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Class Members wishing to exclude themselves from the Settlement Class must submit a valid Request for Exclusion to the Settlement Administrator, postmarked by December 30, 2024.

Exclusion Deadline

Any written objections must be filed with the Court and served on Plaintiff's Counsel and Defendant's Counsel via certified mail return receipt requested, and must be received by 5:00 P.M. CT on January 6, 2025.

Objection Deadline

A Final Fairness
Hearing shall be held on January 27, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. in the United States District
Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, Courtroom 3, the Honorable Jason A.
Robertson presiding.

Final Fairness Hearing

GOP v Merit

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If you received payment of oil-and-gas proceeds from production from an Oklahoma oil and/or gas well from Defendant Merit Energy Company, LLC ("Merit") dated between September 30, 2017 and April 30, 2024, you may be a member of the Settlement Class in the Litigation described below.&nbsp;The&nbsp;Settlement&nbsp;Class&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;Litigation&nbsp;consists&nbsp;all non-excluded persons or entities who during the Claim Period: (1) received an Untimely Payment from Merit for oil and gas proceeds from Oklahoma wells, or on whose behalf an Untimely Payment was sent as unclaimed property to a government entity by Merit; and (2) whose proceeds did not include the statutory interest required by the PRSA.&nbsp;Excluded from the Settlement Class are: (1) Merit, its affiliates, predecessors, and employees, officers, and directors; and (2) agencies, departments, or instrumentalities of the United States of America or the State of Oklahoma; (3) Publicly traded oil and gas companies and their affiliates and subsidiaries; (4) any Indian tribe as defined at 30 U.S.C. § 1702(4) or Indian allotee as defined at 30 U.S.C. § 1702(2); (5) any officers of the Court; (6) persons previously paid interest by Merit.&nbsp;“Untimely Payment” means a payment of proceeds from the sale of oil or gas production produced from an Oklahoma well after the statutory periods identified in Okla. Stat. tit. 52, § 570.10(B)(1) or (2). &nbsp;Untimely Payments do not include: (a) payments of proceeds equal to or less than $25; (b) prior period adjustments; (c) payments made on or before September 29, 2017 or on or after May 1, 2024; and (d) joint interest billing netted amounts.&nbsp;The Claim Period means checks or payments made or issued by Merit dated between September 30, 2017, through April 30, 2024, subject to the terms of the Settlement Agreement regarding Released Claims.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you are unsure whether you are included in the Settlement Class, you may contact the Settlement Administrator at:&nbsp;GOP,&nbsp;LLC&nbsp;v.&nbsp;Merit&nbsp;Energy&nbsp;Company,&nbsp;LLC,&nbsp;Settlementc/o&nbsp;Kroll&nbsp;Settlement&nbsp;Administrator LLC&nbsp;P.O. Box 225391New York, NY 10150-5391Call&nbsp;Toll-Free:&nbsp;(833) 739-5616&nbsp;<figure class="table" style="height:674.667px;width:168.68%;"><table class="ck-table-resized" style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);border:1px double rgb(179, 179, 179);"><colgroup><col style="width:28.85%;"><col style="width:37.82%;"><col style="width:33.33%;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="background-color:rgb(208, 206, 206);border:1pt solid black;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.75pt;">&nbsp;</td><td style="background-color:rgb(208, 206, 206);border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:176.9pt;">Summary of Legal Rights</td><td style="background-color:rgb(208, 206, 206);border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:none;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-width:1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:155.85pt;">Deadline(s)</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.75pt;">Do Nothing&nbsp;</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:176.9pt;">The only way to receive a payment from the settlement.</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:155.85pt;">N/A</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.75pt;">Exclude Yourself by Opting Out of the Class&nbsp;</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:176.9pt;">Receive no payment. This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to bring any other lawsuit against the Released Parties for the same claims.&nbsp;</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:155.85pt;">Mailed and postmarked on or before December 30, 2024&nbsp;&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td style="border-bottom-style:solid;border-color:black;border-left-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-top-style:none;border-width:1pt;padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:134.75pt;">Object to the Settlement and/or Attend the Final Approval Hearing&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:176.9pt;">You can write the Court about why you agree or disagree with the settlement. The Court cannot order a different settlement, they can only accept or reject the settlement in the Settlement Agreement. You can also ask to speak to the Court at the Final Fairness Hearing on January 27, 2025, about the fairness of the settlement, with or without your own attorney.</td><td style="border-bottom:1pt solid black;border-left:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);border-right:1pt solid black;border-top:1px none rgb(191, 191, 191);padding:0in 5.4pt;vertical-align:top;width:155.85pt;">Mailed and received on or before January 6, 2025</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

If you received payment of oil-and-gas proceeds from production from an Oklahoma oil and/or gas well from Defendant Merit Energy Company, LLC ("Merit"), you may be a member of the Settlement Class in the Litigation described below.

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Important Documents

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Important Dates

Exclusion Deadline

Objection Deadline

Final Fairness Hearing

Important Dates

Exclusion Deadline

Objection Deadline

Final Fairness Hearing