Common use of Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement Clause in Contracts

Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement. 1. No later than fourteen (14) days after the execution date of this Settlement, the Named Plaintiff, by and through Settlement Class Counsel, shall file with the Court a motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement and Exhibits, which will include the Settlement Agreement, a proposed Preliminary Approval Order, a proposed Notice, a proposed Plan of Allocation, and a proposed Plan of Notice. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on these documents, and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 2. nCino will provide, or cause to be provided, timely notice of such submission pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1715(b). 3. In the event that the Court preliminarily approves the Settlement, Class Counsel shall, in accordance with Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, direct the Notice Administrator approved by the Court to provide the Class with Notice no later than thirty (30) days after receiving the information necessary to effectuate Notice from all Defendants. Class Counsel shall provide nCino with four (4) business days notice before Notice is disseminated to the Class. 4. If the Court denies the motion for Preliminary Approval without leave to file a revised motion for Preliminary Approval, and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the case will proceed as if no settlement had been attempted, and the Settling Parties shall be returned to their respective procedural postures, i.e., status quo as of August 21, 2023, so that the Settling Parties may take such litigation steps that the Named Plaintiff or nCino otherwise would have been able to take absent the pendency of this Settlement Agreement. 5. After the date of Preliminary Approval, the Notice Administrator shall create and maintain a case-specific website to contain the Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other relevant case documents. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on the content of the website, and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 6. For purposes of effectuating notice, within fourteen (14) days after the date of Preliminary Approval, nCino will provide the Notice Administrator a list of current or most-recently known names, addresses, email addresses, social security numbers, and individual total Cash Compensation during the class period for all current or former employees who meet the criteria for the Settlement Class, to the extent that information exists within nCino’s records and has not been provided already to the Notice Administrator. The Notice Administrator shall ensure that this information is kept confidential except to the extent the Notice Administrator must use such information to carry out its obligations under this Settlement Agreement. 7. Subject to Court approval, disbursements for any payments and expenses incurred in connection with the costs of notice and administration of the Settlement Fund by the Notice Administrator shall be made from the Escrow Account as set forth in Section III.A upon written notice to the Escrow Agent by Class Counsel of such payments and expenses.

Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement. 1. No later than fourteen (14) days after the execution date of this Settlement, the Named PlaintiffPlaintiffs, by and through Settlement Co-Lead Class Counsel, Counsel shall file with the Court Court, promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, a motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement and ExhibitsExhibits to the Settlement Agreement, which will include the Settlement Agreement, a proposed Proposed Preliminary Approval Order, a proposed Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action Lawsuits and Fairness Hearing (“Notice”), and a proposed Plan of Allocation. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, through Xxxxxx Counsel, shall join in and a proposed Plan of Noticeotherwise support the motion for Preliminary Approval. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on these documents, and Class Counsel shall The Settling Defendants will then provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 2. nCino will provide, or cause to be provided, timely notice of such submission pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1715(b). 2. Co-Lead Class Counsel shall provide the Settling Defendants and Xxxxxx Counsel with the draft motion for preliminary approval, proposed order, and supporting documents at least 5 days, waivable by Settling Defendants and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, prior to the date such motion is filed. 3. In the event that the Court preliminarily approves the Settlement, Co-Lead Class Counsel shall, in accordance with Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, direct the Notice Administrator approved by the Court to provide the Class with Notice no later than thirty (30) days after receiving as ordered by the information necessary to effectuate Notice from all Defendants. Class Counsel shall provide nCino with four (4) business days notice before Notice is disseminated to the ClassCourt. 4. If the Court denies the motion for Preliminary Approval without leave to file a revised motion for Preliminary Approval, and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the case will proceed as if no settlement had been attempted, and the Settling Parties shall be returned to their respective procedural postures, i.e., status quo as of August 21January 7, 20232015, so that the Settling Parties may take such litigation steps that Plaintiffs or the Named Plaintiff or nCino Settling Defendants otherwise would have been able to take absent the pendency of this Settlement Agreement. In the event the Settlement does not receive Preliminary Approval and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the Settling Parties will negotiate and submit for Court approval a modified case schedule. 5. After the date of Preliminary Approval, the Notice Administrator shall create and maintain a case-specific website to contain the Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other relevant case documents. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on the content of the website, and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 6. For purposes of effectuating notice, within fourteen No later than twenty (1420) days after the date of the Preliminary ApprovalApproval Order: a. Co-Lead Class Counsel shall direct Xxxxxxx Claims Group, nCino will provide subject to and consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, to transmit to Class Counsel, the Defendants, and the Notice Administrator a list of current or most-recently known names, addresses, email addresses, the employee ID numbers and/or hashed social security numbersnumbers for all employees to whom Xxxxxxx Claims Group sent notices in connection with the certification of the litigation class in the Action (the “Prior Notice Recipients”). For the avoidance of doubt, “Prior Notice Recipients” shall include any employee that a Defendant or Xxxxxxx Claims Group has identified as a Class Member and shall not include persons who have been determined not to be Class Members. Specifically with respect to Google, “Prior Notice Recipients” shall mean those current and former Google employees to whom reminder notices were sent on or about March 13, 2014, as well as the other current and former Google employees who were subsequently informed by Xxxxxxx Claims Group that they were Class Members. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit such information in a secure manner that has received the prior approval of Co-Lead Class Counsel and the Settling Defendants. x. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit to the Notice Administrator, subject to and consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements the full legal name, last known physical address (including the best information concerning each address, as determined using the national change of address database, information provided by Class Members, and individual total Cash Compensation during other sources), and the class period for all current or former employees who meet the criteria compensation data and dates of employment in job titles identified in Exhibit C for the Settlement ClassPrior Notice Recipients. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit such information in a secure manner that has received the prior approval of Co-Lead Class Counsel and the Settling Defendants; c. Each Defendant shall, at its option, either transmit the social security numbers for the Prior Notice Recipients employed by that Defendant to the Notice Administrator or request that Xxxxxxx Claims Group do so. In either case, the information shall be transmitted pursuant to and in a manner consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. 6. The Settling Parties intend that the Notice Administrator provide actual notice to each Class Member, to the extent that information exists within nCino’s records and has not been practicable. Notice shall be mailed to all Class Members identified using the data provided already to the Notice AdministratorAdministrator at approximately the same time. The Notice Administrator shall ensure that this information is kept confidential except to the extent the Notice Administrator must use such information to carry out its obligations under this Settlement Agreement. 7is mailed and posted on the internet within 14 days of receipt of all Defendants’ Class Member data. Subject to Court approval, disbursements for any payments and expenses incurred in connection Settling Defendants shall be provided with the costs form of notice and to be distributed as well as the content of any website relating to administration of the Settlement Fund by no later than three business days before the Notice Administrator shall be made from the Escrow Account as set forth in Section III.A upon written notice to the Escrow Agent by Class Counsel of such payments and expensesis distributed.

Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement. 1. No later than fourteen (14) days after the execution date of this Settlement, the The Named PlaintiffPlaintiffs, by and through Settlement Class Counsel, shall file with the Court Court, promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, a motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement Agreement and ExhibitsAttachments thereto, which will include the Settlement Agreement, a Proposed Preliminary Approval Order and a proposed Preliminary Approval Order, Notice of Class Action Settlement and Fairness Hearing (“Notice”) and a proposed Notice, a proposed Plan of Allocation. The Settling Parties will meet and confer about the form of the motion and its Attachments prior to the filing of the motion. Sony Pictures shall be provided with the draft motion for preliminary approval, proposed order, and a proposed Plan of Noticesupporting documents at least 5 days before the date such motion is filed. nCino Sony Pictures shall have no obligation to support any motion for Preliminary or Final Approval of the right Settlement or request to review and comment on these documentscertify a Settlement Class or litigation class. After the filing of the motion, and Class Counsel shall Sony Pictures will then provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 2. nCino will provide, or cause to be provided, timely notice of such submission pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1715(b). The Named Plaintiffs will seek conditional certification of the Settlement Class under Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 32. In the event that the Court preliminarily approves the SettlementSettlement Agreement, Co- Lead Class Counsel shall, in accordance with Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, direct the Notice Claims Administrator approved by the Court to provide the Class with Notice no later than thirty (30) days after receiving as ordered by the information necessary to effectuate Notice from all Defendants. Class Counsel shall provide nCino with four (4) business days notice before Notice is disseminated to the ClassCourt. 43. If the Court denies the motion for Preliminary Approval preliminary approval without leave to file a revised motion for Preliminary Approval, and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the case will proceed as if no settlement had has been attempted, and the Settling Parties shall be returned to their respective procedural postures, i.e., status quo as of August 21April 28, 20232016, so that the Settling Parties may take such litigation steps that the Named Plaintiff Plaintiffs or nCino Sony Pictures otherwise would have been able to take absent the pendency of this Settlement Agreement. 5Settlement. After the date of Preliminary Approval, the Notice Administrator shall create and maintain a case-specific website to contain the Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other relevant case documents. nCino shall have Sony Pictures expressly retains the right to review contest whether this case should be maintained as a class action and/or collective action and comment on to contest the content merits of the websiteclaims being asserted by Plaintiffs in this Action. In the event the Settlement does not obtain preliminary approval, Sony Pictures reserves the right to submit for Court approval a case schedule which, among other things, proposes dates for completion of class certification and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, merits discovery and shall not unreasonably reject such commentsthe filing of motions (and oppositions thereto). 64. For purposes of effectuating notice, within fourteen Within twenty (1420) days after the date of the Preliminary ApprovalApproval order, nCino will Sony Pictures shall provide to the Notice Claims Administrator a list in an electronic database format, from the information in their human resources and payroll databases at that time and maintained in the ordinary course of current or most-recently business, for the period of January 1, 2004 through December 31, 2010, the full legal name, social security number, all known names, addresses, email addresses, social security numberslast known physical address, the last location or state where the employee worked for the defendant (if available), dates of employment in Sony Pictures’ job titles identified in the Xxxxxxxxxxx Reply Report Appendix C and associated compensation by date, job title, and individual total Cash Compensation type of compensation of each Settlement Class Member employed or previously employed by Sony Pictures. Where Sony Pictures lacks information in its human resources databases about an employee’s job title during the class period relevant period, it shall provide in an electronic database format in lieu of such job title and associated compensation all known dates of employment at Sony Pictures, and all known associated compensation by date and type of compensation. The Claims Administrator shall utilize Class Members’ information provided by Sony Pictures solely for purposes of effectuating Notice and administering the Settlement Fund, including withholding taxes, and shall keep the information confidential. 5. The Claims Administrator shall provide Notice pursuant to the timing and terms of this Settlement Agreement. The Settling Parties intend that the Claims Administrator provide actual notice to each Class Member by mail and/or email to the extent practicable. Notice shall be sent to all Settlement Class Members and potential Settlement Class Members identified using the data provided by Sony Pictures and other defendants at approximately the same time, and shall not be sent to current or former employees who meet the criteria for the Settlement Class, of Sony Pictures sooner than to the extent that information exists within nCino’s records and has not been provided already employees of non-Sony Pictures defendants. To reduce the costs of Notice, the Settling Parties will recommend to the Court that Notice Administratorof the Blue Sky and Sony Settlements be sent within 30 days of the Court’s decision on Plaintiffs’ Motion For Class Certification dated February 1, 2016 regarding certification of the claims against Non-Settling Defendants. The If the Court grants Plaintiffs’ motion to certify a class, the Settling Parties will recommend that one Notice be sent regarding the Settlements and the Court’s decision to certify a litigation class. If the Court does not adopt that recommendation, the Claims Administrator shall ensure that this information Notice is kept confidential except to mailed and posted on the extent the Notice Administrator must use such information to carry out its obligations under this Settlement Agreement. 7Internet within 21 days of receipt from all Defendants’ data. Subject to Court approval, disbursements for any payments and expenses incurred in connection Sony Pictures shall be provided with the costs form of notice and to be distributed as well as the content of any website relating to administration of the Settlement Fund by no later than three business days before the Notice Administrator shall be made from the Escrow Account as set forth in Section III.A upon written notice to the Escrow Agent by Class Counsel of such payments is distributed and expenseswebsite becomes active.

Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement. 1. No later than fourteen (14) days after the execution date of this Settlement, the The Named PlaintiffPlaintiffs, by and through Settlement Class Counsel, shall file with the Court Court, promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, a motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement Agreement and ExhibitsExhibits thereto, which will include the Settlement Agreement, a Proposed Preliminary Approval Order and a proposed Preliminary Approval Order, Notice of Class Action Settlement and Fairness Hearing (“Notice”) and a proposed Notice, a proposed Plan of Allocation. The Settling Parties will meet and confer about the form of the motion and its exhibits prior to the filing of the motion. After the filing of the motion, and a proposed Plan of Notice. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on these documents, and Class Counsel shall Blue Sky will then provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 2. nCino will provide, or cause to be provided, timely notice of such submission pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1715(b). The Named Plaintiffs will seek conditional certification of the Settlement Class under Rule 23(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 32. In the event that the Court preliminarily approves the SettlementSettlement Agreement, Co- Lead Class Counsel shall, in accordance with Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, direct the Notice Claims Administrator approved by the Court to provide the Class with Notice no later than thirty (30) days after receiving as ordered by the information necessary to effectuate Notice from all Defendants. Class Counsel shall provide nCino with four (4) business days notice before Notice is disseminated to the ClassCourt. 43. If the Court denies the motion for Preliminary Approval without leave to file a revised motion for Preliminary Approval, and appellate review is not sought or is denied, preliminary approval the case will proceed as if no settlement had has been attempted, and the Settling Parties shall be returned to their respective procedural postures, i.e., status quo as of August 21March 9, 20232016, so that the Settling Parties may take such litigation steps that the Named Plaintiff Plaintiffs or nCino Blue Sky otherwise would have been able to take absent the pendency of this Settlement Agreement. 5Settlement. After the date of Preliminary Approval, the Notice Administrator shall create and maintain a case-specific website to contain the Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other relevant case documents. nCino shall have Blue Sky expressly retains the right to review contest whether this case should be maintained as a class action and/or collective action and comment on to contest the content merits of the websiteclaims being asserted by Plaintiffs in this Action. In the event the Settlement does not obtain preliminary approval, Blue Sky reserves the right to submit for Court approval a case schedule which, among other things, proposes dates for completion of class certification and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, merits discovery and shall not unreasonably reject such commentsthe filing of motions (and oppositions thereto). 64. For purposes of effectuating notice, within fourteen Within twenty (1420) days after the date of the Preliminary ApprovalApproval order, nCino will Blue Sky shall provide to the Notice Claims Administrator a list in an electronic database format, from the information in their human resources databases at that time, for the period of current or most-recently January 1, 2005, through December 31, 2010, the full legal name, social security number, all known names, addresses, email addresses, social security numberslast known physical address, the last location or state where the employee worked for the defendant (if available), dates of employment in Blue Sky’s job titles identified in the Xxxxxxxxxxx Report Appendix C, and individual total Cash Compensation associated compensation by date, job title, and type of compensation of each Settlement Class Member employed or previously employed by Blue Sky. Where Blue Sky lacks information in its human resources databases about an employee’s job title during the class period relevant period, it shall provide in an electronic database format in lieu of such job title and associated compensation all known dates of employment at Blue Sky, and all known associated compensation by date and type of compensation. The Claims Administrator shall utilize Class Members’ information provided by Blue Sky solely for purposes of effectuating Notice and administering the Settlement Fund, including withholding taxes, and shall keep the information confidential. 5. The Claims Administrator shall provide Notice pursuant to the timing and terms of this Settlement Agreement. The Settling Parties intend that the Claims Administrator provide actual notice to each Class Member, to the extent practicable and that email notice be used where practicable. Notice shall be sent to all Settlement Class Members and potential Settlement Class Members identified using the data provided by Blue Sky and other defendants at approximately the same time, and shall not be sent to current or former employees who meet the criteria for the Settlement Class, of Blue Sky sooner than to the extent that information exists within nCino’s records and has not been provided already to the Notice Administratoremployees of non-Blue Sky defendants. The Notice Claims Administrator shall ensure that this information Notice is kept confidential except to mailed and posted on the extent the Notice Administrator must use such information to carry out its obligations under this Settlement AgreementInternet within 21 days of receipt from all Defendants’ data. 7. Subject to Court approval, disbursements for any payments and expenses incurred in connection with the costs of notice and administration of the Settlement Fund by the Notice Administrator shall be made from the Escrow Account as set forth in Section III.A upon written notice to the Escrow Agent by Class Counsel of such payments and expenses.

Preliminary Approval and Notice of Settlement. 1. No later than fourteen (14) days after the execution date of this Settlement, the Named PlaintiffPlaintiffs, by and through Settlement Co-Lead Class Counsel, Counsel shall file with the Court Court, promptly after the execution of this Settlement Agreement, a motion for Preliminary Approval of the Settlement and ExhibitsExhibits to the Settlement Agreement, which will include the Settlement Agreement, a proposed Proposed Preliminary Approval Order, a proposed Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action Lawsuits and Fairness Hearing (“Notice”), and a proposed Plan of Allocation. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, through Xxxxxx Counsel, shall join in and a proposed Plan of Noticeotherwise support the motion for Preliminary Approval. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on these documents, and Class Counsel shall The Settling Defendants will then provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 2. nCino will provide, or cause to be provided, timely notice of such submission pursuant to the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1715(b). 2. Co-Lead Class Counsel shall provide the Settling Defendants and Xxxxxx Counsel with the draft motion for preliminary approval, proposed order, and supporting documents at least 5 days, waivable by Settling Defendants and Xxxxxx Counsel, prior to the date such motion is filed. 3. In the event that the Court preliminarily approves the Settlement, Co-Lead Class Counsel shall, in accordance with Rule 23(c)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, direct the Notice Administrator approved by the Court to provide the Class with Notice no later than thirty (30) days after receiving as ordered by the information necessary to effectuate Notice from all Defendants. Class Counsel shall provide nCino with four (4) business days notice before Notice is disseminated to the ClassCourt. 4. If the Court denies the motion for Preliminary Approval without leave to file a revised motion for Preliminary Approval, and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the case will proceed as if no settlement had been attempted, and the Settling Parties shall be returned to their respective procedural postures, i.e., status quo as of August 21January 7, 20232015, so that the Settling Parties may take such litigation steps that Plaintiffs or the Named Plaintiff or nCino Settling Defendants otherwise would have been able to take absent the pendency of this Settlement Agreement. In the event the Settlement does not receive Preliminary Approval and appellate review is not sought or is denied, the Settling Parties will negotiate and submit for Court approval a modified case schedule. 5. After the date of Preliminary Approval, the Notice Administrator shall create and maintain a case-specific website to contain the Notice, Settlement Agreement, and other relevant case documents. nCino shall have the right to review and comment on the content of the website, and Class Counsel shall provide nCino with reasonable time to conduct such review. Class Counsel shall consider any such comments in good faith, and shall not unreasonably reject such comments. 6. For purposes of effectuating notice, within fourteen No later than twenty (1420) days after the date of the Preliminary ApprovalApproval Order: a. Co-Lead Class Counsel shall direct Xxxxxxx Claims Group, nCino will provide subject to and consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, to transmit to Class Counsel, the Defendants, and the Notice Administrator a list of current or most-recently known names, addresses, email addresses, the employee ID numbers and/or hashed social security numbersnumbers for all employees to whom Xxxxxxx Claims Group sent notices in connection with the certification of the litigation class in the Action (the “Prior Notice Recipients”). For the avoidance of doubt, “Prior Notice Recipients” shall include any employee that a Defendant or Xxxxxxx Claims Group has identified as a Class Member and shall not include persons who have been determined not to be Class Members. Specifically with respect to Google, “Prior Notice Recipients” shall mean those current and former Google employees to whom reminder notices were sent on or about March 13, 2014, as well as the other current and former Google employees who were subsequently informed by Xxxxxxx Claims Group that they were Class Members. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit such information in a secure manner that has received the prior approval of Co-Lead Class Counsel and the Settling Defendants. x. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit to the Notice Administrator, subject to and consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements the full legal name, last known physical address (including the best information concerning each address, as determined using the national change of address database, information provided by Class Members, and individual total Cash Compensation during other sources), and the class period for all current or former employees who meet the criteria compensation data and dates of employment in job titles identified in Exhibit C for the Settlement ClassPrior Notice Recipients. Xxxxxxx Claims Group shall transmit such information in a secure manner that has received the prior approval of Co-Lead Class Counsel and the Settling Defendants; c. Each Defendant shall, at its option, either transmit the social security numbers for the Prior Notice Recipients employed by that Defendant to the Notice Administrator or request that Xxxxxxx Claims Group do so. In either case, the information shall be transmitted pursuant to and in a manner consistent with the extant Protective Order and all existing confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements. 6. The Settling Parties intend that the Notice Administrator provide actual notice to each Class Member, to the extent that information exists within nCino’s records and has not been practicable. Notice shall be mailed to all Class Members identified using the data provided already to the Notice AdministratorAdministrator at approximately the same time. The Notice Administrator shall ensure that this information is kept confidential except to the extent the Notice Administrator must use such information to carry out its obligations under this Settlement Agreement. 7is mailed and posted on the internet within 14 days of receipt of all Defendants’ Class Member data. Subject to Court approval, disbursements for any payments and expenses incurred in connection Settling Defendants shall be provided with the costs form of notice and to be distributed as well as the content of any website relating to administration of the Settlement Fund by no later than three business days before the Notice Administrator shall be made from the Escrow Account as set forth in Section III.A upon written notice to the Escrow Agent by Class Counsel of such payments and expensesis distributed.