1. If you entered into a European Government Bond transaction from January 1, 2005 through and including December 31, 2016 (“5AC Settlement Class Period”), you may be eligible to receive a payment from the $80 million settlement with Bank of America, N.A., and Merrill Lynch International, together with their affiliates and subsidiaries (“Bank of America”); NatWest Markets Plc and NatWest Markets Securities Inc., together with their affiliates and subsidiatries (“NatWest”); Nomura International plc, together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Nomura”); UBS AG, UBS Europe SE, and UBS Securities LLC, together with their affiliates and subsidiaries (“UBS”); Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Limited, together with their affiliates and subsidiaries (“Citigroup”); and Jefferies International Limited and Jefferies LLC, together with their affiliates and subsidiaries (“Jefferies”) (collectively, the “Settling Defendants”).

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 Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch International, NatWest Markets Plc, NatWest Markets Securities Inc., Nomura International plc, UBS AG, UBS Europe SE, UBS Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Jefferies International Limited, and Jefferies LLC (the “2024 Stipulation”), which is available at 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 2024 Stipulation.

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 November 27, 2024 OR received by mail no later than November 27, 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. If you have already submitted a valid Claim Form in connection with one or more of the prior settlements with the named UniCredit, Natixis, JPMorgan, and State Street entities, you need not submit another—your prior Claim Form will be applied to this Settlement.

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 November 27, 2024 OR mail the Claim Forms such that they are received no later than November 27, 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.