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1 SARA B. BRODY (Bar No. 130222) CAROL LYNN THOMPSON (Bar No. 148079) 2 CECILIA Y. CHAN (Bar No. 240971) MATTHEW D. THURLOW (Bar No. 243470) 3 HELLER EHRMAN LLP 333 Bush Street 4 San Francisco, CA 94104-2878 Telephone: (415) 772-6000 5 Facsimile: (415) 772-6268 [email protected] 6 [email protected] [email protected] 7 [email protected] 8 Attorneys for Defendants SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, 9 ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, MARY C. SAUER, MARK ELY, ROBERT M. GREBER, 10 PETER J. MARGUGLIO and R. WARREN LANGLEY 11 12 13 CITY OF WESTLAND POLICE AND FIRE 14 RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND PLYMOUTH 15 COUNTY RETIREMENT SYSTEM, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, 16 Plaintiff, 17 v. 18 SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, 19 ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, MARY C. SAUER, MARK ELY, ROBERT M. 20 GREBER, PETER J. MARGUGLIO and R. WARREN LANGLEY, 21 Defendants. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
DEFENDANTS' SECOND REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE CASE NO.: C 07 5111(JSW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Case No.: C 07 5111(JSW) CLASS ACTION DEFENDANTS' SECOND REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR SUPERSEDING MOTION TO DISMISS THE [CORRECTED] CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION COMPLAINT Date: Time: Crtrm: Trial Date: September 5, 2008 9:00 a.m. 2 None Set

The Honorable Jeffrey S. White

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Pursuant to Rule 201 of the Federal Rules of Evidence and the doctrine of

2 incorporation by reference, Defendants Sonic Solutions, Inc. ("Sonic"), David C. Habiger, 3 Robert J. Doris, A. Clay Leighton, Mary C. Sauer, Mark Ely, Robert M. Greber, Peter J. 4 Marguglio and R. Warren Langley (collectively, "Defendants") request this Court take 5 judicial notice of the attached exhibits in connection with their superseding motion to 6 dismiss the [Corrected] Consolidated Class Action Complaint (the "Complaint") for 7 violations of the federal securities laws. 8 Under the incorporation by reference doctrine, a court may consider on a Rule

9 12(b)(6) motion documents "whose contents are alleged in a complaint and whose 10 authenticity no party questions, but which are not physically attached to the plaintiff's 11 pleading." In re Silicon Graphics Sec. Litig., 183 F.3d 970, 986 (9th Cir. 1999) (internal 12 citation omitted); In re Portal Software, Inc. Sec. Litig., 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 20214, at 13 *12 (N.D. Cal. 2005) ("[C]ourts are specifically authorized, in connection with a motion to 14 dismiss a securities fraud complaint, to consider documents and filings described in the 15 complaint under the incorporation by reference doctrine."). Where a plaintiff fails to attach 16 to the complaint the documents upon which the complaint is premised, a defendant may 17 attach such documents in order to show that they do not support the plaintiff's claim. In Re 18 Pac. Gateway Exch., Inc., 169 F. Supp.2d 1160, 1164 (N.D. Cal. 2001). 19 In addition, Federal Rule of Evidence 201 allows a court to take judicial notice of

20 facts that are "not subject to reasonable dispute in that [they are] either (1) generally known 21 within the territorial jurisdiction of the trial court or (2) capable of accurate and ready 22 determination by resort to sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned." Fed. 23 R. Evid. 201(b). It is well-established in the Ninth Circuit that courts may take judicial 24 notice of documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). Dreiling 25 v. Am. Exp. Co., 458 F.3d 942, 946 n.2 (9th Cir. 2006); see also In re Calpine Corp. Sec. 26 Litig., 288 F. Supp. 2d 1054, 1076 (N.D. Cal. 2003) (finding that court may take judicial 27 notice of documents filed with the SEC). Likewise, it is well established that a court may 28 take judicial notice of historical stock prices. See In re Copper Mt. Sec. Litig., 311 F. Supp. 1
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1 2d 857, 864 (N.D. Cal. 2004). 2 This Court should take judicial notice of the following documents (filed herewith)

3 because they are incorporated by reference into the Complaint and are judicially noticeable 4 under Federal Rule of Evidence 201. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1. Exhibit A: A true and correct copy of an excerpt of the Form 10-K, filed by Sonic

with the SEC on February 26, 2008. 2. Exhibit B: A true and correct copy of the Form 4, filed by Sonic with the SEC on

May 12, 2004. 3. Exhibit C: A true and correct copy of Sonic's historical stock prices available on

Yahoo, for the following periods: June 22, 1997-August 22, 1997; October 30, 2000-December 31, 2000; February 11, 2003-April 11, 2003. Respectfully submitted, HELLER EHRMAN LLP

12 DATED: August 8, 2008 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

/s/ Sara B. Brody SARA B. BRODY CAROL LYNN THOMPSON CECILIA Y. CHAN MATTHEW D. THURLOW
Attorneys for Defendants SONIC SOLUTIONS, DAVID C. HABIGER, ROBERT J. DORIS, A. CLAY LEIGHTON, MARY C. SAUER, MARK ELY, ROBERT M. GREBER, PETER J. MARGUGLIO and R. WARREN LANGLEY

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