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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

GILBERT R. SEROTA (No. 75305)

Email: gserota@howardrice.com

PATRICIA J. MEDINA (No. 201021)

Email: pmedina@howardrice.com

JASON M. SKAGGS (No. 202190)

Email: jskaggs@howardrice.com

HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

A Professional Corporation

Three Embarcadero Center, 7th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111-4024

Telephone: 415/434-1600

Facsimile: 415/217-5910

Attorneys for Defendants

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

and WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RONALD SIEMERS, Individually And On

Behalf Of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY, H.D. VEST

INVESTMENT SERVICES, LLC, WELLS

FARGO INVESTMENTS, LLC, WELLS

FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

WELLS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.,

STEPHENS INC., WELLS FARGO FUNDS

DISTRIBUTOR, LLC, and WELLS FARGO

FUNDS TRUST,

Defendants.

Case No. 05-04518 WHA

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

REGARDING EXTENSION OF TIME FOR

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED FORM OF

CLASS NOTICE

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

WHEREAS, on April 19, 2007 Plaintiff filed a Motion for Class Certification pursuant to

Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;

WHEREAS, on June 1, 2007, the Court certified a class of “[a]ll purchasers of shares (of any

class) bought between November 4, 2000 and June 8, 2005, in any of the following mutual funds:

Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Growth Fund, Wells Fargo TR Montgomery Emerging Markets

Focus Fund, and Wells Fargo Diversified Equity Fund” and ordered counsel, by noon on June 8,

2007, to “meet and confer and submit a proposed form of class notice in plain English, a proposed

method of serving and/or publication, and a timetable for effecting notices and receiving back any

opt-outs, all to be done consistently with the case schedule previously set”;

WHEREAS, Gilbert R. Serota is lead counsel for Defendants Wells Fargo Funds

Management LLC and Wells Fargo Funds Trust (“Fund Defendants”);

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WHEREAS, on June 2, 2007, Mr. Serota’s mother passed away in Florida, and he is

currently in Florida to be with his family;

WHEREAS, in light of the circumstances set forth above, the Fund Defendants seek an

extension of one week to comply with the Court’s Order regarding class notice;

WHEREAS, the parties have not previously sought an extension of time regarding the

Court’s Order regarding class notice;

WHEREAS, the requested time modification would not affect any other deadline in this

case;

WHEREAS, counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendant Wells Fargo & Co. have stated

that they do not oppose the requested extension;

1Claims against all other defendants originally named in this action, with the exception of

Defendant Wells Fargo & Co., have been severed and stayed or dismissed.

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED AND STIPULATED that Fund Defendants and

Plaintiff shall comply with the Court’s June 1 Order regarding class notice by noon on June 15,

2007.

DATED: June 4, 2007. HOWARD RICE NEMEROVSKI CANADY

FALK & RABKIN

A Professional Corporation

By: /s/

JASON M. SKAGGS

Attorneys for Defendants

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC,

and WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST.

DATED: June 4, 2007.

PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP

By: /s/

BRUCE A. ERICSON

Attorneys for Defendant

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY

DATED: June 4, 2007. GUTRIDE SAFIER REESE LLP

By: /s/

MICHAEL R. REESE

COURT APPOINTED CLASS COUNSEL

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

DECLARATION PURSUANT TO GENERAL ORDER 45, § X.B

I, JASON SKAGGS, hereby declare pursuant to General Order 45, § X.B, that I have obtained

the concurrence in the filing of this document from each of the other signatories listed above.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing declaration is true and correct.

Executed on June 4, 2007, at San Francisco, California.

/s/

JASON M. SKAGGS

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:

THE HONORABLE WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

June 5, 2007

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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