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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001617640-26-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZG"
cik: "0001617640"
company_name: "ZILLOW GROUP, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-28T20:30:24+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-28T20:32:22.928364+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.62
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zillow settles Jaeger securities class action for $212.5M cash; ~$48M covered by insurance

## Summary
- Settlement resolves all claims in Jaeger v. Zillow Group (W.D. Wash., Case No. 2:21-cv-01551-TSZ); no admission of liability or wrongdoing.
- Payment of $212.5M into escrow due within 20 business days after court preliminary approval; ~$48M expected from insurance proceeds.
- Settlement class covers buyers of ZG Class A or Z Class C stock from Aug. 5, 2021 to Nov. 2, 2021.
- Still subject to court approval and fairness hearing; can be terminated if exclusions exceed a confidential share threshold.
- Related shareholder derivative actions remain pending and are unaffected by this settlement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001617640-26-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZG
- cik: 0001617640
- company_name: ZILLOW GROUP, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-28T20:30:24+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.62
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.62
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617640/000161764026000063/0001617640-26-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1617640/000161764026000063/z-20261027.htm

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