The Class Action Settlement Administrator and the Parties shall promptly after receipt provide copies of any requests for exclusion, objections and/or related correspondence to each other.
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Settlement Administrator 52. The Settlement Administrator shall administer various aspects of the Settlement as described in the following paragraph and perform other functions specified for the Settlement Administrator elsewhere in this Agreement. These functions include, but are not limited to, administering the Notice Program and distributing funds from the Administration Account as provided in this Agreement. Amegy and Class Counsel shall jointly oversee the Settlement Administrator. 53. In addition to other responsibilities described in this Agreement, the Settlement Administrator’s duties are as follows: a. Obtain from Class Counsel and Amegy the Settlement Class Members’ names and addresses (to the extent available), and verify and update the addresses received through the National Change of Address database, for the purpose of administering the Notice Program, and later mailing distribution checks to Past Account Holder Settlement Class Members, and to Current Account Holder Settlement Class Members where it is not feasible or reasonable for Amegy to make the payment by a credit to the Settlement Class Members’ Accounts; b. Administer the Notice Program as described in Section VIII; c. Establish and maintain a Post Office box for requests for exclusion from the Settlement Class; d. Establish and maintain the Settlement Website; e. Establish and maintain an automated toll-free telephone line for Settlement Class Members to call with Settlement-related questions, and answer the questions of Settlement Class Members who call with or otherwise communicate such inquiries; f. Respond to any mailed Settlement Class Member inquiries; g. Process all requests for exclusion from the Settlement Class; h. Provide weekly reports and, no later than five (5) days after the end of the Opt- Out Period, a final report to Class Counsel and Amegy summarizing the number of requests for exclusion received that week, the total number of exclusion requests received to date, and other pertinent information; i. In advance of the Final Approval Hearing, prepare an affidavit to submit to the Court that identifies each Settlement Class Member who timely and properly requested exclusion from the Settlement Class; j. Process and transmit distributions to Settlement Class Members from the Administration Account; k. Pay invoices, expenses and costs approved by Class Counsel as provided in this Agreement; and l. Perform any other Settlement-administration-related function at the instruction of Class Counsel and Amegy, including, but not limited to, verifying that Settlement Amount has been distributed as required by Sections XII and XIII of the Agreement. All costs that the Settlement Administrator incurs which are permitted by this Agreement shall be paid from the Settlement Amount.
The Settlement Fund 31. Releasors shall look solely to the Settlement Fund for settlement and satisfaction against the Releasees of all Released Claims, and shall have no other recovery against Aisan Defendants or any Releasee for any Released Claims. 32. After this Agreement becomes final within the meaning of Paragraph 22, and at a time to be determined by Settlement Class Counsel, the Settlement Fund shall be distributed in accordance with a plan to be submitted to the Court at the appropriate time by Settlement Class Counsel, and subject to approval by the Court. In no event shall any Releasee have any responsibility, financial obligation, or liability whatsoever with respect to the investment, distribution, or administration of the Settlement Fund, including, but not limited to, the costs and expenses of such distribution and administration except as expressly otherwise provided in Paragraph 30 of this Agreement. 33. End-Payor Plaintiffs and Settlement Class Counsel shall be reimbursed and indemnified solely out of the Settlement Fund for all expenses and costs, as provided by Court Order. Aisan Defendants and the other Releasees shall not be liable for any costs, fees, or expenses of any of End-Payor Plaintiffs or the Settlement Class’ respective attorneys, experts, advisors, agents, or representatives, but all such costs, fees, and expenses as approved by the Court shall be paid out of the Settlement Fund. 34. Settlement Class Counsel’s Attorneys’ Fees, Reimbursement of Expenses, and Incentive Awards for Class Representatives. (a) Settlement Class Counsel may submit an application or applications to the Court (the “Fee and Expense Application”) for: (i) an award of attorneys’ fees not in excess of one-third of the Settlement Fund; plus (ii) reimbursement of expenses and costs incurred in connection with prosecuting the Action and incentive awards, plus interest on such attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses at the same rate and for the same period as earned by the Settlement Fund (until paid), as may be awarded by the Court (the “Fee and Expense Award”). Settlement Class Counsel reserve the right to make additional applications for Court approval of fees and expenses incurred and reasonable incentive awards, but in no event shall Releasees be responsible to pay any such additional fees and expenses except to the extent they are paid out of the Settlement Fund. (b) Subject to Court approval, End-Payor Plaintiffs and Settlement Class Counsel shall be reimbursed and paid solely out of the Settlement Fund for all expenses including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and past, current, or future litigation expenses and incentive awards. Attorneys’ fees and expenses awarded by the Court shall be payable from the Settlement Fund upon award, notwithstanding the existence of any timely filed objections thereto, or potential appeal therefrom, or collateral attack on the settlement or any part thereof, subject to Settlement Class Counsel’s obligation to make appropriate refunds or repayments to the Settlement Fund with interest, if and when, as a result of any appeal and/or further proceedings on remand, or successful collateral attack, the fee or award of expenses is reduced or reversed, or in the event the Agreement is rescinded or terminated pursuant to Paragraph 27(h) or Paragraph 49. (c) The procedure for and the allowance or disallowance by the Court of the application by Settlement Class Counsel for attorneys’ fees, costs, and expenses, and incentive awards for class representatives to be paid out of the Settlement Fund is not part of this Agreement, and is to be considered by the Court separately from the Court’s consideration of the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy of this Agreement. Any order or proceeding relating to the Fee and Expense Application, or any appeal from any such order shall not operate to terminate or cancel this Agreement, or affect or delay the finality of the Final Court Approval of the Settlement. (d) Other than to pay the Settlement Amount as provided herein, no Releasee under this Agreement shall have any responsibility for, or interest in, or liability whatsoever with respect to any payment to Settlement Class Counsel and/or End-Payor Plaintiffs of any Fee and Expense Award in the Action. (e) Neither Aisan Defendants nor any other Releasee under this Agreement shall have any responsibility for, or interest in, or liability whatsoever with respect to the allocation among Settlement Class Counsel, End-Payor Plaintiffs and/or any other person who may assert some claim thereto, of any Fee and Expense Award that the Court may make in the Action.
