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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 15:78m(a) Securities Exchange Act

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE RESIDUAL FUNDS TO LATE BUT OTHERWISE VALID CLAIMANTS, 

No. 11-CV-05386-WHA

John F. Harnes (admitted pro hac vice)

Gregory E. Keller (admitted pro hac vice)

CHITWOOD HARLEY HARNES LLP

1230 Peachtree Street, NE

Suite 2300

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Tel.: (404) 873-3900

Fax: (404) 876-4476

JHarnes@chitwoodlaw.com

GKeller@chitwoodlaw.com

Counsel for Plaintiff Mississippi Public 

Employees’ Retirement System

Richard M. Heimann

(State Bar No. 63607)

Joy A. Kruse

(State Bar No. 142799)

LIEFF CABRASER HEIMANN & 

BERNSTEIN LLP

275 Battery Street, 29th Floor

San Francisco, California 94111- 3339

Tel: (415) 956-1000

Fax: (415) 956-1008

rheimann@lchb.com

jakruse@lchb.com

Counsel for Plaintiff Mississippi Public 

Employees’ Retirement System

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

IN RE DIAMOND FOODS, INC., 

SECURITIES LITIGATION

Case No.: 11-cv-05386-WHA

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE RESIDUAL 

FUNDS TO LATE BUT OTHERWISE VALID 

CLAIMANTS

Date: Thursday, January 14, 2016

Time: 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom: 8, 19th Floor

Judge: The Honorable William H. Alsup

This Document Relates to: 

 All Actions

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE RESIDUAL FUNDS TO LATE BUT OTHERWISE VALID CLAIMANTS, 

No. 11-CV-05386-WHA

AND NOW, this ____ day of ___________________, 201__, upon consideration 

of Lead Plaintiff’s Unopposed Motion for Permission to Distribute Residual Funds to Late 

but Otherwise Valid Claimants and the Memorandum and Points of Authorities in Support 

thereof in the above-captioned action and the Declaration of Justin R. Hughes, Vice 

President of Class Actions for Kurtzman Carson Consultants, LLC (“KCC” or the 

“Claims Administrator”) dated December 3, 2015 (the “Hughes Declaration”) filed 

herewith, and upon the Amended Stipulation of Settlement dated as of August 20, 2013 

[Doc. No. 284] (the “Settlement Stipulation”), and upon the Order Granting Final 

Approval of Proposed Class Settlement and Granting in Part Attorney’s Fees and 

Reimbursement of Expenses dated January 10, 2014 [Doc. No. 305] (the “Final Approval 

Order”), the Judgment dated January 21, 2014 [Doc. No. 316] (the “Judgment”) approving 

the Settlement Stipulation, and the Order for Distribution of Class Settlement Fund dated 

October 16, 2014 [Doc. No. 338], and upon all prior proceedings heretofore had herein 

and after due deliberation, it is hereby ORDERED as follows: 

1. Class Counsel are authorized to instruct the Claims Administrator to 

distribute the available residual funds in the Net Cash Settlement Fund (other than 

funds necessary to pay attorneys’ fees and expenses of the Settlement Fund, as 

provided in the Final Approval Order) to the 46 claimants who submitted late but 

otherwise valid claim forms to the Claims Administrator after the Initial 

Distribution had commenced, and who did not receive any distribution in the 

Initial Distribution. The available residual funds will be distributed to such late 

claimants on a pro rata basis in proportion to the Recognized Loss that the Claims 

Administrator has determined for each such claimant. 

2. Class Counsel are authorized to pay from the Net Cash Settlement Fund up 

to an additional $25,000 to KCC for Administration Costs above the $350,000 

amount previously authorized by the Court in connection with the administration 

14th December 5

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PERMISSION TO DISTRIBUTE RESIDUAL FUNDS TO LATE BUT OTHERWISE VALID CLAIMANTS, 

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and distribution of the Settlement Fund. 

3. Any funds remaining after the distribution of available residual funds in the 

Net Cash Settlement Fund as provided in this Order are to be distributed in 

accordance with the Distribution Order dated October 16, 2014. 

Dated: _______________________ __________________________________

The Honorable William Alsup

United States District Judge

December 14, 2015.

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