Lighthouse Financial Group v. The Royal Bank of Scotland Group, plc et al

MOTION to Appoint IBEW Local Union No. 58 Pension Trust Fund and Annuity Fund to serve as lead plaintiff

S.D.N.Y.April 19, 2011

619562_1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x LIGHTHOUSE FINANCIAL GROUP, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP, PLC, et al., Defendants. ETHAN GOLD, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff, vs. THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP, PLC, et al., Defendants. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : x Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-00398-GBD CLASS ACTION Civil Action No. 1:11-cv-01162-NRB CLASS ACTION IBEW LOCAL UNION NO. 58 PENSION TRUST FUND AND ANNUITY FUNDS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT AS LEAD PLAINTIFF AND APPROVAL OF LEAD PLAINTIFF’S SELECTION OF LEAD COUNSEL Case 1:11-cv-00398-GBD Document 32 Filed 04/19/11 Page 1 of 4 - 1 - 619562_1 TO: ALL PARTIES AND THEIR COUNSEL OF RECORD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that proposed lead plaintiff IBEW Local Union No. 58 Pension Trust Fund and Annuity Fund (the “Pension and Annuity Funds”) will move this Court, on a date and at such time as may be designated by the Court, at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10007, for an order: (1) appointing the Pension and Annuity Funds as lead plaintiff pursuant to the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995; and (2) approving the Pension and Annuity Funds’ selection of Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP as lead counsel. In support of this motion, the Pension and Annuity Funds submit the accompanying Memorandum of Law, the Declaration of David A. Rosenfeld and a [Proposed] Order. DATED: April 19, 2011 ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP SAMUEL H. RUDMAN DAVID A. ROSENFELD s/DAVID A. ROSENFELD DAVID A. ROSENFELD 58 South Service Road, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Telephone: 631/367-7100 631/367-1173 (fax) ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP DARREN J. ROBBINS DANIELLE S. MYERS 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: 619/231-1058 619/231-7423 (fax) [Proposed] Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs Case 1:11-cv-00398-GBD Document 32 Filed 04/19/11 Page 2 of 4 619562_1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on April 19, 2011, I authorized the electronic filing of the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using the CM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the e-mail addresses denoted on the attached Electronic Mail Notice List, and I hereby certify that I caused to be mailed the foregoing document or paper via the United States Postal Service to the non- CM/ECF participants indicated on the attached Manual Notice List. I certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on April 19, 2011. s/ DAVID A. ROSENFELD DAVID A. ROSENFELD ROBBINS GELLER RUDMAN & DOWD LLP 58 South Service Road, Suite 200 Melville, NY 11747 Telephone: 631/367-7100 631/367-1173 (fax) E-mail:drosenfeld@rgrdlaw.com Case 1:11-cv-00398-GBD Document 32 Filed 04/19/11 Page 3 of 4 Mailing Information for a Case 1:11-cv-00398-GBD Electronic Mail Notice List The following are those who are currently on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case. Charles H. Dufresne , Jr cdufresne@sglawyers.com Paul Adam Engelmayer paul.engelmayer@wilmerhale.com Shauna Kathleen Friedman shauna.friedman@wilmerhale.com David Sapir Lesser david.lesser@wilmer.com,lesserda@yahoo.com Robert Walter Trenchard robert.trenchard@wilmer.com Manual Notice List The following is the list of attorneys who are not on the list to receive e-mail notices for this case (who therefore require manual noticing). You may wish to use your mouse to select and copy this list into your word processing program in order to create notices or labels for these recipients. Ethan Gold , Irving Firemen's Relief and Retirement Fund , Page 1 of 1SDNY CM/ECF Version 4.1.1- 4/19/2011https://ecf.nysd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/MailList.pl?270159767686416-L_605_0-1 Case 1:11-cv-00398-GBD Document 32 Filed 04/19/11 Page 4 of 4