• A settlement has been reached with Dominion Resources Services, Inc., Dominion Transmission, Inc., Dominion Exploration & Production, Inc., and Dominion Appalachian Development, LLC (“Dominion”) about royalty payments on oil and gas leases in West Virginia.

• The lawsuit claims that Dominion failed to pay an appropriate royalty for their leases. It also claims that Dominion improperly deducted post-production expenses from royalty payments (including costs, charges, or gas retained for transportation, gathering, dehydration, compression, extraction, processing, fuel, shrink, line loss, free gas or other related expenses).

• The settlement will pay money to those who submit valid claims, as well as fees and litigation costs for the lawyers approved by the Court, plus certain costs of the settlement administration.

The Court granted approval to the settlement. Those included in the class action, together called a "Class," have legal rights and options, such as excluding themselves from the settlement, objecting to it, or asking to speak at the hearing. The deadline for exclusions and objections has passed. The deadline to request to speak at the fairness hearing has passed. Claim forms have been mailed to all known class members. Please email the claims administrator at the address below if you did not receive a claim form in the mail, but believe you are a class member.

Questions? Call toll-free 1-866-475-7755 or email administrator@DominionClass.com