Additional Settlement Q & A

If a Dealership Opts out of the Reynolds Settlement, will that Dealership Continue to Participate in the Litigation Against CDK?

We expect that, when we file a motion seeking certification of a class with respect to CDK, we will request that the Court include in that class any dealers who may have opted out of the Reynolds settlement class. However, there can be no assurance that the Court will certify a class against CDK. Additionally, even if the Court does certify a class against CDK, there can be no assurance that the Court will include, in that class, any dealers who previously opted out of the Reynolds settlement class. See In re Del-Val Fin. Corp. Sec. Litig., 162 F.R.D. 271, 275 (S.D.N.Y. 1995) (“We believe that the balance struck by Rule 23 would be upset if individual could choose to participate in a class for the purposes of settlement with some defendants, but to exclude themselves from the settlement with other defendants.”).

As to the ultimate distribution to class members, if a dealership opts out of the Reynolds settlement, that dealership would NOT be entitled to any part of the $29.5 million Reynolds settlement amount. If that same dealership is determined to be a class member for purposes of the CDK settlement or judgment class, that dealership could potentially recover from a CDK recovery. But should the opt out dealership have recovered money from Reynolds in its own individual proceeding (be it a court proceeding or arbitration), that recovery would most likely be an offset to any CDK recovery for that dealership.