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<br />You have the right to exclude yourself from the Class. You can choose to exclude yourself from some but not all Settlements. If
<br />you ask to be excluded, however, you will not get any payment as a result of the Settlements from which you exclude yourself,
<br />and you cannot object to those Settlements. You will not be bound by the Settlements from which you exclude yourself and
<br />will have the right to sue or continue to sue the Defendants involved in the Settlements from which you exclude yourself.
<br />To exclude yourself from the Class, you must send a written request by first-class mail, postmarked no later than May 17, 2016, to:
<br />Municipal Derivatives Settlement
<br />c/o Rust Consulting, Inc.
<br />P.O. Box 2500
<br />Faribault, MN 55021-9500
<br />If you wish to exclude yourself, you must exclude yourself in a separate writing for each Settlement from which you would
<br />like to be excluded (i.e., the Settlements with UBS AG, Societe Generale S.A., Natixis Funding Corp., Piper Jaffray & Co.,
<br />National Westminster Bank Plc, and George K. Baum & Co.). Your exclusion request(s) must clearly state the following:
<br />(a) Your name, address, and telephone number;
<br />(b) All trade names or business names and addresses that you have used, as well as any subsidiaries, divisions, groups, affiliates,
<br />or other entities that you used to enter transactions on your behalf, that have purchased by negotiation, competitive
<br />bidding or auction municipal derivatives directly from an Alleged Provider Defendant or Alleged Co -Conspirator, or
<br />through an Alleged Broker Defendant or Alleged Co -Conspirator, at any time from January 1, 1992, through August
<br />18, 2011, ini the United States and its territories or for delivery in the United States and its territories that are also
<br />requesting exclusion;
<br />(c) A descriptio n of the municipal derivative transactions you purchased that fall within the Class definition (including the
<br />identity of the provider and broker, the date of the transaction, the type of transaction, any transaction identification
<br />numbers and the notional amount of the transactions), to the extent such information is available;
<br />(d) the name of the class action you wish to exclude yourself from:
<br />a. In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation — UBSAG Settlement, MDL No. 1950, Master Docket No. 08-02516
<br />(S.D.N.Y.); or
<br />b. In re Minicipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation — Socidtd GM rale S.A. Settlement; or
<br />C. In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation —Nat:xis Funding Corp. Settlement, or
<br />d. In re Mui nicipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation — Piper jafray & Co. Settlement, or
<br />e. In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation — National Westminster Bank Plc Settlement, or
<br />f. In re Municipal Derivatives Antitrust Litigation — George K. Baum & Co. Settlement, and
<br />(e) A signed statement that you request to be excluded from the Class.
<br />Please note that you may have previously received similar notices regarding settlements with other Defendants (i.e., Morgan
<br />Stanley, JP Morgan Chase &. Co., J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., Wachovia Bank, N.A. (n/k/a Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.), Bank
<br />of America, N.A:, GE Funding Capital Market Services, Inc., Trinity Funding Co., LLC and Trinity Plus Funding Co.,
<br />LLC). "These were separate settlements, and if you wish to exclude yourself from the UB S AG, Societe Generale S.A., Natixis
<br />Funding Corp., Piper Jaffray &. Co., National Westminster Bank Plc, and/or George K. Baum &, Co. settlements, you must
<br />send a separate and speck notice containing the information noted above with regard to each of the Settling Defendant settlements.
<br />Information about excluding yourself is also available on the Municipal Derivatives Settlement website at www.
<br />MunicipalDeriva j ivesSettlement.com.
<br />17. If I don't exclude myselfrom the: C)"ass can h sue the Set _ tl' :efendants as"ter?
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<br />No, not about the issues in this case. Unless you exclude yourself, you give up any right to sue UBS AG, Societe Generale
<br />S.A., Natixis Funding Corp., Piper Jaffray & Co., National Westminster Bank Plc, and/or George K. Baum & Co., for the
<br />claims or issues resolved by these Settlements. If you have a pending lawsuit against UBS AG, Societe Generale S.A., Natixis
<br />Funding Corp., Piper Jaffray & Co., National Westminster Bank Plc, or George K. Baum & Co., involving the claims or issues
<br />in this class action, speak to your lawyer in that case immediately. (You must exclude yourself from the relevant Class in order
<br />to continue participation in any other lawsuit against UBS AG, Societe Generale S.A., Natixis Funding Corp., Piper Jaffray &
<br />Co., National Westminster Bank Plc, and George K. Baum & Co., involving the claims or issues in this class action.) 71
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