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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,    

                  Plaintiff,

                  v.

INTERSTATE BAKERIES
CORPORATION, and
CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY,      

                  Defendants.

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Civil Action No.:

Filed:



STIPULATION

It is stipulated by and between the undersigned parties, by their respective attorneys, that:

1. The Court has jurisdiction over the subject matter of this action and over each of the parties hereto, and venue of this action is proper in the Northern District of Illinois.

2. The parties consent that a Final Judgment in the form hereto attached may be filed and entered by the Court, upon the motion of any party or upon the Court's own motion, at any time after compliance with the requirements of the Antitrust Procedures and Penalties Act (15 U.S.C. § 16(b)-(h)), and without further notice to any party or other proceedings, provided that plaintiff has not withdrawn its consent, which it may do at any time before the entry of the proposed Final Judgment by serving notice thereof on the defendants and by filing that notice with the Court.

3. The parties shall abide by and comply with the provisions of the proposed Final Judgment pending entry of the Final Judgment, and shall, from the date of the filing of this Stipulation, comply with all the terms and provisions thereof as though the same were in full force and effect as an order of the Court.

4. The parties shall abide by and comply with the provisions of the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order pending entry of the Hold Separate Stipulation and Order, and shall, from the date of the filing of this Stipulation, comply with all the terms and provisions thereof as though the same were in full force and effect as an order of the Court.

5. In the event plaintiff withdraws its consent or if the proposed Final Judgment is not entered pursuant to this Stipulation, this Stipulation shall be of no effect whatever and the making of this Stipulation shall be without prejudice to any party in this or any other proceeding.




Dated:


FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

_______________/s/________________
Anne K. Bingaman
Assistant Attorney General


_______________/s/________________
Lawrence R. Fullerton


_______________/s/________________
Charles Biggio



_______________/s/________________
Constance K. Robinson


_______________/s/________________
Anthony V. Nanni


_______________/s/________________
Willie L. Hudgins

Attorneys
U.S. Department of Justice
Antitrust Division




James B. Burns
U.S. Attorney, N.D. Illinois

FOR DEFENDANT INTERSTATE BAKERIES CORPORATION


By: _______________/s/________________


FOR DEFENDANT CONTINENTAL BAKING COMPANY


By: _______________/s/________________


SO ORDERED.

Respectfully submitted,



_______________/s/________________
Arnold C. Celnicker



_______________/s/________________
Charles R. Schwidde


_______________/s/________________
Anthony Harris
Illinois Bar #01133713


_______________/s/________________
Evangelina Almirantearena


_______________/s/________________
Maurice Stucke





Attorneys, U.S. Department
of Justice, Antitrust Div.
City Ctr. Bldg., Rm. 4000
1401 H Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20530
202/514-2474


















_______________/s/________________
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE