PARTIES

PLAINTIFFS

Lead Plaintiff:

  • New York State Common Retirement Fund

Additional Named Plaintiffs:

  • The Fresno County Employees Retirement Association
  • The County of Fresno, California
  • HGK Asset Management, Inc.

DEFENDANTS

Director Defendants:

  • Bernard J. Ebbers, former President, Chief Executive Officer and a Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Scott D. Sullivan*, former Chief Financial Officer and a Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • James C. Allen, former Member of the Audit Committee of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Judith Areen, former Member of the Audit Committee of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Carl J. Aycock, former Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Max E. Bobbitt, former Chairman of the Audit Committee of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Francesco Galesi, former Member of the Audit Committee of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., a former Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Stiles A. Kellett, Jr., former Chairman of the Compensation Committee of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Gordon S. Macklin, former Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • John A. Porter, former Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • Bert C. Roberts, Jr., former Chairman of WorldCom's Board of Directors
  • John W. Sidgmore, former Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Lawrence C. Tucker, former Member of WorldCom's Board of Directors

Other WorldCom Individual Defendants:

  • David F. Myers*, Controller and a Senior Vice President of WorldCom
  • Buford Yates, Jr.*, Director of General Accounting at WorldCom

*Litigation is currently stayed against this defendant.

Andersen Defendants:

  • Arthur Andersen LLP

Underwriter Defendants:

  • Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. ("Salomon"), as underwriter of key public offerings of WorldCom's bonds during the Class Period (Claims against this defendant have been resolved as part of Citigroup settlement - click here for details.)
  • Salomon Brothers International Limited (Claims against this defendant have been resolved as part of Citigroup settlement - click here for details.)
  • J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
  • J.P. Morgan Securities, Ltd.
  • Banc of America Securities LLC
  • Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (n/k/a Deutsche Bank Alex Brown Inc.)
  • Chase Securities Inc. (n/k/a J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.)
  • Lehman Brothers Inc.
  • Blaylock & Partners, L.P.
  • Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co.
  • UBS Warburg LLC
  • ABN/AMRO Inc.
  • Utendahl Capital
  • Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc
  • Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (n/k/a WestLB AG)
  • BNP Paribas Securities Corp.
  • Caboto Holding SIM S.p.A.
  • Fleet Securities, Inc.
  • Mizuho International plc

Salomon Defendants:

(Claims against the four below Salomon defendants have been resolved as part of Citigroup settlement - click here for details.)
  • Salomon Smith Barney, Inc. ("Salomon"), as employer of Jack Grubman
  • Salomon Brothers International Limited
  • Jack B. Grubman, former telecommunications analyst at Salomon
  • Citigroup, Inc., corporate parent of Salomon

Related Non-Party:

  • WorldCom, Inc. is not a defendant in the WorldCom Securities Litigation because on July 21, 2002, it filed for bankruptcy protection