Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved from time to time in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of its business,
including primarily commercial, product liability, employment and intellectual property claims. In accordance with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles, the Company records a liability in its condensed consolidated financial
statements with respect to any of these matters when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the
amount of the liability can be reasonably estimated. If a material loss is reasonably possible but not known or probable,
and may be reasonably estimated, the estimated loss or range of loss is disclosed. With respect to currently pending
legal proceedings, the Company has not established an estimated range of reasonably possible material losses either
because it believes that is has valid defenses to claims asserted against it, the proceeding has not advanced to a stage of
discovery that would enable it to establish an estimate, or the potential loss is not material. The Company currently does
not expect the outcome of pending legal proceedings to have a material effect on its condensed consolidated results of
operations, financial position or cash flows. Litigation, however, is inherently unpredictable, and it is possible that the
ultimate outcome of one or more claims asserted against the Company could adversely impact its condensed
consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows. The Company expenses legal costs as incurred.
Purported Class Action Complaint
On September 27, 2024, a purported customer served a putative class action complaint on behalf of themself and a
putative class of California consumers against Sleep Number in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
California alleging that Sleep Number’s beds are perpetually on sale in violation of California law. The Plaintiff seeks
injunctive relief, damages, and attorneys fees. Sleep Number does not believe the Plaintiff’s claims have merit and
intends to vigorously defend this matter.
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.
The Court dismissed the class action complaint with prejudice. The Court sua sponte stayed the PAGA collective action
and the individual plaintiff must prove his claims in arbitration before the stay is lifted. Given the developments in these
proceedings, the matter no longer rises to the level of disclosure in Sleep Number’s periodic reports.
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.