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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

FAN ZHANG, Individually and on Behalf of 

All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GROUPON, INC., ANDREW D. MASON, 

JASON E. CHILD, JOSEPH M. DEL 

PRETO, ERIC P. LEFKOFSKY, 

THEODORE J. LEONSIS, PETER J. 

BARRIS, KEVIN J. EFRUSY, MELLODY 

HOBSON, BRADLEY A. KEYWELL, 

HOWARD SCHULTZ, MORGAN 

STANLEY & CO. LLC, GOLDMAN, 

SACHS & CO., CREDIT SUISSE 

SECURITIES (USA) LLC, ALLEN & 

COMPANY LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, 

PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH 

INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS CAPITAL 

INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS 

INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES 

INC., J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, 

WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C., 

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., RBC 

CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and THE 

WILLIAMS CAPITAL GROUP, L.P.,

Defendants. 

 CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-CV-2450 

KATHLEEN ROSELLI, Individually And On 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GROUPON, INC., ERIC P. LEFKOFSKY, 

ANDREW D. MASON, JASON CHILD, 

KEVIN EFRUSY, THEODORE J. LEONSIS, 

HOWARD SCHULTZ, JOSEPH M. DEL 

PRETO, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC, 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., and CREDIT 

SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, 

Defendants.

 CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-CV-2460 

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DENNIS EINSPAHR, Individually and on 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GROUP ON, INC., JASON E. CHILD, 

JOSEPH M. DELPRETO, ANDREWD. 

MASON, ERIC P. LEFKOFSKY, PETER J. 

BARRIS, KEVIN J. EFRUSY, MELLODY 

HOBSON, BRADLEY A. KEYWELL, 

THEODORE J. LEONSIS, HOWARD 

SCHULTZ, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. 

LLC, GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., CREDIT 

SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, ALLEN 

& COMPANY LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, 

PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC., 

BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC., CITIGROUP 

GLOBAL MARKETS INC., DEUTSCHE 

BANK SECURITIES INC., J.P. MORGAN 

SECURITIES LLC, WELLS FARGO 

SECURITIES, LLC, WILLIAM BLAIR & 

COMP ANY LLC, LOOP CAPITAL) 

MARKETS, INC., RBC CAPITAL 

MARKETS LLC and THE WILLIAMS 

CAPITAL GROUP, L.P. 

Defendants.

 CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-CV-2547 

JOHN PEDROW, Individually and on Behalf 

of All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GROUPON, INC., ANDREW D. MASON, 

JASON E. CHILD, JOSEPH M. DEL PRETO, 

ERIC P. LEFKOFSKY, THEODORE J. 

LEONSIS, PETER J. NARRIS, KEVIN J. 

EFRUSY, MELLODY HOBSON, BRADLEY 

A. KEYWELL, HOWARD SCHULTZ, 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC, 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., CREDIT 

SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, ALLEN 

& COMPANY LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, 

PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH 

INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS CAPITAL

 CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-CV-2791 

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INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS 

INC., DUETSCHE BANK SECURITIES 

INC., J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES LLC, 

WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C., 

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., RBC 

CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and THE 

WILLIAMS CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., 

Defendants. 

 

JOHN H. COTTRELL, Individually and on 

Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

GROUPON, INC., ANDREW D. MASON, 

JASON E. CHILD, JOSEPH M. DEL PRETO, 

ERIC LEFKOFSKY, THEODORE J. 

LEONSIS, PETER J. NARRIS, KEVIN J. 

EFRUSY, MELLODY HOBSON, BRADLEY 

A. KEYWELL, HOWARD SCHULTZ, 

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC, 

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO., CREDIT 

SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, ALLEN 

& COMPANY) LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, 

PIERCE, FENNER SMITH 

INCORPORATED, BARCLAYS CAPITAL 

INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS 

INC., DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES 

INC., J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, 

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, 

WILLIAM BLAIR & COMPANY L.L.C., 

LOOP CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., RBC 

CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and THE 

WILLIAMS CAPITAL GROUP, L.P., 

Defendants. 

 CIVIL ACTION NO. 12-CV-3129 

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE RELATED CASES, APPOINT LEAD PLAINTIFF AND 

APPROVE LEAD PLAINTIFFS' SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL

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 Proposed Lead Plaintiffs, John Pedrow and Stephens Johnson, by and through their 

counsel of record, for the reasons provided in their (1) Notice of Motion To Consolidate Related 

Cases, Appoint Lead Plaintiff And Approve Lead Plaintiffs' Selection Of Lead Counsel; (2) 

Memorandum of Law In Support Of Motion To Consolidate Related Cases, Appoint Lead 

Plaintiff And Approve Lead Plaintiffs' Selection Of Lead Counsel; and (3) Declaration of Reed 

R. Kathrein In Support of Motion To Consolidate Related Cases, Appoint Lead Plaintiff And 

Approve Lead Plaintiffs' Selection Of Lead Counsel, and for good cause shown, respectfully 

request that Court consolidate the above-captioned related cases, appoint John Pedrow and 

Stephens Johnson as Lead Plaintiffs and approve their selection of Hagens Berman Sobol 

Shapiro LLP as Lead Counsel and further grant them such other relief deemed necessary and 

appropriate by the Court. 

DATED: June 4, 2012 Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/ Reed R. Kathrein 

 REED R. KATHREIN 

Peter E. Borkon 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

715 Hearst Ave., Suite 202 

Berkeley, CA 94710 

Telephone (510) 725-3000 

Facsimile (510) 725-3001 

reed@hbsslaw.com 

peterb@hbsslaw.com 

Elizabeth A. Fegan 

Daniel J. Kurowski 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1144 W. Lake Street, Suite 400 

Oak Park, IL 60301 

Telephone: (708) 628-4949 

Facsimile: (708) 628-4950 

beth@hbsslaw.com 

dank@hbsslaw.com 

Steve W. Berman 

HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP

1918 Eighth Avenue, Suite 3300 

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Seattle, WA 98101 

Telephone: (206) 623-7292 

Facsimile: (206) 623-0594 

steve@hbsslaw.com 

Attorneys for Proposed Lead Plaintiffs 

John Pedrow and Stephens Johnson 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on June 4, 2012, I electronically filed the foregoing document using 

the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses registered 

in the CM/ECF system, as denoted on the Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I 

have caused to be mailed a paper copy of the foregoing document via the United States Postal 

Service to the non-CM/ECF participants indicated on the Manual Notice List generated by the 

CM/ECF system. 

/s/ Reed R. Kathrein

REED R. KATHREIN 

 

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