DEFINITIVE MASTER CLASS SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTDefinitive Master Class Settlement Agreement • June 6th, 2014 • Travelcenters of America LLC • Retail-auto dealers & gasoline stations
WHEREAS, in or around March 2007, several independent Truck Stops filed lawsuits on behalf of a proposed class of independent Truck Stops and retail fueling merchants against Comdata and/or Ceridian in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and, in or around June 2007, filed similar lawsuits against Comdata, Ceridian and/or the Major Chains in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee (the “Actions” as defined below) alleging, among other things, that certain provisions in Comdata’s Merchant Services Agreements with members of the proposed class, as well as certain supposed agreements with the Major Chains, violated Section 1 and/or Section 2 of the Sherman Act;
