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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) MONTGOMERY WARD, LLC, et al., ) ) Debtors. ) ) ) PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF MONTGOMERY ) WARD, LLC, et al. and THE PA COMMITTEE ) OF MONTGOMERY WARD, LLC, et al., ) ) Appellants, ) ) v. ) ) DIKA-WARD, LLC, ) ) Appellee. ) ) ) DIKA-WARD, LLC, ) ) Appellant, ) ) v. ) ) PLAN ADMINISTRATOR OF MONTGOMERY ) WARD, LLC, et al., and THE PA COMMITTEE ) OF MONTGOMERY WARD, LLC, et al., ) ) Appellees. ) ) In re:

Chapter 11 Case No. 00-4667 (KG)

Case No.: 08-201 (JJF)

Case No.: 08-202 (JJF)

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE APPEALS AND SET BRIEFING SCHEDULE IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the parties, by and through their undersigned counsel, subject to the approval of this Court, that the appeal of the Plan Administrator for Montgomery Ward, LLC and the PA Committee of Montgomery Ward, LLC, et al. (collectively, the "Plan Administrator"), C.A. No. 08-201 (the "PA Appeal") and the

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appeal of Dika-Ward, LLC ("Dika-Ward"), C.A. 08-202 (the "Cross-Appeal"), shall be and hereby are procedurally and substantively consolidated and a single briefing schedule relating to these consolidated appeals shall be set as follows: A) An opening brief of the Plan Administrator relating to the issues presented in the PA Appeal shall be filed on or before September 8, 2008, which brief shall not exceed fifty (50) pages, notwithstanding D. Del. LR 7.1.3(a)(4); B) A consolidated (i) answering brief relating to the issues presented in the PA Appeal and (ii) opening brief relating to the issues presented in the Cross-Appeal shall be filed by Dika-Ward on or before October 6, 2008, which brief shall not exceed fifty (50) pages, notwithstanding D. Del. LR 7.1.3(a)(4); C) A consolidated (i) reply brief relating to the issues presented in the PA Appeal and (ii) answering brief relating to the issues presented in the Cross-Appeal shall be filed by the Plan Administrator on or before October 27, 2008, which brief shall not exceed fifty (50) pages, notwithstanding D. Del. LR 7.1.3(a)(4); and D) A reply brief of Dika-Ward relating to the issues presented by the Cross-Appeal shall be filed on or before November 17, 2008, which brief shall not exceed fifty (50) pages, notwithstanding D. Del. LR 7.1.3(a)(4).

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MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Daniel B. Butz Derek Abbott (No. 3376) Daniel B. Butz (No. 4227) Chase Manhattan Centre, 18th Floor 1201 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 (302) 658-9200 - and COOLEY GODWARD KRONISH LLP Cathy Hershcopf (CH 5875) Richard S. Kanowitz (RK 0677) Brent Weisenberg (BW 7107) 1114 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036 (212) 479-6000 Counsel for the Plan Administrator and the PA Committee of Montgomery Ward LLC, et al.

FERRY, JOSEPH & PEARCE, P.A. /s/ Theodore J. Tacconelli Theodore J. Tacconelli (No. 2678) Steven G. Weiler (No. 4934) 824 Market Street, Ste. 904 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 575-1555 - and NEAL & LEROY, LLC Thomas W. Goedert, Esq. Bradley A. Smith, Esq. 203 N. LaSalle, Ste. 2300 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 641-7144 - and CRANE, HEYMAN, SIMON, WELCH & CLAR David K. Welch, Esq. Arthur G. Simon, Esq. Glenn R. Heyman, Esq. 135 S. LaSalle, Ste. 3705 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 641-6777 Counsel for Dika-Ward, L.L.C.

IT IS SO ORDERED, this _______ day of September, 2008.

Joseph J. Farnan, Jr. United States District Court Judge

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