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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP. and LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, Defendant. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. MIKE J. HANSON and ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :

Civil Action No. 04-1494-JJF

Civil Action No. 05-499-JJF

MOTION IN LIMINE TO EXCLUDE SEC EVIDENCE Defendant NorthWestern Corporation ("NorthWestern") by and through its undersigned counsel, hereby submits its motion in limine to exclude from evidence certain documents related to the Security and Exchange Commission's investigation of NorthWestern and certain of its or its subsidiary's former directors and officers concerning NorthWestern's restated 2002 quarterly financial statements at trial currently scheduled for March 3, 2008, and in support hereof, relies upon the Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion in Limine to Exclude SEC Evidence filed contemporaneously herewith.

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Dated: January 31, 2008

GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP

/s/ Dennis A. Meloro Victoria W. Counihan (I.D. No. 3488) Dennis A. Meloro (I.D. No. 4435) The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Tel: (302) 661-7000 Fax: (302) 661-7360 [email protected] [email protected] and CURTIS, MALLET-PREVOST, COLT & MOSLE LLP Joseph D. Pizzurro Nancy E. Delaney Myles K. Bartley 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178 Tel: (212) 696-6000 Fax: (212) 697-1559 Attorneys for NorthWestern Corporation

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION and LAW DEBENTURE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Plaintiffs, v. NORTHWESTERN CORPORATION, Defendant. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. MIKE J. HANSON and ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 04-1494 (JJF)

C.A. No. 05-499 (JJF)

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Dennis A. Meloro, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that I am employed by Greenberg Traurig, LLP, which is counsel for the NorthWestern Corporation, and that on January 31, 2008, I caused to be served copies of the following to be served upon the parties listed below via: (i) Electronic Mail upon all parties; (ii) Hand Delivery upon Local Counsel; and (iii) Federal Express delivery upon the remaining parties. Motion in Limine to Exclude SEC Evidence Memorandum of Law in Support of Motion in Limine to Exclude SEC Evidence Bonnie Steingart, Esq. Gary L. Kaplan, Esq. Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York NY 10004 (Magten)

Dale Dube, Esq. David Carickhoff, Esq. Blank Rome LLP 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington DE 19801 (Magten)

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Kathleen M. Miller, Esquire Smith Katzenstein & Furlow LLP 800 Delaware Avenue, 7th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (Law Debenture)

John V. Snellings, Esq. Amanda Darwin, Esq. Nixon & Peabody LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, Massachusetts 02100 (Law Debenture) Denise Seastone Kraft Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP 919 North Market Street, 15th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 (M Hanson/E Kindt)

Stanley T. Kaleczyc Kimberly A. Beatty Browning, Kaleczyc, Berry & Hoven, P.C. 139 North Last Chance Gulch P.O. Box 1697 Helena, Mt 59624 (M Hanson/E Kindt)

Date: January 31, 2008

GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP /s/ Dennis A. Meloro Dennis A. Meloro (No. 4435) The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: 302-661-7000 [email protected]

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