GVFG Gerova Financial Group Ltd (CE)

Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP (www.kaplanfox.com) hereby notifies all persons entities who invested in funds managed by Stillwater and either (1) acquired the common stock of Gerova (OTC:GVFG) pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement dated December 23, 2009 that was completed on January 20, 2010 or (2) requested a full or partial redemption of your investment which you have not received as of January 20, 2010 of the proposed settlement of the class action suits pending in the Southern District of New York captioned In re Stillwater Capital Partners Inc. Litigation, No. 11-cv-2737-SAS and Goldberg, et al. v. Gerova Financial Group, Ltd., et al., No. 11-cv-7107-SAS.

Please review the following Summary Notice for further information:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
IN RE: GEROVA FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD. SECURITIES LITIGATION		CASE No.: 11-md-2275-SAS ECF CASE
This document relates to:
In re STILLWATER CAPITAL PARTNERS INC. LITIGATION		No.11-CV-2737-SAS ECF CASE
MARGIE GOLDBERG, ET AL., Individually and On Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated,		No. 11-CV-7107-SAS ECF CASE
Plaintiffs,
vs.
GEROVA FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD., ET AL.,
Defendants.

SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY AND PROPOSED SETTLEMENT

OF CLASS ACTIONS AND SETTLEMENT HEARING

TO:

ALL PERSONS AND ENTITIES WHO INVESTED IN FUNDS (THE "STILLWATER FUNDS") MANAGED BY STILLWATER CAPITAL PARTNERS, INC. OR STILLWATER CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC (TOGETHER, "STILLWATER") AND EITHER (1) ACQUIRED THE COMMON STOCK OF GEROVA FINANCIAL GROUP, LTD. ("GEROVA") PURSUANT TO A SHARE EXCHANGE AGREEMENT DATED DECEMBER 23, 2009 THAT WAS COMPLETED ON JANUARY 20, 2010 (THE "BUSINESS COMBINATION") OR (2) REQUESTED A FULL OR PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF YOUR INVESTMENT WHICH YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AS OF JANUARY 20, 2010.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and an Order by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (i) of the pendency of putative class actions captioned In re Stillwater Capital Partners Inc. Litigation, Case No. 11-cv-2737-SAS (S.D.N.Y.) and Goldberg v. Gerova Financial Group, Ltd., Case No. 11-cv-7107-SAS (S.D.N.Y.) (collectively referred to as the "Actions"), which have been consolidated with a third putative class action for certain pretrial purposes under the caption In re Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. Securities Litigation, Case No. 11-md-2275-SAS (S.D.N.Y.), on behalf of the persons and entities described above (the "Classes"), except for certain persons and entities who are excluded from the Classes as provided in the Notice (defined below); and (ii) that a settlement (the "Settlement") reached in these Actions has been proposed that will fully and finally settle all claims against and release all Defendants (i.e., a settlement with Gerova, Stillwater, the Individual Defendants, and certain of their insurers). The Settlement provides for: (i) a Cash Settlement Amount of $2,058,000.00; (ii) a return to the Stillwater Funds of all remaining assets that they had provided to Gerova in the Business Combination (the "Unwind Settlement Amount"); and (iii) the abandonment of the claims certain Stillwater entities or former employees may have against the Stillwater Funds for unpaid management and incentive fees against, and investments in, the Stillwater Funds (amounting to approximately $23 million) in exchange for a series of staggered payments based upon the Unwind Settlement Amount, which will in no case exceed $1 million. A hearing will be held before the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse, 500 Pearl Street, Courtroom 15C, New York, NY 10007, at 4:30 p.m. on June 9, 2014, to determine: (1) whether the Actions should be finally certified, for settlement purposes only, as class actions under Rules 23(a) and (b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on behalf of the Classes; (2) whether the proposed Settlement should be approved by the Court as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (3) whether the Plan of Allocation is fair, reasonable and adequate and therefore should be approved in connection with the Settlement; (4) whether the application for attorneys' fees and litigation expenses should be approved; (5) whether the application for an award for the Plaintiffs should be approved; and (6) whether the Actions should be dismissed with prejudice against the Settling Defendants as set forth in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated February 4, 2014 and filed with the Court.

IF YOU ARE A CLASS MEMBER, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE SETTLEMENT, AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO SHARE IN THE SETTLEMENT FUND. If you have not yet received the Notice of Pendency and Proposed Settlement of Class Actions ("Notice"), you may obtain copies of these documents by contacting: 

In re Gerova Financial Group, Ltd. Securities Litigation Manager:

Evan Blum GlassRatner Advisory & Capital Group LLC One Grand Central Place60 East 42nd Street, Suite 1062 New York, NY 10165

If you are a Class Member, in order to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must return the verification and release forms you will receive in the time described in the forms. You will be bound by any judgment(s) entered in the Actions whether or not you submit the verification and release forms.

If you desire to be excluded from the Classes, you must submit a request for exclusion to be received by May 5, 2014, in the manner and form explained in the Notice. All Class Members who do not request exclusion from the Classes will be bound by any judgment(s) entered in the Actions.

Any objection to the proposed Settlements, Plan of Allocation, application for attorneys' fees and litigation expenses, or application for award to the Plaintiffs must be filed with the Court and delivered to be received by Class Counsel no later than May 5, 2014, in the manner and form set forth in the Notice.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT OR THE CLERK'S OFFICE REGARDING THIS NOTICE. Inquiries may be made to Class Counsel:

Laurence M. Rosen, Esq.	Frederic S. Fox, Esq.	Marvin L. Frank, Esq.
Phillip Kim, Esq.	Donnie Hall, Esq.	Bridget v. Hamill, Esq.
Jonathan Horne, Esq.	Melinda Campbell, Esq.	Frank & Bianco LLP
Kevin Chan, Esq.	Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP	275 Madison Ave., Ste. 801
The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.	850 3rd Ave., 14th Fl.	New York, NY 10016
275 Madison Ave., 34th Fl.	New York, NY 10022	Tel.: (212) 682-1818
New York, NY 10016	Tel: (212) 687-1980	www.frankandbianco.com
Tel.: (212) 686-1060	www.kaplanfox.com
www.rosenlegal.com

Dated: March 18, 2014	By Order of the Clerk of the Court
	United States District Court
	for the Southern District of New York

Additional information and documents about the class action and the proposed settlement are available through Kaplan Fox's website at http://www.kaplanfox.com/stillwater.

CONTACT: Laurence M. Rosen, Esq.
         Phillip Kim, Esq.
         Jonathan Horne, Esq.
         Kevin Chan, Esq.
         The Rosen Law Firm, P.A.
         275 Madison Ave., 34th Fl.
         New York, NY  10016
         Tel.: (212) 686-1060
         www.rosenlegal.com
         
         Frederic S. Fox, Esq.
         Donnie Hall, Esq.
         Melinda Campbell, Esq.
         Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP
         850 3rd Ave., 14th Fl.
         New York, NY  10022
         Tel: (212) 687-1980
         www.kaplanfox.com
         
         Marvin L. Frank, Esq.
         Bridget v. Hamill, Esq.
         Frank & Bianco LLP
         275 Madison Ave., Ste. 801
         New York, NY  10016
         Tel.: (212) 682-1818
         www.frankandbianco.com