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 5/4/2006

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6660

Attorneys for the United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA	)	Case No. CR 06-0160 MMC

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)	STIPULATION IN SUPPORT OF

v.	)	EXPEDITED SENTENCING

)	PURSUANT TO L.R. 32-1(b)

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AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL )

B.V.	)

)	DATE: May 17, 2006
Defendant.	)	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 peroxide beginning 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.

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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	U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

INTERNATIONAL B.V.

BY:_________/s/________________ BY:_____________/s/___________________

A. Jan A.J. Eijsbouts	Niall E. Lynch

General Counsel	Assistant Chief, San Francisco Office

Akzo Nobel Group	Lidia Spiroff

Sidney A. Majalya

COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT	Lara M. Kroop

Trial Attorneys

BY:_________/s/__________________	U.S. Department of Justice

Gary R. Spratling, Esq.	Antitrust Division

Daniel G. Swanson, Esq.	450 Golden Gate Avenue

Stephen C. McKenna, Esq.	Box 36046, Room 10-0101

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP	San Francisco, CA 94102

One Montgomery Street	Telephone: (415) 436-6660

San Francisco, CA 94104	Fax: (415) 436-6687

Telephone: (415) 393-8200