Case 3:01-cv-03952-CRB Document 617 Filed 08/09/2006 Page 1 of 3

1 MARTIN D. CHITWOOD (pro hac vice) CRAIG G. HARLEY (pro hac vice) 2 GREGORY E. KELLER (pro hac vice) DARREN T. KAPLAN (pro hac vice) 3 MERYL W. EDELSTEIN (pro hac vice) CHITWOOD HARLEY HARNES, LLP 4 1230 Peachtree Street, NE Promenade II, Suite 2300 5 Atlanta, Georgia 30309 Telephone: (404) 873-3900 6 Facsimile: (404) 876-4476 7 Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs 8 PAUL F. BENNETT (State Bar # 063318) 9 GWENDOLYN R. GIBLIN (State Bar # 181973) GOLD BENNETT CERA & SIDENER, LLP 10 595 Market Street, Suite 2300 , CA 94105-2835 11 Telephone: (415) 777-2230 Facsimile: (415) 777-5189 12 Liaison Counsel for Plaintiffs 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 15 16 In re PROVIDIAN FINANCIAL CORP. ) Master File No. C 01-3952 CRB SECURITIES LITIGATION ) 17 ______) CLASS ACTION ) 18 ) This Document Relates to: All Actions ) PROOF OF SERVICE 19 ) ______) 20 Judge: Honorable Charles R. Breyer Courtroom: Eight, 19th Floor 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Proof of Service Master File No. C-01-3952 CRB Case 3:01-cv-03952-CRB Document 617 Filed 08/09/2006 Page 2 of 3

1 PROOF OF SERVICE BY FIRST CLASS U.S. MAIL 2 I declare that I am employed with the law firm of Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP, whose address is 2300 Promenade II, 1230 Peachtree Street, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30309; I am not a party 3 to the within cause; I am over the age of eighteen years and I am readily familiar with Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP’s practice for collecting and processing correspondence to be delivered via the 4 United States Postal Service, postage prepaid, and know that in the ordinary course of Chitwood Harley Harnes LLP’s business practice, the documents described below will be deposited in a box 5 or other facility regularly maintained by the United States Postal Service for collection and distribution to the parties listed on the attached service list: 6 7 PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION FOR DISTRIBUTION OF 8 CLASS SETTLEMENT FUND 9 DECLARATION OF D. LEE JANVRIN RE: ADMINISTRATION AND PROCESSING OF PROOF OF CLAIM FORMS 10 [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISTRIBUTION OF CLASS SETTLEMENT FUND 11 PROOF OF SERVICE 12 13 I declare under penalty of perjury that the above is true and correct. Executed on August 9, 14 2006. 15 Lori A. Smith Lori A. Smith (e-filing signature) 16 (Typed) (Signature) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Proof of Service Master File No. C-01-3952 CRB - 2 - Case 3:01-cv-03952-CRB Document 617 Filed 08/09/2006 Page 3 of 3

1 SERVICE LIST 2 Melvin R. Goldman Paul F. Bennett 3 Jordan Eth Gwendolyn R. Giblin Mia A. Mazza Gold Bennett Cera & Sidener, LLP 4 Morrison & Foerster, LLP 595 Market Street, Suite 2300 San Francisco, CA 94105-2835 5 San Francisco, CA 94105-2482 6 Darius C. Ogloza W. Reece Bader Elissa J. Germaine Virginia Mattos 7 Latham & Watkins Susan L. Masetti , Suite 190 Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 8 San Francisco, CA 94111 1000 Marsh Road Assoc. Counsel for Defendant Alvarez Menlo Park, CA 94025 9 Assoc. Counsel for Defendant Mehta Asim Bhansali 10 Keker & Van Nest LLP Michael F. Tubach 710 Sansome Street Colleen M. Kennedy 11 San Francisco, CA 94111 O’Melveny & Meyers LLP Assoc. Counsel for Defendant Petrini 275 Battery Street, Suite 2600 12 San Francisco, CA 94111-3305 Robert C. Schubert Assoc. Counsel for Defendant Rowe 13 Juden Justice Reed Willem F. Jonckheer 14 Schubert & Reed LLP Two , Suite 1660 15 San Francisco, CA 94111 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Proof of Service Master File No. C-01-3952 CRB - 3 -