| NIALL E. LYNCH (CSBN 157959)
LIDIA SPIROFF (CSBN 222253)
SIDNEY A. MAJALYA (CSBN 205047)
LARA M. KROOP (CSBN 239512)
Antitrust Division
U.S. Department of Justice
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36046, Room 10-0101 Filed
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 436-6660 Attorneys for the United States | 5/4/2006 |
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL
B.V. Defendant.
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| Case No. CR 06-0160 MMC STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF
EXPEDITED SENTENCING
PURSUANT TO L.R. 32-1(b) DATE: May 17, 2006
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
COURT: Hon. Maxine M. Chesney |
On March 14, 2006, the United States filed an Information charging Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V. ("Akzo Nobel") with participating in a conspiracy in the United States and elsewhere to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the price of hydrogen peroxidebeginning on or about July 1, 1998 and continuing until on or about December 1, 2001, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. Akzo Nobel is scheduled for a change of plea and possible sentencing before this Court on May 17, 2006. Akzo Nobel will waive Indictment and plead guilty under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(c)(1)(C). The United States and Akzo Nobel have filed a Joint Sentencing Memorandum describing the material terms of the plea agreement and the agreed upon sentencing recommendation. IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED as follows: Akzo Nobel waives its right to a presentence report. The United States and Akzo Nobel request that the Court sentence Akzo Nobel on an expedited basis pursuant to Crim. L.R. 32-1(b), on May 17, 2006. The United States and Akzo Nobel respectfully submit that the Joint Sentencing Memorandum and the Plea Agreement provide sufficient information for the Court to impose sentence on May 17, 2006, the same date as the change of plea hearing, without a presentence report. | DATED: May 3, 2006 | Respectfully submitted, |
| AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS
INTERNATIONAL B.V. BY:______________/s/______________
A. Jan A.J. Eijsbouts
General Counsel
Akzo Nobel Group COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT BY:______________/s/______________
Gary R. Spratling, Esq.
Daniel G. Swanson, Esq.
Stephen C. McKenna, Esq.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
One Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Telephone: (415) 393-8200 | U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BY:______________/s/______________
Niall E. Lynch
Assistant Chief, San Francisco Office
Lidia Spiroff
Sidney A. Majalya
Lara M. Kroop
Trial Attorneys
U.S. Department of Justice
Antitrust Division
450 Golden Gate Avenue
Box 36046, Room 10-0101
San Francisco, CA 94102
Telephone: (415) 436-6660
Fax: (415) 436-6687 |
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