According to the Company’s FORM 10-Q for the quarterly period ended August 31, 2007, a fairness hearing on the proposed settlement was held on April 24, 2006. On December 5, 2006, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated the District Court’s class certification with respect to the focus cases and remanded the matter for further consideration. As a result, all matters in the case, including any settlement proposal, await determination of whether a newly defined class can meet with the approval of the Court. If a newly defined class is approved, new settlement discussions are likely to occur.

As summarized by the Company’s FORM 10-Q for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2006, on August 8, 2001, Chief Judge Michael Mukasey of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order that transferred all of the so-called IPO allocation actions, including the complaints involving the Company, to one judge for coordinated pre-trial proceedings (Case No. 21 MC 92). The court has consolidated the actions into a single action. The plaintiffs contend that the defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing registration statements and prospectuses that contained materially false and misleading information and failed to disclose material information. Plaintiffs also challenge certain IPO allocation practices by underwriters and the lack of disclosure thereof in initial public offering documents. On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs filed amended complaints in each of the 310 consolidated actions, including the Red Hat action. The relief sought consists of unspecified damages. No discovery has occurred to date. The individual director and officer defendants have been dismissed from the case without prejudice. The Company believes these complaints are without merit and will defend itself vigorously in this matter. There can be no assurance, however, that this matter will be resolved in the Company’s favor. The Company, among other issuers, the plaintiffs, and the insurers, have agreed, in concept, to a proposed settlement whereby the Company would be released from this litigation without further payment from the Company. That proposed settlement has been submitted to the court for its consideration, and the court has accepted the proposed settlement subject to certain amendments. A fairness hearing on the proposed settlement was held on April 24, 2006.

The original complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On August 11, 1999, Red Hat commenced an initial public offering of 6 million of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $14 per share (the "Red Hat IPO"). In connection therewith, Red Hat filed a registration statement, which incorporated a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), with the SEC. The complaint further alleges that the Prospectus was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, that: (i) Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of Red Hat shares issued in connection with the Red Hat IPO; and (ii) Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse had entered into agreements with customers whereby Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse agreed to allocate Red Hat shares to those customers in the Red Hat IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional Red Hat shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. As alleged in the complaint, the SEC is investigating underwriting practices in connection with several other initial public offerings.