---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001666138-26-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ATKR"
cik: "0001666138"
company_name: "Atkore Inc."
filed_at: "2026-06-03T21:53:19+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T10:11:30.898209+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Atkore agrees to pay $50M to settle end-user plaintiffs in PVC pipe antitrust class action

## Summary
- Settlement agreement with End User Plaintiffs for $50 million, subject to court approval.
- Payment expected ~21 days after preliminary approval; funded from cash on hand.
- Non-operating expense in quarter ending June 26, 2026; no material liquidity impact expected.
- Company does not admit fault; will vigorously defend if settlement is not approved.
- Third settlement in the multi-class PVC antitrust litigation; two prior settlements already reached.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001666138-26-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ATKR
- cik: 0001666138
- company_name: Atkore Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T21:53:19+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000014/0001666138-26-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000014/atkr-20260604.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001666138-26-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  Atkore Inc. entered into Settlement Agreement with End User Plaintiffs valued at $50 million (effective 2026-06-03).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: settlement
  - Counterparty: End User Plaintiffs
  - Value: $50 million
  - Effective: 2026-06-03
  source text: On June 3, 2026 the Company entered into a settlement agreement (the "Settlement Agreement") with the third putative class in the Class Action Litigation — the End User Plaintiffs ("End User Plaintiffs"), individually and on behalf of the putative End User Plaintiff class members.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1666138/000166613826000014/0001666138-26-000014-index.htm

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