STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE DEADLINE FOR COURT-ORDERED MEDIATION

SAMUEL A. CONTI, District Judge.

It is hereby stipulated by and between the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs ("DPPs") and the undersigned defendants ("Defendants") in this action as follows:

WHEREAS, on March 13, 2013, this Court entered its Revised Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 1595) setting March 15, 2013 as the direct class's last day for mediation;

WHEREAS, given the parties' schedules and the available dates provided by the mediator, that the earliest date the mediation between the DPPs and Defendants Samsung SDI America, Inc.; Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Samsung SDI (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.; Samsung SDI Mexico S.A. DE C.V.; Samsung SDI Brasil Ltda.; Shenzen Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. and Tianjin Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (collectively "SDI") Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (collectively "SEC") could be scheduled was March 19, 2013;

WHEREAS, given the parties' schedules and the available dates provided by the mediator, that the earliest date the mediation between the DPPs and Defendants Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Hitachi Asia, Ltd., Hitachi America, Ltd., and Hitachi Electronic Devices (USA), Inc. ("Hitachi") could be scheduled was March 26, 2013;

WHEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between counsel for the undersigned DPPs and Defendants that: (1) the last day for mediation between the DPPs and SDI and SEC be extended by four days to March 19, 2013; and (2) that the last day for mediation between the DPPs and Hitachi be extended by eleven days to March 26, 2013.

IT IS SO RECOMMENDED.

IT IS SO ORDERED UPON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE SPECIAL MASTER.