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Case 1:99-mc-09999    Document 1440    Filed 11/13/18    Page 1 of 12 PageID #: 153824

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

 

ANTHONY FRANCHI, Individually and On

  

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Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,

  

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                                     Plaintiff,

  

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Case No.                         

  

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JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

  

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JETPAY CORPORATION, LAURENCE L.

  

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CLASS ACTION

STONE, DIANE FARO, DONALD J.

  

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EDWARDS, ROBERT FRANKFURT,

  

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STEVEN M. MICHIENZI, ROBERT

  

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METZGER, NCR CORPORATION, and

  

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ORWELL ACQUISITION CORPORATION,

  

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                                     Defendants.

  

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COMPLAINT FOR VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Plaintiff, by his undersigned attorneys, for this complaint against defendants, alleges upon personal knowledge with respect to himself, and upon information and belief based upon, inter alia, the investigation of counsel as to all other allegations herein, as follows:

NATURE OF THE ACTION

1.         This action stems from a proposed transaction announced on October 22, 2018 (the “Proposed Transaction”), pursuant to which JetPay Corporation (“JetPay” or the “Company”) will be acquired by NCR Corporation (“Parent”) and Orwell Acquisition Corporation (“Merger Sub,” and together with Parent, “NCR”).

2.         On October 19, 2018, JetPay’s Board of Directors (the “Board” or “Individual Defendants”) caused the Company to enter into an agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with NCR. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub commenced a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to acquire all of JetPay’s outstanding common stock for $5.05 per share in cash. The Tender Offer is set to expire on December 4, 2018.

 


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3.         On November 2, 2018, defendants filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement (the “Solicitation Statement”) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) in connection with the Proposed Transaction.

4.         The Solicitation Statement omits material information with respect to the Proposed Transaction, which renders the Solicitation Statement false and misleading. Accordingly, plaintiff alleges herein that defendants violated Sections 14(e), 14(d), and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “1934 Act”) in connection with the Solicitation Statement.

JURISDICTION AND VENUE

5.         This Court has jurisdiction over all claims asserted herein pursuant to Section 27 of the 1934 Act because the claims asserted herein arise under Sections 14(e), 14(d), and 20(a) of the 1934 Act and Rule 14a-9.

6.        This Court has jurisdiction over defendants because each defendant is either a corporation that conducts business in and maintains operations within this District, or is an individual with sufficient minimum contacts with this District so as to make the exercise of jurisdiction by this Court permissible under traditional notions of fair play and substantial justice.

7.        Venue is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1391 because a substantial portion of the transactions and wrongs complained of herein occurred in this District.

PARTIES

8.        Plaintiff is, and has been continuously throughout all times relevant hereto, the owner of JetPay common stock.

9.        Defendant JetPay is a Delaware corporation and maintains its principal executive offices at 7450 Tilghman Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania 18106. JetPay’s common stock is traded on the NasdaqCM under the ticker symbol “JTPY.” JetPay is a party to the Merger Agreement.

 

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10.         Defendant Laurence L. Stone is Chairman of the Board of the Company.

11.         Defendant Diane Faro is Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and a director of the Company.

12.         Defendant Donald J. Edwards is a director of the Company.

13.         Defendant Robert Frankfurt is a director of the Company.

14.         Defendant Steven M. Michienzi is a director of the Company.

15.         Defendant Robert Metzger is a director of the Company.

16.         The defendants identified in paragraphs 10 through 15 are collectively referred to herein as the “Individual Defendants.”    

17.         Defendant Parent is a Maryland corporation and a party to the Merger Agreement.

18.         Defendant Merger Sub is a Delaware corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent, and a party to the Merger Agreement.

CLASS ACTION ALLEGATIONS

19.         Plaintiff brings this action as a class action on behalf of himself and the other public stockholders of JetPay (the “Class”). Excluded from the Class are defendants herein and any person, firm, trust, corporation, or other entity related to or affiliated with any defendant.

20.         This action is properly maintainable as a class action.

21.         The Class is so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable. As of October 18, 2018, there were approximately 15,524,770 shares of JetPay common stock outstanding, held by hundreds, if not thousands, of individuals and entities scattered throughout the country.

 

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22.        Questions of law and fact are common to the Class, including, among others, whether defendants will irreparably harm plaintiff and the other members of the Class if defendants’ conduct complained of herein continues.

23.         Plaintiff is committed to prosecuting this action and has retained competent counsel experienced in litigation of this nature. Plaintiff’s claims are typical of the claims of the other members of the Class and plaintiff has the same interests as the other members of the Class. Accordingly, plaintiff is an adequate representative of the Class and will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the Class.

24.         The prosecution of separate actions by individual members of the Class would create the risk of inconsistent or varying adjudications that would establish incompatible standards of conduct for defendants, or adjudications that would, as a practical matter, be dispositive of the interests of individual members of the Class who are not parties to the adjudications or would substantially impair or impede those non-party Class members’ ability to protect their interests.

25.         Defendants have acted, or refused to act, on grounds generally applicable to the Class as a whole, and are causing injury to the entire Class. Therefore, final injunctive relief on behalf of the Class is appropriate.

SUBSTANTIVE ALLEGATIONS

Background of the Company and the Proposed Transaction

26.        JetPay is a leading provider of vertically integrated solutions for businesses including card acceptance, processing, payroll, payroll tax filing, human capital management services, and other financial transactions.

27.        JetPay provides a single vendor solution for payment services, debit and credit card processing, ACH services, and payroll and human capital management needs for businesses throughout the United States.

 

 

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28.         The Company also offers low-cost payment choices for the employees of these businesses to replace costly alternatives.

29.         The Company’s vertically aligned services provide customers with convenience and increased revenues by lowering payments-related costs and by designing innovative, customized solutions for internet, mobile, and cloud-based payments.

30.         On October 19, 2018, JetPay’s Board caused the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement with NCR. Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub commenced the Tender Offer to acquire all of JetPay’s outstanding common stock for $5.05 per share in cash.    

31.         According to the press release announcing the Proposed Transaction:

NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Allentown, Pa.-based JetPay (NASDAQ: JTPY), a provider of end-to-end payment processing and Human Capital Management solutions.

The transaction will be a cash tender offer of $5.05 per JetPay share, which represents a multiple of 2.9 times 2018 consensus revenue forecast of $63.4 million. The purchase price is approximately $184 million and will be financed with a combination of cash on hand and existing capacity under NCR’s revolving credit facility. The offer has been approved by each company’s board of directors.

This acquisition will enable NCR to integrate a cloud-based payments platform into its enterprise point-of-sale (POS) solutions for retail and hospitality industries. It also accelerates NCR’s strategy of increasing recurring revenue growth and expanding margins by enhancing its mix of software and services. . . .

The transaction is anticipated to close by year-end, subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The two companies anticipate a smooth transition for customers, channel partners and employees.

Two of JetPay’s major stockholders, Flexpoint Ford, a private equity investment firm that specializes in the financial services and healthcare industries, and Larry Stone, a longstanding executive in the payment processing industry, have agreed to tender their shares in support of the transaction.

 

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The Solicitation Statement Omits Material Information, Rendering It False and Misleading

32.         Defendants filed the Solicitation Statement with the SEC in connection with the Proposed Transaction.

33.         The Solicitation Statement omits material information with respect to the Proposed Transaction, which renders the Solicitation Statement false and misleading.    

34.         The Solicitation Statement omits material information regarding the Company’s financial projections and the analyses performed by the Company’s financial advisor in connection with the Proposed Transaction, FTP Securities LLC (“FTP Securities”).

35.         With respect to the Company’s financial projections, the Solicitation Statement fails to disclose: (i) unlevered free cash flows and all underlying line items; (ii) all line items used to calculate EBITDA; and (iii) a reconciliation of all non-GAAP to GAAP metrics.

36.         With respect to FTP Securities’ Discounted Cash Flow Analysis, the Solicitation Statement fails to disclose: (i) the unlevered free cash flows used by FTP Securities in the analysis and all underlying line items; (ii) the terminal values of the Company; and (iii) the net operating losses observed by FTP Securities in the analysis.

37.        With respect to FTP Securities’ Selected Precedent Transactions Analysis, the Solicitation Statement fails to disclose the individual multiples and financial metrics for the transactions observed by FTP Securities in the analysis.

38.         With respect to FTP Securities’ analysis of acquisition premiums, the Solicitation Statement fails to disclose the transactions observed by FTP Securities in the analysis as well as the premiums paid in such transactions.    

 

 

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39.         The disclosure of projected financial information is material because it provides stockholders with a basis to project the future financial performance of a company, and allows stockholders to better understand the financial analyses performed by the company’s financial advisor in support of its fairness opinion. Moreover, when a banker’s endorsement of the fairness of a transaction is touted to shareholders, the valuation methods used to arrive at that opinion as well as the key inputs and range of ultimate values generated by those analyses must also be fairly disclosed.    

40.         Additionally, the Solicitation Statement fails to disclose whether the Company entered into any confidentiality agreements that contained standstill and/or “don’t ask, don’t waive” provisions that are or were preventing the counterparties from submitting superior offers to acquire the Company.

41.         Without this information, stockholders may have the mistaken belief that, if these potentially interested parties wished to come forward with a superior offer, they are or were permitted to do so, when in fact they are or were contractually prohibited from doing so.

42.         The omission of the above-referenced material information renders the Solicitation Statement false and misleading, including, inter alia, the following section of the Solicitation Statement: The Solicitation or Recommendation.

43.         The above-referenced omitted information, if disclosed, would significantly alter the total mix of information available to the Company’s stockholders.

COUNT I

(Claim for Violation of Section 14(e) of the 1934 Act Against Defendants)

44.         Plaintiff repeats and realleges the preceding allegations as if fully set forth herein.

45.         Section 14(e) of the 1934 Act states, in relevant part, that:

It shall be unlawful for any person to make any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading . . . in connection with any tender offer or request or invitation for tenders[.]

 

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46.         Defendants disseminated the misleading Solicitation Statement, which contained statements that, in violation of Section 14(e) of the 1934 Act, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, omitted to state material facts necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.    

47.         The Solicitation Statement was prepared, reviewed, and/or disseminated by defendants.    

48.         The Solicitation Statement misrepresented and/or omitted material facts in connection with the Proposed Transaction as set forth above.    

49.         By virtue of their positions within the Company and/or roles in the process and the preparation of the Solicitation Statement, defendants were aware of this information and their duty to disclose this information in the Solicitation Statement.

50.         The omissions in the Solicitation Statement are material in that a reasonable shareholder will consider them important in deciding whether to tender their shares in connection with the Proposed Transaction. In addition, a reasonable investor will view a full and accurate disclosure as significantly altering the total mix of information made available.

51.         Defendants knowingly or with deliberate recklessness omitted the material information identified above in the Solicitation Statement, causing statements therein to be materially incomplete and misleading.    

52.         By reason of the foregoing, defendants violated Section 14(e) of the 1934 Act.

53.         Because of the false and misleading statements in the Solicitation Statement, plaintiff and the Class are threatened with irreparable harm.

54.         Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.    

 

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COUNT II

(Claim for Violation of 14(d) of the 1934 Act Against Defendants)

55.         Plaintiff repeats and realleges the preceding allegations as if fully set forth herein.

56.         Section 14(d)(4) of the 1934 Act states:

Any solicitation or recommendation to the holders of such a security to accept or reject a tender offer or request or invitation for tenders shall be made in accordance with such rules and regulations as the Commission may prescribe as necessary or appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors.

57.         Rule 14d-9(d) states, in relevant part:

Any solicitation or recommendation to holders of a class of securities referred to in section 14(d)(1) of the Act with respect to a tender offer for such securities shall include the name of the person making such solicitation or recommendation and the information required by Items 1 through 8 of Schedule 14D-9240.14d-101) or a fair and adequate summary thereof[.]

Item 8 requires that directors must “furnish such additional information, if any, as may be necessary to make the required statements, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not materially misleading.”

58.         The Solicitation Statement violates Section 14(d)(4) and Rule 14d-9 because it omits the material facts set forth above, which renders the Solicitation Statement false and/or misleading.

59.         Defendants knowingly or with deliberate recklessness omitted the material information set forth above, causing statements therein to be materially incomplete and misleading.    

60.         The omissions in the Solicitation Statement are material to plaintiff and the Class, and they will be deprived of their entitlement to make a fully informed decision with respect to the Proposed Transaction if such misrepresentations and omissions are not corrected prior to the expiration of the tender offer.

 

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61.         Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.    

COUNT III

(Claim for Violation of Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act

Against the Individual Defendants and NCR)

62.         Plaintiff repeats and realleges the preceding allegations as if fully set forth herein.

63.         The Individual Defendants and NCR acted as controlling persons of JetPay within the meaning of Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act as alleged herein. By virtue of their positions as directors of JetPay and participation in and/or awareness of the Company’s operations and/or intimate knowledge of the false statements contained in the Solicitation Statement filed with the SEC, they had the power to influence and control and did influence and control, directly or indirectly, the decision making of the Company, including the content and dissemination of the various statements that plaintiff contends are false and misleading.

64.         Each of the Individual Defendants and NCR was provided with or had unlimited access to copies of the Solicitation Statement alleged by plaintiff to be misleading prior to and/or shortly after these statements were issued and had the ability to prevent the issuance of the statements or cause them to be corrected.

65.         In particular, each of the Individual Defendants had direct and supervisory involvement in the day-to-day operations of the Company, and, therefore, is presumed to have had the power to control and influence the particular transactions giving rise to the violations as alleged herein, and exercised the same. The Solicitation Statement contains the unanimous recommendation of the Individual Defendants to approve the Proposed Transaction. They were thus directly connected with and involved in the making of the Solicitation Statement.

66.         NCR also had direct supervisory control over the composition of the Solicitation Statement and the information disclosed therein, as well as the information that was omitted and/or misrepresented in the Solicitation Statement.

 

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67.         By virtue of the foregoing, the Individual Defendants and NCR violated Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act.

68.         As set forth above, the Individual Defendants and NCR had the ability to exercise control over and did control a person or persons who have each violated Section 14(e) of the 1934 Act and Rule 14a-9, by their acts and omissions as alleged herein. By virtue of their positions as controlling persons, these defendants are liable pursuant to Section 20(a) of the 1934 Act.    

69.         As a direct and proximate result of defendants’ conduct, plaintiff and the Class are threatened with irreparable harm.

70.         Plaintiff and the Class have no adequate remedy at law.    

PRAYER FOR RELIEF

WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays for judgment and relief as follows:

A.         Enjoining defendants and all persons acting in concert with them from proceeding with, consummating, or closing the Proposed Transaction;

B.         In the event defendants consummate the Proposed Transaction, rescinding it and setting it aside or awarding rescissory damages;

C.         Directing the Individual Defendants to file a Solicitation Statement that does not contain any untrue statements of material fact and that states all material facts required in it or necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading;

D.         Declaring that defendants violated Sections 14(e), 14(d), and 20(a) of the 1934 Act, as well as Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder;

E.         Awarding plaintiff the costs of this action, including reasonable allowance for plaintiff’s attorneys’ and experts’ fees; and

 

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F. Granting such other and further relief as this Court may deem just and proper.

JURY DEMAND

Plaintiff hereby demands a trial by jury.    

 

Dated: November 13, 2018

        

RIGRODSKY & LONG, P.A.

 

     

By:

  

/s/ Gina M. Serra

        

Brian D. Long (#4347)

OF COUNSEL:

        

Gina M. Serra (#5387)

        

300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1220

RM LAW, P.C.

  

            

     

Wilmington, DE 19801

Richard A. Maniskas

        

Telephone: (302) 295-5310

1055 Westlakes Drive, Suite 300

        

Facsimile: (302) 654-7530

Berwyn, PA 19312

        

Email: bdl@rl-legal.com

Telephone: (484) 324-6800

        

Email: gms@rl-legal.com

Facsimile: (484) 631-1305

        

Email: rm@maniskas.com

        

Attorneys for Plaintiff

 

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JS 44  (Rev. 06/17)

  CIVIL COVER SHEET  

 

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet.    (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)

 

LOGO

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JS 44 Reverse (Rev. 06/17)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ATTORNEYS COMPLETING CIVIL COVER SHEET FORM JS 44

Authority For Civil Cover Sheet

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replaces nor supplements the filings and service of pleading or other papers as required by law, except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. Consequently, a civil cover sheet is submitted to the Clerk of Court for each civil complaint filed. The attorney filing a case should complete the form as follows:

 

I.(a)

Plaintiffs-Defendants. Enter names (last, first, middle initial) of plaintiff and defendant. If the plaintiff or defendant is a government agency, use only the full name or standard abbreviations. If the plaintiff or defendant is an official within a government agency, identify first the agency and then the official, giving both name and title.

  (b)

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  (c)

Attorneys. Enter the firm name, address, telephone number, and attorney of record. If there are several attorneys, list them on an attachment, noting in this section “(see attachment)”.

 

II.

Jurisdiction. The basis of jurisdiction is set forth under Rule 8(a), F.R.Cv.P., which requires that jurisdictions be shown in pleadings. Place an “X” in one of the boxes. If there is more than one basis of jurisdiction, precedence is given in the order shown below.

 

United States plaintiff. (1) Jurisdiction based on 28 U.S.C. 1345 and 1348. Suits by agencies and officers of the United States are included here.

 

United States defendant. (2) When the plaintiff is suing the United States, its officers or agencies, place an “X” in this box.

 

Federal question. (3) This refers to suits under 28 U.S.C. 1331, where jurisdiction arises under the Constitution of the United States, an amendment to the Constitution, an act of Congress or a treaty of the United States. In cases where the U.S. is a party, the U.S. plaintiff or defendant code takes precedence, and box 1 or 2 should be marked.

 

Diversity of citizenship. (4) This refers to suits under 28 U.S.C. 1332, where parties are citizens of different states. When Box 4 is checked, the citizenship of the different parties must be checked. (See Section III below; NOTE: federal question actions take precedence over diversity cases.)

 

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IV.

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Origin. Place an “X” in one of the seven boxes.

 

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PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS NOT AN ORIGIN CODE 7. Origin Code 7 was used for historical records and is no longer relevant due to changes in statue.

 

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VIII.

Related Cases. This section of the JS 44 is used to reference related pending cases, if any. If there are related pending cases, insert the docket numbers and the corresponding judge names for such cases.

Date and Attorney Signature. Date and sign the civil cover sheet.

 


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CERTIFICATION OF PLAINTIFF

I, Anthony Franchi (“Plaintiff’), hereby declare as to the claims asserted under the federal securities laws that:

1.         Plaintiff has reviewed the complaint and authorizes its filing.

2.         Plaintiff did not purchase the security that is the subject of this action at the direction of Plaintiff’s counsel or in order to participate in any private action.

3.        Plaintiff is willing to serve as a representative party on behalf of the class, either individually or as part of a group, and I will testify at deposition or trial, if necessary. I understand that this is not a claim form and that I do not need to execute this Certification to share in any recovery as a member of the class.

4.         Plaintiff’s purchase and sale transactions in the JetPay Corporation (NasdaqCM: JTPY) security that is the subject of this action during the class period is/are as follows:

 

PURCHASES

 

     

SALES

 

Buy

Date

   Shares    Price per
Share
              

Sell

Date

   Shares    Price per
Share

6/21/18

 

   55    $2.10                  

            

 

                           

        

 

                           

        

 

                           

Please list additional transactions on separate sheet of paper, if necessary.

5.         Plaintiff has complete authority to bring a suit to recover for investment losses on behalf of purchasers of the subject securities described herein (including Plaintiff, any co-owners, any corporations or other entities, and/or any beneficial owners).

 


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6.         During the three years prior to the date of this Certification, Plaintiff has not moved to serve as a representative party for a class in an action filed under the federal securities laws.

7.         Plaintiff will not accept any payment for serving as a representative party on behalf of the class beyond Plaintiff’s pro rata share of any recovery, except such reasonable costs and expenses (including lost wages) directly relating to the representation of the class as ordered or approved by the Court.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed this 13th day of November, 2018.

 

    /s/ Anthony Franchi

 

        Anthony Franchi