UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ---------------------------------------------------------- X : : United States of America, : Plaintiff, : v. : : Apple, Inc., et al., Defendants. : ---------------------------------------------------------- x No. 12-civ-2826 (DLC) NOTICE OF APPEARANCE PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Sidley Austin LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019, by John J. Lavelle, hereby enters its appearance as counsel of record in the above-captioned actions for and on behalf of Defendants Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d/b/a Macmillan and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GMBH. The Clerk of this Court is requested to note this appearance on the Court’s docket and to forward copies of all entries, orders, notices and other court documents in this proceeding to the undersigned counsel. Dated: New York, New York May 16, 2012 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP By: /s/ John J. Lavelle John J. Lavelle (jlavelle@sidley.com) 787 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 Telephone: (212) 839-5300 Attorneys for Defendants Holtzbrinck Publishers, LLC d/b/a Macmillan and Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GMBH NY1 8040748v.4