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This website is authorized by the Court, supervised by counsel to the Parties, and controlled by the Settlement Administrator approved by the Court. This is the only authorized website for this Settlement.  <figure class="table" style="width:52.02%;"><table class="ck-table-resized"><colgroup><col style="width:27.13%;"/><col style="width:72.87%;"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Call</td><td style="text-align:center;">(833) 630-8407</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Write</td><td style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://forms.ksacms.com/efiling/fr/contactus/general2/new?form-version=1">Contact Us</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Mail</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Manhattan University Settlement c/o Kroll Settlement Administration LLCP.O. Box 225391New York, NY 10150-5391</td></tr></tbody></table></figure>

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If you attended Manhattan College (aka Manhattan University) as an undergraduate student during the Spring 2020 Semester and paid or incurred tuition and/or fees, you may be eligible to receive cash compensation from a class action Settlement. This Notice explains your rights and options and the deadlines to exercise them. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York authorized this Website. You are not being sued. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer. A Settlement has been reached in a class action lawsuit between Defendant Manhattan University formerly known as Manhattan College (“Defendant" or "Manhattan") and a certain individual who have alleged that she, and the Settlement Class Members,1 are entitled to partial refunds of tuition and fees for the Spring 2020 Semester because Defendant transitioned to remote instruction in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The case is Czigany Beck, et al. v. Manhattan College, Case No. 1:20-cv-03229-LLS, in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Action”). The proposed Settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing by Manhattan, and Manhattan denies all allegations of wrongdoing and disclaims all liability with regard to all claims in the Action. The Court has granted Preliminary Approval of the Settlement and has conditionally certified the Settlement Class for purposes of Settlement only.  You are a member of the Settlement Class if you were a Manhattan undergraduate student enrolled during the Spring 2020 Semester for whom any amount of tuition and fees were paid from any source other than a scholarship/grant from Manhattan (e.g., your own funds, funding from a parent or other family member, loan, or non-Manhattan scholarship/grant) for the Spring 2020 Semester, and whose tuition and fees have not been refunded in their entirety. But you are not a Settlement Class Member if you opt-out of the Settlement, or if you received a full scholarship from Manhattan or otherwise were not obligated to make contributions, payments, or third-party arrangements toward tuition or fees for the Spring 2020 Semester.  Under the Settlement Agreement, Manhattan will pay $742,940 into a Settlement Fund. Some of that will go to Class Counsel for Attorneys’ Fees and Costs, some will go to the Named Plaintiff as a Service Award, and some will pay for the costs of administering the Settlement. What remains of the $742,940 will be divided equally among the approximately 3,000 Settlement Class Members. Settlement Class Members do not need to take any action to receive their shares of the payment. Settlement Class Members will automatically receive their shares by check mailed to the Settlement Class Member’s last known mailing address. Alternatively, if they prefer to receive their share by Venmo or PayPal, or update their mailing address for mailing of a check, Settlement Class Members may visit the Settlement Website to complete an Election Form to provide their Venmo or PayPal information, or to update their mailing address.  <figure class="table" style="width:67.78%;"><table class="ck-table-resized"><colgroup><col style="width:100%;"/></colgroup><tbody><tr><td>YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS IN THIS SETTLEMENT<figure class="table"><table><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">DO NOTHING</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Settlement Class Members who do nothing automatically receive a Cash Benefit by check to the last known mailing address as reflected in Manhattan’s records after the Effective Date of the Settlement Agreement. You will give up any rights you may have to sue Manhattan about the issues in this case.</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;">CHANGE YOUR PAYMENT OPTIONS</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Settlement Class Members may visit the Election Form to provide an updated mailing address for sending a check or elect to receive the Cash Benefit by Venmo or PayPal instead of a paper check. Settlement Class Members may also submit this information to the Settlement Administrator <a href="https://forms.ksacms.com/efiling/fr/eform/beck_v_manhattan_college_claimform/new?form-version=1&amp;fr-wizard-page=section-1">here</a>.</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;">EXCLUDE YOURSELF</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">You will not receive your Cash Benefit, but you will retain any rights you may have to sue Manhattan about the issues in this case. The deadline to exclude yourself is November 17, 2025.</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;">OBJECT</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Write to the Court explaining why you don’t like the Settlement. If the Court approves the Settlement, you will be bound by the Court’s decision and the Settlement Agreement. The deadline to object to the Settlement is November 17, 2025.</td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;">ATTEND A HEARING</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">Ask to speak in Court about the fairness of the Settlement during the Final Approval Hearing on January 15, 2026, at 3:30PM ET.</td></tr></tbody></table></figure></td></tr></tbody></table></figure> These rights and options—and the deadlines to exercise them—are explained in this Notice. Please review this Notice carefully. The Court presiding over this case still has to decide whether to approve the Settlement. The Cash Benefit made available by this Settlement will be provided only if the Court approves the Settlement and after any issues with the Settlement or appeals are resolved. Please be patient.

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