In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds Securities Litigation

Filing 37

FILING ERROR DEFICIENT DOCKET ENTRY DECLARATION of Timothy J. Burke in Support re: #35 MOTION to Appoint Repex Ventures S.A. to serve as lead plaintiff(s) and for Consolidation of All Related Actions, and Approval of Selection of Lead Counsel. MOTION to Appoint Repex Ventures S.A. to serve as lead plaintiff(s) and for Consolidation of All Related Actions, and Approval of Selection of Lead Counsel.. Document filed by Repex Ventures S.A. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C)(Burke, Timothy) Modified on 5/5/2009 (jar).

Repex Ventures S.A v. Madoff et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

______________________________________ REPEX VENTURES S.A, on Behalf of Itself ) and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BERNARD L. MADOFF; BANK MEDICI ) S.A.; SONJA KOHN; PETER ) SCHEITHAUER; HERALD USA FUND; ) HERALD LUXEMBURG FUND; BANK ) AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT; UNICREDIT ) S.A.; PRIMEO SELECT FUND; PRIMEO ) EXECUTIVE FUND; PIONEER ) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS; THEMA ) INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC, ERNST & ) YOUNG S.A., and HSBC SECURITIES ) SERVICES, S.A., ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________________ )

Civil Action No. 09-cv-289 (RMB) CLASS ACTION ECF CASE

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DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. BURKE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY REPEX VENTURES S.A. FOR CONSOLIDATION OF ALL RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF PURSUANT TO § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL

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______________________________________ HORST LEONHARDT, on Behalf of Himself ) and All Others Similarly Situated, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BERNARD L. MADOFF, BANK MEDICI ) S.A., SONJA KOHN, PETER ) SCHEITHAUER, HERALD USA FUND, ) HERALD LUXEMBURG FUND, BANK ) AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, UNICREDIT ) S.A., PRIMEO SELECT FUND, PRIMEO ) EXECUTIVE FUND, PIONEER ) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS, THEMA ) INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC, HELMUTH ) E. FREY, FRIEDRICH PFEFFER, FRANCO ) MUGNAI, ALBERTO BENBASSAT, ) STÉPHANE BENBASSAT, GENEVALOR, ) BENBASSAT & CIE, DAVID T. SMITH, ) GERALD J. P. BRADY, DANIEL ) MORRISSEY, ERNST & YOUNG S.A., ) ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL LIMITED, ) HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, HSBC ) INSTITUTIONAL TRUST SERVICES ) (IRELAND) LIMITED, HSBC SECURITIES ) SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED, HSBC ) SECURITIES SERVICES, S.A., ) PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, ) CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, ) PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ) INTERNATIONAL LIMITED; and ) FRIEHLING & HOROWITZ, ) ) Defendants. ) ______________________________________ ) [Additional caption on next page]

Civil Action No. 09-cv-2032 (RMB) CLASS ACTION ECF CASE

______________________________________ FABIAN PERRONE and CHIA-HUNG KAO, ) ) Plaintiff(s), ) ) v. ) ) ALBERTO BENBASSAT, STÉPHANE ) BENBASSAT, GERALD J.P. BRADY, ) NICOLA A. CORSETTI, NIGEL H. ) FIELDING, HELMUTH E. FREY, JOHN ) HOLLIWELL, KARL E. KANIAK, SONJA ) KOHN, ALBERTO LA ROCCA, DANIEL ) MORRISSEY, FRANCO MUGNAI, DECLAN ) MURRAY, HERALD C. NOGRASEK, ) JAMES. E. O'NEILL, FRIEDRICH PFEFFER, ) URSULA RADELLESZCZYNSKI, HANNES ) SALETA, PETER SCHEITHAUER, ALFRED ) SIMON, DAVID T. SMITH, JOHANNES P. ) SPALEK, WERNER TRIPOLT, MICHAEL ) WHEATON, BA WORLDWIDE FUND ) MANAGEMENT, LTD, BANK AUSTRIA ) CREDITANSTALT, BANK OF BERMUDA ) (CAYMAN) LIMITED, BANK OF ) BERMUDA (LUXEMBOURG) S.A., BANK ) MEDICI AG, ERNST & YOUNG, PRIMEO ) FUND, HERALD FUND SPC, HSBC ) HOLDINGS PLC, HSBC INSTITUTIONAL ) TRUST SERVICES (IRELAND) LTD., HSBC ) SECURITIES SERVICES (IRELAND) LTD., ) HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES ) (LUXEMBURG) S.A., PIONEER ) ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT ) MANAGEMENT LIMITED, ) PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, THEMA ) INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC, and ) UNICREDIT S.A., ) ) Defendant(s). ) ______________________________________ )

Civil Action No. 09-cv-2558 (SHS) CLASS ACTION ECF CASE

I, Timothy J. Burke, hereby declare: 1. I am an attorney at the law firm of Stull, Stull & Brody. I submit this Declaration

in support of the motion of the Repex Ventures S.A. for consolidation of all related actions, appointment as lead plaintiff and approval of selection of Stull, Stull & Brody as Lead Counsel. 2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the notice of pendency

published over Business Wire, a national, business-oriented news wire service, on March 5, 2009. 3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the plaintiff

certification executed on behalf of Repex Ventures S.A. which demonstrate Movant's class standing and requisite financial interest in the outcome of the litigation. 4. firm résumé. Signed under penalties of perjury this 4th day of May, 2009. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of Stull, Stull & Brody's

By:

s/ Timothy J. Burke Timothy J. Burke (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) STULL, STULL & BRODY 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify, this 4th day of May, 2009, that I caused a true and correct copies of the DECLARATION OF TIMOTHY J. BURKE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION BY REPEX VENTURES S.A. FOR CONSOLIDATION OF ALL RELATED ACTIONS, APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF PURSUANT TO § 21D(a)(3)(B) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AND APPROVAL OF SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL to be served via First Class Mail and First Class International Mail on all parties listed on the attached service list. Dated May 4, 2009 STULL, STULL & BRODY

By:

s/ Timothy J. Burke Timothy J. Burke (Admitted Pro Hac Vice) 10940 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone]

SERVICE LIST William P. Hammer, Esq. ERNST & YOUNG LLP 5 Times Square 36th Floor New York, NY 10036-6530 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Lawrence J. Zweifach, Esq. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166-0193 Tel: [phone] Direct Fax: [phone] William J. O'Brien, Esq. SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Four Times Square New York, NY 10036-6522 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Steven J. Toll Daniel S. Sommers COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 500, West Tower Washington, DC 20005 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Catherine A. Torell COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC 150 East 52nd Street 30th Floor New York, NY 10022 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Samuel H. Rudman David A. Rosenfeld COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 58 South Service Road Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Sabrina E. Tirabassi COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP DOUGLAS WILENS 120 E. Palmetto Park Road Suite 500 Boca Raton, FL 33432-4809 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Frank A. Bottini JOHNSON BOTTINI, LLP 655 W. Broadway Suite 1400 San Diego, CA 92101 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Jacob Sabo, Esq. The Tower # 3 Daniel Frisch St. Tel Aviv Israel Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Bank Austria Creditanstalt 1010 Wien, Schottengasse 6-8 A-1010 Vienna Austria Bank Medici S.A. Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria

Stéphane Benbassat 7, rue Versonnex CH-1207 Geneva Switzerland Gerald J. P. Brady Birch Hollow Upper Kilmacud Road Dundrum Dublin 14 Ireland Ernst & Young Global Limited Becket House, 1 Lambeth Palace Rd. London SE1 7EU United Kingdom Ernst & Young S.A. 7 Parc d'Activite Syrdall Munsbach L5365 Luxembourg Helmuth E. Frey Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria Genevalor, Benbassat & Cie 7, rue Versonnex CH-1207 Geneva Switzerland Herald Luxemburg Fund Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria Herald USA Fund Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria

HSBC Holdings plc c/o Chris Wilcockson Managing Director, HSS 40 Avenue Monterey B.P. 413, L-2014 Luxembourg HSBC Institutional Trust Services (Ireland) Limited c/o Ronnie Griffin 1 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland HSBC Securities Services S.A. c/o Chris Wilcockson 40 Avenue Monterey B.P. 413, L-2014 Luxembourg HSBC Securities Services (Ireland) Limited c/o Rosemary Leahy 1 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland Daniel Morrissey William Fry Solicitors Fitzwilton House Wilton Place Dublin 2 Ireland Franco Mugnai Via Leone XIIIN n.27 I-20145 Milan Italy Friedrich Pfeffer WFE-Consulting Fuhrenweg 27 D-31515 Wunstorf Germany

Pioneer Alternative Investments 1 George's Quay Plaza George's Quay Dublin 2 Ireland PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chartered Accountants One Spencer Dock North Wall Quay Dublin 1 Ireland PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited 1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH United Kingdom Peter Scheithauer Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria David T. Smith c/o Equus Asset Management Partners Bermudiana Arcade 27 Queen Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda Thema International Fund plc c/o NCB Stockbrokers 3 George's Dock IFSC Dublin 1 Ireland Unicredit S.A. Piazza Cordusio 20123 Milan Italy