UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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1 GEORGE S. TREVOR, ESQ. (Cal. Bar No. 00 Tamal Plaza Suite 0 Corte Madera, CA Telephone: (1-1 WECHSLER HARWOOD HALEBIAN & FEFFER LLP Robert I. Harwood James G. Flynn Madison Avenue New York, New York 0 Telephone: ( -00 ABRAHAM & PASKOWITZ Laurence Paskowitz 0 East nd Street New York, New York 1 Telephone: ( -0 Attorneys for Plaintiffs UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA YEHUDAH TOIV, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated No. :01-CV--MMC Plaintiffs, DATE: Nov. 1, 01 vs. TIME: :00 a.m. PLACE: Courtroom of RAMBUS, INC., GEOFF TATE, The Honorable WILLIAM DAVIDOW, BRUCE DUNLEVIE, Maxine M. Chesney P. MICHAEL FARMWALD, MARK HOROWITZ, CHARLES GESCHKE, DAVID MOORING and GARY HARMON, Defendants. [Additional captions on following pages] AMENDED NOTICE OF MOTION OF PLAINTIFFS JAMES GARFINKEL, RALPH ESPOSITO, AND THE RAMBUS SHAREHOLDERS GROUP FOR CONSOLIDATION, APPOINTMENT OF LEAD PLAINTIFF, AND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED LEAD PLAINTIFF S SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

2 MATTHEW GREENBLATT and CHARLES A. HARAD, On Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, No. :01-CV--MMC Plaintiffs, vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants PHILIP SCHWARTZ, On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, No. :01-CV-1-MMC vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants ARIS AREFI, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, No. :01-CV-1-MMC vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFF TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY HARMON, ED LARSEN, AVEDIS KANADJIAN, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, MARK HOROWITZ, KEVIN DONNELLY, THOMAS F. FOX, WILLIAM H. DAVIDOW, and SUBODH TOPRANI, Defendants CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

3 GEORGE MURPHY, on behalf of Himself and all others similarly Situated, No. :01-CV-1-JF vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants LORI WILL, On Behalf of Herself And All Others Similarly Situated, No. :01-CV--MMC vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants MUHAMMED ZIA, vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFF TATE, WILLIAM DAVIDOW, P. MICHAEL FARMWALD, MARK HOROWITZ, DAVID MOORING, and GARY HARMON, Defendants No. :01-CV-0-MEJ CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

4 LEONARD BRODY, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated No. :01-CV-0-JL Plaintiffs, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSON, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants OREN GISKAN, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated, No. :01-CV--JF vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL FARMWALD, BRUCE DUNLEVIE, EDWARD LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants BRUCE R. QUEEN, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, WILLIAM DAVIDOW, and AVEDIS KANADJIAN, Defendants No. :01-CV-0-JL CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

5 DAVID LOWINGER, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWTIZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants LEWIS D. BAKER, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, vs. RAMBUS, INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants PHILIP SCHIER, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY TATE, GARY G. HARMON, and DAVID MOORING, Defendants No. :01-CV-00-MEJ No. :01-CV--RS No. :01-CV-0-MEJ CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

6 STEPHEN H. HANEY, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated No. :01-CV-01-MMC Plaintiffs, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWITZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSON, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants JEREMY BRICKNER, vs. RAMBUS INC., GEOFFREY R. TATE, DAVID MOORING, GARY G. HARMON, MARK HOROWTIZ, PAUL MICHAEL FARMWALD, BRUCE S. DUNLEVIE, EDWARD H. LARSEN, and WILLIAM DAVIDOW, Defendants No. :01-CV-0-MEJ PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, on November 1, 01 at :00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this matter may be heard, in the Courtroom of the Honorable Maxine M. Chesney, United States District Court, 0 Golden Gate Avenue, 1 th Floor, San Francisco, California, plaintiffs James Garfinkel and Ralph Esposito in the action entitled Garfinkel v. Rambus Inc. et al., No. :01CV, which was filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on August 1, 01, along with the Rambus Shareholders Group consisting of class members United Fortune Limited, Mario Bernardi, Jr. and Banque -1- CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

7 Pictet - (collectively, the Movants, by their undersigned attorneys, will move, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Section D(a( of the Securities Exchange Act of, 1 U.S.C. u-(a(, to enter the following orders: 1. appointing the Rambus Shareholders Group as lead plaintiff in these actions; and all related actions; and. approving the counsel selected and retained by the Rambus Shareholders Group as lead counsel. PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that, in support of this Motion, Movants submit: a memorandum of law, the Declaration of James G. Flynn, Esq., sworn to on October, 01, and the proposed orders granting the relief requested herein. Dated: October, 01 Corte Madera, California GEORGE S. TREVOR, ESQ. (Cal. Bar No. 00 Tamal Plaza Suite 0 Corte Madera, CA Telephone: (1-1 Proposed Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs and the Class WECHSLER HARWOOD HALEBIAN & FEFFER LLP Robert I. Harwood James G. Flynn Madison Avenue, th Floor New York, New York 0 ( CASE NO. :01-CV--MMC

8 Laurence Paskowitz, Esq. ABRAHAM & PASKOWITZ 0 East nd Street New York, New York 1 ( -0 Proposed Co-Lead Counsel For Plaintiffs and the Class MMC -- CASE NO. :01-CV--