Autoparts – New Settlements

Settlements have been reached with the following defendants:

– DENSO Corporation, DENSO International America, Inc., DENSO Manufacturing Canada, Inc., DENSO Sales Canada, Inc., DENSO Korea Corporation (f/k/a separately as DENSO International Korea Corporation and DENSO Korea Automotive Corporation), DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc.(f/k/a DENSO Sales California, Inc.), DENSO Automotive Deutschland GmbH, ASMO Co., Ltd., ASMO North America, LLC, ASMO North Carolina, Inc., ASMO Greenville of North Carolina, Inc., ASMO Manufacturing, Inc., Korea Wiper Blade Co., Ltd. and Techma Corporation (“DENSO”);

– Hitachi Metals, Ltd. and Hitachi Cable America Inc. (“Hitachi Metals”); and

– NGK Spark Plugs (U.S.A.), Inc., NGK Spark Plugs Canada Limited, NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd. and NTK Technologies, Inc. (“NGK Spark”).

Members of the Air Conditioning Systems and Automotive Exhaust Systems settlement classes can opt-out of these proceedings by sending a signed letter to Class Counsel, with the following information:

– your full name, current address and telephone number;

– if you are writing on behalf of a company, the name of the company and your position at the company; and

– a statement saying that you (or the company) want to opt out of the class actions. You must identify which class actions you (or the company) want to opt out of.

Requests to opt out of the proceedings must be post-marked by March 24, 2020.

The Ontario Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve these settlements at Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen Street West, in the City of Toronto on February 28, 2020 at 10:00 a.m.

The Quebec Court will hold a hearing to decide whether to approve these settlements at Quebec Courthouse, at 300 Boulevard Jean Lesage, in the City of Quebec on March 23, 2020 at 9:00 a.m.

In accordance with the Canadian Judicial Protocol for the Management of Multi-Jurisdictional Class Actions, if the Ontario Court approves the settlements, the BC settlement approval applications will be heard in writing.

Please review the Notice of Certification for Settlement Purposes and Settlement Approval Hearing by clicking on the links shown below:

• Long-Form Notice Denso, Hitachi Metals, NGK Settlements and AWHS Distribution (English)
• Long-Form Notice Denso, Hitachi Metals, NGK Settlements and AWHS Distribution (French)
• Proposed Distribution Protocol

The settlement funds (plus interest, less court-approved fees and expenses) are being held in trust for the benefit of settlement class members. At a later date, the courts will be asked to approve a method of distributing the settlement funds to settlement class members.