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NOTICE     OF PENDING CLASS ACTION AND NOTICE OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

PERKINS V. LINKEDIN CORP.

You are     receiving this email because you may have used LinkedIn’s Add Connections     feature between September 17, 2011 and October 31, 2014.

A     federal court authorised this Notice. This is not a solicitation from a     lawyer.

Why did I get this notice? This Notice relates to a proposed settlement     (“Settlement”) of a class action lawsuit (“Action”) against LinkedIn     Corporation (“LinkedIn”) based on LinkedIn’s alleged improper use of a     service called “Add Connections” to grow its member base.

What is the Action about? The Action challenges LinkedIn’s use of a     service called Add Connections to grow its member base. Add Connections     allows LinkedIn members to import contacts from their external email     accounts and email connection invitations to one or more of those contacts     inviting them to connect on LinkedIn. If a connection invitation is not     accepted within a certain period of time, up to two “reminder emails” are     sent reminding the recipient that the connection invitation is pending. The     Court found that members consented to importing their contacts and sending     the connection invitation, but did not find that members consented to     LinkedIn sending the two reminder emails. The Plaintiffs contend that     LinkedIn members did not consent to the use of their names and likenesses     in those reminder emails. LinkedIn denies these allegations and any and all     wrongdoing or liability. No court or other entity has made a judgment or     other determination of any liability.

What relief does the Settlement     provide? LinkedIn has revised     disclosures, clarifying that up to two reminders are sent for each     connection invitation so members can make fully-informed decisions before     sending a connection invitation. In addition, by the end of 2015, LinkedIn will     implement new functionality allowing members to stop reminders from being     sent by cancelling the connection invitation. LinkedIn has also agreed to     pay $US13 million into a fund that can be used, in part, to make payments     to members of the Settlement Class who file approved claims. Attorneys     representing the Settlement Class will petition the Court for payment of     the following from the fund: (1) reasonable attorneys’ fees, expenses, and     costs up to a maximum of $US3,250,000, and (2) service awards for the     Plaintiffs up to a maximum of $US1,500 each. The payment amount for members     of the Settlement Class who file approved claims will be calculated on a pro     rata basis, which means that it will depend on the total number of     approved claims. If the number of approved claims results in a payment     amount of less than $US10, LinkedIn will pay an additional amount up to     $US750,000 into the fund. If thepro rata amount is so small     that it cannot be distributed in a way that is economically feasible,     payments will be made, instead, to Cy Pres Recipients     selected by the Parties and approved by the Court. No one knows in advance     whether or in what amount payments will be made to claimants.