Free Affidavit - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :04-cv-01482-GIVIS Document 48-17 Filed 03/31/2005 Page 1 of 2
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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DAVIS INTERNATIONAL, LLC, HOLDEX, :
LLC, FOSTON MANAGEMENT, LTD., and
OMNI TRUSTHOUSE, LTD., : Case No. 0-4-1482-GMS
Plaintiffs, :
v. :
NEW START GROUP CORP., VENITOM :
CORP., PAN—AMERICAN CORP., MDM
BANK, URAL—GORNO METALURAGICALICAL:
COMPANY, EVRAZ HOLDING, MIKHAIL
CHERNOI, OLEG DERIPASKA, ARNOLD :
KISLIN, MIKHAIL NEKRICH and
ISKANDER MAKMUDOV, :
Defendants. :
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DECLARATION OF BRIAN E. MAAS
BRIAN E. MAAS, declares as follows:
l. I am a member of the Bar of the State of New York and of the law firm of
Frankfurt Kumit Klein & Selz, P.C., counsel for Defendant Mikhail Chemoi. I submit this
Declaration in support of the Defendant’s motions to dismiss the Complaint. Mr. Chenioi joins
in those motions.
2. In connection with the motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds, and
as a condition to dismissal on such grounds, Mr. Chernoi hereby agrees:
(a) to consent to the jurisdiction of the Russian courts in any action tiled by
Plaintiffs alleging the same or similar claims asserted in the Complaint;
(b) to produce any relevant documents or witnesses in Russia;
(0) to consent to any venue in Russia that may be selected by Plaintiffs; and

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(cl) to waive any defense based on any statute of limitations which may have
expired after the filling of the Complaint herein (November 4, 2004) until
90 days after judgment in this case becomes final.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
March 10, 2005. yl,
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