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Case Status:    SETTLED
On or around 10/06/2009 (Date of order of final judgment)

Filing Date: June 05, 2001

In June 2004, a stipulation of settlement and release of claims against the issuer defendants, including the Company, was submitted to the court for approval. The terms of the settlement if approved, would dismiss and release all claims against the participating defendants (including the Company). In exchange for this dismissal, D&O insurance carriers would agree to guarantee a recovery by the plaintiffs from the underwriter defendants of at least $1 billion, and the issuer defendants would agree to an assignment or surrender to the plaintiffs of certain claims the issuer defendants may have against the underwriters. On August 31, 2005, the court confirmed preliminary approval of the settlement. In December 2006, the appellate court overturned the certification of classes in six test cases that were selected by the underwriter defendants and plaintiffs in the coordinated proceedings. Because class certification was a condition of the settlement, it was unlikely that the settlement would receive final Court approval. On June 25, 2007, the Court entered an order terminating the proposed settlement based upon a stipulation among the parties to the settlement.

According to the Company’s FORM 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2004, in June 2001, a series of putative securities class actions were filed in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against certain investment bank underwriters for the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”), the Company, and various of the Company’s officers and directors. The complaints, which have been consolidated under the caption In re Digital Impact, Inc. Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 01-CV-4942, allege undisclosed and improper practices concerning the allocation of the Company’s IPO shares, in violation of the federal securities laws, and seek unspecified damages on behalf of persons who purchased the Company’s stock during the period from November 22, 1999 to December 6, 2000. The Court has appointed a lead plaintiff for the consolidated cases. On April 19, 2002, plaintiffs filed an amended complaint. Other actions have been filed making similar allegations regarding the IPOs of more than 300 other companies. All of these lawsuits have been coordinated for pretrial purposes as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation, Civil Action No. 21-MC-92. Defendants in these cases filed omnibus motions to dismiss on common pleading issues. Oral argument on these omnibus motions to dismiss was held on November 1, 2002. The Company’s officers and directors have been dismissed without prejudice in this litigation. On February 19, 2003, the court granted in part and denied in part the omnibus motion to dismiss. The court’s order did not dismiss any claims against the Company. A stipulation of settlement for the claims against the issuer-defendants, including the Company, has been submitted to the court. The settlement is subject to a number of conditions, including approval of the court.

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 or about November 22, 1999, Digital Impact commenced an initial public offering of 4,500,000 of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $15.00 per share (the ``Digital Impact IPO''). In connection therewith, Digital Impact 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) Credit Suisse had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which Credit Suisse allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of Digital Impact shares issued in connection with the Digital Impact IPO; and (ii) Credit Suisse had entered into agreements with customers whereby Credit Suisse agreed to allocate Digital Impact shares to those customers in the Digital Impact IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional Digital Impact shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices.

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