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USDC SDNy UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCU4 ENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELE(1T&O!JICAILY FILED DOC # BHUSHAN ATHALE, Individually and On Behalf of DATE FiLEip 2 - All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff, by 11 Civ. 5831 (GBD) SINOTECH ENERGY LIMITED, GUOQIANG XIN, BOXUN ZHANG, QfNGZENG LIU, XAOXUAN BI, HEQfNG YAO, JING LIU, UBS AG, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC. and LAZARD CAPITAL CLASS ACTION MARKETS LLC.,

Defendants,

JACK CRAYDER, Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

Plaintiff,

V.

11 Civ. 5935 (GBD) SINOTECH ENERGY LIMITED, GUOQIANG XIN, BOXUN ZHANG, QINGZENG LIU, XAOXUAN BI, HEQING YAO, JING LIU, DONALD J. PUGLISI, LTBS AG, UBS SECURITIES LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., LAZARD CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and GRANT THORNTON (n/k/a JBPB & CO.),

Defendants, Case 1:11-cv-05831-AJN Document 40 Filed 02/21/12 Page 2 of 3

JOHN YOUNG, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, 11 Civ. 6179 (GBD)

Plaintiff, V. /

SINOTECH ENERGY LIMITED, GUOQIANG XIN, BOXUN ZHANG, QINGZENG LIU, XAOXUAN BI, HEQING YAO, JING LIU, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., LAZARD CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and GRANT THORNTON HK (nlk/a JBPB & Co.),

Defendants,

ROGER GUSTAFSON and GERMMAINE HEIN- GUSTAFSON, On Behalf of Themselves and All C Similarly Situated, 11 Civ. 6905 (GBD)

Plaintiff,

V.

SINOTECH ENERGY LIMITED, GUOQIANG XIN, BOXUN ZHANG, QINGZENG LIU, XAOXUAN BI, HEQING YAO, JING LIU, UBS AG, UBS SECURITIES LLC, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS, INC., LAZARD CAPITAL MARKETS LLC and GRANT THORNTON (nlkla JBPB & CO.),

Defendants, GEORGE B. DANIELS, District Judge.

Pursuant to the January 3, 2012 oral argument in this matter, Movant Zech

Capital's motion to appoint Zech Capital LLC to serve as lead plaintiff and to consolidate

cases 11 CV 5935, 11 CV 6179, 11 CV 6905 into 11 CV 5831 (Docket # 7) is

GRANTED. Movant Moataz Mohamed Khodir's motion for appointment as lead plaintiff

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(Docket # 3) is DENIED. Movant SinoTech Investor Group's motion for appointment as lead plaintiff (Docket # 10) is DENIED. Movant Terde Inversiones SICAV, S.A., World

Policy SICAV, S.A.'s motion for appointment as lead plaintiff (Docket # 13) is DENIED.

Movant Leonard Steinbom's motion for appointment as lead plaintiff (Docket # 16) is

DENIED.

Dated: February 21, 2012 New lork, New York SO ORDERED. FEBfl 2012 ). GEGE. DANIELS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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