UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.                       Plaintiff,                   v. DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC., et al.                      Defendants.

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Civil Action No.: 6:03-206-KSF

PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT

Plaintiffs hereby move this Court for leave to file the attached Amended Complaint pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15 and LR 7.1. For the reasons set forth in the accompanying Memorandum, Plaintiffs respectfully request that this Court grant it leave to file the Amended Complaint because it will clarify the dispute between the parties and will not cause any prejudice.

Respectfully submitted,

For Plaintiff United States of America: _______________/s/________________ John R. Read Ihan Kim U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 4000 Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel. 202-307-0001 March 30, 2004

For Plaintiff Commonwealth of Kentucky: _______________/s/________________ David R. Vandeventer Assistant Attorney General Kentucky Bar No. 72790 Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky 1024 Capital Center Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 Tel. 502-696-5385 March 30, 2004

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
LONDON DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al.                       Plaintiff,                   v. DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC., et al.                      Defendants.

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Civil Action No.: 6:03-206-KSF

ORDER

Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint is hereby GRANTED.

It is so ordered.

______________________________ Dated

_______________________________ Karl S. Forester, Chief Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

This certifies that I caused a true and correct copy of Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint and the accompanying Memorandum in Support of Plaintiffs' Motion for Leave to File Amended Complaint to be served on March 30, 2004, by facsimile and First Class U.S. mail to:

David A. Owen, Esq. Greenebaum Doll & McDonald, PLLC 300 West Vine Street - Suite 1100 Lexington, KY 40507 Telephone: 859-231-9500 Facsimile: 859-255-2742 Counsel for Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. W. Todd Miller, Esq. Baker & Miller, PLLC 2401 Pennsylvania Ave., NW - Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005 Telephone: 202-637-9499 Facsimile: 202-637-9394 Counsel for Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. David Vandeventer, Esq. Office of the Attorney General of Kentucky 1024 Capital Center Drive Frankfort, KY 40601 Telephone: 502-696-5385 Facsimile: 502-573-8317 Counsel for Commonwealth of Kentucky

Charles E. Shivel, Jr., Esq. Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP 300 West Vine Street - Suite 2100 Lexington, KY 40507 Telephone: 859-231-3000 Facsimile: 859-253-1093 Counsel for Southern Belle Dairy Co., LLC J. Jackson Eaton, III, Esq. Gross, McGinley, LaBarre & Eaton, LLP PO Box 4060 33 South Seventh Street Allentown, PA 18105 Telephone: 610-820-5450 Facsimile: 610-820-6006 Counsel for Southern Belle Dairy Co., LLC

_______________/s/________________ Ihan Kim