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Tod L. Gamlen, State Bar No. 83458 Jerry Salcido, State Bar No. 233282 BAKER & McKENZIE LLP 660 Hansen Way Palo Alto, CA 94304-1044 Telephone: +1 650 856 2400 Facsimile: +1 650 856 9299 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Petitioner MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC., Petitioner, v. MASTER CHIPS BVBA, Respondent. CIVIL ACTION NO. C08 00721 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF STIPULATION AND ORDER RE CONTINUED HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.'S PETITION TO VACATE ARBITRATION AWARD

TO RESPONDENT MASTER CHIPS BVBA AND ITS ATTORNEYS: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 17, 2008, the Court entered the "Stipulation And Order Re Continued Hearing Date And Briefing Schedule On Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.'s Petition To Vacate Arbitration Award" as the Order of the Court. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of said Stipulation and Order as so filed by the Court.

Dated: March 19, 2008

BAKER & McKENZIE LLP By:/s/ Jerry Salcido, Esq. Jerry Salcido Attorneys for Petitioner MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.

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PROOF OF SERVICE I, Jerry Salcido, declare: I am employed in the City and County of Santa Clara, California. I am over the age of 18 years and not a party to the within action. My business address is 660 Hansen Way, Palo Alto, CA 94304. On March 19, 2008, I served the following: NOTICE OF ENTRY OF STIPULATION AND ORDER RE CONTINUED HEARING DATE AND BRIEFING SCHEDULE ON MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC.'S PETITION TO VACATE ARBITRATION AWARD on the parties in this action by placing true and correct copies thereof in sealed packages, addressed as follows:

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(BY U.S. MAIL) I placed such sealed envelope, with postage thereon fully prepaid for firstclass international mail, for collection and mailing at BAKER & McKENZIE LLP, Palo Alto, California, following ordinary business practices. I am readily familiar with the practice of BAKER & McKENZIE LLP for collection and processing of correspondence, said practice being that in the ordinary course of business, correspondence is deposited in the United States Postal Service the same day as it is placed for collection.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed at Palo Alto, California, on March 19, 2008.

/s/ Jerry Salcido Jerry Salcido

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STIPULATION 18 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. ("Petitioner") and Master Chips, BVBA ("Respondent") by 19 and through their respective counsel stipulate as set forth below, which stipulation is entered into in 20 light of the following recitals: 21 WHEREAS Petitioner filed its Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award ("the Petition") on 22 January 31, 2008. 23 WHEREAS the Petition is based on a November 9, 2007 arbitration award ("the November 9 24 Award") rendered in the arbitration proceeding before the International Chamber of Commerce, 25 International Court of Arbitration ("ICC"), Case No. 14123/RCH/JHN, Master Chips BVBA v. 26 Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. ("the ICC Arbitration Proceeding"). 27 WHEREAS in the Petition Petitioner alleges, among other things, that the November 9 28
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Award was procured in violation of the Federal Arbitration Act and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards of June 10, 1958. WHEREAS the ICC Arbitration Proceeding has not been completed and one or more further awards may be rendered in it. WHEREAS on January 31, 2008 Petitioner filed an ex parte application, or in the alternative, motion for administrative relief ("ex parte application"), for an order to, among other thing, schedule a hearing date on the Petition. WHEREAS Respondent was personally served with the Petition on February 7, 2008. WHEREAS the Court issued an Order on February 14, 2008 granting Petitioner's ex parte application and scheduled a hearing date on the Petition for March 24, 2008. WHEREAS Respondent has only recently retained United States counsel and therefore has requested that the March 24 hearing date be continued and has requested additional time to respond to the Petition. WHEREAS Petitioner is willing to stipulate to continuing the hearing date on the conditions that (i) Respondent takes no steps to enforce the November 9 Award or any other award, order or mandate that is made in the ICC Arbitration Proceeding whether by the Arbitrator, or ICC, or otherwise; and (ii) Respondent stipulates and agrees that nothing in this stipulation or the negotiations which led to it will be used, relied on or implied to argue that Petitioner has waived or relinquished any argument or position which is asserted in, or the subject of, the Petition. IN LIGHT OF THE ABOVE, PETITIONER AND RESPONDENT, THROUGH THEIR RESPECTIVE ATTORNEYS, STIPULATE TO THE FOLLOWING: 1. Respondent will take no steps in any manner or in any forum or any jurisdiction

(whether the United States or otherwise) to enforce the November 9 Award or any other award that is, has been, or will be rendered in the ICC Arbitration Proceeding until after this Court has ruled on the Petition. 2. The March 24, 2008 hearing on the Petition may be continued to June 2, 2008, or to

the first date thereafter that is available to the Court. 3. Subject to paragraph 1, above, Respondent shall have up to and including April 28, 2
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2008 to file papers in opposition to the Petition be they pleading, memorandum, declaration or other paper; 4. Petitioner shall have up to and including May 19, 2008 to file any memorandum,

declaration, or other pleading in reply. 5. Neither the stipulation nor the negotiations which led to it will be used, relied on or

implied to argue that Petitioner has waived or relinquished any argument or position asserted in the Petition. Dated: March 12, 2008 BAKER & McKENZIE LLP By: /s/ Jerry Salcido, Esq. Jerry Salcido Attorneys for Petitioner MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, INC. Dated: March 12, 2008 HARVEY & SISKIND LLP By: /s/ Seth I. Appel, Esq. Lawrence J. Siskind Seth I. Appel Attorneys for Petitioner MASTER CHIPS, BVBA ORDER The Court has considered the above stipulation and good cause appearing, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the above stipulation shall be the ORDER of this Court and shall be entered accordingly. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing on the Petition to Vacate Arbitration Award filed by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. shall be held on ______ ___, 2008 a.m. a.m. Pacific June 2, 2008 at 9 at 9:00 Standard Time in Courtroom 8 of the above entitled Court. IT IS SO ORDERED. 17 Dated: March _____, 2008 JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3
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