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The Securities Class Action Services Top 50 for 2013 Securities Class Action Services, LLC Published: July 16, 2014 Executive Summary Securities Class Action Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Institutional Shareholder Services that maintains an industry leading database on securities class action litigation, is pleased to release the Securities Class Action Services 50 report. The Securities Class Action Services 50 lists the top 50 plaintiffs' law firms ranked by the dollar value of final class action settlements occurring in 2013 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel. The Securities Class Action Services 50 report includes a total of 113 court approved settlements, 17 of which were valued at more than $100 million. Industries with the most settlements were Financial Services with 25, followed by Pharmaceuticals with 10. The majority of settlements stemmed from allegation over companies not implementing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ( GAAP ). Notably, the fourth quarter of 2013 saw the year s highest count of settlements with 35 cases settled for awards totaling more than $4 billion. The report shows five law firms served as either lead or co-lead counsel in a case with a settlement amount of more than $500 million, including Household International, Inc. (N.D. Ill.) (Jury Verdict Fund) and Bank of America Corporation (2009) (S.D.N.Y.) (Equity Securities), to name a few. In dollar terms, Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann ranks first with 2013 settlements collectively valued at $3.97 billion, while Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd ranks first in terms of settlement count with a total of 30. www.issgovernance.com

Table of Contents Methodology... 3 Terminology... 3 The Top 50 for 2013... 4 Firms by Number of Settlements... 5 2014 ISS Institutional Shareholder Services 2 of 6

ISS Securities Class Action Services is pleased to present the "Securities Class Action Services 50" for the year 2013. The Securities Class Action Services 50 lists the top 50 plaintiffs' law firms ranked by the total cash amount of final securities class action settlements occurring in 2013 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel. Methodology The Securities Class Action Services 50 is based upon historical settlement data from ISS proprietary database, which tracks, among other information, federal, state, and international shareholder class and group actions. Each law firm was contacted by ISS to verify settlement data pertaining to that firm. The Securities Class Action Services 50 does not include data on ERISA or derivative lawsuits. The Securities Class Action Services 50 reflects only those final settlements that resulted in the creation of a cash settlement fund on behalf of shareholders. Cases which resulted in no settlement fund being created, but instead had only non-monetary settlement terms (such as corporate governance changes, changes in the terms of a merger, etc.) are not included. Further information on these types of settlements can be found in the Securities Class Action Services database. The Securities Class Action Services 50 credits law firms that served as lead or co-lead counsel in a case with the entire settlement fund, regardless of how many other firms served as lead or co-lead counsel in the case. Thus, for a settlement of $1,000,000 where there were two lead counsels, the Securities Class Action Services 50 credits both law firms with $1,000,000 rather than dividing the settlement fund between them. For purposes of this report, law firms are considered to be lead or co-lead counsel if they are identified as such in the notice of settlement distributed to shareholders. Terminology SETTLEMENT TOTAL is the total cash amount made available to investors for recovery for all final settlements occurring in 2013 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel, and where a settlement fund resulted. NUMBER of SETTLEMENTS listed the Top 5 total number of final settlements occurring in 2013 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel, and where a settlement fund resulted. For further information, please visit our website at: http://www.issgovernance.com/governance-solutions/securities-class-actionservices or email sales@issgovernance.com. 2014 ISS Institutional Shareholder Services 3 of 6

The Top 50 for 2013 Rank Law Firm Name Settlement Amount 1 Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann $3,966,050,000.00 2 Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd $3,587,723,611.03 3 Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check $2,973,100,000.00 4 Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer $2,455,100,000.00 5 Labaton Sucharow $927,800,000.00 6 Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll $746,333,830.00 7 Kirby McInerney $603,700,000.00 8 Milberg $224,250,000.00 9 Lowey Dannenberg Cohen & Hart $219,857,694.00 10 Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy $219,000,000.00 10 Westerman Law $219,000,000.00 12 Grant & Eisenhofer $215,000,000.00 13 Hahn Loeser & Parks $187,000,000.00 14 Bernstein Liebhard $159,001,999.00 15 Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley $153,000,000.00 16 Siskinds $147,428,794.02 17 Girard Gibbs $120,000,000.00 18 Koskie Minsky $117,583,830.00 19 Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz $105,730,913.50 20 Brower Piven $89,336,000.00 21 Slater & Gordon $76,487,250.00 22 Wolf Popper $63,700,000.00 23 Chimicles & Tikellis $62,500,000.00 24 Pomerantz Haudek Block Grossman & Gross $61,087,500.00 25 Boies, Schiller & Flexner $55,250,000.00 25 Lovell Stewart Halebian $55,250,000.00 27 Rigrodsky & Long $54,680,913.50 28 Berman DeValerio $51,157,000.00 29 Scott + Scott $44,571,494.82 30 Levi & Korsinsky $42,730,913.50 31 Saxena White $42,000,000.00 32 Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky $41,575,000.00 33 Lite DePalma Greenberg $35,750,000.00 34 Glancy Binkow & Goldberg $28,612,500.00 35 Federman & Sherwood $24,215,000.00 36 Berger & Montague $22,500,000.00 2014 ISS Institutional Shareholder Services 4 of 6

37 Faruqi & Faruqi $21,350,000.00 38 The Weiser Law Firm $20,000,000.00 39 The Rosen Law Firm $18,316,666.66 40 Whatley Kallas $17,500,000.00 41 Abbey Spanier $12,000,000.00 42 Bouchard Margules & Friedlander $11,600,000.00 43 Barrack, Rodos & Bacine $10,600,000.00 44 Shalov Stone & Bonner $10,000,000.00 45 Sutts Strosberg $8,730,180.00 46 Gilman Law (f.n.a.gilman & Pastor) $8,000,000.00 47 Chitwood Harley Harnes $7,500,000.00 48 Schneider Wallace Cottrell Brayton Konecky $6,500,000.00 48 Susman Godfrey $6,500,000.00 49 Holzer Holzer Fistel $6,000,000.00 Firms by Number of Settlements Rank by Number of Settlements Rank by Settlement Amount Law Firm Settlement Total Number of Settlements 1 2 Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd $3,587,723,611.03 30 2 1 Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann $3,966,050,000.00 11 2 5 Labaton Sucharow $927,800,000.00 11 4 39 The Rosen Law Firm $18,316,666.66 8 5 3 Kessler Topaz Meltzer & Check $2,973,100,000.00 5 5 6 Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll $746,333,830.00 5 5 16 Siskinds $147,428,794.02 5 5 34 Glancy Binkow & Goldberg $28,612,500.00 5 2014 ISS Institutional Shareholder Services 5 of 6

Securities Class Action Services is pleased to present the "SCAS 50" for the year 2011. The SCAS 50 lists the top 50 plaintiffs' law firms ranked by the total cash amount of final securities class action settlements occurring in 2011 in which the law firm served as lead or co-lead counsel. www.issgovernance.com This document and all of the information contained in it, including without limitation all text, data, graphs, charts (collectively, the Information ) are the property of Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. ( ISS ), its subsidiaries, or in some cases third-party suppliers. The Information may not be reproduced or disseminated in whole or in part without prior written permission of ISS. Issuers mentioned in this document may have purchased self-assessment tools and publications from ISS Corporate Services, Inc. ( ICS ), a wholly owned subsidiary of ISS, or ICS may have provided advisory or analytical services to the issuer. No employee of ICS played a role in the preparation of this document. Any issuer that is mentioned in this document may be a client of ISS or ICS, or may be the parent of, or affiliated with, a client of ISS or ICS The Information has not been submitted to, nor received approval from, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other regulatory body. None of the Information constitutes an offer to sell (or a solicitation of an offer to buy), or a promotion or recommendation of, any security, financial product, or other investment vehicle or any trading strategy, nor a solicitation of a vote or a proxy, and ISS does not endorse, approve, or otherwise express any opinion regarding any issuer, securities, financial products, or instruments or trading strategies. The user of the Information assumes the entire risk of any use it may make or permit to be made of the Information. ISS MAKES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF ORIGINALITY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS, NON-INFRINGEMENT, COMPLETENESS, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THE INFORMATION. Without limiting any of the foregoing and to the maximum extent permitted by law, in no event shall ISS have any liability regarding any of the Information for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, consequential (including lost profits), or any other damages even if notified of the possibility of such damages. The foregoing shall not exclude or limit any liability that may not by applicable law be excluded or limited. 2014 Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. All rights reserved. Enabling the financial community to manage governance risk for the benefit of shareholders 2014 ISS Institutional Shareholder Services 6 of 6