NIALL E. LYNCH (State Bar No. 157959)	Original Filed Dec. 2, 2004

EUGENE S. LITVINOFF (State Bar No. 214318)

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS (State Bar No. 177944)

Antitrust Division

U.S. Department of Justice

450 Golden Gate Avenue

Box 36046, Room 10-0101

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6660

Attorneys for the United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	)	No. CR 04-0397-SI
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)	INFORMATION

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)	VIOLATION:

T. RUDD CORWIN; HEINRICH FLORIAN; )	Title 15, United States Code,

GÜNTER HEFNER; and PETER SCHAEFER )	Section 1 (Price Fixing)

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The United States of America, acting through its attorneys, charges:

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DESCRIPTION OF THE OFFENSE

1.	T. RUDD CORWIN, HEINRICH FLORIAN, GÜNTER HEFNER, and PETER SCHAEFER are made defendants on the charge stated below.

2.	From on or about July 1, 1999 until on or about June 15, 2002, the defendants' corporate employers, Infineon Technologies, AG ("Infineon AG") and Infineon Technologies North America Corporation ("Infineon NA") and coconspirators, entered into and engaged in a combination and conspiracy in the United States and elsewhere to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the prices of Dynamic Random Access Memory ("DRAM") to be sold to certain original equipment manufacturers of personal computers and servers ("OEMs"). The combination and conspiracy engaged in by the defendants' corporate employers and coconspirators was in unreasonable restraint of interstate and foreign trade and commerce in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act (15 U.S.C. § 1). The defendants joined and participated in the charged conspiracy at various periods of time from as early as July 1, 1999 until on or about June 15, 2002.

3.	The charged combination and conspiracy consisted of a continuing agreement, understanding, and concert of action among the defendants, their corporate employers and coconspirators, the substantial terms of which were to agree to fix the prices for DRAM to be sold to certain OEMs.

4.	For the purpose of forming and carrying out the charged combination and conspiracy, the defendants, their corporate employers and coconspirators did those things that they combined and conspired to do, including, among other things:

(a)	participating in meetings, conversations, and communications in the United States and elsewhere to discuss the prices of DRAM to be sold to certain OEMs;

(b)	agreeing, during those meetings, conversations, and communications, to charge prices of DRAM at certain levels to be sold to certain OEMs;

(c)	issuing price quotations in accordance with the agreements reached;

(d)	exchanging information on sales of DRAM to certain OEM customers, for the purpose of monitoring and enforcing adherence to the agreed-upon prices; and

(e)	authorizing, ordering and consenting to the participation of subordinate employees in the conspiracy.

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II.

DEFENDANTS AND COCONSPIRATORS

5. During certain periods covered by this Information, T. Rudd Corwin was Vice President for Customer Marketing and Sales for Memory Products in North America for Infineon NA, Heinrich Florian was Vice President for Sales Marketing & Logistics for Memory Products for Infineon AG, Günter Hefner was Vice President of Sales for Memory Products for Infineon AG, and Peter Schaefer was Vice President for Marketing Sales & Logistics for Memory Products for Infineon NA. Infineon AG is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, with its principal place of business in Munich, Germany. Infineon NA is a Corporation organized and existing under the laws of Delaware, with its principal place of business in San Jose, California. Infineon NA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Infineon AG. During the period covered by this Information, Infineon AG was engaged in the business of producing and, through its subsidiaries, including Infineon NA, selling DRAM to customers in the United States and elsewhere.	6.	Various corporations and individuals, not made defendants in this Information, participated as coconspirators in the offense charged in this Information and performed acts and made statements in furtherance of it.

7.	Whenever in this Information reference is made to any act, deed, or transaction of any corporation, the allegation means that the corporation engaged in the act, deed, or transaction by or through its officers, directors, employees, agents, or other representatives while they were actively engaged in the management, direction, control, or transaction of its business or affairs.

III.

TRADE AND COMMERCE

8.	DRAM is the most commonly used semiconductor memory product. DRAM provides high-speed storage and retrieval of electronic information in personal computers, servers and other devices. All references to DRAM in this Information include semiconductor memory devices and modules.

9.	During the period covered by this Information, the defendants, their corporate employers, Infineon AG and Infineon NA, and coconspirators sold and distributed DRAM in a continuous and uninterrupted flow of interstate and foreign trade and commerce to customers located in states or countries other than the states or countries in which the defendants, their corporate employers, and coconspirators produced DRAM. The OEMs that were affected by the conspiracy to suppress and eliminate competition were: Dell Inc., Compaq Computer Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Apple Computer, Inc., International Business Machines Corporation and Gateway, Inc.

10.	The business activities of the defendants, their corporate employers and coconspirators that are the subject of this Information were within the flow of, and substantially affected, interstate and foreign trade and commerce.

IV.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

11.	The combination and conspiracy charged in this Information was carried out, in part, in the Northern District of California, within the five years preceding the filing of this Information.

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ALL IN VIOLATION OF TITLE 15, UNITED STATES CODE, SECTION 1.

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R. Hewitt Pate	Phillip H. Warren

Assistant Attorney General	Chief, San Francisco Office

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Scott D. Hammond	Niall E. Lynch

Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General	Eugene S. Litvinoff

Nathanael M. Cousins

Attorneys

U.S. Department of Justice

United States Department of Justice	Antitrust Division

Antitrust Division	450 Golden Gate Ave.

Box 36046, Room 10-0101

San Francisco, CA 94102

Tel: (415) 436-6660

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Kevin V. Ryan

United States Attorney

Northern District of California