Gilmur R. Murray, Esq. (#111856)
Derek G. Howard, Esq. (#118082)
Alex J. Luchenitser, Esq. (#177367)
THE MILLS LAW FIRM
300 Drake's Landing, Suite 155
Greenbrae, California 94904
Telephone: (415) 464-4770

Craig B. Smith, Esq. (appearing pro hac vice)
David A. Jenkins, Esq. (appearing pro hac vice)
SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & FURLOW
The Corporate Plaza
800 Delaware Avenue
P.O. Box 410
Wilmington, DE 19899
Telephone: (302) 652-8400

Attorneys for Plaintiff Dwight E. Wininger
On Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DWIGHT E. WININGER, On Behalf of Himself and
All Others Similarly Situated,

                      Plaintiff,

           v.

SI MANAGEMENT L.P., a Limited Partnership;
SYNTHETIC MANAGEMENT, G. P., a/k/a, SI
MANAGEMENT G. P., a General Partnership;
LEONARD CHILL; JON P. BECKMAN; W.
WAYNE FREED; RALPH KENNER; W.
GARDNER WRIGHT; CHILL INVESTMENTS,
INC., a Delaware corporation; BECKMAN
INVESTMENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation;
FREED INVESTMENTS, INC., a Delaware
corporation; KENNER INVESTMENTS, INC., a
Delaware corporation; WRIGHT INVESTMENTS,
INC., a Delaware corporation; and SYNTHETIC
INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation,

                      Defendants.
___________________________________________

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Case No.: C-97-1622 CW
[filed Apr. 10, 1998]

Date: June 19, 1998 Time: 10:00 a.m.

DECLARATION OF ALEX J.
LUCHENITSER IN SUPPORT OF
PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR
CLASS CERTIFICATION

I, ALEX J. LUCHENITSER, DECLARE:

I am an attorney with The Mills Law Firm, counsel of record for plaintiff Dwight E. Wininger. I have been admitted to practice before this Court and if called upon could and would competently testify to the following:

1. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of page 2 of Defendants' Answer to Plaintiff's First Amended and Supplemental Complaint, which is dated January 4, 1998.

2. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of the Order Denying Plaintiff's Motion for a Preliminary Injunction, which was filed on August 4, 1997.

3. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of the firm resume of The Mills Law Firm.

4. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of the Order Granting Plaintiff's Motion for Appointment as Lead Plaintiff, which was filed on August 19, 1997.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that this Declaration was executed on April __, 1998 at Greenbrae, California.

_________________________________________
Alex J. Luchenitser

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