Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Contingencies

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Contingencies
6 Months Ended
Jun. 27, 2020
Contingencies [Abstract]  
Contingencies NOTE F – 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 its products, intellectual property, supplier relationships, distributors, competitor relationships, employees and other matters. The Company records a liability when a particular contingency is probable and estimable. The Company faces contingencies that are reasonably possible to occur; however, they cannot currently be estimated. While complete assurance cannot be given as 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 the Company’s financial condition, liquidity or results of operations. It is reasonably possible that a change in the contingencies could result in a change in the amount recorded by the Company in the future.

On February 7, 2017, the Company disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC that it was conducting a voluntary internal investigation regarding its BabyCare operations in China.  In 2017, the Company voluntarily contacted the SEC and the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) to advise both agencies that an internal investigation was underway. The Company provided information to both agencies throughout the internal investigation.   On June 24, 2020, the SEC informed the Company that it had closed its investigation and declined any enforcement action.  The SEC stated that it had reached this conclusion based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s (i) prompt, voluntary self-disclosure of the matters underlying the investigation, (ii) thorough internal investigation, (iii) full cooperation with the SEC, and (iv) remediation of the matters underlying the investigation. On June 26, 2020, the DOJ informed the Company by letter that it had closed its investigation into this matter, noting the Company’s cooperation during the investigation.