This lawsuit is entitled In Re Papa John’s Employee and Franchise Employee Antitrust Litigation, Case No. 3:18-CV-00825-BJB-RSE (W.D. Ky.), and is pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. In this lawsuit (referred to herein as the “Class Action Litigation”), Plaintiff Ashley Page (the “Named Plaintiff”) on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, alleges that Defendants Papa John’s International, Inc. and Papa John’s USA, Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”) violated Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1. More specifically, the Named Plaintiff alleges that Defendants entered into agreements with their franchisees pursuant to which franchisees agreed not to hire or solicit employees of Defendants or of other franchisees, which in turn depressed the wages and diminished the employment opportunities of restaurant-level employees at Papa John’s branded restaurants. After extensive negotiations, the Parties reached an agreement to settle the Class Action Litigation subject to the Court’s preliminary and final approval of the settlement. This settlement (the “Settlement”) represents a compromise and settlement of highly disputed claims in the Class Action Litigation. Defendants deny all the claims asserted in the Class Action Litigation, deny any and all liability or wrongdoing of any kind associated with any of the facts or claims alleged in the Class Action Litigation, and make no concessions or admissions of wrongdoing or liability of any kind whatsoever. Nothing in the Settlement is intended or will be construed as an admission by Defendants that the Named Plaintiff’s claims or any of the class claims alleged in the Class Action Litigation have merit or that they have any liability to the Class Members on those claims. The Parties disagree as to the probable outcome of the Class Action Litigation with respect to liability and damages if it were not settled.  Nevertheless, the Named Plaintiff, on behalf of hersel