UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY 

IN RE: 

MEDCO/EXPRESS SCRIPTS MERGER 

LITIGATION 

 

Civil Action No. 11-4211 (DMC) (MF)

STIPULATION AND AGREEMENT TO DISMISS PENDING 

INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL PURSUANT TO RULE 42(a) OF THE FEDERAL 

RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE

 WHEREAS, Express Scripts, Inc., Aristotle Holding, Inc., Aristotle Merger Sub, 

Inc., Plato Merger Sub, Inc., Medco Health Solutions, Inc., David B. Snow, Jr., Michael 

Goldstein, Howard W. Barker, Jr., John L. Cassis, Charles M. Lillis, Myrtle Potter, 

William L. Roper, David D. Stevens, and Blenda J. Wilson (the “Defendants”), and 

Plaintiffs, by their undersigned attorneys as set forth below, constituting all of the parties 

(the “Parties”) to the above-captioned action (the “Action”), pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the 

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, hereby stipulate and agree to dismiss the pending 

interlocutory appeal petition filed on October 31, 2011, in the United States Court of 

Appeals for the Third Circuit (the “Appeal”); 

 WHEREAS, the Defendants filed a Petition for Permission to Appeal under 28 

U.S.C. § 1292(b) in the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on or about 

October 31, 2011; 

 WHEREAS, on November 7, 2011, the Parties entered into a Memorandum of 

Understanding in which the Parties agreed in principle to settle the Action (the “MOU”); 

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 WHEREAS, on November 7, 2011, as contemplated in the MOU, the Parties 

notified this Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit of the 

MOU, and sought a stay of all proceedings in the United States Court of Appeals for the 

Third Circuit pending settlement of the Action; 

 WHEREAS, on November 25, 2011, the Parties entered into a Stipulation and 

Agreement of Compromise, Settlement and Release, providing for, among other things, 

the settlement and dismissal of the Action as well as the related case captioned In re 

Medco Health Solutions Inc. Shareholders Litigation, C.A. No. 6720-CS pending before 

the Delaware Court of Chancery, and release of all claims asserted in both actions, and 

dismissal of the Appeal; 

 WHEREAS, on April 16, 2012, the Court held a settlement hearing; 

 WHEREAS, on April 18, 2012, the Court approved the Settlement and entered a 

Final Order and Judgment dismissing the Action; 

 WHEREAS, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has not 

entered an order pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 5(d) granting 

permission to appeal and as a result an appeal in this action has not been docketed by the 

Clerk of the Court of Appeals; 

 WHEREFORE, the Parties hereby stipulate and agree that the Appeal should be 

dismissed without costs forthwith. 

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SO STIPULATED AND AGREED THIS 20TH DAY OF APRIL 2012: 

/s/ James E. Cecchi 

James E. Cecchi 

Lindsey Taylor 

Donald A. Ecklund 

CARELLA, BYRNE, CECCHI, 

OLSTEIN, BRODY & AGNELLO 

5 Becker Farm Road 

Roseland, New Jersey 07068 

Tel: (973) 994-1700 

OF COUNSEL: 

Gerald Silk 

Mark Lebovitch 

Brett M. Middleton 

BERNSTEIN LITOWITZ BERGER & 

GROSSMAN LLP 

1285 Avenue of the Americas 

New York, New York 10019 

Tel: (212) 554-1400 

Jay W. Eisenhofer 

Michael J. Barry 

Caitlin Moyna 

GRANT & EISENHOFER P.A. 

1201 N. Market Street 

Wilmington, Delaware 19801 

Tel: (302) 622-7000 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs in the District 

Court Action 

/s/ Joseph P. LaSala 

Joseph P. LaSala 

MCELROY, DEUTSCH, MULVANEY & 

CARPENTER, LLP 

1300 Mount Kemble Avenue 

P.O. Box 2075 

Morristown, New Jersey 07962-2075 

Tel: (973) 993-8100 

Fax: (973) 425-0161 

Jlasala@mdmc-law.com 

OF COUNSEL: 

Edward P. Welch 

Edward B. Micheletti 

SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, 

 MEAGHER & FLOM LLP 

One Rodney Square 

P.O. Box 636 

Wilmington, Delaware 19899-0636 

Tel: (302) 651-3000 

Fax: (302) 651-3001 

Attorneys for Defendants Express Scripts, Inc., 

Aristotle Holding, Inc., Aristotle Merger Sub, Inc. 

and Plato Merger Sub, Inc. 

/s/ Kevin H. Marino 

Kevin H. Marino 

John D. Tortorella 

MARINO, TORTORELLA & BOYLE, 

P.C. 

437 Southern Boulevard 

Chatham, New Jersey 07928-1488 

Tel: (973) 824-9300 

Fax: (973) 824-8425 

kmarino@khmarino.com 

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OF COUNSEL: 

John L. Hardiman 

SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP 

125 Broad Street 

New York, New York 10004 

Tel: (212) 558-4000 

Fax: (212) 558-3588 

hardimanj@sullcrom.com 

Attorneys for Defendants Medco Health 

Solutions, Inc., David B. Snow, Jr., 

Michael Goldstein, Howard W. Barker, 

Jr., John L. Cassis, Charles M. Lillis, 

Myrtle Potter, William L. Roper, David D. 

Stevens, and Blenda J. Wilson 

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