Free Stipulation to EXTEND Time - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE INSULATORS AND ASBESTOS WORKERS ) LOCAL NO. 14 PENSION FUND, ) Derivatively on Behalf of 3M COMPANY, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) GEORGE W. BUCKLEY, LINDA G. ) ALVARADO, VANCE D. COFFMAN, ) MICHAEL L. ESKEW, W. JAMES ) FARRELL, HERBERT L. HENKEL, ) EDWARD M. LIDDY, ROBERT S. ) MORRISON, AULANA L. PETERS, ) ROZANNE L. RIDGWAY, PATRICK D. ) CAMPBELL, MOE S. NOZARI, ) FREDERICK J. PALENSKY, RICHARD F. ) ) ZIEGLER, ) Defendants, ) ) and ) ) 3M COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation, ) ) Nominal Defendant. )

C.A. No. 07-416-GMS

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

STIPULATION EXTENDING TIME WHEREAS, on September 10, 2007, defendants filed Motions to Dismiss this Action pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) and 23.1 (D.I. 26 and 28) and defendants filed a separate Motion to Transfer this Action to the District of Minnesota (D.I. 23), WHEREAS, plaintiff's responses to defendants' Motions were originally due to be filed with the Court on September 27, 2007, WHEREAS, on September 27, 2007, plaintiff filed with the Court a Stipulation to extend the time that its responses to defendants' Motions were due by an additional week to October 4, 2007;

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WHEREAS, the Court granted the Stipulation filed on September 27, 2007, and thereby extended the time in which plaintiffs responses to defendants' Motions were due by an additional week to October 4, 2007; WHEREAS, the Court also ordered that Defendants' time to serve and file reply briefs, if any, in support of defendants' Motions was extended to and including October 18, 2007; WHEREAS, plaintiff needs one additional week for the preparation of its responses with respect to the foregoing motions, NOW THEREFORE, it is hereby STIPULATED AND AGREED among the parties, subject to approval of the Court, as follows: 1. Plaintiff's time to file its responses to defendants' Motions to (1) Dismiss this

Action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) (D.I. 26); (2) Dismiss this Action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.1 (D.I. 28); and (3) to Transfer this Action to the District of Minnesota (D.I. 23) (collectively "defendants' Motions") is hereby extended to and including October 11, 2007. 2. Defendants' time to serve and file reply briefs, if any, in support of defendants'

Motions is hereby extended to and including October 25, 2007. RIGRODSKY & LONG, P.A.
OF COUNSEL:

A. Arnold Gershon Regina M. Calcaterra Gloria Kui BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 1350 Broadway, Suite 1001 New York, NY 10018 (212) 688-0782

/s/ Brian D. Long Seth D. Rigrodsky (#3147) [email protected] Brian D. Long (#4347) [email protected] 919 North Market Street, Suite 980 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 295-5310 Attorneys for Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local No. 14 Pension Fund

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Daniel E. Bacine BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE 3300 Two Commerce Square 2001 Market Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 (215) 963-0600 RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A. OF COUNSEL: Paul H. Dawes LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 140 Scott Drive Menlo Park, CA 94025 (650) 328-4600 J. Christian Word Kevin H. Metz LATHAM & WATKINS LLP 555 Eleventh Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637-2200 /s/ Steven J. Fineman Daniel A. Dreisbach (#2583) [email protected] Steven J. Fineman (#4025) [email protected] Geoffrey G. Grivner (#4711) [email protected] One Rodney Square Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 651-7700 Attorneys for 3M Company, Linda G. Alvarado, Vance D. Coffman, Michael L. Eskew, W. James Farrell, Herbert L. Henkel, Edward M. Liddy, Robert S. Morrison, Aulana L. Peters, and Rozanne L. Ridgway POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP OF COUNSEL: Thomas F. Ryan Walter C. Carslon James W. Ducayet Sharlene P.B. Hobson SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP One South Dearborn Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 853-7000 /s/ Philip A. Rovner Philip A. Rovner (#3215) [email protected] Hercules Plaza Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 984-6000 Attorneys for George W. Buckley, Patrick D. Campbell, Moe S. Nozari, Frederick J. Palensky, and Richard F. Ziegler

SO ORDERED this ________ day of __________, 2007.

______________________________ Gregory M. Sleet, U.S.D.J.

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