CAVCO INDUSTRIES, INC. 10-Q

Item 1. Legal Proceedings Information regarding reportable legal proceedings is contained in Part I, Item 3, Legal Proceedings , in the Form 10-K. The following describes legal proceedings, if any, that became reportable during the period ended December 26, 2020, and, if applicable, amends and restates descriptions of previously reported legal proceedings in which th ere have been material developments during such quarter. Since 2018, the Company has been cooperating with an investigation by the enforcement staff of the SEC's Los Angeles Regional Office regarding securities trading in personal and Company accounts directed by the Company's former Chief Executive Officer, Joseph Stegmayer. The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors conducted an internal investigation led by independent legal counsel and other advisers and, following the completion of its work in early 2019, the Audit Committee shared the results of its work with the Company's auditors, listing exchange and with the SEC staff. We have also made documents and personnel available to the SEC staff and we intend to continue cooperating with its investigation. As previously disclosed in September 2020, the SEC staff issued a Wells Notice to Dan Urness, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at the time, in connection with its investigation, noting that it intends to recommend an enforcement action against him. Rather than have this be a distraction to the Company, Mr. Urness has gone on leave to focus on his response to the Wells Notice. Also, as previously disclosed in November 2020, the SEC staff issued a Wells Notice to the Company stating that they intend to recommend an enforcement action against the Company in connection with the SEC's investigation. We have been exploring the possibility of a settlement with the SEC staff in connection with the matter but, at this time, we are unable to assess the probability of that outcome or reasonably estimate the amount of a potential loss, if any . Joseph D. Robles v. Cavco Industries, Inc. ("Robles") , was filed in the Superior Court for the State of California, Riverside on June 25, 2019 and Malik Griffin v. Fleetwood Homes, Inc . ("Griffin"), was filed in the Superior Court for the State of California, San Bernardino on September 19, 2019, each seeking recovery on behalf of a putative class of current and former hourly employees for certain alleged wage-and-hour violations, including, among other things: (i) alleged failure to comply with certain wage statement formatting requirements; (ii) alleged failure to compensate employees for straight-time and overtime hours worked; and (iii) alleged failure to provide employees with all requisite work breaks. On November 24, 2020, Robles dismissed his separate action in the Riverside County Superior Court and Griffin filed an amended complaint adding Robles as a named plaintiff to the action in the San Bernardino County Superior Court. A joint mediation occurred on January 27, 2021 where the Parties failed to reach a settlement or resolution to the matter. The Company is party to certain other lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. Based on management's present knowledge of the facts and (in certain cases) advice of outside counsel, management does not believe that loss contingencies arising from pending matters are likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations after taking into account any existing reserves included in Accrued expenses and other current liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. However, future events or circumstances that may currently be unknown to management will determine whether the resolution of pending or threatened litigation or claims will ultimately have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial position, liquidity or results of operations in any future reporting periods.