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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001822479-23-000026"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHC"
cik: "0001822479"
company_name: "Sotera Health Co"
filed_at: "2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-17T10:55:38.924682+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Sotera Health enters $408M settlement agreements for EO claims at Willowbrook facility

## Summary
- Definitive Master Settlement Agreements signed with Plaintiffs' Executive Committee representing over 870 claimants.
- Settlement payments of $408 million to be funded into escrow on May 1, 2023.
- Settlement process targeted for completion by August 2023, subject to opt-in consents.
- Scope and terms consistent with binding term sheets disclosed in January 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001822479-23-000026
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHC
- cik: 0001822479
- company_name: Sotera Health Co
- filed_at: 2023-03-29T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247923000026/0001822479-23-000026-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822479/000182247923000026/shc-20230328.htm

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