In re Herald, Primeo and Thema Funds Securities Litigation

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DECLARATION of Foxton Group in Opposition re: #15 MOTION to Appoint Counsel. MOTION to Appoint Dr. Shmuel Cabilly to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Consolidate Cases 09-2032., #41 MOTION to Appoint Repex Ventures S.A. to serve as lead plaintiff(s). MOTION to Appoint Counsel. MOTION to Consolidate Cases 1:09-cv-02032, 1:09-cv-02558. MOTION to Appoint Repex Ventures S.A. to serve as lead plaintiff(s).. Document filed by Foxton Group. (Linkh, Gregory)

Repex Ventures S.A v. Madoff et al

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------- X REPEX VENTURES S.A., on Behalf of Itself : : and All Others Similarly Situated, : Plaintiff, : : v. : : BERNARD L. MADOFF; BERNARD L. : MADOFF INVESTMENT SECURITIES; : BANK MEDICI S.A.; SONJA KOHN; PETER : SCHEITHAUER; HERALD USA FUND; : HERALD LUXEMBURG FUND; BANK : AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT; UNICREDIT : S.A.; PRIMEO SELECT FUNDS; PIONEER : ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS; THEMA : INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC; ERNST & : YOUNG LLP, and HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, : : Defendants. : --------------------------------------------------------X

Civil Action No.: 09-cv-00289-RMB

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JOINT DECLARATION OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE FOXTON GROUP

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--------------------------------------------------------- X 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, : STEPHANE 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. --------------------------------------------------------- X

Civil Action No.: 09-cv-02032-RMB

DECLARATION OF SERVICE I am an attorney admitted to practice in this district. I hereby certify, under penalty of perjury, that on this 21st day of May, 2009, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing document to be served on the persons listed below: 1) through this court's ECF system, 2) by e-mail, and/or 3) by mail, postage prepaid: ERNST & YOUNG GLOBAL LIMITED Becket House, 1 Lambeth Palace Rd. London SE1 7EU, United Kingdom ERNST & YOUNG S.A. 7 Pare d'Activite Syrdall Munsbach L5365 Luxembourg Jules Brody ([e-mail]) Patrick Kevin Slyne STULL, STULL & BRODY 6 East 45th Street New York, NY 10017 Robert S. Schachter ([e-mail]) ZWERLING, SCHACHTER & ZWERLING 41 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 William P. Hammer, Esq. ERNST & YOUNG LLP 5 Times Square, 36th Floor New York, New York 10036-6530 Lawrence J. Zweifach, Esq. GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10166-0193 Timothy Joseph Burke ([e-mail]) STULL, STULL & BRODY 10940 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 2300 Los Angeles, CA 90024 Catherine A. Torell, Esq. ([e-mail]) COHEN, MILSTEIN, SELLERS & TOLL, P.L.L.C. 150 East 52nd Street 30th Floor New York, NY 10022 Samuel Howard Rudman ([e-mail]) COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS, LLP 58 South Service Road Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 GENEVALOR, BENBASSAT & CIE 7, rue Versonnex CH-1207 Geneva Switzerland

Steven J. Toll, Esq. Daniel S. Sommers, Esq. COHEN, MILSTEIN, SELLERS & TOLL, P.L.L.C. 1100 New York Avenue, N.W. Suite 500, West Tower Washington, DC 20005 Jacob Sabo, Esq. The Tower # 3 Daniel Frisch St. Tel Aviv, Israel

STEPHANE BENBASSAT 7, rue Versonnex CH-1207 Geneva Switzerland FRIEHLING & HOROWITZ 4 High Tor Rd. New City, NY 10956

ALBERTO BENBASSAT 7, rue Versonnex CH-1207 Geneva Switzerland Susan L. Saltzstein ([e-mail]) William J. O'Brien ([e-mail]) SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP Four Times Square New York, New York 10036-6522 Attorneys for Defendant Pioneer Alternative Investment Management Limited BANK MEDICI S.A. Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria SONJA KOHN Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria HERALD FUND SPC Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria HERALD USA FUND Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria WERNER TRIPOLT Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria

BERNARD L. MADOFF 885 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 BANK MEDICI AG Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria PETER SCHEITHAUER Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria HERALD FUND SPC PO Box 30B Ufllend Heues Oranti Cayman Kri 1104 HERALD LUXEMBURG FUND Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria

JOHN HOLLIWELL Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT 1010 Wien, Schottengasse 6-8 A-1010 Vienna Austria ALFRED SIMON 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg JOHANNES P. SPALEK 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg JAMES E. O'NEILL 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg DECLAN MURRAY 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg MICHAEL WHEATON 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg PRIMEO EXECUTIVE FUND 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg FRIEDRICH PFEFFER WFE-Consulting Fuhrenweg 27 D-31515 Wunstorf Germany

HELMUTH E. FREY Operngasse 6/4 Vienna, 1010 Austria UNICREDIT S.A. Piazza Cordusio 20123 Milan Italy KARL E. KANIAK 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg NIGEL H. FIELDING 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg ALBERTO LA ROCCA 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg URSULA RADEL-LESZCZYNSKI 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg PRIMEO SELECT FUND 13 Rue Goethe, B P 413 L-2014 Luxembourg THEMA INTERNATIONAL FUND PLC 3 George's Dock IFSC Dublin 1 Ireland FRANCO MUGNAI Via Leone XIII_n.27 1-20145 Milan Italy

DAVID T. SMITH c/o Equus Asset Management Partners Bermudiana Arcade 27 Queen Street Hamilton HM 11 Bermuda DANIEL MORRISSEY William Fry Solicitors Fitzwilton House Wilton Place Dublin 2 Ireland HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES, S.A. 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 PRICE WATERHOUSECOOPERS, CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS One Spencer Dock North Wall Quay Dublin 1 Ireland PIONEER ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS 1 George's Quay Plaza George's Quay Dublin 2 Ireland

GERALD J. P. BRADY Birch Hollow Upper Kilmacud Road Dundrum Dublin 14 Ireland HSBC HOLDINGS PLC c/o Chris Wilcockson Managing Director, HSS 40 Avenue Monterey B.P. 413, L-2014 Luxembourg HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES (LUXEMBURG) S.A. 40 Avenue Monterey P.O. Box 413, L-2014 Luxembourg HSBC SECURITIES SERVICES (IRELAND) LIMITED c/o Rosemary Leahy 1 Grand Canal Square Grand Canal Harbour Dublin 2 Ireland PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH United Kingdom BA WORLDWIDE FUND MANAGEMENT, LTD c/o HWR Services P.O. Box 71 Road Town Tortola B.V.I.

BA WORLDWIDE MANAGEMENT LTD c/o HWR Services P.O. Box 71 Road Town Tortola B.V.I. HANNES SALETA c/o HWR Services P.O. Box 71 Road Town Tortola B.V.I. BANK OF BERMUDA (LUXEMBOURG) S.A. 6 Front St. Hamilton, HM 11 Bermuda BANK OF BERMUDA P.O. Box 513 GT HSBC House 68 West Bay Road Grand Cayman Cayman Islands PRIMEO FUND c/o BANK OF BERMUDA (CAYMAN) LIMITED P.O. Box 513 GT HSBC House 68 West Bay Road Grand Cayman Cayman Islands

HERALD C. NOGRASEK c/o HWR Services P.O. Box 71 Road Town Tortola B.V.I. NICOLA A. CORSETTI c/o HWR Services P.O. Box 71 Road Town Tortola B.V.I. BANK OF BERMUDA (LUXEMBOURG) S.A. 13 rue Goethe L-1637 Luxembourg BANK OF BERMUDA (CAYMAN) LIMITED P.O. Box 513 GT HSBC House 68 West Bay Road Grand Cayman Cayman Islands

_______________S/_________________ Thomas J. Kennedy (TK-9989)