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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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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

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SARA B. BRODY (No. 130222) 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON (No. 148079) 

CECILIA Y. CHAN (No. 240971) 

MATTHEW D. THURLOW (No. 243470) 

HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

333 Bush Street 

San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 

Telephone: (415) 772-6000 

Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 

Sara.Brody@hellerehrman.com 

CarolLynn.Thompson@hellerehrman.com 

Cecilia.Chan@hellerehrman.com 

Matthew.Thurlow@hellerehrman.com 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SONIC SOLUTIONS 

[Additional counsel appear on signature page] 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RALPH D. WILDER, et al., Derivatively 

on Behalf of SONIC SOLUTIONS, 

Plaintiffs, 

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-CW 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER SETTING SCHEDULE 

AS MODIFIED

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WHEREAS, the above-captioned action is a shareholder derivative action brought by 

plaintiffs on behalf of nominal defendant Sonic Solutions (“Sonic”) against its Board of 

Directors and certain officers relating to Sonic’s historical stock option grant practices; 

WHEREAS, on August 2, 2007, this Court consolidated the following related 

shareholder derivative actions Wilder v. Doris, Case No. 07-1500-CW; Walter v. Doris, Case 

No. 07-2344-CW; Forseth v. Doris, Case No. 07-3178-CW; and Doolittle v. Doris, Case No. 

07-3361-CW, appointed plaintiffs Andrew Walter and James Forseth as Lead Plaintiffs 

(“Lead Plaintiffs”) and appointed the law firm of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP 

as Lead Counsel; 

WHEREAS, Lead Plaintiffs and plaintiff James Pinno filed a Consolidated Complaint 

on April 30, 2008 for which Defendants’ response is currently due on August 26, 2008 

pursuant to a prior stipulation; 

WHEREAS, on July 24, 2008, counsel for Defendants and Lead Plaintiffs participated 

in a mediation before the Honorable Howard B. Weiner (Ret.) at JAMS and settlement 

discussions between the parties are continuing; and 

 WHEREAS, counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and Defendants have met and conferred 

and have agreed to schedule a further mediation session with Judge Weiner (Ret.) on 

October 7, 2008. 

THEREFORE, IT IS STIPULATED AND AGREED by Lead Plaintiffs and 

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

1. Plaintiffs and Defendants agree to extend the deadlines for Defendants to 

file a response to the Complaint, including any Motion to Dismiss, until November 25, 

2008 to permit the parties time to conduct further settlement negotiations. In the event 

these further negotiations are unsuccessful and Defendants file a Motion to Dismiss, 

Plaintiffs agree to file any Opposition to Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss no later than 

January 8, 2009 and Defendants’ agree to file a Reply brief no later than January 29, 

2009. The parties further agree that the hearing for the Motion to Dismiss shall, the 

Court’s schedule permitting, be set for February 12, 2009 at 2 p.m. 

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2. By executing this Stipulation, the parties have not waived and expressly 

retain all claims, defenses and arguments whether procedural, substantive or otherwise, 

and are 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. 

IT IS SO STIPULATED. 

DATED: August 20, 2008 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

/s/ Sara B. Brody 

SARA B. BRODY 

CAROL LYNN THOMPSON 

CECILIA Y. CHAN 

MATTHEW D. THURLOW 

Attorneys for Defendant 

SONIC SOLUTIONS 

I, Sara B. Brody, am the ECF user whose ID and password are being used to file 

this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Setting Schedule. In compliance with General 

Order 45, X.B., I hereby attest that Nichole Browning of Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & 

Kessler, LLP has concurred in this filing. 

DATED: August 20, 2008 SCHIFFRIN BARROWAY TOPAZ & 

KESSLER, LLP 

/s/ Nichole Browning 

 ERIC L. ZAGAR 

 NICHOLE BROWNING 

 DANIEL ALBERT 

Attorneys for Lead Plaintiffs 

ANDREW WALTER 

JAMES FORSETH 

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O R D E R 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION SETTING SCHEDULE, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ____________________ _______________________________ 

 The Honorable Claudia Wilken 

 United States District Judge 

A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE WILL ALSO BE HELD ON 2/12/09 @ 2:00 P.M. WHETHER OR NOT ANY MOTION IS FILED. 8/26/08

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