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 DECLARATION OF REED R. KATHREIN IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE, TO APPOINT GWYN JONES LEAD PLAINTIFF AND TO APPROVE PROPOSED LEAD PLAINTIFF'S SELECTION OF COUNSEL

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DENNIS KOESTERER, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff,

3 v. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Plaintiff, 11 v. 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 v. BIGBAND NETWORKS, INC., AMIR BASSAN-ESKENAZI, and FREDERICK A. BALL Defendants. 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, 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,

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WAYNE LUZON, On Behalf of Himself and 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, 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. ) )

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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 Gwyn Jones. I submit this declaration in support of the motion to Consolidate, to Appoint Gwyn Jones Lead Plaintiff and to Approve Proposed Lead Plaintiff's Selection of Counsel. 2. Attached as exhibits are true and correct copies of the following: Certification of Gwyn Jones along with detailed listings of transactions. Chart of Gwyn Jones' purchases and losses. Published Notice of the first securities class action complaint filed in this matter in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Firm Resumes for Proposed Co-Lead Counsel, Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP

Exhibit A: Exhibit B: Exhibit C:

Exhibit D:

I declare, under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States, that the foregoing is 13 true and correct to the best of my knowledge. 14 15 Executed this 3rd day of December 2007. 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
DECL. OF REED R. KATHREIN ISO MOT. TO CONSOLIDATE, TO APPOINT GWYN JONES LEAD PL. AND TO APPROVE PROP. LEAD PL.'S SELECTION OF COUNSEL - 1 Case No. 07-cv-05101-SBA

/s/ Reed Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

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DECLARATION OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on December 3, 2007, 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 3rd day of December 2007, at Berkeley, California.

/s/ Reed R. Kathrein REED R. KATHREIN

DECL. OF REED R. KATHREIN ISO MOT. TO CONSOLIDATE, TO APPOINT GWYN JONES LEAD PL. AND TO APPROVE PROP. LEAD PL.'S SELECTION OF COUNSEL - 2 Case No. 07-cv-05101-SBA

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