ORDER THAT: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a) and Section 21 D(a)(3)(B) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4 (a)(3)(B)(ii), the Securities Law Actions, as defined above, are consolidated for pretrial proceedings into one "Securities Action" with docket number 08 Civ. 11212. Pursuant to Section 21D(a)(3)(B) of the Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C. § 78u-4(a)(3)(B), Arthur M. Brainson, Yvette Finkelstein, and Group Defined Pension Plan & Trust are appointed Lead Plaintiffs in the Securities Action, and the law firm of Bernstein Liebhard LLP is appointed Lead Counsel for plaintiffs in the Securities Action. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), the State Law Actions are consolidated for pretrial proceedings into one "State Law Action" with docket number 08 Civ. 11183. Under the law applicable to these actions, only the appointment of interim lead counsel is required at this time for the State Law Action. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(g)(2)(A), the Court appoints the law firms of Entwistle & Cappucci LLP and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP as interim co-lead counsel to act on behalf of the putative plaintiff class. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a), the Insurance Actions are consolidated for pretrial proceedings into one "Insurance Action" with docket number 09 Civ. 557. Under the law applicable to these actions, only the appointment of interim lead counsel is required at this time for the Insurance Action. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(g)(2)(A), the Court appoints the law firms of Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz LLP and Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins as interim co-lead counsel to act on behalf of the putative plaintiff class. The docket in 08 Civ. 11117 shall constitute the Master Docket for the Securities Action, State Law Action and Insurance Action. Every pleading filed in the Securities Action, State Law Action, and Insurance Action shall bear the following caption: The file in docket 08 Civ. 11117 shall constitute a master file for the Securities Action, State Law Action, and Insurance Action. When a document being filed pertains to the Securities Action, State Law Action, and Insurance Action, the phrase "All Actions" shall appear immediately after the phrase "This Document Relates to:". When a document applies only to one or more, but not all, of the actions, the document shall list, immediately after the phrase "This Document Relates to:", Securities Action, 08 Civ. 11212, and/or State Law Action, 08 Civ. 11183, and/or Insurance Action, 09 Civ. 557, as applicable. Courtesy copies of all correspondence and filings shall be provided to the assigned judge, Judge Thomas P. Griesa. A copy of this Order shall be placed in the dockets for all the cases listed in pages 3-4 herein. The Clerk of the Court is directed to then close each of those dockets, other than the dockets in the Securities Action, 08 Civ. 11212, the State Law Action, 08 Civ. 11183, the Insurance Action, 09 Civ. 557, and the Master Docket, 08 Civ. 11117. When a case, that arises out of the same subject matter as in the Securities Action, the State Law Action, or the Insurance Action, is hereinafter filed in this Court, counsel for the plaintiff(s) in the newly-filed case shall indicate on the civil cover sheet to which action the new case is related. If a case that arises out of the same subject matter as m the Securities Action, the State Law Action, or the Insurance Action is hereinafter filed in this Court or transferred to this Court from another court, but the Clerk of the Court has not been informed that it relates to one of the consolidated actions, counsel in any of the consolidated cases shall inform the Clerk's Office of any related case that comes to their attention. The Clerk's Office will then notify Judge Griesa, who shall take whatever action is deemed appropriate. As to any case accepted by Judge Griesa as related, the Clerk's Office will consolidate that case with the Securities Action, the State Law Action, or the Insurance Action, as designated by the judge, unless an objection to such consolidation is duly made and is sustained by the judge. Once the newly-filed or transferred case is consolidated with the Securities Action, the State Law Action or the Insurance Action, as applicable, the Clerk of the Court is directed to close the docket of that newly-filed or transferred case. SO ORDERED (Signed by Judge Thomas P. Griesa on 3/26/2009) (jmi)

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