Free Declaration in Support - District Court of California - California

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REED R. KATHREIN (139304) HAGENS BERMAN SOBOL SHAPIRO LLP 715 Hearst Avenue, Suite 202 Berkeley, CA 94710 Telephone: (510) 725-3000 Facsimile: (510) 725-3001 [email protected] LEWIS S. KAHN KAHN GAUTHIER SWICK, LLC 650 Poydras Street, Suite 2150 New Orleans, LA 70130 Telephone: (504) 455-1400 Facsimile: (504) 455-1498 [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs [Additional counsel listed on signature page] UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

12 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 13 OAKLAND DIVISION 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 BIKASH MOHAN MOHANTY, On Behalf of ) ) Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) vs. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK ) BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, ) KEN GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE ) SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO., INC., ) MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & ) SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES & CO., INC., ) COWEN AND CO., INC., AND ) THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) Case No. 3:07-CV-05101-SBA CLASS ACTION DECLARATION OF REED R. KATHREIN IN SUPPORT OF GWYN JONES' OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION OF THE SPHERA FUND TO APPOINT LEAD PLAINTIFF

DATE: February 5, 2008 TIME: 1:00 P.M. DEPT: Courtroom 3, 3rd Floor

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DENNIS KOESTERER, On Behalf of Himself and ) All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, ) LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCH SACHS, ) ROBERT SACHS, and GEOFFREY YANG ) ) Defendants. ) ) ABRENA WINSTON, Individually and On ) Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK ) BALL, GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE ) SACHS, ROBERT SACHS, GEOFFREY ) YANG, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER ) & SMITH, INC., MORGAN STANLEY & CO., ) INC., COWEN AND CO., JEFFERIES & CO., ) and THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) DONALD SMITH, On Behalf of Himself and All ) Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR ) BASSAN-ESKENAZI, and FREDERICK A. ) BALL ) ) Defendants. ) )

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) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK BALL, GAL ) ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN GOLDMAN, ) LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE SACHS, ROBERT ) SACHS, GEOFFREY YANG, MORGAN ) STANLEY & CO., INC., MERRILL LYNCH, ) PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., JEFFERIES & ) CO., INC., COWEN AND CO., INC., and ) THINKEQUITY PARTNERS, LLC ) ) Defendants. ) ) DEBRA L. BERNSTEIN, Individually and On ) Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, RAN OZ, FREDERICK A. BALL, ) GAL ISRAELY, DEAN GILBERT, KENNETH A. ) GOLDMAN, LLOYD CARNEY, BRUCE I. ) SACHS, ROBERT J. SACHS, GEOFFREY Y. ) YANG, MORGAN STANLEY & CO., ) INCORPORATED, JEFFERIES & COMPANY, ) INC., MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER & ) SMITH INCORPORATED, COWEN AND ) COMPANY, LLC and THINKEQUITY ) PARTNERS LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) EUGENE HAMMER, On Behalf of Himself and ) All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN- ) ESKENAZI, FREDERICK A. BALL, RAN OZ, ) LLOYD CARNEY, DEAN GILBERT, KEN ) GOLDMAN, GAL ISRAELY, BRUCE SACHS, ) ROBERT SACHS, and GEOFFREY YANG ) ) Defendants. ) )

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I, REED R. KATHREIN declare as follows: 1. I am a member in good standing of the state bar of California. I am an attorney at

Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP, proposed lead counsel for Movant Gwyn Jones. I submit this declaration in support of Gwyn Jones' Opposition to the Motion of the Sphera Fund to Appoint Lead Plaintiff. 2. Attached as exhibits are true and correct copies of the following: A true and correct copy of the "About Us" page from the Sphera Fund's website (https://www.spherafund.com/english/about.aspx). Exhibit B: A true and correct copy of a Financial News Online US article entitled "Shore Launches Second Israeli Hedge Fund." Exhibit C: A true and correct copy of Shrem Fudim Kelner & Co., Ltd's profile obtained from http://duns100.dundb.co.il/2007/600241756/index.asp. I declare, under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States, that the foregoing is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Executed this 15th day of January, 2008. /s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

Exhibit A:

DECL. OF REED R. KATHREIN ISO GWYN JONES' OPP. TO THE MOT. OF THE SPHERA FUND TO APPOINT LEAD PL. ­ NO. C 07-05101 SBA
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DECLARATION OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 15, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses registered, as denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I have mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the nonCM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 15th day of January 2008, at Berkeley, California.

/s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

DECL. OF REED R. KATHREIN ISO GWYN JONES' OPP. TO THE MOT. OF THE SPHERA FUND TO APPOINT LEAD PL. ­ NO. C 07-05101 SBA
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Mailing Information for a Case 4:07-cv-05101-SBA
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The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. Michael M. Goldberg [email protected] Lewis Stephen Kahn [email protected] Reed R. Kathrein [email protected],[email protected],[email protected] Joni L. Ostler [email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected],[email protected] Alan Roth Plutzik [email protected] Michael Carl Tu [email protected]

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