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Commitments and Contingencies
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies Note 10: Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is, from time to time, party to lawsuits, threatened lawsuits, disputes and other claims arising in the normal course of business. The Company assesses its liabilities and contingencies in connection with outstanding legal proceedings utilizing the latest information available. Where it is probable that the Company will incur a loss and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated, the Company records a liability in its consolidated financial statements. These legal accruals may be increased or decreased to reflect any relevant developments on a quarterly basis. Where a loss is not probable or the amount of the loss is not estimable, the Company does not record an accrual, consistent with applicable accounting guidance. Based on information currently available to the Company, advice of counsel, and available insurance coverage, the Company believes that its established accruals are adequate and the liabilities arising from the legal proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated financial condition. However, in light of the inherent uncertainty in legal proceedings, there can be no assurance that the ultimate resolution of a matter will not exceed established accruals. As a result, the outcome of a particular matter or a combination of matters may be material to the Company’s results of operations for a particular period, depending upon the size of the loss or the Company’s income for that particular period.

As previously disclosed, the Company was a nominal defendant and certain current and former directors were individual defendants in litigation brought by K-Bar Holdings LLC and Wynnefield Capital, Inc. (“Plaintiffs”), in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Action”), in November 2019. Plaintiffs pleaded the Action as a derivative claim on behalf of the Company and also on behalf of a putative class of certain holders of the Company’s common stock as of October 18, 2019 (the “Putative Class”). Plaintiffs alleged breaches of fiduciary duty in connection with, among other things, the Company’s decision to delist from Nasdaq and deregister its common stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. As previously disclosed, on June 30, 2020, the Company, the individual defendants, and Plaintiffs reached an agreement to settle all claims in the Action, which was documented in a Stipulation of Settlement dated August 7, 2020 (the “Stipulation of Settlement”). Among other terms, the Stipulation of Settlement provides for a settlement fund of $12.0 million, which was funded by the Company’s insurers, and which will be distributed to members of the Putative Class pursuant to an allocation and claims distribution process proposed by the Plaintiffs and approved by the Court. The Stipulation of Settlement was approved by the Court on October 12, 2020. The Court also granted the Plaintiffs’ counsel a $2.7 million award of attorney’s fees in connection with the settlement of the derivative claims. The Company’s insurers have agreed to cover the fee award to the Plaintiffs’ attorneys. The Company recorded a $14.7 million other current liability and a $14.7 million other current asset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2020 to reflect the Company’s obligation to the Putative Class, the attorney fee award and the corresponding receivable from the insurance companies.

The Company is also, from time to time, subject to claims and disputes arising in the normal course of business. In the opinion of management, while the outcome of such claims and disputes cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company’s ultimate liability in connection with these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the results of operations, financial position, or cash flows.