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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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Stipulation and Order Setting Settlement 

Approval Schedule 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02571-MCE-KJN 

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

MICHAEL J. MCGAUGHEY (198617) 

390 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Telephone: 213-426-2170 

Fax: 973-597-6233 

 mmcgaughey@lowenstein.com 

Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs Special Situations 

Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations 

Cayman Fund, L.P. and additional named 

Plaintiff David M. Fineman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND III QP, L.P., 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS CAYMAN FUND, L.P. 

and DAVID M. FINEMAN, Individually and On 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC., 

PAMELA G. MARRONE, JAMES B. BOYD, 

DONALD J. GLIDEWELL, HECTOR ABSI, 

ELIN MILLER, RANJEET BHATIA, PAMELA 

CONTAG, TIM FOGARTY, LAWRENCE 

HOUGH, JOSEPH HUDSON, LES LYMAN, 

RICHARD ROMINGER, SHAUGN STANLEY, 

SEAN SCHICKENDANZ, and ERNST & 

YOUNG LLP, 

Defendants. 

Case No. 2:14-cv-02571-MCE-KJN

Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. 

CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION 

STIPULATION AND ORDER 

SETTING SETTLEMENT 

APPROVAL SCHEDULE 

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Lead Plaintiffs Special Situations Fund III QP, L.P. and Special Situations Cayman Fund, 

L.P., additional named Plaintiff David M. Fineman, and Defendants Marrone Bio Innovations, 

Inc., Pamela G. Marrone, James B. Boyd, Donald J. Glidewell, Hector Absi, Elin Miller, Ranjeet 

Bhatia, Pamela Contag, Tim Fogarty, Lawrence Hough, Joseph Hudson, Les Lyman, Richard 

Rominger, Shaugn Stanley, and Sean Schickedanz (collectively, the “Parties”), by and through 

their undersigned counsel, jointly submit the following stipulated schedule for settlement-related 

events. Although the parties continue to negotiate the terms of a formal stipulation of settlement, 

they nevertheless submit this proposed schedule as set forth in their May 4, 2016 status update 

[Docket No. 66], in the hope that they can reach agreement on or before May 19. The timing of 

the events is determined by the date the Preliminary Approval Order is entered and the date the 

Settlement Hearing is scheduled. If the Court agrees with the proposed schedule, the Parties 

request that the Court schedule the Settlement Hearing for a date that is 60 calendar days after 

the date of entry of the Preliminary Approval Order, or at the Court’s earliest convenience 

thereafter. 

Event Proposed Timing

Unopposed Motion for (I) Preliminary Approval of Class 

Action Settlement, (II) Certification of the Settlement 

Class, and (III) Approval of Notice to the Settlement Class 

May 19, 2016 

Deadline for mailing the Notice and Claim Form to 

Settlement Class Members (the “Notice Date”) 

Up to 7 business days after entry 

of Preliminary Approval Order 

Deadline for publishing the Summary Notice Up to 5 business days after the 

Notice Date 

Deadline for filing of papers in support of final approval of 

the Settlement, Plan of Allocation, and Lead Counsel’s 

Application for Attorney’s Fees and Litigation Expenses 

28 calendar days prior to the 

Settlement Hearing 

Deadline for receipt of exclusion requests or objections 14 calendar days prior to the 

Settlement Hearing 

Deadline for filing reply papers, if any 7 calendar days prior to the 

Settlement Hearing 

Settlement Hearing 60 calendar days after entry of 

the Preliminary Approval Order, 

or at the Court’s earliest 

convenience thereafter 

Deadline for submitting Claim Forms 75 calendar days after the Notice 

Date 

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Dated: May 12, 2016 LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP

By: /s/ Steven M. Hecht

 Steven M. Hecht 

MICHAEL J. MCGAUGHEY 

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

390 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, CA 94301 

Tel: 415.288.4545 

Fax: 415.288.4534 

LAWRENCE M. ROLNICK (pro hac vice) 

STEVEN M. HECHT (pro hac vice) 

THOMAS E. REDBURN, JR. (pro hac vice)

LOWENSTEIN SANDLER LLP 

1251 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, NY 10020 

Tel: 212.262.6700 

Fax: 973.597.2400 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUNDS III QP, 

L.P., SPECIAL SITUATIONS CAYMAN 

FUND, L.P., AND DAVID M. FINEMAN 

Dated: May 12, 2016 MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

By: /s/ Judson E. Lobdell

 (as authorized on May 12, 2016) 

JUDSON E. LOBDELL 

JORDAN ETH 

ANNE K. DAVIS 

MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP 

425 Market Street 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Tel.: 415.268.7000 

Fax: 415.268.7522 

Attorneys for Defendants 

MARRONE BIO INNOVATIONS, INC., 

PAMELA G. MARRONE, JAMES B. 

BOYD, DONALD J. GLIDEWELL, ELIN 

MILLER, RANJEET BHATIA, PAMELA 

CONTAG, TIM FOGARTY, LAWRENCE 

HOUGH, JOSEPH HUDSON, LES 

LYMAN, RICHARD ROMINGER, 

SHAUGN STANLEY, AND SEAN 

SCHICKEDANZ 

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Dated: May 12, 2016 BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK 

LLP

By: /s/ Jonathan C. Sandler

 (as authorized on May 12, 2016) 

JONATHAN C. SANDLER 

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER 

SCHRECK LLP 

2049 Century Park East, Suite 3550 

Los Angeles, CA 90067 

Tel.: 310.500.4600 

Fax: 310.500.4602 

JOHN MCDERMOTT (pro hac vice) 

BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER 

SCHRECK LLP 

410 Seventeenth Street, Suite 2200 

Denver, CO 80202 

Tel.: 303.223.1118 

Fax: 303.223.0918 

Attorneys for Defendant 

HECTOR ABSI 

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ORDER 

 Pursuant to the parties’ stipulation, IT IS SO ORDERED. The Court adopts the parties’ 

schedule and sets the Settlement Hearing for August 25, 2016. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 17, 2016 

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