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Nature of Suit Code: 160
Nature of Suit: Stockholder's Suits
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

JOHN K. GRANT (169813) 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS (213113) 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER (213031) 

AELISH M. BAIG (201279) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

johng@lerachlaw.com 

shawnw@lerachlaw.com 

mwinkler@lerachlaw.com 

abaig@lerachlaw.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page.] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH D. WILDER, Derivatively on Behalf 

of SONIC SOLUTIONS, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

ROBERT J. DORIS, et al., 

Defendants, 

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SONIC SOLUTIONS, a California 

corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

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No. C-07-1500-MEJ 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] PRETRIAL ORDER NO. 1 CONSOLIDATING 

CASES FOR ALL PURPOSES, 

APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFF AND 

LEAD COUNSEL, AND SETTING 

SCHEDULE 

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] PRE-TRIAL ORDER NO. 1 CONSOLIDATING CASES 

FOR ALL PURPOSES, APPOINTING LEAD PLTF AND LEAD COUNSEL, 

AND SETTING SCHEDULE - C-07-1500-MEJ - 1 -

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WHEREAS, the above-captioned action is a shareholder derivative action on behalf of Sonic 

Solutions (“Sonic”) against its entire Board of Directors and certain officers; 

WHEREAS, on February 1, 2007, Sonic announced that it had commenced a voluntary 

review of its historical and current stock option grant practices and related accounting. Based on the 

review, the audit committee and Sonic management have preliminarily concluded that, under 

applicable accounting guidance, Sonic lacks sufficient documentation for certain historical option 

grants and that the measurement dates associated with these option grants will need to be adjusted. 

However, Sonic has not yet completed its review and is not yet able to determine the amount of such 

charges or the resulting tax and accounting impact of these actions. Sonic intends to file its restated 

financial results and related periodic reports as quickly as possible; 

WHEREAS, the action involves questions of law and fact concerning defendants’ alleged 

violations of the federal securities and state corporation laws, including breach of fiduciary duty, 

abuse of control, constructive fraud, corporate waste, gross mismanagement, and unjust enrichment 

in connection with its historical stock option practices and related accounting; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that any other actions filed in, or transferred to, this Court 

which arise out of or relate to the same facts as alleged in the above-captioned action should be 

consolidated for all purposes under Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a); 

WHEREAS, defendants Robert J. Doris, David C. Habiger, Mary C. Sauer, A. Clay 

Leighton, Mark Ely, Robert M. Greber, Peter J. Marguglio and R. Warren Langley and nominal 

defendant Sonic (collectively, “defendants”), take no position as to the appointment of Ralph D. 

Wilder as Lead Plaintiff and Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as Lead 

Counsel; and 

WHEREAS, plaintiff and defendants, after meeting and conferring, agree that judicial 

economy will be served by the entry of a schedule for the filing of defendants’ answer or other 

response to the complaint. 

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by plaintiff and defendants, through 

their respective counsel of record, as follows: 

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] PRE-TRIAL ORDER NO. 1 CONSOLIDATING CASES 

FOR ALL PURPOSES, APPOINTING LEAD PLTF AND LEAD COUNSEL, 

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1. The above-captioned action and any other shareholder derivative action on behalf of 

Sonic that involves questions of law or fact similar to those contained in the above-captioned action 

are consolidated for all purposes under Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) under the following caption: 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

In re SONIC SOLUTIONS DERIVATIVE 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

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Master File No. C-07-1500-MEJ 

2. Each and every action filed in, or transferred to, this Court which arises out of or 

relates to the same facts as alleged in the above-captioned action shall constitute a case related to the 

consolidated action. 

3. A party to any related action may move for relief from the terms of this Order only if 

such motion is filed with the Court and served upon plaintiff’s Lead Counsel and counsel for 

defendants within 30 days of the mailing of this Order to counsel for such party. A party to a related 

action shall be entitled to relief from the terms of this Order only if the party’s motion demonstrates 

that the related action does not involve questions of law or fact similar to those contained in the 

above-captioned action. 

4. Plaintiff Ralph D. Wilder shall be appointed Lead Plaintiff and Lerach Coughlin Stoia 

Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP shall be appointed Lead Counsel. All specific assignments to 

perform tasks in the above-captioned action, and later-filed or transferred actions consolidated 

therewith, shall be appointed by Lead Counsel in such a manner as to lead to the orderly and 

efficient prosecution of the action and to avoid duplicative or unproductive effort and unnecessary 

burdens on the parties. 

5. Plaintiff shall file an Amended Complaint within 45 days after Sonic reports the 

results of its review of its stock option grant practices and related accounting. In the event that Sonic 

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] PRE-TRIAL ORDER NO. 1 CONSOLIDATING CASES 

FOR ALL PURPOSES, APPOINTING LEAD PLTF AND LEAD COUNSEL, 

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has not completed and reported the results of that review by August 1, 2007, the parties will meet 

and confer regarding the schedule set forth herein. 

6. Defendants shall file and serve answers or otherwise respond to the Amended 

Complaint in the above-captioned action within 45 days after it is filed. In the event that defendants 

file and serve any motion directed at the Amended Complaint, Lead Plaintiff shall file and serve an 

opposition within 45 days after the service of defendants’ motion. If defendants file and serve a 

reply to Lead Plaintiff’s opposition, they will do so within 21 days after service of the opposition. 

7. By executing this Stipulation, the parties have not waived and expressly retain all 

claims, defenses and arguments whether procedural, substantive or otherwise, and is without 

prejudice to any subsequent motion to stay this action, and this Order is entered without prejudice to 

the rights of any party to apply for a modification of this Order for good cause. Defendants’ counsel 

shall appear for and accept service on behalf of all defendants not already served without waiving 

any jurisdiction rights. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: April 26, 2007 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

JOHN K. GRANT 

SHAWN A. WILLIAMS 

MONIQUE C. WINKLER 

AELISH M. BAIG 

s/ Shawn A. Williams 

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 

KATHLEEN A. HERKENHOFF 

BENNY C. GOODMAN III 

MARY LYNNE CALKINS 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

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STIP AND [PROPOSED] PRE-TRIAL ORDER NO. 1 CONSOLIDATING CASES 

FOR ALL PURPOSES, APPOINTING LEAD PLTF AND LEAD COUNSEL, 

AND SETTING SCHEDULE - C-07-1500-MEJ - 4 -

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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) 

THE WEISER LAW FIRM, P.C. 

ROBERT B. WEISER 

121 N. Wayne Avenue, Suite 100 

Wayne, PA 19087 

Telephone: 610/225-2677 

610/225-2678 (fax) 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

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

Stipulation and [Proposed] Pre-Trial Order No. 1 Consolidating Cases for All Purposes, 

Appointing Lead Plaintiff and Lead Counsel, and Setting Schedule. In compliance with General 

Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Carol Lynn Thompson has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: April 26, 2007 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON 

s/ Carol Lynn Thompson 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON 

333 Bush Street, Suite 3100 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 

Telephone: 415/772-6000 

415/772-6268 (fax) 

Attorneys for Defendants 

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O R D E R 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ _______________________________________ 

THE HONORABLE MARIA-ELENA JAMES 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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May 10, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on April 26, 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 certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the 

foregoing is true and correct. Executed on April 26, 2007. 

 s/ Shawn A. Williams 

 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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