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EX-10.3 4 dex103.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO STIPULATION DATED AUGUST 12, 2005 Second Amendment to Stipulation dated August 12, 2005

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Exhibit 10.3

 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO

WESTERN DIVISION (DAYTON)

 

DAVID SLONE, et al.,

   )   

Consolidated Case No. 1:03cv211

     )     

Plaintiffs,

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Judge Thomas M. Rose

     )     

vs.

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     )     

FIFTH THIRD BANCORP, et al.,

   )     
     )     

Defendants

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     )     

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO STIPULATION

 

This Second Amendment to the Stipulation is entered into between Lead Plaintiffs and Defendants through their respective counsel.

 

WHEREAS:

 

  a. On March 29, 2005, the parties entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement (hereinafter the “Stipulation”), pursuant to which they agreed, subject to Court approval, to a settlement of the Settled Claims as set forth in that Stipulation.

 

  b. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings defined in the Stipulation.

 

  c. On March 31, 2005, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement reflected in the Stipulation.

 

  d. On May 12, 2005, the parties entered into an Amendment to Stipulation, pursuant to which they agreed, subject to Court approval, to a revision to the definition of the Settled Claims as set forth in that Stipulation.

 

  e. On May 19, 2005, the Court preliminarily approved the settlement reflected in the Amendment to Stipulation.

 

  f. The Lead Plaintiffs and Defendants desire to further revise the Stipulation to clarify the points addressed herein.


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NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED subject to the approval of the Court pursuant to Rule 23(e) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as follows:

 

1.      The definition of Settled Claims set forth in paragraph 1(t) of the Stipulation is amended by replacing the following sentence previously at the end of that paragraph:

 

“Settled Claims” do not include claims, if any, against the Released Parties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”), which claims are the subject of an action pending in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, denominated Shirk v. Fifth Third Bancorp, et al., Case No. 1:05CV049.

 

with this revised sentence:

 

“Settled Claims” do not include claims, if any, against the Released Parties arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”), including but not limited to the claims which are the subject of an action pending in the United States District Court, Southern District of Ohio, Western Division, denominated Shirk v. Fifth Third Bancorp, et al, Case No. 1:05:CV049, other than 1) ERISA claims, if any, which are not the subject of the Shirk action that might be brought against Deloitte & Touche LLP, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, Deloitte Tax LLP, Deloitte Consulting LLP (successor to Deloitte Consulting Holding LLC), Deloitte Consulting (Nevada) LLC, Deloitte Consulting L.P., Deloitte Consulting (US) LLC, Deloitte Consulting (Holding Sub), Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (“DTT”), and any member firms of DTT, and any of their past, present, and future direct or indirect parent companies, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, successors, partners, and any person, firm, trust, corporation, entity, officer, director or other individual or entity in which Deloitte & Touche LLP has a controlling interest (the “Deloitte Parties”) and 2) ERISA claims, if any, which are not the subject of the Shirk action that might be brought against the Deloitte Parties’ principals, members, directors, officers, managers, attorneys, administrators, auditors, investment advisors, trusts, fiduciaries, employee benefit plan fiduciaries and trustees, accountants, employees, stockholders, owners, agents, subrogees, insurers, servants, representatives, heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, legal representatives, transferrees and assigns, and successors in interest of assigns, and or entities which are more than 20 percent owned by a Deloitte Party to the extent that

 

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such claims arise out of auditing or tax services provided by such person or a Deloitte Party or consulting services provided to Fifth Third by such person or a Deloitte Party.

 

2.      The parties have made a corresponding change in the Order and Final Judgment at the end of paragraph 8, pages 5 and 6, attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

 

3.     Except as explicitly and specifically revised herein, the terms of the Stipulation remain unchanged and in full force and effect.

 

DATED: August 12, 2005

 

ANN LUGBILL

By:

 

    /s/ Ann Lugbill

   

    Ann Lugbill (0023632)

2406 Auburn Avenue

Cincinnati, Ohio 45219

Telephone: (513)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (513)  ###-###-####

Trial Attorney for Lead Counsel
MILBERG WEISS BERSHAD
& SCHULMAN LLP

By:

 

    /s/ David A.P. Brower

Steven G. Schulman

David A.P. Brower

Karen Rogers

Paul J. Andrejkovics

One Pennsylvania Plaza

New York, New York 10119-0165

Telephone: (212)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (212)  ###-###-####

Plaintiffs’ Lead Counsel

 

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DeCARLO & CONNOR, P.C.

Daniel M. Shanley

533 South Fremont Avenue

9th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071-1706

Telephone: (213)  ###-###-####

CAULEY BOWMAN CARNEY &
WILLIAMS, LLP

J. Allen Carney

P.O. Box 25438

Little Rock, Arkansas ###-###-####

Telephone: (501)  ###-###-####

FARUQI & FARUQI, LLP

Nadeem Faruqi

320 East 39th Street

New York, New York 10016

Telephone: (212)  ###-###-####

LERACH COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER
RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP

Darren Robbins

401 B Street, Suite 1700

San Diego, California 92101

Telephone: (619)  ###-###-####

Plaintiffs’ Counsel
KEATING, MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL

By:

 

    /s/ Patrick F. Fischer

   

    Patrick F. Fischer (0039671)

   

    Rachael A. Rowe (0066823)

   

    Jason M. Cohen (0076081)

1400 Provident Tower

One East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio ###-###-####

Telephone: (513)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (513)  ###-###-####

Counsel for Defendant Fifth Third Bancorp

 

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WAITE, SCHNEIDER, BAYLESS &
CHESLEY CO., L.P.A.

By:

 

    /s/ Stanley M. Chesley, Jr.

   

    Stanley M. Chesley, Jr.

   

    James R. Cummins

1513 Fourth & Vine Tower

One West Fourth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Telephone: (513)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (513)  ###-###-####

Of Counsel for Defendant Fifth Third Bancorp
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP

By:

 

    /s/ Glen V. Whitaker

   

    Glen V. Whitaker (0018169)

   

    Victor A. Walton, Jr. (0055241)

   

    Jeffrey A. Miller (0068815)

   

    Michael J. Bronson (0074448)

Suite 2000, Atrium Two

221 East Fourth Street

Cincinnati, Ohio ###-###-####

Telephone: (513)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (513)  ###-###-####

Counsel for Individual Defendants George

A. Schaefer, Jr., Neal E. Arnold, and David

J. DeBrunner

 

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BIESER, GREER & LANDIS LLP

By:

 

    /s/ James H. Greer

   

    David C. Greer (0009090)

   

    James H. Greer (0046555)

400 National City Center

6 North Main Street

Dayton, Ohio 45402

Telephone: (937)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (937)  ###-###-####

Counsel for Defendant Deloitte & Touche LLP
SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP

By:

 

    /s/ David A. Gordon

   

    Jeffrey R. Tone

   

    David A. Gordon

Bank One Plaza

10 South Dearborn Street

Chicago, Illinois 60603

Telephone: (312)  ###-###-####

Facsimile: (312)  ###-###-####

Counsel for Defendant Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

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