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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

JEFFREY W. LAWRENCE (166806) 

CHRISTOPHER P. SEEFER (201197) 

SHIRLEY H. HUANG (206854) 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

JeffreyL@lerachlaw.com

ChrisS@lerachlaw.com

ShirleyH@lerachlaw.com 

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WILLIAM S. LERACH (68581) 

JOY ANN BULL (138009) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

BillL@lerachlaw.com 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

OAKLAND DIVISION 

In re U.S. AGGREGATES, INC. SECURITIES 

LITIGATION

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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Master File No. C-01-1688-CW 

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER RE MAILING AND 

PUBLISHING OF NOTICE OF 

SETTLEMENT AND SETTING NEW 

FINAL APPROVAL HEARING DATE 

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WHEREAS, on November 23, 2005, the Court entered an Order Preliminarily Approving 

Settlement and Providing for Notice (“Notice Order”); and 

WHEREAS the Notice Order requires Lead Counsel to mail a copy of the Notice of 

Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Action (“Notice”) to all Settlement Class Members who 

can be identified with reasonable effort no later than December 15, 2005; and 

WHEREAS, RG/2 Claims Administration LLC (“Claims Administrator”) contacted U.S. 

Aggregates, Inc.’s (“U.S. Aggregates”) former transfer agent Harris Bank to obtain the names and 

addresses of Settlement Class Members, and was informed that all records had been forwarded to 

ComputerShare Shareholder Services (“ComputerShare”); and 

WHEREAS the Claims Administrator contacted ComputerShare and was informed that other 

than a record that ComputerShare mailed a bankruptcy notice in 2002, ComputerShare has 

maintained no records on U.S. Aggregates or its shareholders and has no record of forwarding this 

information to another transfer agent; and 

WHEREAS, the Claims Administrator has prepared a declaration attesting to the above 

contacts with Harris Bank and ComputerShare, which declaration will be filed no later than 

December 16, 2005; 

WHEREAS, under the circumstances, it is not possible to obtain records listing shareholders 

who purchased U.S. Aggregates common stock during the Settlement Class Period; and 

WHEREAS, the only available list of U.S. Aggregates shareholders that Lead Counsel has 

been able to locate is a list received from former U.S. Aggregates bankruptcy counsel on December 

14, 2005, which contains records for 59 U.S. Aggregates equity shareholders as of January 28, 2002; 

WHEREAS, the great majority of shareholders hold their stock through a broker; and 

WHEREAS, the Settling Parties have agreed upon an alternative notice program that will 

provide the best notice practicable to the Settlement Class under the circumstances; and 

WHEREAS, the Lead Plaintiff and the Claims Administrator need additional time to institute 

a mailing to the 59 shareholders on the list recently obtained from former bankruptcy counsel, as 

well as the other additional elements of the proposed notice program; and 

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WHEREAS, in light of the alternative notice program proposed, the settling parties have 

agreed upon a revised notice schedule and dates as set forth below, which revised schedule affords 

Settlement Class Members additional time between the mailing and initial publication of the notice 

on the one hand, and the deadlines for opt-outs, objections, and filing proofs of claim on the other 

hand, than was allocated in the initial Order. 

IT IS HEREBY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: 

1. Not later than January 6, 2006, Lead Counsel shall cause a copy of the Notice and the 

Proof of Claim and Release Form (“Proof of Claim”) in the form previously filed with the Court on 

November 23, 2005, to be mailed by first class mail to: 

(a) a list received from bankruptcy counsel for U.S. Aggregates of equity security 

holders in U.S. Aggregates as of January 28, 2002; 

(b) a list of 245 entities maintained by the Claims Administrator that have 

responded to notices in other class actions and have requested to receive notice of subsequent class 

actions. The list consists of brokers, investment advisors, law firms and other claims administration 

firms; and 

(c) the CEDE broker list of 906 brokers and the designated contact persons at the 

brokerage firms. 

2. Not later than January 6, 2006, Lead Counsel shall cause the Notice and Proof of 

Claim to be sent for posting on the following websites: 

(a) Legal Notice System (“LENS”), a legal notice system provided by Depository 

Trust Company for their member firms. The Notice and Proof of Claim will be posted for viewing 

by member firms. 

(b) The Claims Administrator website; 

(c) Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP website; 

(d) The Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse website; and 

(e) thestreet.com – an investor website. 

3. Not later than January 30, 2006, Lead Counsel shall cause the Summary Notice to be 

published twice in Investor’s Business Daily.

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4. Not later than January 6, 2006, Lead Counsel will issue a press release announcing 

the settlement and providing the information contained in the Summary Notice. 

5. The following dates will be inserted into the Notice, Proof of Claim and Summary 

Notice:

Deadline to opt-out of Settlement 

Class

March 3, 2006 

Deadline to object to settlement March 3, 2006 

Final Approval Hearing Date March 24, 2006 

Deadline to submit Proof of Claim April 6, 2006 

 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

JEFFREY W. LAWRENCE 

CHRISTOPHER P. SEEFER 

SHIRLEY H. HUANG 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

JeffreyL@lerachlaw.com (email) 

Dated: December 15, 2005 LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH 

JOY ANN BULL 

s/ JOY ANN BULL 

JOY ANN BULL (Bar No. 138009) 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

Joyb@lerachlaw.com (email) 

Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs and Escrow Agent 

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Dated: December 15, 2005 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 

MICHAEL L. CHARLSON 

s/ MICHAEL L. CHARLSON 

MICHAEL L. CHARLSON (Bar No. 122125) 

275 Middlefield Road 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Telephone: 650/324-7000 

650/324-0638 (fax) 

michael.charlson@hellerehrman.com (email) 

Attorneys for Defendant James A. Harris 

Dated: December 15, 2005 JEFFER, MANGELS, BUTLER 

 MARMARO LLP 

JULIA J. RIDER 

s/ JULIA J. RIDER 

JULIA J. RIDER (Bar No. 67277) 

1900 Avenue of the Stars 

7th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90067-4308 

Telephone: 310/203-8080 

310/203-0567 (fax) 

JRider@jmbm.com (email) 

Attorneys for Defendant Michael J. Stone 

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O R D E R 

 PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _________________________ 

THE HONORABLE CLAUDIA WILKEN 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

S:\Settlement\US Aggregates.set\STIP & ORD 00026765.doc 

12/20/05 /s/ CLAUDIA WILKEN

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on December 15, 2005, 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 served 

the foregoing document or paper via facsimile to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the 

attached Manual Notice List and that this document was forwarded to the following designated 

Internet site at: http://securities.lerachlaw.com/.

 s/ JOY ANN BULL 

 JOY ANN BULL 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

E-mail: Joyb@lerachlaw.com

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Mailing Information for a Case 4:01-cv-01688-CW

Electronic Mail Notice List 

The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case.

z Brian R. Blackman

bblackman@sheppardmullin.com

z J.T. Wells Blaxter

jtb@jmbm.com jmt@jmbm.com;rcg@jmbm.com;sftemp2@jmbm.com

z Francis A. Bottini, Jr

bottini@whafh.com

z Alec H. Boyd

aboyd@tuckerellis.com

z Gustavo Bruckner

bruckner@whafh.com

z Howard S. Caro

hcaro@hewm.com yanad.burrellcarter@hellerehrman.com

z Michael L. Charlson

michael.charlson@hellerehrman.com

susan.griffinpreston@hellerehrman.com;yvonne.somek@hellerehrman.com;karen.strong@hellereh

z Robert C. Gebhardt

rcg@jmbm.com jjr@jmbm.com;jmt@jmbm.com;lt1@jmbm.com

z Francis M. Gregorek

gregorek@whafh.com

z Marc S. Henzel

mhenzel182@aol.com

z Shirley H. Huang

shirleyh@mwbhl.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Rachel M. Jones

rachel.jones@hewm.com

z Reed R. Kathrein

reedk@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Peter J. Koenig

pkoenig@tuckerellis.com

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z Jeffrey W. Lawrence

jeffreyl@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com

z William S. Lerach

billl@lerachlaw.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Betsy C. Manifold

manifold@whafh.com

z David R. Ongaro

dongaro@perkinscoie.com psaunders@perkinscoie.com

z Kirk Pasich

pasichk@dsmo.com whites@dsmo.com 

z Darren J. Robbins

e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Christopher Paul Seefer

chriss@mwbhl.com e_file_sd@lerachlaw.com;e_file_sf@lerachlaw.com 

z Evan Jason Smith

esmith@brodsky-smith.com

Manual Notice List 

The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who 

therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into 

your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these recipients.

Mindy G. Davis

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP 

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20004 

Donna M. Drake

Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP 

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20004 

Nadeem Faruqi

Faruqi & Faruqi 

320 East 39th Street 

New York, NY 10016 

Brian M. Felgoise

Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise 

230 South Broad Street 

Suite 404 

Philadelphia, PA 19102 

Paul J. Geller

Cauley Geller Bowman & Coates LLP 

One Boca Place, Suite 421A 

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2255 Glades Road 

Boca Raton, FL 33431 

Fred T. Isquith

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz 

270 Madison Avenue 

New York, NY 10016 

Deborah Kravitz

Heller Ehrman LLP 

1666 K Street, NW 

Suite 300 

Washington, DC 20006-1228 

Gregory M. Nespole

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz 

270 Madison Avenue 

New York, NY 10016 

Marc A. Topaz

Schiffrin & Barroway. LLP 

280 King of Prussia Road 

Radnor, PA 19087 

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