UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,                       Plaintiff,                   v. ALCAN INC., ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP., PECHINEY, S.A., and PECHINEY ROLLED PRODUCTS, LLC,                        Defendants.

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Case No. 1:03 CV 02012-GK Judge Gladys Kessler DECK TYPE: Antitrust

WHEREAS plaintiff, defendants, and the State of West Virginia represent that a short postponement of the Court's consideration of whether entry of the proposed Final Judgment is in the public interest and the State of West Virginia's pending motion would not result in unreasonable delay;

IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED by and between the undersigned parties and the State of West Virginia, subject to approval and entry by the Court, and without prejudice to any aspect of plaintiff's, defendants', or West Virginia's legal position in this matter, that until after June 1, 2004:

1. Pechiney's Brazing Sheet Business will not be sold to any Acquirer pursuant to the terms of the proposed Final Judgment pending in this case (see Final Judgment, §§ II(E), IV, and V);

2. The Court will not conduct a hearing or rule on the State of West Virginia's pending motion; and

3. Neither plaintiff nor defendants will move the Court to enter, and the Court will refrain from entering, the proposed Final Judgment.

Dated: April 15, 2004.

Respectfully submitted,

FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _______________/s/________________ Anthony E. Harris, Esquire Illinois Bar #1133713 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, Litigation II Section 1401 H Street, NW Suite 3000 Washington, DC 20530 Telephone: (202) 307-6583

FOR DEFENDANTS ALCAN INC., ALCAN ALUMINUM CORP., PECHINEY, S.A., and PECHINEY ROLLED PRODUCTS LLC _______________/s/________________ D. Stuart Meiklejohn, Esquire Michael Miller, EsquireB Sullivan & Cromwell LLP 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004-2498 Telephone: (212) 558-4417 Peter B. Gronvall, Esquire Sullivan & Cromwell 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 956-7065 FOR MOVANT THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA _______________/s/________________ Andrew G. Fusco, Esquire Special Assistant Attorney General Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, PPLC 2400 Cranberry Square Morgantown, WV 26508-9209 Telephone: (304) 594-1000 Edward J. Longosz, II, Esquire Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: (202) 659-6619

IT IS SO ORDERED by the Court, this ____ day of ___________ 2004.

_______________________________ United States District Judge

I, Stacy R. Procter, hereby certify that on April 15, 2004, I caused copies of the foregoing Stipulated Order Regarding the Court's Consideration of the Proposed Final Judgment and the State of West Virginia's Pending Motion to Intervene or to Appear as an Amicus Curiae and for an Evidentiary Hearing to be filed and served electronically, pursuant to the local rules, and to be served by mail by causing it to be sent first-class, postage prepaid, to duly authorized legal representatives, as follows:

Counsel for Defendants Alcan Inc., Alcan Aluminum Corp.,
Pechiney, S.A., and Pechiney Rolled Products, LLC

D. Stuart Meiklejohn, Esquire Michael B. Miller, Esquire Sullivan & Cromwell 125 Broad Street New York, NY 10004-2498

Peter B. Gronvall, Esquire Sullivan & Cromwell 1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20006

Counsel for the State of West Virginia

Andrew G. Fusco, Esquire Special Assistant Attorney General Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, PLLC 2400 Cranberry Square Morgantown, WV 26508 Edward J. Longosz, II, Esquire Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20006

_______________/s/________________ Stacy R. Procter, Esquire CA Bar #221078 U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 3000 Washington, DC 20530 Telephone No.: (202) 514-8666