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Procedure for Customer Disputes. Dated: kflyikugust , 2011 Susman Godfrey LLP Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP By: By: Stephen D. Susman Stephen M. Sinaiko Counsel for Claimants Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP By: Marshall H. Fishman Gabrielle L. Gould Co-Counsel for The Bear Steams Companies

nt. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date. The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (n/k/a The Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (n/k/a J.P. Morgan Bear Steams Companies LLC) Securities LLC) By: By: Name: Name: Title: Title: Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. Financ

Susman 560 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor New York, New York 10022 (212) 336-8330 Counsel for Claimants Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP By: Stephen M. Sinaiko 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 (212) 715-9100 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP By: Marshall H. Fishman Gabrielle L.

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ANSWER Pursuant to Rule 12303 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure for Customer Disputes, Respondents The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. ("BSC), Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. (Bq&Co.), and Bear Stearns Asset Management Inc. ("BSAM") (collectively, the "Bear Stearns Respondents"), by their attorneys, Kramer Levin Naftalis

ms just and proper. (c) Dated: December 4, 2009 Respectfully submitted, KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP B ki tatE Marshall H. Fialun f an Stephen M. Sinaiko Gabrielle L. Gould 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attorneys for Respondents The Bear Steams Companies, Inc., Bear, Stearns

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Susman 560 Lexington Avenue, 15th Floor New York, New York 10022 (212) 336-8330 Counsel for Claimants Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP By: Stephen M. Sinaiko 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 (212) 715-9100 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP By: Marshall H. Fishman Gabrielle L.