<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001606498-18-000024.txt : 20180402
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001606498-18-000024
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180402
ITEM INFORMATION:		Regulation FD Disclosure
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180402
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180402

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Halyard Health, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001606498
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ORTHOPEDIC, PROSTHETIC & SURGICAL APPLIANCES & SUPPLIES [3842]
		IRS NUMBER:				464987888
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36440
		FILM NUMBER:		18727219

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5405 WINDWARD PARKWAY
		CITY:			ALPHARETTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30004
		BUSINESS PHONE:		678-425-9273

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		5405 WINDWARD PARKWAY
		CITY:			ALPHARETTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30004
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<div><a name="sfe0b14dd416b4995a1332967f3275ee2"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:0px;text-align:center;font-size:12pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:12px;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;"><div style="padding-left:0px;text-indent:0px;line-height:normal;padding-top:10px;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-family:Times New 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complying any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  </font><font style="font-family:Wingdings;font-size:10pt;">o</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div><a name="s60ae1a2874a644a785e49da15c7d99cf"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Item 7.01&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Regulation FD Disclosures.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Bahamas Surgery Center</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On March 30, 2018, the Court in the matter styled&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Bahamas Surgery Center, LLC v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation and Halyard Health, Inc.,&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">No. 2:14-cv-08390-DMG-SH (C.D. Cal.) (</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">&#8220;Bahamas&#8221;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">), ruled on the defendants&#8217; three post-trial motions. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The court denied all three motions, except it granted in part the motion to reduce the award of punitive damages. The Court reduced the punitive damages awarded against Halyard Health from $100 million to $1.3 million, and it reduced the punitive damages awarded against Kimberly-Clark Corporation (&#8220;Kimberly-Clark&#8221;) from $350 million to $19.4 million. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The total compensatory and punitive damages plus pre-judgment interest awarded against Halyard Health is $1.6 million, and against Kimberly-Clark it is $24.4 million. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The plaintiff has until April 9, 2018 to either agree to the reduction in the punitive damages or seek a new trial limited to determining the proper amount of the punitive damages, if any. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We intend to continue our vigorous defense of the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Bahamas</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;matter.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">We have previously notified Kimberly-Clark that we have reserved our rights to challenge any purported obligation to indemnify Kimberly-Clark for the punitive damages awarded against them in the </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Bahamas</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#32;matter. That issue remains the subject of litigation in the matters styled&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Halyard Health, Inc. v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, Case No. BC659662 (County of Los Angeles, Superior Court of California) and&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Kimberly-Clark Corporation v. Halyard Health, Inc.,&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Case No. 2017-0332-AGB (Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware). We intend to vigorously pursue our case against Kimberly-Clark in California and to vigorously defend against their case against us in Delaware.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;text-decoration:underline;">Jackson</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In the matter styled&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Jackson v. Halyard Health, Inc., Robert E. Abernathy, Steven E. Voskuil, et al.,&#160;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">No. 1:16-cv-05093-LTS (S.D.N.Y.), filed on June 28, 2016, the plaintiff brought a putative class action against the Company, our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and other defendants, asserting claims for violations of the Securities Exchange Act, Sections 10(b) and 20(a). The plaintiff alleged that the defendants made misrepresentations and failed to disclose certain information about the safety and effectiveness of our MicroCool gowns and thereby artificially inflated the Company&#8217;s stock prices during the respective class periods. The alleged class period for purchasers of Kimberly-Clark securities who subsequently received Halyard Health securities was February 25, 2013 to October 21, 2014, and the alleged class period for purchasers of Halyard Health securities was October 21, 2014 to April 29, 2016. On February 16, 2017, we moved to dismiss the case. </font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-top:8px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">On March 30, 2018, the court granted our motion to dismiss, without leave to amend. The plaintiff will have 30 days after entry of judgment to file his notice of appeal. 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