JEFFREY S. WHITE, District Judge.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED, by and between plaintiff Gaylord LaPlante ("Plaintiff"), defendants RAE Systems, Inc. ("RAE" or the "Company"), Robert I. Chen, Peter C. Hsi, Randall Gausman, Lyle D. Feisel, Sigrun Hjelmquist, James W. Power, Keh-Shew Lu and Susan Wang (collectively, "Defendants"), through their respective counsel of record, as follows:
WHEREAS, on November 1, 2010, Plaintiff filed his class action complaint (the "Complaint") in the above-captioned action;
WHEREAS, this action was stayed by order of this Court, dated January 10, 2011, in light of earlier filed proceedings commenced in the Delaware Chancery Court;
WHEREAS, none of the Defendants has responded to the Complaint;
WHEREAS, no class has been certified in this case;
WHEREAS, the Complaint is based on a proposed transaction between RAE and an affiliate of Battery Ventures for $1.60 per share that was never consummated;
WHEREAS, on June 9, 2011, RAE shareholders approved a sale of the Company to an affiliate of Vector Capital for $2.25 per share, and that acquisition was completed on June 16, 2011;
WHEREAS, Plaintiff voluntarily dismissed his claims against Battery Ventures with prejudice on July 12, 2011;
WHEREAS, by this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order of Dismissal, Plaintiff and his counsel have agreed to voluntarily dismiss all claims alleged in the instant action without prejudice, and without payment or other consideration;
WHEREAS, each side agrees to bear its own attorneys' fees and costs and waives any claim against the other, including their counsel, for malicious prosecution, abuse of process, violations of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11 or any other claim arising out of, or in any way relating to or in connection with, the initiation, prosecution, assertion, defense or resolution of this action.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties, through their respective undersigned counsel, hereby stipulate and agree:
1. The parties to this action submit this Stipulation and [Proposed] Order of Dismissal pursuant to Rules 41(a) and 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and request that the Court dismiss this action and all claims alleged therein without prejudice.
I, Dean S. Kristy, attest that concurrence in the filing of this document has been obtained from any signatories indicated by a "confirmed" signature (/s/) within this e-filed document.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 14th day of December 2011, at San Francisco, California.
PURSUANT TO THE ABOVE STIPULATION, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. All of Plaintiff's claims against Defendants are hereby dismissed without prejudice.
3. All parties will bear their own costs and attorneys' fees.
The Clerk of the Court shall close the file.