In Re Peanut Farmers Antitrust Litigation

Case No. 2:19-cv-00463

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia

If you are a person or entity in the United States who sold raw, harvested runner peanuts to any of the Defendants, their subsidiaries or joint-ventures, from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2019, your rights may be affected by recent court decisions certifying a class action against the Defendants and preliminarily approving settlements with certain Defendants.

Important Dates

March 13, 2021 — Exclusion Deadline

March 13, 2021 — Objection Deadline

March 25, 2021 — Fairness Hearing

April 23, 2021 — Preliminary Approval Hearing for proposed Settlement with Golden Peanut Company, LLC

Plaintiffs have reached a settlement with Defendant Golden Peanut Company, LLC. The Court will hold a preliminary approval hearing as to that settlement on April 23, 2021 at 10 a.m. eastern. Please be advised that the Court has decided to hold the preliminry approval hearing remotely. Counsel will participate via Zoom videoconference. The public may attend by telephone. Please do not try to attend in person. A list of remote teleconference numbers can be accessed by clicking here: Remote Teleconference Listing 100120.xlsx (uscourts.gov)

July 26, 2021 at 2:30 p.m. — Fairness Hearing for the Golden Peanut Settlement

The Court will hold a Fairness Hearing at 2:30 p.m. (EST) on July 26, 2021 in Courtroom 4 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, located at United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (Norfolk Division), Walter E. Hoffman E. Hoffman United States Courthouse, 600 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. The hearing can be attended remotely by calling 1-888-363-4735, Access Code 1423918.

SUMMARY OF YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS AND OPTIONS DEADLINE

DO NOTHING AND REMAIN IN THE CLASS AND THE SETTLEMENT CLASSES

You do not need to take any action to remain a member of the Class and the Settlement Classes. Your interests will be represented by the Class Representatives (and Settlement Class Representatives) and Class Counsel (and Settlement Class Counsel) listed below. As a member of the Class and the Settlement Classes, you will be bound by any judgments, decisions, or settlements in the Action.. None.

EXCLUDE YOURSELF

This is the only option that allows you to keep your right to assert any claims against the Settling Defendants and the Non-Settling Defendant. If you exclude yourself from the Class, you will not be able to participate in any distribution of the proceeds from the Settlements with the Settling Defendants or any judgment against, or settlement with, the Non-Settling Defendant in the Action. March 13, 2021

REMAIN IN THE CLASS AND EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM ONE, BUT NOT BOTH, OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASSES

If you remain in the Class, but exclude yourself from one, but not both, of the Settlement Classes, you will be bound by any judgments, decisions, or settlements relating to the Non-Settling Defendant and the Settling Defendant for the Class and the Settlement Class in which you remain. With respect to the Settlement Class from which you exclude yourself, you will not be bound by any judgment, decisions, or settlements relating to that Settling Defendant. March 13, 2021

REMAIN IN THE CLASS AND EXCLUDE YOURSELF FROM BOTH OF THE SETTLEMENT CLASSES

If you remain in the Class, but exclude yourself from both of the Settlement Classes, you will be bound by any judgments, decision, or settlements relating to the Non-Settling Defendant, but will not be bound by any judgment, decisions, or settlements relating to the Settling Defendants. March 13, 2021

OBJECT AND/OR ATTEND A HEARING

If you remain in either or both of the Settlement Classes, you will have the right to file a written objection to the Settlement for which you remain a Settlement Class Member and may also request to be heard at the Fairness Hearing on March 25, 2021. March 13, 2021