Active Claimant definition
Active Claimant means an Eligible Shareholder, except for Excluded Persons, who has taken an affirmative step to make a claim against a Releasee in connection with the Events, by:
Active Claimant means an Eligible Shareholder, except for Excluded Persons, who has taken an affirmative step to make a claim against a Releasee in connection with the Events, by: (a) participating in a Dutch or Belgian court action against a Releasee, including by having its name on a complaint, request to voluntarily intervene in pending proceedings (verzoek tot vrijwillige tussenkomst) or writ of summons, or intervene in criminal proceedings, such action to be initiated before 24 March 2017; or (b) having registered with or joined, before 31 December 2014, a Dutch or Belgian organisation, including the ACG, which has initiated a court action against a Releasee before 24 March 2017, to be proven by a written agreement, registration form or support letter to the Fortis litigation, or in as far as individuals (including pension or management BVs set up for the benefit of a single person) are concerned, by evidence of payment of a membership fee to such organisation, and such Eligible Shareholder is included in the list to be presented by the ACG, to the Claims Administrator. Any Eligible Shareholder presenting itself as a constituent of the ACG without being on a list mentioned in the previous sentence has to provide specific written information to the Claims Administrator evidencing that such Eligible Shareholder qualifies as an Active Claimant as meant in this sub (b). Any dispute in this respect will be decided by the Dispute Committee; or (c) a current institutional partner of an ACG, to be proven by evidence of a (former) membership of such ACG at least up to 31 December 2014 and payment of a membership fee to such ACG prior to this date, provided that Ageas must have been notified of such institutional partner prior to 14 March 2016 and the number of such institutional partners is limited to five (5) per ACG;