Purported Class Action Complaint
On December 15, 2023, a former Field Services team member filed a purported class action Complaint in the Superior
Court of California, County of Santa Clara, alleging violations of California’s meal and rest break law and additional wage
and hour derivative claims under the California Labor Code. While the representative plaintiff was in the Field Services
workforce, the Complaint does not limit the purported plaintiff class to that group, but rather extends to all non-exempt
Sleep Number employees in the state. The plaintiff alleges that Sleep Number failed to provide compliant meal or rest
breaks, failed to pay wages owed due to alleged off the clock work, failed to pay overtime, minimum wage and wages
due at termination, thus resulting in inaccurate wage statements, all in violation of California law. The Complaint seeks
damages in the form of unpaid regular and premium wages, statutory penalties, pre-judgment and post-judgment
interest, plaintiffs’ attorneys’ fees and costs. On February 22, 2024, the plaintiff filed a related lawsuit in the same county
alleging violations of a broad range of California Labor Code wage and hour violations under the state’s Private Attorney
General Act (PAGA), including the same meal and rest break, and wage and hour, violations as appear in the purported
class action. Sleep Number has a pending motion to compel arbitration which includes a request to enforce the class
action waiver that the former Field Services team member signed when they agreed to arbitrate any employment
disputes. The Court stayed the PAGA case pending resolution of the motion to compel arbitration in the purported class
action case.
Shareholder Class Action Complaints
On December 14, 2021, purported Sleep Number shareholder, Steamfitters Local 449 Pension & Retirement Security
Funds (Steamfitters), filed a putative class action complaint in the United States District Court for the District of
Minnesota (the District of Minnesota) on behalf of all purchasers of Sleep Number common stock between February 18,
2021 and July 20, 2021, inclusive, against Sleep Number, Shelly Ibach and David Callen, the Company’s former
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Steamfitters alleges material misstatements and omissions in certain
of Sleep Number’s public disclosures during the purported class period, in violation of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). The complaint seeks, among other things, unspecified
monetary damages, reasonable costs and expenses and equitable/injunctive or other relief as deemed appropriate by
the District of Minnesota.
On February 14, 2022, a second purported Sleep Number shareholder, Ricardo Dario Schammas, moved for
appointment as lead plaintiff in the action. On March 24, 2022, the District of Minnesota heard argument on Schammas’s
motion, and subsequently appointed Steamfitters and Schammas as Co-Lead Plaintiffs (together, Co-Lead Plaintiffs). On
July 19, 2022, Co-Lead Plaintiffs filed a consolidated amended complaint, which, like the predecessor complaint, asserts
claims against Sleep Number, Shelly Ibach, and David Callen under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act. Co-
Lead Plaintiffs purport to assert these claims on behalf of all purchasers of Sleep Number common stock between
February 18, 2021 and July 20, 2021. On September 19, 2022, Defendants moved to dismiss the consolidated amended
complaint, which motion was heard by the Court on January 17, 2023. On July 10, 2023, the Court issued an order
dismissing the Plaintiffs’ consolidated amended complaint with prejudice.
Shareholder Derivative Complaint
On May 12, 2022, Gwendolyn Calla Moore, as the appointed representative of purported Sleep Number shareholder
Matthew Gelb, filed a derivative action (the Derivative Action) in the District of Minnesota against Jean-Michel Valette,
Shelly Ibach, Barbara Matas, Brenda Lauderback, Daniel Alegre, Deborah Kilpatrick, Julie Howard, Kathleen Nedorostek,
Michael Harrison, Stephen Gulis, Jr., David Callen, and Kevin Brown. Moore purports to assert claims on behalf of Sleep
Number for breaches of fiduciary duty, waste, and contribution under Sections 10(b) and 21(d) of the Exchange Act.
Moore’s allegations generally mirror those asserted in the securities complaint described above. The Moore complaint
seeks damages in an unspecified amount, disgorgement, interest, and costs and expenses, including attorneys’ and
experts’ fees.
On September 13, 2022, the District of Minnesota entered a joint stipulation staying all proceedings in the Derivative
Action pending the outcome of any motion to dismiss the Steamfitters consolidated amended complaint. On July 10,
2023, the District of Minnesota in the Steamfitters case dismissed the consolidated amended complaint with prejudice,
as noted above. The Plaintiff in the Derivative Action subsequently moved the Court to voluntarily dismiss its the
Complaint and on January 22, 2024, the District of Minnesota dismissed the Derivative Action without prejudice.