In re Luckin Coffee Inc. Securities Litigation

District Court, S.D. New York·Decided October 26, 2021·No. 1:20-cv-01293·Unknown

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Case No. 1:20-cv-01293-JPC-JLC IN RE LUCKIN COFFEE INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION

REVISED [PROPOSED] ORDER PRELIMINARILY APPROVING SETTLEMENT AND PROVIDING FOR NOTICE OF THE SETTLEMENT WHEREAS, an action is pending in this Court entitled In re Luckin Coffee Inc. Securities Litigation, Case No. 1:20-cv-01293-JPC-JLC (the “Action”); WHEREAS, on March 5, 2021, the Court issued an Order certifying the following class for settlement purposes: all persons and entities (and their beneficiaries) that purchased or otherwise acquired the American Depository Shares (“ADSs”) of Luckin Coffee Inc. between May 17, 2019 through July 15, 2020, inclusive (the “Class”);1 WHEREAS, (a) Sjunde AP Fonden and Louisiana Sheriffs’ Pension & Relief Fund (together, “Class Representatives”), on behalf of themselves and the Class (defined below); and (b)Luckin Coffee Inc. (in Provisional Liquidation) (“Luckin” or the “Company”) have determined

1 Excluded from the Class are Defendants (i.e., Luckin Coffee Inc., Charles Zhengyao Lu, Jenny Zhiya Qian, Jian Liu, Reinout Hendrik Schakel, Hui Li, Erhai Liu, Jinyi Guo, Sean Shao, Thomas P. Meier, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited, Haitong International Securities Company Limited, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., and Needham & Company, LLP); the Officers, directors, and affiliates of Defendants; members of Defendants’ Immediate Families and their legal representatives, heirs, successors or assigns; and any entity in which Defendants have or had a controlling interest. Also excluded from the Class are the persons or entities that timely and validly requested exclusion from the Class following the procedures set forth in the Class Notice, as set forth in Appendix 1 of the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated October 20, 2021 (“Stipulation”). to settle all claims asserted against Luckin and the other Defendants’ Released Parties in the Action with prejudice on the terms and conditions set forth in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement dated October 20, 2021 (the “Stipulation”), subject to the approval of this Court (the “Settlement”); WHEREAS, Class Representatives have made a motion, pursuant to Rule 23(e)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an order preliminarily approving the Settlement in

accordance with the Stipulation and allowing notice of the Settlement to Class Members as more fully described herein; WHEREAS, the Court has read and considered: (a) Class Representatives’ motion for preliminary approval of the Settlement and authorization to send notice of the Settlement to the Class, and the papers filed and arguments made in connection therewith; and (b) the Stipulation and the exhibits attached thereto; and WHEREAS, unless otherwise defined in this Order, the capitalized terms herein shall have the same meaning as they have in the Stipulation; NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Preliminary Approval of the Settlement – The Court hereby preliminarily approves the Settlement, as embodied in the Stipulation, and finds, pursuant to Rule 23(e)(1)(B)(i) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, that it will likely be able to finally approve the Settlement under Rule 23(e)(2) as being fair, reasonable, and adequate to the Class, subject to further consideration at the Settlement Hearing to be conducted as described below. 2. Settlement Hearing – The Court will hold a settlement hearing (“Settlement Hearing”) on J_u__ly_ _2_2__ __, 2022 at 1_1: _00_ a_.m. in Courtroom 12D of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl St., New York, NY 10007-1312 for the following purposes: (a) to determine whether the proposed Settlement on the terms and conditions provided for in the Stipulation is fair, reasonable, and adequate to the Class, and should be finally approved by the Court; (b) to determine whether a Judgment that shall, among other things, provide for the dismissal of the Action with prejudice, should be entered; (c) to determine whether the proposed Plan of Allocation for the proceeds of the Settlement is fair and reasonable and should be approved; (d) to determine whether the motion by Class Counsel for attorneys’ fees and Litigation Expenses

should be approved; and (e) to consider any other matters that may properly be brought before the Court in connection with the Settlement. Notice of the Settlement and the Settlement Hearing shall be given to Class Members as set forth in paragraph 4 of this Order. 3. The Court may adjourn the Settlement Hearing or decide to hold the Settlement Hearing telephonically without further notice to the Class, and may approve the proposed Settlement with such modifications as the Settling Parties may agree to, if appropriate, without further notice to the Class. 4. Retention of Claims Administrator and Manner of Giving Notice – Class Counsel are hereby authorized to retain Epiq Class Action & Claims Solutions, Inc. (the “Claims

Administrator”), the administrator previously approved by the Court to administer the dissemination of notice in connection with certification of the Class (“Class Notice”), to supervise and administer the notice procedure in connection with the proposed Settlement as well as the processing of Claims as more fully set forth below. Notice of the Settlement and the Settlement Hearing shall be given by Class Counsel as follows: (a) not later than twenty (20) calendar days after the date of entry of this Order (the “Notice Date”), the Claims Administrator shall cause a copy of the Settlement Notice and the Claim Form, substantially in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits 1 and 2, respectively (the “Settlement Notice Packet”), to be mailed by first-class mail, or emailed, to potential Class Members who were previously identified in connection with Class Notice, including those persons and entities listed in the records provided by Luckin, its securities transfer agent, and/or its depositary bank, and any other potential Class Members who otherwise may be identified through further reasonable effort, and shall cause a copy of the Settlement Notice Packet, to be mailed to the brokers and other nominees

(“Nominees”) contained in the Claims Administrator’s Nominee database; (b) contemporaneously with the mailing of the Notice Packet, the Claims Administrator shall cause copies of the Settlement Notice and the Claim Form to be posted on the website developed in connection with Class Notice, www.LuckinCoffeeSecuritiesLitigation.com, from which copies of the Settlement Notice and Claim Form can be downloaded. In addition, Class Counsel shall post the Settlement Notice and Claim Form on their websites, www.blbglaw.com and www.ktmc.com; (c) not later than ten (10) business days after the Notice Date, the Claims Administrator shall cause the Summary Settlement Notice, substantially in the form

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