Settlement Agreement Between Kenneth Smith et al. and National Money Mart Company et al. (Ontario Superior Court Class Action)
This agreement settles a class action lawsuit in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice between Kenneth Smith (as Estate Trustee of Margaret Smith) and Ronald Oriet (plaintiffs) and National Money Mart Company and Dollar Financial Group, Inc. (defendants). The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants charged unlawful interest rates on short-term loans. The settlement provides for debt releases, transaction credits, and cash payments to eligible class members, subject to court approval. The agreement also outlines administration procedures, opt-out rights, and releases all related claims against the defendants.
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
Margaret Smith, deceased, and RONALD ADRIEN ORIET
DOLLAR FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.
made as of June 5, 2009
SECTION 1RECITALS | 2 | |||
SECTION 2DEFINITIONS | 3 | |||
SECTION 3REQUIRED EVENTS AND COOPERATION | 11 | |||
SECTION 4NOTICE TO THE SETTLEMENT CLASS | 14 | |||
SECTION 5MONEY MARTS SETTLEMENT OBLIGATIONS | 15 | |||
a) Debt Release | 15 | |||
b) Transaction Credits | 15 | |||
c) Unused Credits | 19 | |||
d) The Settlement Amount | 19 | |||
e) Interest on the Settlement Amount | 20 | |||
f) Cash Credits | 20 | |||
g) Class Proceedings Fund | 23 | |||
h) Administration Expenses | 24 | |||
SECTION 6SETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION | 24 | |||
a) The Referee | 25 | |||
b) Class Counsel Representative | 26 | |||
c) The Auditor | 26 | |||
SECTION 7OPT-OUT RIGHTS | 28 | |||
SECTION 8RELEASES AND JURISDICTION OF THE COURT | 29 | |||
SECTION 9CLASS COUNSEL FEES | 30 | |||
SECTION 10NO ADMISSIONS/NO USE | 30 | |||
SECTION 11MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 31 | |||
SECTION 12TERMINATION OF THE AGREEMENT | 34 | |||
SECTION 13REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES | 35 | |||
SECTION 14GUARANTEE BY DOLLAR FINANCIAL | 36 |
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(a) | Action means the action in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice bearing Court File No. CV-08-363659-00CP; | ||
(b) | Agreement means this agreement, including all Schedules attached hereto; | ||
(c) | Anniversary Date(s) means the date twelve months after the Settlement Date and the corresponding dates at the end of each twelve month period thereafter, and includes the Expiration Date; | ||
(d) | Approval Hearing means the hearing to be conducted by the Court in connection with the motion for the Approval Order; |
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(e) | Approval Hearing Date means February 22, 2010; | ||
(f) | Approval Order means the order made by the Court in connection with the motion for approval of the Settlement, such order to be substantially in the form of Schedule F; | ||
(g) | Auditor means Grant Thornton LLP; | ||
(h) | Cash Credit means cash, if any, payable to individual Credit Class Members as calculated in accordance with the Agreement; | ||
(i) | Cash Credits Database means an electronic database containing at least the following data with respect to each Credit Class Member: |
(i) | his or her pro rata share of the Cash Credits; | ||
(ii) | the amount of the Cash Credit allocated; | ||
(iii) | the date he or she contacted Money Mart in respect of the Cash Credit; | ||
(iv) | the address provided; and | ||
(v) | the date the Cash Credit was paid; |
(j) | Cash Reserve Fund means a fund comprising 1% of the amount of any Cash Credits; | ||
(k) | Certificate means a paper certificate with a control number and/or bar code evidencing a $5 Transaction Credit; |
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(l) | Cheque Cashing Fees mean the amount of the percentage fee and the fixed fee for each Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transaction; | ||
(m) | Class Counsel means the law firms of Sutts, Strosberg LLP, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP and Koskie Minsky LLP; | ||
(n) | Class Counsel Fees mean the fees, disbursements, costs, interest, GST and other applicable taxes (including any future provincial or harmonized sales tax) or charges approved by the Court, but does not include the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Class Counsel Representative; | ||
(o) | Class Counsel Representative means Patricia A. Speight or such other lawyer, appointed by the Court; | ||
(p) | Class means all persons who, in the period August 19, 1997 to September 9, 2007, entered into a payday loan and/or fast cash advance in Ontario with Money Mart or a Former Franchisee or a Current Franchisee which was repaid using a first party personal cheque delivered at the time the loan was obtained provided such cheque was honoured by the bank, excluding persons who opted out on or before March 9, 2008; | ||
(q) | Class Member means a member of the Class; | ||
(r) | Common Issues means the common issues listed in Schedule G; | ||
(s) | Court means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice; | ||
(t) | Credit Class Member means a Settlement Class Member with no Default Transactions; | ||
(u) | Current Franchisees mean ###-###-#### Ontario Inc., 577509 Saskatchewan Ltd., Kilduff Investments Limited and ###-###-#### Ontario Inc.; |
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(v) | Debt Release means the release by or on behalf of Money Mart, the Former Franchisees and the Current Franchisees of 100% of the amounts the Indebted Class Members owe on account of the Default Transactions; | ||
(w) | Debt Release Database means an electronic database containing at least the following data with respect to each Indebted Class Member: |
(i) | a list of all Default Transactions including the date of the default and the amount owing; | ||
(ii) | the total outstanding amount owed and payable in respect of all Default Transactions; and | ||
(iii) | the date that notice of the Debt Release was provided; |
(x) | Default Transaction means a transaction of any kind engaged in by a Settlement Class Member up to and including April 30, 2009 with Money Mart, the Former Franchisees and/or the Current Franchisees which resulted in a default by that Settlement Class Member in respect of which there is still an amount owing by the Settlement Class Member on December 31, 2009; | ||
(y) | Defendants mean National Money Mart Company (Money Mart) and Dollar Financial Group, Inc (Dollar Financial); | ||
(z) | Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transaction means a Fast Cash Advance which was repaid using a first party personal cheque delivered at the time the Fast Cash Advance was obtained provided such cheque was honoured by the bank; | ||
(aa) | Eligible Services mean all existing Money Mart products or services as of the date hereof including payday loans, cheque cashing, income tax preparation and debit cards, but excluding wire transfers, foreign exchange, and money order purchases; | ||
(bb) | Expiration Date means that date that is four years after the Settlement Date; |
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(cc) | Fast Cash Advance means a payday loan or a fast cash advance obtained in Ontario from Money Mart or the Former Franchisees or the Current Franchisees during the Settlement Period; | ||
(dd) | First Notice means the form of notice approved by the Court substantially in the form of Schedule B; | ||
(ee) | First Notice Order means the order made by the Court approving the First Notice and the Notice Plan, such order to be substantially in the form of Schedule E; | ||
(ff) | Former Franchisees mean 722906 Ontario Limited, Canadian Capital Corporation, Jenica Holdings Limited, 764815 Ontario Inc., 931669 Ontario Limited and 1556911 Ontario Limited; | ||
(gg) | Indebted Class Member means a Settlement Class Member with at least one Default Transaction; | ||
(hh) | Money Marts Counsel means McCarthy Tétrault LLP Attention: John P. Brown, P.O. Box 48, Suite 5300 Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5K 1E6; | ||
(ii) | Money Mart Store means a store operated by Money Mart or any of its Current Franchisees, anywhere in Canada, except in the Province of Quebec; | ||
(jj) | New Class means all Money Mart customers who in the period September 10, 2007 to the last day of the Settlement Period engaged in their first payday loan and/or fast cash advance in Ontario with Money Mart or a Former Franchisee or a Current Franchisee which was repaid using a first party personal cheque delivered at the time the loan was obtained provided such cheque was honoured by the bank; |
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(kk) | New Class Member means a member of the New Class; | ||
(ll) | Notice Plan means the plan for disseminating the First Notice and the Second Notice as approved by the Court, such plan to be substantially in accordance with Schedule A; | ||
(mm) | Opt-Out Period means the period commencing on the Settlement Date and ending 60 days thereafter; | ||
(nn) | Parties mean the Plaintiffs and the Defendants; | ||
(oo) | Plaintiffs mean Kenneth Smith and Ronald Oriet; | ||
(pp) | Referee means Reva Devins; | ||
(qq) | Released Persons mean the Defendants, Former Franchisees, Current Franchisees and their respective predecessors, successors, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, assigns, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives; | ||
(rr) | Request for Exclusion means a properly completed and executed written request to be excluded from and to opt out of the Action substantially in the form of Schedule D; | ||
(ss) | Second Notice means the form of notice approved by the Court substantially in the form of Schedule C; | ||
(tt) | Set-Off means the total amount owed by the Indebted Class Members as at December 31, 2009; | ||
(uu) | Settled Claims mean any claim, liability, right, demand, suit, matter, obligation, damage, loss or cost, action or cause of action of every nature and description, in law or in equity, that the Settlement Class Members have, had or may have up to |
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and including the date of the Approval Order, including assigned claims, whether known or unknown, accrued or which may hereafter accrue, asserted or unasserted, latent or patent, that is, has been or could have been asserted by the Settlement Class Members in the Action against any of the Released Persons arising from or in any way related to the Common Issues and/or the facts and allegations asserted in the Action. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Settled Claims shall include any claims for a breach or violation of s. 347 of the Criminal Code, for an injunction, for damages for conspiracy, punitive damages, interest and costs, and any claims for a breach or violation of any federal or provincial statute, case law, common law, other law, equity, regulation or ordinance; any claims for breach of any duty imposed by law, by contract, or otherwise; any claims based on negligence, reliance, breach of express or implied warranty, conspiracy, deceptive or unconscionable acts or practices, breach of statutory duty, consumer fraud, negligent misrepresentation/omission, reckless misrepresentation/omission or intentional misrepresentation/omission; and any claims for penalties, arising from or in any way related to the Common Issues and/or the facts and allegations asserted in the Action. Excepted always from this definition are any claims arising out of the Approval Order and the Agreement and the failure of the Defendants to comply with their obligations particularized in the Approval Order and the Agreement; | |||
(vv) | Settlement means the settlement described in the Agreement; | ||
(ww) | Settlement Amount means the total amount of $27.5 million; | ||
(xx) | Settlement Class means all Class Members and New Class Members excluding persons who opt out; | ||
(yy) | Settlement Class Member means a member of the Settlement Class; |
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(zz) | Settlement Date means the date on which the Approval Order becomes a final order or 30 days after the date of the Approval Order if an appeal is taken from the Approval Order relating only to Class Counsel Fees; | ||
(aaa) | Settlement Obligations mean collectively the obligations described in Section 5 of the Agreement; | ||
(bbb) | Settlement Period means the period from August 19, 1997 to December 31, 2009: | ||
(ccc) | Summary Settlement Agreement means the written agreement made by the Parties on June 5, 2009; | ||
(ddd) | Termination Notice means the form of notice, if any, approved by the Court if the Agreement is terminated; | ||
(eee) | Transaction Credits means credits with a value of $30 million plus any further credits contemplated by Section 5.8 ; | ||
(fff) | Transaction Credits Database means an electronic database containing at least the following data with respect to each Credit Class Member: |
(i) | a list of all Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions including the date of each and the Cheque Cashing Fees paid in respect of each; | ||
(ii) | the total Cheque Cashing Fees for all his or her Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions; | ||
(iii) | his or her pro rata share of Transaction Credits; | ||
(iv) | the amount of the Transaction Credits allocated to him or her; | ||
(v) | the date he or she contacted Money Mart in respect of the Transaction Credits; | ||
(vi) | the address provided; | ||
(vii) | the date(s) the Transaction Credits were used or transferred; | ||
(viii) | the amount(s) of the Transaction Credits used or transferred; |
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(ix) | the recipient of any transferred Transaction Credits; and | ||
(x) | the remaining balance of Transaction Credits from time to time; |
(ggg) | Transaction Reserve Fund means a fund comprising 1% of the Transaction Credits; | ||
(hhh) | Trial means the trial of the common issues which commenced on April 27, 2009 before Justice Spies; | ||
(iii) | Unused Credits means Transaction Credits with a total value of $30 million minus the value of the Transaction Credits used up to the Expiration Date; and | ||
(jjj) | Unused Credits Database means an electronic database containing at least the following: |
(i) | the Unused Credits, if any, on the Expiration Date; and | ||
(ii) | the balance of the Unused Credits on a day-to-day basis after the Expiration Date. |
(a) | approving the form and content of the First Notice and the Notice Plan; and | ||
(b) | approving a schedule for the delivery of objectors materials to Money Marts Counsel and its report to the Court. |
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(a) | amend the existing certification order in the Action to extend the class period and add the New Class Members; | ||
(b) | approve the distributions set out in the Agreement; | ||
(c) | reserve the Courts continuing exclusive jurisdiction over the Parties and the Settlement Class Members to administer, supervise, construe and enforce the Agreement and Approval Order in accordance with their terms; | ||
(d) | authorize the Parties and the persons appointed by the Court to bring such motions to the Court in the Action for directions as may be required; | ||
(e) | declare that the Defendants and/or Released Persons have released the Indebted Class Members for any claims relating to the Default Transactions; | ||
(f) | declare that the Settlement Class Members have released the Released Persons for any claims relating to the Settled Claims; | ||
(g) | dismiss the claims for an injunction and punitive damages; | ||
(h) | state that save as aforesaid the Action is dismissed without costs; and | ||
(i) | be substantially in the form of Schedule F. |
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(a) | records in the electronic transaction history database relating to Eligible Fast Cash Advance transactions during the Settlement Period; | ||
(b) | a subfile of the records described in subparagraph (a) for the Credit Class Members including, if possible, an allocation of the Transaction Credits, being the Transaction Credits Database; | ||
(c) | a further subfile of the records described in subparagraph (a), being the Debt Release Database; and | ||
(d) | the customer ID tables for all persons listed in (a), (b) and (c) above, |
(a) | the entitlement of each Settlement Class Member to either Debt Release or Transaction Credits; | ||
(b) | the total amount of the Set-Off; | ||
(c) | the total Cheque Cashing Fees paid by all Credit Class Members for all their Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions; | ||
(d) | each Credit Class Members pro rata share of the Transaction Credits; | ||
(e) | the amount of the Transaction Credits allocated to each Credit Class Member; and | ||
(f) | a summary of the information referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (e) and to create discs containing the original data for the purposes of the Approval Hearing. |
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(a) | each Credit Class Members pro rata share of the Cash Credits; and | ||
(b) | the amount of the Cash Credit allocated to each Credit Class Member; and |
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(a) | they will only be available in $5 increments; | ||
(b) | they will be usable in all Money Mart Stores; |
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(c) | a single (1) Transaction Credit ($5) may be applied against the purchase of any Eligible Service per transaction, except that in the case of income tax preparation services a maximum of five (5) Transaction Credits ($25) may be applied per transaction; | ||
(d) | they will be fully transferable; and | ||
(e) | they will expire on the Expiration Date. |
(a) | a Credit Class Members pro rata share of the Transaction Credits will be the total of that persons Cheque Cashing Fees for Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions to the total Cheque Cashing Fees paid by all Credit Class Members for all their Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions multiplied by $29.7 million (99% of $30 million); | ||
(b) | each Credit Class Member whose pro rata share of Transaction Credits is $25 or less will be allocated $25 in Transaction Credits, that is, five $5 Transaction Credits; and | ||
(c) | each Credit Class Member whose pro rata share of Transaction Credits is more than $25 will be allocated Transaction Credits in an amount rounded up or down to the nearest $5. |
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(a) | calling a toll-free number established and maintained by Money Mart; | ||
(b) | accessing a secure internet website created and maintained by Money Mart; or | ||
(c) | attending at any Money Mart Store; and, |
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(a) | calling a toll-free number established and maintained by Money Mart and providing such information as is required to have Certificates mailed to him or her; | ||
(b) | accessing a secure internet website created and maintained by Money Mart and providing such information as is required to print Certificates from the website; or | ||
(c) | attending at any Money Mart Store and providing such information as is required to obtain Certificates at the Money Mart Store. |
(a) | transfer some or all of his or her Transaction Credits electronically in Money Marts computer records to a named transferee by calling the toll-free number, or by accessing the secure internet website, or by attending at any Money Mart Store and, in each case, providing such information as is required to permit Money Mart to effect the transfer in its records; or | ||
(b) | transfer a Certificate by affixing his or her signature thereon and delivering the signed Certificate to a transferee. |
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(a) | $2.5 million immediately after the Settlement Date; | ||
(b) | $10 million on July 15, 2010; and | ||
(c) | $7.5 million on July 15, 2011. |
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(a) | to contribute to or to create the Access to Justice Fund, the capital and income of which shall be used in the discretion of the Trustees of the Law Foundation for the purpose of making grants in support of access to justice in Ontario; and | ||
(b) | the Access to Justice Fund is not to form part of the Class Proceedings Fund established pursuant to s. 59.1 of the Law Society Act and is not to be paid to Legal Aid Ontario but is to be administered pursuant to sections 56(1), (1.1) and (2) of the Law Society Act and subject thereto in such manner as the Trustees of the Law Foundation consider appropriate. |
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(a) | a Credit Class Members pro rata share of the Cash Credits will be the total of each Credit Class Members Cheque Cashing Fees for Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions to the total Cheque Cashing Fees paid by all Credit Class Members for all their Eligible Fast Cash Advance Transactions multiplied by 89% of the amount of cash to be distributed among the Credit Class Members; | ||
(b) | a Credit Class Member will not be allocated a Cash Credit if his or her pro rata share of Cash Credits does not equal or exceed $10; | ||
(c) | each pro rata share of Cash Credits which exceeds $10 will be rounded up or down to the nearest dollar; | ||
(d) | Credit Class Members will not be paid interest on their pro rata share of the Cash Credits; and | ||
(e) | any portion of the Cash Credits remaining after the allocation in accordance with this Section will be allocated to the Cash Reserve Fund. |
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(a) | calling a toll-free number established and maintained by Money Mart; | ||
(b) | accessing a secure internet website created and maintained by Money Mart; or | ||
(c) | attending at any Money Mart Store; and, |
(a) | if the Cash Credit is $200 or less: |
(i) | by attending at any Money Mart Store, presenting appropriate government issued photo identification establishing identity and requesting payment of the Cash Credit. Money Mart may require the Credit Class Member to sign a receipt or some other evidence of payment before paying the Cash Credit in cash; or | ||
(ii) | by calling a toll-free number established and maintained by Money Mart and providing such information as is required to have Money Mart mail a cheque in the amount of the Cash Credit to him or her. If this alternative |
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is exercised, Money Mart will cash the cheque at any Money Mart Store without charge; or |
(b) | if the Cash Credit is more than $200, by calling a toll-free number established and maintained by Money Mart and providing such information as is required to have Money Mart mail a cheque in the amount of the Cash Credit to him or her. If this alternative is exercised, Money Mart will cash the cheque at any Money Mart Store without charge. |
(a) | 10% of all Transaction Credits that are used in each annual period until the Expiration Date; and | ||
(b) | 10% of the Unused Credits used in accordance with Section 5.19 during each annual period thereafter. |
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(a) | Money Mart will pay such costs of the persons appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement in an amount ordered by the Court; and | ||
(b) | Money Mart will be responsible for all of its costs of implementing the Settlement and undertaking the Settlement administration. |
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(a) | six months after the Settlement Date, a report on the steps Money Mart has taken to comply with its obligations with respect to Debt Release and the Debt Release Database under Sections 5.2 and 5.5; | ||
(b) | on each Anniversary Date up to and including the Expiration Date a report calculating the amount of Transaction Credits that have not been used; | ||
(c) | on each Anniversary Date after July 15, 2011 up to and including the Expiration Date a report calculating the amount of Cash Credits that have not been paid to the Credit Class Members, the accrued interest thereon and the balance in the Cash Reserve Fund; | ||
(d) | on each Anniversary Date until the conclusion of the Settlement administration, a report calculating the payments to the Class Proceedings Fund contemplated by the Agreement; | ||
(e) | on the Expiration Date and on each Anniversary Date thereafter until the conclusion of the Settlement Administration a report calculating the amount of the Unused Credits; and | ||
(f) | on the Expiration Date and at the conclusion of the Settlement administration, a report on Money Marts compliance with its obligations with respect to: |
(i) | accrued interest and the payments to the Law Foundation under Sections 5.23, 5.25 and 5.37; | ||
(ii) | Transaction Credits and Unused Credits; and | ||
(iii) | payment of Cash Credits. |
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(a) | not be bound by any orders or judgments entered in the Action except the Approval Order; | ||
(b) | not be entitled to relief under the Agreement; and | ||
(c) | not gain any rights by virtue of the Agreement. |
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(a) | if to Money Mart: McCarthy Tétrault LLP Attention: John P. Brown, P.O. Box 48, Suite 5300 Toronto Dominion Bank Tower, Toronto, ON M5K 1E6, with a copy to the General Counsel of National Money Mart Company, 401 Garbally Road, Victoria, BC V8T 5M3; | ||
(b) | if to Dollar Financial: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Attention Mahmud Jamal , Box 50, 1 First Canadian Place, Toronto, ON M5X 1B8 with a copy to the General Counsel of Dollar Financial, 1436 Lancaster Ave, Suite 300, Berwyn, PA 19312; | ||
(c) | if to Plaintiffs or the Settlement Class: Sutts, Strosberg LLP, Suite 600, 251 Goyeau St., P.O. Box 670, Stn. A Windsor, Windsor ON N9A 6V2; Heenan Blaikie, 333 Bay Street, Suite 2900, PO Box 2900, Toronto, ON M5H 2T4; Paliare Roland, 250 University Avenue, Suite 501, Toronto, ON M5H 3E5; and Koskie Minsky LLP, Suite 900, Box 52, 20 Queen Street West, Toronto ON M5H 3R3; | ||
(d) | if to the Class Counsel Representative: Patricia A. Speight, Sutts, Strosberg LLP, Suite 600, 251 Goyeau St., P.O. Box 670, Stn. A Windsor, Windsor ON N9A 6V2; |
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(e) | if to the Referee: Reva Devins, Reva Devins Dispute Resolutions, 298 Heath Street East, Toronto, Ont, M4T 1T4; | ||
(f) | if to the Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP. Suite 1600, Grant Thornton Place, 333 Seymour Street, Vancouver, B. C. V6B 0A4 | ||
(g) | if to other recipients: as the Court may specify. |
(a) | SCHEDULE A Notice Plan | ||
(b) | SCHEDULE B First Notice (of Hearing to Approve Settlement) | ||
(c) | SCHEDULE C Second Notice (of Final Approval of Settlement) | ||
(d) | SCHEDULE D Request for Exclusion (Opt-Out) Form | ||
(e) | SCHEDULE E First Notice Order (Form of Order) | ||
(f) | SCHEDULE F Approval Order (Form of Order) | ||
(g) | SCHEDULE G Common Issues | ||
(h) | SCHEDULE H Disputes to the Referee |
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(a) | the Approval Order is not made by the Court in a form substantially similar to Schedule F; or | ||
(b) | the Approval Order is reversed on appeal and the reversal becomes final. |
(a) | the Plaintiffs and the Defendants shall be restored to their respective positions as of the entry of the June 5, 2009 order; | ||
(b) | the definition of Class will be as set out in the certification order of Justice Hoy dated January 5, 2007 as amended by the order of April 20, 2007; | ||
(c) | the Trial will continue; | ||
(d) | subject to Section 12.3, the Agreement will have no further force and effect and no effect on the rights of the Plaintiffs or the Defendants; | ||
(e) | all statutes of limitation applicable to the New Class Members and/or repose for all claims asserted in such cases shall be deemed to have been tolled in the period June 5, 2009 to the date of termination of the Agreement; |
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(f) | any amounts paid or owing by Money Mart for disseminating the First Notice and the Termination Notice, if any, and to Money Marts Counsel for receiving the objectors materials and reporting to the Court will be paid by Money Mart and are nonrecoverable from the Plaintiffs, Settlement Class Members or Class Counsel; | ||
(g) | there shall be no further requirement to satisfy the Settlement Obligations; | ||
(h) | the Defendants will be given credit for the amount of $7.5 million which was paid to Sutts Strosberg, in trust, on June 5, 2009 against any orders of costs in the Action; and | ||
(i) | the Agreement shall not be introduced into evidence or otherwise referred to in any litigation against the Defendants. |
(a) | they have all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Agreement and to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby on their own behalf and on behalf of the Former Franchisees; | ||
(b) | the execution, delivery, and performance of the Agreement and the consummation of the Action contemplated herein have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on their part; |
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(c) | the Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by them and constitutes their legal, valid, and binding obligations; | ||
(d) | they agree to use their best efforts to cause all conditions precedent to the Settlement Date to occur; | ||
(e) | they have the right and power to provide to the Indebted Class Members the Debt Release on behalf of the Former Franchisees; and | ||
(f) | they have the right and power to require Current Franchisees to comply with the terms of the Agreement. |
(a) | they will not pursue further litigation concerning Settled Claims, except as expressly provided in the Agreement; and | ||
(b) | they will use their best efforts to cause all conditions precedent to the Settlement Date to be satisfied. |
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/s/ Kenneth Smith | ||||||
KENNETH SMITH as Estate Trustee of the Last Will and Testament of Margaret Smith, deceased | November 6, 2009 | |||||
/s/ Ronald Oriet | ||||||
RONALD ORIET | November 6, 2009 | |||||
SUTTS, STROSBERG LLP | November 6, 2009 | |||||
FOR CLASS COUNSEL | ||||||
Per: | /s/ Harvey T. Strosberg | |||||
Harvey T. Strosberg, Q.C. | ||||||
NATIONAL MONEY MART COMPANY | November 6, 2009 | |||||
Per: | /s/ Roy Hibberd | |||||
DOLLAR FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. | November 6, 2009 | |||||
Per: | /s/ Randy Underwood |
SMITH et al. | v. NATIONAL MONEY MART COMPANY et al. | |
Plaintiffs | Defendants |
SUPERIOR COURT OF JUSTICE
Lawyers
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