Kurtzman Carson Consultants Acquires Class Action Settlement Administrator

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., May 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (KCC), a Computershare company, today announced that it has acquired the business of Rosenthal & Company. Rosenthal & Company, located in Novato, Calif., specializes in administering class action settlements related to employment, insurance, finance, securities, antitrust and consumer litigation.

"The acquisition of Rosenthal & Company is an important step forward in the company's overall growth strategy," said Jon Orr, KCC's President. "With the expansion of KCC Class Action Services, earlier this year, this acquisition further positions KCC as a premier provider of settlement administration services."

In the months ahead, KCC will integrate Rosenthal & Company's operations into its own to continue to build on the companies' successes in settlement administration. Today, KCC Class Action Services include pre-settlement consulting, class member management, legal notification, call center support, claims administration as well as disbursement and tax reporting.

"We recently celebrated our 10-year anniversary of serving the class action market," said Dan Rosenthal, Rosenthal & Company's Founder. "I look forward to unifying KCC's premier brand in the legal sector with our experience of administering 800 class action settlements and notice procedures, with an aggregate settlement amount of $2 billion."

About KCC

Kurtzman Carson Consultants LLC (KCC) www.kccllc.com, a Computershare company, provides administrative-support services that help legal professionals realize time and cost efficiencies. With an integrated suite of corporate restructuring, class action and legal document management solutions, KCC alleviates the administrative challenges of today's legal processes and procedures. KCC has gained client and industry recognition for its industry expertise, professional-level client service and proprietary technologies.

About Computershare Limited (CPU)

Computershare (ASX: CPU) www-us.computershare.com is a global market leader in transfer agency and share registration, employee equity plans, proxy solicitation and stakeholder communications. We also specialize in corporate trust services, tax voucher solutions, bankruptcy administration and a range of other diversified financial and governance services.

Founded in 1978, Computershare is renowned for its expertise in data management, high volume transaction processing, payments and stakeholder engagement. Many of the world's leading organizations use these core competencies to help maximize the value of relationships with their investors, employees, creditors, members and customers. Computershare is represented in all major financial markets and has over 10,000 employees worldwide.

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