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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-25-044247"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "STE"
cik: "0001757898"
company_name: "STERIS plc"
filed_at: "2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-25T19:30:45.496006+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# STERIS subsidiary Isomedix settles EO personal injury claims for up to $48.15M

## Summary
- Up to $48.15M settlement for substantially all pending EO injury claims in Cook County, IL.
- No admission of liability; walkaway rights if conditions not met.
- $48.15M charge recorded in FY2025 (ending March 31, 2025), excluded from adjusted earnings.
- Settlement funded with cash and revolver borrowings; claims administration process up to 10 months.
- Isomedix anticipates dismissal of all covered EO claims upon administration completion and court approval.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-25-044247
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: STE
- cik: 0001757898
- company_name: STERIS plc
- filed_at: 2025-03-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757898/000119312525044247/0001193125-25-044247-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1757898/000119312525044247/d915038d8k.htm

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