NOTE H – CONTINGENCIES

 

The Company is involved in various lawsuits, claims and other legal matters from time to time that arise in the ordinary course of conducting business, including matters involving our products, intellectual property, supplier relationships, distributors, competitor relationships, employees and other matters. While complete assurance cannot be given to the outcome of these proceedings, management does not currently believe that any of these matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, liquidity or results of operations.

 

On August 7, 2014, a purported shareholder derivative lawsuit was filed in the Third Judicial District Court of Salt Lake County, State of Utah, against certain of the Company’s directors and officers.  The derivative complaint, which also names USANA as a nominal defendant but is asserted on USANA’s behalf, contains claims of breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets and unjust enrichment against the defendant directors and officers in connection with certain equity awards granted by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors in February 2014.  The Company believes the claims in the complaint are without merit and intends to vigorously defend the suit.  In the opinion of management, and based upon advice of counsel, the likelihood of an adverse outcome against the Company in this matter is remote.  As such, management believes that the ultimate outcome of this lawsuit will not have a material impact on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.