UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

NICK PEARSON, FRANCISCO 

PADILLA, CECILIA LINARES, 

AUGUSTINA BLANCO, ABEL 

GONZALEZ, and RICHARD JENNINGS, 

On Behalf of Themselves and All Others 

Similarly Situated,

Plaintiffs,

v.

NBTY, INC., a Delaware corporation; and 

REXALL SUNDOWN, INC., a Florida 

corporation; and TARGET 

CORPORATION, a Minnesota 

Corporation,

Defendants.

Case No.: 11 CV 07972

CLASS ACTION

Judge James B. Zagel

MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY 

APPROVAL OF SETTLEMENT

Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 23, Plaintiffs Augustina Blanco, Abel Gonzalez, Cecilia 

Linares, Francisco Padilla, and Nick Pearson, by their counsel Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & 

Balint, P.C., Stewart M. Weltman LLC (Of Counsel Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman), and 

Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman, and Plaintiff Richard Jennings, by his counsel Denlea & 

Carton LLP, respectfully move the Court for preliminary approval of the class settlement, more 

fully set forth and described in detail in the accompanying Memorandum in Support of 

Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement, and the entry of an order: (1) preliminarily approving 

the Settlement Agreement as being fair, reasonable, and adequate; (2) approving the Notice Plan 

attached to the Settlement Agreement; (3) setting the date and time of the Fairness Hearing; (4) 

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provisionally certifying the Class under Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for 

settlement purposes only (“Settlement Class”); (5) provisionally appointing Plaintiffs as 

representatives of the Settlement Class; and (6) provisionally appointing, Stewart M. Weltman 

(Stewart M. Weltman, LLC, Of Counsel Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman), Elaine A. Ryan 

(Bonnett, Fairbourn, Friedman & Balint, P.C.), and Jeffrey I. Carton and Peter N. Freiberg 

(Denlea & Carton LLP), as Class Counsel.1

DATED: May 7, 2013

Respectfully submitted, 

By: /s/Stewart M. Weltman

STEWART M. WELTMAN, LLC

53 W. Jackson, Suite 364

Chicago, Illinois 60604

Telephone: 312-588-5033

(Of Counsel: Levin Fishbein Sedran & Berman)

Of Counsel:

Elaine A. Ryan 

Patricia N. Syverson

Lindsey M. Gomez-Gray

BONNETT, FAIRBOURN, FRIEDMAN & 

BALINT, P.C.

2325 E. Camelback Rd., Suite 300 

Phoenix, Arizona 85016

Telephone: 602-274-1100

Attorneys for Plaintiffs Nick Pearson, Francisco 

Padilla, Cecilia Linares, Augustina Blanco, and 

Abel Gonzalez 

Peter N. Freiberg (admitted pro hac vice)

Jeffrey I. Carton (admitted pro hac vice)

DENLEA & CARTON LLP 

One North Broadway, Suite 509

White Plains, New York 10601 

Telephone: (914) 920-7400

Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Jennings

 1 The proposed form of order agreed to by the parties is attached as Exhibit F to the Settlement Agreement (Attached 

as Exhibit 1 to the Memorandum in Support of Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement). 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that on this 7th day of May, 2013, a copy of the 

foregoing Motion For Preliminary Approval of Class Settlement was filed with the Clerk of 

Court using the CMM/ECF system which will send notification of such filing to the following:

Kara L. McCall

SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP

One South Dearborn Street

Chicago, IL 60603

Tel: (312) 853-7000

Fax: (312) 853-7036

Counsel for Defendant Target Corporation

 /s/Stewart M. Weltman

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