If you entered into a U.S.-Related Transaction in or on any over-the-counter market (“OTC”) or exchange in physical silver or in a derivative instrument in which silver is the underlying reference asset (collectively, “Silver Instruments”), at any time from January 1, 1999 through September 6, 2016 (the “Settlement Class Period”), you may be entitled to receive a payment from a $38 million settlement with Deutsche Bank in the class action case In re London Silver Fixing, Ltd. Antitrust Litigation, Nos. 14-md-02573-VEC, 14-mc-02573-VEC (S.D.N.Y). “U.S.-Related Transaction” means any transaction in a Silver Instrument: (a) by any person or entity domiciled in the U.S. or its territories, or (b) by any person or entity domiciled outside the U.S. or its territories but conducted, in whole or in part, in the U.S. or its territories. To be eligible to receive a payment from the Net Settlement Fund, you must electronically submit a Proof of Claim and Release along with the required data and/or information described below at the settlement website, www.SilverFixSettlement.com by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on March 1, 2021 or you must complete, sign, and mail this Proof of Claim and Release and necessary supporting documentation to the Settlement Administrator at the following address, to be received no later than March 1, 2021:


If you are a Settling Class Member who transacted in physical silver spot trades that are priced based on the Silver Fix price (“Physical Silver”) or in exchange-traded futures contracts, options contracts, swaps, and forwards in which silver is the underlying reference asset (“Silver Derivatives”) during the Settlement Class Period, then by properly filling out, signing, and returning this Proof of Claim and Release and furnishing the required supporting documentation, you may be entitled to share in the proceeds from the Net Settlement Fund. Submission of this Proof of Claim and Release does not assure that you will share in any of the proceeds of the Net Settlement Fund. Your payment amount will be determined based on the Settlement Administrator’s review of your Proof of Claim and Release and calculated pursuant to the Distribution Plan that the Court approves. The Distribution Plan will be available at www.SilverFixSettlement.com.

Separate Proofs of Claim and Release should be submitted for each separate legal entity. Conversely, a single Proof of Claim and Release should be submitted on behalf of only one legal entity. For all accounts you own or control, you must include the requested trade information for all transactions in Silver Instruments at any time between January 1, 1999 through and including September 6, 2016. If you omit needed documentation or information, your claim may be considered defective by the Settlement Administrator. If so, you will be notified of the defect and given an opportunity to cure by providing additional documentation or information.

If you qualify as a Settling Class Member and fail to submit a valid and timely Proof of Claim and Release pursuant to these instructions or fail to provide adequate documentation of your pertinent transactions, you may be precluded from recovery against the Net Settlement Fund. You will nevertheless be bound by the terms of any judgment entered in the Action whether or not you submit a Proof of Claim and Release.

It is important that you read the accompanying Notice of Proposed Class Action Settlement, April 8, 2021 Fairness Hearing Thereon and Class Members’ Rights (“Notice”) and the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement with Deutsche Bank (“Settlement Agreement”), which are available at www.SilverFixSettlement.com. By signing and submitting this Proof of Claim and Release, you will be certifying that you have read the Notice, including the terms of the Release and Covenant Not to Sue described in the Notice and provided for in the Settlement Agreement.

The completed Proof of Claim and Release and the information submitted therewith will be treated as confidential and will be used solely for purposes of administering the Settlement. Knowingly submitting inaccurate or incomplete information may subject you to civil or criminal penalties.

You should be aware that it will take a significant amount of time to process fully all of the Proof of Claim and Release forms and to administer the Settlement. This work will be completed as promptly as time permits, given the need to investigate and tabulate each Proof of Claim and Release. Please notify the Settlement Administrator of any change of address.