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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE TRANSACTION HOLDINGS, LTD. LLC, Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant v. IYG HOLDING CO., 7-ELEVEN, INC., and VCOM FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 06-043 (SLR) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

STIPULATION AND ORDER STAYING CASE PENDING REEXAMINATION OF THE PATENT-IN-SUIT WHEREAS, this is an action for alleged infringement of U.S Patent No. 6,945,457 (the "'457 Patent"), and; WHEREAS, the '457 Patent is currently the subject of ex parte reexamination No. 90/008323 pending in the United States Patent & Trademark Office (the "Reexamination Proceeding"), and; WHEREAS, defendants have filed a Motion to Stay this action (D.I. 30, 31, 32) pending the outcome of the Reexamination Proceeding, and; WHEREAS, plaintiff is willing to agree to a stay pending the outcome of the Reexamination Proceeding on the terms and conditions set forth in this Stipulation and Order.

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NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, subject to the approval of the Court, that: 1. This action be, and the same hereby is, stayed pending the final outcome of

the Reexamination Proceeding, including any appeals therefrom, whether administrative or judicial. 2. Defendants agree, on behalf of themselves and their agents, that they cannot

and will not file another petition for reexamination of the '457 Patent during the pendency of this action; provided, however, that should any claims in the '457 Patent be amended in the Reexamination Proceeding, defendants reserve the right to file a petition for reexamination with respect to (and only to) such amended patent. 3. Defendants agree not to raise the pendency of the Reexamination Proceeding

or the delay it will cause as the basis for any laches defense in this action.

DUANE MORRIS LLP

POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP

/s/ Gary W. Lipkin Gary W. Lipkin (# 4044) 1100 North Market Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel.: 302-657-4900 Fax.: 302-657-4901 Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterclaim-Defendant

/s/ David E. Moore Richard L. Horwitz (#2246) David E. Moore (#3983) Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor 1313 N. Market Street P.O. Box 951 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel: 302-984-6000 Fax: 302-658-1192 Attorneys for Defendants and Counterclaim-Plaintiffs

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Of Counsel: Steven L. Friedman Samuel W. Apicelli DUANE MORRIS LLP 30 South 17th Street Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196 Tel: 215-979-1000 Fax: 215-979-1020

Of Counsel: Eric J. Lobenfeld Ira J. Schaefer HOGAN & HARTSON LLP 875 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: 212-918-3000 Fax: 212-918-3100

SO ORDERED this ____ day of ____, 2007

United States District Judge

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