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Nature of Suit Code: 710
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act
Cause of Action: 29:201 Fair Labor Standards Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

TO: ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR ORACLE CORPORATION OR 

ORACLE USA, INC. (“ORACLE”) IN ANY JOB CODES LISTED IN 

SECTION III BELOW DURING THE ELIGIBILITY PERIODS LISTED 

THEREIN 

RE: SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS FOR ALLEGED WAGE-HOUR VIOLATIONS, 

INCLUDING UNPAID OVERTIME COMPENSATION AND ALL RELATED 

CLAIMS FOR RELIEF 

PLEASE READ THIS NOTICE CAREFULLY: 

IT MAY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS 

YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO MONEY FROM THIS SETTLEMENT 

IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS SETTLEMENT, YOU MUST SIGN 

AND RETURN THE ATTACHED CLAIM FORM TO THE CLAIMS 

ADMINISTRATOR BY NOVEMBER 12, 2007. 

I. INTRODUCTION

This Notice of Class Action Settlement (“Notice”) is to inform you that Oracle 

Corporation (“Oracle” or “Defendant”) has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit titled 

Kakani et al v. Oracle Corporation, United States District Court for the Northern District 

MADHAV KAKANI, GENNADY BRIN, 

and RANJIV JAIN, on behalf of themselves 

and all others similarly situated, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 vs. 

ORACLE CORPORATION, 

Defendants. 

Case No. C-06-06493 WHA 

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SETTLEMENT 

The Hon. Judge William H. Alsup 

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of California, Case No. C-06-6493 WHA (“Class Action”), filed by Plaintiffs Madhav 

Kakani, Gennady Brin and Ranjiv Jain, on behalf of themselves and others similarly 

situated (“Representative Plaintiffs” or “Plaintiffs”), against Oracle claiming that Oracle 

violated federal and California law by failing to pay overtime compensation to various 

sales consultants for their overtime hours worked. The Representative Plaintiffs also claim 

that Oracle violated various California laws for California employees by failing to (i) 

provide off-duty meal and rest periods, (ii) pay wages in a timely manner, and (iii) provide 

proper pay check stubs and other wage-hour records. 

THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU ABOUT: 

1. THE STATUS OF THE CLASS ACTION, INCLUDING A STATEMENT OF 

YOUR RIGHTS WITH RESPECT TO THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF 

THE CASE; 

2. HOW YOU MUST SUBMIT THE ENCLOSED “CLAIM FORM” TO 

RECEIVE A SHARE OF THE SETTLEMENT FUNDS; 

3. YOUR OPTION TO CHALLENGE THE RECORD AS TO WHETHER YOU 

WORKED IN A COVERED JOB CODE AND THE NUMBER OF WEEKS 

YOU WORKED IN A COVERED JOB CODE DURING THE CLASS 

ELIGIBILITY PERIOD; 

4. YOUR OPTION TO FILE WITH THE COURT ANY OBJECTIONS YOU 

MAY HAVE TO THE SETTLEMENT; 

5. YOUR OPTION TO EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE PROPOSED 

SETTLEMENT BY “OPTING OUT”; and 

6. YOUR OPTION TO CHALLENGE AN AWARD OF ATTORNEYS’ FEES 

AND COSTS TO CLASS COUNSEL. 

II. DESCRIPTION OF THE LAWSUIT

Plaintiffs filed this Class Action in United States District Court for the Northern 

District of California on October 17, 2006, to challenge Oracle’s alleged policies and 

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practices of considering its sales consultants as “exempt” from federal and California 

overtime laws, and, as a result, allegedly violating those federal and California overtime 

laws by not paying overtime compensation. In addition, the Class Action made claims on 

behalf of sales consultants in California alleging that Oracle violated California law by 

failing to provide those sales consultants with meal and rest periods, failing to pay wages in 

a timely manner, failing to prepare and maintain proper pay check stubs and other wagehour records, and failing to pay various wage-hour and record-keeping penalties. 

Oracle has denied and continues to deny the claims asserted or attempted to be 

asserted in the Class Action. Oracle has asserted and continues to assert defenses to this 

Class Action. And, Oracle has expressly denied and continues to deny any wrongdoing or 

legal liability of any nature whatsoever. Neither the settlement of the Class Action nor any 

action taken to carry out the settlement is, may be construed as, or may be used as an 

admission, concession, or indication by or against Oracle or anyone else of any fault, 

wrongdoing, or liability whatsoever. 

After a significant investigation of the facts and law, on May 7, 2007, the Parties 

participated in mediation in San Francisco, California before David Rotman, Esq., an 

experienced mediator. At the conclusion of this mediation, the Parties reached a settlement 

subject to Court approval. Plaintiffs’ counsel believe that the settlement is fair, reasonable, 

adequate, and in the best interests of the Settlement Class in light of all known facts and 

circumstances, including the significant risks and delays of litigation that are presented by 

the numerous defenses and potential issues for appeal that Oracle has asserted. The 

Representative Plaintiffs in this action and Oracle have agreed to the settlement. 

This Notice is the next stage of the process. At this notice stage, the Court invites 

Settlement Class members to comment regarding their views of the adequacy of the 

settlement, pro or con, in writing to the Oracle Claims Administrator, whose address is 

shown in Section IV below. Sales consultants who are covered by the terms of the 

settlement receive this Notice of the settlement and have an opportunity to review it, so that 

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they can determine whether or not to participate in, object to, or opt out of the settlement. 

After this occurs (in accordance with the timelines described below), the Court will hold a 

“fairness hearing” to determine whether to grant “final approval” of the settlement. 

This Notice was sent to you because Oracle’s records indicate that you were 

employed in one or more of the Job Codes that are covered by the settlement, listed in 

Section III below, at some point during the eligibility period which began on October 17, 

2002 for those who worked in the State of California and on October 17, 2003 for those 

who worked in the United States in a state other than California. If so, this settlement may 

affect your rights. 

III. TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

A. Class Certification 

For purposes of settling this lawsuit, Representative Plaintiffs and Oracle (“the 

Parties”), and their respective counsel, stipulate and agree that the requisites for 

establishing class certification with respect to the Settlement Class have been met and are 

met. For Settlement Purposes only, the Parties have agreed that the “Settlement Class” will 

consist of three subclasses, defined as: 

Class 1: All individuals who were employed in one of the job codes and job titles 

below at Defendant or Oracle USA, Inc. in the State of California between October 

17, 2002 and the date(s) that Defendant or Oracle USA, Inc. made those individuals 

(or the individuals in their job code(s)) eligible for overtime compensation, for the 

purposes of Plaintiffs’ claims for alleged unpaid overtime and waiting time penalties 

under California Labor Code §§201-203, and interest on those amounts alleged in the 

Complaint: 

Covered Job Codes Job Titles 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Applications or Technology Sales 

Consultant

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9101 Staff Sales Consultant

9201 Senior Sales Consultant 

91500 LAD Associate Sales Consultant 

91510 LAD Staff Sales Consultant 

93841 Technologist 1 

93842 Technologist 2

93843 Technologist 3

Covered Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Direct 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Internet Sales 

Consultant

9101 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Internet Sales Consultant 

9201 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Internet Sales Consultant 

Covered Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Education 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Telesales Sales 

Consultant

9101 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Telesales Sales Consultant

9201 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Telesales Sales Consultant

Class 2: All individuals who are currently employed, or formerly have been 

employed, in one of the job codes and job titles below at Defendant or Oracle USA, 

Inc. in the State of California between October 17, 2002 and the date of preliminary 

approval of the Settlement Agreement, for the purposes of Plaintiffs’ claims for 

allegedly denied meal and rest periods, record-keeping and other wage-hour penalties 

and interest on those amounts alleged in the Complaint: 

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Covered Job Codes Job Titles 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Applications or Technology Sales 

Consultant

9101 Staff Sales Consultant

9201 Senior Sales Consultant 

91500 LAD Associate Sales Consultant 

91510 LAD Staff Sales Consultant 

93841 Technologist 1 

93842 Technologist 2

93843 Technologist 3

Covered Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Direct 

3410 and 9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Internet Sales 

Consultant

3420 and 9101 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Internet Sales Consultant 

3430 and 9201 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Internet Sales Consultant 

Covered Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Education 

9001 and 9810 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Telesales Sales 

Consultant

9101 and 9820 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Telesales Sales Consultant 

9201 and 9830 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Telesales Sales Consultant 

Class 3 (FLSA Collective Action): All individuals who were employed in one of 

the job codes and job titles below at Defendant or Oracle USA, Inc. in the United 

States but outside the State of California between October 17, 2003 and the date(s) 

that Defendant or Oracle USA, Inc. made those individuals (or the individuals in 

their job code(s)) eligible for overtime compensation, for the purposes of Plaintiffs’ 

claims for alleged unpaid overtime, liquidated damages, and interest alleged in the 

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Complaint under the Fair Labor Standards Act: 

Job Codes Job Titles 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Applications or Technology Sales 

Consultant 

9101 Staff Sales Consultant 

9201 Senior Sales Consultant 

91500 LAD Associate Sales Consultant 

91510 LAD Staff Sales Consultant

93841 Technologist 1

93842 Technologist 2

93843 Technologist 3

Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Direct 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Internet Sales 

Consultant

9101 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Internet Sales Consultant

9201 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Internet Sales Consultant 

Job Codes Job Titles in Oracle Education 

9001 Associate Sales Consultant, Associate Telesales Sales 

Consultant 

9101 Staff Sales Consultant, Staff Telesales Sales Consultant 

9201 Senior Sales Consultant, Senior Telesales Sales Consultant

B. Settlement Funds and Settlement Award Calculation 

The Parties have agreed that the maximum Funds Available for Settlement shall be 

Eight Million Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($8,950,000) (the “Funds Available 

for Settlement”). Oracle will not be required to pay any more than that $8,950,000 amount. 

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This amount represents approximately 15% of the potential maximum amount, including 

penalties and interest, for which Oracle could have been found liable if this case had gone 

to trial, Plaintiffs had prevailed on all claims, and there had been a finding that all class 

members were entitled to all elements of damages on these claims. The Representative 

Plaintiffs and Class Counsel believe, after extensive analysis of the facts and law, that the 

likelihood of actually recovering that potential maximum amount at trial is low. In 

addition, Class Counsel recognizes the possibility that if this case were to go to trial, 

Plaintiffs and the class may not prevail at all, and no one would recover anything. 

In order to receive a payment through the settlement, Settlement Class members must 

return their signed Claim Form (which also was mailed to you as part of this notice packet) 

in a timely fashion. All unclaimed funds (including settlement checks that are claimed but 

then are not cashed within 180 days of the date they are issued) will be paid back to Oracle. 

Out of the $8,950,000 Funds Available for Settlement comes (1) the costs of 

administration of the settlement (which will not exceed $65,000); and (2) the amount of 

Plaintiffs’ counsels’ attorneys’ fees and costs which the Court determines to be reasonable. 

Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the amount paid to Plaintiffs’ counsel for 

their costs of bringing this suit will not exceed $75,000, and the amount paid to Plaintiffs’ 

counsel for their attorneys’ fees will not exceed 25% of the claims made under the 

settlement. Under this formula, the amount of attorneys’ fees paid to Plaintiffs’ counsel 

will at most be $2,202,500. 

That leaves, at least, $6,607,500 as Net Funds Available for Settlement for 

distribution to the Settlement Class members. To calculate the individual Settlement 

Awards, the Claims Administrator will verify the number of weeks worked by each 

member of the Settlement Class in the class periods set forth above (whether or not he/she 

submits a Claim Form) by using Oracle’s records. (Time on any leave of absence will not 

count toward any week worked.) Each week worked in one of the three Settlement Classes 

will count as one Settlement Share. 

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The Claims Administrator will multiply each week worked as follows to determine 

the total number of outstanding Settlement Shares: 

o all weeks in Class 1 by 7; 

o all weeks in Class 2 by 1; and 

o all weeks in Class 3 by 6; and. 

The Claims Administrator will multiply each week worked by each Settlement Class 

member as follows to determine the total number of Settlement Shares that each Settlement 

Class member will receive: 

o all weeks worked by the Settlement Class member in Class 1 by 7; 

o all weeks worked by the Settlement Class member in Class 2 by 1; and 

o all weeks worked by the Settlement Class member in Class 3 by 6. 

Each Settlement Class member’s “Settlement Award” will be calculated by (i) 

dividing the total number of his/her Settlement Shares by the total number of Settlement 

Shares outstanding; and (ii) multiplying that percentage by the Net Funds Available for 

Settlement. 

Settlement Class members will only receive a Settlement Award if they sign 

under penalty of perjury and return the enclosed Claim Form by November 12, 2007, 

and they do not opt of the settlement. (Opt out procedures are explained in Section 

VIII below.) 

This summary of the proposed settlement agreement in this Notice does not include 

all of the terms and conditions of the settlement. The only complete statement of the terms 

of the proposed settlement is in the Second Amended Joint Stipulation of Class Action 

Settlement between Plaintiffs and Defendant; Settlement Agreement and Release 

(“Settlement Agreement”). Copies of the Settlement Agreement are available for 

inspection or copying from Plaintiffs’ counsel or the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California, which is located at 450 Golden Gate Ave., 16th Floor, San 

Francisco, CA 94102. PLEASE DO NOT CALL THE COURT OR THE JUDGE. 

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IV. THE CLAIM FORM

Settlement Class members must sign, under penalty of perjury, and submit by 

November 12, 2007, the enclosed Claim Form in order to receive their share of the 

settlement. Claim Forms must be submitted to the Claims Administrator at the following 

address: 

Oracle Claims Administrator 

RG2 Claims Administration LLC 

P.O. Box 59479 

Philadelphia, PA 19102-9479 

CLAIM FORMS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY NOVEMBER 12, 2007, IN ORDER 

TO BE CONSIDERED. ABSENT SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES SPECIFIED IN 

THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, THE DATE OF THE POSTMARK SHALL 

BE THE EXCLUSIVE MEANS USED TO DETERMINE WHETHER A 

SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBER HAS TIMELY RETURNED HIS/HER CLAIM 

FORM. 

The Claim Form is enclosed with this Notice. The Claim Form shows the Settlement 

Class that you are a part of, the number of weeks you worked in a Covered Job Code for 

Oracle, and an estimate of your Settlement Award. 

The exact amount to be paid to you and every other Settlement Class member who 

participates in the settlement will be calculated after the deadline for submitting Claim 

Forms. At that time, the Claims Administrator will calculate the Settlement Award. 

V. RIGHT TO CHALLENGE EMPLOYMENT DATES

You have the right to challenge the number of weeks the Claim Form shows that you 

worked in one or more of the Settlement Classes. If you believe in good faith that the 

weeks you worked for Oracle as shown on the Claim Form are incorrect and you wish to 

challenge them, you must write on the Claim Form the dates corresponding to the weeks 

you contend you worked during the relevant time period in one or more of the Settlement 

Classes, sign the Claim Form under penalty of perjury, and return the Claim Form to the 

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Oracle Claims Administrator, RG2 Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 59479, 

Philadelphia, PA 19102-9479, so that it is postmarked by November 12, 2007. (If Claim 

Forms are delivered by any means other than United States first class mail, they must 

actually be received by November 12, 2007 to be timely.) 

If you sign and timely return a corrected Claim Form with different weeks of work in 

any Covered Job Code, the Claims Administrator will investigate and review your Oracle 

records to determine whether the information on the Claim Form is correct. By submitting 

a corrected Claim Form, you will authorize the Claims Administrator to review your Oracle 

records to determine the weeks you worked. If you submit a corrected Claim Form, you 

should also submit along with the Claim Form any written documentation that you have 

supporting your contention that you worked a different number of weeks in a Covered Job 

Code during the Eligibility Period. 

After reviewing the Oracle records and consulting with attorneys for Plaintiffs and 

Oracle, the Claims Administrator will determine the number of weeks to be used in 

computing your settlement share. Your share may be increased or decreased as a result of 

this process. The Claims Administrator’s decision regarding the weeks you worked will be 

final. The Claims Administrator will notify you by mail of its decision. If the Claims 

Administrator does not agree with your contention about weeks worked, you will have 

twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the postmark on that letter from the Claims 

Administrator to opt out of the settlement by following the directions in Section VIII 

below. 

VI. PAYMENT OF SETTLEMENT AWARDS

After all signed and timely submitted Claim Forms are received, all challenges 

regarding weeks worked are resolved, the Court finally approves the settlement and the 

settlement becomes effective, the Claims Administrator will mail to each Settlement Class 

member who submitted a valid Claim Form a check in the amount of his or her Settlement 

Award. This check will be in full settlement of any and all Settled Claims under California 

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Law and Settled Claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, known or unknown, as 

described in Section VI below. State and federal income taxes will be withheld from the 

paychecks issued to the Settlement Class members who submit a valid Claim Form. 75% 

of all payments to the Eligible Class Members (as defined in Section VII below) will be 

treated as wages subject to W2 reporting and, therefore, normal payroll taxes and 

withholdings will be deducted by the Claims Administrator pursuant to state and federal 

law and remitted to the appropriate authorities. Defendant also will pay its portion of 

payroll taxes on this 75%, and those amounts will not be deducted from the payments to 

Eligible Class Members. The other 25% represents interest and penalties sought in the 

lawsuit. The Claims Administrator will issue Eligible Class Members an IRS Form 1099 

for that portion of their payments and each Eligible Class Member shall be solely 

responsible for all applicable federal, state and local taxes with respect to such payment. 

If any check issued by the Claims Administrator is not cashed within 180 days 

following the issuance of the check, such check will be void and the amount of the 

Settlement Award contained therein will revert back to Oracle. Settlement Class Members 

who make a claim and receive a Settlement Award but do not cash their checks will be 

deemed to have waived irrevocably any right in or claim to their Settlement Award, unless 

they have opted out of the settlement in the manner specified in Section VIII below. 

VII. BINDING EFFECT AND CLASS RELEASE

The Settlement Agreement is binding on you if you are an “Eligible Class Member.” 

 (1) You are an Eligible Class Member, and thus you release all “Settled Claims 

under California Law” against the “Released Parties” described below, if you are a 

member of Class 1 and/or 2, listed in Section III, and you do not opt out of the 

Settlement Agreement (using the procedures described at Section VIII below). Settled 

Claims under California Law include any and all claims that were asserted in the 

Complaint in Kakani, et al., on behalf of himself and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, 

vs. Oracle Corporation, Defendant, United States District Court, Northern District of 

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California Case No. C-06-6493 WHA (“the Kakani case”), arising under the California 

Labor Code §§201-203, 204, 210, 218 - 218.6, 226, 226.3, 226.7, 510, 512, 1194, 1197, et 

seq., the California Code of Civil Procedure § 1021.5 and the California Business and 

Professions Code §§11040, 11070, 17200, et seq., whether known or unknown, that 

accrued any time prior to August 2, 2007. This means that if you are a member of Class 1 

and/or Class 2 and you do not timely opt out of the Settlement Agreement, you release any 

and all of these Settled Claims. 

(2) You are an Eligible Class Member, and thus you release all “Settled Claims 

under the Fair Labor Standards Act” against the “Released Parties,” if you are a 

member of Classes 1, 2 and/or 3, listed in Section III, you submit a timely and valid 

Claim Form, and you do not timely opt out using the procedures described at Section VIII 

below. Settled Claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act include any and all claims that 

were asserted in the Complaint in the Kakani case, arising under the Fair Labor Standards 

Act, whether known or unknown, accruing any time prior to August 2, 2007. 

 The “Released Parties” are (i) Oracle Corporation; (ii) past or present subsidiaries, 

divisions, parents, and successors or assigns of Oracle Corporation, including but not 

limited to Oracle USA, Inc.; and (iii) past or present officers, directors, shareholders, 

partners, agents, employees, advisors, insurers, attorneys, representatives, trustees, heirs, 

executors, administrators, and predecessors or successors or assigns of any of those 

entities. 

Any recovery achieved by an Eligible Class Member who worked in California based 

upon the facts giving rise to the Complaint in the Kakani case will be off-set by the amount 

of the Settlement Award received by the Eligible Class Member pursuant to this Settlement 

Agreement. Any recovery achieved by an Eligible Class Member in a case alleging claims 

under the laws of any state other than California based upon the facts giving rise to the 

Complaint in the Kakani case will be off-set by the amount of the Settlement Award 

received by the Eligible Class Member pursuant to this Settlement Agreement. This means 

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that if you accept a Settlement Award under this Settlement Agreement, any amount you 

might recover under a California or non-California state law for any overtime 

compensation, liquidated damages, penalties or interest that you believe that Oracle or 

Oracle USA, Inc. did not pay you will be reduced by the amount of your Settlement 

Award. 

The Settled Claims under California Law and Settled Claims under the Fair Labor 

Standards Act include any unknown claims which, if known, might have affected any 

Eligible Class Member’s settlement with, and release of, Oracle Corporation and Oracle 

USA, Inc., or might have affected his or her decision not to object to this settlement. With 

respect to such Settled Claims, each Eligible Class Member stipulates and agrees that, upon 

the Effective Date of the settlement, he or she shall be deemed to have, and by operation of 

the Final Order shall have, expressly waived and relinquished, to the fullest extent 

permitted by law, the provisions, rights and benefits of Section 1542 of the California Civil 

Code, or any other similar provision under federal or state law, which provides: 

A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know 

or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, 

which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her 

settlement with the debtor. 

Even if an Eligible Class Members discovers facts in addition to or different from 

those known or believed to be true with respect to the subject matter of any of the Settled 

Claims referenced above, upon the final approval of this Settlement Agreement, he or she 

shall be deemed to have, and by operation of the Final Order shall have, fully, finally, and 

forever settled and released any and all of the Settled Claims under California Law and 

Settled Claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act, whether known or unknown, suspected 

or unsuspected, contingent or non-contingent, which now exist, or heretofore have existed, 

upon any theory of law or equity now existing or coming into existence in the future, 

including, but not limited to, conduct that is negligent, intentional, with or without malice, 

or a breach of any duty, law or rule, without regard to the subsequent discovery or 

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existence of such different or additional facts. 

VIII. YOU MAY EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM THE SETTLEMENT

You have the right to opt-out of this settlement. If you opt out, (a) you will have no 

right to receive any money under the settlement of this lawsuit; (b) you will not be bound 

by the settlement in this lawsuit; and (c) you may bring or participate in a separate lawsuit 

against Oracle. If you opt out of this settlement and bring or participate in a separate 

lawsuit, you may lose your case and receive nothing, you may obtain less money or more 

money than you could get under this settlement if you prevail, and it may take several years 

to obtain any such money. 

To opt out of this settlement, you must submit a written statement stating that you 

want to opt out of this settlement. Such written request for exclusion must contain your 

name, address, employee number or social security number, telephone number, and the 

years of your employment by Defendant and must be personally signed by you. It also 

must contain the following statement: 

I, [NAME], was or am employed by Oracle Corporation or Oracle USA, Inc. 

between [DATES of EMPLOYMENT] as a [COVERED JOB CODE and TITLE]. I 

hereby exercise my right to opt out of the Settlement, knowing that by doing so I 

waive any and all rights I may have to participate in that Settlement and to be paid 

any portion of the settlement proceeds that I would otherwise be eligible to receive 

under that Settlement. 

If you have worked in California in any of the job codes listed in Section III, you 

must opt out if you do not wish to be bound by the release of Settled Claims under 

California Law described above. You are only bound by the release of Settled Claims 

arising under the Fair Labor Standards Act if you actually submit a timely and valid Claim 

Form. 

This written notice of request for exclusion must be submitted to the Oracle Claims 

Administrator, c/o RG2 Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 59479, Philadelphia, PA 

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(However, if you submit a Claim Form and are notified by the Claims Administrator that it 

does not agree with your contention about the number of weeks you worked in one of the 

job codes, you will have twenty-one (21) calendar days from the date of the postmark on 

that letter from the Claims Administrator to opt out of the settlement by following the 

directions in this paragraph.) The postmark date of the mailing envelope shall be the 

exclusive means to determine whether a request for exclusion (opt out) has been timely 

submitted. 

IX. YOU MAY OBJECT TO THE SETTLEMENT

If you believe that the proposed Settlement Agreement should not be finally 

approved by the Court for any reason, you may object to the proposed Settlement 

Agreement. If you want to object to the proposed Settlement Agreement, you must file an 

objection in writing with the Oracle Claims Administrator, c/o RG2 Claims Administration 

LLC, P.O. Box 59479, Philadelphia, PA 19102-9479. The written statement of objection 

(“Notice of Objection”) must be in the form enclosed with this Notice and must state the 

basis of your objection. If you fail to make objections in the manner specified above, you 

shall be deemed to have waived any objections and shall be foreclosed from making any 

objections (whether by appeal or otherwise) to the Settlement Agreement. To be timely, 

you must postmark your objection on or before October 31, 2007. The postmark date of 

the mailing shall be the exclusive means for determining that a Notice of Objection is 

timely. 

You also may appear at the hearing in the United States District Court for the 

Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave., 19th Floor, San Francisco, CA 

94102, to have your objection heard by the Court. Objections not previously filed in 

writing in a timely manner as described above will not be considered. Any attorney who 

will represent an individual objecting to the Settlement Agreement must file a notice of 

appearance with the Court and serve counsel for all parties on or before October 31, 2007. 

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All objections or other correspondence must state the name and number of the case, which 

is Kakani, et al. v. Oracle Corporation, Northern District of California Case No. C 06-

06493 WHA. 

X. ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND COSTS

You will not have to pay the attorneys who represented the class in this lawsuit. The 

Settlement Agreement provides that Plaintiffs’ counsel will receive a maximum of 25% of 

the total value of the claims made under the settlement. The maximum amount that could 

be awarded to Plaintiffs’ counsel under this method is $2,202,500, but it may be less 

depending on the total amount of claims actually made. The final amount will be 

determined by the Judge in this case at the final approval hearing). Under the Settlement 

Agreement, Plaintiffs’ counsel will also be reimbursed for $75,000 for their out-of-pocket 

costs of bringing this suit. 

On or before December 3, 2007, Plaintiffs’ counsel will file with the Court a Motion 

for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs. You have the opportunity to request a copy from Plaintiffs’ 

counsel or to review a copy on file with the Court, and to object to this Motion for 

Attorneys’ Fees and Costs by filing an objection in writing with the Oracle Claims 

Administrator, c/o RG2 Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 59479, Philadelphia, PA 

19102-9479. To be timely, you must postmark your objection on or before October 31, 

2007. The postmark date of the mailing shall be the exclusive means for determining that a 

Notice of Objection is timely. 

XI. FURTHER INFORMATION AND ADDRESS OF PLAINTIFF’S COUNSEL

PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR CONTACT THE COURT. If you have any questions 

about the Settlement Agreement or about §1542 of the California Civil Code (quoted above 

in Section VII), you may contact the Class Counsel at the address and phone number listed 

below or through the online form at Plaintiffs’ counsel’s website for this case, 

www.oracleovertimeclassaction.com: 

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Todd Schneider 

W.H. “Hank” Willson, IV 

SCHNEIDER & WALLACE 

180 Montgomery Street, Suite 2000 

San Francisco, CA 94104 

(415) 421-7100 

wwillson@schneiderwallace.com

CHRISTINA DJERNAES (SB# 177522) 

LAW OFFICES OF CHRISTINA DJERNAES 

1215 De La Vina Street, Suite K 

Santa Barbara, CA 93101 

(805) 685-8189 

christina@djernaeslaw.com 

XII. OBTAINING COPIES OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

You may obtain a copy of the settlement agreement by contacting Plaintiffs’ counsel 

or by visiting www.oracleovertimeclassaction.com. Settlement Class members or their 

counsel may also examine the file of this case at the Office of the Clerk of the United 

States District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave., 16th 

Floor, San Francisco, CA 94102, or at the Class Counsel’s offices at the address shown in 

Section IX above. 

XIII. SETTLEMENT FAIRNESS HEARING

The Court has scheduled a Settlement Fairness Hearing for December 20, 2007 at 

8:00 a.m. to determine final approval of the settlement along with the amounts properly 

payable for (i) attorneys’ fees and costs and (ii) the costs of administration of the 

settlement. 

If the proposed settlement agreement is not approved by the Court, or if any of its 

conditions are not satisfied, the conditional settlement will be voided, no money will be 

paid to Plaintiffs, Settlement Class members or Class Counsel, and the case will revert to 

litigation. However, if that happens there is no assurance: (a) that any decision before or 

at trial would be in favor of Settlement Class members; (b) that a favorable trial decision, if 

any, would be as favorable to the class members as this settlement; or (c) that any favorable 

trial decision would be upheld if an appeal was filed. 

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XIV. NO RETALIATION OR DISCRIMINATION

Federal and California law prohibit Oracle or any other employer from discharging 

you or in any other manner discriminating against you because you have exercised your 

right under Federal or California law to participate in this settlement. 

XV. COURT HAS EXPRESSED NO OPINION AS TO THE MERITS OF THE 

CASE

The Court has expressed no opinion regarding the merits of Plaintiffs’ claims or 

Oracle’s liability. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE OBJECTION PROCEDURE 

DESCRIBED ABOVE, DO NOT WRITE THE COURT REGARDING THIS 

SETTLEMENT. PLEASE DO NOT TELEPHONE THE COURT REGARDING THIS 

SETTLEMENT. 

XVI. ADDRESS CHANGES

It is your responsibility to keep the Claims Administrator apprised of your correct 

address. Please sign and mail any change of address along with your Social Security 

number, date of birth, former address and new address to: Oracle Corporation Claims 

Administrator, c/o RG2 Claims Administration LLC, P.O. Box 59479, Philadelphia, PA 

19102-9479. 

XVII. QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT

If you have any questions about the Settlement Agreement or this Notice, you should 

contact Plaintiffs’ counsel, Schneider & Wallace and/or the Law Office of Christina 

Djernaes, via telephone or email using the number and email address provided above, or 

visit www.oracleovertimeclassaction.com. 

Date: ____________, 2007 

_______________________________ 

 The Honorable William H. Alsup 

LEGAL_US_W # 56860178.1 

August 16

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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