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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE SAFETY BRAKING CORPORATION, MAGNETAR TECHNOLOGIES CORP., and G&T CONVEYOR CO., Plaintiffs, v. SIX FLAGS, INC., SIX FLAGS THEME PARKS INC., SF PARTNERSHIP, TIERCO MARYLAND, INC., BUSCH ENTERTAINMENT CORP., CEDAR FAIR LP, PARAMOUNT PARKS, INC., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, INC., and BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P., Defendants. Civil Action No. 07-127-***

PLAINTIFFS' REPLY TO COUNTERCLAIMS OF DEFENDANTS SIX FLAGS, INC., SIX FLAGS THEME PARKS INC., SF PARTNERSHIP, TIERCO MARYLAND, INC., CEDAR FAIR LP, PARAMOUNT PARKS, INC., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, INC., AND THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants Safety Braking Corp. ("Safety Braking"), Magnetar Technologies Corp. ("Magnetar"), and G&T Conveyor Co. ("G&T") (collectively "Plaintiffs") reply as follows to the counterclaims filed in the ANSWER AND COUNTERCLAIMS OF DEFENDANTS SIX FLAGS, INC., SIX FLAGS THEME PARKS INC., SF PARTNERSHIP, TIERCO MARYLAND, INC., CEDAR FAIR LP, PARAMOUNT PARKS, INC., NBC UNIVERSAL, INC., UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, INC., AND THE BLACKSTONE GROUP L.P. in this action: 34. 35. Admitted. Admitted.

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36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45.

Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. JURISDICTION AND VENUE

46. required. 47. required.

The allegation of Paragraph 46 is a legal conclusion to which no response is

The allegation of Paragraph 47 is a legal conclusion to which no response is

ACTUAL CASE OR CONTROVERSY 48. 49. 50. Admitted. Admitted. Admitted. FIRST COUNTERCLAIM FOR RELIEF 51. Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants incorporate their responses to Paragraphs

34 through 50 of the Counterclaims as though fully set forth herein. 52. Denied.

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53. 54. 55. 56.

Denied. Denied. Denied. Denied. SECOND COUNTERCLAIM FOR RELIEF

57.

Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants incorporate their responses to Paragraphs

34 through 50 of the Counterclaims as though fully set forth herein. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. Denied. Denied. Denied. Denied. Denied.

WHEREFORE, the Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants request the following relief: A. B. C. That the Counterclaims be dismissed with prejudice. That all relief prayed for by Counterclaim Plaintiffs be denied. That the relief requested by Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants in the

Complaint herein be granted. D. For such other and further relief that this Court may deem just and proper. /s/ Francis DiGiovanni Francis DiGiovanni (#3189) Geoffrey A. Zelley (#4939) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street P.O. Box 2207 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 658-9141

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Scott R. Miller CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP 355 S. Grand Ave. Suite 3150 Los Angeles, CA 90071 (213)787-2500 Dated: May 25, 2007 Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on May 25, 2007, I caused to be electronically filed a true and correct copy of the foregoing document with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will send notification that such filing is available for viewing and downloading to counsel of record on the Court's CM/ECF registrants for this case. I further certify that on May 25, 2007, I caused a copy of the foregoing document to be served upon the following in the manner indicated: BY E-MAIL AND HAND DELIVERY Jack B. Blumenfeld Rodger D. Smith II Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell, LLP 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 [email protected] [email protected] BY E-MAIL Jeffrey M. Lenkov Manning & Marder Kass Ellrod Ramirez LLP Storm LLP th 15 Floor at 801 Tower 801 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA 90017 [email protected] Amr O. Aly WilmerHale 399 Park Avenue New York, NY 10022 [email protected] Paul V. Storm Terrell R. Miller Bank of America Plaza 901 Main Street, Suite 7100 Dallas, TX 75202 [email protected] [email protected] Richard L. Horwitz Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 [email protected]

/s/ Francis DiGiovanni Francis DiGiovanni (#3189)

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