---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666138-26-000010"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATKR"
cik: "0001666138"
company_name: "Atkore Inc."
filed_at: "2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T02:14:33.517957+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atkore settles two PVC pipe antitrust class actions for $136.5M total

## Summary
- Agreed to pay $72.5M to Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs and $64M to Non-Converter Seller Purchaser Plaintiffs.
- Settlements subject to preliminary and final court approval; payment due ~21 days after preliminary approval.
- Third putative class (End User Plaintiffs) claims remain pending; no settlement reached.
- Settlement recorded as non-operating expense in Q2 ended March 27, 2026; cash on hand to fund.
- Company does not admit liability; believes settlement avoids costs and uncertainty of litigation.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666138-26-000010
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATKR
- cik: 0001666138
- company_name: Atkore Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/0001666138-26-000010-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/atkr-20260429.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000010
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000010.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000010.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 4265b9892f3d85fb85e621b86aa5e2585c4ccd65
  claim: Atkore Inc. entered into Settlement Agreements with Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs and Non-Converter Seller Purchaser Plaintiffs valued at an aggregate of $72.5 million into a settlement fund ... and (ii) an aggregate of $64 million into a (effective 2026-04-28).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 28, 2026, the Company entered into settlement agreements (the "Settlement Agreements") with two of the three putative classes in the Class Action Litigation — the Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs ("DPP Plaintiffs") and the Non-Converter Seller Purchaser Plaintiffs ("NCSP" Plaintiffs) (together, the "DPP and NCSP Plaintiffs"), individually and on behalf of the putative DPP and NCSP Plaintiff class members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000010/0001666138-26-000010-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.