NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF

CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT

To all persons or entities who or that purchased or consumed water from the Village of Crestwood at any time from January 1, 1985 through September 1, 2007; A Class Action has been certified by the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, in a consolidated action entitled Marzano v. Village of Crestwood, No. 09 CH 16096. If you purchased or consumed water from the Village of Crestwood at any time during the period January 1, 1985 through September 1, 2007, you may be a member of the Crestwood Class. In that event, you will have certain rights, which are more fully described in the full Notice of this Class Action. Since those rights will be affected by this Class Action, if you have not already received the full Notice by mail, you should obtain a copy of the full Nutice from Robert V. Boharic, Claims Administrator, P.O. Box 280, Riverside, IL 60546, or the Village of Crestwood website at http://www.villageofcrestwood.org/. Class members may also contact Class Counsel Larry D. Drury, Larry D. Drury, Ltd., 100 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602; Burton I. Weinstein, Baskin, Server, Berke & Weinstein, 20 N. Wacker Drive, Suite 1745, Chicago, IL 60606; or Ben Barnow, Barnow and Associates, P.C., One North LaSalle Street, Suite 4600, Chicago, IL 60602.

By Order of the Hon. Mary K. Rochford