Inotiv Filed for Chapter 11 on June 3 and Was Out by July 19 — Its Data Breach Settlement Is Still On: $45 With No Proof, Up to $4,580 With Receipts, Opt-Out Deadline November 2, Claims Due December 2, 2026

If you got a letter about the Inotiv data breach and then read that the company went bankrupt, here is where things stand as of October 19, 2026. Inotiv signed the class settlement on May 13, 2026, filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 case on June 3, 2026, had its plan confirmed on July 14 and emerged on July 19, 2026 — 46 days, by our count. The settlement notice went out afterwards, on September 3, and the official site still lists the same benefits and the same deadlines it showed when we first reported on the case on September 30: claims by December 2, 2026, opt-outs and objections by November 2, 2026, and a final approval hearing on December 3, 2026 at 11:45 a.m.

Three things in Inotiv’s own filings point the same way. In May the company told the SEC that “all payments required by the Proposed Cybersecurity Incident Settlement will be fully funded by available insurance.” Its June 3 filing said ordinary unsecured claims were “expected to have such claim reinstated, or to otherwise receive treatment rendering such claim unimpaired” — the bankruptcy cut about $326 million of lender and noteholder debt, not obligations to everyone else. And the plan provides that all insurance policies “shall be assumed by the Reorganized Debtors and shall continue in full force and effect.” The disclosure statement even lists money owed to Inotiv on “insurance claims related to the 2025 Cybersecurity Incident.”

What we could not find: a bankruptcy filing that names this settlement specifically. The court in Indiana still has to approve it, and nothing is paid until it does.

The class is “All persons in the United States who were sent a notice by Defendant informing them that their Private Information was compromised in the Data Breach.” The site says the affected files “may have contained personal information such as social security numbers, dates of birth, and financial information.” Inotiv has not published how many people were notified.

Each class member picks one of two routes. The no-proof route is a one-time $45 payment: “You do not have to provide any proof or explanation to claim this payment.” The documented route covers up to $500 in out-of-pocket costs such as credit freezes and credit reports, up to $4,000 for money lost to identity theft or fraud, and up to four hours of lost time at $20 an hour, a maximum of $80 — at most $4,580 if every cap is reached, by our arithmetic. Losses must fall between August 5, 2025 and September 10, 2026. Everyone can also enroll in two years of CyEx Medical Shield Complete with $1 million in medical identity theft insurance, on top of either cash option.

There is no fixed pot to split. The settlement agreement says that within 21 days of the Effective Date Inotiv must pay the administrator “an amount sufficient to satisfy the full amount of Approved Claims,” and the administrator mails payments within 30 days of the Effective Date or of the claim’s approval, whichever is later. The Effective Date is when the settlement becomes final: the approval order is entered and the time to appeal has run out, or any appeal is resolved. The notice puts it simply: “Settlement payments will be distributed if the Court grants final approval, and after any appeals are resolved.” With the hearing on December 3, 2026, payments cannot come before early 2027 even without an appeal; no payment date has been announced. That obligation only comes due after final approval — months after Inotiv left Chapter 11 on July 19. Class counsel, CohenMalad, LLP, will ask for $275,000 in fees and costs and $2,000 for each class representative, paid by Inotiv separately from class benefits.

To get paid, file a claim form at InotivDataBreachSettlement.com by December 2, 2026; you can also download the form and mail it to the administrator. Filing online is faster and avoids mail delays. If you choose the $45 option, no documents are needed. If you claim documented losses, keep receipts or statements showing what you spent or lost; the notice says your proof should show the loss was because of the breach, and notes you write yourself are not enough on their own. Doing nothing means no payment, and you still give up the right to sue Inotiv over the breach.

To keep your right to sue, you have to opt out: the request “must be submitted, postmarked, or emailed by November 2, 2026.” You cannot both opt out and get settlement benefits. To object — for example to the fee request or to the fact that the notice does not mention the bankruptcy — you stay in the class and write to the court by the same November 2, 2026 deadline; objectors can still file a claim.

The administrator, Simpluris, answers questions for free: (877) 723-7093 (toll free, 24/7), info@InotivDataBreachSettlement.com, or Inotiv Data Breach Settlement, c/o Settlement Administrator, P.O. Box 25226, Santa Ana, CA 92799-9958.

Two different official mailers have used Inotiv’s name in 2026, and they do different things. The settlement notice comes from Simpluris on behalf of the Marion County court, refers to Doyal v. Inotiv Inc. and InotivDataBreachSettlement.com, and states: “A court has authorized this notice. This is not a solicitation from a lawyer.” That is the only route to the $45 or the documented payments. Bankruptcy paperwork is handled by Kroll, which Inotiv named as its “noticing and claims agent” in the Chapter 11 case (Kroll’s number for that case is (844) 408-3698). Anything from the bankruptcy case is not a data breach claim form; the settlement claim form is the only way to get settlement benefits.

The safe check is the same as for any settlement: type InotivDataBreachSettlement.com yourself rather than clicking a link, and call the number listed there. The notice says the administrator gives free help; a caller or text asking you to pay to release a settlement payment should be treated as a scam.

The money trouble was visible before the settlement became public. Inotiv missed an interest payment of about $2.139 million due April 15, 2026 on its convertible notes, signed the breach settlement on May 13 — the day before it amended its loan agreement on May 14 — and filed in Texas on June 3 with substantial majorities of its lenders and noteholders already signed up to the plan. Nasdaq suspended trading in the shares on June 11, 2026. The plan, confirmed as Docket No. 191, canceled the old common stock and issued 5,100,000 new shares to holders of its loans and notes; Inotiv said it would come out as a private company, and it filed to deregister with the SEC on July 29, 2026.

For class members, that last step matters more than it sounds. Inotiv’s quarterly SEC reports were where it described the breach lawsuits; as a private company it no longer files them. From here on, the official settlement site and the Marion County court are the only places where changes — a new hearing date, an approval order, a payment schedule — will show up.

The case itself began as three federal class actions in the Northern District of Indiana. Those were dismissed without prejudice on March 14, 2026, and the same plaintiffs refiled in Marion Superior Court, where the settlement was filed. Inotiv denies wrongdoing, and the court has not decided who is right. Our September 30 report covers the breach letters and the settlement terms in more detail.