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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LOU BAKER, individually and on behalf

of all others similarly situated, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SEAWORLD ENTERTAINMENT, INC., 

et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No.: 14cv2129-MMA (AGS)

ORDER GRANTING CLASS 

REPRESENTATIVES’ UNOPPOSED 

EX PARTE MOTION TO EXTEND 

NOTICE DEADLINES 

[Doc. No. 519] 

 

On March 13, 2020, Class Representatives, Arkansas Public Employees 

Retirement System and Pensionskassen For Børne-Og Ungdomspaedagoger (collectively, 

“Class Representatives”), filed an ex parte motion to extend the current notice deadlines 

set forth in the Court’s Order Granting Class Representatives’ Unopposed Motion for 

Preliminary Approval of Class Action Settlement and Authorizing Dissemination of 

Notice of the Settlement to the Class (“Preliminary Approval Order” or “PAO”) (Doc. 

No. 518). See Doc. No. 519. Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc. (“Epiq”), 

retained to administer the Settlement of the Action as the Claims Administrator, 

experienced a cyber incident on February 29, 2020, which required it to take its systems 

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offline. See id. As a result, Epiq is unable to disseminate notice under the current 

deadlines established by the Preliminary Approval Order. See id. Class Representatives 

request a thirty-day extension for Epiq to perform its notice obligations. See id. 

Defendants do not oppose the motion. See id. 

Upon due consideration, good cause appearing, the Court GRANTS Class 

Representatives’ unopposed ex parte motion. The new deadline for mailing, or emailing, 

the Postcard Notice to potential Class Members and mailing the Notice and Claim Form 

to brokers and nominees is April 17, 2020. PAO ¶ 4(a). Relatedly, the website for the 

Action, www.SeaWorldSecuritiesLitigation.com, will be updated contemporaneously 

with the mailing of the Postcard Notice, including the posting of downloadable copies of 

the Notice and Claim Form. PAO ¶ 4(b). The new deadline for publishing the Summary 

Notice is April 27, 2020. PAO ¶ 4(c). 

All other dates established pursuant to the Preliminary Approval Order, including 

the date of the Settlement Fairness Hearing, are not altered by this Order and remain as 

follows: (i) Class Counsel’s briefing in support of final approval of Settlement, Plan of 

Allocation, and motion for attorneys’ fees and Litigation Expenses is due no later than 

June 17, 2020 (PAO ¶ 22); (ii) the deadline for appearances and objections is 

July 1, 2020 (PAO ¶¶ 12 & 13); (iii) Class Counsel’s reply papers are due no later than 

July 15, 2020 (PAO ¶ 22), (iv) the deadline for submission of Claim Forms is 

July 16, 2020 (PAO ¶ 8); and (v) the Settlement Fairness Hearing is July 22, 2020 at 

10:00 a.m.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 16, 2020 _____________________________

 HON. MICHAEL M. ANELLO 

United States District Judge 

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