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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 6 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract] |
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES The Company is a party to various other legal proceedings and claims arising out of the ordinary course of its business. We believe that except for those matters described below, there are no other proceedings or claims pending against us the ultimate resolution of which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations. At each reporting period, management evaluates whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under ASC 450, Contingencies, for all matters. Legal costs are expensed as incurred. Litigation and Related Matters Italian Employment Litigation Our Italian manufacturing subsidiary is party to several actions initiated by former employees of our facility in Ascoli-Piceno, Italy. We ceased operations at the facility in fiscal 2014 and sold the property in fiscal 2017. These include actions claiming (i) working conditions and minimum salaries should have been established by either a different classification under their national collective bargaining agreement or a different agreement altogether, (ii) certain solidarity agreements, which are arrangements between the Company, employees and the government to continue full pay and benefits for employees who would otherwise be terminated in times of low demand, are void, and (iii) rights to payment of the extra time used for changing into and out of the working clothes at the beginning and end of each shift. In addition, a union represented in the Ascoli plant filed an action claiming that the Company discriminated against it in favor of three other represented unions by (i) interfering with an employee referendum, (ii) interfering with an employee petition to recall union representatives from office, and (iii) excluding the union from certain meetings. Finally, we have been added as defendants on claims filed against Pall Corporation prior to our acquisition of the plant in August 2012. These claims relate to agreements to "freeze" benefit allowances for a certain period in exchange for Pall's commitments on hiring and plant investment. The total amount of damages claimed by the plaintiffs in these matters is approximately $4.8 million. During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, we proposed a settlement offer of $0.8 million, which resulted in charges of $0.4 million during the period. As of September 30, 2017, we have recorded a total liability of $0.8 million associated with these claims. In the future, we may receive adverse rulings from the courts which could change our judgment on these cases. SOLX Arbitration In July 2016, H2 Equity, LLC, formerly known as Hemerus Corporation, filed an arbitration claim for $17 million in milestone and royalty payments allegedly owed as part of our acquisition of the filter and storage solution business from Hemerus Medical, LLC ("Hemerus") in fiscal 2014. The acquired storage solution is referred to as SOLX. At the closing in April 2013, Haemonetics paid Hemerus a total of $24 million and agreed to a $3 million milestone payment due when the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") approved a new indication for SOLX (the “24-Hour Approval”) using a filter acquired from Hemerus. We also agreed to make future royalty payments up to a cumulative maximum of $14 million based on the sale of products incorporating SOLX over a ten year period. Due to performance issues with the Hemerus filter, Haemonetics filed for, and received, the 24-Hour Approval using a Haemonetics filter. Accordingly, Haemonetics did not pay Hemerus the $3 million milestone payment because the 24-Hour Approval was obtained using a Haemonetics filter, not a Hemerus filter. In addition, we have not paid any royalties to date as we have not made any sales of products incorporating SOLX. H2 Equity claims, in part, that we owe it $3 million for the receipt of the 24-Hour Approval despite the use of a Haemonetics filter to obtain the approval and that we have failed to make commercially reasonable efforts to market and sell products incorporating SOLX. While we believe that we have meritorious defenses to these claims, as of September 30, 2017 we have recorded a liability of $0.4 million which is reflective of the current settlement discussions. Product Recall In June 2016, we issued a voluntary recall of certain whole blood collection kits sold to our Blood Center customers in the U.S. The recall resulted from some collection sets' filters failing to adequately remove leukocytes from collected blood. As a result of the recall, our blood center customers may have conducted further tests to confirm the blood was adequately leukoreduced, sold the blood labeled as non-leukoreduced at a lower price or discarded the blood collected using the defective sets. We recorded $7.1 million of charges during fiscal 2017, which consisted of $3.7 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $3.4 million of charges associated with customer claims. Although there have been no additional charges recorded in the current period, we may record incremental charges in future periods. The $3.4 million liability associated with customer claims are based on claims seeking reimbursement for $14.2 million in losses sustained as a result of the recall. We believe it is probable that we will incur expenses as a result of these claims and that our range of loss is $3.4 million to $14.2 million, however, we do not have sufficient information to develop a best estimate within this range. Accordingly, during fiscal 2017 we recorded a liability of $3.4 million, which represents the low end of the range. While the customers making these claims purchased substantially all the affected units, incremental charges may be recorded in future periods as additional customer returns and claims data becomes available. We have an enforceable insurance policy in place which we believe provides coverage for a portion of the claims received to date. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2017, we had an insurance receivable of $2.9 million. We will assess the potential for additional insurance recoveries as we receive more information about customer claims in future reporting periods. Other Matters In February 2017, we informed a customer of our intent to exit an existing contract. During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the customer made a demand for $4.6 million, which consisted of $2.8 million in damages for non-performance under the contract and $1.8 million for the refund of two upfront payments that the customer had previously paid to us in connection with the development of a project. As of September 30, 2017, we concluded that it was probable that we would incur costs of $2.8 million in connection with this matter and accordingly have recorded have a liability to reflect this loss contingency. Additionally, we continue to maintain a deferred revenue liability of $1.8 million for the upfront payments, as we have not achieved all of the criteria necessary to recognize these payments as revenue.

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