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      Case 1:23-cv-03903-JSR       Document 34   Filed 07/27/23   Page 1 of 15




                            UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                           SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

CITY OF MIAMI GENERAL EMPLOYEES
& SANITATION EMPLOYEES
RETIREMENT TRUST

and

OPERATING ENGINEERS
CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND
MISCELLANEOUS PENSION FUND,

             Plaintiffs,

v.                                         Case Number: 1:23-cv-03903 (JSR)

JAMES DIMON, STEPHEN B. BURKE,
TODD A. COMBS, JAMES S. CROWN,
TIMOTHY P. FLYNN, MELLODY
HOBSON, JOHN W. KESSLER, PHEBE N.
NOVAKOVIC, and JAMES E. STALEY,

             Defendants,

and

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO.,

             Nominal Defendant.




             REPLY IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO
      DISMISS THE AMENDED STOCKHOLDER DERIVATIVE COMPLAINT
          Case 1:23-cv-03903-JSR                         Document 34                 Filed 07/27/23               Page 2 of 15




                                                         TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARGUMENT...................................................................................................................................1
I.        The Complaint Fails Adequately to Plead Demand Futility................................................1
          A.         Directors Who Joined the Board After Epstein Was Terminated as a Client
                     Do Not Face a Substantial Likelihood of Liability..................................................2
          B.         Plaintiffs Fail to Plead That the Remaining Demand Board Directors
                     (Burke, Crown, Dimon, and Flynn) Face a Substantial Likelihood of
                     Liability....................................................................................................................4
          C.         Plaintiffs Fail to Plead Facts Sufficient to Show That Any Demand Board
                     Director “Lacks Independence.”.........................................

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