---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000037472-22-000057"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FLXS"
cik: "0000037472"
company_name: "FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC"
filed_at: "2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T00:21:20.013040+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Flexsteel settles EPA Superfund dispute for $9.8M, disputes liability but achieves finality

## Summary
- $9.8M cash settlement with EPA for Lane Street Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site in Elkhart, Indiana.
- Flexsteel strongly disputes liability but settlement resolves alleged liability including past and future remediation costs.
- Settlement stems from 1997 acquisition of Dygert Seating assets; EPA began pursuing Flexsteel in 2016.
- Net of expected insurance proceeds, uncovered contribution not expected to exceed previously recognized liability.
- Consent Decree subject to court approval; provides finality for long-running dispute.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000037472-22-000057
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FLXS
- cik: 0000037472
- company_name: FLEXSTEEL INDUSTRIES INC
- filed_at: 2022-10-27T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37472/000003747222000057/0000037472-22-000057-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/37472/000003747222000057/flxs-20221027x8k.htm

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