If you received a notice in the mail, it is because records reflect that you were employed by Houlihan, Smith & Co., Inc., its subsidiaries or affiliated companies, including, but not limited to, Houlihan Smith Advisors, LLC, in the State of Illinois, as telemarketers, or other similar positions, at any time from July 1st of 2009 to April 13, 2023, (“Class Period”) and (1) that you may not have been paid the Illinois minimum wage rate for all time worked in individual work weeks in violation of the Illinois Minimum Wage Law(“IMWL”), 820 ILCS 105/1, et seq., and (2) that you may not have been paid one and a half times the regular rate of pay for all time worked in excess of 40 hours in a week in violation of the IMWL. Accordingly, as part of a settlement with Defendant Andrew D. Smith (“Defendant”), you are entitled to receive a pro rata share of the Class Settlement Fund based on records provided by Defendant Houlihan Smith Advisors, LLC showing the hours you worked during the Class Period.

In order to receive a Settlement Payment, you must complete, sign and return a claim form no later than July 3, 2023.

You may also exclude yourself from the Settlement. If you do not wish to be a part of this settlement, you must submit a letter (“Request for Exclusion”) returned to the Settlement Administrator with a copy to Class Counsel and Defendant’s counsel no later than July 3, 2023. For detailed information on how to exclude yourself from the Settlement, please review the Notice.

You may also object to the terms of the Settlement. To object to the Settlement, you must send a written objection to the Settlement Administrator with copies to Class Counsel and Defendant’s Counsel, no later than July 3, 2023. For detailed information on how to object to the Settlement, please review the Notice.