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United States District Court — Northern District of Illinois — Case No. 1:24-cv-07639

PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation

$385+ Million in Proposed Settlements

Direct Purchasers • Non-Converter Seller Purchasers • End-Users

Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants entered into an agreement from at least as early as January 1, 2021, to exchange price signaling statements and competitively sensitive information through Defendant OPIS with the purpose of coordinating supra-competitive prices for PVC Pipes and the effect of generating historic profit margins.

Settlement Overview

Case: In re: PVC Pipe Antitrust Litigation

Court: U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

Case No.: 1:24-cv-07639

Direct Purchasers Settlement $201,160,000.00

Non-Converter Seller Purchasers $101,000,000.00

End-Users Settlement $83,000,000.00

Defendants

Atkore

Cresline Plastic Pipe Co.

Heritage Plastics, Inc.

IPEX

Allied Tube & Conduit Corp.

JM Eagle

Queen City Plastics, Inc.

National Pipe

Cor-Tek

PipeLife Jet Stream Inc.

Cantex

Otter Tail Corporation

Diamond Plastics

Northern Pipe Products Inc.

Prime Conduit, Inc.

Vinyltech Corporation

Sanderson Pipe Corporation

Westlake

Southern Pipe, Inc.

North America PVC Pipe Corporation

Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co.

Co-Conspirator Distributors

Hajoca Corporation Fortiline Waterworks Ferguson Enterprises Inc. Core & Main Inc. United Pipe & Steel Corp. Porter Pipe & Supply Co.

Settlement Classes

Direct Purchaser Class

All persons and entities who purchased PVC Pipes in the United States directly from one or more of the Converter Defendants (or from any of the Converter Defendants’ parents, predecessors, subsidiaries or affiliates) at any time between January 1, 2020 and March 31, 2026.

Proposed Non-Converter Seller Purchaser Class

All persons and entities who purchased PVC Pipe manufactured by a Defendant and subsequently sold through a non-converter PVC Pipe Seller in the United States between January 1, 2021 and May 16, 2025.

Proposed End-User Settlement Class

All purchasers of PVC pipe in the United States between September 1, 2017 through Preliminary Approval, who fall into any of the following categories:

All public water systems that purchased PVC Pipe for end use, including in connection with the treatment or supply of water;
All public wastewater systems that purchased PVC pipe for end use, including for the collection, disposal, or treatment of wastewater;
All suppliers of public energy or electricity that purchased PVC pipe for end use, including in connection with the supply of electricity for public consumption; or
All purchasers of PVC Pipe that purchased from a seller who purchased the product indirectly from Defendants.