1. If you entered into a European Government Bond transaction from January 1, 2007 through and including December 31, 2012 (“JPMorgan Settlement Class Period”), you may be eligible to receive a payment from the $13 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities PLC (f/k/a J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (f/k/a J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.) together with their affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “JPMorgan”) reached in In re European Government Bonds Antitrust Litigation, No. 1:19-cv-2601 (S.D.N.Y), and if you entered into European Government Bond transaction from January 1, 2005 through and including December 31, 2016 (“UniCredit and Natixis Settlement Class Period”), you may be eligible to receive a payment from the $13 million settlement with UniCredit Bank AG together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “UniCredit”) and the $14 million settlement with Natixis S.A. together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Natixis”).

2. “European Government Bond” or “EGBs” means euro-denominated sovereign debt or bonds issued by European governments (e.g., Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain).

3. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms contained in this proof of claim and release (“Claim Form”) have the same meaning as defined in the accompanying Notice of Pendency of Class Action, Hearing on Proposed Settlements and Attorneys’ Fee Petition, and Right to Share in Net Settlement Fund (“Notice”), the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with JPMorgan, the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with State Street Corporation and State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with UniCredit Bank AG, and the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with Natixis S.A. (“Settlement Agreements”), which are available www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com.

4. It is important that you read the Notice that accompanies this Claim Form. By signing and submitting this Claim Form, you will be certifying that you have read the Notice, including the terms of the Releases described in the Notice and provided for in the Settlement Agreements.

5. To be eligible to receive a payment from the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form along with the required data and/or information described in Parts III and IV below. To be considered timely, your Claim Form must be submitted online at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 29, 2024 OR received by mail no later than January 29, 2024. If you are unable to submit the required data as described below at Parts III and IV, you should call the Claims Administrator for further instructions.

6. As described in Part III below, you may be required to submit additional information about the European Government Bond transactions that you submit as part of your Claim Form, but only if you are contacted and instructed to do so by the Claims Administrator.

7. Your payment amount will be determined based on the Claims Administrator’s review of your Claim Form and calculated pursuant to the Distribution Plan. Submission of a Claim Form does not guarantee that you will receive a payment from the Net Settlement Fund. For more information, please refer to the Notice and Distribution Plan available at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com.

8. Separate Claim Forms must be submitted for each separate legal entity. Correspondingly, a single Claim Form should be submitted on behalf of only one legal entity.

9. If you have questions about submitting a Claim Form or need additional copies of the Claim Form or the Notice, you may contact the Claims Administrator.

1. YOU MUST SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM FORM ELECTRONICALLY OR ON PAPER IN THE REQUIRED FORMAT

Claimants must electronically submit their Claim Forms online at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on January 29, 2024 OR mail the Claim Forms such that they are received no later than January 29, 2024 by the Claims Administrator at European Government Bonds Settlement, c/o A.B. Data, Ltd., P.O. Box 173119, Milwaukee, WI 53217.

Claim Submission Instructions, including the information you must provide about your European Government Bond transactions, are available at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com. Claim Forms must be submitted in the format specified by the Claim Submission Instructions.

Along with your Claim Form, you may be later required to submit the details of your European Government Bond transactions reflected in the Summary Price Table.

2. YOU DO NOT NEED TO SUBMIT ANY ADDITIONAL DATA OR DOCUMENTATION OF TRANSACTIONS AT THIS TIME, BUT MUST DO SO IF CONTACTED BY THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR.

The Claims Administrator may request that Claimants submit additional data or documentation of their European Government Bond transactions. The EGB Transaction Data Template, including the information you must provide about your European Government Bond transactions, if requested, is available at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com.

If supplemental documentation is required, it must be from one or more of the following sources:

a. Transaction data from your bank, broker, or internal trade system;
b. Bank confirmations by individual trade;
c. Bank transaction reports or statements;
d. Trading venue transaction reports or statements;
e. Prime broker reports or statements;
f. Custodian reports or statements;
g. Daily or monthly account statements or position reports;
h. Email confirmations from counterparty evidencing transactions;
i. Bloomberg confirmations or communications evidencing transactions; and/or
j. Other documents evidencing European Government Bond transactions during the Class Period.

Claimants are advised to retain such documentation and information, as it may be required to substantiate a Claim Form.

Further information about these requirements is included in the Claim Submission Instructions, which are available at www.EuropeanGovernmentBondsSettlement.com.