TURKEY TOHUM

FIDE A.S., formerly known as TAT

TOHUMCULUK A. S., a Turkish company,

 Plaintiff,

v.

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P., a

Pennsylvania Limited Partnership registered

to do business in California, and

HEINZSEED, an unincorporated division of

H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P,

 Defendants.

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CASE NO. 2:13-cv-00773-WBS-KJN

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

TO FILE THIRD AMENDED COMPLAINT

Complaint filed April 19, 2013

Honorable William B. Shubb

Plaintiff UNITED GENETICS TURKEY TOHUM FIDE A.S., formerly known as TAT

TOHUMCULUK A. S. ("Plaintiff") and Defendants H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P. and HEINZSEED,

an unincorporated division of H.J. HEINZ COMPANY, L.P. (collectively, "Defendants") (collectively,

the "Parties") hereby submit, through their undersigned counsel of record, the following Stipulation and

Proposed Order:

WHEREAS, currently the operative complaint in this matter is the Second Amended Complaint

filed by Plaintiff on December 4, 2013 (the “Second Amended Complaint”);1

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WHEREAS, on January 31, 2014, Plaintiff changed its name from TAT TOHUMCULUK A.S.

to UNITED GENETICS TURKEY TOHUM FIDE A.S., as reflected in the corporate documents

attached hereto as Exhibit “A” and incorporated herein by reference;2

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has amended its Second Amended Complaint to change Plaintiff’s name

accordingly and a redlined version of Plaintiff’s proposed Third Amended Complaint (the “Proposed

Third Amended Complaint”) as compared to the Second Amended Complaint is attached hereto as

Exhibit “B” and incorporated herein by reference; 

WHEREAS, a clean version of Plaintiff’s Proposed Third Amended Complaint is attached

hereto as Exhibit “C” and incorporated herein by reference;

WHEREAS, Defendants have agreed to allow Plaintiff, upon this Court’s approval, to file its

Proposed Third Amended Complaint without having to file a motion to do so;

WHEREAS, Plaintiff has agreed that Defendants will not need to file an answer to the Proposed

Third Amended Complaint and that Defendants’ Answer to Plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint3

(the “Answer”) will remain the operative answer to the Proposed Third Amended Complaint;

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED between counsel for Defendants and counsel for

Plaintiff that Plaintiff be allowed to file its Proposed Third Amended Complaint and that Defendants’

Answer will stand as Defendants’ answer to the Proposed Third Amended Complaint. 

SO STIPULATED.

Dated: February 13, 2014 ANASTASSIOU & ASSOCIATES

By: /s/ Effie F. Anastassiou 

Effie F. Anastassiou, Esq.,

Attorneys for United Genetics Turkey

Tohum Fide A.S., formerly known as Tat

Tohumculuk A.S.

 The corporate documents concerning the name change are in the Turkish language, but are

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immediately followed by an English translation of the corporate documents.

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Dated: February 13, 2014 REED SMITH LLP

By: s/ Andrew Amoroso 

Andrew Amoroso, Esq.

Attorneys for Defendant 

H.J. Heinz Company, L.P.,and HeinzSeed,

an unincorporated division of H.J. Heinz

Company, L.P.

ORDER

Appearing that good cause exists pursuant to the foregoing stipulation of the Parties, IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff UNITED GENETICS TURKEY TOHUM FIDE A.S., formerly

known as TAT TOHUMCULUK A. S. ("Plaintiff"), be and hereby is allowed to file its Third Amended

Complaint in the form attached to the Stipulation and [Proposed] Order to File Third Amended

Complaint as Exhibit “C”.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Answer to Plaintiff’s Second Amended

Complaint will stand as Defendants’ answer to Plaintiff’s Third Amended Complaint. 4

SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 18, 2014

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