Declaration Of Helen J. Hodges In Support Of Lead Counsel's ...

I, HELEN J. HODGES, declare as follows:
1. I am a member of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”),
Lead Counsel for Lead Plaintiff in this action. 1 I have been actively involved in the prosecution of
this litigation, I am familiar with its proceedings, and have personal knowledge of the matters set
forth here based on my active supervision of and participation in all aspects of the case.
2. I submit this declaration in support of Lead Counsel’s motion, pursuant to Rule 23(h)
of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule”), for an award of attorney fees.
I. OVERVIEW
3. For the benefit of the Class, to date, $7.227 billion has been recovered, an
extraordinary outcome, the largest class action securities recovery in history. Coughlin Stoia
requests a fee award of 9.52% of the total recovered plus interest accrued. This request is in accord
with the fee agreement which The Regents of the University of California (“The Regents”)
negotiated at the start of this litigation in January 2002, before it was appointed lead plaintiff
pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PSLRA”). The
recoveries are as follows:
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On May 1, 2004, Lead Counsel, formerly with Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP,
changed its law firm affiliation to Lerach Coughlin Stoia & Robbins LLP, and, on July 1, 2004, to
Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP. On August 31, 2007, the firm name became
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP. All references to Coughlin Stoia herein include
Milberg Weiss and Lerach Coughlin and its predecessors.
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