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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 RE 

BRIEFING AND HEARING MOTION TO STAY 

PROCEEDINGS PENDING INVESTIGATION OF 

SPECIAL LITIGATION COMMITTEE 

CASE NO. C-06-3513 JF

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BORIS FELDMAN, State Bar No. 128838 

DOUGLAS J. CLARK, State Bar No. 171499 

IGNACIO E. SALCEDA, State Bar No. 164017 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Attorneys for Defendants Harold E. Hughes, Jr., 

Mark Horowitz, P. Michael Farmwald, Kevin J. 

Kennedy, J. Thomas Bentley, Abraham D. 

Sofaer, Sunlin Chou and Nominal Defendant 

Rambus Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE RAMBUS INC. DERIVATIVE 

LITIGATION, 

________________________________________ 

This Document Relates To: 

 All Actions. 

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CASE NO.: C-06-3513 JF 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE BRIEFING AND 

HEARING MOTION TO STAY 

PROCEEDINGS PENDING THE 

INVESTIGATION OF THE SPECIAL 

LITIGATION COMMITTEE 

WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint on October 2, 2006 

(the “Complaint”); 

WHEREAS, nominal defendant Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) has formed a Special Litigation 

Committee to investigate the allegations asserted in the Complaint and to evaluate potential 

claims or other actions arising from Rambus’s stock option granting activities; 

WHEREAS, the Court held a Case Management Conference in this action on December 

15, 2006; 

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WHEREAS, on December 15, 2006, Rambus filed a motion to stay all proceedings in 

this derivative action up to and including March 30, 2007, pending the investigation of the 

Special Litigation Committee (the “motion to stay”); 

WHEREAS, the motion to stay was noticed for hearing on February 23, 2007, at 9:00 

a.m.; 

WHEREAS, counsel for plaintiffs has requested and defendants have agreed to move the 

hearing on the motion to stay to March 9, 2007, at 9:00 a.m.; 

WHEREAS, the Court scheduled a further Case Management Conference to be held 

before the Court on April 6, 2007, at 10:30 a.m.; 

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to Court approval, by and 

between the undersigned that: 

1. Plaintiffs’ opposition to the motion to stay shall be filed on or before January 26, 

2007. 

2. Defendants’ reply in support of the motion to stay shall be filed on or before 

February 16, 2007. 

3. A hearing on the motion to stay shall be held on March 9, 2007, at 9:00 a.m. 

4. Should the Court deny the motion to stay, Defendants’ response to the Complaint 

shall be due fourteen (14) days from entry of such an Order. 

Dated: January 12, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Ignacio E. Salceda 

 Ignacio E. Salceda 

Attorneys for Defendants Harold E. Hughes, 

Jr., Mark Horowitz, P. Michael Farmwald, 

Kevin J. Kennedy, J. Thomas Bentley, 

Abraham D. Sofaer, Sunlin Chou and Nominal 

Defendant Rambus Inc. 

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Dated: January 12, 2007 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA 

 GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

 Travis E. Downs III 

 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

 San Diego, CA 92101 

 Telephone: (619) 231-1058 

 Facsimile: (619) 231-7423 

 

 -and- 

 Shawn A. Williams 

 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

 San Francisco, CA 94111 

 Telephone: (415) 288-4545 

 Facsimile (415) 288-4535 

 SCHIFFRIN & BARROWAY, LLP 

Eric L. Zagar 

Robin Winchester 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

Telephone: (610) 667-7706 

Facsimile: (610) 667-7056 

By: /s/ Travis E. Downs III 

 Travis E. Downs III 

Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Howard Chu 

and Gaetano Ruggieri 

Dated January 12, 2007 SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP 

 Jeffrey S. Facter 

 Justin S. Chang 

 525 Market Street 

 San Francisco, CA 94105 

 Telephone: (415) 616-1100 

 Facsimile: (415) 616-1199 

By: /s/ Justin S. Chang 

 Justin S. Chang 

Attorneys for Defendants William H. Davidow, 

Bruce Dunlevie and Charles Geschke 

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Dated: January 12, 2007 IRELL AND MANELLA LLP 

 David Siegel 

 Martin N. Gelfand 

 John C. Hueston 

 Kevin Lloyd 

 1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900 

 Los Angeles, CA 90067 

 Telephone: (310) 277-1010 

 Facsimile: (310) 203-7199 

By: /s/ Kevin Lloyd 

 Kevin Lloyd 

 Attorneys for Defendant Geoff Tate 

Dated: January 12, 2007 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

 Darryl P. Rains 

 755 Page Mill Road 

 Palo Alto, CA 94304 

 Telephone: (650) 813-5600 

 Facsimile: (650) 494-0792 

By: /s/ Darryl P. Rains 

 Darryl P. Rains 

 Attorneys for Defendants John D. Danforth 

 and Laura Stark 

ORDER 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ 

 THE HONORABLE JEREMY FOGEL 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

1/17/07

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I, Ignacio E. Salceda, am the ECF User whose identification and password are being used 

to file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Briefing and Hearing Motion to Stay 

Proceedings Pending the Investigation of the Special Litigation Committee. I hereby attest that 

Travis E. Downs III, Justin S. Chang, Kevin Lloyd and Darryl P. Rains have concurred in this 

filing. 

Dated: January 12, 2007 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/ Ignacio E. Salceda 

 Ignacio E. Salceda 

Attorneys for Defendants Harold E. Hughes, Jr., 

Mark Horowitz, P. Michael Farmwald, Kevin J. 

Kennedy, J. Thomas Bentley, Abraham D. Sofaer, 

Sunlin Chou and Nominal Defendant Rambus Inc. 

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