Lumber Liquidators has settled with California Air Resources Board and investors like that news. Shares of the company are now up 6.57% on the latest development. The company has been under attack including hedge fund manager, Whitney Tilson who says that the firm is selling flooring which causes cancer. See an excerpt from the release below. We expect Whitney Tilson will likely have a response to the latest developments so stay tuned!
Lumber Liquidators
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND RELEASE
On March 18, 2016, Lumber Liquidators Services, LLC (“LL”), a subsidiary of Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”), entered into a Settlement Agreement and Release (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the State of California Air Resources Board (“CARB”) to resolve CARB’s inquiry relating to certain laminate flooring sourced from China sold in the Company’s stores prior to May of 2015. The Settlement Agreement does not constitute an admission of any wrongdoing by LL, the Company or any other entity and provides that CARB releases LL and its related parties from any and all claims that CARB may have pertaining to those products. A copy of the press release announcing the settlement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, LL agreed to pay a total sum of $2.5 million upon execution of the Settlement Agreement. LL also agreed to implement certain voluntary measures, including a risk based supplier audit program and testing research program as described in the Settlement Agreement.
The above description of the Settlement Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Settlement Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
