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and all addresses (including any addresses that have received shipments of Alum from a Defendant) you or your busine; have used, as well as any subsidiaries or affiliates who are requesting to be excluded from the Direct Purchaser Settleme: Class. Your letter must be postmarked by October 2, 2018 and sent to: Class Action Opt Out Attn: Liquid Aluminum Sulfate Antitrust Litigation — GEO Direct Purchaser Settlement P.O. Box 30097 Philadelphia, PA 19103 If you ask to be excluded, you will not get any payment from the Net Settlement Fund created by the Settlement an you cannot object to the Settlement. If you want to receive a payment from the Settlement, do not exclude yoursel Important - Please Note: Unless you exclude yourself, if the Court approves the Settlement, you give up any right to si the GEO Settling Parties for the claims that the Settlement resolves. If you have a pending lawsuit against the GEO Settlir Parties involving the same legal issues in this case, speak to your lawyer in that case immediately. You must exclude you self from the Direct Purchaser Settlement Class in order to continue your own lawsuit against the GEO Settling Parties. Warning! If your letter is sent after the deadline, your request for exclusion will be considered invalid and you will not 1 excluded from the Direct Purchaser Settlement Class. You cannot exclude yourself by telephone or email. No. If you decide to exclude yourself from the Direct Purchaser Settlement Class, you will not be able to receive mone from the Settlement. THE LAWYERS REPRESENTING YOU Yes. The Court appointed James E. Cecchi, Esq. of Carella, Byrne, Cecchi, Olstein, Brody & Agnello, P.C. as Interim DF Lead Counsel to represent the Direct Purchaser Settlement Class on an interim basis and for purposes of the Settlement. If you want to be represented by your own lawyer and have that lawyer appear in court for you concerning the Settlemer you may hire one at your own expense. If you hire your own lawyer, you must tell the Court and send a copy of your notic to Interim DPP Lead Counsel at the address set forth in Question 17 below. You are not personally responsible for payment of attorneys' fees or expenses. Interim DPP Lead Counsel will seek award of attorneys' fees up to 33.3% of the total consideration made available to the Direct Purchaser Settlement Class compensate all of the lawyers and their law firms that have worked on this Action since its inception. Interim DPP Le, Counsel will also seek reimbursement of the costs and expenses advanced on behalf of the Direct Purchaser Settlement Claq If the Court approves Interim DPP Lead Counsel's requests, these amounts will be deducted from the Settlement Funds. Interim DPP Lead Counsel will also seek Case.. Contribution Awards of no more than $40,000 for each of the Direct Pu chaser Class Plaintiffs who served as proposed class representatives while the case was pending. If awarded, these amoun will also be deducted from the Settlement Funds. Important! Interim DPP Lead Counsel's request for attorneys' fees, expenses and Case Contribution Awards will be c file with the Court, and available for review at www.LiquidAluminumDirectSettlement.com as of September 17i 2018. OBJECTING TO THE SETTLEMENT, THE PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND/OR THE REQUEST FOR ATTORNEYs' FEES. EXPENSES AND CASE CONTRIBUTION AWARDS If you are a Direct Purchaser Settlement Class Member (and have not excluded yourself), you may tell the Court that yc object to (or disagree with) all or part of the Settlement, Plan of Distribution, and/or Interim DPP Lead Counsel's reque for an award of attorneys' fees, reimbursement of expenses, and/or Case Contribution Awards to Direct Purchaser Cla Plaintiffs. You must give reasons for your objection(s). The Court will consider your objections when it decides wheth or not to finally approve the Settlement. 71