In re Deere & Company Repair Services Antitrust Litigation

Plaintiffs allege that defendant Deere & Company, doing business as John Deere, engaged in an anticompetitive scheme to withhold from customers and independent repair providers (“IRPs”) certain repair tools for Deere-manufactured Large Agricultural Equipment, that depend for their functioning, in part, on electronic control units, and that, as a result, customers were required to use Deere authorized Dealers for the diagnosis, maintenance, and repair of their equipment (“Repair Services”) and paid more than they should have. John Deere denies any wrongdoing. The Court has not decided who is right.

 

 

Plaintiffs and John Deere have reached a proposed settlement (the “Settlement”) consisting of $99 million in cash, plus interest accruing since January 15, 2026, and injunctive relief requiring Deere to make repair capabilities and tools available to farmers and IRPs. At the time of this Notice, the total value of the Settlement is estimated by Plaintiffs’ expert to be between $392.9 million and $747 million (including injunctive relief valued between $293.9 million and $648 million).

 

 

PLEASE NOTE that the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of five states (the “FTC”) has entered into an independent settlement with Deere (the “FTC Settlement”) for injunctive relief, for which you will be receiving a separate notice. Despite some language differences in the settlement agreements, the repair resources covered by the injunctive provisions in this Settlement and the FTC Settlement are the same in substance and meaning and, for the avoidance of doubt, the parties have agreed that the scope of repair resources covered by this Settlement and the FTC Settlement shall be interpreted identically. In contrast to this case, however, the FTC Settlement does not provide for any monetary recovery for individual class members. To obtain monetary relief, you must submit a valid Claim Form. 

 

 

The Settlement Class includes all persons and entities who purchased Repair Services for Deere Large Agricultural Equipment from John Deere or its authorized Dealers in the United States between January 10, 2018 and May 18, 2026.

 

 

Filing a claim form is the only way to receive money from the Settlement. Claims must be submitted on or before December 31, 2026. You do not need to file a claim form to receive the benefit of the injunctive relief.