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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, Defendants. MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL J. HANSON and ERNIE J. KINDT, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 04-1494-JJF

C.A. No. 05-499-JJF

STIPULATION OF MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND MICHAEL J. HANSON AND ERNIE J. KINDT'S TO FILE BRIEFS IN EXCESS OF THE PAGE LIMITS SET FORTH IN LOCAL RULE 7.1.3(a)(4)

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by and between Magten Asset Management Corporation
("Plaintiff") and Michael J. Hanson and Ernie J. Kindt (collectively, "Defendants") subject to

approval of this Court, that the parties to C. A. No. 05-499 (JJF) as set forth above, may file briefs in excess of the page limits set by Local Rule 7.1.3(a)(4). In support of this Stipulation, the parties state as follows: 1. This litigation is factually and legally complex. 2. Because these factual and legal issues are complex, they may not be adequately

briefed to the Court within the forty (40) page limits normally applicable to opening briefs and

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answering briefs and the twenty (20) page limit normally applicable to reply briefs involving motions for summary judgment. 3. Accordingly, the parties agree that the opening and answering briefs shall not

exceed sixty (60) pages and the reply brief shall not exceed thirty (30) pages. Accordingly, for the reasons stated above, the parties respectfully request that the Court approve the Stipulation entered into by the parties.

EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER & DODGE LLP /s/ Denise Seastone Kraft Denise Seastone Kraft, Esquire (No. 2778) 919 North Market Street Suite 1500 Wilmington, DE 19801

BLANK ROME LLP /s/ Dale R. Dubé Dale R. Dubé, Esquire (No. 2863) Mark J. Packel, Esquire 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801

SO ORDERED this _____ day of ______________, 2007.

United States District Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that on November 30, 2007, the attached STIPULATION OF MAGTEN ASSET MANAGEMENT CORPORATION AND MICHAEL J. HANSON AND ERNIE J. KINDT'S TO FILE BRIEFS IN EXCESS OF THE PAGE LIMITS SET FORTH IN LOCAL RULE 7.1.3(a)(4) was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following counsel of record: Dale R. Dubé, Esquire Blank Rome LLP Victoria Watson Counihan, Esquire Greenberg Traurig, LLP Kathleen M. Miller, Esquire Smith, Katzenstein & Furlow LLP In addition, the undersigned forwarded a copy of same in the manner indicated below to: BY E-MAIL AND HAND-DELIVERY Victoria W. Counihan, Esquire Greenberg Traurig, LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street, Suite 1200 Wilmington, DE 19801 Kathleen M. Miller, Esquire Smith Katzenstein & Furlow LLP 800 Delaware Avenue Wilmington, DE 19801 BY E-MAIL AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL Steven J. Reisman, Esquire Joseph D. Pizzurro, Esquire Nancy E. Delaney, Esquire Miriam K. Harwood, Esquire Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP 101 Park Avenue New York, NY 10178-0061 John Snellings, Esquire Nixon Peabody, LLP 100 Summer Street Boston, MA 02110-2131 Dale R. Dubé, Esquire Blank Rome LLP 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801

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Bonnie Steingart, Esquire Gary L. Kaplan, Esquire John W. Brewer Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP One New York Plaza New York, NY 1004-1980

/s/ Denise Seastone Kraft Denise Seastone Kraft (#2778) Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 777-7770 [email protected]

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