As part of a class action settlement, $175 million worth of free cosmetics products will be distributed  for a maximum of seven days, while supplies last, on a first come, first served basis, beginning on January 20, 2009. No rainchecks will be issued. The products will be distributed at stores owned by the Retailer Defendants (see list immediately below).

The stores owned by the Retailer Defendants that will be participating in the settlement product distribution are the following:

•     Bergdorf Goodman
•     Bergner’s
•     Bloomingdale’s
•     Boston Store
•     Carson Pirie Scott
•     Dillard’s
•     Gottschalks
•     Herberger’s
•     Macy’s
•     Neiman Marcus
•     Nordstrom
•     Parisian
•     Saks Fifth Avenue
•     Younkers

Again, these products are only available while supplies last, and no rainchecks will be issued. If your store has run out of settlement products from the Manufacturer Defendant(s) from which you have previously purchased Department Store Cosmetics during the class period, then you may claim a product (again, while supplies last) from another Manufacturer Defendant.

The following is a list of the Manufacturer Defendants and their products that will be distributed, while supplies last, through the stores listed above:

•     Boucheron (USA) Ltd.:            Femme Eau de Toilette (1 ounce/30 ml)
•     Chanel, Inc.:            Coco Mademoiselle body lotion (3.4 fluid oz)
•     Christian Dior Perfumes, Inc.:            J’Adore Eau de Parfum (15 ml)
•     Clarins U.S.A., Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):            Clarins Energizing Morning Cream (30 ml) OR  Clarins Beauty Flash Bomb (30 ml)
•     Conopco, Inc. (distributed by Coty, Inc. on behalf of Conopco, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of three products, while supplies last):    Calvin Klein Euphoria Bath and Shower Crème (6.7 oz) ; OR Vera Wang Princess Body Polish (5 oz); OR  Lovely Sarah Jessica Parker Shower Gel (6.7 oz)
•     The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (customers will have a choice of ONE of two products, while supplies last):            Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair (15 ml/0.5 oz) OR  Clinique Moisture Surge (30 ml/1 oz)
•     Guerlain, Inc.:            My Insolence Eau de Toilette (15 ml)
•     L’Oréal USA, Inc. (formerly known as Cosmair, Inc.) (customers will have a choice of ONE of eight products, while supplies last):            Lancôme UV Expert 20 OR Lancôme Cils Design Pro Mascara OR Lancôme Fatale Mascara OR Lancôme Courbe Virtuose Mascara OR Lancôme Primordial Skin Defense OR Ralph Lauren Romance Shower Gel (6.7 oz.) OR Giorgio Armani ACM Shower Gel (6.7 oz) OR Lancôme Hypnôse Shower Gel
•     Parfums Givenchy, Inc.:             Very Irresistible Givenchy Eau de Toilette (15 ml)

These are the only products that will be distributed, while supplies last, as part of the settlement product distribution. Not all products are available in all stores; rather, stores will be distributing products from the participating brands that the particular store ordinarily sells.

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