GROBLEBE  et al. v. BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY,
f/k/a AMOCO PRODUCTION COMPANY

LAPLATA COUNTY, COLORADO, CASE NO. 06 CV 86

Plaintiffs filed this action on April 14, 2006.

The Plaintiffs and putative Plaintiff Class have been represented by Thomas D. Kitch, Gregory J. Stucky, and David G. Seely of Fleeson, Gooing, Coulson & Kitch, L.L.C. of Wichita, Kansas, and G.R. "Bob" Miller of Miller, Agro & Robbins, LLC of Durango, Colorado.

On January 16, 2007, the parties to the lawsuit executed an agreement outlining the basic terms upon which they were willing to settle the litigation, which was supplanted by a more detailed Stipulation and Settlement Agreement dated October 26, 2007.  The proposed settlement, embodied in the Stipulation and Settlement Agreement, was presented to the Court for preliminary approval on October 31, 2007.

In its Order, issued October 31, 2007, the Court scheduled a Fairness Hearing on January 24, 2008 at 1:30 o'clock p.m. at the Courthouse at 1060 East Second Avenue, Durango, Colorado.

In accordance with the terms of the proposed settlement, defendant has filed with the Court, three payment schedules, which show amounts due to individuals in the putative Plaintiff Class, prior to pro-rata reduction for any award of attorneys fees and expenses and Administration Expenses and prior to withholding of Colorado Conservation Tax or Colorado Severance Tax.  On those payment schedules, the members of the putative Plaintiff Class are identified by their BP owner number.  The first schedule shows the amounts due as a result of deductions taken by BP (click here for the BP schedule); the second schedule shows the amounts due as a result of deductions taken by the Southern Ute Indian Tribe (click here for the Tribal schedule); and the third schedule shows the amounts due on amounts held in suspense by BP (click here for the Suspense schedule).  A member of the putative Plaintiff Class may appear on multiple payment schedules.

The amounts associated with royalty instruments classified as "Subclass 1 - Parry Successors" and "Subclass 1 - New Instruments" are for informational purposes only, and under the terms of the proposed settlement, class members under those instruments will not receive any refunds.

The following Index identifies significant documents which were filed in the case. You may view these documents using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not already have Adobe Reader on your computer, it may be downloaded from Adobe by clicking the following logo: