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NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE PARISH OF RAPIDES
STATE OF LOUISIANA
HELEN MOORE, et al., Individually and on Behalf
of
All Others Similarly Situated,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
MACQUARIE
INFRASTRUCTURE AND REAL
ASSETS,
et al.,
Defendants.
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NO.: 251,417 c/w NOS. 251,456; 251,
515;
252,446; 252, 458; and 252,459
DIVISION B
PROOF OF CLAIM AND RELEASE
Cleco Merger Settlement
Claims Administrator
c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC
P.O. Box 301171
Los Angeles, CA 90030-1171
Toll-Free Number: 1-888-297-2017
Email: info@ClecoMergerSettlement.com
Website: www.ClecoMergerSettlement.com
To be eligible to receive a share of the Net Settlement Fund in connection with the Settlement of this Action,
you must complete and sign this Proof of Claim and Release (“Claim Form”) and mail it by first-class mail to
the above address, postmarked no later than March 6, 2024 or submit it online at the above website so
that it is received on or before March 6, 2024.
Failure to submit your Claim Form by the date specified will subject your claim to rejection and may preclude
you from being eligible to receive any money in connection with the Settlement.
Do not mail or deliver your Claim Form to the Court, the parties to the Action, or their counsel. Submit
your Claim Form only to the Claims Administrator at the address set forth above.
PART I – INTRODUCTION
A. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. To recover as a member of the Class based on your claims in the action entitled Helen
Moore, et al. v. Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, et al., No.: 251,417 c/w Nos. 251,456; 251,515;
252,446; 252,458; and 252,459 (the “Action”), you must complete and, on page 7 hereof, sign this Proof of
Claim and Release (“Claim Form”). If you fail to submit a properly addressed (as set forth in paragraph 5
below) Claim Form, your claim may be rejected, and you may be precluded from any recovery from the Net
Settlement Fund created in connection with the proposed settlement of the Action.
2. Submission of this Claim Form, however, does not assure that you will share in the proceeds
of settlement in the Action.
3. As explained in the Notice of Proposed Settlement of Class Action (the “Notice”), the Class is
comprised of “all persons or entities (and their successors in interest) who owned Cleco common stock,
whether beneficially or of record, as of January 13, 2015 and who voted against, abstained from voting, or did
not vote on Proposal 1 on the Proxy Statement issued in connection with the February 26, 2015 shareholder
vote on the Buyout, except for Defendants and their affiliates or family members.”
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4. “Proposal 1” as referenced in the Class definition was set forth in the Proxy Statement as
follows: “To approve the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 17, 2014 (the ‘Merger
Agreement’), among Cleco, Como 1 L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (‘Parent’), and Como 3 Inc., a
Louisiana corporation and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (‘Merger Sub’), whereby Merger Sub
will be merged with and into Cleco, with Cleco being the surviving corporation (the ‘Merger’).” Therefore, as
ordered by the Court, if your shares were voted in favor of Proposal 1 in the Merger Proxy Statement,
i.e., voted in favor of the Merger/Buyout, those shares are not part of the Class and are not eligible for
recovery as part of this Settlement. If all of your shares of Cleco common stock were voted in favor of
the Merger, you should not submit a Claim Form.
5. YOU MUST MAIL OR SUBMIT ONLINE YOUR COMPLETED AND SIGNED CLAIM FORM
SO THAT IT IS POSTMARKED (IF MAILED) OR RECEIVED (IF SUBMITTED ONLINE) ON OR BEFORE
MARCH 6, 2024, ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS:
Cleco Merger Settlement
Claims Administrator
c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC
P.O. Box 301171
Los Angeles, CA 90030-1171
www.ClecoMergerSettlement.com
If you are NOT a member of the Class, as defined above and in the Notice, DO NOT submit a Claim Form.
6. If you are a member of the Class and you previously did not timely and validly request
exclusion from the Class, you are bound by the terms of any judgment entered in the Action, including the
releases provided therein, WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUBMIT A CLAIM FORM.
7. It is important that you completely read and understand the Notice that accompanies this
Claim Form, including the Plan of Allocation of the Net Settlement Fund set forth in the Notice. The Notice
describes the proposed Settlement, how Class Members are affected by the Settlement, and the manner in
which the Net Settlement Fund will be distributed if the Settlement and Plan of Allocation are approved by the
Court. The Notice also contains the definitions of many of the defined terms (which are indicated by initial
capital letters) used in this Claim Form. By signing and submitting this Claim Form, you will be certifying that
you have read and that you understand the Notice, including the terms of the releases described therein and
provided for herein.
B. CLAIMANT IDENTIFICATION
1. If you held shares of Cleco Corporation (“Cleco”) common stock and held the certificate(s) in
your name, you are the beneficial owner as well as the record owner. If, however, the certificate(s) were
registered in the name of a third party, such as a nominee or brokerage firm, you are the beneficial owner and
the third party is the record owner.
2. Use Part II of this form entitled “Claimant Identification” to identify the beneficial owner(s) of
the shares of Cleco common stock. The complete name(s) of the beneficial owner(s) must be entered. THIS
CLAIM MUST BE FILED AND SIGNED BY THE ACTUAL BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) OR THE LEGAL
REPRESENTATIVE OF SUCH BENEFICIAL OWNER(S) OF CLECO COMMON STOCK UPON WHICH
THIS CLAIM IS BASED.
3. All joint owners must sign this Claim Form and be identified in Part II. The Social Security (or
taxpayer identification) number and telephone number of the beneficial owner may be used in verifying the
claim. Failure to provide the foregoing information could delay verification of your claim or result in rejection of
the claim.
4. One Claim Form should be submitted for each separate legal entity. Separate Claim
Forms should be submitted for each separate legal entity (e.g., a claim from joint owners should not include
separate transactions of just one of the joint owners, and an individual should not combine his or her IRA
transactions with transactions made solely in the individual’s name). Conversely, a single Claim Form should
be submitted on behalf of one legal entity including all transactions made by that entity on one Claim Form, no
matter how many separate accounts that entity has (e.g., a corporation with multiple brokerage accounts
should include all transactions made in all accounts on one Claim Form).
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5. Agents, executors, administrators, guardians, and trustees must complete and sign the Claim
Form on behalf of persons represented by them, and they must:
(a) expressly state the capacity in which they are acting;
(b) identify the name, account number, Social Security Number (or taxpayer
identification number), address, and telephone number of the beneficial owner of (or
other person or entity on whose behalf they are acting with respect to) the Cleco
common stock; and
(c) furnish herewith evidence of their authority to bind to the Claim Form the person or
entity on whose behalf they are acting. (Authority to complete and sign a Claim
Form cannot be established by stockbrokers demonstrating only that they have
discretionary authority to trade securities in another person’s accounts.)
6. By submitting a signed Claim Form, you will be swearing that you:
(a) owned the Cleco common stock you have listed in the Claim Form; or
(b) are expressly authorized to act on behalf of the owner thereof.
C. Claim Form
1. Use Parts III and IV of this form entitled “Confirmation of Holdings in Cleco Common Stock”
and “Confirmation of Voting on the Merger” to (1) supply all required details regarding your holding(s) in Cleco
common stock as of the opening of trading on January 13, 2015, and (2) indicate whether you voted against,
abstained from voting, did not vote on, or voted for Proposal 1 on the Proxy Statement issued in connection
with the February 26, 2015 shareholder vote on the Merger/Buyout. If you need more space, attach separate
sheets giving all of the required information in substantially the same form. Sign and print or type your name
on each additional sheet.
2. You are required to submit genuine and sufficient documentation for all of your holdings of
Cleco common stock set forth in the Claim Form. Documentation may consist of copies of brokerage
confirmation slips or monthly brokerage account statements, or an authorized statement from your broker
containing the transactional and holding information found in a broker confirmation slip or account statement.
The parties and the Claims Administrator do not independently have information about your investments in
Cleco common stock. IF SUCH DOCUMENTS ARE NOT IN YOUR POSSESSION, PLEASE OBTAIN
COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS OR EQUIVALENT DOCUMENTS FROM YOUR BROKER. FAILURE TO
SUPPLY THIS DOCUMENTATION MAY RESULT IN THE REJECTION OF YOUR CLAIM. DO NOT SEND
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS. Please keep a copy of all documents that you send to the Claims
Administrator. Also, do not highlight any portion of the Claim Form or any supporting documents.
3. The above requests are designed to provide the minimum amount of information necessary to
process the simplest claims. The Claims Administrator may request additional information as required to confirm
your holding or voting status. In the event the Claims Administrator cannot perform the calculation accurately or
at a reasonable cost to the Class with the information provided, the Claims Administrator may condition
acceptance of the claim upon the production of additional information and/or the claimant’s responsibility for any
increased costs due to the nature and/or scope of the claim.
4. If the Court approves the Settlement, payments to eligible Authorized Claimants pursuant to the
Plan of Allocation (or such other plan of allocation as the Court approves) will be made after any appeals are
resolved, and after the completion of all claims processing. The claims process will take substantial time to
complete fully and fairly. Please be patient.
5. PLEASE NOTE: As set forth in the Plan of Allocation, each Authorized Claimant shall
receive his, her or its pro rata share (on an equal per-share basis) of the Net Settlement Fund. If the
prorated payment to any Authorized Claimant calculates to less than $10.00, it will not be included in the
calculation and no distribution will be made to that Authorized Claimant.
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6. If you have questions concerning the Claim Form, or need additional copies of the Claim
Form or the Notice, you may contact the Claims Administrator, Gilardi & Co. LLC, at the address on the first
page of the Claim Form, by email at info@ClecoMergerSettlement.com, or by toll-free phone at
1-888-297-2017, or you can visit the website, www.ClecoMergerSettlement.com, where copies of the Claim
Form and Notice are available for downloading. NOTICE REGARDING ELECTRONIC FILES: Certain
claimants with large numbers of transactions may request, or may be requested, to submit information
regarding their transactions in electronic files. All such claimants MUST also submit a manually signed paper
Claim Form whether or not they also submit electronic copies. To obtain the mandatory electronic filing
requirements and file layout, you may email the Claims Administrator’s electronic filing department at
[email protected]. Any file not in accordance with the required electronic filing format will be subject
to rejection. Only one claim should be submitted for each separate legal entity (see ¶B.4 above) and the
complete name of the beneficial owner(s) of the securities must be entered where called for (see ¶B.2
above). Distribution payments must be made by check or electronic payment payable to the Authorized
Claimant (beneficial account owner). The Third-Party Filer shall not be the payee of any distribution payment
check or electronic distribution payment. No electronic files will be considered to have been submitted unless
the Claims Administrator issues an email to that effect. Do not assume that your file has been received
until you receive this email. If you do not receive such an email within 10 days of your submission,
you should contact the electronic filing department at edata@gilardi.com to inquire about your file
and confirm it was received.
*CLECFIVE*
Must Be Postmarked (if Mailed)
or Received (if Submitted Online)
No Later Than March 6, 2024
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
PARISH OF RAPIDES STATE OF LOUISIANA
Helen Moore, et al. v. Macquarie
Infrastructure and Real Assets, et al.
NO.: 251, 417 c/w NOS. 251, 456; 251, 515; 252,
446; 252, 458; and 252, 459
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Last Name M.I. First Name
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IRA
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Company Name (Benecial Owner - If Claimant is not an Individual) or Custodian Name if an IRA
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Trustee/Asset Manager/Nominee/Record Owner’s Name (If Dierent from Benecial Owner Listed Above)
Account#/Fund# (Not Necessary for Individual Filers)
PART II. CLAIMANT IDENTIFICATION
Last Four Digits of Social Security Number Taxpayer Identication Number
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Telephone Number (Primary Daytime) Telephone Number (Alternate)
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Email Address
Address
Address (cont.)
City State ZIP Code
Foreign Province Foreign Postal Code Foreign Country Name/Abbreviation
MAILING INFORMATION
Please Type or Print in the Boxes Below
Must use Black or Blue Ink or your
claim may be deemed decient.
IMPORTANT: PLEASE NOTE YOUR CLAIM IS NOT DEEMED FILED UNTIL YOU RECEIVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POSTCARD. THE
CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR WILL ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR CLAIM FORM BY MAIL, WITHIN 60 DAYS. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT POSTCARD WITHIN 60 DAYS, CALL THE CLAIMS ADMINISTRATOR TOLL-FREE AT 1-888-297-2017.
*CLECSIX*
PART III. CONFIRMATION OF HOLDINGS IN CLECO COMMON STOCK
Please be sure to include proper documentation with your Claim Form as described in detail in ¶C.2 of the General Instructions.
Do not include information regarding securities other than Cleco common stock.
PART IV. CONFIRMATION OF VOTING ON THE MERGER
I (We) hereby arm that I (We) voted, or caused to be voted, the following number of shares of Cleco common stock as to
Proposal 1 on the Proxy Statement issued in connection with the February 26, 2015 shareholder vote on the Merger, as follows:
Number of shares of Cleco common stock that I(we) caused
to be voted against Proposal 1 (if none, write the number “0”);
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N
Proof Enclosed?
Number of shares of Cleco common stock that I(we) did
not vote or abstained from voting regarding Proposal 1
(if none, write the number “0”); and/or
Y
N
Proof Enclosed?
Number of shares of Cleco common stock that I(we) caused
to be voted for Proposal 1 (if none, write the number “0”).
Y
N
Proof Enclosed?
As stated above, the Class includes “all persons or entities (and their successors in interest) who owned Cleco common
stock, whether benecially or of record, as of January 13, 2015 and who voted against, abstained from voting, or did not vote
on Proposal 1 on the Proxy Statement issued in connection with the February 26, 2015 shareholder vote on the Buyout,
except for Defendants and their aliates or family members.” As a result, as ordered by the Court, if your shares of Cleco common
stock were voted in favor of Proposal 1 in the Merger Proxy Statement, i.e., voted in favor of the Merger/Buyout, those shares are
not part of the Class and are not eligible for recovery as part of this Settlement. If all of your shares were voted in favor of the Merger,
you should not submit a Claim Form.
YOU MUST READ AND SIGN THE RELEASE ON PAGE 7. FAILURE TO SIGN THE RELEASE
MAY RESULT IN A DELAY IN PROCESSING OR THE REJECTION OF YOUR CLAIM.
PART V – SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION OF COURT AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I (We) submit this Claim Form under the terms of the Stipulation of Settlement dated November 16, 2023 (“Stipulation”)
described in the Notice. I (We) also submit to the jurisdiction of the Ninth Judicial District Court for the Parish of Rapides, State of
Louisiana, with respect to my (our) claim as a Class Member (as dened in the Notice) and for purposes of enforcing the release set
forth herein. I (We) further acknowledge that I am (we are) bound by and subject to the terms of any judgment that may be entered
in the Action. I (We) agree to furnish additional information to Class Counsel and/or the Claims Administrator to support this claim if
required to do so. I (We) have not submitted any other claim covering the same shares of Cleco common stock and know of no other
Person having done so on my (our) behalf.
PART VI – RELEASE
1. I (We) hereby acknowledge full and complete satisfaction of, and do hereby fully, nally and forever settle, release,
relinquish and discharge all of the Released Claims (including Unknown Claims) against each and all of the Released Defendant
Parties, all as dened herein and in the Notice and Stipulation.
2. This release shall be of no force or eect unless and until the Court approves the Stipulation and it becomes
eective on the Eective Date.
3. I (We) hereby warrant and represent that I (we) have not assigned or transferred or purported to assign or transfer,
voluntarily or involuntarily, any matter released pursuant to this release or any other part or portion thereof and have not submitted
any other claim covering the same shares of Cleco common stock and know of no other person having done so on my (our) behalf.
4. I (We) hereby warrant and represent that I (we) have included all requested information about all of my (our) holdings of
Cleco common stock as of the opening of trading on January 13, 2015, as well as how these shares were voted regarding the Merger.
5. The number(s) shown on this form is (are) the correct SSN/TIN(s).
6. I (We) waive the right to trial by jury, to the extent it exists, and agree to the determination by the Court of the validity
or amount of this claim, and waive any right of appeal or review with respect to such determination.
7. I (We) certify that I am (we are) NOT subject to backup withholding under the provisions of Section 3406(a)(1)(C) of
the Internal Revenue Code.
(NOTE: If you have been notied by the Internal Revenue Service that you are subject to backup withholding, you must
cross out Item 7 above.)
Number of shares of Cleco common stock held as of the
opening of trading on January 13, 2015.
(Must be documented.) If none, write the number “0”:
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Proof Enclosed?
*CLECSEVEN*
I (We) declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of Louisiana that the foregoing information supplied by the undersigned
is true and correct.
Executed this _______________ day of _________________________ in __________________________________________
(Month/Year) (City/State/Country)
_____________________________________________
(Sign your name here)
_____________________________________________
(Type or print your name here)
_____________________________________________
(Capacity of person(s) signing, e.g.,
Benecial Owner, Executor or Administrator)
_____________________________________________
(Sign your name here)
_____________________________________________
(Type or print your name here)
_____________________________________________
(Capacity of person(s) signing, e.g.,
Benecial Owner, Executor or Administrator)
ACCURATE CLAIMS PROCESSING TAKES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
Reminder Checklist:
1. Please sign the above release and acknowledgment.
2. Remember to attach copies of supporting documentation,
if available.
3. Do not send original stock certicates. Attach only
copies of acceptable supporting documentation as
these documents will not be returned to you.
4. Keep a copy of your Claim Form and all supporting
documentation for your records.
5. The Claims Administrator will acknowledge receipt of
your Claim Form by mail, within 60 days. Your claim is
not deemed led until you receive an acknowledgement
postcard. If you do not receive an acknowledgement
postcard within 60 days, please call the Claims
Administrator toll-free at 1-888-297-2017.
6. If you move, please send us your new address.
7. If you have any questions or concerns regarding your
claim, contact the Claims Administrator at Cleco Merger
Settlement, Claims Administrator c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC,
P.O. Box 301171, Los Angeles, CA 90030-1171, by
toll-free phone at 1-888-297-2017, or you may visit
www.ClecoMergerSettlement.com. DO NOT call
Defendants, or their counsel with questions regarding
your claim.
THIS CLAIM FORM MUST BE SUBMITTED ONLINE OR MAILED
NO LATER THAN MARCH 6, 2024, ADDRESSED AS FOLLOWS:
Cleco Merger Settlement
Claims Administrator
c/o Gilardi & Co. LLC
P.O. Box 301171
Los Angeles, CA 90030-1171
Website: www.ClecoMergerSettlement.com
*CLECEIGHT*
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