in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ncw York, captioned In re Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Securities, Derivative, and ERISA Litigation, Master File No. 08 MDL 1963 (RWS), Securities Action, No. 08 Civ. 2793 (RWS) (the "Securities Class Action"), alleging, among other things, misrep

re consolidated for all purposes pursuant to Rule 42(a), Fed. R. Civ. P. They shall be referred to collectively as In re The Bear Steams Cos., Inc. ERISA Litigation, No. 08 Civ. 2804 (RWS) (the "ERISA Action"); Plaintiffs Aaron Howard and Shelden Greenberg are appointed Interim Co-Lead Plaintiffs. Pursuant to F

in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned In re Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Securities, Derivative, and ERISA Litigation, Master File No. 08 MDL 1963 (RWS), Securities Action, No. 08 Civ. 2793 (RWS) (the "Securities Class Action"), alleging misrepresentations in conne

tant action (the "Action") is related to the consolidated multidistrict litigation In re The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. Securities, Derivative and ERISA Litigation, 08 M.D.L. 1963 (S.D.N.Y.) (RWS) (the "MDL Action"), pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York before the H