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Case 4:08-cv-00022-SBA

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KEITH E. EGGLETON, State Bar No.159842 RODNEY G. STRICKLAND, State Bar No. 161934 JONI L. OSTLER, State Bar No. 230009 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304-1050 Telephone: (650) 493-9300 Facsimile: (650) 565-5100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSANESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH A. GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE I. SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS and GEOFFREY Y. YANG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JAMES WILTJER, On Behalf of Himself and All ) ) Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, ) LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH) A. GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE I. ) SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS, GEOFFREY Y. ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO. ) INCORPORATED, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, ) FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, ) JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC., COWEN AND ) COMPANY, LLC, THINKEQUITY PARTNERS ) LLC and DOES 1-25, inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) Case No. 08-22-CRB STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT

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WHEREAS, on December 3, 2007, plaintiff James Wiltjer filed his complaint in the above-captioned action in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of San Francisco, and on January 2, 2008, all defendants jointly removed this action to this Court; WHEREAS, plaintiff opposes defendants' removal of this action and intends to file a motion to remand it the California Superior Court; WHEREAS, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 81(c), defendants' response(s) to the complaint are currently due on January 9, 2008; WHEREAS, on January 3, 2008 defendants BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir BassanEskenazi, Frederick A. Ball, Ran Oz, Lloyd Carney, Dean Gilbert, Kenneth A. Goldman, Gal Israely, Bruce I. Sachs, Robert J. Sachs and Geoffrey Y. Yang filed a Motion for Administrative Relief in the substantially similar first-filed case entitled Mohanty v. Bassan-Eskenazi, et al., Case No. C 07 5101 (SBA), to consider whether this case should be related to that first-filed action, and defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen And Company, LLC, and Thinkequity Partners filed a joinder in that motion on January 3, 2008; WHEREAS, plaintiff has agreed to give all defendants an extension to respond to the complaint until after the Court rules on plaintiff's contemplated motion to remand, or such other time as the Court orders; and WHEREAS, by granting this extension, plaintiff does not concede, and indeed contests, that removal of this action was proper, and indeed, believes that the case should have remained in the California Superior Court where it was properly filed under § 11 of the Securities Act and further, intends to move to have the case remanded in a timely manner, and thus, in no way waives any rights to remand the matter.

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED that defendants need not respond to the complaint until after the Court rules on plaintiff's contemplated motion to remand, or such other time as the Court orders. Dated: January 9, 2008 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation

/s/ Keith E. Eggleton Keith E. Eggleton Rodney G. Strickland 650 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel.: (650) 493-9300 Fax: (650) 493-6811 Counsel for Defendants BigBand Networks, Inc., Amir Bassan-Eskenazi, Ran Oz, Frederick Ball, Gal Israely, Dean Gilbert, Ken Goldman, Lloyd Carney, Bruce Sachs, Robert Sachs and Geoffrey Yang Dated: January 9, 2008 COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP /s/ Jeffrey W. Lawrence Jeffrey W. Lawrence 100 Pine Street, Suite 2600 San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel.: (415) 288-4545 Fax: (415) 288-4534 Counsel for Plaintiff James Wiltjer By:

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/s/ Michael C. Tu Michael C. Tu 777 South Figueroa Street Suite 3200 Los Angeles, CA 90017-5855 Tel.: (213) 629-2020 Fax: (213) 612-2499 Email: [email protected] -2STIP. EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND

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Robert P. Varian ORRICK HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 405 Howard Street San Francisco, CA 94105-2669 Tel.: (415) 773-5934 Fax: (415) 773-5759 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Defendants Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Jefferies & Company, Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and ThinkEquity Partners LLC

ATTESTATION I, Joni Ostler, am the ECF user whose identification and password are being used to file this STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME TO RESPOND TO COMPLAINT. In compliance with General Order 45.X.B, I hereby attest that Keith E. Eggleton, Michael C. Tu and Jeffrey W. Lawrence have all concurred in this filing. Dated: January 9, 2008 WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI Professional Corporation

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