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9. How do I submit a claim for compensation? For your plan to receive money, it must submit an Instruction Form by the deadline for submission. A copy of the Instruction Form is enclosed. You do not need to do anything further to submit a claim for compensation. You will receive payment in the form of a check. Class Members, as fiduciaries of their Plans, shall be solely responsible for all fiduciary decisions related to the use of any proceeds of the Distributable Settlement Amount and release and hold harmless Defendant's Released Parties from any claims related thereto. All checks must be cashed within 90 days of issuance. If you want to receive any monetary benefits from the Settlement, you must submit the Instruction Form by December 1, 2014. The Instruction Form should be mailed to the address shown on the Form. An Instruction Form will be deemed submitted when it is actually received by the Settlement Administrator at the address listed in the Instruction Form. Even if you do not submit an Instruction Form, you will be bound by the Settlement unless you opt out. (See answers to questions 14 and 15 below.) 10. What are the Plaintiffs receiving from the Settlement? In this case there are two class representatives, HSI and TDC. Class Counsel intends to ask the Court to award HSI a Case Contribution Fee of $50,000 and TDC a Case Contribution Fee of $25,000 in recognition of all of their work and effort expended on behalf of the Class. THE SETTLEMENT BENEFITS — WHAT YOU GIVE UP 11. What do I give up by participating in the Settlement? Unless you opt out of the Class, each member of the Class gives ILIAC a "release." A release means you give up, your rights, and the rights of your plan, and its participants and beneficiaries, to sue ILIAC or receive any benefits from any other lawsuit against ILIAC if the lawsuit asserts claims or relates in any way to the practices at issue in this lawsuit. For additional details about the scope of the release, consult the Settlement Agreement or contact Class Counsel. (See answer to question 5 for details.) THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING YOU 12. Do I have a lawyer in this case? Yes. The Court has appointed two law firms to represent you and other Class Members: Shepherd, Finkelman, Miller &Shah, LLP ("SFMS") and O'Neil, Cannon, Hollman, DeJong & Laing, S.C. These lawyers are called Class Counsel and SFMS has been appointed as Lead Counsel. You will not be charged for the work of these lawyers. If you want to be represented by a different lawyer in this case, you may hire one at your own expense. 13. How will the lawyers (Class Counsel) be paid? Class Counsel will ask the Court for an award of reasonable attorneys' fees of up to $6.2 million plus expenses of up to $615,000 from the Qualified Settlement Fund, based upon the value of the Settlement, the time they have devoted to this engagement and the expenses they have advanced in prosecuting this matter. 3 124