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Legal Notice # Legal Notice If You Received an Unsolicited Call or Fax that You Believe Came from an Herbalife Distributor You May Benefit From a Proposed Class Action Settlement A Proposed Settlement has been reached in a class action against Herbalife International Inc. and some of its distributors. The case is Mey u Herbalife. etal.. No. 01-C-263M. and it is pending in the Circuit Court of Ohio County. West Virginia. What is the lawsuit about? The lawsuit claims that Herbalife distributors initiated unsolicited calls or faxes to promote Herbalife products or business opportunities to persons who did not have a customer or busines relationship with Herbalife or its distributors, in a manner that violated federal telemarketing law. Herbalife and the distributors deny that they did anything wrong. Herbalife also denies that it is legally responsible for the acts or omissions of its independent contractor distributors. Who can make a claim? You may be a Class Member entitled to make a claim if you (a.) received an unsolicited call or fax from an Herbalife distributor (or from Herbalife or a company that provided leads to Herbalife distributors) from July 16,1999 through July 2,2007. and (b.) did not have a customer or business relationship with Herbalife. The call or fax did not have to mention Herbalife by name. What are the terms of the Proposed Settlement? The Herbalife distributors and Herbalife have agreed to create a $7 million Settlement Fund that will be distributed to Class Members. The amount you can get depends on the number of people that file a claim but it will not exceed $75. To make a claim, you must complete and send in a claim form certifying that you received a call or fax as described above. For a Detailed Notice and a Claim Form, Visit: www.tcpasettlement.com Or Write: Herbalife TCPA Class Action Settlement Administrator c/oA.B. Data, Ltd., P.O. 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What are my rights? • You can make a Claim to get money from the Settlement Fund. All Claim forms must be postmarked no later than November 13,2007. • If you do not w ant to be a member of the Class, you must send a letter and ask to be excluded. Your request must be postmarked no later than November 13,2007. If you do not exclude yourself, you agree never to sue Herbalife or its distributors in the future for the claims covered by the Proposed Settlement. • You can tell the Court if you do not like this Proposed Settlement or some part of it if you do not exclude yourself. To object or comment, you must send a letter that is mailed and postmarked no later than November 13.2007. You may also hire your own lawyer, al your own cost, to speak for you. The detailed Notice, available below, explains how to exclude yourself or comment on the case. It also explains what rights you are giving up if you stay in the Class. Will the Court approve the Proposed Settlement? The Court will hold a Final Approval Hearing on January 15,2008 at 10:00 a.m. to consider whether the Proposed Settlement is fair, reasonable, and adequate, the motions for attorneys' fees and expenses, and compensation for the Class Representatives. If comments or objections have been received, the Court will consider them at that time. World's Best Hearing Value! ★ FREE catalog ★ 100% Risk-FREE offer 'A 45-day home trial ★ FREE shipping ★ Ready to use ★ Compare to hearing aids costing SI,OOO or more www.HearingHelpExpress.com/42252 DVD I \U 4 I Hr Tb|. 2 agS Ksiy Gerard Butler stars in 300, out now on DVD, Blu-ray disc and HD-DVD. 300 A modern-day "Spartan" leader on the surprise blockbuster The Plot Tom Izzo is head coach of the men's Michigan State Spartans basketball team. A four-time coach of the year, he led his team to the men's national title in 2000. He's notorious for holding drills in which players battle for rebounds in football helmets and pads. The swords-and sandals spectacle based on Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's graphic novel about the Battle of Thermopylae. On the Greek coast in 480 8.C., King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) led 300 warriors against the invading Persian Empire, believed to be more than 1 million. OVERVIEW “As a coach, I identify with Leonidas. He came up with a game plan that gave him the best chance to be suc cessful. He also had to motivate his sol diers, much like w T e motivate our men. Every player’s different, and you need to have a relationship with the player to know what chives him. Some respond better to a direct challenge or to criticism; some respond best when their backs are against the wall. Whatever tactic you use, you have to get them to push through what they perceive their limits to be.” SHOWING EMOTION “The biggest differ ence between the Spartans in 300 and the MSU Spartans is the basketball team is more emotional. For the movie’s Spartans, showing emotion meant weakness. In an early scene, when Leonidas leaves behind his queen to go to battle, he doesn’t per mit himself to show emotion. Later, when 18 USA WEEKEND-Sept. 14-16,2007 one soldier watches his son die on the battlefield, his emotion makes the other soldiers question his ability to do his job. But at MSU, emotion does not mean weak ness. One of my favorite moments was standing next to a crying Mateen Cleaves after he realized his dream of winning a national championship.” ► YOUNG RECRUITS “In 300, the Spartans begin recruiting warriors at birth. They discard undersized babies, they make toddlers spar with each other, and they cast teenage boys out into the wilder ness to see if they are able to survive. Obviously, we are not that extreme in college basketball, but it concerns me that players now are being recruited at younger ages. [Editor’s note: The Uni versity of Southern California recently received a verbal commitment from a 14-year-old. J First of all, recruiting is an inexact science. Players develop differ ently, so there is no way to predict how a high school junior will perform when he’s a college senior. But secondly, it puts too much pressure on young players well before their time.” ► DRESSED TO KILL “The Spartans’ cape-and- Speedo look seemed a little odd. But I don’t worry too much about the fashion of the uniform. I’m much more concerned with the performance of the player in it. Short-shorts worked for players such as Magic Johnson, Larry Bird and all the greats before them, and the Speedo and cape seemed to work just fine for 300’ s Spartans.” O —David Andrukonis Our Insider AN OFFBEAT LOOK AT A NEW RELEASE WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT