UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORID A ORLANDO DIVISION

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1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORID A ORLANDO DIVISION In re CNL HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. I Case No. 6 :04-cv-1231-Orl-31KRS Securities Litigation (Consolidated with 6:04-cv-1341-Orl-19JGG) CLASS ACTIO N NOTICE OF MOTION FOR FINAL APPROVAL OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT, THE PLAN OF ALLOCATION AND AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES AND EXPENSE S Lead Plaintiffs hereby move the Court for entry of an order granting final approval of th e Settlement, the Plan of Allocation and Award of Attorneys' Fees and Reimbursement of Litigatio n Expenses. ("Motion") Submitted in support of this Motion is Lead Plaintiffs' Memorandum of Law in Support of Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, the Plan of Allocation and Award of Attorneys' Fees and Expenses ("Plaintiffs' Memorandum") and the Declaration of Nicholas E. Chimicles in Support of Final Approval of Class Action Settlement, the Plan of Allocation and Award of Attorneys' Fees and Expenses ("Chimicles Decl."). Plaintiffs' Memorandum, supported by the Chimicles Decl., set forth in detail the legal and factual grounds to demonstrate that the Settlement, Plan of Allocation and requested Award of Attorneys' Fees and Expenses are fair, reasonable and adequate, and should be approved. A proposed order granting final approval ("Final Judgment"), which was submitted to th e Court in connection with Lead Plaintiffs' motion for preliminary approval of the Settlement and which form was agreed to by the parties, has been attached as Exhibit W to the Chimicles Decl. The Court has scheduled the Final Settlement Hearing for July 26, 2006 at 1 :00 pm.

2 Dated: July 12, 2006 CHPll ffcles & TIKELLIS LLP By :/s1 Nicholas E. Chi:nicles Nicholas E. Chimicles Kimberly M. Donaldson One Haverford Centre 361 W. Lancaster Avenue Haverford, PA Telephone: (610) Facsimile: (610) Lead Litigation Counsel and Co-Lead Counsel for the Lead Plaintiffs; Counsel for Plaintiffs Raymond Roberts, Victor Libov and Edwin Wong. Lawrence A. Sucharow Beth Hoffman LABATON SUCHAROW & RUDOFF LLP 100 Park Avenu e New York, NY Telephone: (212) Co-Lead Counsel for Macomb County Employees' Retirement System Lawrence P. Kolker Aya Bouchedid WOLF HALDENSTE IN ADLER FREEMAN & HERZ LLP 270 Madison Avenu e New York, New York Telephone : (212) Co-Lead Counsel for Elizabeth Hawkins Barack Revocable Living Trust GLANCY BINKOW & GOLDBERG LLP Peter A. Binkow 1801 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 311 Los Angeles, CA Telephone: (310) Facsimile : (310)

3 THE MILLER FIRM, P.C. E. Powell Miller 950 West University Drive Rochester, Ml Telephone: (248) Facsimile: (248) LASKY & RIFKIND, LTD. Leigh R. Lasky 351 W. Hubbard, Suite 406 Chicago, IL Telephone: (312) Facsimile: (312) COOPER, RIDGE & LANTINBERG, P.A. George E. Ridge (Florida Bar No ) William G. Cooper (Florida Bar No ) Richard J. Lantinberg (Florida Bar No ) 200 West Forsyth Street, Suite 1200 Jacksonville, FL Telephone: (904) Facsimile: (904) Counselfor Plaintiffs 3

4 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1, Kimberly M. Donaldson, Esq., hereby certify that on July 12, 2006,1 electronically file d the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CMIECF system, which will send a notice o f electronic filing to the following : Scott B. Schreiber Justin Antonipillai John C. Massaro ARNOLD & PORTER, LLP 555 Twelfth Street, NW Washington, DC Telephone: (202) Facsimile : (202) justin_ antoqipllai@liporter.com John aporter.com ; ScottSchreiber@porter.com Darryl M. Bloodworth Nichole M. Moone y DEAN, MEAD, EGERTON, BLOODWORTH, CApouANO & BozARTH, P.A. 800 N. Magnolia Avenue, Suite 1500 Telephone: (407) Facsimile: (407) dbloodworth@deanmead.com, ddeanmead.com Kenneth A. Lapatine Mark H. Budof Toby S. Soli GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP MetLife Building200 Park AvenueNew York, NY Telephone: (212) Facsimile: (212) budoffm@gtlaw.com ; lapatinek@gtlaw.com David B. King Thomas A. Zehnder KrNG, BI ACKWEz L & Downs, P.A. 25 East Pine Street Telephone: (407) Facsimile : (407) DKing@kbdlaw.com, kbdlaw.com, aschulte@kbdlaw.com T. Todd Pittenger Terry C. Young LOWNDES DROSDICK DOSTER KANTOR & REED, P.A. 215 North Eola Drive Telephone: (407) Facsimile: (407) todd.pittenger@lowndes-law.com, litcontrol@lowndes-law.com terry.young@lowndes-law.com, lowndes-law.corn, litcontrol@lowndes-law.com

5 Joseph M. Hassett George H. Merrick, TIC HoGAN & HARTSON, LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC Telephone: (202) Facsimile: (202) jmhassett@hhlaw.com ; ghmernick@hhlaw.com Dated : July /sl Kimberly M. Donaldson KIMBERLY M. DONALDSON PA Attorney I.D. No (Admitted to this Court Pro Hac Vice) Attorney for Plaintiffs CHMCLES & TIKELLIS LLP One Haverford Centre 361 W. Lancaster Avenue Haverford, PA Telephone: (610) Facsimile: (610) kimdonalds chimicles. com 2