Question 1

What is this action about?

Accepted Answer

Plaintiffs allege that Kroger inflated its U&C prices by not considering the
prices it charged under its Savings Club in determining the U&C price, allegedly
resulting in insured customers paying inflated amounts for prescription drugs.
Plaintiffs brought claims against Kroger for fraud, negligent misrepresentation,
and unjust enrichment.

Kroger denies Plaintiffs’ allegations and maintains that it acted appropriately
in reporting its retail prices as its U&C prices, as Kroger contends the special
prices available to club members who elected to join the Savings Club, pay an
annual membership fee, and satisfy other terms and conditions are not Kroger’s
“usual” or “customary” prices.  This matter has settled with no findings of
liability or wrongdoing by Kroger as to any of Plaintiffs’ allegations.

Question 2

Who is included in the Settlement?

Accepted Answer

* All individuals in the United States and its territories who, at any point in
   time from December 9, 2018, Through August 23, 2026 (“Settlement Class
   Period”), paid in whole or in part for one or more prescription drugs from
   Kroger using their insurance.
 * The following individuals are excluded from the Settlement Class:  (1) any
   Judge presiding over any portion of this Action, including appeals, and
   immediate members of the Judges’ families, any members of the Judges’
   respective staffs (but not members of the immediate families of judicial
   staff); (2) officers and directors of Kroger, its subsidiaries, parent
   companies, successors, predecessors, affiliates, and any entity in which
   Kroger has a controlling interest; (3) individuals who timely and validly
   request exclusion from the Settlement Class; (4) the legal representatives,
   successors, or assigns of any such excluded individuals; and (5) all
   individuals that have sued (other than through this Action), filed an
   arbitration demand, or participated in a settlement in a suit against Kroger
   relating to its determination of usual and customary prices in connection
   with the Savings Club (this exclusion from the Settlement Class does not
   apply to individuals that have voluntarily dismissed their claims without
   prejudice in any suit or arbitration).

Question 3

What does the Settlement provide?

Accepted Answer

Kroger will pay $17,000,000 into a Settlement Fund to settle all claims in the
lawsuit brought on behalf of Settlement Class Members.

The Settlement Fund will be distributed pursuant to a Plan of Allocation and
Distribution, the latest version of which can be found on the Important
Documents [/important-documents] page of this website. Class Counsel will ask
the Court to award attorneys’ fees not to exceed one third of the Settlement
Fund, as well as out-of-pocket costs, expenses, and charges not to exceed
$610,325.71, and interest, as well as Service Award payments to the named
Plaintiffs not to exceed $5,000 to each named Plaintiff, each to be paid out of
the Settlement Fund.  Notice and Administration Expenses also will be paid out
of the Settlement Fund.

The Net Settlement Fund will be distributed to Settlement Class Members who file
valid Claim Forms. Payments will be calculated based on the amount a claimant
paid, in whole or in part, during the Settlement Class Period, for the purchase
of one or more prescription drugs from Kroger, where prescription insurance
benefits were used in filling the prescription(s), as described below. The
precise amount that you might receive from the Net Settlement Fund will depend
on how much you (and other members of the Settlement Class) paid, in whole or in
part, during the Settlement Class Period, for the purchase of prescription
drug(s) from Kroger, where prescription insurance benefits were used in filling
the prescription(s).

The Plan of Allocation and Distribution provides for distribution of the
Settlement Fund as follows:

* The Settlement Administrator will first calculate the Net Settlement Fund
   amount by subtracting any Court-approved Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses,
   Service Awards, Notice and Administration Expenses, and any other
   Court-approved deductions (which may include taxes, tax expenses, and escrow
   fees) from the total Settlement Fund.
 * The Net Settlement Fund amount will be shared by all Settlement Class Members
   who submit valid claims. Each Settlement Class Member’s claim on the
   Settlement Fund will be distributed on a pro rata basis based on the relative
   size of the Recognized Claims and determined as follows:
   * The Distribution Amount shall be that Authorized Claimant’s Recognized
     Claim divided by the total Recognized Claims of all Authorized Claimants,
     multiplied by the total amount in the Net Settlement Fund,
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The proposed Plan of Allocation and Distribution groups those submitting claims
into Known Claimants and Unknown Claimants based on whether Kroger identified
the claimant as a potential member of the Settlement Class. There are different
documentation requirements for each category of claimants, as discussed below.
This is a summary of the Plan of Allocation and Distribution. For additional
details, the latest version of the Plan of Allocation and Distribution can be
reviewed on the Important Documents [/important-documents] page of this website.

The proposed Plan of Allocation and Distribution is subject to change until the
Court approves it. To view the most current version, visit the Important
Documents [/important-documents] page of this website.

Question 4

How do I get a payment?

Accepted Answer

You must submit a Claim Form by DECEMBER 21, 2026 to be eligible for a payment.

* If you received a notice and a claim identification number from the
   Settlement Administrator you are a Known Claimant, as defined in the Plan of
   Allocation and Distribution. If you want to participate in the Settlement,
   then you will need to submit a Claim Form [/Claim-Form] in order to be
   eligible to obtain a share of the proposed Settlement. You can find a copy of
   the Claim form on the Important Documents [/Important-Documents] page of this
   website. You will be asked to provide information proving that you are a
   member of the Settlement Class. You also may be asked to provide supporting
   documentation or data sufficient to identify your eligible purchases. If you
   are unable to access the Settlement Website identified above, please contact
   the Settlement Administrator by mail at Kroger Savings Club Litigation
   Settlement, Attn: Claim Form, 1650 Arch Street, Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA
   19103, by email at info@krogersavingsclubsettlement.com, or by phone at (888)
   535-4262.
 * If you did not receive a notice and a claim identification number from the
   Settlement Administrator, but believe you are a potential Settlement Class
   Member, then you will need to submit a Claim Form in order to be eligible to
   obtain a share of the proposed Settlement. Please visit the Important
   Documents [/Important-Documents] page of this website for more information
   and if you wish to submit a claim, please complete the Claim Form
   [/claim-form]. You will be asked to provide information proving that you are
   a member of the Settlement Class. After you submit the Claim Form, if the
   Settlement Administrator determines you are not on a list of individuals
   known to have purchased one or more prescription drugs from Kroger during the
   Settlement Class Period where insurance benefits were used in filling the
   prescription(s), you will be an Unknown Claimant, as defined in the Plan of
   Allocation and Distribution. You will be contacted by the Settlement
   Administrator and asked to provide supporting documentation or data
   sufficient to identify your eligible purchases. If you are having
   trouble accessing pages on this website, please contact us by mail at Kroger
   Savings Club Litigation Settlement, c/o Angeion Group, 1650 Arch Street,
   Suite 2210, Philadelphia, PA 19103, by email at
   info@krogersavingsclubsettlement.com, or by phone at (888) 535-4262.
 * When and whether you receive your payment depends on several matters,
   including whether your claim is approved and whether and when the Court
   grants final approval of the Settlement. The initial Distribution of the Net
   Settlement Fund will be allocated to Settlement Class Members within 120 days
   after the Effective Date. If the proposed Settlement is given final approval,
   but there is an appeal of the final approval, the appeal could take several
   years to resolve. In the event the Settlement is finally approved by all
   necessary courts, any accrued interest on the Settlement Fund will be
   included, consistent with the Plan of Allocation and Distribution, in the
   amount paid to Settlement Class Members.

Question 5

What am I giving up to receive a payment?

Accepted Answer

Unless you exclude yourself, you remain a Settlement Class Member. That means
you cannot sue, continue to sue, or be part of any other lawsuit about the
Plaintiffs’ Released Claims in this case against Kroger or any of the
Defendant’s Released Persons. Upon the Effective Date of the Settlement,
Plaintiffs and all Settlement Class Members, on behalf of themselves and each of
the Plaintiffs’ Released Persons, shall be deemed to have, and by operation of
the Final Judgment shall have, fully, finally, and forever released,
relinquished, and discharged all Plaintiffs’ Released Claims against Kroger and
the Defendant’s Released Persons, regardless of whether Plaintiffs and
Settlement Class Members execute and deliver Claim Forms. The capitalized terms
used in this paragraph are defined in the Settlement Agreement
[https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/www.krogersavingsclubsettlement.com/docs/Settlement+Agreement+-+2.21-cv-00022.pdf].
For easy reference, the relevant parts of those terms are copied below:

* “Defendant’s Released Persons” means Kroger and its respective legal
   representatives, predecessors, successors and assigns, present and former
   parents and subsidiaries and affiliated entities, present and former
   employees, partners, agents, representatives, independent contractors,
   officers, directors, shareholders, attorneys, accountants, managers, and all
   other legally associated individuals or entities.
 * “Plaintiffs’ Released Persons” means Plaintiffs, Settlement Class Members,
   and Plaintiffs’ Related Parties. In turn, “Plaintiffs’ Related Parties” means
   Plaintiffs’ respective legal representatives, including Class Counsel, heirs,
   executors, administrators, beneficiaries, trustees, predecessors, successors
   in interest, transferees and assignees, in their capacities as such.
 * “Plaintiffs’ Released Claims” means all claims, demands, damages, harm,
   injuries, actions, causes of action, suits, proceedings, matters, disputes,
   obligations, costs, and losses of any kind whatsoever, whether known or
   Unknown Claims[1], suspected or unsuspected, accrued or unaccrued, and
   contingent or non-contingent, which now exist or have existed upon any theory
   of law or equity (whether contractual, common law, statutory, federal, state,
   local, or otherwise), including any claims for compensatory or punitive
   damages, or for attorneys’ fees, costs, or disbursements of any kind, against
   Defendant’s Released Persons arising out of or related to the conduct
   challenged in the Action, including any and all claims relating to the
   reporting of U&C prices for pharmaceuticals, regardless of whether “usual and
   customary” or “U&C” appears as a defined contractual term in any relevant
   contract, except for claims relating to the enforcement of the Settlement
   Agreement
   
    
   
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   [1] The complete definition of “Unknown Claims” is set forth at Section 1.43
   of the Settlement Agreement and includes “(a) any Plaintiffs’ Released Claims
   that Plaintiffs or any Settlement Class Member does not know or suspect to
   exist in his or her favor at the time of the release of Defendant’s Released
   Persons which, if known by him or her, might have affected such Plaintiff’s
   or Settlement Class Member’s settlement or decisions with respect to the
   Settlement, including the release of Defendant’s Released Persons or the
   decision not to object to or opt out of this Settlement; and (b) any
   Defendant’s Released Claims that Defendant does not know or suspect to exist
   in its favor at the time of the release of Plaintiffs’ Released Persons,
   which if known by it, might have affected its settlement or decision with
   respect to the Settlement, including the release of Plaintiffs’ Released
   Persons.”

FAQs

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is this action about?

2. Who is included in the Settlement?

3. What does the Settlement provide?

4. How do I get a payment?

5. What am I giving up to receive a payment?

6. What are my other rights?

7. How do I get more information?

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8. How do I get my payment?