According to the Complaint, Venator Materials PLC is a global chemical company primarily focused on the development and manufacture of Titanium Dioxide. Titanium Dioxide is a naturally occurring, opaque mineral that is used to enhance whiteness, opacity, and brightness in thousands of manufactured items such as coatings, plastics, paper, paints, inks, fibers, food, and personal care products, and is the mainstay of Venator’s range of products.

Venator was previously organized as the Pigments & Additives division within Huntsman Corporation, a multinational manufacturer of chemical products. In August 2017, Huntsman offered shares of Venator to the public through an initial public offering. Months earlier, however, on January 30, 2017, a fire had ravaged one of Venator's key chemical manufacturing plants located in Pori, Finland.

The Complaint alleges that in connection with its IPO and its December 2017 secondary stock offering, and continuing throughout the Class Period, Defendants misrepresented the true extent of the fire damage to Venator's Pori facility, the cost to rehabilitate the facility, and the impact on Venator's business and operations. The Company also assured investors that the Pori facility would be rebuilt with insurance proceeds within its policy limits. Throughout the Class Period, Venator and its executives continued to assure investors that the rebuild of the Pori facility was on track and that the Company would be able to fully recoup the production capacity lost in the fire. As a result of these misrepresentations, Venator shares traded at artificially inflated prices throughout the Class Period.

On October 21, 2019, the Court issued an Order appointing Lead Plaintiffs and Counsel. On October 29, the Court issued an Order transferring this case to the Houston Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, where the case is docketed under 19-CV-04266. On November 11, the Court consolidated the transferred case under docket 19-CV-03464.

Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated Complaint on January 17, 2020. Defendants filed a Motion to Dismiss the consolidated Complaint on February 18. On July 7, 2021, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part Defendants' Motion to Dismiss. Plaintiffs were given leave to amend the Complaint. On August 16, Plaintiffs filed an amended consolidated Complaint.

The parties entered into a Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement on March 11, 2022. On May 19, the Court granted preliminary approval of the Settlement. On September 15, the Court granted final approval of the Settlement, including an award of Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses, and entered Final Judgment.

On October 30, 2023, the Court issued an Order approving distribution of the Settlement fund.