SIMPLIFIED CLAIM FORM
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SIMPLIFIED CLAIM FORM
CANADIAN DRAM NATIONAL CLASS ACTIONS SIMPLIFIED CLAIM FORM Must Be Postmarked No Later Than June 23, 2015 Canadian DRAM Class Action Claims Administrator P.O. Box 3355 London, ON N6A 4K3 Tel: 1 (866) 855-5586 Complete this Claim Form to receive a payment from settlements totaling more than $79 million. It is expected that a minimum payment of $20.00 will be distributed to eligible Class Members that submit a valid Claim Form. Your claim must be postmarked by June 23, 2015. Information on Claims Process and Claim Form THESE INSTRUCTIONS APPLY TO PERSONS WHO DO NOT HAVE INTERNET ACCESS. IF YOU HAVE INTERNET ACCESS, STOP READING THESE INSTRUCTIONS AND GO TO www.themoneyismine.ca. You are automatically a class member if you: • you live in Canada now or you lived in Canada between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002; and • you bought DRAM or an electronic device containing DRAM for personal, commercial, or manufacturing use anywhere in the world between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002; OR • you live in the U.S. now or you lived in the U.S. between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002; and • you bought DRAM or an electronic device containing DRAM for personal, commercial, or manufacturing use in Canada between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002. How do I file a claim? Complete this claim form only if you do not have internet access. If you have internet access, you must file your claim online at www.themoneyismine.ca. You must complete all sections of this claim form. Completed claims must be sent to the following address postmarked no later than June 23, 2015. Canadian DRAM Class Action Claims Administrator P.O. Box 3355 London, ON N6A 4K3 How can I get more information? More information about the settlements and the calculation of settlement benefits is available in the Notice of Claims Process. If you did not receive the notice or have additional questions, please contact the Claims Administrator toll free at 1 (866) 855-5586. 1 Please Print in the Boxes Below (Do Not use Red Ink or Pencil) Please Print in the Boxes Below (Do Not use Red Ink or Pencil) PART I: CLAIMANT INFORMATION (FOR INDIVIDUAL) PART I: CLAIMANT INFORMATION First Name Last Name First Name Last Name Address 1 Address 1 Address 2 Address 2 City Province Postal Code City Province Telephone Telephone Postal Code Telephone (Evening) — — Email Address — — Telephone (Evening) — — — — Email Address If you are filing this claim on behalf of a household, please enter the number of family members in your household. Please note family members living in the same household must pool their purchases together and submit a single claim. PART II: CLAIMANT INFORMATION (FOR BUSINESS) Business Name SIMPLIFIED V. STANDARD CLAIM FORM There areName two different types of claims depending on your circumstances: Contact End Consumers Claiming $20 (Individuals, Households, Small Businesses) Title If you are an End Consumer claiming $20, we just need your name, contact information, and a declaration that you bought DRAM or a product containing DRAM between 1999 and 2002. You do not need to provide any further proof of purchase. Simply complete Address PART A:1SIMPLIFIED CLAIM. End Consumers Claiming More than $20 but 2 CEUs or Less Per Person Address 2 If you represent a household or commercial enterprise and you have 2 CEUs or less per family member or employee, we just need your name, contact information, the number of family members or employees, the number of CEUs, and a declaration that the City Province Postal Code information is true. Skip to PART B: STANDARD CLAIM. Telephone Telephone (Evening) — — — Email Address 2 — PART A. VERIFICATION (INDIVIDUAL ONLY) I verify that I or the family members who currently reside with me have purchased at least 1 eligible DRAM Product for personal use between April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002 I understand, verify and agree to the following: • The Claims Administrator may contact me as the Claims Administrator deems appropriate for more information about my claim. • The present claim relates to DRAM Products for which I/we have not been compensated and have given no release as part of U.S. Proceedings or a private settlement. • No other family member currently residing with me has nor will submit a separate claim for compensation. END CONSUMER PURCHASES • I am at least 18 years old. I/we purchased DRAM products as an End Consumer? • I/we reside(d) Canada nowyour or atDRAM the time of purchase of the eligible DRAM or electronic device containing DRAM. Yes No in (If Yes, list purchases below) Quantity Purchased: OR • – Laptops Desktops I/we reside(d) in U.S. Computers now or at the time of or purchase of the eligible DRAM or electronic device containing DRAM, and made the purchase in Canada. Printers Memory Modules PART B. VERIFICATION (BUSINESS ONLY) requestsGraphics money has purchased at least 1 eligible DRAM Product for its own use between I verify that the business who hereby Stand-Alone Cards April 1, 1999 and June 30, 2002 I understand, verify and agree to the following: Video Game Consoles • The Claims Administrator may contact me DVD as the Players Claims Administrator deems appropriate for more information about my claim. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) • The present claim relates to DRAM Products for which the business who hereby requests money has not been compensated and has given no release as part of U.S. Proceedings or a private settlement. MP3 Players • • • No other claim has been or will be submitted on behalf of the business who hereby requests money. PVRs/Digital Video Recorders I am at least 18 years old. Servers (provide both the number of servers and $ spent The business who hereby money reside(d) in Canada now or at the time of purchase of the eligible DRAM or purchased and therequests total dollars spent on servers) electronic device containing DRAM. Point of Sale Systems OR If you morewho thanhereby 10,000requests DRAM money memoryreside(d) modules,inraw is of notthe listed in Table 1, please • purchased The business U.S.DRAM, now ororatthe theDRAM time ofProduct purchase eligible DRAM or completeelectronic the table device below. containing *Must be reported in Megabytes (MBs) by year. DRAM, and made the purchase in Canada. Product Type Quantity Purchased Year Purchased 3 Total DRAM Content in MBs PART III: DECLARATION By submitting this claim I solemnly declare that the information provided in this Claim Form is true and correct. Executed this________________ day of __________________________ in ___________________________________________ (Month/Year)(City/Province/Country) (Sign your name here) (Type or print your name here) (Position) PART IV: CONSENT TO USE INFORMATION IN OTHER CLASS ACTIONS I want to receive emails about other similar class actions in Canada about computer components. What are the other computer component class actions? There are other similar class actions ongoing in Canada relating to price fixing of other computer components involving one or more of the Class Counsel law firms. You may also be a class member in these other lawsuits involving: • • • • LCD: 10” or larger liquid crystal displays, between 1998 and 2002; SRAM: static random access memory, between 1998 and 2005; Optical disc drives, between 2005 and the present; and Lithium ion rechargeable batteries, between 2002 and 2012. Whether you are eligible to claim in the listed class actions will depend on the outcome of those lawsuits and the terms of any court orders or settlements in those lawsuits. More information about these lawsuits, and the lawyers who are class counsel in them, is available at www.cfmlawyers.ca/class-actions. What information will we keep for the other computer component class actions? We would like to keep your name and contact information to send you information about these other lawsuits so that if you are eligible, you can make a claim. We will keep your information secure. What am I agreeing to? If you check the box saying that you want to receive emails about other computer component class actions, you will be agreeing to the following terms: • The Claims Administrator (NPTRicePoint) keeping your name and contact information and providing it to the lawyers who act as class counsel in the lawsuits listed above solely to provide you with notice of these class actions. • If another company is appointed as administrator in the listed class actions, your information will be provided to that company to be used solely to provide you with notice of that class action. • Unless you write to the Claims Administrator at the address below to withdraw your agreement, your name and contact information will be kept until the last of the listed lawsuits is completed, at which time it will be destroyed by any law firm or claims administration firm that has it. • For your information to be used in the listed class actions, the courts in those class actions must approve that use. • Whether you are eligible to claim in the listed class actions will depend on the outcome of those lawsuits and the terms of any court orders or settlements in those lawsuits. You may write to the following at any time to withdraw your agreement: Canadian DRAM Class Action Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 3355, London, ON N6A 4K3 4 ACCURATE CLAIMS PROCESSING TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. Reminder Checklist: 1. Please sign the above declaration. 2. Keep a copy of your claim form. 3. If you move, please send the Claims Administrator your new address. Privacy Statement All information provided by the Claimant is collected, used, and retained by the Claims Administrator, Class Counsel and their agents pursuant to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for the purposes of administering the Canadian DRAM Class Action Settlement Agreements, including evaluating the Claimant’s eligibility status under the Settlement Agreements. The information provided by the Claimant is strictly private and confidential and will not be disclosed without the express written consent of the Claimant, except in accordance with the Settlement Agreements, distribution protocol or orders of the courts. “Class Counsel” is defined as Harrison Pensa LLP of London, Ontario; Sutts, Strosberg LLP of Windsor, Ontario; Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman of Vancouver, British Columbia; and Belleau Lapointe s.e.n.c.r.l. of Montreal, Quebec. The “Claims Administrator” is defined as NPT RicePoint Class Action Services Inc. of London, Ontario. 5