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Parties Involved:
Affymetrix, Inc.
Defendant
Nelson C. Chan
Defendant
Jeffrey S. L. Cheah
Plaintiff
Gary S. Guthart
Defendant
Jami Dover Nachtsheim
Defendant
Riccardo Pigliucci
Defendant
Merilee Raines
Defendant
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
Defendant
Robert H. Trice
Defendant
White Birch Merger Co
Defendant
Frank Witney
Defendant

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Leigh A. Parker (170565)

lparker@weisslawllp.com

WEISSLAW LLP

1516 South Bundy Drive, Suite 309

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Telephone: 310/208-2800

Facsimile: 310/209-2348

Attorneys for Plaintiff Jeffrey S. L. Cheah

[Additional counsel listed on signature page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JEFFREY S. L. CHEAH, Individually and On 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

v.

AFFYMETRIX, INC., JAMI DOVER 

NACHTSHEIM, FRANK WITNEY, NELSON 

C. CHAN, GARY S. GUTHART, RICCARDO 

PIGLIUCCI, MERILEE RAINES, ROBERT H. 

TRICE, THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC, INC. 

and WHITE BIRCH MERGER CO.,

 Defendants.

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Case No. 16-cv-01253-WHO

CLASS ACTION

STIPULATION AND ORDER FOR THE

ADJOURNMENT OF THE INITIAL 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

Judge: Honorable William H. Orrick

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IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between PLAINTIFF JEFFREY S. L. CHEAH

(“Plaintiff”) and DEFENDANTS FRANK WITNEY, NELSON CHAN, GARY GUTHART, 

JAMI NACHTSHEIM, RICCARDO PIGLIUCCI, MERILEE RAINES, ROBERT TRICE

(collectively, the “Individual Defendants”), and AFFYMETRIX, INC. (collectively, the 

“Defendants”), (Plaintiff and Defendants are to be collectively referred to as the “Parties”), by and 

through their attorneys of record, that good cause exists for the Court to accept the following 

proposed schedule based on the following:

WHEREAS, on March 14, 2016, Plaintiff filed a Class Action Complaint captioned Cheah

v. Affymetrix, Inc., et al., Case No. 16-cv-01253-WHO (the “Complaint”) in the United States 

District Court, Northern District of California for violations of Section 14(a) and 20(a) of the 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 78n(a), 78t(a), and SEC 

Rule 14a-9, 17 C.F.R. 240.14a-9, and breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed 

merger between Affymetrix, Inc. and Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.;

WHEREAS, Defendants’ Answers to the Complaint are due on May 27, 2016;

WHEREAS, the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter is set for June 14, 

2016;

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a preliminary settlement agreement in the abovereferenced matter and are currently conducting confirmatory discovery.

WHEREAS, the Parties desire the adjournment of the deadline for any response to the 

Complaint until after the conclusion of confirmatory discovery;

WHEREAS, the Parties desire the adjournment of the Initial Case Management 

Conference until after the conclusion of confirmatory discovery;

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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED BY AND AMONG THE PARTIES 

HERETO, THROUGH THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD, AND SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF 

THE COURT, AS FOLLOWS:

1. The Initial Case Management Conference shall be adjourned to a date to be 

determined by the Court; and

2. Defendants’ deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be adjourned indefinitely, with the parties to confer on a new deadline in the event 

that the settlement is not consummated.

Stipulated by and between the following:

DATED: May 13, 2016 WEISSLAW LLP

By: /s/ Leigh A. Parker

Leigh A. Parker (170565)

lparker@weisslawllp.com

1516 South Bundy Drive, Suite 309

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Attorneys for Plaintiff Jeffrey S. L. Cheah

DATED: May 13, 2016 DAVIS POLK & WARDWELL, LLP

By: /s/ Neal A. Potischman

Neal A. Potischman (SBN 254862)

Micah G. Block (SBN 270712) 

Andrew D. Yaphe (SBN 274172) 

Jayeeta Kundu (SBN 291599)

1600 El Camino Real

Menlo Park, California 94025

Telephone: (650) 752-2000

Facsimile: (650) 752-2111

Counsel for Defendants Affymetrix, Inc., Frank 

Witney, Nelson Chan, Gary Guthart, Jami 

Nachtsheim, Riccardo Pigliucci, Merilee 

Raines, and Robert Trice

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Filer’s Attestation

I, Leigh A. Parker, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to 

file this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order for the Adjournment of the Initial Case Management 

Conference. In compliance with Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3), I hereby attest that all signatories hereto 

concur in this filing. 

 /s/ Leigh A. Parker 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that 

1. The Initial Case Management Conference will be adjourned until August 23, 2016. 

In the event that “confirmatory discovery” has not been completed by that date, the 

parties shall state in their Joint Case Management Statement the specifics 

concerning the discovery completed and the anticipated discovery that remains.

2. Defendants’ deadline to answer, move to dismiss, or otherwise respond to the 

Complaint shall be adjourned indefinitely, with the parties to confer on a new 

deadline in the event that the settlement is not consummated. 

DATED: May 16, 2016

Honorable William H. Orrick

United States District Judge

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