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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

In re NEXTCARD, INC. SECURITIES 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates To: 

ALL ACTIONS. 

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Master File No. C-01-21029-JF(EI) 

CLASS ACTION

[PROPOSED] FINAL JUDGMENT AND 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE 

AS TO ERNST & YOUNG, LLP 

DATE: December 2, 2005 

TIME: 11:00 a.m. 

COURTROOM: The Honorable 

 Jeremy Fogel 

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This matter came before the Court for hearing pursuant to an Order of this Court, dated 

October 4, 2005, on the application of the Settling Parties for approval of the settlement set forth in 

the Stipulation of Settlement with Ernst & Young, LLP dated as of December 1, 2004 (the 

“Stipulation”). Due and adequate notice having been given of the settlement as required in said 

Order, and the Court having considered all papers filed and proceedings held herein and otherwise 

being fully informed in the premises and good cause appearing therefore, IT IS HEREBY 

ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 

1. This Judgment incorporates by reference the definitions in the Stipulation, and all 

terms used herein shall have the same meanings set forth in the Stipulation. 

2. This Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of the Litigation and over all 

parties to the Litigation, including all Members of the Settlement Class. 

3. Except as to any individual claim of those Persons (identified in Exhibit 1 attached 

hereto) who have validly and timely requested exclusion from the Settlement Class, the E&Y Action 

and all claims contained therein, including all of the Released Claims, are dismissed with prejudice 

as to the Lead Plaintiffs and the other Members of the Settlement Class, and as against Ernst & 

Young, LLP (“E&Y”). The parties are to bear their own costs, except as otherwise provided in the 

Stipulation. 

4. Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, this Court hereby 

approves the settlement set forth in the Stipulation and finds that said settlement is, in all respects, 

fair, reasonable and adequate to, and is in the best interests of, the Lead Plaintiffs, the Settlement 

Class and each of the Settlement Class Members. This Court further finds the settlement set forth in 

the Stipulation is the result of arm’s-length negotiations between experienced counsel representing 

the interests of the Lead Plaintiffs, the Settlement Class Members and E&Y. Accordingly, the 

settlement embodied in the Stipulation is hereby approved in all respects and shall be consummated 

in accordance with its terms and provisions. The Settling Parties are hereby directed to perform the 

terms of the Stipulation. 

5. Pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court hereby 

certifies, for purposes of effectuating this settlement, a Settlement Class of all Persons who 

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purchased NextCard securities during the period between April 19, 2000 and October 30, 2001, and 

who were damaged thereby. Excluded from the Settlement Class are E&Y, the Individual 

Defendants, NextCard, members of the immediate families of the Individual Defendants, any entity 

in which E&Y, any Individual Defendant or NextCard has or had a controlling interest, current or 

former directors and officers of NextCard or E&Y, and the legal representatives, heirs, successors, or 

assigns of any such excluded person or entity. Also excluded from the Settlement Class are those 

Persons who timely and validly requested exclusion from the Settlement Class pursuant to the Notice 

of Pendency and Proposed Partial Settlement of Class Action (the “Notice”). 

6. With respect to the Settlement Class, this Court finds for the purposes of effectuating 

this settlement that (a) the Members of the Settlement Class are so numerous that joinder of all 

Settlement Class Members in the Litigation is impracticable; (b) there are questions of law and fact 

common to the Settlement Class which predominate over any individual questions; (c) the claims of 

the Lead Plaintiffs are typical of the claims of the Settlement Class; (d) the Lead Plaintiffs and CoLead Counsel have fairly and adequately represented and protected the interests of all of the 

Settlement Class Members; and (e) a class action is superior to other available methods for the fair 

and efficient adjudication of the controversy, considering: (i) the interests of the Members of the 

Settlement Class in individually controlling the prosecution of the separate actions; (ii) the extent 

and nature of any litigation concerning the controversy already commenced by Members of the 

Settlement Class; (iii) the desirability or undesirability of continuing the litigation of these claims in 

this particular forum; and (iv) the difficulties likely to be encountered in the management of the 

Litigation. 

7. Upon the Effective Date hereof, the Lead Plaintiffs and each of the Settlement Class 

Members, on behalf of themselves, their successors and assigns, and any other Person claiming (now 

or in the future) through or on behalf of them, shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the 

Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished and discharged all Released 

Claims against the Released Persons, including claims arising out of, relating to, or in connection 

with the institution, prosecution, assertion, settlement or resolution of the Litigation, whether or not 

such Settlement Class Member executes and delivers a Proof of Claim and Release form, and shall 

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have covenanted not to sue the Released Persons with respect to all such Released Claims, and shall 

be permanently barred and enjoined from instituting, commencing or prosecuting any such Released 

Claims against the Released Persons. NextCard and the Individual Defendants and the claims 

asserted against them in the NextCard Action are specifically excluded from this release. 

8. Upon the Effective Date hereof, each of the Released Persons shall be deemed to 

have, and by operation of this Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released, relinquished 

and discharged each and all of the Settlement Class Members and Co-Lead Counsel from all claims 

(including Unknown Claims), arising out of, relating to, or in connection with the institution, 

prosecution, assertion, settlement or resolution of the Litigation or the Released Claims. 

9. The distribution of the Notice and the publication of the Summary Notice as provided 

for in the Order Preliminarily Approving Settlement with Ernst & Young, LLP and Providing for 

Notice constituted the best notice practicable under the circumstances, including individual notice to 

all Members of the Settlement Class who could be identified through reasonable effort. Said Notice 

provided the best notice practicable under the circumstances of those proceedings and of the matters 

set forth therein, including the proposed settlement set forth in the Stipulation, to all Persons entitled 

to such notice, and said Notice fully satisfied the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

23, the requirements of due process, and any other applicable law. 

10. Any plan of allocation submitted by Co-Lead Counsel or any order entered regarding 

the attorneys’ fee and expense application shall in no way disturb or affect this Final Judgment and 

shall be considered separate from this Final Judgment. 

11. Neither the Stipulation nor the settlement contained therein, nor any act performed or 

document executed pursuant to or in furtherance of the Stipulation or the settlement: (a) is or may be 

deemed to be or may be used as an admission of, or evidence of, the validity of any Released Claim, 

or of any wrongdoing or liability of E&Y; or (b) is or may be deemed to be or may be used as an 

admission of, or evidence of, any fault or omission of E&Y in any civil, criminal or administrative 

proceeding in any court, administrative agency or other tribunal. E&Y may file the Stipulation 

and/or the Judgment in any other action that may be brought against it in order to support a defense 

or counterclaim based on principles of res judicata, collateral estoppel, release, good faith 

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settlement, judgment bar or reduction or any other theory of claim preclusion or issue preclusion or 

similar defense or counterclaim. 

12. Without affecting the finality of this Judgment in any way, this Court hereby retains 

continuing jurisdiction over (a) implementation of this settlement and any award or distribution of 

the Settlement Fund, including interest earned thereon; (b) disposition of the Settlement Fund; 

(c) hearing and determining applications for attorneys’ fees and expenses in the Litigation; and (d) 

all parties hereto for the purpose of construing, enforcing and administering the Stipulation. 

13. The Court finds that during the course of the Litigation, the Settling Parties and their 

respective counsel at all times complied with the requirements of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 

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14. In the event that the settlement does not become effective in accordance with the 

terms of the Stipulation or the Effective Date does not occur, or in the event that the Settlement 

Fund, or any portion thereof, is returned to E&Y, then this Judgment shall be rendered null and void 

to the extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation and shall be vacated and, in such 

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event, all orders entered and releases delivered in connection herewith shall be null and void to the 

extent provided by and in accordance with the Stipulation. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _12/2/05______ 

THE HONORABLE JEREMY FOGEL 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Submitted by: 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

JEFFREY W. LAWRENCE 

CHRISTOPHER P. SEEFER 

100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 

San Francisco, CA 94111 

Telephone: 415/288-4545 

415/288-4534 (fax) 

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER 

 RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 

WILLIAM S. LERACH 

JOY ANN BULL 

/s/ Joy Ann Bull 

JOY ANN BULL 

655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 

San Diego, CA 92101 

Telephone: 619/231-1058 

619/231-7423 (fax) 

BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & 

 GROSSMANN LLP 

ALAN SCHULMAN 

ROBERT S. GANS 

ALICIA M. DUFF 

/s/ Alan Schulman 

ALAN SCHULMAN 

12544 High Bluff Drive, Suite 150 

San Diego, CA 92130 

Telephone: 858/793-0070 

858/793-0323 (fax) 

Co-Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiffs and the 

Class 

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE BY MAIL

PURSUANT TO NORTHERN DISTRICT LOCAL RULE 23-2(c)(2) 

I, the undersigned, declare: 

1. That declarant is and was, at all times herein mentioned, a citizen of the United States 

and a resident of the County of San Diego, over the age of 18 years, and not a party to or interested 

party in the within action; that declarant’s business address is 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900, San 

Diego, California 92101. 

2. That on November 22, 2005, declarant served the [PROPOSED] FINAL 

JUDGMENT AND ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH PREJUDICE AS TO ERNST & 

YOUNG, LLP by depositing a true copy thereof in a United States mailbox at San Diego, California 

in a sealed envelope with postage thereon fully prepaid and addressed to the parties listed on the 

attached Service List and that this document was forwarded to the following designated Internet site 

at: 

http://securities.lerachlaw.com/

3. That there is a regular communication by mail between the place of mailing and the 

places so addressed. 

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 22nd 

day of November, 2005, at San Diego, California. 

/s/ Yvette D. Gray 

YVETTE D. GRAY 

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