As a Settlement Class Member, you are represented by Plaintiffs and Lead Counsel, unless you entered an appearance through counsel of your own choice at your own expense. You are not required to retain your own counsel, but if you choose to do so, such counsel must have filed a notice of appearance on your behalf and must have served copies of his or her appearance on the attorneys listed in the section titled “When And Where Will The Court Decide Whether To Approve The Settlement?” below.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not wish to remain a Settlement Class Member, you may exclude yourself from the Settlement Class by following the instructions in the section entitled, “What If I Do Not Want To Be A Member Of The Settlement Class? How Do I Exclude Myself?” below. Please note that the deadline to exclude yourself from the Settlement has passed.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and you wish to object to the Settlement, the Plan of Allocation, or Lead Counsel’s application for attorneys’ fees and reimbursement of Litigation Expenses, and if you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you may present your objections by following the instructions in the section entitled, “When And Where Will The Court Decide Whether To Approve The Settlement?” below. Please note that the deadline to object to the Settlement has passed.
If you are a Settlement Class Member and you do not exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will be bound by any orders issued by the Court. The Settlement has been approved, and the Court has entered a judgment (the “Judgment”). The Judgment dismisses with prejudice the claims against Defendants and will provide that, without further action by anyone, upon the Effective Date of the Settlement, Plaintiffs and each of the other Settlement Class Members, on behalf of themselves, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns, assignees, employees, associates, insurers, co-insurers, reinsurers, spouses, trustees, general or limited partners or partnerships, limited liability companies, members, stockholders, underwriters, personal or legal advisors or representatives, estates, or other individuals or entities in which they have a controlling interest or which is related to or affiliated with them, any members of their immediate families, or any trusts for which any of them are trustees, settlors, or beneficiaries, and the predecessors, successors, administrators and assigns of each of the foregoing, in their capacities as such, and anyone claiming through or on behalf of any of them, regardless of whether they execute and deliver a proof of claim and release and regardless of whether they share in the Settlement Fund, shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Stipulation, of law, and of the Judgment shall have fully, finally and forever compromised, settled, released, resolved, relinquished, waived and discharged each and every Released Plaintiffs’ Claim against the Defendants’ Releasees, and covenant not to commence, institute, intervene in, participate in, or prosecute, and shall forever be barred and enjoined from prosecuting any or all of the Released Plaintiffs’ Claims against any of the Defendants’ Releasees in any court of law or equity, arbitration tribunal, administrative forum, or other forum of any kind or character, whether brought directly, in a representative capacity, derivatively, or in any other capacity.
“Released Plaintiffs’ Claims” means all claims, rights and causes of action, duties, obligations, demands, actions, debts, sums of money, suits, contracts, agreements, promises, damages, and liabilities, whether known claims or Unknown Claims, contingent or non-contingent, or suspected or unsuspected, whether foreign or domestic, whether arising under federal, state, common, or foreign law, rules, or regulations, that have been asserted, could have been asserted, or could be asserted in the future against Defendants or any other of Defendants’ Releasees that (i) arise out of, or relate in any way to, or are based upon, the allegations, transactions, acts, facts, events, matters, occurrences, representations or omissions involved, set forth, alleged or referred to in the Complaint or in any of the prior complaints in this Action and (ii) in any way are based upon or related to, directly or indirectly, the purchase or sale or other acquisition or disposition, or holding, of Clover securities during the Settlement Class Period. Released Plaintiffs’ Claims do not include (i) any claims relating to the enforcement of the Settlement; and (ii) any claims of any person or entity who or which submits a request for exclusion from the Settlement Class that is accepted by the Court.
“Defendants’ Releasees” means Defendants and any and all of their related parties in any forum, including, without limitation, any and all of their current or former parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors, successors, divisions, investment funds, joint ventures, and general or limited partnerships, and each of their respective current or former officers, directors, trustees, partners, members, contractors, auditors, principals, agents, managing agents, employees, attorneys, accountants, investment bankers, underwriters, insurers in their capacities as such, as well as each of the Individual Defendants’ immediate family members, heirs, executors, personal or legal representatives, estates, beneficiaries, predecessors, successors, and assigns.
“Unknown Claims” means any Released Plaintiffs’ Claims which Plaintiffs, any other Settlement Class Member, or any other Plaintiffs’ Releasee (as defined below) does not know or suspect to exist in his, her or its favor at the time of the release of such claims, and any Released Defendants’ Claims (as defined in paragraph 31 below) which any Defendant or any other Defendants’ Releasee does not know or suspect to exist in his, her or its favor at the time of the release of such claims, which, if known by him, her or it, might have affected his, her or its decision(s) with respect to this Settlement. With respect to any and all Released Claims, the Parties stipulate and agree that, upon the Effective Date of the Settlement, Plaintiffs and Defendants shall expressly waive, and each of the other Settlement Class Members and each of the other Plaintiffs’ Releasees and Defendants’ Releasees shall be deemed to have waived, and by operation of the Judgment, shall have expressly waived, any and all provisions, rights, and benefits conferred by any law of any state or territory of the United States, or principle of common law or foreign law, which is similar, comparable, or equivalent to California Civil Code § 1542, which provides:
A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.
Plaintiffs and Defendants acknowledge, and each of the other Settlement Class Members and each of the other Plaintiffs’ Releasees and Defendants’ Releasees shall be deemed by operation of law to have acknowledged, that the foregoing waiver was separately bargained for and a key element of the Settlement.
The Judgment provides that, upon the Effective Date of the Settlement, Defendants, on behalf of themselves, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, predecessors, successors, and assigns, in their capacities as such, shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Stipulation, of law, and of the Judgment shall have fully, finally, and forever compromised, settled, released, resolved, relinquished, waived, and discharged each and every Released Defendants’ Claim (as defined below) against any of the Plaintiffs’ Releasees (as defined below), and shall forever be barred and enjoined from prosecuting any or all of the Released Defendants’ Claims against any of the Plaintiffs’ Releasees.
“Released Defendants’ Claims” means all claims, rights and causes of action, duties, obligations, demands, actions, debts, sums of money, suits, contracts, agreements, promises, damages, and liabilities, whether known claims or Unknown Claims, contingent or non-contingent, or suspected or unsuspected, whether foreign or domestic, whether arising under federal, state, common, or foreign law, rules, or regulations, that arise out of or relate in any way to the institution, prosecution, or settlement of the claims against the Defendants in the Action. Released Defendants’ Claims do not include any claims relating to the enforcement of the Settlement or any claims against any person or entity who or which submits a request for exclusion from the Settlement Class that is accepted by the Court, and further does not include claims or causes of action of a Defendant (including their affiliates) against any of their current or former employees, agents, or consultants arising out of any breach of an obligation, contractual or otherwise, owed to any of the Defendants (or their affiliates).
“Plaintiffs’ Releasees” means (i) Plaintiffs, all members of the Settlement Class, Lead Counsel and all other counsel for Plaintiffs, (ii) each of their respective immediate family members (for individuals) and each of their direct or indirect parent entities, subsidiaries, related entities, and affiliates, any trust of which any Settlement Class Member is the settler or which is for the benefit of any Settlement Class Member and/or member(s) of his or her immediate family, and (iii) for any of the entities listed in parts (i) or (ii), their respective past and present general partners, limited partners, principals, shareholders, joint venturers, officers, directors, managing directors, employees, contractors, consultants, auditors, accountants, financial advisors, investment bankers, insurers, trustees, trustors, agents, attorneys, predecessors, successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and any controlling person thereof, in their capacities as such, and any entity in which a Settlement Class Member has a controlling interest. Plaintiffs’ Releasees do not include any persons and entities who or which exclude themselves by submitting a request for exclusion from the Settlement Class that is accepted by the Court.
The Judgment also provides that, upon the Effective Date, to the extent allowed by law, the Stipulation shall operate conclusively as an estoppel and full defense in the event, and to the extent, of any claim, demand, action, or proceeding brought by a Settlement Class Member against any of the Defendants’ Releasees with respect to any Released Plaintiffs’ Claim, or brought by a Defendant against any of the Plaintiffs’ Releasees with respect to any Released Defendants’ Claim.
The Judgment, among other things, provides for the dismissal with prejudice of the Action against the Defendants, without costs to any Party, except for the payments expressly provided for in the Stipulation.
For further information, please review the Final Judgment and Order of Dismissal With Prejudice, dated October 3, 2023.