How Do I Get More Information? This Notice summarizes the Action, the terms of the Settlements, and your rights and options in connection with the Settlements. More details are in the Settlement Agreements, which are available for your review at xxx.XxxxxxxxxXxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx.xxx. The Settlement Website also has the Second Amended Complaint and other documents relating to the Settlements. You may also call toll-free 0-000-000-0000 or write the Claims Administrator at: Financial Aid Antitrust Settlements, c/o Claims Administrator, 0000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000. To: Settlement Class Member Email Address From: Claims Administrator Subject: Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement – Xxxxx, et al. x. Xxxxx University, et al. Please visit xxx.XxxxxxxxxXxxXxxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxx.xxx for more information. • The Court has preliminarily approved proposed settlements (“Settlements”) with the following ten schools: Brown University, the University of Chicago, the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, Trustees of Dartmouth College, Duke University, Emory University, Northwestern University, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx University, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University (collectively the “Settling Universities”). • The Court has also preliminarily approved a class of students who attended one or more of the Settling Universities during certain time periods. This is referred to as the “Settlement Class,” which is defined in more detail below.
Certification Regarding Debarment, Suspension, Ineligibility and Voluntary Exclusion First Tier Participants:
a. The prospective first tier participant certifies to the best of its knowledge and belief, that it and its principals:
(1) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from participating in covered transactions by any Federal department or agency;
(2) Have not within a three-year period preceding this proposal been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, State or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen property;
(3) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a governmental entity (Federal, State or local) with commission of any of the offenses enumerated in paragraph (a)(2) of this certification; and
(4) Have not within a three-year period preceding this application/proposal had one or more public transactions (Federal, State or local) terminated for cause or default.
b. Where the prospective participant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this certification, such prospective participant shall attach an explanation to this proposal.
Events Subsequent to Most Recent Fiscal Year End Since the Most Recent Fiscal Year End and except as described herein and in the attached exhibits, there has not been any material adverse change in the business, financial condition, operations, results of operations, or future prospects of Sewcal. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, since that date:
(i) Sewcal has not sold, leased, transferred, or assigned any of its assets, tangible or intangible, other than for a fair consideration in the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ii) Sewcal has note entered into any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or series of related agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses) involving more than $10,000.00 outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(iii) Sewcal has not accelerated, terminated, modified, or canceled any agreement, contract, lease, or license (or series of related agreements, contracts, leases, and licenses) involving more than $10,000.00 to which Sewcal is a party.
(iv) Sewcal has not imposed any Security Interest upon any of its assets, tangible or intangible;
(v) Sewcal has not made any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) either involving more than $5,000.00 outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(vi) Sewcal has not made any capital investment in, any loan to, or any acquisition of the securities or assets of, any other Person (or series of related capital investments, loans, and acquisitions) either involving more than $5,000.00 outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(vii) Sewcal has not issued any note, bond, or other debt security or created, incurred, assumed, or guaranteed any indebtedness for borrowed money or capitalized lease obligation either involving more than $2,500.00 singly or $5,000.00 in the aggregate.
(viii) Sewcal has not delayed or postponed the payment of accounts payable and other Liabilities outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(ix) Sewcal has not canceled, compromised, waived, or released any right or claim (or series of related rights and claims) involving more than $2,500.00 outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(x) Sewcal has not granted any license or sublicense of any rights under or with respect to any Intellectual Property;
(xi) Sewcal has not made or authorized any change in its articles of incorporation or bylaws of any of Sewcal or its Subsidiaries;
(xii) Sewcal has not issued, sold, or otherwise disposed of any of its capital stock, or granted any options, warrants, or other rights to purchase or obtain (including upon conversion, exchange, or exercise) any of its capital stock;
(xiii) Sewcal has not declared, set aside, or paid any dividend or made any distribution with respect to its capital stock (whether in cash or in kind) or redeemed, purchased, or otherwise acquired any of its capital stock;
(xiv) Sewcal has not experienced any damage, destruction, or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) to its property outside the ordinary course of business;
(xv) Sewcal has not made any loan to, or entered into any other transaction with, any of its directors, officers, and employees outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xvi) Sewcal has not entered into any collective bargaining agreements, written or oral, or modified the terms of any existing such contract or agreement;
(xvii) Sewcal has not granted any increase in the base compensation of any of its directors, officers, and employees outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xviii) Sewcal has not adopted, amended, modified, or terminated any bonus, profit-sharing, incentive, severance, or other plan, contract, or commitment for the benefit of any of its directors, officers, and employees (or taken any such action with respect to any other Employee Benefit Plan);
(xix) Sewcal has not made any other change in employment terms for any of its directors, officers, and employees outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xx) Sewcal has not made or pledged to make any charitable or other capital contribution outside the Ordinary Course of Business;
(xxi) (removed)
(xxii) There has not been any other material occurrence, event, incident, action, failure to act, or transaction outside the Ordinary Course of Business involving Sewcal and/or its Subsidiaries; and
