UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

COMMONWEALTH OF 

MASSACHUSETTS,

and

STATE OF WISCONSIN,

Plaintiffs,

v. 

DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA, INC.

and

DEAN FOODS COMPANY,

 Defendants.

No. 20 C 2658

Judge Feinerman

UNITED STATES’ NOTICE RELATING TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR 

DFA TO DIVEST THE DIVESTITURE ASSETS

Pursuant to Paragraph IV.A. of the proposed Final Judgment filed with this Court, the 

United States hereby notifies the Court that it has extended the time period for Dairy Farmers of 

America (“DFA”) to divest the Divestiture Assets (as defined in the proposed Final Judgment)

for an additional 15 days. 

Under the proposed Final Judgment, DFA had until June 1, 2020 to divest the Divestiture 

Assets, and the United States has sole discretion to grant extensions of up to 60 additional days. 

Because DFA had been working diligently to divest the Divestiture Assets, the United States 

extended the time period for DFA to market the Divestiture Assets for 30 days on June 1, 2020. 

See Joint Status Report, Docket No. 20, at 4. The proposed Final Judgment allows the United 

States, in its sole discretion, to further extend the time period for up to an additional 30 days.

DFA has continued to work diligently to divest the Divestiture Assets. Pursuant to 

Paragraph IV.A. of the proposed Final Judgment, the United States has extended the time period 

for DFA to market the Divestiture Assets for 15 additional days based on DFA’s representations 

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and in anticipation of DFA entering into a contractual agreement during this period for the 

Harvard Plant and De Pere Plant (as defined in the proposed Final Judgment). 

Dated: July 1, 2020

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Karl D. Knutsen 

Karl D. Knutsen

Justin Heipp

Nathaniel J. Harris

Christopher A. Wetzel

U.S. Department of Justice

Antitrust Division

Healthcare and Consumer Products Section

450 Fifth Street, NW, Suite 4100

Washington, DC 20530

202-514-0976

karl.knutsen@usdoj.gov

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, Karl D. Knutsen, hereby certify that on July 1, 2020, I caused a copy of the foregoing 

Notice to be served on Defendants by mailing the document electronically to their duly 

authorized legal representatives as follows:

For Defendant Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.:

W. TODD MILLER

Baker & Miller

2401 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 

Washington, DC 20037

Tel: (202) 663-7822

Fax: (202) 663-7849

tmiller@bakerandmiller.com

MICHAEL G. EGGE

Latham & Watkins LLP 

555 Eleventh Street, NW, Suite 1000

Washington, DC 20004

Tel: (202) 637-2285

Fax: (202) 637-2201

michael.egge@lw.com

GARRET RASMUSSEN

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP 

Columbia Center

1152 15th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005

Tel: (202) 339-8481

Fax: (202) 339-8500

grasmussen@orrick.com

For Defendant Dean Foods Company:

ARTHUR J. BURKE

Davis Polk LLP

450 Lexington Ave.

New York, NY 

Tel: (212) 450-4352

Fax: (212) 701-5800

arthur.burke@davispolk.com

And other ECF registered users by ECF.

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 /s/ Karl D. Knutsen

Karl D. Knutsen

Attorney for the United States

U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division

450 Fifth Street NW, Suite 4100

Washington, DC 20530

Tel.: 202-514-0976

Fax: 202-307-5802

E-mail: karl.knutsen@usdoj.gov

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