What Does The Settlement Provide Under the Settlement, McKinsey or its insurers will pay $39,500,000 into a Qualified Settlement Fund to resolve the claims of the Class. The Net Settlement Amount (after deduction of any Court- approved Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, Administrative Expenses, and Class Representative Compensation) will be allocated to Class Members according to a Plan of Allocation to be approved by the Court (as explained further at Question 5 below). Allocations to Current Participants who are entitled to a distribution under the Plan of Allocation will be made into their existing accounts in the Plans. Authorized Former Participants who are entitled to a distribution may receive their distribution as a check or, if available and they elect, as a rollover to a qualified retirement account. In addition, the Settlement provides that prospectively as of the Settlement Effective Date: (1) for a period of no less than three years, Defendants shall retain an independent investment consultant to provide ongoing review of the investment options in the Plan, and review and approve any communications to participants regarding the Plans’ investment options; (2) for a period of no less than three years, all expense reimbursements by the Plans to McKinsey, MIO, or any other affiliated person or entity will be reviewed and approved by an independent fiduciary, who shall have final discretion to approve or reject reimbursements; and (3) before the expiration of the current recordkeeping agreement for the Plans, McKinsey will issue a request for proposal for recordkeeping services for the Plan. All Class Members and anyone claiming through them will fully release the Plans as well as Defendants and the Released Parties from Released Claims. The governing release terms are found within the Settlement Agreement, which is available at [xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx]. Generally, the release means that Class Members will not have the right to sue the Plans, Defendants, or related parties for conduct during the Class Period arising out of or relating to the allegations in the lawsuit. The entire Settlement Agreement is available at [xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx].
The Settling Entity’s Release of Xxxxxxx The Settling Entity, on behalf of itself, its past and current agents, representatives, attorneys, successors, and assignees, hereby waives any and all claims against Xxxxxxx and his attorneys and other representatives, for any and all actions taken or statements made (or those that could have been taken or made) by Xxxxxxx and his attorneys and other representatives, whether in the course of investigating claims or otherwise seeking to enforce Proposition 65 in connection with the notice or Products.
Xxxxxxx’x Release of The Settling Entity This Settlement Agreement is a full, final and binding resolution between Xxxxxxx, as an individual (and not on behalf of the public yet furthers its health interest, unless it is judicially approved, in which case the release would be in furtherance of the public interest), and the Settling Entity, of any violation of Proposition 65 that was or could have been asserted by Xxxxxxx on behalf of himself, his past and current agents, representatives, attorneys, successors, and/or assignees, against the Settling Entity, Amazon and each of their past, current, and future direct and indirect parents, subsidiaries, affiliated entities under common ownership, predecessors, successors, directors, officers, managers, shareholders, members, employees, agents, assignees, and attorneys (releasees), based on their alleged or actual failure to warn about alleged exposures to lead contained in the Products that were sold and/or offered for sale in California by the Settling Entity through xxxxxx.xxx before the Effective Date, as alleged in the notice. In further consideration of the promises and agreements herein contained, Xxxxxxx as an individual and not on behalf of the public, on behalf of himself, his past and current agents, representatives, attorneys, successors, and/or assignees, hereby waives all of his rights to institute or participate in, directly or indirectly, any form of legal action and releases all claims that he may have, including, without limitation, all actions, and causes of action, in law or in equity, suits, liabilities, demands, obligations, damages, costs, fines, penalties, losses, or expenses including, but not exclusively, investigation fees, expert fees, and attorneys’ fees arising under Proposition 65 with respect to lead in the Products, sold and/or offered for sale by the Settling Entity, before the Effective Date, against the Settling Entity and the releasees. The Parties further understand and agree that this subsection 4.1 release shall not extend upstream to any entities that manufactured the Products or any component parts thereof, or any distributors, importers or suppliers who sold the Products to the Settling Entity. Nothing in this subsection affects Xxxxxxx’x right to commence or prosecute an action under Proposition 65 against a releasee that does not involve the Products that were sold and/or offered for sale in California by the Settling Entity.