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Parties Involved:
Alphabet Inc.
Defendant
Sergey Brin
Defendant
L. John Doerr
Defendant
Roger W. Ferguson, Jr.
Defendant
Diane B. Greene
Defendant
John L. Hennessy
Defendant
Harry Markarian
Plaintiff
Ann Mather
Defendant
Alan R. Mulally
Defendant
Larry Page
Defendant
Sundar Pichai
Defendant
Ruth M. Porat
Defendant
Eric E. Schmidt
Defendant
K. Ram Shriram
Defendant
Robin L. Washington
Defendant
William Wessels
Interested Party

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DEFS.’ ADMIN. MOT.

TO CONSIDER WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-06880-RS 

BORIS FELDMAN, State Bar No. 128838 

BENJAMIN M. CROSSON, State Bar No. 247560 

CHERYL W. FOUNG, State Bar No. 108868 

STEPHEN B. STRAIN, State Bar No. 291572 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

Email: boris.feldman@wsgr.com 

 bcrosson@wsgr.com 

 cfoung@wsgr.com 

 sstrain@wsgr.com 

GIDEON A. SCHOR (admitted pro hac vice) 

WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor 

New York, NY 10019-6022 

Telephone: (212)-999-5800 

Facsimile: (212)-999-5899 

Email: gschor@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Larry Page, Sergey Brin, 

Sundar Pichai, Ruth M. Porat, John L. Hennessy, 

L. John Doerr, Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., Ann 

Mather, Alan R. Mulally, K. Ram Shriram, Robin 

L. Washington, Eric E. Schmidt, Diane B. Greene, 

and Nominal Defendant Alphabet Inc. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

WILLIAM WESSELS, Derivatively on Behalf of 

ALPHABET INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

LARRY PAGE, SERGEY BRIN, SUNDAR 

PICHAI, RUTH M. PORAT, JOHN L. 

HENNESSY, L. JOHN DOERR, ROGER W. 

FERGUSON, JR., ANN MATHER, ALAN R. 

MULALLY, K. RAM SHRIRAM, ROBIN L. 

WASHINGTON, ERIC E. SCHMIDT, and 

DIANE B. GREENE, 

Defendants, 

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ALPHABET INC., a Delaware corporation, 

Nominal Defendant. 

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CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-06880-RS 

STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] 

ORDER REGARDING 

DEFENDANTS’ ADMINISTRATIVE 

MOTION TO CONSIDER 

WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE 

RELATED 

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STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE -2-

DEFS.’ ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER

WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-06880-RS 

WHEREAS, two shareholder derivative actions are pending in the United States District 

Court for the Northern District of California, captioned: Wessels v. Page, et al., 3:19-cv-06880-

RS (N.D. Cal. Oct. 22, 2019); and Markarian v. Page, et al., 5:19-cv-07291-EJD (N.D. Cal. 

Nov. 5, 2019) (together, the “Derivative Actions”); 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the Derivative Actions assert substantially identical 

claims for alleged breaches of fiduciary duties and related causes of action; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the Derivative Actions also concern identical 

defendants, identical or substantially similar transactions or events, and call for the determination 

of identical or substantially similar questions of law and fact; 

WHEREAS, the parties agree that the litigation of these cases before different judges 

would result in an unduly burdensome duplication of labor and expense for the parties and the 

Court, as well as potentially conflicting results; 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel of record, 

hereby agree and stipulate to the following: 

1. The above-listed Derivative Actions are related under Civil Local Rule 3-12; and 

2. The later-filed Markarian action shall be reassigned to the Honorable Richard 

Seeborg and the parties and the affected Judges notified accordingly. 

Dated: December 9, 2019 Respectfully submitted, 

 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI 

Professional Corporation 

By: /s/Benjamin M. Crosson 

 Benjamin M. Crosson 

Boris Feldman 

Benjamin M. Crosson 

Cheryl W. Foung 

Stephen B. Strain 

650 Page Mill Road 

Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 

Telephone: (650) 493-9300 

Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 

boris.feldman@wsgr.com 

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DEFS.’ ADMIN. MOT. TO CONSIDER

WHETHER CASES SHOULD BE RELATED

CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-06880-RS 

bcrosson@wsgr.com 

cfoung@wsgr.com 

sstrain@wsgr.com 

Gideon A. Schor (admitted pro hac vice) 

1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor 

New York, NY 10019-6022 

Telephone: (212) 999-5800 

Facsimile: (212) 999-5899 

gschor@wsgr.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Larry Page, Sergey 

Brin, Sundar Pichai, Ruth M. Porat, John L. 

Hennessy, L. John Doerr, Roger W. Ferguson, 

Jr., Ann Mather, Alan R. Mulally, K. Ram 

Shriram, Robin L. Washington, Eric E. 

Schmidt, Diane B. Greene, and Nominal 

Defendant Alphabet Inc.

Dated: December 9, 2019 ROBBINS LLP 

By: /s/Steven R. Wedeking 

 STEVEN R. WEDEKING 

Brian J. Robbins 

Craig W. Smith 

Steven R. Wedeking 

5040 Shoreham Place 

San Diego, CA 92122 

Telephone: (619) 525-3990 

Facsimile: (619) 525-3991 

brobbins@robbinsllp.com 

csmith@robbinsllp.com 

swedeking@robbinsllp.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff William Wessels 

Dated: December 9, 2019 STEPHENS & STEPHENS LLP 

By: /s/Conrad B. Stephens 

 CONRAD B. STEPHENS 

Conrad B. Stephens 

505 South McClelland Street 

Santa Maria, CA 93454 

Telephone: (805) 922-1951 

Facsimile: (805) 922-8013 

conrad@stephensfirm.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff Harry Markarian 

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CASE NO.: 3:19-cv-06880-RS 

SIGNATURE ATTESTATION 

 I, Benjamin M. Crosson, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being 

used to file the foregoing Stipulation and [Proposed] Order Re Defendants’ Administrative 

Motion to Consider Whether Cases Should Be Related. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), 

I hereby attest that each of the signatories identified above has concurred in this filing. 

 Executed this __9__ day of December 2019, in Palo Alto, California. 

/s/ Benjamin M. Crosson 

BENJAMIN M. CROSSON 

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ORDER 

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: _______________________ ______________________________________ 

 The Honorable Richard Seeborg 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

12/10/19

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