On September 10, 2025, the Court granted final approval to the Settlement and Plan of Allocation. The deadline to submit Claims was October 10, 2025. Payments to eligible claimants will be made only after the completion of all claims processing.
Please be patient, as this process will take some time to complete.
The information contained on this web page is only a summary of information presented in more detail in the Notice of (I) Pendency of Class Action and Proposed Settlement; (II) Settlement Hearing; and (III) Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Litigation Expenses (the “Notice”), which you can access by clicking here. Since this website is just a summary, you should review the Notice for additional information.
If you are a member of the Settlement Class, your legal rights will be affected whether you act or do not act.
Please read the Notice to fully understand your rights and options.
IF YOU PURCHASED OR OTHERWISE ACQUIRED THE COMMON STOCK OF DENTSPLY INTERNATIONAL, INC. (“DENTSPLY INTL.”) OR DENTSPLY SIRONA, INC. (“DENTSPLY SIRONA”) DURING THE PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 8, 2015 THROUGH AUGUST 6, 2018, INCLUSIVE, WERE DAMAGED THEREBY, AND ARE NOT OTHERWISE EXCLUDED FROM THE SETTLEMENT CLASS, YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A PAYMENT FROM A CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT.
The Settlement Hearing
The Settlement Hearing was held on September 10, 2025 before the Honorable Nina Gershon of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. During that hearing, among other things, the Court approved the Settlement and the Plan of Allocation described in the Notice. The Orders thereafter entered by the Court are available through the tab for Court Documents.
The Court-ordered deadline for Class Members who wish to receive a payment from the Settlement to submit their Claim Forms was October 10, 2025. Payments to eligible claimants will be made after the completion of all claims processing.
What is this case about?
This Action involves allegations that, during the Settlement Class Period (from December 8, 2015 through August 6, 2018), Dentsply Sirona and the Individual Defendants made material misrepresentations and omissions regarding a build-up of inventory at one of its major distributors.  Lead Plaintiff alleges that these alleged misrepresentations and omissions caused the price of Dentsply Intl.’s and Dentsply Sirona’s common stock to be inflated during the Settlement Class Period, and that the price declined when the truth was disclosed through a series of disclosures on August 9, 2017, October 2, 2017, May 6-7, 2018, and August 7, 2018.
The Settlement Benefits
Pursuant to the Settlement, Defendants have agreed to cause $84,000,000 in cash (the “Settlement Amount”) to be paid into an escrow account.  The Settlement Amount plus any interest earned thereon is referred to as the “Settlement Fund.”  If the Settlement is approved by the Court and the Effective Date occurs, the “Net Settlement Fund” (that is, the Settlement Fund less (a) all federal, state and/or local taxes on any income earned by the Settlement Fund and the reasonable costs incurred in connection with determining the amount of and paying taxes owed by the Settlement Fund (including reasonable expenses of tax attorneys and accountants); (b) the costs and expenses incurred in connection with providing notice to Settlement Class Members and administering the Settlement on behalf of Settlement Class Members; (c) any attorneys’ fees and Litigation Expenses awarded by the Court; and (d) any other costs or fees approved by the Court) will be distributed to Settlement Class Members who submit valid Claim Forms, in accordance with the proposed Plan of Allocation or such other plan of allocation as the Court may approve.
The Net Settlement Fund will not be distributed unless and until the Court has approved the Settlement and a plan of allocation, and the time for any petition for rehearing, appeal or review, whether by certiorari or otherwise, has expired.
Further Information
This website and the Notice (available here) summarize the Settlement.  For more details regarding this Settlement please reference the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, or other documents filed in the case under the “Court Documents” link on the left.  You may also contact the Claims Administrator or Lead Counsel for further information regarding this Settlement:
Claims Administrator:
Dentsply Sirona Securities Litigation
c/o A.B. Data, Ltd.
P.O. Box 173027
Milwaukee, WI 53217
(866) 217-4456 
info@DentsplySironaSecuritiesLitigation.com
Lead Counsel: 
Michael Toomey
BARRACK, RODOS & BACINE
3300 Two Commerce Square
2001 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(877) 386-3304
settlements@barrack.com
