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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:77 Securities Fraud

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ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE (200087) 

MATTHEW S. MELAMED (260272) 

Post Montgomery Center 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

willowr@rgrdlaw.com 

mmelamed@rgrdlaw.com 

Liaison Counsel

LABATON SUCHAROW LLP 

JOEL H. BERNSTEIN 

MARK S. ARISOHN 

CORBAN S. RHODES 

140 Broadway 

New York, NY 10005 

Telephone: 212/907-0700 

212/818-0477 (fax) 

jberstein@labaton.com 

marisohn@labaton.com 

crhodes@labaton.com 

GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP 

LIONEL Z. GLANCY (134180) 

EX KANO S. SAMS II (192936) 

ROBERT V. PRONGAY(270796) 

1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: 310/201-9150 

310/432-1495 (fax) 

lglancy@glancylaw.com 

esams@glancylaw.com 

rprongay@glancylaw.com

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

NORFOLK COUNTY RETIREMENT 

SYSTEM, Individually and on Behalf of All 

Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

SOLAZYME, INC., et al., 

Defendants. 

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Case No. 3:15-cv-02938-HSG 

CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

SCHEDULING ORDER 

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Pursuant to Civil Local Rule 7-12, the parties, Norfolk County Retirement System 

(“Norfolk”), John Medlin, John Hussain, Nancy Ackels and Leonardo Fernandez (collectively, 

“Solazyme Investors” or “Lead Plaintiffs”) and Solazyme, Inc. (“Solazyme”), Jonathan S. Wolfson, 

Tyler W. Painter, David C. Cole, Jerry Fiddler, Michael V. Arbige, Ian T. Clark, Peter Kovacs, 

James R. Craigie, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley & Co, LLC (collectively, 

“Defendants”), by and through their undersigned counsel of record, submit the following stipulation 

and proposed order: 

WHEREAS, on September 4, 2015, the Court granted plaintiff Norfolk and Defendants’ 

Stipulation Extending Defendants’ Response Deadline Pending Appointment of Lead Plaintiff and 

Lead Counsel and Vacating Initial Case Management Conference. Dkt. No. 44; 

WHEREAS, on October 8, 2015, the Court held a hearing on motions to appoint lead 

plaintiff and lead counsel and took such motion under submission. Dkt. No. 65; 

WHEREAS, on October 8, 2015, the Court issued a written order granting the Solazyme 

Investors’ motion for appointment as Lead Plaintiff and approved its selection of Glancy Prongay & 

Murray LLP and Labaton Sucharow LLP to serve as co-Lead Counsel, as well as Robbins Geller 

Rudman & Dowd LLP to serve as Liaison Counsel. Dkt. No. 64; and 

WHEREAS, the parties have met and conferred and Lead Plaintiffs have indicated that they 

intend to file an amended complaint. 

The parties have further agreed on a schedule for the filing of such complaint, a date by 

which Defendants shall file a motion to dismiss or otherwise respond to the complaint, and in the 

event Defendants file a motion to dismiss, the parties have conferred and agreed on a briefing 

schedule which accommodates the complexity of this securities action and the parties’ and their 

counsel’s respective schedule. 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree and stipulate to the following deadlines and 

briefing schedule: 

1. Lead Plaintiffs shall file an amended complaint no later than December 15, 2015; 

2. Defendants’ response to the amended complaint shall be filed on or before February 

12, 2016; 

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3. Lead Plaintiffs’ opposition to Defendants’ response shall be filed on or before March 

25, 2016; 

4. Defendants’ reply shall be filed on or before April 22, 2016; and 

5. The hearing on Defendants’ anticipated motion to dismiss shall be set for May 12, 

2016 at 2:00 p.m., or a date thereafter that is convenient for the Court. 

DATED: November 5, 2015 ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE 

MATTHEW S. MELAMED 

s/ WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE

 WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE

Post Montgomery Center 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax)

Liaison Counsel

LABATON SUCHAROW LLP 

JOEL H. BERNSTEIN 

MARK S. ARISOHN 

CORBAN S. RHODES 

140 Broadway 

New York, NY 10005 

Telephone: 212/907-0700 

212/818-0477 (fax) 

GLANCY PRONGAY & MURRAY LLP 

LIONEL Z. GLANCY 

EX KANO S. SAMS II 

ROBERT V. PRONGAY 

1925 Century Park East, Suite 2100 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Telephone: 310/201-9150 

310/432-1495 (fax) 

Co-Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs

 

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DATED: November 5, 2015 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

JORDAN ETH (CA SBN 121617) 

MARK R.S. FOSTER (CA SBN 223682) 

s/ MARK R.S. FOSTER 

 MARK R.S. FOSTER 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: 415/268-6335 

415/268-7522 (fax) 

jeth@mofo.com 

mfoster@mofo.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Solazyme, Inc., 

Jonathan S. Wolfson, Tyler W. Painter, David C. 

Cole, Jerry Fiddler, Michael V. Arbige, Ian T. 

Clark, Peter Kovacs and James R. Craigie 

DATED: November 5, 2015 SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP 

JAMES G. KREISSMAN (Bar. No. 206740) 

SIMONA G. STRAUSS (Bar No. 203062) 

s/ JAMES G. KREISSMAN 

 JAMES G. KREISSMAN 

2475 Hanover Street 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

Telephone: 650/251-5000 

650/251-5002 (fax) 

jkreissman@stblaw.com 

sstrauss@stblaw.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Goldman, Sachs & Co. 

and Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC 

I, Willow E. Radcliffe, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

Stipulation and [Proposed] Scheduling Order. In compliance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I 

hereby attest that Mark R. S. Foster and James G. Kreissman have concurred in this filing. 

s/ WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE

WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE

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* * * 

O R D E R 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: ________________________ ____________________________________ 

THE HON. HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

11/9/2015

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on November 5, 2015, I authorized the electronic filing of 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 

caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the nonCM/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 November 5, 2015. 

 s/ WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE 

 WILLOW E. RADCLIFFE 

ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN 

 & DOWD LLP 

Post Montgomery Center 

One Montgomery Street, Suite 1800 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

E-mail:willowr@rgrdlaw.com

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