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| Item 2.02 | Results of Operations and Financial Condition. |
As described in Wolverine World Wide, Inc.’s (the “Company”) periodic filings with the SEC, the Company has established a reserve for estimated environmental remediation costs. The amount of the reserve is based upon an evaluation of then-currently available facts and is adjusted as further information develops or circumstances change. Based on the Consent Decree described in the disclosure under Item 8.01 below, and additional remediation actions the Company expects to take in the future, the Company recorded incremental environmental investigation and remediation costs of $113 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Based on the $55 million settlement payment to be made by 3M Company (“3M”) to the Company pursuant to the Settlement Agreement between the Company and 3M described in the disclosure under Item 8.01 below, the Company recorded a $55 million recovery in the fourth quarter of 2019.
| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
As previously reported in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2020, the Company, entered into a Consent Decree to resolve the litigation among the Company, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Plainfield Charter Township and Algoma Township described in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2019. The Consent Decree was subject to a public comment period, which ended on February 13, 2020 and did not result in any changes to the Consent Decree as filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on February 7, 2020. On February 14, 2020, the parties to the Consent Decree filed a joint motion requesting that the U.S. District Court approve and enter the Consent Decree. On February 19, 2020, U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff approved and entered the Consent Decree, and the Consent Decree is effective as of such date.
On February 20, 2020, the Company entered into a Settlement Agreement with 3M to resolve the litigation between the Company and 3M described in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 28, 2019. 3M agreed to pay the Company $55 million as full resolution and satisfaction of the Company’s claims against 3M. This recovery will be paid to the Company in a lump sum in fiscal 2020. Based on the final Consent Decree and the 3M settlement, the Company recorded net costs of $58 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019.
The Company’s press release relating to these events is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. | ||
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| 99.1 | Press release dated February 20, 2020 | ||
| 104 | The cover page from this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101). | ||
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: February 20, 2020 |
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC. (Registrant)
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| /s/ Michael D. Stornant | |
| Michael D. Stornant | |
| Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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