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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
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`IN RE PORK ANTITRUST
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`Civil No. 18-1776 (JRT/HB)
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`DIRECT PURCHASER
`PLAINTIFFS’ NOTICE OF
`SETTLEMENT WITH
`SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC.
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`This Document Relates to:
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`Direct Purchaser Plaintiff Action
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`NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
`Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs respectfully write to the Court to provide notice that Direct
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`Purchaser Plaintiffs have reached an agreement with Defendant Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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`(“Smithfield,” and, together with Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs, the “Parties”) to settle all claims
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`against Smithfield. This agreement is subject to the Court’s approval pursuant to Federal Rule
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`of Civil Procedure 23. Consistent with the Parties’ agreement, Direct Purchaser Plaintiffs will
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`move for preliminary – and, ultimately, final – approval of a proposed settlement in the near
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`future.
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`CASE 0:18-cv-01776-JRT-HB Doc. 815 Filed 06/29/21 Page 2 of 4
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`Date:
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` June 29, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
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`By: /s/Brian D. Clark w
`W. Joseph Bruckner (MN #0147758)
`Brian D. Clark (MN #0390069)
`Simeon A. Morbey (MN #0391338)
`Arielle S. Wagner (MN #0398332)
`Joseph C. Bourne (MN #0389922)
`LOCKRIDGE GRINDAL NAUEN P.L.L.P.
`100 Washington Avenue South,
`Suite 2200
`Minneapolis, MN 55401
`Telephone: (612) 339-6900
`Facsimile: (612) 339-0981
`wjbruckner@locklaw.com
`bdclark@locklaw.com
`samorbey@locklaw.com
`aswagner@locklaw.com
`jcbourne@locklaw.com
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`Clifford H. Pearson
`Daniel L. Warshaw
`Thomas J. Nolan
`Bobby Pouya
`Michael H. Pearson
`PEARSON SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`15165 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 400
`Sherman Oaks, CA 92403
`Telephone: (818) 788-8300
`Facsimile: (818) 788-8104
`cpearson@pswlaw.com
`dwarshaw@pswlaw.com
`tnolan@pswlaw.com
`bpouya@pswlaw.com
`mpearson@pswlaw.com
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`Bruce L. Simon
`PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`350 Sansome Street, Suite 680
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Telephone: (415) 433-9000
`Facsimile: (415) 433-9008
`bsimon@pswlaw.com
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`Melissa S. Weiner (MN #0387900)
`PEARSON, SIMON & WARSHAW, LLP
`800 LaSalle Avenue, Suite 2150
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 389-0600
`Facsimile: (612) 389-0610
`mweiner@pswlaw.com
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`Co-Lead Class Counsel for Direct Purchaser
`Plaintiffs
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Brian D. Clark, depose and state that I have served a copy of Notice of Settlement upon
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`all counsel of record via the United States Court for the District of Minnesota ECF Document
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`Filing System on June 29, 2021.
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`By:
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`/s/. Brian D. Clark
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