U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (Foley Square) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:05-md DAB

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1 US District Court Civil Docket as of 11/06/2006 Retrieved from the court on Monday, November 13, 2006 U.S. District Court Southern District of New York (Foley Square) CIVIL DOCKET FOR CASE #: 1:05-md DAB In Re: Rhodia S.A. Securities Litigation Assigned to: Judge Deborah A. Batts Lead case: 1:05-md DAB Member cases: 1:05-cv DAB 1:05-cv DAB 1:05-cv DAB 1:05-cv DAB Related Cases: 1:05-cv DAB 1:05-cv DAB 1:05-cv DAB Cause: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act Date Filed: 10/25/2005 Jury Demand: None Nature of Suit: 850 Securities/Commodities Jurisdiction: Federal Question In Re Rhodia S.A. Securities Litigation Plaintiff Bernard Cerles represented by Gary Steven Graifman Kantrowitz Goldhamer & Graifman, P.C. 747 Chestnut Ridge Road Chestnut Ridge, NY Fax: (845) Plaintiff Oppenheim Pramerica Asset Management S.A.R.L. represented by Kirk e. Chapman Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP (NYC) One Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY (212) Fax: (212)

2 Steven G. Schulman Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP (NYC) One Pennsylvania Plaza New York, NY Fax: William H. Narwold Motley Rice LLC (CT) One Corporate Center 20 Church Street, 17th Floor Hartford, CT Fax: Plaintiff Jose Jimenez represented by Hector Rodriguez Martinez Law Offices of Mallison & Martinez 1042 Brown Avenue Suite A Lafayette, CA US Jeffrey Paul Fink Robbins Umeda & Fink, LLP 610 West Ash Street, Suite 1800 San Diego, CA Fax: fink@ruflaw.com Richard P. Galler Kleeblatt, Galler, Abramson & Zakim 25 Main Street, Court Plaza North Hackensack, NJ 07601

3 (201) Fax: (201) Stanley Scott Mallison Law Offices of Mallison & Martinez 1042 Brown Avenue, Suite A Lafayette, CA US (925) Plaintiff Pam Skeeter represented by Richard P. Galler (See above for address) Jeffrey Paul Fink (See above for address) V. Rhodia S.A. Jean-Pierre Tirouflet Gilles Auffret Jean Pierre Clamadieu Pierre Prot

4 Diana A. Audette Benefits Committee Rhodia Inc. John Donahue Kristie W. Evans Fidelity Management Trust Company Myron Galuskin Blaise Halluitte Guy McCormick Rhodia, Inc. represented by Charles Clark Jackson Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ( Chicago ) 77 West Wacker Drive, 5th Floor Chicago, IL (312) Fax: (312) charles.jackson@morganlewis.com Christopher Alan Weals Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP (DC) 1111 Pennsylvania, NorthWest Washington, DC (202)

5 Fax: (202) Deborah Shannon Davidson Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP ( Chicago ) 77 West Wacker Drive, 5th Floor Chicago, IL (312) Fax: (312) ddavidson@morganlewis.com Jill Barbarino Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP 502 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ US (609) John Thomas McDonald Morgan, Lewis & Bockius 502 Carnegie Center Princeton, NJ US (609) Melissa C. Rodriguez Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP(New York) 101 Park Avenue 37th Floor New York, NY Fax: mcrodriguez@morganlewis.com Cheryl Staton

6 The Investment Committee of Rhodia's Board of Directors Jean-Pierre Tirouflet Movant Activest represented by Patrick Louis Rocco Shalov Stone & Bonner LLP 163 Madison Avenue P.O. Box 1277 Morristown, NJ (973) William H. Narwold (See above for address) Movant OPAM represented by Patrick Louis Rocco Shalov Stone & Bonner LLP 163 Madison Avenue P.O. Box 1277 Morristown, NJ (973) Fax: Movant Rhodia Lead Plaintiff Group represented by Peter S. Pearlman Cohn, Lifland, Pearlman, Herrmann & Knopf, LLP Park 80 Plaza West One Saddle Brook, NJ (201)

7 Date Filed # Docket Text 10/25/ CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CONDITIONAL MDL TRANSFER IN ORDER FROM THE MDL PANEL... that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1407, the actions listed on the attached Order and pending in the District of New Jersey, case no. 2:05-cv- 2461; Southern District of New York, case no. 1:05-cv-5389; and the same hereby are, transferred to the Southern District of New York, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Judge Deborah A. Batts, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the actions pending in that district and listed on the Order. (Signed by MDL Panel on 10/21/2005) (kkc, ) (Entered: 10/25/2005) 10/25/2005 Magistrate Judge Andrew J. Peck is so designated. (kkc, ) (Entered: 10/25/2005) 10/25/2005 CASE ORIGINATING FROM THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK: 1:05-cv-5389 (DAB). (kkc, ) (Entered: 10/25/2005) 12/06/ CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF CONDITIONAL MDL TRANSFER IN ORDER (CTO-1) FROM THE MDL PANEL... that pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1407, the actions listed on the Order and pending in the District of New Jersey, case nos. 2: , 2: , and the same hereby are, transferred to the Southern District of New York, with the consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Judge Deborah A. Batts, for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the actions pending in that district and listed on the Order. (Signed by MDL Panel on 11/14/2005) (kkc, ) (Entered: 12/07/2005) 02/08/ CASE MANAGEMENT PLAN: 1: All attorneys who have been admitted to this Court, either for all purposes or pro hac vice for purposes of this case, shall complete & file a CM/ECF attorney registration form (which can be found on the court's website at All attorneys who wish to be admitted for purposes of this case shall send a motion to be admitted pro hac vice to John Sacco at the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 500 Pearl Street, Room 249, New York, NY In addition to the documentation required by the Local Rules for the Southern & Eastern Districts of NY, Civil Rule 1.3, attorneys wishing to appear pro hac vice must also include w/their motion a check for $25.00 payable to the Clerk of the Court & a completed CM/ECF attorney registration form; All documents filed in the MDL case & the underlying civil cases shall be filed electronically on the court's ECF system via the Internet at ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov; Amended complaints & supplemental pleadings shall provide a list of the additional parties & indicate the action or actions to which they are being added. Similarly, a filing removing parties shall indicate the parties being removed and the action or actions from which they are being removed. A filing which adds a party or parties who has not been named in any of the consolidated actions shall provide a separate listing of such parties, indicating that they have not yet been named. (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 2/6/06) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:05-md DAB,1:05-cv DAB,1:05-cv DAB,1:05-cv DAB,1:05-cv DAB(rjm, ) (Entered: 02/08/2006) 04/12/ ORDER on attached Motion for Admission pro hac vice of attorneys Stanley Scott Mallison and Hector Rodriguez Martinez on behalf of Plaintiff Jose Jimenez. (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 4/10/06) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:05- md dab,1:05-cv dab(rjm, ) (Entered: 04/14/2006)

8 04/24/2006 CASHIERS OFFICE REMARK on 4 Order, in the amount of $50.00, paid on 4/24/06, Receipt Number (rjm, ) (Entered: 04/28/2006) 05/09/ STIPULATION TO CONSOLIDATE RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINT LEAD COUNSEL AND ORDER... that the following actions are hereby consolidated for all purposes, including pre-trial proceedings and trial, purs. to F.R.C.P. 42(a): Jimenez v Rhodia (SDNY # ), and Skeeter v Rhodia (SDNY # ). These cases have already been transferred to this Court and consolidated... and as further set forth regarding the procedures to be followed that shall govern related actions, and appointment of lead counsel. (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 5/9/06) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:05-md DAB,1:05-cv DAB,1:05-cv DAB(rjm, ) (Entered: 05/10/2006) 05/31/ ORDER APPOINTING LEAD PLAINTIFF, AND APPROVING SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL. The Motion is granted; This Case shall be referred to hereinafter as "In Rhodia Securities Litigation" MDL Docket No. 1714; OPAM and Activest are the "most adequate plaintiff(s)" and accordingly, are appointed Lead Plaintiff purs. to 15USC78u-4(a)(3)(B)(iii); Milberg Weiss Bershad & Schulman LLP is appointed Lead Counsel purs. to 15USC78u-4(a)(3)(B)(v). (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 5/31/06) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:05-md DAB,1:05-cv DAB(rjm, ) (Entered: 06/01/2006) 08/04/ CONSOLIDATED COMPLAINT (this document relates to 05cv10242, 05cv10243) against Jean Pierre Clamadieu, Pierre Prot, Diana A. Audette, Benefits Committee Rhodia Inc., John Donahue, Fidelity Management Trust Company, Guy McCormick, Rhodia, Inc., Cheryl Staton, The Investment Committee of Rhodia's Board of Directors, Jean-Pierre Tirouflet, Gilles Auffret.Document filed by Jose Jimenez, Pam Skeeter.(kkc, ) (Entered: 08/15/2006) 08/17/ STIPULATION AND ORDER (this document relates to 05cv5389, 05cv9074); plaintiffs shall have until 9/29/2006 to serve and file their consolidated class action complaint. s shall serve and file their answer, motion or other responsive pleading to the consolidated amended class action complaint 30 days after the filing and service of the consolidated amended class action complaint. No further extensions. (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 8/16/2006) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:05-md DAB,1:05-cv DAB,1:05-cv DAB(kkc, ) (Entered: 08/17/2006) 08/29/ ENDORSED LETTER addressed to Judge Deborah A. Batts from Maria T. Vullo dated 8/25/06 re: Defts' request that the Court modify the August 17, 2006 Stipulation & Order to allow s at least 60 days to file and serve their answer, motion or other responsive pleading to the Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint... "Granted." (Signed by Judge Deborah A. Batts on 8/29/06) (rjm, ) (Entered: 08/30/2006) 10/09/ NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by William H. Narwold on behalf of Activest, Oppenheim Pramerica Asset Management S.A.R.L. (Narwold, William) (Entered: 10/09/2006) 11/06/ NOTICE OF APPEARANCE by Kirk e. Chapman on behalf of Oppenheim Pramerica Asset Management S.A.R.L. (Chapman, Kirk) (Entered: 11/06/2006)

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