UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-K
þANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019
o April 1, 2017TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 001-14041
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 04-2882273
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
   
400 Wood Road,
Braintree, Massachusetts 02184-9114
 (Address of principal executive offices)
 
(781) 848-7100
 (Registrant’s telephone number)
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The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the registrant (assuming for these purposes that all executive officers and directors are “affiliates” of the registrant) as of October 1, 2016,September 29, 2018, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was $1,866,084,197$5,887,313,926 (based on the closing sale price of the registrant’s common stock on that date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange).
The number of shares of $0.01 par value common stock outstanding as of May 19, 201720, 2019 was 52,464,290.51,205,703.
Documents Incorporated By Reference
Portions of the definitive proxy statement for our Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on July 27, 201725, 2019 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this report.



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ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Company Overview

Haemonetics is a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative hematology products and solutions to customers to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our technology addresses important medical markets including blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite, and hospital transfusion services. When used in this report, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” mean Haemonetics.
Haemonetics was founded in 1971 as
Blood is essential to a medical device company and is a pioneer and market leader in developing and manufacturing automated blood component collection devices and surgical blood salvage devices.
modern healthcare system. Blood and its components (plasma, platelets and red cells) have many vital and frequently life-saving clinical applications. Plasma is used for patients with major blood loss and is manufactured into biopharmaceuticals to treat a variety of illnesses, including immune diseases and coagulation disorders. Red cells treat trauma patients or patients undergoing surgery with high blood loss, such as open heart surgery or organ transplant. Platelets have many uses in patient care, including supporting cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Blood is essential to a modern healthcare system.

Haemonetics develops and markets a wide range of devices and solutions to serve our customers. We provide plasma collection systems and software whichthat enable the collection of plasma fractionatorsused by biopharmaceutical companies to make life saving pharmaceuticals. We providepharmaceuticals and also provides analytical devices for measuring hemostasis whichthat enable healthcare providers to better manage their patients’ bleeding risk. In addition, Haemonetics makes blood processing systems and software whichthat make blood donation more efficient and track life giving blood components. Finally, Haemonetics supplies systems and software whichthat facilitate blood transfusions and cell processing.

Market and Products

Product Lines
In fiscal 2017, we
Our products are organized our products into fourin three categories for purposes of evaluating and developing their growth potential: Plasma, Hemostasis Management, Blood Center, and Cell Processing.Hospital. For that purpose, “Plasma” includedincludes plasma collection devices and disposables, plasma donor management software and anticoagulant and saline sold to plasma customers. “Hemostasis Management” included devices and methodologies for measuring coagulation characteristics of blood, such as our TEG® Hemostasis Analyzer. “Blood Center” includedincludes blood collection and processing devices and disposables for red cells, platelets and whole blood as well as related donor management software. “Cell Processing” included“Hospital”, which is comprised of Hemostasis Management and Cell Processing products, includes devices and methodologies for measuring coagulation characteristics of blood, surgical blood salvage systems, specialized blood cell processing systems, disposables and blood transfusion management software.

We believe that Plasma and Hemostasis ManagementHospital have the greatest growth potential, while Cell Processing innovation offers an opportunity to increase market share and expand into new segments. Blood Center competes in challenging markets which require us to manage the business differently, including reducing costs, shrinking the scope of the current product line, and evaluating opportunities to exit unfavorable customer contracts. We are progressing toward a streamlined operating model with a management and cost structure that can bring about sustainable productivity improvement across the organization. Overall implementation of our new model began in fiscal 2017 and will continue into fiscal 2018 and 2019.

Plasma

Our Plasma business offers automated plasma collection and donor management software systems that improve the plasma centers’ yield, efficiency, quality, safety and overall plasma donor experience. We continue to invest in technology that lowers the overall cost to collect plasma while maintaining high standards of quality and safety.
The Plasma Collection Market for Fractionation Human plasma is collected for two purposes. First, it is used for transfusions in patients with extreme blood loss, such as trauma victims, and second, it is processed by biopharmaceutical companies into therapeutic and diagnostic productspharmaceuticals that aid in the treatment of immune diseases and coagulation disorders. While

Plasma for transfusion is almost exclusively collected by blood centers as part of their broader mission to supply blood components. Plasma that is fractionated and manufactured into pharmaceuticals - frequently referred to as source plasma - is mainly collected by vertically integrated biopharmaceutical companies who operate their own collection centers and recruit donors specifically for source plasma donation. The markets for transfusion plasma and source plasma have different participants, product requirements and growth profiles. We serve the market for transfusion plasma through our Blood Center products.

One of the distinguishing features of the source plasma market is the method of collection. There are three primary ways to collect plasma. The first is to collect it from whole blood donations. When whole blood is processed, plasma

can be separated at the same time as red cells and platelets and stored for future use. The second is as part of an apheresis procedure that also collects another blood component. These two methods are mainly used by blood centers to aid patients with extremecollect plasma for transfusions. The third method is a dedicated apheresis procedure that only collects plasma and returns the other blood loss,components to the donor. This method is mainly used for source plasma.

Our Plasma business unit focuses on the collection of plasma for pharmaceutical production using apheresis devices that collect plasma and software solutions that support the efficient operation of source plasma collection centers. Our Blood Center business unit supports the collection of plasma for transfusion using both whole blood and multi-component apheresis collection devices and software solutions that support efficient operation of these types of centers.

Over the last 20 years, the collection of source plasma has increasingly been done by vertically integrated biopharmaceutical companies such as trauma victims, biopharmaceutical companies solely focus on the pharmaceutical uses of plasma.
Many biopharmaceuticalCSL Behring, Grifols S.A. ("Grifols"), Octapharma AG and Takeda's BioLife business. With their global operations and management expertise, these companies are vertically integrated and are now collecting and fractionating the plasma required to manufacture pharmaceuticals. The vertical integration of these customers paved the way for highlyfocused on efficient plasma supply chain management and leveraging information technology to manage operations from the point of plasma donation to fractionation to the production of the final product.

Demand for source plasma has continued to grow as an expanding end user market for plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals - in particular, therapies that require a significant quantity of plasma to create - has fueled an increase in the number of donations and dedicated collection centers. A significant portion of this growth has occurred in the United States with U.S. produced plasma now meeting an increasing percentage of plasma volume demand worldwide. The U.S. has regulations that are significantly favorable relative to other markets for plasma collectors. The frequency with which a donor may donate, the volume of plasma that may be donated each time and the ability to remunerate donors are all optimal in the U.S., leading to approximately 80% of worldwide source plasma collections occurring in the U.S. Plasma collectors have long sought changes to plasma collection regulations outside of the U.S. to allow for greater frequency, volume per donation and remuneration but achievements have been meager and slow and no changes are foreseen in the prevalence of U.S. collections.
Haemonetics' Plasma Products — Built around our automated plasma collection devices, and related disposables and software, our portfolio of products and services is designed to support multiple facets of plasma collector operations. We have a long-standing commitment to understanding our customers' collection and manufacturing processes. As a result, we aim to design equipment that is durable, dependable and easy to use and to provide comprehensive training and support to our plasma collection customers.

Today, the vast majority of plasma collections worldwide are performed using automated collection technology because it is safer and more cost-effective. Withat dedicated facilities. We offer multiple products to support these dedicated source plasma operations, including our NexSys PCS® (Plasma Collection System) brand automated plasma collection technology, more plasma can be collected during any one donation event because the other blood components are returned to the donor through the sterile disposable sets used for the plasma donation procedure.
We offer multiple products necessary for plasma collection and storage, including PCSPCS2® brand plasma collectionplasmapheresis equipment and related disposables including plasma collection containers and intravenous solutions. We also offer a portfolio of integrated information technology platforms for plasma customers to manage their donors, operations and supply chain. Our software products, including our latest NexLynk DMS® donor management system, automate the donor interview and qualification process, streamline the workflow process in the plasma center, provide the controls necessary to evaluate donor suitability, determine the ability to release units collected and manage unit distribution. With our software solutions, plasma collectors can manage processes across the plasma supply chain, ensure quality and compliance business process support, react quickly to business changes and implement opportunities to reduce costs.

With our PCS brand, we have provided an automated platform dedicated to the collection of plasma for over 20 years. In April, 2017,fiscal 2018, we submitted a new plasmapheresis device, the PCS® 300, for 510(k) regulatory clearance with the United Statesreceived U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") 510(k) clearance for our next generation device, the NexSys PCS and continuefor the enhancement of our NexSys PCS embedded software that activates YESTM technology, a yield-enhancing solution that enables increases in plasma yield per collection by an additional 18-26 mL per donation, on average. We also received CE mark clearance of the NexSys PCS device in the European Union and Australia, subject to work on futureadditional local requirements, during fiscal 2018. We expect to pursue further regulatory clearances for additional enhancements to this importantthe overall product someoffering.

NexSys PCS is designed to enable higher plasma yield collections, improve productivity in our customers’ centers, enhance the overall donor experience and provide safe and reliable collections that will become life-changing medicines for patients. NexSys PCS includes bi-directional connectivity to the NexLynk DMS donor management system to improve operational efficiency within plasma centers, through automated programming of which may require additional clearances.donation procedures and automated data capture of procedure data.


We have entered into several long-term commercial contracts and are continuing the rollout and support of NexSys PCS devices and NexLynk DMS donor management software for these Plasma customers.
Our Plasma business unit represented 46.4%51.9%, 42.0%,48.2% and 38.8%46.4% of our total revenue in fiscal 2017, 20162019, 2018 and 2015,2017, respectively.
Blood Center
Our Blood Center business offers a range of solutions that improve donor collections centers ability for acquiring blood, filtering blood and separating blood components. We continue to look for solutions to improve donor safety and control costs through the existing product portfolio. Our products and technologies help donor collection centers optimize blood collection capabilities and donor processing management.
Blood Center Market — There are millions of blood donations throughout the world every year that produce blood products for transfusion to surgical, trauma, or chronically ill patients. Patients typically receive only the blood components necessary to treat a particular clinical condition. Platelet therapy is frequently used to alleviate the effects of chemotherapy and to help patients with bleeding disorders. Red cells are often transfused to patients to replace blood lost during surgery and transfused to patients with blood disorders, such as sickle cell anemia or aplastic anemia. Plasma, in addition to its role in creating life-saving pharmaceuticals, is frequently transfused to replace blood volume in trauma victims and surgical patients.
When collecting blood components there are two primary collection methods, manual whole blood donations and automated component blood collections. While most donations are manual whole blood, the benefit of automated component blood collections is the ability to collect more than one unit of the targeted blood component. Manual whole blood donations are collected from the donor and then transported to a laboratory where the blood is separated into its components. Automated component blood collections separate the blood component real-time while a person is donating blood. In this method, only the specific target blood component is collected and the remaining components are returned to the blood donor.
While overall we expect total demand for blood to remain stable to slightly declining, demand in individual markets can vary greatly. Mature markets have developed more minimally invasive procedures with lower associated blood loss, as well as better blood management that have more than offset the increasing demand from aging populations. Emerging markets are seeing demand growth with expanded healthcare coverage and greater access to more advanced medical treatments.
Blood Center ProductsWe offer automated blood component and manual whole blood collection systems to blood collection centers to collect blood products efficiently and cost effectively. In addition, we offer software solutions that help blood collection centers with blood drive planning, donor recruitment and retention, blood collection, component manufacturing and distribution.
We market the MCS® brand apheresis equipment which is designed to collect specific blood components from the donor. Utilizing the MCS automated platelet collection protocols, blood centers collect one or more therapeutic “doses” of platelets during a single donation.
Our portfolio of disposable whole blood collection and component storage sets offer flexibility in collecting a unit of whole blood and the subsequent production and storage of blood components, including options for in-line or dockable filters for leukoreduction.
Our SafeTrace Tx® and El-Dorado Donor® donation and blood unit management systems span blood center operations and automate and track operations from the recruitment of the blood donor to the disposition of the blood product.
Our Hemasphere® software solution provides support for more efficient blood drive planning and Donor Doc® and e-Donor® software help to improve donor recruitment and retention.
Our Blood Center business unit represented 27.8%, 31.5% and 34.3% of our total revenue in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Hospital
Hospitals are called upon to provide the highest standard of patient care while at the same time reduce operating costs. Haemonetics' Hospital business has three product lines - Hemostasis Management, Cell Salvage and Transfusion Management - that help decision makers in hospitals optimize blood acquisition, storage and usage in critical settings.

Hemostasis Management
The Hemostasis Management Market — Hemostasis refers to a patient's ability to form and maintain blood clots. The clinical management of hemostasis requires that physicians have the most complete information to make decisions on how to best maintain a patient’s coagulation equilibrium between hemorrhage (bleeding) and thrombosis (clotting). Hemostasis Management playsis a rolecritical challenge in various medical procedures, including liver transplant, cardiovascular procedures,surgery, organ transplantation, trauma, post-partum hemorrhage and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).intervention. By understanding a patient’s clotting ability,hemostasis status, clinicians can better plan for the patient’s care deciding in advancepathway. For example, they may decide whether to start or discontinue the use of certain drugs or to determine the likelihood of the patient's need for a transfusion and which specific blood components willwould be most effective in minimizing blood loss and reducing clotting risk. Such planning supports better care, which can lead to lower hospital costs through a reduction in unnecessary donor blood product transfusions, reduced adverse transfusion reactions and shorter intensive care unit and hospital stays.
Haemonetics’ Hemostasis Management Products Our portfolio of TEG® diagnostic systems enables clinicians to holistically assess the coagulation status of a patient at the point-of-care or laboratory setting. We have two device platforms whichthat we market to hospitals and laboratories as an alternative to less comprehensiveroutine blood tests: the TEG® 5000 hemostasis analyzer system, which we acquiredobtained in the 2007 acquisition of assets from Haemoscope Corporation, and the TEG® 6s device,hemostasis analyzer system, the underlying technology for which we license from Cora Healthcare, Inc., a company established by Haemoscope's founders. Under the license from Cora Healthcare, we have exclusive perpetual rights to manufacture and commercialize the TEG 6s system in the field of hospitals and hospital laboratories.

Each TEG system consists of an analyzer that is used with single-use reagents and disposables. In addition, TEG Manager® 6s in hospitalssoftware connects multiple TEG analyzers throughout the hospital, providing clinicians remote access to both active and hospital laboratory fields.historical test results that inform treatment decisions.
Both of our TEG® systems are blood diagnostic instruments that measure a patient's hemostasis. This information enables caregivers to decide the best blood-related clinical treatment for the patient in order to minimize blood loss and reduce clotting risk.
The TEG® 5000 analyzersystem is approved for a broad set of indications in all of our markets. The TEG® 6s and TEG® Manager aresystem is approved for the same set of indications as the TEG® 5000 in Europe, Australia and Japan. In the U.S., TEG® 6s is approved for limited indications, including cardiovascular surgery and cardiology. We are pursuingcontinue to pursue a broader set of indications for the TEG® 6s in the U.S., including trauma.
Our Hemostasis Management business unit represented 7.5%, 6.5%, In May 2019, we received FDA clearance for the use of TEG 6s in adult trauma settings. This clearance builds on the current indication for the TEG 6s system in cardiovascular surgery and 5.6% of our total revenuecardiology procedures, making it the first cartridge-based system available in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.the U.S. to evaluate the hemostasis condition in adult trauma patients.
Cell Processing
The Cell ProcessingSalvage
Cell Salvage Market The Cell Salvage market is mainly comprised of devices designed to transfuse back a patient’s own blood during or after surgery. Loss of blood is common in many surgical procedures, including open heart, trauma, transplant, vascular and orthopedic procedures, and the need for transfusion of oxygen-carrying red cells to make up for lost blood volume is routine. Patients commonly receive donor (or allogeneic) blood which carries various risks including transfusion with the wrong blood type, transfusion of a blood-borne disease or infectious agent,for transfusion reactions including death, but more commonly chills, fevers or other side effects that can prolong a patient’s recovery.

An alternative to allogeneic blood is surgical cell salvage, also known as autotransfusion, which reduces or eliminates a patient’s need for blood donated from others and ensures that the patient receives the freshest and safest blood possible - his or her own. Surgical cell salvage involves the collection of a patient’s own blood during or after surgery for reinfusion of red cells to that patient. Blood is suctioned from the surgical site or collected from a wound or chest drain, processed and washed through a centrifuge-based system that yields concentrated red cells available for transfusion back to the patient. This process occurs in a sterile, closed-circuit, single-use consumable set that is fitted

into an electromechanical device. We market our surgical blood salvage products to surgical specialists, primarily cardiovascular, orthopedic and trauma surgeons, and to anesthesiologists and surgical suite service providers.
In recent years, more efficient blood use and less invasive cardiovascular surgeries have reduced demand for autotransfusion in these procedures and contributed to intense competition in mature markets, while increased access to healthcare in emerging economies has provided new markets and sources of growth.
Orthopedic procedures have seen similar to the changes with improved blood management practices, including the use of tranexamic acid to treat and prevent post-operative bleeding, have significantly reduced the number of transfusions and autotransfusion.
Haemonetics’ Cell ProcessingSalvage Products Haemonetics offers a range of solutions that improve a hospital's systems for acquiring blood, storing it in the hospital, and dispensing it efficiently and correctly. Over the last few years, hospitals have become increasingly focused on of their need to control costs and improve patient safety by managing blood more effectively. Our products and integrated solution platforms help hospitals optimize performance of blood acquisition, storage, and distribution.
The Cell Saver® Elite®+ autologous blood recovery system is a surgical blood salvage system targeted to procedures that involve midmedium to high-volumehigh blood loss procedures, such as cardiovascular, or orthopedic, surgeries. It has become the standard of care for thesetrauma, transplant, vascular, obstetrical and gynecological surgeries. The Cell Saver® Elite® system + is our most advanced autotransfusion optiondesigned to minimize allogeneic blood use for surgeries with medium to high blood loss.and reliably recover and transfuse a patient’s own high-quality blood.

TheOur OrthoPAT® surgical blood salvageperioperative autotranfusion system is targeted to orthopedic procedures such as hip and knee replacements, which involve slower, lower volume blood loss that often occurs well after surgery. The system is designed to remain with the patient following surgery, to recover blood and produce a washed red cell product for autotransfusion. We discontinued the sale of our OrthoPAT products effective March 31, 2019. We offer the Cell Saver Elite + as an alternative autotransfusion system for orthopedics or other medium to low blood loss procedures.

Transfusion Management
Transfusion Management Market — Hospital transfusion services professionals and clinicians are facing cost restraints in addition to the pressure to enhance patient safety, compliance and operational efficiency. Managing the safety and traceability of the blood supply chain and comprehensive management of patients, orders, specimens, blood products, derivatives and accessories across the hospital network is challenging. In addition, providing clinicians with the vital access to blood when needed most while maintaining traceability is a key priority. Frequently when blood products leave the blood bank, the transfusion management staff loses control and visibility of the blood components. They often do not know if the blood was handled, stored or transfused properly, which may lead to negative effects on patient safety, product quality, inventory availability and staff efficiency as well as increased waste.

Transfusion Management Products Our Cell Processing software productsTransfusion Management solutions are designed to help hospitals trackprovide safety, traceability and safely deliver storedcompliance from the hospital blood products.bank to the patient bedside and enable consistent care across the hospital network. The SafeTrace Tx® transfusion management software is our software solution that helps manageconsidered the system of record for all hospital blood product inventory, perform patient cross-matching,bank and manage transfusions. In addition, ourtransfusion service information. BloodTrack® blood management software is a modular suite of blood management and bedside transfusion solutions manages trackingthat combines software with hardware components and controlacts as an extension of the hospital’s blood products frombank information system. The software is designed to work with storage devices, including the hospitalBloodTrack HaemoBank® blood center through transfusion to the patient.storage device.
Our Cell ProcessingHospital business unit represented 11.9%20.3%, 12.4%,20.3% and 13.2%19.4% of our total revenue in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Blood Center
The Blood Center Market — There are millions of blood donations throughout the world every year that produce blood products for transfusion to surgical, trauma, or chronically ill patients. Patients typically receive only the blood components necessary to treat a particular clinical condition. Platelet therapy is frequently used to alleviate the effects of chemotherapy and help patients with bleeding disorders and to stop bleeding. Red cells are often transfused to patients to replace blood lost during surgery. Red cells are also transfused to patients with blood disorders, such as sickle cell anemia or aplastic anemia. Plasma, in addition to its role in creating life-saving pharmaceuticals, is frequently transfused to replace blood volume in trauma victims and surgical patients.
The demand for blood components varies across the world. While overall we expect total demand to remain stable, demand in individual markets can vary greatly. Highly populated emerging market countries are seeing demand growth as they expand healthcare coverage. As greater numbers of people gain access to more advanced medical treatment, demand for blood components, plasma-derived drugs, and surgical procedures increases. In more mature markets, the development of less invasive procedures with lower associated blood loss and better blood management have offset the demand increases from aging populations.
Most donations worldwide are manual whole blood donations. In this process, whole blood is collected from the donor and then transported to a laboratory where it is separated into its components: red cells, platelets and/or plasma.
In addition to manual collections, there is a significant market for automated component blood collections. In this procedure, the blood separation process is automated and occurs in real-time while a person is donating blood. In this separation method, only the specific blood component targeted is collected, and the remaining components are returned to the blood donor. Automated blood component collection allows significantly more of the targeted blood component to be collected during a donation event.
Haemonetics’ Blood Center ProductsToday, Haemonetics offers automated blood component and manual whole blood collection systems to blood collection centers to collect blood products efficiently and cost effectively.

We market the MCS® (Multicomponent Collection System) brand apheresis equipment which is designed to collect specific blood components integrated from the donor. Utilizing the MCS® automated platelet collection protocols, blood centers collect one or more therapeutic “doses” of platelets during a single donation. The MCS® two-unit protocol or double red cell collection device helps blood collectors optimize the collection of red cells by automating the blood separation function, eliminating the need for laboratory processing, and enabling the collection of two units of red cells from a single donor thus maximizing the amount of red cells collected per eligible donor and helping to mitigate red cell shortages in countries where this problem exists. Blood collectors can also use the MCS® system to collect one unit of red cells and a "jumbo" (double) unit of plasma, or one unit of red cells and one unit of platelets from a single donor. The MCS® plasma protocol, which provides the possibility of collecting 600-800ml of plasma for either transfusion to patients or for use by the pharmaceutical industry, completes the comprehensive portfolio of different blood component collection options on this device.
Haemonetics also offers a portfolio of products for manual whole blood collection and processing. Haemonetics' portfolio of disposable whole blood collection and component storage sets offer flexibility in collecting a unit of whole blood and the subsequent production and storage of the red blood cell, platelet or plasma products, including options for in-line or dockable filters for leukoreduction of any blood component.
With the ACP® (Automated Cell Processor) brand, Haemonetics offers a solution to automate the washing and freezing of red cell components. The automated red cell washing procedure removes plasma proteins within the red cell units to provide a safer product for transfusion to frequently transfused patients, neonates, or patients with a history of transfusion reactions. The automated glycerolization and deglycerolization steps are required to prepare red cells for frozen storage. Freezing the red cell units can expand the shelf life of these products up to 10 years. Customers utilize this technology to implement strategic red cell inventories for large scale catastrophes, storage of rare blood types, or enhanced inventory management.
Blood Center software solutions help blood center collectors improve efficiencies of blood collection and supply and help ensure donor safety. This includes solutions for blood drive planning, donor recruitment and retention, blood collection, component manufacturing and distribution. Our products SafeTrace® and El Dorado Donor® donation and blood unit management systems span blood center operations and automate and track operations from the recruitment of the blood donor to the disposition of the blood product. Our Hemasphere® software solution provides support for more efficient blood drive planning, and Donor Doc® and e-Donor® software help to improve recruitment and retention.
Our Blood Center business unit represented 34.3%, 39.1%, and 42.4% of our total revenue in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
Although we address our customers' needs through multiple product lines, we manage our business as five operating segments based primarily on geography: (a) North America Plasma, (b) Americas Blood Center and Hospital, (c) Europe, Middle East and Africa (collectively "EMEA"), (d) Asia Pacific and (e) Japan. The North America Plasma reporting unit is a separate operating segment with dedicated segment management due the size and scale of the Plasma business unit.
For financial reporting purposes, we aggregate our five operating segments into four reportable segments which include:
Japan
EMEA
North America Plasma
All Other

We have aggregated the Americas Blood Center and Hospital and Asia - Pacific operating segments into the All Other reportable segment based upon their similar operational and economic characteristics, including similarity of operating margin.
Segment Assets
Our assets by segment are set forth below:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
Japan$91,346
 $129,551
 $146,765
EMEA259,863
 249,504
 305,540
North America Plasma313,934
 453,212
 467,249
All Other573,566
 486,861
 565,863
Total assets$1,238,709
 $1,319,128
 $1,485,417
The financial information required for segments is included herein in Note 14, Segment Information, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Marketing/Sales/Distribution
We market and sell our products to biopharmaceutical companies, blood collection groups and independent blood centers, hospitals and hospital service providers, group purchasing organizations and national health organizations through our own direct sales force (including full-time sales representatives and clinical specialists) as well as independent distributors. Sales representatives target the primary decision-makers within each of those organizations.
United States
In fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, 59.0%, 57.2%, and 54.4%, respectively, of consolidated net revenues were generated in the U.S., where we primarily use a direct sales force to sell our products. See Note 14, Segment Information, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.
Outside the United States
In fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, 41.0%, 42.8%, and 45.6%, respectively, of consolidated net revenues were generated through sales to non-U.S. customers. Outside the United States, we use a combination of direct sales force and distributors. See Note 14, Segment Information, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.
Research and Development
Our research and development centers in the United States and SwitzerlandU.S. ensure that protocol variations are incorporated to closely match local customer requirements. In addition, Haemonetics maintains software development operations in Canada and France.
Customer collaborations are also an important part of our technical strength and competitive advantage. These collaborations with customers and transfusion experts provide us with ideas for new products and applications, enhanced protocols and potential test sites as well as objective evaluations and expert opinions regarding technical and performance issues.
The development of blood component separation products, hemostasis analyzers and software has required us to maintain technical expertise in various engineering disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, software, and biomedical engineering and material science.chemistry. Innovations resulting from these various engineering efforts enable us to develop systems that are faster, smaller and more user-friendly, or that incorporate additional features important to our customer base.
In fiscal 2017,2019, research and development resources were primarily allocated to supportingsupport innovation across our portfolio, including investments in clinical programs for our Hemostasis Management product line. A key element of our strategy in the U.S. for our Hemostasis Management product line has been to invest in clinical trials to support expanded FDA labeling including a trauma indication for our TEG 6s. In May 2019, we received FDA clearance for the use of TEG 6s in adult trauma settings. This clearance builds on the current indication for the TEG 6s system in cardiovascular surgery and cardiology procedures, making it the first cartridge-based system available in the U.S. to evaluate the hemostasis condition in adult trauma patients. Additionally, we continue to invest resources in next generation plasma collection and software systems.
Manufacturing

We will continueendeavor to invest resources in clinical programssupply products that are both high quality and cost competitive for our Hemostasis Management business unit, most notably a global registry study forcustomers by leveraging continuous improvement methodologies, focusing on our TEG® platform.
Manufacturing
Our principal manufacturing operations are located in the United States, Mexico,core competencies and Malaysia.
partnering with strategic suppliers that complement our capabilities. In general, we design our equipment and consumables and use contract manufacturers to build the devices, while the majority of consumables are manufactured by us. 

Our production activities occur in controlled settings or “clean room” environments. Each step ofenvironments and have built-in quality checks throughout the manufacturing processes. Our manufacturing teams are focused on continuously improving our productivity, product cost and assembly process isproduct quality checked, qualified,through change control procedures, validations and validated. Critical process stepsstrong supplier management programs. We regularly review our logistics capabilities, inventory and materials are documentedsafety stock levels and maintain business continuity plans to ensureaddress supply disruptions that every unit is produced consistently and meets performance requirements. Our equipment and disposable manufacturingmay occur. 

sites
Our primary consumable manufacturing operations are certifiedlocated in North America and Malaysia. Contract manufacturers also supply component sets and liquid solutions according to our specifications and manufacture in Mexico, Japan, Singapore, Thailand and the ISO 13485 standardPhilippines. Our devices are principally manufactured in Malaysia, Australia and to the Medical Device Directive allowing placement of the CE mark of conformity.U.S.
Plastics and other petroleum-based products are the principal component of our disposable products.products and can be affected by oil and gas prices. Contracts with our suppliers help to mitigate some of the short-termshort term effects of price volatility in this market. However, increases in the price of petroleum derivatives could result in corresponding increases in our costs to procure plastic raw materials.
Contractors manufacture some component sets, equipment, and liquid solutions according to our specifications. We maintain important relationships with two Japanese manufacturers that produce finished disposables in Singapore, Japan, and Thailand. We have also engaged Sanmina Corporation to be the sole manufacturer of certain equipment. Certain parts and components are purchased from sole source vendors. We believe that, if necessary, alternative sources of supply are available in most cases, and could be secured within a relatively short period of time. Nevertheless, an interruption in supply could temporarily interfere with production schedules and affect our operations.
Our equipment is designed in-house and assembled by us or our contracted manufacturers from components that are manufactured to our specifications. The completed instruments are programmed, calibrated, and tested to ensure compliance with our engineering and quality assurance specifications. Inspection checks are conducted throughout the manufacturing process to verify proper assembly and functionality. When mechanical and electronic components are sourced from outside vendors, those vendors must meet detailed qualification and process control requirements.
Intellectual Property
We consider our intellectual property rights to be important to our business. We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret laws, as well as provisions in our agreements with third parties, to protect our intellectual property rights.
We hold numerous patents in the United States and many international jurisdictions on some ofhave applied for numerous additional U.S. patents relating to our machines, processes, disposablesproducts and related technologies. We also own or have applied for corresponding patents in selected foreign countries. These patents cover certain elements of our systems,products and processes, including protocols employed in our equipment and certain aspects of certain our processing chambers and disposables. Our patents may cover current products, products in markets we plan to enter, or products in markets we plan to license to others, or the patents may be defensive in that they are directed to technologies not currently embodied in our current products. We may also license patent rights from third parties that cover technologies that we use or plan to use in our business. To maintain our competitive position, we rely on the technical expertise and know-how of our personnel and on our patent rights. We pursue an active and formal program of invention disclosure and patent application in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions.
We own various trademarks that have been registered in the United States and certain other countries.
Our policy is to obtain patent and trademark rights in the U.S. and foreign countries where such rights are available and we believe it is commercially advantageous to do so. However, the standards for international protection of intellectual property vary widely. We cannot assure that pending patent and trademark applications will result in issued patents and registered trademarks, that patents issued to or licensed by us will not be challenged or circumvented by competitors, or that our patents will not be determined invalid.
To maintain our competitive position, we also rely on the technical expertise and know-how of our personnel. We believe that unpatented know-how and trade secrets relied upon in connection with our business and products are generally as important as patent protection in establishing and maintaining a competitive advantage.
Competition
To remain competitive, we must continue to develop and acquire new cost-effective products, information technology platforms and business services. We believe that our ability to maintain a competitive advantage will continue to depend on a combination of factors. Some factors are largely within our control such as: (i) maintenance of a positive reputation among our customers, (ii) development of new products whichthat meet our customer's needs, (iii) obtaining regulatory approvals for our products in key markets, (iv) obtaining patents whichthat protect our innovations, (v) development and protection of proprietary know-how in important technological areas, (vi) product quality, safety and cost effectiveness and (vii) continual and rigorous documentation of clinical performance. Other factors are outside of our control. We could see changes in regulatory standards or clinical practice whichthat favor a competitor's technology or reduce revenues in key areas of our business.
Our technical staff is highly skilled, but certain competitors have substantially greater financial resources and larger technical staff at their disposal. There can be no assurance that competitors will not direct substantial efforts and resources toward the development and marketing of products competitive with those of Haemonetics.
In addition, we face competition from several large, global companies with product offerings similar to ours, such asours. Terumo BCT LivaNova Plc and Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA. Terumo and Fresenius,KGaA, in particular, have significantly greater financial and other resources than we do and are strong competitors in a number of our businesses. The following provides an overview of the key competitors in each of our fourthree global product enterprises.
Plasma
In the automated plasma collection market, we principally compete with the Fresenius' Fenwal Aurora and Aurora Xi product line, on the basis of speed, plasma yield per donation, quality, reliability, ease of use, services and technical features of the collection systems and on the long-term cost-effectiveness of equipment and disposables. In China, the market is populated by local producers of a product that is intended to be similar to ours. Recently, those competitors have expanded to markets beyond China, including

European and South American countries. In the field of plasma related software, MAK Systems is the primary commercial competitor along with applications developed internally by our customers.

Blood Center
Most donations worldwide are traditional manual whole blood collections and approximately 40% of the Blood Center portfolio competes in this space. We face intense competition in our whole blood business on the basis of quality and price. Our main competitors are Fresenius, MacoPharma and Terumo.

Our MCS automated component blood collections, which represents approximately 55% of the Blood Center portfolio, not only compete against the traditional manual whole blood collection market (particularly in red cells) but also compete with products from Terumo and Fresenius. Technology is the key differentiator in automated component blood collections, as measured by the time to collect more than one unit of a specific targeted blood component. While not all donors are eligible to donate more than one unit, it continues to become more prevalent in markets with a significant number of eligible donors. Therefore, both Haemonetics and our competitors continue to experience downward pressure on collection of single platelet collection procedures.

In Blood Center software, MAK Technologies is a competitor along with systems developed internally by our customers. Our software portfolio is predominately a U.S. based business.
Hospital
Hemostasis Management

The TEG® Thrombelastograph Hemostasis Analyzer hemostasis analyzer system is used primarily in surgical applications. Our principal competitorCompetition includes routine coagulation tests, such as prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time and platelet count marketed by various manufacturers, such as Instrumentation Laboratory, Diagnostica Stago SAS and Sysmex. The TEG analyzer competes with these routine laboratory tests based on its ability to provide a more complete picture of a patient's hemostasis at a single point in Europetime and to measure the United States isclinically relevant platelet function for an individual patient.

In addition, TEG systems compete more directly with other advanced blood test systems, including ROTEM analyzers.® analyzers, the VerifyNow® System and HemoSonics Quantra™. ROTEM was recently acquiredand VerifyNow instruments are marketed by Instrumentation Laboratory, a subsidiary of Werfen, Instrumentation Laboratories, whichWerfen. HemoSonics is a United States based laboratory instrument manufacturer. Instrumentation Laboratories has also recently acquired Accriva Diagnostics, the owner of Hemochronowned and Verifynow hemostasis management products. Other competitive technologies include standard coagulation tests and platelet function testing.offered by Diagnostica Stago. There are also additional technologies being explored to assess viscoelastic and other characteristics that can provide insights into the coagulation status of a patient. The TEG® analyzer competes with other laboratory tests based on its ability to provide a more complete picture of a patient's hemostasis at a single point in time and the ability to measure the clinically relevant platelet function for an individual patient.
Cell Processing
Cell Salvage

In the intraoperative surgical blood salvageautotransfusion market, competition is based on reliability, ease of use, service, support and price. For high-volume platforms, each manufacturer's technology is similar and our Cell Saver technology competes principally with products offered by LivaNova Plc,PLC, Medtronic and Fresenius.
In the perioperative surgical blood salvage market, our OrthoPAT system competes primarily against (i) non-automated processing systems whose end product is an unwashed red blood cell unit for transfusion to the patient, (ii) transfusions of donated blood
Transfusion Management

SafeTrace Tx and (iii) coagulation therapies, principally tranexamic acid.
The competition for processing cells for frozen storage is based on the level of automation, labor-intensiveness and system type (open versus closed). Open systems may be weaker in good manufacturing process compliance. Moreover, blood processed after freezing through open systems has a 24-hour shelf life.
BloodTrack's primary competition are manual cross-matching and delivery systems. However, both Mediware in the United States and MSoft, based in England, have competitive software offerings.
Blood Center
We have several competitors in the Blood Center product lines, some of which compete across all blood components and others that are more specialized.
Terumo and Fresenius are our major competitors in platelet collection. In platelet collections, there are two areas of competition - automated collection and pooled random donor. In the automated collection area, competition is based on continual performance improvement, as measured by the time and efficiency of platelet collection and the quality of the platelets collected. Each of these companies has taken a different technological approach from ours in designing their systems for automated platelet collection. A key point of competition is speed, particularly in collecting two units of platelets from a single donor. While not all donors are eligible to donate two units, we have seen our competitors gain an advantage in markets with a significant number of eligible donors. Terumo, in particular, has an advantage in the collection of two units of platelets from a single donor. In addition to automated platelet collection offerings, we now alsoBloodTrack compete in the pooled random donor platelet segment from wholetransfusion management software market within the broader category of hospital information systems. SafeTrace Tx is an FDA regulated blood collections from which pooled platelets are derivedbank information system ("BBIS") that integrates and communicates with other healthcare information systems such as the Acrodose product or buffy coat pooling sets.electronic health record and laboratory information system within the hospital. The BloodTrack software, also FDA regulated, is an extension of the BBIS and provides secure, traceable blood units at the point-of-care, including trauma, surgery, outpatient and critical care settings. Growth drivers for these markets include patient safety, operational efficiencies and compliance.
Terumo
SafeTrace Tx competition primarily consists of stand-alone BBIS including WellSky and Fresenius are also competitorssome Electronic Health Record software that includes a built-in transfusion management solution including Cerner. Global competition for BloodTrack varies by country including MSoft in the automated red cell collection market. However, it is important to note that most double red cell collection is doneEurope and established blood practices in the U.S. such as using standard refrigerators and less than 10%manual movement of the red cells collected in the U.S. annually are collected via automation. Therefore, we also competeblood products. BloodTrack integrates with the traditional method of collecting red cells from the manual collection of whole blood. We compete on the basis of total cost, type-specific collection, process control, product quality, and inventory management.
We face intense competition in our wholehospital’s existing lab or blood business on the basis of quality and price. In North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific our main competitors are Fresenius, MacoPharma and Terumo. We do not have significant whole blood revenues in Japan today. With the ACP® (Automated Cell Processor) brand, Haemonetics offers a closedbank system cell processor which gives blood processed through it a 14-day shelf life after being removed from frozen storage. We compete with Terumo's open systems in this market.
In Blood Center software, MAK Technologies is a competitor along with systems developed internally by our customers.

Our technical staff is highly skilled, but certain competitors have substantiallyallowing for greater financial resources and larger technical staffing at their disposal. There can be no assurance that competitors will not direct substantial efforts and resources toward the development and marketing of products competitive with those of Haemonetics.market acceptance.
Significant Customers
In fiscal 2017, 20162019, 2018 and 2015,2017, our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 42%52%, 36%45% and 48%42% of our net revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, two of our Plasma customers, CSL Plasma Inc. ("CSL") and 2016, one plasma collection customerGrifols, each were greater than 10% of total net revenues and in total accounted for approximately 14%27%, 26% and 11%24% of our net revenues,

respectively. There were no significantAdditionally, one of our Blood Center customers that accounted for greater than 10% of our Japan segment’s net revenues in fiscal 2015.2019, 2018 and 2017.
Government Regulation
Due to the variety of products that we manufacture, we and our products are subject to a wide variety of regulations by numerous government agencies, including the FDA, and similar agencies outside the U.S. To varying degrees, each of these agencies requires us to comply with laws and regulations governing the development, testing, manufacturing, labeling, marketing and distribution of our products.

Medical Device Regulation
The products we manufacture and market are subject to regulation by the Center of Biologics Evaluation and Research (“CBER”), Center for Devices and Radiological Health (“CDRH”) and the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research ("CDER") of the FDA, and other non-United States regulatory bodies.
AllPremarket Requirements - U.S.
Unless an exemption applies, all medical devices introduced to the United StatesU.S. market since 1976 are required by the FDA, as a condition of marketing, to secure either a 510(k) pre-market notification clearance or an approved premarket approval application, (“PMA”). Inor PMA. The FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes. Devices deemed to pose a low or moderate risk are placed in class I or II, which requires the United States, software usedmanufacturer to automate blood center operations and blood collections andsubmit to track those components through the system are consideredFDA a 510(k) premarket notification requesting clearance for commercial distribution, unless the device type is exempt from this requirement. Devices deemed by the FDA to be medicalpose the greatest risk or devices subject to 510(k) pre-market notification. Intravenous solutions (blood anticoagulants, solutions for storage of red blood cells, and saline) marketed by us for use with our manual collection and automated systems requires us to obtain an approved New Drug Application (“NDA”) or Abbreviated New Drug Application (“ANDA”) from CBER or CDER. A 510(k) pre-market clearance indicates the FDA’s agreement with an applicant’s determination that the product for which clearance is sought isdeemed not substantially equivalent to another legally marketed medical device. The processa previously cleared 510(k) device are placed in class III, requiring submission and approval of obtaining a PMA. Both the 510(k) clearance may involveand PMA processes can be resource intensive, expensive and lengthy and require payment of significant user fees. 
To obtain 510(k) clearance, we must submit a premarket notification demonstrating that the proposed device is “substantially equivalent” to a previously cleared 510(k) device or a device that was in commercial distribution before May 28, 1976 for which the FDA has not yet called for the submission of clinical dataPMAs. The FDA’s 510(k) clearance pathway usually takes from three to 12 months from the date the notification is submitted, but it can take considerably longer, depending on the extent of FDA's requests for additional information and supporting information.the amount of time a sponsor takes to fulfill them. After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, will require a new 510(k) clearance or could require premarket approval.
A PMA must be submitted if a device cannot be cleared through the 510(k) clearance process. The PMA process of obtaining an NDA approval for solutions is likely to take much longergenerally more detailed, lengthier and more expensive than the 510(k) clearances becauseprocess. To date, we have no PMA approved products and do not have any class III products on our product pipeline.
Postmarket Requirements - U.S.
After the FDA review process is more complicated.permits a device to enter commercial distribution, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include, among others:
The FDA’sFDA's Quality System Regulation, or QSR, which requires manufacturers, including third party manufacturers, to follow quality assurance procedures during all aspects of the manufacturing process;
Labeling regulations set forth standardsincluding unique device identification;
Clearance of a 510(k) for ourcertain product designmodifications;
Medical device reporting, or MDR, regulations, which require that manufacturers report to the FDA if their device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury if the malfunction were to recur;
Medical device correction and removal (recall) reporting regulations; and
An order of repair, replacement or refund.

Additionally, we and the manufacturing processes, requires the maintenance of certain records and provides for inspectionsfacilities of our facilities. Theresuppliers are also certain requirements of state, local and foreign governments that must be complied with in the manufacturing and marketing ofsubject to unannounced inspections by FDA to determine our products. We maintain customer complaint files, record all lot numbers of disposable products, and conduct periodic audits to assure compliance with the QSR and other applicable regulations. We place special emphasis on customer training and advise all customers that device operation should be undertaken only by qualified personnel.
regulations described above. The FDA can issue warning letters or untitled letters, impose injunctions, suspend regulatory clearance or approvals, ban certain medical devices, detain or seize adulterated or misbranded medical devices, order repair, replacement or refund of these devices and require notification of health professionals and others with regard to medical devices that present unreasonable risks of substantial harm to the public health. The FDA may also enjoin and restrain certain violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Safe Medical Devices Act pertaining to medical devices, or initiate action for criminal prosecution of such violations.
We

Requirements Outside the U.S.
The regulatory review process varies from country to country and may in some cases require the submission of clinical data. Our international sales are also subject to regulationregulatory requirements in the countries outside the United States in which we market our products. The member states of the European Union (EU) have adopted the European Medical Device Directive, which creates a single set of medical device regulations for all EU member countries. These regulations require companies that wish to manufacture and distribute medical devices in EU member countries to obtain CE Marking for their products. Outside of the EU, many of the regulations applicable to our products are similarsold. These regulations will be significantly modified in the next couple of years. For example, in May 2017, the EU Medical Devices Regulation (Regulation 2017/745) was adopted. The EU Medical Devices Regulation, or EU MDR, repeals and replaces the EU Medical Devices Directive. The EU MDR, among other things, is intended to thoseestablish a uniform, transparent, predictable and sustainable regulatory framework across the EEA for medical devices and ensure a high level of safety and health while supporting innovation. The EU MDR will, however, only become applicable three years after publication (in May 2020). Once applicable, the FDA. However,new regulations will among other things:
strengthen the national health or social security organizationsrules on placing devices on the market and reinforce surveillance once they are available;
establish explicit provisions on manufacturers’ responsibilities;
improve the traceability of medical devices;
set up a central database to provide comprehensive information on products available in the EU; and
strengthen rules for the assessment of certain countries require our productshigh-risk devices before they are placed on the market.

In the meantime, the current EU Medical Devices Directive continues to be registered by those countriesapply.

Drug Regulation

Development and Approval
Under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, FDA approval of a new drug application, or NDA, is required before theyany new drug can be marketed in those countries.the U.S. Under the Public Health Service Act, or PHSA, FDA licensure of a biologics license application, or BLA, is required before a biologic can be marketed in the U.S. NDAs and BLAs require extensive studies and submission of a large amount of data by the applicant.
A generic version of an approved drug is approved by means of an abbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, by which the sponsor demonstrates that the proposed product is the same as the approved, brand-name drug, which is referred to as the “reference listed drug,” or RLD. Generally, an ANDA must contain data and information showing that the proposed generic product and RLD have the same active ingredient, in the same strength and dosage form, to be delivered via the same route of administration, are intended for the same uses and are bioequivalent. This is instead of independently demonstrating the proposed product’s safety and effectiveness, which are inferred from the fact that the product is the same as the RLD, which the FDA previously found to be safe and effective.
We have compliedcurrently hold NDAs and ANDAs for liquid solutions (including anticoagulants, intravenous saline and a red blood cell storage solution), which we sell with these regulationsour blood component and have obtained such registrations where we market our products. Federal, statewhole blood collection systems.

Post-Approval Regulation
After the FDA permits a drug to enter commercial distribution, numerous regulatory requirements continue to apply. These include FDA's current Good Manufacturing Practices, which include a series of requirements relating to organization and foreigntraining of personnel, buildings and facilities, equipment, control of components and drug product containers and closures, production and process controls, quality control and quality assurance, packaging and labeling controls, holding and distribution, laboratory controls and records and reports; labeling regulations; advertising and promotion requirements and restrictions; and regulations regarding conducting recalls of product.
Failure to comply with applicable FDA requirements and restrictions in this area may subject a company to adverse publicity and enforcement action by the manufactureFDA, the Department of Justice, or the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and saleHuman Services, as well as state authorities. This could subject a company to a range of products such as ours arepenalties that could have a significant commercial impact, including civil and criminal fines and agreements that materially restrict the manner in which a company promotes or distributes drug or biological products.
Requirements Outside the U.S.
We must obtain the requisite marketing authorizations from regulatory authorities in foreign countries prior to marketing of a product in those countries. The requirements and process governing product licensing vary from country to country. If we fail to comply with applicable foreign regulatory requirements, we may be subject to, change. We cannot predict what impact, if any, such changes might haveamong other things, warning letters or untitled

letters, injunctions, civil, administrative, or criminal penalties, monetary fines or imprisonment, suspension or withdrawal of regulatory approvals, suspension of ongoing clinical studies, refusal to approve pending applications or supplements to applications filed by us, suspension or the imposition of restrictions on operations, product recalls, the refusal to permit the import or export of our business.products or the seizure or detention of products.

Conflict Minerals

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act imposes disclosure requirements regarding the use of "Conflict Minerals" mined from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries in products, whether or not these products are manufactured by third parties. The conflict minerals include tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold and their derivatives. These requirements could affect the pricing, sourcing and availability of minerals used in the manufacture of our products. There will be additional costs associated with complying with the disclosure requirements, such as costs related to determining the source of any conflict minerals used in our products. Our supply chain is complex and we may be unable to verify the origins for all metals used in our products.
Other Regulation
Fraud and Abuse Laws
We are also subject to various environmental, healthfraud and general safetyabuse and other healthcare laws directives and regulations boththat constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we market, sell and distribute our products. In addition, we are subject to transparency laws and patient privacy regulation by U.S. federal and state governments and by governments in foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct our business. We have described below some of the key federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations that apply to our business.
The federal healthcare program Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or in return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchase, lease or order of any healthcare item or service reimbursable, in whole or in part, under Medicare, Medicaid or other federally financed healthcare programs. This statute has been interpreted to apply to arrangements between manufacturers of federally reimbursed products on one hand and prescribers, purchasers and others in a position to recommend, refer, or order federally reimbursed products on the other. Although there are a number of statutory exemptions and regulatory safe harbors protecting certain common activities from prosecution, the exemptions and safe harbors are drawn narrowly and practices that involve remuneration to those who prescribe, purchase, or recommend medical devices or pharmaceutical and biological products, including certain discounts, or engaging consultants as speakers or consultants, may be subject to scrutiny if they do not fit squarely within the exemption or safe harbor. Our practices may not in all cases meet all of the criteria for safe harbor protection from anti-kickback liability. Moreover, there are no safe harbors for many common practices, such as educational and research grants. Liability may be established without a person or entity having actual knowledge of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the civil False Claims Act.
The federal civil False Claims Act prohibits, among other things, any person from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, a false, fraudulent or materially incomplete claim for payment of government funds, or knowingly making, using, or causing to be made or used, a false record or statement material to an obligation to pay money to the government or knowingly concealing or knowingly and improperly avoiding, decreasing, or concealing an obligation to pay money to the federal government. In recent years, companies in the U.S.healthcare industry have faced enforcement actions under the federal False Claims Act for, among other things, allegedly providing free product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product or causing false claims to be submitted because of the company’s marketing the product for unapproved and outsidethus non-reimbursable, uses. False Claims Act liability is potentially significant in the U.S. Our operations, like thosehealthcare industry because the statute provides for treble damages and mandatory penalties of tens of thousands of dollars per false claim or statement. Healthcare companies also are subject to other federal false claims laws, including, among others, federal criminal healthcare fraud and false statement statutes that extend to non-government health benefit programs.
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, or HITECH, among other things, imposes criminal and civil liability for knowingly and willfully executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, including private third party payors and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services.
In addition, the Physician Payment Sunshine Act, implemented as the Open Payments program, requires manufacturers of certain products reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to track and report to the

federal government payments and transfers of value that they make to physicians and teaching hospitals and ownership interests held by physicians and their family and provides for public disclosures of these data.
Many states have adopted analogous laws and regulations, including state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to items or services reimbursed under Medicaid and other state programs or, in several states, regardless of the payor. Several states have enacted legislation requiring pharmaceutical and medical device companies involveto, among other things, establish marketing compliance programs; file periodic reports with the usestate, including reports on gifts and payments to individual health care providers; make periodic public disclosures on sales, marketing, pricing, clinical trials and other activities; and/or register their sales representatives. Some states prohibit specified sales and marketing practices, including the provision of substances regulated under environmentalgifts, meals, or other items to certain health care providers and/or offering co-pay support to patients for certain prescription drugs.
Other countries, including a number of EU Member States, have laws primarily in manufacturing and sterilization processes. We believe that sound environmental, health and safety performance contributes to our competitive strength while benefiting our customers, shareholders and employees.of similar application.
Environmental Matters
Failure to comply with international, federal and local environmental protection laws or regulations could have an adverse impact on our business or could require material capital expenditures. We continue to monitor changes in U.S. and international environmental regulations that may present a significant risk to the business, including laws or regulations relating to the manufacture or sale of products using plastics.
Employees
As of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, we employed the full-time equivalent of 3,1073,216 persons.
Availability of Reports and Other Information
All of our corporate governance materials, including the Principles of Corporate Governance, Code of Conduct and the charters of the Audit, Compensation and Governance and Compliance Committees are published on the Investor Relations section of our website at http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72118&p=irol-IRHomewww.haemonetics.com. On this web site the public can also access, free of charge, our annual, quarterly and current reports and other documents filed or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file documents electronically.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
Statements
Certain statements that we make from time to time, including statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and incorporated by reference into this report, as well as oralconstitute “forward looking-statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.Forward-looking statements we make which are prefaced withdo not relate strictly to historical or current facts and reflect management’s assumptions, views, plans, objectives and projections about the future. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,“should,“anticipate,“could,“continue,“would,“estimate,“expects,“project,“plans,“intend,“anticipates,“designed,“believes,“estimates,” “projects,” “predicts,” “potential” and other words of similar expressions, are intended to identify forward looking statements regarding events, conditions,meaning in conjunction with, among other things: discussions of future operations; expected operating results and financial trends that may affect our future plansperformance; the Company’s strategy for growth; product development, commercialization and anticipated performance and benefits; regulatory approvals; impact of operations, business strategy, results of operations,planned acquisitions or dispositions; market position and financial position. Theseexpenditures.

Because forward-looking statements are based on our current beliefs, expectations and estimates asassumptions regarding future events, they are subject to prospective eventsuncertainties, risks and circumstances aboutchanges that are difficult to predict and many of which we can give no firm assurance. Further,are outside of the Company's control. Investors should realize that if underlying assumptions prove inaccurate, or known or unknown risks or uncertainties materialize, the Company’s actual results and financial condition could vary materially from expectations and projections expressed or implied in its forward-looking statements. Investors are therefore cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements.

The following are some important factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our expectations in any forward-looking statement speaks only asstatements. For further discussion of these and other factors, see Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report.

Failure to achieve our long-term strategic and financial-improvement goals;

Demand for and market acceptance risks for new and existing products, including material reductions in purchasing from or loss of a significant customer;

Product quality or safety concerns, leading to product recalls, withdrawals, regulatory action by the FDA (or similar non-U.S. regulatory agencies), reputational damage, declining sales or litigation;

Security breaches of our information technology systems or our products, which could impair our ability to conduct business or compromise sensitive information of the dateCompany or its customers, suppliers and other business partners, or of customers' patients;

Pricing pressures resulting from trends toward health care cost containment, including the continued consolidation among health care providers and other market participants;

The continuity, availability and pricing of plastic and other raw materials, finished goods and components used in the manufacturing of our products (including those purchased from sole-source suppliers) and the related continuity of our manufacturing and distribution;

Our ability to develop new products or enhancements on which such statement is made,commercially acceptable terms or at all;

The potential that the expected strategic benefits and opportunities from any planned or completed acquisition or divestiture by the Company may not be realized or may take longer to realize than expected;

Our ability to obtain regulatory approvals in a timely manner consistent with cost estimates;

Our ability to comply with established and developing U.S. and foreign legal and regulatory requirements, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and similar laws in other jurisdictions, as well as U.S. and foreign export and import restrictions and tariffs;

Our ability to execute and realize anticipated benefits from our investments in emerging economies;

Our ability to obtain the anticipated benefits of restructuring programs that we have or may undertake, no obligationincluding the Complexity Reduction Initiative;

Our ability to update any forward-looking statementretain and attract key personnel;

Costs and risks associated with product liability and other litigation claims;

Our ability to reflect eventsmeet our existing debt obligations and raise additional capital when desired on terms reasonably acceptable to us;

The potential effect of foreign currency fluctuations and interest rate fluctuations on our net sales, expenses and resulting margins;

The impact of changes in U.S. and international tax laws;

Market conditions and the possibility that the Company’s share repurchase program may be delayed, suspended or circumstances afterdiscontinued;

The effect of communicable diseases on demand for our products; and

Our ability to protect intellectual property and the date on which such statement is made. Asoutcome of patent litigation.

Investors should understand that it is not possible to predict every new factor that may emerge, forward-looking statementsor identify all such factors and should not be relied upon as a prediction of our actual future financial condition or results.
These forward-looking statements, like any forward-looking statements, involveconsider the risks described above and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including demand for whole blood and blood components, changes in executive management, changes in operations, restructuring and turnaround plans, asset revaluations to reflect current business conditions, asset sales, technological advances in the medical field and standards for transfusion medicine and our ability to successfully offer products that incorporate such advances and standards, product quality, market acceptance, regulatory uncertainties, including in the receipt or timing of regulatory approvals, the effect of economic and political conditions, the impact of competitive products and pricing, blood product reimbursement policies and practices, foreign currency exchange rates, changes in customers’ ordering patterns including single-source tenders, the effect of industry consolidation as seen in the plasma and blood center markets, the effect of communicable diseases and the effect of uncertainties in markets outside the U.S. (including Europe and Asia) in which we operate and other risks detailed under Item 1A. Risk Factors to be a complete statement of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.all potential risks and uncertainties. The foregoing list shouldCompany does not undertake to publicly update any forward-looking statement that may be construedmade from time to time, whether as exhaustive.a result of new information or future events or developments.


ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K and the exhibits hereto, the following risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating our business. Our business, financial condition, cash flows or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. This section contains forward-looking statements. You shouldPlease refer to the explanation ofcautionary statements made under the qualifications and limitations on forward-looking statementsheading "Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information" at the end of Item 1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K for more information on the qualifications and limitations on forward-looking statements.
We recently completed a global strategic review of our business.
If our new strategic directionbusiness strategy does not yield the expected results or we fail to implement the necessary changes to our operations, we could see material adverse effects on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
In fiscal 2017, we
Our products are organized our products into fourin three categories for purposes of evaluating and developing their growth potential: Plasma, Hemostasis Management, Blood Center and Cell Processing.Hospital. We believe that Plasma and Hemostasis ManagementHospital have the greatest growth potential, while Cell Processing innovation offers an opportunity to increase market share and expand into new segments. We believe Blood Center competes in challenging markets whichthat require us to manage the business differently, including reducing costs, shrinking the scope of the current product line and evaluating opportunities to exit unfavorable customer contracts.

If we have not correctly identified the product categories with greatest growth potential, we will not allocate our resources appropriately which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations. Further, if we are unable to reduce costs and complexity in our Blood Center business unit, we will obtain lower than expected cash flows to fund our future growth and capital needs. This could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and results of operations.
If we are unable to successfully expand our product lines through internal research and development and acquisitions, our business may be materially and adversely affected.
The risks of missteps and set backs are an inherent part of the innovation and development processesMaterial reductions in the medical device industry.
Continued growth of our business depends on our maintaining a pipeline of profitable new products and successful improvements to our existing products. This requires accurate market analysis and carefully targeted application of intellectual and financial resources toward the developmentpurchasing from or acquisition of new products. The creation and adoption of technological advances is only one step. We must also efficiently develop the technology into a product which confers a competitive advantage, represents a cost effective solution or provides improved patient care. Finally, as a part of the regulatory process of obtaining marketing clearance for new products, we conduct and participate in numerous clinical trials, the results of which may be unfavorable, or perceived as unfavorable by the market, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Lossloss of a significant customer could adversely affect our business.

In fiscal 2017, one plasma collection customer2019, our two largest Plasma customers each accounted for approximately 14%more than 10% of our net revenues and our ten largest customers accounted for approximately 42%52% of our net revenues. If any of our largest customers materially reduce their purchases from us or terminate their relationship with us for any reason, including material decreases in demand for plasma or development of alternative processes, we could experience an adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.
Our
Two of our four largest Plasma customers have contracts in place which will expirethat are subject to renewal before the end of fiscal 2019. As a result,2021. In the event that we will need to amenddo not extend our current contracts or enter into new contracts for the PCS® 300. A failure to enter into new contracts with these customers on acceptable terms, our revenues and operating income could be negatively impacted in a manner that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

Defects or quality issues associated with our products could adversely affect the results of operations.

Quality is extremely important to us and our customers due to the serious and costly consequences of product failure. Manufacturing or design defects, component failures, unapproved or improper use of our products, or inadequate disclosure of risks or other information relating to the use of our products can lead to injury or other serious adverse events. These events could lead to recalls or safety alerts relating to our products (either voluntary or as required by the FDA or similar governmental authorities in other countries), and could result, in certain cases, in the removal of a product from the market. A recall could result in significant costs and lost sales and customers, enforcement actions and/or investigations by state and federal governments or other enforcement bodies, as well as negative publicity and damage to our reputation that could reduce future demand for our products. Personal injuries relating to the use of our products can also result in significant product liability claims being brought against us. In some circumstances, such adverse events could also cause delays in regulatory approval of new products or the imposition of post-market approval requirements.

In fiscal 2018, one of our suppliers began production of NexSys PCS and we expanded production utilizing a second supplier during fiscal 2019. If our suppliers fail to produce NexSys PCS devices that meet our quality standards, we could have delays in customer adoption and costs to remediate the deficient quality which would have a negative effect on our revenues, gross margins, operating income and return on invested capital.

If we are unable to successfully convert customers to our NexSys platform, meet customer placement demands or negotiate competitive pricing, we may not realize the intended benefits of our investment.

We have focused heavily on the development and commercialization of our NexSys platform, comprised of both the NexSys PCS plasmapheresis system and NexLynk DMS software. After the commercial launch of our NexSys platform in fiscal 2019, we entered into several customer contracts providing for conversion to NexSys during fiscal 2019. If additional customers do not adopt NexSys or they do and we are unable to procure sufficient NexySys PCS devices from our contract manufacturers to

meet demand or receive a price that provides an inadequate return on our investment, or if such customer adoption does not occur within the expected timeframe, we may not realize the full intended benefits of our investment.

We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems and subject to privacy and security laws and a cyber-attack or other breach of these systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition andor results of operations.
Our inability
We increasingly rely on information technology systems to process, transmit and store electronic information for our day-to-day operations and for our customers, including sensitive personal information and proprietary or confidential information. Additionally, certain of our products collect data regarding patients and donors and some connect to our systems for maintenance and other purposes. Similar to other large multi-national companies, the size and complexity of our information technology systems makes them vulnerable to a cyber-attack, malicious intrusion, breakdown, destruction, loss of data privacy, or other significant disruption. We also outsource certain elements of our information technology systems to third parties that, as a result of this outsourcing, could have access to certain confidential information and whose systems may also be vulnerable to these types of attacks or disruptions. Security threats, including cyber and other attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, frequent, and adaptive. Accordingly, our information systems require an ongoing commitment of significant resources to maintain, protect and enhance existing systems and develop new systems to keep pace with continuing changes in information processing technology, evolving systems and regulatory standards, the increasing need to protect patient and customer information and changing customer patterns. In addition, third parties may attempt to hack into our products to obtain data relating to patients with our products or our proprietary information. Any failure by us or third parties we work with to maintain or protect our respective information technology systems and data integrity, including from cyber-attacks, intrusions or other breaches, could result in the unauthorized access to patient data and personally identifiable information, theft of intellectual property or other misappropriation of assets, or otherwise compromise our confidential or proprietary information and disrupt our operations. Any of these events, in turn, may cause us to lose existing customers, have difficulty preventing, detecting and controlling fraud, have disputes with customers, physicians and other healthcare professionals, be subject to legal claims and liability, have regulatory sanctions or penalties imposed, have increases in operating expenses, incur expenses or lose revenues as a result of a data privacy breach or theft of intellectual property, or suffer other adverse consequences, any delay in obtaining, any necessary U.S.of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

Additionally, the legal and regulatory environment surrounding information security and privacy is increasingly demanding, with the imposition of new and changing requirements across businesses. We are required to comply with increasingly complex and changing legal and regulatory requirements that govern the collection, use, storage, security, transfer, disclosure and other processing of personal data, including The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR. In May 2018, the GDPR superseded current European Union data protection legislation, imposing more stringent European Union data protection requirements and providing for greater penalties for noncompliance. We or our third-party providers and business partners may also be subjected to audits or investigations by one or more domestic or foreign regulatory clearancesgovernment agencies relating to compliance with information security and privacy laws and regulations, and noncompliance with the laws and regulations could results in material fines or approvals forlitigation.

We outsource certain aspects of our newly developed productsbusiness to a single third-party vendor that subjects us to risks, including disruptions in business and increased costs.

Currently, we rely on a single vendor to support several of our business processes, including customer service and support and elements of enterprise technology, procurement, accounting and human resources. We make diligent efforts to ensure that the provider of these outsourced services is observing proper internal control practices. However, there are no guarantees that failures will not occur. Accordingly, we are subject to the risks associated with the vendor’s ability to successfully provide the necessary services to meet our needs. 

If our vendor is unable to adequately protect our data or product enhancements could harminformation is lost, if our ability to deliver our services is interrupted (including as a result of natural disasters, strikes, terrorism attacks or other adverse events in the countries in which the vendor operates), if our vendor's fees are higher than expected, or if our vendor makes mistakes in the execution of operations support, then our business and prospects.
Our products are subject to a high level of regulatory oversight. Our inability to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, any necessary U.S. or foreign regulatory clearances or approvals for newly developed products or product enhancements could harm our business and prospects. The process of obtaining clearances and approvals can be costly and time consuming. In addition, there is a risk that any approvals or clearances, once obtained,operating results may be withdrawn or modified.
Most medical devices cannot be marketed in the U.S. without 510(k) clearance or premarket approval by the FDA. We have recently submitted a new plasmapheresis device, the PCS® 300, for 510(k) regulatory clearance with the FDA and continue to work on future enhancements to this important product, some of which may require additional regulatory clearances.negatively affected.

Delays in receipt of, or failure to obtain, necessary clearances or approvals for our new products could delay or preclude realization of product revenues from new products or result in substantial additional costs which could decrease our profitability.
If we are unable to successfully grow our business through business relationships and acquisitions, our business may be materially and adversely affected.
Promising partnerships and acquisitions may not be completed for reasons such as competition among prospective partners or buyers, our inability to reach satisfactory terms, or the need for regulatory approvals. Any acquisition that we complete may be dilutive to earnings and require the investment of significant resources. The economic environment may constrain our ability to access the capital needed for acquisitions and other capital investments.
A significant portion of our revenue derives from the sale of blood collection supplies. Declines in the number of blood collection procedures have adversely impacted our business and future declines may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The demand for whole blood disposable products in the U.S. continued to decrease in fiscal 2017 and 20162019 due to a sustained declinedeclines in transfusion rates and actions takencaused by hospitals to improvehospitals' improved blood management techniques and protocols. In response to this trend, U.S. blood center collection groups prefer single source vendors for their whole blood collection products and are primarily focused on obtaining the lowest average selling prices. While we began to see a moderation in the rate of market decline during fiscal 2017, weWe expect to see continued declines in transfusion rates and the market to remain price-focused and highly competitive for the foreseeable future. Continued declines in this market could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and results of operations.

Consolidation of the healthcare providers and blood collectors has increased demand for price concessions and caused the exclusion of suppliers from significant market segments, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Political, economic and policy influences are causing the healthcare and blood collection industries to make substantial structural and financial changes that affect our results of operations. Government and private sector initiatives limiting the growth of healthcare costs and causing structural reforms in healthcare delivery, including the reduction in blood use and reduced payments for care. These trends have placed greater pricing pressure on suppliers and, in some cases, decreased average selling prices and increased the number of sole source relationships. This pressure impacts our Hemostasis Management, Cell ProcessingHospital and Blood Center businesses.

The expansioninfluence of group purchasing organizations in the United States,U.S., integrated delivery networks and large single accounts puts directhas the potential to put price pressure on our Hospital business. It also puts price pressure on our U.S. Blood Center customers who are also facing reduced demand for red cells. Our Blood Center customers have responded to this pressure by creating their own group purchasing organizations and resorting to single source tenders to create incentives for suppliers, including us, to significantly reduce prices.

We expect that market demand, government regulation, third-party reimbursement policies, government contracting requirements and societal pressures will continue to change the worldwide healthcare industry, resulting in further business consolidations and alliances among our customers and competitors. This may exert further downward pressure on the prices of our products and adversely impact our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Quality problems with our processes, goods, and services could harm our reputation for producing high-quality products and erode our competitive advantage, sales, and market share.
Quality is extremely important to us and our customers due to the serious and costly consequences of product failure. Our quality certifications are critical to the marketing success of our products and services. If we fail to meet these standards or fail to adapt to evolving standards, our reputation could be damaged, we could lose customers, and our revenue and results of operations could decline.
In June 2016, we issued a voluntary recall of certain whole blood collection kits sold to our Blood Center customers in the United States. The recall resulted from some collection sets' filters failing to adequately remove leukocytes from collected blood. Because most U.S. hospitals prefer to transfuse leukoreduced blood, our Blood Center customers may have conducted further tests to confirm the blood was adequately leukoreduced, sold the blood as non-leukoreduced at a lower price or discarded the blood collected using the defective sets. As a result of the recall, we recorded total charges of $7.1 million during fiscal 2017 and have an insurance receivable of $2.9 million as of April 1, 2017. While we believe we have adequate insurance coverage, we may have additional losses in future periods which may or may not be covered by insurance. These losses could have a material impact on our results of operations.

An interruption in our ability to manufacture our products, obtain key components or raw materials, or the failure of a sole source supplier may adversely affect our business.
Certain
We have a complex global supply chain that involves integrating key products are manufacturedsuppliers and our manufacturing capacity into a global movement of components and finished goods.

We manufacture certain key disposables at single locations with limited alternate facilities. If an event occurs that results in damage to one or more of these facilities, we may be unable to supply the relevant products at previous levels or at all.
In addition,all for some period. Additionally, for reasons of quality assurance or cost effectiveness, we purchase certain finished goods, components and raw materials from sole suppliers, notably JMS Co. Ltd., Kawasumi Laboratories, Leica Biosystems Melbourne Pty. Ltd. and Sanmina Corporation, which isSparton Medical Systems Colorado LLC, who have their own complex supply chains. Any disruption to one or more of our suppliers’ production or delivery of sufficient volumes of components conforming to our specifications could disrupt or delay our ability to deliver finished products to our customers. For example, we purchase components in Asia for use in manufacturing in the sole manufacturerU.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico. We source all of all our apheresis equipment.equipment from Asia and regularly ship finished goods from the U.S., Puerto Rico and Mexico to the rest of the world.

Due to the high standards and stringent regulations and requirements of the FDA and other similar non-U.S. regulatory agencies regardingapplicable to manufacturing our products, such as the manufacture of our products,FDA's Quality System Regulation and Good Manufacturing Practices, we may not be able to quickly establish additional or replacement sources for certain raw materials, components or materials.finished goods. A reduction or interruption in manufacturing, or an inability to secure alternative sources of raw materials, components or components,finished goods on commercially reasonable terms or in a timely manner, could compromise our ability to manufacture our products on a timely and cost-competitive basis, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Ongoing delays in expanding our liquid solutions production capacity could reduce our revenue, increase our costs, or prevent us from meeting contracted obligations, which could result in financial penalties and have an adverse effect on our results of operations.
We primarily produce two solutions for use in our apheresis procedures: anti-coagulant and saline. Anti-coagulant is required for each apheresis procedure, including the collection of platelets and plasma. Saline is used by our Plasma customers to provide fluid replacement after a donation.
We have been working to expand the capacity of our Union, South Carolina facility to produce both anti-coagulant and saline. We have experienced delays in the completion of the project that have required us and a customer to rely on alternative sources of supply. If we are unable to successfully complete the capacity expansion or obtain additional supplies at an appropriate price, our results of operations could continue to be adversely affected.

Plastics are the principal component of our disposables, which are the main source of our revenues.Any change in the price, composition or availability of the plastics or resins we purchase could adversely affect our business.

We face risks related to price, composition and availability of the plastic raw materials used in our business.
Increases Climate change (including laws or regulations passed in response thereto) could increase our costs, in particular our costs of supply, energy and transportation/freight. Material or sustained increases in the price of petroleum or petroleum derivatives could result in corresponding increases in ourhave an adverse impact on the costs to procure plastic raw materials.materials and the costs of our transportation/freight. Increases in the costs of other commodities also may affect our procurement costs to a lesser degree.

The composition of the plastic we purchase is also important. Today, we purchase plastics whichthat contain phthalates, which are used to make plastic malleable. Should plastics with phthalates become unavailable due to regulatory changes, we may be required to obtain regulatory approvals from FDA and foreign authorities for a number of products.

While we have not experienced shortages in the past, any interruption in the supply for certain plastics could have a material impact on our business by limiting our ability to manufacture and sell the products whichthat represent a significant portion of our revenues.
As approximately half These outcomes may in turn result in customers transitioning to available competitive products, loss of our revenue comes from outside the United States, we are subject tomarket share, negative impacts on our resultspublicity, reputational damage, loss of operations from currency fluctuation, geopolitical events, economic volatility, violations of anti-corruption laws, export and import restrictions, decisions by local regulatory authorities and the laws and medical practices in foreign jurisdictions.
We do business in over 100 countries and have distributors in approximately 90 countries. This exposes us to currency fluctuation, geopolitical risk, economic volatility, anti-corruption laws, export and import restrictions, local regulatory authorities and the laws and medical practices in foreign jurisdictions.
If there are sanctions or restrictions on the flow of capital which prevent product importation or receipt of payments in Russia or China, our business could be adversely affected.
Our international operations are governed by the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other similar anti-corruption laws in other countries. Generally, these laws prohibit companies and their business partnerscustomer confidence or other intermediaries from making improper payments to foreign governments and government officialsnegative consequences (including a decline in order to obtain or retain business. Global enforcement of such anti-corruption laws has increased in recent years, including aggressive investigations and enforcement proceedings. While we have an active compliance program and various other safeguards to discourage impermissible practices, we have distributors in approximately 90 countries, several of which are considered high risk for corruption. As a result, our global operations carry some risk of unauthorized impermissible activity on the part of one of our distributors, employees, agents or consultants.  Any alleged or actual violation could subject us to government scrutiny, severe criminal or civil fines, or sanctions on our ability to export product outside the U.S., which could adversely affect our reputation and financial condition.stock price).

Export of U.S. technology or goods manufactured in the United States to some jurisdictions requires special U.S. export authorization or local market controls that may be influenced by factors, including political dynamics, outside our control.
Finally, any other significant changes in the competitive, legal, regulatory, reimbursement or economic environments of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our international business could have a material impact on our business.
Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain key personnel needed to successfully operate the business.
We constantly monitor the dynamics of the economy, the healthcare industry and the markets in which we compete; and we continue to assess our key personnel that we believe are essential to our long-term success. Over the last year, we have hired a new Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and new personnel in a number of key executive positions. We have also effected significant organizational and strategic changes in connection with the addition of these new executives. If we fail to effectively manage our ongoing organizational and strategic changes, our financial condition, results of operations, and reputation, as well as our ability to successfully attract, motivate and retain key employees, could be harmed.
Our success also depends upon our ability to attract and retain other qualified managerial and technical personnel. Competition for such personnel is intense. We may not be able to attract and retain personnel necessary for the development of our business.
If we are unable to meetsuccessfully expand our debt obligations or experience a disruptionproduct lines through internal research and development, our business may be materially and adversely affected.  

A significant element of our strategy is to increase revenue growth by focusing on innovation and new product development. New product development requires significant investment in our cash flows, it could have an adverse effect on our financial condition,research and development, clinical trials and regulatory approvals. The results of operations or costour product development efforts may be affected by a number of borrowing.
We have $315.4 million of debt outstanding at April 1, 2017 due before July 1, 2019. The obligations to pay interest and repay the borrowed amounts may restrictfactors, including our ability to adjustanticipate customer needs, innovate and develop new products and technologies, successfully complete clinical trials, obtain regulatory approvals in the United States and abroad, manufacture products in a cost-effective manner, obtain appropriate intellectual property protection for our products, and gain and maintain market acceptance of our products. In addition, patents attained by others could preclude or delay our commercialization of a product. There can be no assurance that any products now in development or that we may seek to adverse economic conditionsdevelop in the future will achieve technological feasibility, obtain regulatory approval or gain market acceptance.

If our business development activities are unsuccessful, we may not realize the intended benefits.

We may seek to supplement our organic growth through strategic acquisitions, investments and alliances. Such transactions are inherently risky and require significant effort and management attention. The success of any acquisition, investment or alliance may be affected by a number of factors, including our ability to fund working capital, capital expenditures,properly assess and value the potential business opportunity or to successfully integrate any business we may acquire into our existing business. Promising partnerships and acquisitions or other general corporate requirements. The interest rate on the loan is variable and subject to change based on market forces. Fluctuations in interest rates could adversely affect our profitability and cash flows.
In addition, as a global corporation, we have significant cash reserves held in foreign countries. These balances may also not be immediately available to repay our debt.
Our credit facilities contain financial covenants that require us to maintain specified financial ratios and make interest and principal payments. If we are unable to satisfy these covenants, we may be required to obtain waivers from our lenders. No assurance can be made that our lenders would grantcompleted for reasons such waivers on favorable terms,as competition among prospective partners or at all, and we could be required to repay any borrowed amounts on short notice.
Our operations and plans for future growth may require additional capital that may not be available to us, or only available to us on unfavorable terms.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including operating requirements, product placements, current and future acquisitions and the need to refinance existing debt. Our ability to issue additional debt or enter into other financing arrangements on acceptable terms could be adversely affected by our debt levels, unfavorable changes in economic conditions generally or uncertainties that affect the capital markets. Higher borrowing costs orbuyers, the inability to reach satisfactory terms, the need for regulatory approvals or the existence of economic conditions affecting our access to capital markets could adversely affect our ability to support future growthfor acquisitions and operating requirements and, as a result,other capital investments. If our business financial conditiondevelopment activities are unsuccessful, we may not realize the intended benefits of such activities, including that acquisition and results of operations couldintegration costs may be adversely affected. As of April 1, 2017, we had $315.4 million of debt obligations due before July 1, 2019. Refer to Liquiditygreater than expected or the possibility that expected return on investment synergies and Capital Resourcesaccretion will not be realized or will not be realized within our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of our debt obligations.
We recorded goodwill and other asset impairment charges that reduced our income during the current fiscal year and may record additional charges in future periods.
We evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually, or on an interim basis between annual tests when events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we performed our annual goodwill impairment test and concluded that we had an impairment of $57.0 million in our North America Blood Center reporting unit, which represented the entire goodwill balance associated with this reporting unit. There were no other reporting units at risk of impairment as of the fiscal 2017 annual test date. The impairment charge recorded does not impact our liquidity, cash flows from operations, future operations, or compliance with debt covenants.
During fiscal 2017, we performed a review of certain non-core and underperforming assets that were at risk of being impaired due to the recent changes in our strategic direction. This review resulted in the decision to discontinue the use of and investment in certain long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Accordingly, during fiscal 2017, we recorded asset impairment charges of $18.1 million associated with this review. The impairment charges recorded do not impact our liquidity, cash flows from operations, future operations, or compliance with debt covenants.expected timeframe.

Future goodwill impairment charges or other asset impairment charges, if any, could materially adversely impact our results of operations in the period in which they are recorded. We will continue to monitor our intangible assets for potential impairments in future periods. Refer to Critical Accounting Policies within our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for a discussion of key assumptions used in our testing.
As a medical device manufacturer we are subject to a number of laws and regulations. Non-compliance with those laws or regulations could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

The manufacture, distribution and marketing of our products are subject to regulation by the FDA and other non-United Statesnon-U.S. regulatory bodies. We must obtain specific regulatory clearance prior to selling any new product or service, a process which is costly and time consuming. If we are unable to obtain the necessary regulatory clearance we will be unable to introduce new enhanced product. Our operations are also subject to continuous review and monitoring by the FDA and other regulatory authorities. Failure to substantially comply with applicable regulations could subject our products to recall or seizure by government authorities, or an order to suspend manufacturing activities. If our products were determined to have design or manufacturing flaws, this could result in their recall or seizure. Either of these situations could also result in the imposition of fines.
The
Additionally, the European Union regulatory bodies are expected to finalizefinalized a new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) in calendar year 2017, replacing the existing directives and providing three years for transition and compliance. TheWhen implemented in 2020, the MDR is expected towill change several aspects of the existing regulatory framework, such as clinical data requirements, and introduce new ones, such as Unique Device Identification. We, and the notified bodies who will oversee compliance to the new MDR, face uncertainties as the MDR is rolled out and enforced, creating risks in several areas including the CE Markingmarking process and data transparency in the upcoming years.

If we or our suppliers fail to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, our products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.

Any product for which we obtain clearance or approval, and the manufacturing processes, reporting requirements, post- approval clinical data and promotional activities for such product, will be subject to continued regulatory review, oversight and periodic inspection by the FDA and other domestic and foreign regulatory bodies. In particular, we and our third-party suppliers must comply with the FDA's Quality System Regulation or current Good manufacturing Practices requirements (depending on the products at issue).

Any future failure by us or one of our suppliers to comply with applicable statutes and regulations administered by the FDA, or the failure to timely and adequately respond to any adverse inspectional observations or product safety issues, could result in enforcement actions.

Any FDA sanctions could have a material adverse effect on our reputation, business, results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, our key component suppliers may not currently be or may not continue to be in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements, which could result in our failure to produce our products on a timely basis and in the required quantities, if at all.

Our inability to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, any necessary U.S. or foreign regulatory clearances or approvals for our newly developed products or product enhancements could harm our business and prospects.

Our products are subject to a high level of regulatory oversight. Most medical devices cannot be marketed in the U.S. without 510(k) clearance or premarket approval by the FDA. Our inability to obtain, or any delay in obtaining, any necessary U.S. or foreign regulatory clearances or approvals for newly developed products or product enhancements could harm our business and prospects. The process of obtaining clearances and approvals can be costly and time consuming. In addition, there is a risk that any approvals or clearances, once obtained, may be withdrawn or modified.

Delays in receipt of, or failure to obtain, necessary clearances or approvals for our new products could delay or preclude realization of product revenues from new products or result in substantial additional costs which could decrease our profitability.

Our relationships with customers and third-party payers are subject to applicable anti-kickback, fraud and abuse, transparency and other healthcare laws and regulations, which could expose us to criminal sanctions, civil penalties, exclusion, contractual damages, reputational harm and diminished profits and future earnings.

We are subject to fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations that constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we market, sell and distribute our products. In addition, we are subject to transparency laws and patient privacy regulation by U.S. federal and state governments and by governments in foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct our business.

The shifting commercial compliance environment and the need to build and maintain robust and expandable systems to comply with different compliance or reporting requirements in multiple jurisdictions increase the possibility that a healthcare or pharmaceutical company may fail to comply fully with one or more of these requirements. Efforts to ensure that our business arrangements with third parties will comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations may involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices do not comply with applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws and regulations or guidance. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government funded healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. If any of the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we expect to do business is found not to be in compliance with applicable laws, they may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from government funded healthcare programs. Even if we are not determined to have violated these laws, government investigations into these issues typically require the expenditure of significant resources and generate negative publicity, which could harm our financial condition and divert resources and the attention of our management from operating our business.


As a substantial amount of our revenue comes from outside the U.S., we are subject to geopolitical events, economic volatility, violations of anti-corruption laws, export and import restrictions and tariffs, decisions by local regulatory authorities and the laws and medical practices in foreign jurisdictions.  

We do business in over 90 countries and have distributors in approximately 80 of these countries. This exposes us to currency fluctuation, geopolitical risk, economic volatility, anti-corruption laws, export and import restrictions, local regulatory authorities and the laws and medical practices in foreign jurisdictions.

If there are sanctions or restrictions on the flow of capital that prevent product importation or receipt of payments in Russia or China, our business could be adversely affected.

Our international operations are governed by the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and other similar anti-corruption laws in other countries. Generally, these laws prohibit companies and their business partners or other intermediaries from
making improper payments to foreign governments and government officials in order to obtain or retain business. Global enforcement of such anti-corruption laws has increased in recent years, including aggressive investigations and enforcement proceedings. While we have an active compliance program and various other safeguards to discourage impermissible practices, we have distributors in approximately 80 countries, several of which are considered high risk for corruption. As a result, our global operations carry some risk of unauthorized impermissible activity on the part of one of our distributors, employees, agents or consultants. Any alleged or actual violation could subject us to government scrutiny, severe criminal or civil fines, or sanctions on our ability to export product outside the U.S., which could adversely affect our reputation and financial condition.
Export of U.S. technology or goods manufactured in the U.S. to some jurisdictions requires special U.S. export authorization or local market controls that may be influenced by factors, including political dynamics, outside our control.

Finally, any other significant changes in the competitive, legal, regulatory, reimbursement or economic environments of the jurisdictions in which we conduct our international business could have a material impact on our business.

We sell our products in certain emerging economies which exposes us to less mature regulatory systems, more volatile markets for our products and greater credit risks. A loss of funding for our products or changes to the regulatory regime could lead to lost revenue or account receivables.  

There are risks with doing business in emerging economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. These economies tend to have less mature product regulatory systems and more volatile financial markets. In addition, the government controlled healthcare system's ability to invest in our products and systems may abruptly shift due to changing government priorities or funding capacity. Our ability to sell products in these economies is dependent upon our ability to hire qualified employees or agents to represent our products locally and our ability to obtain and maintain the necessary regulatory approvals in a less mature regulatory environment. If we are unable to retain qualified representatives or maintain the necessary regulatory approvals, we will not be able to continue to sell products in these markets. We are exposed to a higher degree of financial risk if we extend credit to customers in these economies.

In many of the international markets in which we do business, including certain parts of Europe, South America, the Middle East and Asia, our employees, agents or distributors offer to sell our products in response to public tenders issued by various governmental agencies.  

There is additional risk in selling our products through agents or distributors, particularly in public tenders. If they misrepresent our products, do not provide appropriate service and delivery, or commit a violation of local or U.S. law, our reputation could be harmed and we could be subject to fines, sanctions or both.

We may not realize the benefits we expect from our Complexity Reduction Initiative.

On November 1, 2017, we committed to and commenced our Complexity Reduction Initiative, also referred to in this report as the 2018 Program, a company-wide restructuring program designed to improve operational performance and reduce cost, freeing up resources to invest in accelerated growth. While cost savings from the 2018 Program to date have been consistent with our expectations, it is still possible that events and circumstances, such as financial or strategic difficulties, delays and unexpected costs may occur that could result in our not realizing all of the anticipated benefits or our not realizing the anticipated benefits on our expected timetable. The 2018 Program could also yield unintended consequences, such as business disruption, the loss of institutional knowledge as a result of turnover and reduced employee productivity, which could negatively affect our business, sales, financial condition and results of operations. Our inability to realize all of the anticipated benefits from the 2018 Program could adversely affect our ability to fund new business initiatives and as a result have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain key personnel needed to successfully operate the business.

Our ability to compete effectively depends on our ability to attract and retain key employees, including people in senior management, sales, marketing and R&D positions. Our ability to recruit and retain such talent will depend on a number of factors, including hiring practices of our competitors, compensation and benefits, work location, work environment and industry economic conditions.

In December 2018, we announced that we had entered into a lease for office space in Boston, Massachusetts that will serve as our new corporate headquarters and replace our existing location in Braintree, Massachusetts. Although we believe our move to Boston, which is anticipated to occur in the third quarter of fiscal 2020, will help us to attract and retain key talent and provide a dynamic space to engage our employees, competition for top talent in the healthcare market, delays in and costs associated with development and occupancy of the new office, and the increased cost or commuting time for current employees relocating or traveling to Boston could impact our ability to realize the intended results of the move. If we cannot effectively recruit and retain qualified employees, our business could suffer.

We have also effected organizational and strategic changes in the last several years, including our Complexity Reduction Initiative, which have resulted in workforce reductions. If we fail to effectively manage our ongoing organizational and strategic changes in a manner that allows us to retain and attract talent, our financial condition, results of operations and reputation, as well as our ability to successfully attract, motivate and retain key employees, could be harmed.

We operate in an industry susceptible to significant product liability claims. Product liability claims could damage our reputation and impairour ability to market our products or obtain professional or product liability insurance, or increase the cost of such insurance.

Our products are relied upon by medical personnel in connection with the treatment of patients and the collection of blood or blood components from donors. In the event that patients or donors sustain injury or death in connection with their condition or treatment, we, along with others, may be sued and whether or not we are ultimately determined to be liable, we may incur significant legal expenses. These claims may be brought by individuals seeking relief on their own behalf or purporting to represent a class. In addition, product liability claims may be asserted against us in the future based on events we are not aware of at the present time.
In addition, such
Such litigation could damage our reputation and, therefore, impair our ability to market our products or obtain professional or product liability insurance, or increase the cost of such insurance. While we believe that our current product liability insurance coverage is sufficient, there is no assurance that such coverage will be adequate to cover incurred liabilities or that we will be able to obtain acceptable product and professional liability coverage in the future.
Many
If we are unable to meet our debt obligations or experience a disruption in our cash flows, it could have an adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cost of borrowing.

We have $336.9 million of debt outstanding at March 30, 2019 that matures on June 15, 2023 under our competitors have significantly greater financial means$350.0 million term loan. The obligations to pay interest and resources, whichrepay the borrowed amounts may allow them to more rapidly develop new technologies and more quickly address changes in customer requirements.
Ourrestrict our ability to remain competitive dependsadjust to adverse economic conditions and our ability to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions or other general corporate requirements. The interest rate on a combination of factors. Certain factors are withinthe loan is variable and subject to change based on market forces. Fluctuations in interest rates could adversely affect our control suchprofitability and cash flows.

In addition, as reputation, regulatory approvals, patents, unpatented proprietary know-how in several technological areas, product quality, safety, cost effectiveness and continued rigorous documentation of clinical performance. Other factors are outside of our control such as regulatory standards, medical standards, reimbursement policies and practices, and the practice of medicine.
As a global corporation, we have significant cash reserves held in foreign countries. Some of these balances may not be immediately available to repay our debt.

Our credit facilities contain financial covenants that require us to maintain specified financial ratios and make interest and principal payments. If we are unable to satisfy these covenants, we may be required to obtain waivers from our lenders. No assurance can be made that our lenders would grant such waivers on favorable terms, or at all and we could be required to repay any borrowed amounts on short notice.

Our operations and plans for future growth may require additional capital that may not be available to us, or only available to us on unfavorable terms.

Our operations and plans for future growth may require us to raise additional capital in the future. Our ability to issue additional debt or enter into other financing arrangements on acceptable terms could be adversely affected by our debt levels, unfavorable

changes in economic conditions generally or uncertainties that affect the capital markets. Higher borrowing costs or the inability to access capital markets could adversely affect our ability to support future growth and operating requirements and, as a result, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected. Refer to Liquidity and Capital Resources within our Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in Item 7 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further discussion of our debt obligations.

We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations.

International revenues and expenses account for a substantial portion of our operations. In fiscal 2017,2019, our international revenues accounted for 41.0%37.3% of our total revenues. The exposure to fluctuations in currency exchange rates takes different forms. Reported revenues, as well as manufacturing and operational costs denominated in foreign currencies by our international businesses, fluctuate due to exchange rate movement when translated into U.S. dollars for financial reporting purposes. Fluctuations in exchange rates could adversely affect our profitability in U.S. dollars of products and services sold by us into international markets, where payment for our products and services and related manufacturing and operational costs is made in local currencies.
We are entrusted with sensitive personal information in the course of operating our business and serving our customers. If we suffer a breach of security, our reputation could be harmed and we could incur costs or liabilities.
Government agencies require that we implement measures to ensure the integrity and security of such personal data and, in the event of a breach of protocol, that we inform affected individuals. If our systems are not properly designed or implemented, or

suffer a breach of security or an intrusion (e.g., “hacking”) by unauthorized persons, our reputation could be harmed, and we could incur costs and liabilities to affected persons and enforcement agencies.
We rely on the proper function, availability and security of information technology systems to operate our business and to serve our customers and a cyber-attack or other breach of these systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We rely on information technology systems to process, transmit, and store electronic information in our day-to-day operations. Similar to other large multi-national companies, the size and complexity of our information technology systems makes them vulnerable to a cyber-attack, malicious intrusion, breakdown, destruction, loss of data privacy, or other significant disruption. Our information systems require an ongoing commitment of significant resources to maintain, protect, and enhance existing systems and develop new systems to keep pace with continuing changes in information processing technology, evolving systems and regulatory standards, the increasing need to protect patient and customer information, and changing customer patterns. In addition, third parties may attempt to hack into our products to obtain data relating to patients with our products or our proprietary information. Any failure by us to maintain or protect our information technology systems and data integrity, including from cyber-attacks, intrusions or other breaches, could result in the unauthorized access to patient data and personally identifiable information, theft of intellectual property or other misappropriation of assets, or otherwise compromise our confidential or proprietary information and disrupt our operations. Any of these events, in turn, may cause us to lose existing customers, have difficulty preventing, detecting, and controlling fraud, have disputes with customers, physicians, and other health care professionals, be subject to legal claims and liability, have regulatory sanctions or penalties imposed, have increases in operating expenses, incur expenses or lose revenues as a result of a data privacy breach or theft of intellectual property, or suffer other adverse consequences, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
We are subject to the risks associated with communicable diseases. A significant outbreak of a disease could reduce the demand for our products and affect our ability to provide our customers with products and services.
An eligible donor’s willingness to donate is affected by concerns about their personal health and safety. Concerns about communicable diseases (such as pandemic flu, SARS, or HIV) could reduce the number of donors, and accordingly reduce the demand for our products for a period of time. A significant outbreak of a disease could also affect our employees’ ability to work, which could limit our ability to produce product and service our customers.
There is a risk that our intellectual property may be subject to misappropriation in some countries.
Certain countries, particularly China, do not enforce compliance with laws that protect intellectual property rights with the same degree of vigor as is available under the United States and European systems of justice. Further, certain of our intellectual property rights are not registered in China, or if they were, have since expired. This may permit others to produce copies of products in China that are not covered by currently valid patent registrations. There is also a risk that such products may be exported from China to other countries.
In order to aggressively protect our intellectual property throughout the world, we have a program of patent disclosures and filings in markets where we conduct significant business. While we believe this program is reasonable and adequate, the risk of loss is inherent in litigation as different legal systems offer different levels of protection to IP, and it is still possible that even patented technologies may not be protected absolutely from infringement.
Pending and future intellectual property litigation could be costly and disruptive to us.
We operate in an industry that is susceptible to significant intellectual property litigation. This type of litigation is expensive, complex and lengthy and its outcome is difficult to predict. Patent litigation may result in adverse outcomes and could significantly divert the attention of our technical and management personnel.
Our products may be determined to infringe another party's patent, which could lead to financial losses or adversely affect our ability to market our products.
There is a risk that one or more of our products may be determined to infringe a patent held by another party. If this were to occur, we may be subject to an injunction or to payment of royalties, or both, which may adversely affect our ability to market the affected product(s) or otherwise have an adverse effect on our results of operations. In addition, competitors may patent technological advances which may give them a competitive advantage or create barriers to entry.
We sell our products in certain emerging economies which exposes us to less mature regulatory systems, more volatile markets for our products, and greater credit risks. A loss of funding for our products or changes to the regulatory regime could lead to lost revenue or account receivables.

There are risks with doing business in emerging economies, such as Brazil, Russia, India and China. These economies tend to have less mature product regulatory systems and more volatile financial markets. In addition, the government controlled health care system's ability to invest in our products and systems may abruptly shift due to changing government priorities or funding capacity. Our ability to sell products in these economies is dependent upon our ability to hire qualified employees or agents to represent our products locally, and our ability to obtain and maintain the necessary regulatory approvals in a less mature regulatory environment. If we are unable to retain qualified representatives or maintain the necessary regulatory approvals, we will not be able to continue to sell products in these markets. We are exposed to a higher degree of financial risk if we extend credit to customers in these economies.
In many of the international markets in which we do business, including certain parts of Europe, South America, the Middle East, Russia and Asia, our employees, agents or distributors offer to sell our products in response to public tenders issued by various governmental agencies.
There is additional risk in selling our products through agents or distributors, particularly in public tenders. If they misrepresent our products, do not provide appropriate service and delivery, or commit a violation of local or U.S. law, our reputation could be harmed, and we could be subject to fines, sanctions or both.
We have a complex global supply chain which includes key sole source suppliers. Disruptions to this system could delay our ability to deliver finished products.
We have a complex global supply chain which involves integrating key suppliers and our manufacturing capacity into a global movement of components and finished goods.
We have certain key suppliers, including JMS Co. Ltd., Kawasumi Laboratories and Sanmina Corporation, who have their own complex supply chains throughout Asia.
Any disruption to one or more of our suppliers’ production or delivery of sufficient volumes of components conforming to our specifications could disrupt or delay our ability to deliver finished products to our customers. For example, we purchase components in Asia for use in manufacturing in the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico. We source all of our apheresis equipment from Asia and regularly ship finished goods from the United States, Puerto Rico and Mexico to the rest of the world.

Due to the high standards and FDA requirements applicable to manufacturing our products, such as the FDA's Quality System Regulation and Good Manufacturing Practices, we may not be able to quickly establish additional or replacement sources for certain raw materials, components or finished goods. We might be forced to purchase substantial inventory, if available, to last until we are able to qualify an alternate supplier. 

If we cannot obtain a necessary component, we may need to find, test and obtain regulatory approval or clearance for a replacement component, produce the component ourselves or redesign the related product, which would cause significant delay and could increase our manufacturing costs.

In the event that we are unable to obtain sufficient quantities of raw materials, components or finished goods on commercially reasonable terms or in a timely manner, our ability to manufacture our products on a timely and cost-competitive basis may be compromised, which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
Our effective tax rate may fluctuate and we may incur obligations in tax jurisdictions in excess of amounts that have been accrued.
As a global company, we
We are subject to taxation in numerous countries, states and other jurisdictions. In preparing our financial statements, we record the amount of tax payable in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. Our future effective tax rate, however, may be lower or higher than prior years due to numerous factors, including a change in our geographic earnings mix, changes in the measurement of our deferred taxes and recently enacted and future tax law changes in jurisdictions in which we operate. Changes in our operations, including headcount in Switzerland, Puerto Rico or Malaysia, could adversely affect our tax rate due to favorable tax rulings in these jurisdiction.jurisdictions. We are also subject to tax audits in various jurisdictions and tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. Any of these factors could cause us to experience an effective tax rate significantly different from previous periods or our current expectations, which could adversely affect our business, results of operations and cash flows.

Changes in tax laws or exposure to additional income tax liabilities could have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations and/or liquidity.

We are subject to income taxes, non-income based taxes and tax audits, in both the U.S. and various foreign jurisdictions. Tax authorities may disagree with certain positions we have taken and assess additional taxes. We regularly assess the likely outcomes of these audits in order to determine the appropriateness of our tax provision and have established contingency reserves for material,

known tax exposures. However, the calculation of such tax exposures involves the application of complex tax laws and regulations in many jurisdictions, as well as interpretations as to the legality under various rules in certain jurisdictions. Therefore, there can be no assurance that we will accurately predict the outcomes of these disputes or other tax audits or that issues raised by tax authorities will be resolved at a financial cost that does not exceed our related reserves and the actual outcomes of these disputes and other tax audits could have a material impact on our results of operations or financial condition.
In addition, further changes
Changes in tax laws and regulations, or their interpretation and application, in the jurisdictions where we are subject to tax laws of foreign jurisdictions could arise, includingmaterially impact our effective tax rate. For example, the U.S. enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the Act, on December 22, 2017, as a result of which we recognized in fiscal 2018 a provisional amount of $2.0 million as reasonable estimate of the impact of the provisions of the Act. As of December 29, 2018, we completed our accountings for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act and did not recognize any material adjustments to the provisional tax expense previously recorded. Certain provisions of the Act and the regulations issued thereunder could have a significant impact on our future results of operations.

Additionally, the U.S. Congress, government agencies in non-U.S. jurisdictions where we and our affiliates do business and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, or OECD, have recently focused on issues related to the taxation of multinational corporations. One example is in the area of “base erosion and profit shifting,” where profits are claimed to be earned for tax purposes in low-tax jurisdictions, or payments are made between affiliates from a jurisdiction with high tax rates to a jurisdiction with lower tax rates. The OECD has released several components of its comprehensive plan to create an agreed set of international rules for fighting base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project undertaken byshifting. As a result, the Organisation for Economic Cooperationtax laws in the U.S. and Development (OECD). The OECD, which represents a coalition of member countries, has issued recommendations that, in some cases, would make substantial changes to numerous long-standing tax positions and principles. These contemplated changes, to the extent adopted by OECD members and/or other countries in which we and our affiliates do business could increase tax uncertaintychange on a prospective or retroactive basis and mayany such changes could materially adversely affect our provision for income taxes.business.

Our share repurchase program could affect the price of our common stock and increase volatility and may be suspended or terminated at any time, which may result in a decrease in the trading price of our common stock.

Our productsOn May 7, 2019, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of our outstanding common stock over the next two years. Under the share repurchase program, we are madeauthorized to repurchase, from time to time, outstanding shares of common stock in accordance with materials which are subjectapplicable laws both on the open market, including under trading plans established pursuant to regulationRule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and in privately negotiated transactions. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by governmental agencies. An agency's prohibitionus and will depend on a number of certain compounds could disrupt our manufacturing operationsfactors, including market conditions, applicable legal requirements and deliverycompliance with the terms of finished productsloan covenants. The share repurchase program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time and we have obligation to repurchase any amount of its common stock under the program. Repurchases pursuant to our customers.
Environmental regulationsshare repurchase program could affect our stock price and increase its volatility. The existence of a share repurchase program could also cause our stock price to be higher than it would be in the absence of such a program and could potentially reduce the market liquidity for our common stock. There can be no assurance that any share repurchases will enhance stockholder value because the market price of our common stock may prohibitdecline below the use of certain compounds in productslevels at which we market and sell in regulated markets. If we are unablerepurchased our common stock. Although our share repurchase program is intended to substitute suitable materials into our processes, our manufacturing operations may be disrupted. In addition, we may be obligatedenhance long-term stockholder value, short-term stock price fluctuations could reduce the program’s effectiveness. Refer to disclose the origin of certain materials used in our products, including but not limited to, metals mined from locations which have been the site of human rights violations.
We have disclosed material weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting relatingNote 5, Earnings per Share, to our accounting for inventory, which could adversely affect our ability to report ourconsolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows accurately and on a timely basis.
In connection with our assessment of internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we identified a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting relating to our accounting for inventory. For a discussion of our internal controls over financial reporting and a description of the identified material weakness, see Controls and Proceduresstatements contained in Item 9A8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.10-K for further discussion.
A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal controls over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
During fiscal 2017, management's assessment identified control deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting relatedWe are subject to the valuationrisks associated with communicable diseases. A significant outbreak of a disease could reduce the demand for our inventoryproducts and cost of goods sold. Specifically, we identified a deficiency in the internal controls executed to appropriately account for manufacturing variances in inventory on our consolidated balance sheet and cost of goods sold on our consolidated statements of operations. Management determined that its accounting process for amortizing manufacturing variances to cost of goods sold lacked adequate levels of monitoring and review controls to appropriately identify and correct errors in the calculation in a timely manner. While reported inventory and related accounts are accurate as of April 1, 2017, the material weakness resulted in errors in these accounts in prior periods. As a result of this deficiency, until it is substantially remediated, it is possible that internal controls over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors in the accounting for inventory as reflected in our financial statements.
While actions have been taken to improve our internal controls in response to the identified material weakness related to certain aspects of accounting for inventory, additional work continues to address and remediate the identified material weaknesses. Until these actions are fully implemented and tested, the material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting relating to inventory will continue to exist. As a result,affect our ability to accurately report,provide our customers with products and services.  

An eligible donor’s willingness to donate is affected by concerns about their personal health and safety. Concerns about communicable diseases (such as pandemic flu, SARS, or HIV) could reduce the number of donors, and accordingly reduce the demand for our products for a period of time. A significant outbreak of a disease could also affect our employees’ ability to work, which could limit our ability to produce product and service our customers.

There is a risk that our intellectual property may be subject to misappropriation in some countries.  

Certain countries, particularly China, do not enforce compliance with laws that protect intellectual property rights with the same degree of vigor as is available under the U.S. and European systems of justice. Further, certain of our intellectual property rights are not registered in China, or if they were, have since expired. This may permit others to produce copies of products in China that are not covered by currently valid patent registrations. There is also a risk that such products may be exported from China to other countries.

In order to aggressively protect our intellectual property throughout the world, we have a program of patent disclosures and filings in markets where we conduct significant business. While we believe this program is reasonable and adequate, the risk of loss is inherent in litigation as different legal systems offer different levels of protection to intellectual property and it is still possible that even patented technologies may not be protected absolutely from infringement.

Pending and future intellectual property litigation could be costly and disruptive to us.

We operate in an industry that is susceptible to significant intellectual property litigation. This type of litigation is expensive, complex and lengthy and its outcome is difficult to predict. Patent litigation may result in adverse outcomes and could significantly divert the attention of our technical and management personnel.

Our products may be determined to infringe another party's patent, which could lead to financial losses or adversely affect our ability to market our products.  

There is a risk that one or more of our products may be determined to infringe a patent held by another party. If this were to occur, we may be subject to an injunction or to payment of royalties, or both, which may adversely affect our ability to market the affected product or otherwise have an adverse effect on a timely basis, our future financial condition, results of operationsoperations. In addition, competitors may patent technological advances that may give them a competitive advantage or cash flows may be adversely affected.create barriers to entry.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.


ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Our owned headquarters facility is located in Braintree, Massachusetts and is approximately 224,000 square feet. In December 2018, we announced our plan to sell the Braintree facility and relocate our global headquarters to a 62,000 square foot leased facility in Boston, Massachusetts.

As of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, we owned or leased a total of 6049 facilities. Our owned and leased facilities consist of approximately 1.7 million square feet. Included within these properties are 7 manufacturing facilities. We believe all of these facilities are well-maintained and suitable for the operationoperations conducted in them. We consider the following manufacturing facilities to be material to the business.

We lease our facility in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania, which is an approximately 82,000 square foot leased facility whichfeet and is used for warehousing, distribution and manufacturing operations primarily supporting our Plasma business unit. Annual lease expense is approximately $0.4 million for this facility.

We own our facility in Draper, Utah, which is an approximately 100,000 square foot owned facilityfeet and is used for distribution and manufacturing operations supporting our Plasma business unit. During fiscal 2016, we purchased this facility for $6.6 million.

We lease a 115,000 square footour facility in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, under an agreement with Pall Corporation executed in connection with the Company's acquisition of Pall's transfusion medicine business on August 1, 2012. This facilitywhich is approximately 115,000 square feet and is used for production of blood filters.

We lease 127,000 square feet of space in Tijuana, Mexico with an annual lease expense of approximately $0.8 million.Mexico. We also own a facility in Tijuana, Mexico that is approximately 182,000 square feet. These facilities are used for the production of whole blood collection kits, plasma, blood center and hospital disposables and intra-plant components.

We own approximately 240,000 square feet of space in Penang, Malaysia, used to manufacture disposable products for our European and Asian customers. We lease the land on which the facility was built and the lease payments have been prepaid. The lease term of 30 years expires in 2043 with an option to renew for a period of no less than 10 years.

We previously owned the facility in Union, South Carolina, which is approximately 86,000 square feet and is used to manufacture sterile solutions that support our Plasma business. On May 21, 2019, we transferred to CSL Plasma Inc. (“CSL”) substantially all of the tangible assets held by Haemonetics relating to the manufacture of anti-coagulant and saline at our Union, South Carolina facility.

We own two facilities in Covina, California, that occupy approximately 65,000 square feet and are used for manufacturing and engineering functions. The facilities also include general administration space. We also lease approximately 40,000 square feet of space for warehousing and logistic operations. These facilities are used for the production of whole blood collection kits.
Our facilities are used by the following business segments:
 Number of Facilities
Japan107
EMEA1613
North America Plasma3
All Other3126
Total6049

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
We are presently engaged in various legal actions, and although our ultimate liability cannot be determined at the present time, we believe, based on consultation
Information with counsel, that any such liability will not materially affect our consolidated financial position or our results of operations.
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.
As of April 1, 2017, the total amount of damages claimed by the plaintiffs in these matters is approximately $4.4 million. At this point in the proceedings, we believe losses are unlikely and therefore no amounts have been accrued. 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 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 them $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. We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these claims.
It is not possible to accurately evaluate the likelihood or amount of any potential losses relatedrespect to this claim and therefore no amounts have been accrued.Item may be found in Note 15, Commitments & Contingencies, to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None.

ITEM 4A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
Executive Officers of the Registrant
The information concerning our executive officers is as follows. Executive officers are elected by and serve at the discretion of our Board of Directors. There are no family relationships between any director or executive officer and any other director or executive officer of Haemonetics Corporation.
CHRISTOPHER SIMON (age 53) President and Chief Executive Officer joined Haemonetics in May 2016. Mr. Simon previously served as a Senior Partner of McKinsey & Company in Global Medical Products Practice. Mr. Simon was a consultant with McKinsey & Company from 1993 until he joined the Company and recently was the Lead Partner for McKinsey & Company’s strategy review for Haemonetics. Prior to that, he served in commercial roles with Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
WILLIAM BURKE (age 49) Chief Financial Officer joined Haemonetics in August 2016. Mr. Burke is responsible for the global finance organization including accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax and investor relations. Previously, Mr. Burke was Chief Integration Officer and Vice President, Integration for Medtronic plc, following its acquisition of Covidien plc, a global healthcare products company. Prior to this role, Mr. Burke worked at Covidien for over nine years in various finance leadership roles including Chief Financial Officer for Europe, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Portfolio Management and Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis.
MICHELLE BASIL (age 45) Executive Vice President, General Counsel joined Haemonetics in March 2017. Ms. Basil is responsible for Haemonetics’ legal, compliance and corporate audits and controls groups. Previously, Ms. Basil was Partner and Chair of the Life Sciences Practice Group at Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP. At Nutter, Ms. Basil focused her practice on corporate and securities law, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnerships and corporate governance matters, and represented both public and private companies, including life sciences and medical technology. 
NEIL RYDING (age 56) Executive Vice President, Global Operations joined Haemonetics in September 2015. Prior to joining Haemonetics, Mr. Ryding had over 30 years of experience in leading global manufacturing operations and supply chain organizations in regulated environments within the aerospace and medical device industries. Mr. Ryding’s previous experience includes various roles with Rolls Royce Aero-Engines, Johnson & Johnson, Smith & Nephew, Cardinal Health and Hospira.

PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT'S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Haemonetics' common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") under the symbol HAE. The following table sets forth for the periods indicated the high and low sales prices of such common stock, which represent actual transactions as reported by the New York Stock Exchange.

First
Quarter
 Second
Quarter
 Third
Quarter
 Fourth
Quarter
Fiscal year ended April 1, 2017: 
  
  
  
Market price of Common Stock: 
  
  
  
High$35.67
 $38.06
 $41.41
 $41.65
Low$25.98
 $29.08
 $32.76
 $36.44
Fiscal year ended April 2, 2016: 
  
  
  
Market price of Common Stock: 
  
  
  
High$45.32
 $42.24
 $34.63
 $35.67
Low$39.69
 $34.13
 $29.70
 $29.20

Holders

There were 178146 holders of record of the Company’s common stock as of April 1, 2017.March 30, 2019.

Dividends

The Company has never paid cash dividends on shares of its common stock and does not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
Unregistered Sales
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.

In May 2019, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of Haemonetics common shares over the next two years. This new share repurchase program will help to offset the dilutive impact of recent and future employee equity grants. The timing and amounts of activity under the repurchase program will be at management’s discretion with the intent of beginning activity under the program during fiscal 2020.

Under the share repurchase program, the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time, outstanding shares of common stock in accordance with applicable laws on the open market, including under trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in privately negotiated transactions. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by the Company at its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including market conditions, applicable legal requirements and compliance with the terms of loan covenants. The share repurchase program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time, and the Company has no obligation to repurchase any amount of its common stock under the program.

In February 2018, the Company's Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $260 million of our outstanding common stock through March 30, 2019. As of March 30, 2019, the Company had utilized the full $260 million share repurchase authorization, which resulted in approximately 3.0 million total shares repurchased at an average price of $86.58 per share.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
Haemonetics Corporation Five-Year Review
(In thousands, except per share and employee data)2017 2016 2015 2014 20132019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Summary of Operations 
  
  
  
  
Summary of Operations: 
  
  
  
  
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
 $938,509
 $891,990
$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
Cost of goods sold507,622
 502,918
 475,955
 470,144
 463,859
550,043
 492,015
 507,622
 502,918
 475,955
Gross profit378,494
 405,914
 434,418
 468,365
 428,131
417,536
 411,908
 378,494
 405,914
 434,418
Operating expenses: 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Research and development37,556
 44,965
 54,187
 54,200
 44,394
35,714
 39,228
 37,556
 44,965
 54,187
Selling, general and administrative301,726
 317,223
 337,168
 365,977
 323,053
298,277
 316,523
 301,726
 317,223
 337,168
Impairment of assets58,593
 92,395
 5,441
 1,711
 4,247

 
 58,593
 92,395
 5,441
Contingent consideration (income) expense
 (4,727) (2,918) 45
 
Contingent consideration income
 
 
 (4,727) (2,918)
Total operating expenses397,875
 449,856
 393,878
 421,933
 371,694
333,991
 355,751
 397,875
 449,856
 393,878
Operating (loss) income(19,381) (43,942) 40,540
 46,432
 56,437
Other expense, net(8,095) (9,474) (9,375) (10,031) (6,540)
(Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes(27,476) (53,416) 31,165
 36,401
 49,897
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(1,208) 2,163
 14,268
 1,253
 11,097
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
 $35,148
 $38,800
(Loss) income per share: 
  
  
  
  
Operating income (loss)83,545
 56,157
 (19,381) (43,942) 40,540
Gain on divestiture
 8,000
 
 
 
Interest and other expense, net(9,912) (4,525) (8,095) (9,474) (9,375)
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes73,633
 59,632
 (27,476) (53,416) 31,165
Provision (benefit) for income taxes18,614
 14,060
 (1,208) 2,163
 14,268
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
Income (loss) per share: 
  
  
  
  
Basic$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.33
 $0.68
 $0.76
$1.07
 $0.86
 $(0.51) $(1.09) $0.33
Diluted$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.32
 $0.67
 $0.74
$1.04
 $0.85
 $(0.51) $(1.09) $0.32
Weighted average number of shares51,524
 50,910
 51,533
 51,611
 51,349
51,533
 52,755
 51,524
 50,910
 51,533
Common stock equivalent shares
 
 556
 766
 910
Weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalent shares51,524
 50,910
 52,089
 52,377
 52,259
52,942
 53,501
 51,524
 50,910
 52,089

2017 2016 2015 2014 20132019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Financial and Statistical Data: 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Working capital$298,850
 $302,535
 $368,985
 $391,944
 $403,153
$340,362
 $136,474
 $298,850
 $302,535
 $368,985
Current ratio2.4
 2.6
 3.0
 2.8
 3.2
2.4
 1.4
 2.4
 2.6
 3.0
Property, plant and equipment, net$323,862
 $337,634
 $321,948
 $271,437
 $256,953
$343,979
 $332,156
 $323,862
 $337,634
 $321,948
Capital expenditures$76,135
 $102,405
 $122,220
 $73,648
 $62,188
$118,961
 $74,799
 $76,135
 $102,405
 $122,220
Depreciation and amortization$89,733
 $89,911
 $86,053
 $81,740
 $65,481
$109,418
 $89,247
 $89,733
 $89,911
 $86,053
Total assets$1,238,709
 $1,319,128
 $1,485,417
 $1,514,178
 $1,461,917
$1,274,767
 $1,237,339
 $1,238,709
 $1,319,128
 $1,485,417
Total debt$314,647
 $408,000
 $427,891
 $437,687
 $480,094
$350,120
 $253,682
 $314,647
 $408,000
 $427,891
Stockholders’ equity$739,610
 $721,565
 $826,122
 $837,888
 $769,182
$667,868
 $752,429
 $739,610
 $721,565
 $826,122
Debt as a % of stockholders’ equity42.5% 56.5% 51.8% 52.2% 62.4%52.4% 33.7% 42.5% 56.5% 51.8%
Employees3,107
 3,225
 3,383
 3,782
 3,563
3,216
 3,136
 3,107
 3,225
 3,383


ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Our Business

Haemonetics is a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative hematology products and solutions to customers to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. Our technology addresses important medical markets including blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite, and hospital transfusion services. When used in this report, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” mean Haemonetics.

Our products are organized into three categories for purposes of evaluating and developing their growth potential: Plasma, Blood Center and its components (plasma,Hospital. For that purpose, “Plasma” includes plasma collection devices and disposables, plasma donor management software, and anticoagulant and saline sold to plasma customers. “Blood Center” includes blood collection and processing devices and disposables for red cells, platelets and red cells)whole blood as well as related donor management software. "Hospital", which is comprised of Hemostasis Management and Cell Processing products, includes devices and methodologies for measuring coagulation characteristics of blood, surgical blood salvage systems, specialized blood cell processing systems, disposables and blood transfusion management software.

We believe that Plasma and Hospital have many vitalgrowth potential, while Blood Center competes in challenging markets which require us to manage the business differently, including reducing costs, shrinking the scope of the current product line, and frequently life-saving clinical applications. Plasma is used for patients with major blood loss and is manufactured into biopharmaceuticalsevaluating opportunities to treat a variety of illnesses, including immune diseases and coagulation disorders. Red cells treat trauma patients or patients undergoing surgery with high blood loss, such as open heart surgery or organ transplant. Platelets have many uses in patient care, including supporting cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Blood is essential to a modern healthcare system.exit unfavorable customer contracts.

Recent Developments
Restructuring Initiative
During fiscal 2017,Divestiture

On May 21, 2019, we launchedtransferred to CSL Plasma Inc. (“CSL”) substantially all of the tangible assets held by Haemonetics relating to the manufacture of anti-coagulant and saline at our Union, South Carolina facility and CSL assumed certain related liabilities pursuant to the terms of a multi-year restructuring initiative designed to reposition our organizationsettlement, release and improve our cost structure. This initiative includes a reduction of headcount and operating costs, simplification of certain product lines, and modification of manufacturing operations to align with our strategic direction.
The fiscal 2017 phase was expected to incurasset transfer agreement between the parties dated May 13, 2019. At the closing, we received approximately $26$10 million of restructuringproceeds and turnaround charges and was estimatedwere concurrently released from our obligations to achievesupply liquid solutions under a 2014 supply agreement with CSL. We will continue to supply liquid solutions to our customers following the asset transfer agreement pursuant to our supplier arrangements with contract manufacturers. We expect that cost savings generated from the asset transfer agreement, including the release from our liquid solutions supply obligations, will be reallocated to general corporate purposes. We recognized an impairment charge in the first quarter of $40 million. During fiscal 2017,2020 of approximately $49 million as a result of this transaction.

Share Repurchase Programs

In May 2019, we incurred $28.7announced that our Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of restructuringHaemonetics common shares over the next two years. This new share repurchase program will help to offset the dilutive impact of recent and turnaround chargesfuture employee equity grants. The timing and amounts of activity under this initiative and exceededthe repurchase program will be at management’s discretion with the intent of beginning activity under the program during fiscal 2020.

In February 2018, our estimated savings targetBoard of $40 million.Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $260 million of our outstanding common stock through March 30, 2019. As of April 1, 2017, this initial phase was substantially complete. Additionally, during fiscal 2017,March 30, 2019, we recorded $5.6had utilized the full $260 million share repurchase authorization, which resulted in approximately 3.0 million total shares repurchased at an average price of restructuring$86.58 per share.

TEG 6s Trauma Indication

In May 2019, we received FDA clearance for the use of TEG 6s in adult trauma settings. This clearance builds on the current indication for the TEG 6s system in cardiovascular surgery and turnaround charges under a prior program. We continuecardiology procedures, making it the first cartridge-based system available in the U.S. to assess non-core and underperforming assets and evaluate opportunities to improve our cost structure as part of our turnaround and expect to incur additional charges and benefits during fiscal 2018 and beyond.the hemostasis condition in adult trauma patients.

PCS® 300
In April, 2017, we submitted a new plasmapheresis device, theNexSys PCS® 300,and NexLynk DMS

In fiscal 2018, we received FDA 510(k) clearance for 510(k)our NexSys PCSplasmapheresis system, including our embedded software that activates YESTM technology, a yield-enhancing solution. We expect to pursue further regulatory clearance with the United States Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") and continue to work on futureclearances for additional enhancements to this importantthe overall product some of which may require additional clearances. offering.

Our planned roll out of this new platform includes the placement of a significant number of new devices. Such placements will require meaningful capital expenditures and new customer contracts that reflect pricing and volumes appropriate to these investments. We have entered into several long-term commercial contracts for NexSys PCS devices and NexLynk DMS donor management software and are seeking additional contracts from our other Plasma customers.
Impairments
As discussedRelocation of Corporate Headquarters

In December 2018, we announced that we had entered into a lease for office space in Note 5, GoodwillBoston, MA that will serve as our new corporate headquarters and Intangible Assets,replace our existing location in Braintree, MA. We believe our move to our consolidated financial statements containedBoston, which is anticipated to occur in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we evaluate goodwill for impairment at least annually, or on an interim basis between annual tests when events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. Our reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill impairment are organized primarily based on operating segments and geography and include: (a) North America Plasma, (b) North America Blood Center, (c) North America Hospital, (d) EMEA, (e) Asia-Pacific and (f) Japan. In the prior period, North America Blood Center and North America Hospital were components of a single reporting unit, Americas Blood Center and Hospital. During the fourththird quarter of fiscal 2017,2020, will attract and retain key talent and provide a dynamic space to engage our employees.

Debt Issuance and Repayment

On June 15, 2018, we completedentered into a five year credit agreement with certain organizational changeslenders which resultedprovided for a $350.0 million term loan (the "Term Loan") and a $350.0 million revolving loan (the "Revolving Credit Facility" and together with the Term Loan, the "Credit Facilities"). A portion of the net proceeds of $347.8 million was used to pay down the $253.7 million remaining outstanding balance on our 2012 credit agreement, as amended in fiscal 2014. The remainder of the disaggregationproceeds are being used to support the launch of Americas Blood Centerthe NexSys PCS device and Hospitalfor general corporate purposes. On August 21, 2018, we entered into two separate reporting units. interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert $241.9 million of borrowings under our Credit Facilities from a variable rate to a fixed rate of interest.

Long-Term Supply Agreement

As part of our acquisition of the whole blood business from Pall Corporation (“Pall”) in fiscal 2012, Pall agreed to manufacture and install in one of our facilities a filter media manufacturing line (the “HDC line”) for which we agreed to pay Pall approximately $15.0 million (plus pre-approved overages). Pall also agreed to supply media to us for use in leukoreduction filters until such time as we accepted the HDC line.

In May 2018, we entered into a long-term supply agreement with Pall under which Pall will continue to supply media to us for use in leukoreduction filters. As a condition of the supply agreement, we agreed to accept the HDC line and to make a final payment of $9.0 million to Pall for the HDC line.

As a result of the decision to continue to source media for our annual test,leukoreduction filters from Pall rather than producing them internally, we recorded an impairment chargedo not expect to utilize the HDC line for future production and expect that the asset’s future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover its carrying value of $57.0 million in the North America Blood Center reporting unit$19.8 million. Accordingly, during the fourthfirst quarter of fiscal 2017, which represented2019 we recorded impairment charges of $19.8 million for the entire goodwill balanceHDC line.

Product Recalls

In March 2018, we issued a voluntary recall of specific lots of our AcrodoseTM Plus and PL Systems sold to our Blood Center customers in the U.S. The recall resulted from reports of low pH readings for platelets stored in the CLX HP bag and, in some instances, an accompanying yellow discoloration of the storage bag. For a period of nine weeks, we were unable to provide our customers with our Acrodose Plus and PL Systems. As a result of the recall, our Blood Center customers may have discarded collected platelets and incurred other damages. During fiscal 2019 we entered into settlement agreements with certain customers responsible for substantially all of the total outstanding claims against us. As of March 30, 2019, we have recorded cumulative charges of $2.2 million associated with this reporting unit.
During fiscal 2017, we performed a reviewrecall which consists of certain non-core and underperforming assets that were at risk of being impaired due to the recent changes in the strategic direction of the Company. This review resulted in the decision to discontinue the use of and investment in certain long-lived assets, including property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. Accordingly, during fiscal 2017, we recorded $18.1$1.3 million of impairment charges which included the write down of $13.3associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $0.9 million of property, plant and equipment and $4.8 millioncharges associated with customer claims. Substantially all of intangible assets. Refer to Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, and Note 12, Property, Plant and Equipment, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8these claims have been paid as of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.March 30, 2019.
Divestiture
On April 27, 2017, we sold our SEBRA sealers product line to Machine Solutions Inc. because it was no longer aligned with our long-term strategic objectives. In connection with this transaction, we received net proceeds of $9 million. These proceeds

are subject to a post-closing adjustment based on final asset values as determined during the 90 day transition period. The preliminary pre-tax gain expected to be recorded as a result of this transaction is $8 million. The SEBRA portfolio includes a suite of products which primarily include radio frequency sealers that are used to seal tubing as part of the collection of whole blood and blood components, particularly plasma. The SEBRA product line generated approximately $6 million of revenue in our Plasma business unit in fiscal 2017.
Product Recall
In June 2016,August 2018, 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 that the collected blood was adequately leukoreduced, sold the collected blood labeled as non-leukoreduced at a lower price or discarded the blood collected using the defective sets.blood. As a result of the recall,March 30, 2019, we have recorded totalcumulative charges of $7.1$1.9 million during fiscal 2017,associated with this recall which consists of $3.7$0.1 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $3.4$1.8 million of charges associated with customer claims, as discussed below.claims. We may record incremental charges in future periods.
The $3.7 million of charges associated with customer returns consisted of $2.5 million of sales returns, $1.1 million of net inventory reserves for the affected sets on-hand that had not yet been shipped to customers and $0.1 million of freight expenses.
The $3.4 million of charges associated with customer claims are based on claims seeking reimbursement for $14.2 million in losses sustained as a result of the recall. While the customers making these claims purchased substantially all the affected units, incremental charges may be recorded in future periods as additional data supporting the claims becomes available. We have an enforceable insurance policy in place which we believe provides coverage for a portion of the claims received to date. As of April 1, 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.periods associated with this recall.
Declines in U.S. Blood Center Collections
The demand for whole blood disposable products in the U.S. continued to decrease in fiscal 2017 and 2016 due to a sustained decline in transfusion rates and actions taken by hospitals to improve blood management techniques and protocols. In response to this trend, U.S. blood center collection groups selected single source vendors for their whole blood collection products and became primarily focused on obtaining the lowest average selling prices. While we began to see a moderation in the rate of market decline during fiscal 2017, we expect to see continued declines in transfusion rates and the market to remain price-focused and highly competitive for the foreseeable future.
Apheresis Red Cell Collection ArrangementsRestructuring Initiative
During fiscal 2016, the American Red Cross and two group purchasing organizations representing other U.S. blood collectors ("Blood Center GPOs") requested updated contracts for sole source supply on apheresis red cell collections. The resulting pricing in our American Red Cross contract and the recommendations by both Blood Center GPOs that their members use our competitor's technology continue to negatively affect red cell revenues and gross margins. The American Red Cross contract resulted in our gaining 100% share of their apheresis red cell collection business and higher sales volumes, but at lower prices. The impact of the price concessions began in the third quarter of fiscal 2016, while the achievement of 100% share of the American Red Cross' business occurred in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. The negative impact on fiscal 2017 operating income as a result of the American Red Cross contract and market share losses among members of the Blood Center GPOs was an additional $8 million as compared to fiscal 2016. While we expect this negative impact to continue in the first half of
In fiscal 2018, we anticipate stabilizationlaunched a Complexity Reduction Initiative (the "2018 Program"), a company-wide restructuring program designed to improve operational performance and reduce cost, freeing up resources to invest in the second halfaccelerated growth. This program includes a reduction of fiscal 2018 after annualization of the final price concessions. Red cell disposable revenues in the U.S. totaled $26.0 millionheadcount and $34.8 million during fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016, respectively.
Declines in Platelet Collections
While we market our platelet products globally, the dynamics of each market are significantly different. Despite modest increases in the demand for platelets in Europe and Japan, improved collection efficiencies that increase the yield of platelets per collection andoperating costs to enable a more efficient use of collected platelets have resulted in flat markets for platelet usage and related disposables in these regions.
Within these flat markets, the use of "double dose" collection methods and other alternative collection procedures in Europe and Japan has increased. Double dose collections involve collecting two therapeutic platelet doses from one donor. The adoption of double dose collection technology is increasing and has negatively impacted our sales and gross profit in a number of markets where these collections are prevalent. In Japan, usage of double dose collections has increased significantly and comprised approximately 40% of all platelets collected.streamlined organizational structure. We expect to see continued increasesincur aggregate charges between $50 million and $60 million associated with these actions, of which we expect $35 million to $40 million will consist of severance and other employee costs and the remainder will consist of other exit costs, primarily related to third party services. These charges, substantially all of which will result in cash outlays, will be incurred as the usespecific actions required to execute on these initiatives are identified and approved and are expected to continue through fiscal 2020. We expect savings from this program of double dose collections duringapproximately $80 million on an annualized basis once the program is completed. During the fiscal 2018.year ended March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, we incurred $13.7 million and $36.6 million, respectively, of restructuring and turnaround costs under this program.

Market Trends

Plasma Market

There are two key aspects to the market for our plasma products - the growth in demand for plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals and the limited number of significant biopharmaceutical companies in this market.

Changes in demand for plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals, particularly immunoglobulin, are the key driver of plasma collection volumes in the biopharmaceutical market. Various factors related to the supply of plasma and the production of plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals also affect collection volume, including the following:

Biopharmaceutical companies are seeking more efficient production processesyield from the collected plasma to meet growing demand for biopharmaceuticals without requiring an equivalent increase in plasma supply.

Newly approved indications for and the growing understanding and thus diagnosis of auto-immune diseases treated with plasma-derived therapies increasetherapies; the demand for plasma, as dogrowing understanding and diagnosis of these diseases; longer lifespans and a growing aging patient population.population increase the demand for plasma.
Several blood collectors supply additional plasma to fractionators, and thus plasma supply can rise overall but not directly impact our Plasma business unit.
Geographical expansion of biopharmaceuticals also increases demand for plasma.

Demand for our plasma products in fiscal 20172019 continued to grow in North America as collection volumes benefited from an expanding end user market for plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals with U.S. produced plasma meeting an increasing percentage of plasma volume demand worldwide. As a result, our Plasma business’ revenues are primarily from the U.S.

Despite the overall growth in the market, the number of biopharmaceutical companies whothat collect and fractionate the majority of source plasma is limitedlow and industry consolidation is still ongoing. Significant barriers to entry exist for new entrants due to high capital outlay requirements for fractionation, long regulatory pathways to the licensing of collection centers and fractionation facilities and approval of plasma-derived biopharmaceuticals. With these factors, we do not expect meaningful new entries or diversification.
Hospital Market
Hemostasis Management Market - Our TEG® (Thrombelastograph Hemostasis) Analyzers As a result, there are diagnostic tools which provide a comprehensive assessment of a patient’s overall hemostasis. This information enables caregivers to decide the best blood-related clinical treatmentrelatively few customers for the patient in order to minimize blood loss and reduce clotting risk. The use of our TEG® 5000 analyzer continues to expand beyond cardiac surgery into trauma and other clinical uses.
TEG® product line sales further strengthened in fiscal 2017, with strong performance in North America, Europe and China. This product’s growth is dependent on hospitals adopting this technology in their blood management programs. The TEG® 6s and TEG® Manager are approved for the same set of indications as the TEG® 5000 in Europe, Australia and Japan. In the U.S., TEG® 6s is approved for limited indications, including cardiovascular surgery and cardiology. The release of TEG 6s has significantly contributed to the overall growth in Hemostasis ManagementPlasma products, especially in the U.S. where 80% of source plasma is collected and Europe in fiscal 2017. We are pursuingonly a broader setfew customers provide the majority of indications for the TEG® 6s in the U.S., including trauma.our Plasma revenue.
Cell Processing Market - Our Cell Saver surgical blood salvage system was designed as a solution for procedures that involve mid to high volume blood loss, such as cardiovascular or orthopedic surgeries. In recent years, more efficient blood use and less invasive cardiovascular surgeries have reduced demand for this device and contributed to intense competition in mature markets, while increased access to healthcare in emerging economies has provided new markets and sources of growth.
Our OrthoPAT technology is used to salvage red cells in orthopedic procedures, including hip and knee replacement surgeries. Over the last three years, improved blood management practices, including the use of tranexamic acid to treat and prevent post-operative bleeding, have significantly reduced the use of OrthoPAT.
We currently participate in the hospital software market primarily in the U.S and Europe. In the U.S., we have experienced growth in our installed base for our hospital transfusion solution, SafeTrace Tx, due to demand for reliable, proven safety systems within transfusion services. However, growth in the U.S. continues to be constrained due to hospital IT organization focus on the electronic medical records mandates. Revenues from BloodTrack, a blood inventory and transfusion management system, have increased in the U.S. and Europe recently as hospitals seek means to improve efficiencies and meet compliance guidelines for tracking and dispositioning blood components to patients.
Blood Center Market

In the Blood Center market, we sell products used in theautomated blood component and manual whole blood collection of platelets, red cellssystems, as well as software solutions that include blood drive planning, donor recruitment and whole blood. Wholeretention, blood is collected from the donorcollection, component manufacturing and then transported to a laboratory where it is separated into its components: red cells, platelets or plasma.distribution. While we sell products around the world, a significant portion of our sales are to a limited number of customers due to relatively limited number of blood collectors.

Platelets are collected globally, although each localWithin the Blood Center market, can be quite different. Despite modest increaseswe have seen three trends that have negatively impacted our growth of the overall marketplace despite the overall increase in aging populations. Overall we continue to expect a decline in this business in the demand for plateletslow to mid single-digits.

Declining transfusion rates in Europe and Japan, improvedmature markets due to the development of more minimally invasive procedures with lower associated blood loss, as well as better blood management.


Competition in multi-unit collection efficiencies that increase the yield of platelets per collection and more efficient use of collected platelets have resulted in a flat markettechnology for automated collectionsblood component collection systems has intensified and related disposables in these countries. In particular, the use of "double dose" collection methods in Europe and Japan has increased. Double dose collections involve collecting two therapeutic platelet doses from one donor. Competition in double dose collection technology is intense and can negatively impactimpacted our sales in markets where these collections are prevalent.

Industry consolidation through group purchasing organizations has intensified pricing competition particularly in the manual whole blood collection systems, as well as impacting our software business where switching large customers to new or emerging technology platforms has a relatively high cost.

Hospital Market

Hemostasis Management

Hemostasis Management Market - The use of routine coagulation testing is well established throughout the world in various medical procedures, including cardiovascular surgery, organ transplantation, trauma, post-partum hemorrhage and percutaneous coronary intervention. While standard tests like prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time and platelet count have limited ability to reveal a patient’s risk for bleeding, they do not provide information on the patient’s risk for thrombosis. In addition, these routine tests do not provide specific data about clot quality or stability. As a result of these limitations, clinicians are increasingly utilizing advanced hemostasis testing to changesprovide more information about a patient’s hemostasis status, resulting in improved clinical decision-making. In addition, advanced hemostasis testing supports hospital efforts to reduce the plateletrisks, complications and costs associated with unnecessary blood component transfusions.

Haemonetics’ TEG® hemostasis analyzer systems are advanced diagnostic tools that provide a comprehensive assessment of a patient’s overall hemostasis. This information enables clinicians to decide the most appropriate clinical treatment for the patient to minimize blood loss and reduce clotting risk. For example, TEG analyzers have been used to support clinical decision making in open cardiovascular surgery and organ transplantation, becoming the “gold standard” in liver transplants. In more recent years, interest has grown into the utilization of TEG in trauma and other procedures in which the risk of hemorrhage and thrombosis are high.

Geographically, TEG systems have achieved the highest market penetration in North America, Europe and China. However, there are considerable growth opportunities in these as well as other markets, healthcare efficiencies in developed marketsas TEG systems become more established as the standard of care around the world.

Cell Processing

Cell Salvage Market - In recent years, more efficient blood use and less invasive surgeries have reduced the demand for red cells, whichautotransfusion in turn can reducethese procedures and contributed to intense competition in mature markets, while increased access to healthcare in emerging economies has provided new markets and sources of growth.

Orthopedic procedures have seen similar changes with improved blood management practices, including the demand for our red celluse of tranexamic acid to treat and whole blood collection products.prevent post-operative bleeding, significantly reducing the number of transfusions and autotransfusion.

As discussedGeographically, the Cell Saver® has achieved the highest market penetration in Recent Developments above, while we began to see a moderationNorth America, Europe and Japan. However, there are considerable growth opportunities in the rate of market decline in U.S. blood center collections during fiscal 2017, we expect to see continued declines in transfusion ratescertain Asia Pacific and other emerging markets as addressable procedure volumes grow and the market to remain price-focused and highly competitive for the foreseeable future.use of autotransfusion is becoming accepted as a standard of care.
In the Blood Center market for software, we currently participate most actively
Transfusion Management Market - Revenues from BloodTrack® have increased in the U.S., where expansion and Europe recently as hospitals seek means to new or emerging technology platforms such as our El Dorado Donor has been slow dueimprove efficiencies and meet compliance guidelines for tracking and dispositioning blood components to industry consolidation and the relatively high cost of migrating to new information technology platforms. This trend has limited revenue growth and will likely continue to minimize potential opportunitiespatients. SafeTrace Tx® leading market share in the future. However, in the immediate future high switching costs and recurring maintenance revenue streams from existing customers has provided relative revenue stability in this product group.U.S. remains steady with potential opportunity to expand internationally.


Financial Summary
Fiscal Year    
(In thousands, except per share data)2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(Decrease)
17 vs. 16
 % Increase/(Decrease)
16 vs. 15
2019 2018 2017 % Increase/(Decrease)
19 vs. 18
 % Increase/(Decrease)
18 vs. 17
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
 (2.5)% (0.2)%$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
 7.0 % 2.0 %
Gross profit$378,494
 $405,914
 $434,418
 (6.8)% (6.6)%$417,536
 $411,908
 $378,494
 1.4 % 8.8 %
% of net revenues42.7 % 44.7 % 47.7%  
  
43.2% 45.6% 42.7 %  
  
Operating expenses$397,875
 $449,856
 $393,878
 (11.6)% 14.2 %$333,991
 $355,751
 $397,875
 (6.1)% (10.6)%
Operating (loss) income$(19,381) $(43,942) $40,540
 (55.9)% n/m
Operating income (loss)$83,545
 $56,157
 $(19,381) 48.8 % n/m
% of net revenues(2.2)% (4.8)% 4.5%  
  
8.6% 6.2% (2.2)%  
  
Other expense, net$(8,095) $(9,474) $(9,375) (14.6)% 1.1 %
(Loss) income before taxes$(27,476) $(53,416) $31,165
 (48.6)% n/m
(Benefit) provision for income tax$(1,208) $2,163
 $14,268
 n/m
 (84.8)%
Gain on divestiture$
 $8,000
 $
 100.0 % 100.0 %
Interest and other expense, net$(9,912) $(4,525) $(8,095) n/m
 (44.1)%
Income (loss) before taxes$73,633
 $59,632
 $(27,476) 23.5 % n/m
Tax expense (benefit)$18,614
 $14,060
 $(1,208) 32.4 % n/m
% of pre-tax income4.4 % (4.0)% 45.8%  
  
25.3% 23.6% 4.4 %  
  
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
 (52.7)% n/m
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268) 20.7 % n/m
% of net revenues(3.0)% (6.1)% 1.9%    
5.7% 5.0% (3.0)%    
Net (loss) income per share - diluted$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.32
 (53.2)% n/m
Net income (loss) per share - basic$1.07
 $0.86
 $(0.51) 24.4 % n/m
Net income (loss) per share - diluted$1.04
 $0.85
 $(0.51) 22.4 % n/m

Our fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to the last day of March. Fiscal 20172019, 2018 and 20152017 include 52 weeks with each quarter having 13 weeks. Fiscal 2016 includes 53 weeks with each of the first three quarters having 13 weeks and the fourth quarter having 14 weeks.

Net revenues for fiscal 2017 decreased 2.5%2019 increased 7.0% compared towith fiscal 2016. Without2018 both with and without the effects of foreign exchange, net revenues decreased 1.2% compared to fiscal 2016. Revenueas revenue increases in Plasma and Hemostasis ManagementHospital were partially offset by declines in our Blood Center and Cell Processing business units for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017. The 53rd week in fiscal 2016 also contributed to the decrease, as it accounted for approximately 2% of additional revenue as compared to fiscal 2017.unit.

Net revenues for fiscal 2016 were flat2018 increased 2.0% compared towith fiscal 2015.2017. Without the effects of foreign exchange, net revenues increased 2.9%1.1% compared towith fiscal 2015. Revenue2017 as revenue increases in Plasma and Hemostasis ManagementHospital were partially offset by declines in our Blood Center and Cell Processing business units for theCenter.

Operating income increased during fiscal year ended April 2, 2016. The 53rd week in fiscal 2016 also contributed to the increase, as it accounted for approximately 2% of additional revenue2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Operating income increased primarily due to increased revenue volumes, favorable price and product mix, lower restructuring and turnaround costs and annualized savings as a result of the prior year restructuring initiatives. This increase was partially offset by asset impairments associated with the HDC line, accelerated depreciation related to PCS®2 devices, higher freight costs driven by revenue volume growth and rising fuel costs and carrier fees and increased investments within our Plasma and Hospital business units.

We recorded operating income during fiscal 2015.
During fiscal 2017,2018, as compared with an operating loss decreased 55.9% compared toduring fiscal 2016. Without the effects of foreign currency, operating loss decreased 68.9% compared to fiscal 2016.2017. Operating loss decreasedincome increased primarily as a result of savings realized from cost reduction initiatives in the current year, a decrease in goodwillasset impairments in fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017, as well as an increase in gross profit. This operating income was partially offset by increased restructuring and other asset impairment chargesturnaround costs associated with the 2018 Program and a reductionincreased investments in research and development spending as compared to fiscal 2016. These savings were partially offset by increased inventory charges and reservessales and losses frommarketing primarily in our Hospital and Plasma liquid solutions.
We recorded an operating loss in fiscal 2016, as compared to operating income in fiscal 2015. Operating income decreased for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2016 primarily as a result of goodwill and other asset impairment charges recognized in the second half of fiscal 2016. This increase in operating expenses was partially offset by reductions in restructuring and turnaround expenses in fiscal 2016 as compared to fiscal 2015.
Net loss decreased 52.7% during fiscal 2017. Without the effects of foreign exchange, net loss decreased 63.6% for fiscal 2017. The decrease in net loss was primarily attributable to the decrease in operating loss described above and a tax benefit in fiscal 2017 compared to a tax expense in fiscal 2016.
We recorded a net loss in fiscal 2016, as compared to net income in fiscal 2015. The change in net loss is primarily attributable to the decrease in operating income described above, partially offset by a decrease in the income tax provision in fiscal 2016 as compared to fiscal 2015.business units.

Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures

Management uses Non-GAAPnon-GAAP financial measures, in addition to financial measures in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP)("U.S. GAAP"), to evaluate our operatingmonitor the financial performance of the business, make informed business decisions, establish budgets and forecast future results. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to, and not a substitute for, our reported financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in salesrevenue between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency conversion rate. We have provided this non-GAAP financial measure because we believe it provides meaningful information regarding our results on a consistent and comparable basis for the periods presented.


RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Net Revenues by Geography
Fiscal Year Fiscal 2017 versus 2016 Fiscal 2016 versus 2015Fiscal Year Fiscal 2019 versus 2018 Fiscal 2018 versus 2017
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(decrease) Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
 % Increase/(decrease) Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
2019 2018 2017 Reported Growth Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
 Reported Growth Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
United States$522,686
 $519,440
 $494,788
 0.6 %  % 0.6 % 5.0 %  % 5.0%$606,845
 $548,731
 $522,686
 10.6% % 10.6% 5.0 % % 5.0 %
International363,430
 389,392
 415,585
 (6.7)% (3.1)% (3.6)% (6.3)% (6.8)% 0.5%360,734
 355,192
 363,430
 1.6% % 1.6% (2.3)% 2.0% (4.3)%
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
 (2.5)% (1.3)% (1.2)% (0.2)% (3.1)% 2.9%$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
 7.0% % 7.0% 2.0 % 0.9% 1.1 %
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
International Operations and the Impact of Foreign Exchange
Our principal operations are in the United States, Europe, Japan and other parts of Asia. Our products are marketed in approximately 10090 countries around the world through a combination of our direct sales force and independent distributors and agents.
The percentage of revenue generated in our principle operating regions is summarized below:
Fiscal Year

2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
United States59.0% 57.2% 54.4%62.7% 60.7% 59.0%
Japan9.0% 9.0% 9.7%7.2% 7.5% 9.0%
Europe18.7% 20.7% 23.7%17.0% 18.2% 18.7%
Asia12.4% 12.3% 11.2%12.3% 12.7% 12.4%
Other0.9% 0.8% 1.0%0.8% 0.9% 0.9%
Total100.0% 100.0% 100.0%100.0% 100.0% 100.0%
International sales are generally conducted in local currencies, primarily the Japanese Yen, the Euro, the Chinese Yuan and the Australian Dollar. Our results of operations are impacted by changes in foreign exchange rates, particularly in the value of the Yen, the Euro and Australian Dollar relative to the U.S. Dollar.
We have placed foreign currency hedges based on estimates of future revenues to reduce the impacts of currency fluctuations. As compared towith fiscal 2016, the effects of2018, foreign exchange resulted in a 1.3% decrease indid not have an impact on sales ingrowth during fiscal 2017. The primary reason is the relative strength of the U.S. Dollar to the Japanese Yen and Euro. We expect this relative strength of the U.S. Dollar to the Euro to continue to negatively impact operating income in fiscal 2018.2019. For fiscal 2016,2018, as compared towith fiscal 2015,2017, the effects of foreign exchange accounted for a 3.1% decrease0.9% increase in sales.
Please see section entitled “Foreign“Foreign Exchange” in this discussion for a more complete explanation of how foreign currency affects our business and our strategy for managing this exposure.

Net Revenues by Business Unit
 Fiscal Year Fiscal 2017 versus 2016 Fiscal 2016 versus 2015 Fiscal Year Fiscal 2019 versus 2018 Fiscal 2018 versus 2017
(In thousands) 2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(decrease) Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
 % Increase/(decrease) Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
 2019 2018 2017 Reported Growth Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
 Reported Growth Currency impact 
Constant currency growth (1)
Plasma $410,727
 $381,776
 $352,911
 7.6% (1.0)% 8.6% 8.2% (2.7)% 10.9% $501,837
 $435,956
 $410,727
 15.1% 0.3% 14.8% 6.1% 0.6% 5.5%
Blood Center 303,890
 355,108
 386,147
 (14.4)% (0.9)% (13.5)% (8.0)% (3.2)% (4.8)% 269,203
 284,902
 303,890
 (5.5)% —% (5.5)% (6.2)% 1.3% (7.5)%
Cell Processing 105,376
 112,483
 120,434
 (6.3)% (2.5)% (3.8)% (6.6)% (4.4)% (2.2)%
Hemostasis Management 66,123
 59,465
 50,881
 11.2% (2.6)% 13.8% 16.9% (1.8)% 18.7%
Hospital (2)
 196,539
 183,065
 171,499
 7.4% 0.1% 7.3% 6.7% 1.3% 5.4%
Net revenues $886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
 (2.5)% (1.3)% (1.2)% (0.2)% (3.1)% 2.9% $967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
 7.0% —% 7.0% 2.0% 0.9% 1.1%
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
(1) Constant currency growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, measures the change in sales between the current and prior year periods using a constant currency. See "Management's Use of Non-GAAP Measures."
(2) Hospital revenue includes both Cell Processing and Hemostasis Management revenue. Hemostasis Management revenue was $87.6 million, $75.5 million and $66.1 million for fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Hemostasis Management revenue increased 16.0% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenue increased 16.1% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Hemostasis Management revenue increased 14.2% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenue increased 13.6% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017.
(2) Hospital revenue includes both Cell Processing and Hemostasis Management revenue. Hemostasis Management revenue was $87.6 million, $75.5 million and $66.1 million for fiscal years 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Hemostasis Management revenue increased 16.0% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenue increased 16.1% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Hemostasis Management revenue increased 14.2% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenue increased 13.6% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017.

Plasma
Plasma revenue increased 7.6%15.1% during fiscal 20172019 as compared towith fiscal 2016.2018. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Plasma revenue increased 8.6%14.8% during fiscal 2019. This revenue growth was primarily driven by an increase in volume of plasma disposables due to continued strong performance in the U.S. and favorable NexSys PCS pricing during fiscal 2019. Increases in sales of liquid solutions also contributed to the growth during fiscal 2019
On May 21, 2019, we transferred to CSL substantially all of the tangible assets held by Haemonetics relating to the manufacture of anti-coagulant and saline at our Union, South Carolina facility. We will continue to supply liquid solutions to our customers following the asset transfer agreement pursuant to our supplier arrangements with contract manufacturers.
Plasma revenue increased 6.1% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. TheWithout the effect of foreign exchange, Plasma revenue increased 5.5% during fiscal 2018. This revenue growth was primarily driven by an increase in sales of Plasmaplasma disposables during fiscal 2017. This growth was the result ofand software due to continued strong performance in the U.S. and includes the impact of increased sales of PlasmaThis increase was partially offset by a decline in liquid solutions revenue and a decrease in equipment revenue resulting from the divestiture of our SEBRA product line, which contributed approximately $16$6.5 million in Plasma revenue during fiscal 2017.
Blood Center
Blood Center revenue decreased 5.5% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. There was no foreign exchange impact on Blood Center revenue during fiscal 2019. This decrease was primarily driven by lower whole blood revenue due to continued market declines, the strategic exit of certain contracts, products and markets, including unfavorable order timing associated with these exits, as well as product recalls. Declines in software revenue in the U.S and platelet revenue driven by the continued shift toward double dose collection techniques in Japan also contributed to the growth.decrease.
PlasmaBlood Center revenue increased 8.2%decreased 6.2% during fiscal 20162018 compared towith fiscal 2015.2017. Without the effect of foreign exchange, PlasmaBlood Center revenue increased 10.9%decreased 7.5% during fiscal 2016. The revenue growth2018. This decrease was primarily driven by an increase in sales of Plasma disposables during fiscal 2017 due to declines in whole blood revenue in both Europe and the implementation of a liquid solutions contract with a large U.S. collector customer and strong performance in Japan and other parts of Asia. This growth was partially offset by reductions related to market conditions in Russia.
We are experiencing delaysresulting from continued moderation in the expansionrate of our liquid solutions production capacity that have required uscollections and our customers to obtain alternative sources of supply. We expect purchases from these alternate sources to continue until we can complete the expansion and produce solutions at the necessary level. While these purchases continue, we will see a reductiondeclines in revenue from our liquid solutions business and may see increased costs to serve our customers.
Blood Center
Platelet
Platelet revenue decreased by 17.4% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, platelet revenue decreased 16.4% during fiscal 2017. The decrease, excluding the impact of foreign exchange, was primarily the result ofdriven by the continued market shift toward double dose collection techniques in Japan. Order timingJapan, as well as decreased sales in AsiaEurope. Decreases in equipment revenue due to a one-time sale of equipment to the American Red Cross in the prior year period and declines in red cell revenue due to the Middle Eastloss of a customer contract in a prior year also contributed to the decline.overall decrease in Blood Center.
PlateletHospital
Hospital revenue decreased 6.1%increased 7.4% during fiscal 20162019 as compared towith fiscal 2015. Without the effects of foreign exchange, platelet revenue decreased 0.8% during fiscal 2016. The decrease in platelet revenue during fiscal 2016, excluding the impact of foreign exchange, was primarily the result of declines in sales in Russia and Latin America. These declines were partially offset by growth in China, India, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia.
Red Cell and Whole Blood
Red cell revenue decreased 22.7% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016.2018. Without the effect of foreign exchange, red cellHospital revenue decreased 22.1%increased 7.3% during fiscal 2017. The decrease was primarily driven by price reductions in our principle red cell market in the U.S., which was largely attributable to the contract we entered into with the American Red Cross during the second quarter of fiscal 2016, and the selection of competitive technologies by Blood Center GPOs, as discussed above. We continue to expect revenue and operating income to decline as a result of these factors.

Red cell revenue decreased 8.1% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effects of foreign exchange, red cell revenue decreased 7.0% during fiscal 2016. The decrease was driven by price reductions in our principal U.S. red cell market. During fiscal 2016, U.S. blood collection groups pursued contractual arrangements for apheresis red cell collections with the objective of standardizing their collection technology and securing price reductions. These arrangements, most notably the contract with the American Red Cross as discussed above, began to negatively affect red cell revenues and gross margins during the second quarter of fiscal 2016.
Whole blood revenue decreased 9.9% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, whole blood revenue decreased 8.9% during fiscal 2017. While whole blood revenue decreased as compared to the prior year periods, we began to see a moderation in the rate of decline of this market during fiscal 2017. We expect to see continued declines in transfusion rates and the market to remain price-focused and highly competitive for the foreseeable future.
Whole blood revenue decreased 10.7% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effect of foreign exchange, whole blood revenue decreased 8.4% during fiscal 2016. Whole blood disposables revenue for fiscal 2016 decreased primarily due to a declining U.S. whole blood market. The anniversary of the loss of the American Red Cross whole blood business occurred at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2016, however, we continued to be negatively impacted by the declining market.
Software, Equipment and Other
Blood Center software, equipment and other revenue decreased 10.6% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, software, equipment and other revenue decreased 10.4% during fiscal 2017. These decreases were largely attributable to the expiration and non-renewal of a U.S. government software contract.

Blood Center software, equipment and other revenue decreased 6.1% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effect of foreign exchange, software, equipment and other revenue decreased 3.8% during fiscal 2016. The decrease in revenue was primarily due to a rebate assessed by the Italian government and declines in Russia and Japan. The decline in Russia was due to the Russian market suspending all equipment purchasing in fiscal 2016 and the decline in Japan was a result of lower platelet equipment sales. These declines were partially offset by increases in red cell equipment revenue in the U.S. and the finalization of services under a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense in fiscal 2016.
Cell Processing
Cell Salvage
Cell Salvage revenues consist primarily of the Cell Saver and OrthoPAT products. Revenues from OrthoPAT decreased 18.3% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, OrthoPAT disposables revenue decreased 15.6% during fiscal 2017. Better blood management, particularly the adoption of tranexamic acid to treat and prevent orthopedic post-operative blood loss, continue to lessen hospital use of OrthoPAT. Cell Saver revenue declined 6.3% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Cell Saver revenue decreased 3.7% during fiscal 2017. 2019.This decrease was due to declines in Europe, mainly Russia, partially offset by growth in China.
Revenues from OrthoPAT decreased 31.9% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effect of foreign exchange, OrthoPAT disposables revenue decreased 28.7% during fiscal 2016 as better blood management has reduced orthopedic blood loss and demand for OrthoPAT disposables. Certain trends in blood management, particularly the adoption of tranexamic acid to treat and prevent orthopedic post-operative blood loss, have continued to reduce hospital use of OrthoPAT disposables. Cell Saver revenue declined 4.2% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Cell Saver revenue increased 1.0% during fiscal 2016. The increase in Cell Saver revenue was primarily attributable to modest growth in Japan and in the emerging markets in Russia and China.
Transfusion Management
Cell Processing software revenue includes BloodTrack®, SafeTrace Tx®, and other hospital software. Revenues from Cell Processing software decreased 3.3% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Cell Processing software revenue decreased by 1.2% during fiscal 2017. Revenues were similar in fiscal 2017 and 2016 except for the recognition of previously deferred revenue associated with one of our largest customers in fiscal 2016.
Cell Processing software revenue increased 5.8% during fiscal 2016 compared to fiscal 2015. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Cell Processing software revenue increased by 10.5% during fiscal 2016, the growth in software revenues in fiscal 2016 was driven by the recognition of previously deferred revenue associated with one of our largest customers, BloodTrack growth in Europe, and increased software support service revenue. This growth was partially offset by declines in BloodTrack revenue in the U.S. and lower EdgeSuite system installs in Europe.


Hemostasis Management
Revenue from our Hemostasis Management products increased 11.2% during fiscal 2017 compared to fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenues increased 13.8% during fiscal 2017. The revenue increase was primarily attributable to the growth of disposables associated with TEG disposables,® diagnostic systems, principally in the U.S. and China. The TEG 6s system and TEG Manager® 6s and TEG® Managersoftware are approved for the same set of indications as the TEG® 5000 system in Europe, Australia and Japan. In the U.S., TEG® 6s is approved for limited indications, including cardiovascular surgery and cardiology. The release of TEG 6s has significantly contributedWe continue to the overall growth in Hemostasis Management in the U.S. and Europe in fiscal 2017. We are pursuingpursue a broader set of indications for TEG 6s in the U.S. In May 2019, we received FDA clearance for the use of TEG 6s in adult trauma settings. This clearance builds on the current indication for the TEG 6s system in cardiovascular surgery and cardiology procedures, making it the first cartridge-based system available in the U.S. to evaluate the hemostasis condition in adult trauma patients. The increase during fiscal 2019 was partially offset by the continued decline in OrthoPAT® 6s inrevenue due to better blood management which has reduced orthopedic blood loss. We discontinued the U.S., including trauma.sale of our OrthoPAT products effective March 31, 2019. We offer the Cell Saver Elite + as an alternative autotransfusion system for orthopedics or other medium to low blood loss procedures.
Revenue from our Hemostasis Management productsHospital revenue increased 16.9%6.7% during fiscal 20162018 as compared towith fiscal 2015.2017. Without the effect of foreign exchange, Hemostasis Management revenuesHospital revenue increased 18.7%5.4% during fiscal 2016. The revenue2018.This increase is duewas primarily attributable to continued adoptionthe growth of our hemostasis system,disposables associated with TEG® diagnostic systems, principally in the U.S. and China. Growth in BloodTrack revenue in the U.S. and Europe also contributed to the increase. These increases were partially offset by the continued decline in OrthoPAT® revenue due to better blood management which has reduced orthopedic blood loss.
Gross Profit
Fiscal Year    
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(Decrease)
17 vs. 16
 % Increase/(Decrease)
16 vs. 15
2019 2018 2017 % Increase/(Decrease)
19 vs. 18
 % Increase/(Decrease)
18 vs. 17
Gross profit$378,494
 $405,914
 $434,418
 (6.8)% (6.6)%$417,536
 $411,908
 $378,494
 1.4% 8.8%
% of net revenues42.7% 44.7% 47.7%  
  
43.2% 45.6% 42.7%  
  
Our
Gross profit increased 1.4% during fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Without the effects of foreign exchange, gross profit increased 0.5% during fiscal 2019. Gross profit margin percentage decreased 6.8%by 240 basis points for fiscal 2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. The decrease in the gross profit margin during fiscal 2019 was primarily due to increased depreciation expense primarily due to Plasma devices and asset impairments associated with the HDC line. This decrease was partially offset by favorable price and volume mix as well as savings as a result of the prior year restructuring initiative.
Gross profit increased 8.8% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. Without the effects of foreign exchange, gross profit decreased 4.3%increased 6.4% during fiscal 2017. Our gross2018. Gross profit margin percentage decreasedincreased by 200290 basis points for fiscal 20172018 as compared towith fiscal 2016.2017. The decreaseincrease in the gross profit margin during fiscal 20172018 was primarily due to inventory reservesfavorable mix, partially offset by continued manufacturing challenges, the impact of the divestiture of SEBRA and impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2017, losses from Plasma liquid solutions, and price reductions in our Blood Center business.increased depreciation expense. The negative impact of foreign exchangeasset impairments, inventory charges and the 53rd week inwhole blood filter recall on the prior year period as well as the effect of the Whole Blood filter recall also contributed to the overall decline. These decreases were partially offset by cost savings initiativesincrease in fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017.
Operating Expenses
 Fiscal Year    
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017 % Increase/(Decrease)
19 vs. 18
 % Increase/(Decrease)
18 vs. 17
Research and development$35,714
 $39,228
 $37,556
 (9.0)% 4.5 %
% of net revenues3.7% 4.3% 4.2%  
  
Selling, general and administrative$298,277
 $316,523
 $301,726
 (5.8)% 4.9 %
% of net revenues30.8% 35.0% 34.1%  
  
Impairment of assets$
 $
 $58,593
  % (100.0)%
% of net revenues% % 6.6%    
Total operating expenses$333,991
 $355,751
 $397,875
 (6.1)% (10.6)%
% of net revenues34.5% 39.4% 44.9%  
  
Research and a reduction in restructuringDevelopment
Research and turnaround costs. Gross profit margin continues to be impacted by the inefficiency of underutilized productive capacity.
As discussed above, we are experiencing delays in the expansion of our liquid solutions production capacity that have required us and our customers to obtain alternative sources of supply. We expect purchases from these alternate sources to continue until we can complete the expansion and produce solutions at the necessary level. While these purchases continue, we will continue to incur additional costs, including potential penalties resulting from contractual obligations to our customers.
Our gross profitdevelopment expenses decreased 6.6%9.0% during fiscal 2016.2019 as compared with fiscal 2018. Without the effects of foreign exchange, gross profitresearch and development expenses decreased 2.0%8.4% during fiscal 2016. Our gross profit margin percentage decreased by 300 basis points for fiscal 2016 as compared to fiscal 2015.2019. The decrease in gross profit margin during fiscal 20162019 was primarily due to the effect of foreign exchange, inventory related charges of $9.4 milliondriven by lower restructuring and impairment of assets of $8.8 million. Product mix, including Plasma disposables, price reductions in our Blood Center business, and the amortization of software developmentturnaround costs in the early stages of product launches also negatively impacted gross profit. These declines were partially offset by cost savings from productivity programs.our continued investment of resources in clinical programs, primarily in our Hospital business unit, as well as continued investment in our Plasma business unit.
Operating Expenses
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(Decrease)
17 vs. 16
 % Increase/(Decrease)
16 vs. 15
Research and development$37,556
 $44,965
 $54,187
 (16.5)% (17.0)%
% of net revenues4.2% 4.9 % 6.0 %  
  
Selling, general and administrative$301,726
 $317,223
 $337,168
 (4.9)% (5.9)%
% of net revenues34.1% 34.9 % 37.0 %  
  
Impairment of assets$58,593
 $92,395
 $5,441
 (36.6)% n/m
% of net revenues6.6% 10.2 % 0.6 %    
Contingent consideration income$
 $(4,727) $(2,918) (100.0)% 62.0 %
% of net revenues% (0.5)% (0.3)%    
Total operating expenses$397,875
 $449,856
 $393,878
 (11.6)% 14.2 %
% of net revenues44.9% 49.5 % 43.3 %  
  


Research and Development
Research and development expenses decreased 16.5%increased 4.5% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. Without the effects of foreign exchange, research and development expenses decreased 16.6%increased 5.5% during fiscal 2017.2018. The decreaseincrease in fiscal 20172018 was primarily driven by higher restructuring and turnaround costs associated with the 2018 Program and our continued investment of resources in clinical programs, primarily in Hospital. These increased costs were partially offset by reduced spending on certain software projects and several projects in our Blood Center business unit to better align with our long-term product plans and global strategic review. Changes in the timing of spending from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2018 also contributed to the decline. This decrease was partially offset by increased restructuring and turnaround costs. We will continue to invest resources in clinical programs for our Hemostasis Management business unit, most notably a global registry study for our TEG® platform.
Research and development expenses decreased 17.0% during fiscal 2016. Without the effect of foreign exchange, research and development expenses decreased 15.7% during fiscal 2016. The decrease in fiscal 2016 was primarily the result of a reduction in restructuring and turnaround costs of $10.9 million, partially offset by increased activities for several projects designed to support our long-term product plans and to increase our competitiveness.plans.
Selling, General and Administrative
During fiscal 2017, selling,Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 4.9%5.8% during fiscal 2019 as compared with and without the effects of foreign exchange. The decrease in fiscal 2017 was primarily the result of cost reduction initiatives and a reduction in restructuring and turnaround costs. This decrease was partially offset by an increase in variable compensation.
During fiscal 2016, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 5.9%.2018. Without the effects of foreign exchange, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 2.3%5.6% during fiscal 2016.2019. The decrease in fiscal 20162019 was primarily the result of reductions inlower restructuring and turnaround costs and annualized savings as a result of $12.8 millionthe current and decreased variable compensation.prior year restructuring initiatives. This decrease was partially offset by increased spending in sales and marketing activities related toinvestments within our Plasma and Hospital business units, higher freight costs driven by revenue volume growth and rising fuel costs and carrier fees and an increase in variable compensation and share-based compensation expense.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased spending4.9% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017. Without the effects of foreign exchange, selling, general and administrative expenses increased 4.4% during fiscal 2018. The increase in fiscal 2018 was primarily the result of higher restructuring and turnaround costs associated with the 2018 Program, an increase in investments, primarily in Hospital and next generation plasma collection and software systems, and an increase in variable compensation and share-based compensation expense. This increase was partially offset by annualized savings as a result of the extra week in fiscal 2016.
Impairment of Assets
We recorded asset impairments of $58.6 million in fiscal 2017 primarily consisting of $57.0 million of goodwill impairment, $0.8 million of intangible asset impairments and $0.8 million of property, plant and equipment impairments.
We recorded asset impairments of $92.4 million in fiscal 2016 primarily consisting of $66.3 million of goodwill impairment, $19.2 million of intangible asset impairments and $6.9 million of property, plant and equipment impairments
We recorded asset impairments of $5.4 million in fiscal 2015 associated with exit activities related to prior year manufacturingrestructuring initiative.

Interest and integration initiatives.
Other Expense, Net
OtherInterest and other expense, net, decreased 14.6%increased 5.4 million during fiscal 20172019 as compared with fiscal 2018 due to fiscal 2016 and increased 1.1% during fiscal 2016an increase in the Term Loan balance as compared to fiscal 2015. Interest expense from our term loan borrowings constituteswell as an increase in the majority of expense reported in all periods.effective interest rate. The effective interest rate on total debt outstanding for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 was approximately 2.25%3.8%.
Interest and other expense, net, decreased 44.1% during fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017 due to a decrease in interest expense as a result of principal payments on our term loan and a reduction in borrowings on our revolving credit line.
Income Taxes
 2017 2016 2015 % Increase/(Decrease)
17 vs. 16
 % Increase/(Decrease)
16 vs. 15
Reported income tax rate4.4% (4.0)% 45.8% 8.4% (49.8)%
 Fiscal Year    
 2019 2018 2017 % Increase/(Decrease)
19 vs. 18
 % Increase/(Decrease)
18 vs. 17
Reported income tax rate25.3% 23.6% 4.4% 1.7% 19.2%
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Reported Tax Rate

We conduct business globally and as a result report our results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions andin addition to the United States. Historically, ourOur reported tax rate was lower thanis impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which we operate have tax rates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax rate due primarilyrate.

We have assessed, on a jurisdictional basis, the available means of recovering deferred tax assets, including the ability to our jurisdictional mixcarry-back net operating losses, the existence of earnings asreversing temporary differences, the income earned in our foreign subsidiaries is generally taxed at a loweravailability of tax rate. In fiscal 2015,planning strategies and available sources of future taxable income. As of March 30, 2019, we establishedmaintain a valuation allowance against ourcertain U.S. state deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not realizable due to cumulative losses in the U.S. In fiscal 2017, we establishedand maintains a full valuation allowance against our net deferred tax assets in four additional jurisdictions. These jurisdictions are located in the countries of Switzerland, Puerto Rico, Luxembourg, and France. The decision to establish a valuation allowance in these additional jurisdictions was largely based upon our worldwide cumulative loss position, resulting from significant impairment and restructuring charges incurred in fiscal 2017 and 2016.We continue to maintain a valuation allowance against our net U.S. deferred tax assets and net deferred tax assets of certain foreign subsidiaries.

For the year ended April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, we recorded an income tax benefitprovision of $1.2$18.6 million on our worldwide pre-tax lossincome of $27.5$73.6 million, resulting in a reported tax rate of 4.4%25.3%. Our currenteffective tax rate for the year ended March 30, 2019 is higher than our effective tax raterates of (4.0)%23.6% and lower than our tax rate of 45.8%4.4% for the years ended March 31, 2018 and April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015,1, 2017, respectively. Our increase in tax rate for fiscal 2019, as compared with fiscal 2018, is primarily the result of the impact of the U.S. tax reform provisions that became effective in fiscal 2019, including global intangible low taxed income and nondeductible executive compensation, partially offset by excess stock compensation benefits. The fiscal 2018 rate was higher than the fiscal 2017 astax rate due to the impact of U.S. tax reform (tax expense related to the transition tax liability partially offset by the release of valuation allowance against certain deferred tax assets) changes in the jurisdictional mix of earnings and the impact of goodwill impairments in fiscal 2017.

comparedIncome Tax Reform

During the third quarter of fiscal 2018, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") was enacted in the United States. The Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, required companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and created new taxes on certain foreign sourced earnings. In addition, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Income Tax Accounting Implications of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act that directed taxpayers to consider the impact of the U.S. legislation as “provisional” when it does not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete its accounting for the change in tax law.

During fiscal 2016, is primarily2018 we recognized a provisional amount of $2.0 million as a reasonable estimate of the impact of the provisions of the Act, which was included as a component of income tax expense in the consolidated statements of income (loss). During fiscal 2019, we completed our accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. We recognized a $0.4 million adjustment to the provisional tax expense recorded in fiscal 2018.

We have incorporated the other impacts of the Act that became effective in fiscal 2019 in the calculation of the tax provision and effective tax rate, including the provisions related to global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”), foreign derived intangible income (“FDII”), base erosion anti abuse tax (“BEAT”), as well as other provisions which limit tax deductibility of expenses. For fiscal 2019, the GILTI provisions have the most significant impact to us. Under the new law, U.S. taxes are

imposed on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of its foreign subsidiaries. The ability to benefit a deduction and foreign tax credits against a portion of the GILTI income may be limited under the GILTI rules as a result of the establishmentutilization of valuation allowances innet operating losses, foreign jurisdictionssourced income, and current year goodwill impairments for which there was noother potential limitations within the foreign tax basis. The fiscal 2015 rate was significantly larger than the fiscal 2016 tax rate, as we established a valuation allowance against the majority of our U.S. deferred tax assets.credit calculation.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table contains certain key performance indicators we believe depict our liquidity and cash flow position:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
Cash and cash equivalents$139,564
 $115,123
$169,351
 $180,169
Working capital$298,850
 $302,535
$340,362
 $136,474
Current ratio2.4
 2.6
2.4
 1.4
Net debt position(1)
$(175,083) $(292,877)$(180,769) $(73,513)
Days sales outstanding (DSO)60
 58
67
 58
Disposables finished goods inventory turnover4.2
 4.6
Inventory turnover2.5
 3.5
(1)Net debt position is the sum of cash and cash equivalents less total debt.
(1)Net debt position is the sum of cash and cash equivalents less total debt.
(1)Net debt position is the sum of cash and cash equivalents less total debt.
In
During fiscal 2017,2018, we launched the 2018 Program, a multi-year restructuring initiative designed to reposition our organization and improve our cost structure. During fiscal 2019 and 2018, we incurred $13.7 million and $36.6 million of restructuring and turnaround costs under this program, respectively.

During fiscal 2017, we launched a multi-year restructuring initiative (the "2017 Program") designed to reposition our organization and improve our cost structure. We did not incur any additional charges under this program during fiscal 2019. During fiscal 2018, we incurred $28.7$7.2 million of restructuring and turnaround charges under the initial phase of this initiative.program. As of April 1, 2017, this initial phase was substantially complete. We continue to assess non-core and underperforming assets and evaluate opportunities to improve our cost structure as part of our turnaround and expect to incur additionalMarch 30, 2019, charges and benefits during fiscal 2018 and beyond.
As of April 1, 2017, we had $139.6 million in cash and cash equivalents, substantially held in the U.S. or in countries from which it can be freely repatriated to the U.S. We entered into a credit agreement ("Credit Agreement") with certain lenders (together, “Lenders”) which provided for a $475.0 million term loan ("Term Loan") and a $100.0 million revolving loan ("Revolving Credit Facility" and togetherassociated with the Term Loan, the "Credit Facilities"). The Credit Facilities matures on July 1, 2019. At April 1, 2017 $315.4 million was outstanding under the Term Loan and no amount was outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility. We also have $46.9 million of uncommitted operating lines of credit to fund our global operations and thereProgram are no outstanding borrowings as of April 1, 2017.complete.
The Credit Facilities contains covenants that limit the use of cash and require us to maintain certain financial ratios. Any failure to comply with the financial or operating covenants of the Credit Facilities would prevent us from borrowing under the Revolving Credit Facility and would constitute a default, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable. As of April 1, 2017, we were in compliance with all covenants.
Our primary sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, internally generated cash flow from operations, our Revolving Credit Facility and proceeds from employee stock option exercises. Although cash flow from operations could be negatively impacted by continued declines in our Blood Center business, weWe believe these sources are sufficient to fund our cash requirements over at least the next twelve months. Our expected cash outlays relate primarily to investments, capital expenditures, including production of the NexSys PCS® 300, and Plasma plant capacity expansions, share repurchases, cash payments under the loan agreement, restructuring and turnaround initiatives and other acquisitions. These are described in more detail in Contractual Obligations below.

As of March 30, 2019, we had $169.4 million in cash and cash equivalents, the majority of which is held in the U.S. or in countries from which it can be freely repatriated to the U.S. On June 15, 2018, we entered into a credit agreement which provided for a $350.0 million Term Loan and a $350.0 million Revolving Credit Facility. The Credit Facilities expire on June 15, 2023. Interest on the Credit Facilities is established using LIBOR plus 1.13% - 1.75%, depending on our leverage ratio. Under the Credit Facilities, we are required to maintain certain leverage and interest coverage ratios specified in the credit agreement as well as other customary non-financial affirmative and negative covenants. A portion of the net proceeds of $347.8 million was used to pay down the $253.7 remaining outstanding balance on our 2012 credit agreement, as amended in fiscal 2014. The remainder of the proceeds are being used to support the launch of our NexSys PCS device and for general corporate purposes. At March 30, 2019, $336.9 million was outstanding under the Term Loan and $15.0 million was outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility, both, with an effective interest rate of 3.8%. We also had $25.1 million of uncommitted operating lines of credit to fund our global operations under which there were no outstanding borrowings as of March 30, 2019.

During fiscal 2019, we paid $13.1 million in scheduled principal repayments for the Term Loan. We have scheduled principal repayments of $336.9 million required through fiscal 2024. We were in compliance with the leverage and interest coverage ratios specified in the credit agreement as well as all other bank covenants as of March 30, 2019.

Cash Flow Overview
Fiscal Year    
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015 Increase/(Decrease)
17 vs. 16
 Increase/(Decrease)
16 vs. 15
2019 2018 2017 % Increase/(Decrease)
19 vs. 18
 % Increase/(Decrease)
18 vs. 17
Net cash provided by (used in): 
  
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
  
Operating activities$159,738
 $121,865
 $127,178
 $37,873
 $(5,313)$159,281
 $220,350
 $159,738
 $(61,069) $60,612
Investing activities(73,313) (104,768) (121,768) (31,455) (17,000)(116,148) (63,041) (73,313) 53,107
 (10,272)
Financing activities(60,413) (62,624) (33,160) (2,211) 29,464
(50,628) (120,643) (60,413) (70,015) 60,230
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(1)
(1,571) (12) (4,057) (1,559) 4,045
(3,323) 3,939
 (1,571) (7,262) 5,510
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents$24,441
 $(45,539) $(31,807)    $(10,818) $40,605
 $24,441
    
(1)The balance sheet is affected by spot exchange rates used to translate local currency amounts into U.S. dollars. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we have eliminated the effect of foreign currency throughout our cash flow statement, except for its effect on our cash and cash equivalents.
(1)The balance sheet is affected by spot exchange rates used to translate local currency amounts into U.S. dollars. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we have eliminated the effect of foreign currency throughout our cash flow statement, except for its effect on our cash and cash equivalents.
(1)The balance sheet is affected by spot exchange rates used to translate local currency amounts into U.S. dollars. In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we have eliminated the effect of foreign currency throughout our cash flow statement, except for its effect on our cash and cash equivalents.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $159.7$159.3 million during fiscal 2017,2019, a decrease of $61.1 million as compared with fiscal 2018. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to a working capital outflow driven largely by an increase accounts receivable due to higher revenue growth and collections timing, an increase in inventory to support the launch of the NexSys PCS device and decreases in accrued payroll due to severance payments associated with the 2018 Program. Net income, as adjusted for depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges, partially offset the decrease in operating activities.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $220.4 million during fiscal 2018, an increase of $37.9$60.6 million as compared towith fiscal 2016.2017. Cash provided by operating activities increased primarily due to an increase in net income, as adjusted for depreciation and amortization, and a working capital inflow resulting from a decrease in inventories due to an overall improvement in our demand planning process. An increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses, which was largely driven largely by an increase inrestructuring and turnaround reserves associated with the 2018 Program and variable compensation, and an accrual recorded in fiscal 2017 for the product recall claims. The increase in cash provided by operating activities was partially offset by an increaseas well as decreases in other current assets including a receivable related to stock options exercised near the period end date and an insurance receivable associated with the product recall.
Net cash provided by operating activities was $121.9 million during fiscal 2016, a decrease of $5.3 million as compared to fiscal 2015. Cash provided by operating activities decreased primarily due to a working capital outflow. The working capital outflow was primarily attributable to a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses, driven largely by a reduction in restructuring reserves, accrued bonuses, accruals relatedalso contributed to the construction of facilities and licensing agreements, and a decrease in accrued payroll due to the 53rd week. Also contributing to the reduction in cash provided by operating activities was an increase in accounts receivable from fiscal 2015 to fiscal 2016. The decrease in cash provided by operating activities was partially offset by lower inventory driven by our global strategic review, which included a global inventory reduction initiative during fiscal 2016.inflow.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $73.3$116.1 million during fiscal 2017,2019, an increase of $53.1 million as compared with fiscal 2018. The increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily the result of an increase in capital expenditures in the current year period due to the NexSys PCS launch and manufacturing capacity expansion projects in our Plasma business and proceeds received related to the divestiture of our SEBRA product line in the prior period.

Net cash used in investing activities was $63.0 million during fiscal 2018, a decrease of $31.5$10.3 million as compared towith fiscal 2016.2017. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was largelyprimarily the result of a reduction in capital expenditures of $26.3 million in fiscal 2017 as compared to fiscal 2016 primarily duethe proceeds received related to the completiondivestiture of certain manufacturing initiatives in the prior yearour SEBRA product line and decreased spending in capitalized research and development projects. Acquisition costs of $3.0 million incurred in fiscal 2016 also contributed to the decrease.
Net cash used in investing activities was $104.8 million during fiscal 2016, a decrease of $17.0 million as compared to fiscal 2015. The decrease in cash used in investing activities was the result oflesser extent a reduction in capital expenditures in fiscal 2016 related to manufacturing operations under construction in Malaysia and Tijuana, which have been substantially completed. During2018 as compared with fiscal 2015, cash used in investing activities included significant costs related to plant construction activities in Malaysia and Tijuana and the purchase of two previously leased facilities, our manufacturing facility in Salt Lake City and an administrative office at our corporate headquarters in Braintree, Massachusetts.2017.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $60.4$50.6 million during fiscal 2017,2019, a decrease of $2.2$70.0 million as compared towith fiscal 2016,2018. Cash used in financing activities included the repayment of the $253.7 remaining outstanding balance on our 2012 credit agreement, as amended in fiscal 2014, as well as $160.0 million of share repurchases during fiscal 2019. This use in cash was partially offset by proceeds resulting from the $350.0 million Term Loan entered into in June 2018.


Net cash used in financing activities was $120.6 million during fiscal 2018, an increase of $60.2 million as compared with fiscal 2017. This increase was primarily due to $61.0$100.0 million of share repurchases and $21.3an incremental $19.0 million of principal repayments on our Term Loan2012 credit agreement, as amended in the prior year. Fiscal 2017 also benefited by an incremental $15.4 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options overfiscal 2014, as compared with the prior year. These decreasesincreases in net cash used in financing activities were partially offset by a reduction in borrowings on our Revolving Credit Facilityprevious revolving credit facility of $50.0 million and $42.7 million principal repayments on our Term Loan in fiscal 2017.

Net cash used in financing activities was $62.6 million during fiscal 2016, an increase of $29.5 million as compared to fiscal 2015 primarily due to $61.0 million of share repurchases during fiscal 2016 compared to $39.0 million of share repurchases during fiscal 2015. Higher term loan payments of $12.8 million also contributed to the increase. This was partially offset by an increase in short-term loans2017 and an increase inincremental $7.7 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options.options in fiscal 2018 as compared with fiscal 2017.

Contractual Obligations

A summary of our contractual and commercial commitments as of April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 is as follows:
Payments Due by PeriodPayments Due by Period
(In thousands)Total Less than 1 year 1-3 years 3-5 years More than 5 yearsTotal Less than 1 year 1-3 years 3-5 years More than 5 years
Debt$314,648
 $61,022
 $253,591
 $35
 $
$352,135
 $28,262
 $39,470
 $284,403
 $
Interest payments (1)
44,318
 12,387
 31,377
 554
 
Operating leases19,546
 4,298
 4,872
 3,345
 7,031
17,672
 4,041
 7,007
 5,288
 1,336
Purchase commitments(1)
105,004
 100,295
 4,709
 
 
Purchase commitments(2)
147,836
 147,836
 
 
 
Expected retirement plan benefit payments14,138
 1,396
 2,845
 3,028
 6,869
13,443
 1,503
 2,792
 2,701
 6,447
Total contractual obligations$453,336
 $167,011
 $266,017
 $6,408
 $13,900
$575,404
 $194,029
 $80,646
 $292,946
 $7,783
(1)Interest payments reflect the contractual interest payments on our outstanding debt and exclude the impact of interest rate swap agreements. Interest payments are projected using interest rates in effect as of March 30, 2019. Certain of these projected interest payments may differ in the future based on changes in market interest rates.
(2) Includes amounts we are committed to spend on purchase orders entered in the normal course of business for capital equipment and for the purpose of manufacturing our products including contract manufacturers, specifically JMS Co. Ltd., Kawasumi Laboratories and Sanmina Corporationas well as commitments with contractors for the manufacture of certain disposable products and equipment. The majority of our operating expense spending does not require any advance commitment.

The above table does not reflect our long-term liabilities associated with unrecognized tax benefits of $3.4$2.9 million recorded in accordance with ASC Topic 740, Income Taxes. We cannot reasonably make a reliable estimate of the period in which we expect to settle these long-term liabilities due to factors outside of our control, such as tax examinations.
We anticipate paying an additional $17.8 million upon replication and delivery of certain manufacturing assets of Pall Corporation's filter media business to Haemonetics by fiscal 2019.
Concentration of Credit Risk

While approximately 33%52% of our revenue isduring fiscal 2019 was generated by our fiveten largest customers, concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable are generally limited due to our large number of customers and their diversity across many geographic areas. ACertain markets and industries, however, can expose us to concentrations of credit risk. For example, in the Plasma business unit, sales are concentrated with several large customers. As a result, accounts receivable extended to any one of these biopharmaceutical customers can be significant at any point in time. In addition, a portion of our trade accounts receivable outside the United States, however,U.S. include sales to government-owned or supported healthcare systems in several countries, which are subject to payment delays and local economic conditions. Payment is dependent upon the financial stability and creditworthiness of those countries' national economies.

We have not incurred significant losses on receivables. We continually evaluate all receivables for potential collection risks associated with the availability of government funding and reimbursement practices. If the financial condition of customers or the countries' healthcare systems deteriorate such that their ability to make payments is uncertain, allowances may be required in future periods.

Legal Proceedings
We are presently engaged
In accordance with U.S. GAAP, we record a liability in various legal actions, and although our ultimate liability cannot be determined at the present time, we believe, based on consultation with counsel, that any such liability will not materially affect our consolidated financial statements for these matters when a loss is known or considered probable and the amount may be reasonably estimated. Actual settlements may be different than estimated and could have a material impact on our consolidated earnings, financial position and/or our results of operations.
Italian Employment Litigation
Our Italian manufacturing subsidiary is party to several actions initiated by former employeescash flows. For a discussion of our facilitymaterial legal proceedings refer to Note 15, Commitments & Contingencies, to our consolidated financial statements contained 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 timesItem 8 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.this Annual Report on Form 10-K

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.
As of April 1, 2017, the total amount of damages claimed by the plaintiffs in these matters is approximately $4.4 million. At this point in the proceedings, we believe losses are unlikely and therefore no amounts have been accrued. 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.Inflation

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 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 them $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. We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these claims.
It is not possible to accurately evaluate the likelihood or amount of any potential losses related to this claim and therefore no amounts have been accrued.
Inflation
We do not believe that inflation had a significant impact on our results of operations for the periods presented. Historically, we believe we have been able to mitigate the effects of inflation by improving our manufacturing and purchasing efficiencies, by increasing employee productivity and by adjusting the selling prices of products. We continue to monitor inflation pressures generally and raw materials indices that may affect our procurement and production costs. Increases in the price of petroleum derivatives could result in corresponding increases in our costs to procure plastic raw materials.

Foreign Exchange

During fiscal 2017, 41.0%2019, 37.3% of our sales were generated outside the U.S., generally in foreign currencies, yet our reporting currency is the U.S. Dollar. We also incur certain manufacturing, marketing and selling costs in international markets in local currency. Our primary foreign currency exposures relate to sales denominated in Euro, Japanese Yen, Chinese Yuan and Australian Dollars. We also have foreign currency exposure related to manufacturing and other operational costs denominated in Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars, Mexican Pesos and Malaysian Ringgit. The Yen, Euro, Yuan and Australian Dollar sales exposure is partially mitigated by costs and expenses for foreign operations and sourcing products denominated in foreign currencies.

Since our foreign currency denominated Yen, Euro, Yuan and Australian Dollar sales exceed the foreign currency denominated costs, whenever the U.S. Dollar strengthens relative to the Yen, Euro, Yuan or Australian Dollar, there is an adverse effect on our results of operations and, conversely, whenever the U.S. Dollar weakens relative to the Yen, Euro, Yuan or Australian Dollar, there is a positive effect on our results of operations. For Swiss Francs, Canadian Dollars Mexican Pesos and Malaysian Ringgit our primary cash flows relate to product costs or costs and expenses of local operations. Whenever the U.S. Dollar strengthens relative to these foreign currencies, there is a positive effect on our results of operations. Conversely, whenever the U.S. Dollar weakens relative to these currencies, there is an adverse effect on our results of operations.

We have a program in place that is designed to mitigate our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. That program includes the use of derivative financial instruments to minimize, for a period of time, the unforeseen impact on our financial results from changes in foreign exchange rates. We utilize forward foreign currency contracts to hedge the anticipated cash flows from transactions denominated in foreign currencies, primarily Japanese Yen and Euro, and to a lesser extent Swiss Francs, Australian Dollars, Canadian Dollars and Mexican Pesos. This does not eliminate the volatility of foreign exchange

rates, but because we generally enter into forward contracts one year out, rates are fixed for a one-year period, thereby facilitating financial planning and resource allocation. These contracts are designated as cash flow hedges. The final impact of currency fluctuations on the results of operations is dependent on the local currency amounts hedged and the actual local currency results.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Standards to be Implemented
Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)
In May 2014,February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)("FASB") issued ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). ASU No. 2014-09 stipulates that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation. ASU No. 2014-09 will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those reporting periods. Early adoption is permitted for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim reporting periods within that reporting period.
In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net). The purpose of ASU No. 2016-08 is to clarify the guidance on principal versus agent considerations. It includes indicators that help to determine whether an entity controls the specified good or service before it is transferred to the customer and to assist in determining when the entity satisfied the performance obligation and as such, whether to recognize a gross or a net amount of consideration in their consolidated statement of operations. The effective date and transition requirements are consistent with ASU No. 2014-09.
In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing. The guidance clarifies that entities are not required to assess whether promised goods or services are performance obligations if they are immaterial in the context of the contract. ASU No. 2016-10 also addresses how to determine whether promised goods or services are separately identifiable and permits entities to make a policy election to treat shipping and handling costs as fulfillment activities. In addition, it clarifies key provisions in Topic 606 related to licensing. The effective date and transition requirements are consistent with ASU No. 2014-09.
We have established a cross-functional implementation team consisting of representatives from all of our business units and regions. During fiscal 2017, we analyzed the impact of the standard on our contract portfolio by reviewing a representative sample of our contracts to identify potential differences that would result from applying the requirements of the new standard. The implementation team has apprised both management and the audit committee of project status on a recurring basis.
We have not finalized our assessment of the impact of Topic 606, however we believe our recognition of software revenue will be the most impacted. Software revenue accounts for approximately 7.5% of the Company's total revenue. We continue to analyze performance obligations, variable consideration and disclosures. Additionally, we are monitoring updates issued by the FASB. During the first half of fiscal 2018, we expect to substantially complete our impact assessment and initiate efforts to redesign impacted processes, policies and controls.
Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments-Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities. ASU No. 2016-01 requires entities to measure equity investments that do not result in consolidation and are not accounted for under the equity method at fair value with changes recognized in net income. However, an entity may choose to measure equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer. It also simplifies the impairment assessment of equity investments without readily determinable fair values by requiring a qualitative assessment to identify impairment. ASU No. 2016-01 also requires separate presentation of financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset and liability. ASU No. 2016-01 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption of certain provisions is permitted. Management does not believe that the adoption of ASU No. 2016-01 will have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASUStandards Codification ("ASC") Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). ASUASC Update No. 2016-02 is intended to increase the transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease asset and lease liabilities on the balance sheet, including those previously classified as operating leases under current U.S. GAAP and disclosing key information about

leasing arrangements. ASUASC Update No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years.years, and is applicable to us in fiscal 2020. Earlier adoption is permitted. The impact of adopting ASU No. 2016-02 on our financial position and results of operations is being assessed by management.
In March 2016,July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-09, Compensation- Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvementsan update to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting. The purposethe leasing guidance to allow an additional transition option which would allow companies to adopt the standard as of the update is to simplify several areasbeginning of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, includingyear of adoption as opposed to the income tax consequences,earliest comparative period presented. We adopted the new standard on March 31, 2019.

Upon transition, we plan to apply the package of practical expedients permitted under ASC Update No. 2016-02 transition guidance to our entire lease portfolio at March 31, 2019. As a result, we are not required to reassess (i) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) the classification of awards as either equityany expired or existing leases, and (iii) initial direct costs for any existing leases.

As a result of adopting ASC Update No. 2016-02, we expect to recognize additional right-of-use assets and corresponding liabilities forfeiture accounting, and classificationfor our existing lease portfolio on the statementour consolidated balance sheets of approximately $20 million to $25 million, with no material impact to our consolidated statements of operations or consolidated statements of cash flows. ASU No. 2016-09 is effectiveAdditionally, we are

in the process of implementing a new lease administration and lease accounting system, and updating our controls and procedures for annual reporting periods after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those fiscal periods. Early adoption is permitted. Management does not believe thatmaintaining and accounting for our lease portfolio under the adoption of ASU No. 2016-09 will have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.new standard.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASUASC Update No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). The guidance requires thatASC Update No. 2016-13 is to intended to replace the current incurred loss impairment methodology for financial assets measured at amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. The allowance for credit losses iswith a valuation accountmethodology that is deducted from the amortized cost basis. The income statement reflects the measurement of credit losses for newly recognized financial assets, as well as the expected credit losses during the period. The measurementand requires consideration of expected credit losses is based upon historical experience, current conditions, anda broader range of reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. Credit losses relatinginformation, including forecasted information, to available-for-sale debt securities will be recorded through an allowance fordevelop credit losses rather than as a direct write-down to the security. The updated guidanceloss estimates. ASC Update No. 2016-13 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and is applicable to the Companyus in fiscal 2021. EarlyWe are in the process of determining the effect that the adoption is permitted. The impact of adopting ASU No. 2016-13will have on our financial position and results of operations is being assessed by management.operations.
In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flow (Topic 230). The guidance reduces diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the Statements of Cash Flows. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is applicable to us in fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The adoption of ASU 2016-15 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740). The guidance requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales and transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period in which the transfer occurs. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is applicable to us in fiscal 2019. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The impact of adopting ASU No. 2016-16 on our financial position and results of operations is being assessed by management.
In January, 2017 the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations: Clarifying the Definition of a Business (Topic 805). The purpose of the update is to change the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities is a business. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and is applicable to us in fiscal 2018. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The impact of adopting ASU No. 2017-01 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2017, the FASB issued ASUASC Update No. 2017-07, Compensation - Retirement Benefits (Topic 715).. The guidance revises the presentation of net periodic pension cost and net periodic post-retirement benefit cost. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and is applicable to us in fiscal 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities as of the beginning of an annual reporting period. The impact of adopting ASUASC Update No. 2017-07 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

In June 2018, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2018-07, Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718). The new guidance will align the accounting for non-employee share-based payments with the existing employee share-based transactions guidance. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and is applicable to us in fiscal 2020. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including interim periods, but no earlier than the entity's adoption of ASC Topic 606. The impact of adopting ASC Update No. 2018-07 on our financial position and results of operations is being assessed by management.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2018-15, Intangibles, Goodwill and Other - Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40). The new guidance will align the accounting implementation costs incurred in a cloud computing arrangement that is a service contract with the accounting for internal-use software licenses. The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019 and is applicable to us in fiscal 2021. Early adoption is permitted for all entities, including interim periods. The impact of adopting ASC Update No. 2018-15 is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our significant accounting policies are summarized in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. While all of these significant accounting policies impact our financial condition and results of operations, we view certain of these policies as critical. Policies determined to be critical are those policies that have the most significant impact on our financial statements and require management to use a greater degree of judgment and/or estimates. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

The accounting policies identified as critical are as follows:

Revenue Recognition

Our revenue recognition policy is to recognize revenuesRevenues from product sales softwareare recorded at the net sales price, which includes estimates of variable consideration related to rebates, product returns and services in accordance with ASC Topic 605, Revenue Recognition, and ASC Topic 985-605, Software.volume discounts. These standards require that revenuesreserves, which are recognized when

persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, product delivery, including customer acceptance, has occurred or services have been rendered, the price is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. We may have multiple contracts with the same customer, and each contract is typically treated as a separate arrangement. When more than one element such as equipment, disposables, and services are contained in a single arrangement, we allocate revenue between the elements based on each element’s relative selling price, provided that each element meets the criteria for treatment as a separate unit of accounting. An item is considered a separate unit of accounting if it has value to the customer on a stand-alone basis. The selling priceestimates of the undelivered elements is determined byamounts earned or to be claimed on the price charged when the element is sold separately, or in cases when the item is not sold separately, by third-party evidence of selling price or by management's best estimate of selling price. For our software arrangements accounted for under the provisions of ASC 985-605, Software, we establish fair value of undelivered elements based upon vendor specific objective evidence.
We generally do not allow our customers to return products. We offerrelated sales, rebates and discounts to certain customers. We treat sales rebates and discountsare recorded as a reduction of revenue and classifya current liability. Our estimates take into consideration historical experience, current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, industry data, and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. Overall, these reserves reflect our best estimates of the corresponding liability as current. We estimate rebates for products where thereamount of consideration to which we are entitled based on the terms of the contract. The amount of variable consideration included in the net sales price is sufficient historical information availablelimited to predict the volumeamount that is probable not to result in a significant reversal in the amount of expectedthe cumulative revenue recognized in a future rebates.period. Revenue recognized in the current period related to performance obligations satisfied in prior periods was not material. If we are unable to estimate the expected rebates reasonably, we record a liability for the maximum potential rebate or discount that could be earned. In circumstances where we provide upfront rebate payments to customers, we capitalize the rebate payments and amortize the resulting asset as a reduction of revenue using a systematic method over the life of the contract.
We generally recognize revenue from the sale See Note 2, Summary of perpetual licenses on a percentage-of-completion basis which requires us to make reasonable estimates of the extent of progress toward completion of the contract. These arrangements most often include providing customized implementation services to our customer. We also provide other services, including in some instances hosting, technical support, Significant Accounting Policies and maintenance, for the payment of periodic, monthly, or quarterly fees. We recognize these fees and charges as earned, typically as these services are provided during the contract period.
Goodwill and Intangible Assets
Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and other identifiable intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized. Instead goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually in accordance with ASC Topic 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other ("Topic 350")Note 6, Revenue, or on an interim basis between annual tests when events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. We perform our annual impairment test on the first day of the fiscal fourth quarter for each of our reporting units.
In fiscal 2017, we early adopted ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. Under this amendment, entities perform their goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. A reporting unit is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, referred to as a component. We determine our reporting units by first identifying our operating segments, and then by assessing whether any components of these segments constitute a business for which discrete financial information is available and where segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. We aggregate components within an operating segment that have similar economic characteristics. Our reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill impairment are organized primarily based on operating segments and geography and include: (a) North America Plasma, (b) North America Blood Center, (c) North America Hospital, (d) Europe, Middle East, and Africa (collectively "EMEA"), (e) Asia-Pacific and (f) Japan. In the prior period, North America Blood Center and North America Hospital were components of a single reporting unit, Americas Blood Center and Hospital. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we completed certain organizational changes which resulted in the disaggregation of Americas Blood Center and Hospital into two separate reporting units.  The goodwill associated with the legacy Americas Blood Center and Hospital reporting unit was allocated to the North America Blood Center and North America Hospital reporting units based on their relative fair values. The North America Plasma reporting unit is a separate operating segment with dedicated segment management due to the size and scale of the Plasma business unit.
When allocating goodwill from business combinations to our reporting units, we assign goodwill to the reporting units that we expect to benefit from the respective business combination at the time of acquisition. In addition, for purposes of performing our goodwill impairment tests, assets and liabilities, including corporate assets, which relate to a reporting unit’s operations, and would be considered in determining its fair value, are allocated to the individual reporting units. We allocate assets and liabilities not directly related to a specific reporting unit, but from which the reporting unit benefits, based primarily on the respective revenue contribution of each reporting unit.
In fiscal 2017 and 2016, we used the income approach, specifically the discounted cash flow method, to derive the fair value of each of our reporting units in preparing our goodwill impairment assessments. This approach calculates fair value by estimating the after-tax cash flows attributable to a reporting unit and then discounting these after-tax cash flows to a present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate. We selected this method as being the most meaningful in preparing our goodwill assessments

because the use of the income approach typically generates a more precise measurement of fair value than the market approach. In applying the income approach to our accounting for goodwill, we make assumptions about the amount and timing of future expected cash flows, terminal value growth rates and appropriate discount rates. The amount and timing of future cash flows within our discounted cash flow analysis is based on our most recent operational budgets, long range strategic plans and other estimates. The terminal value growth rate is used to calculate the value of cash flows beyond the last projected period in our discounted cash flow analysis and reflects our best estimates for stable, perpetual growth of our reporting units. We use estimates of market-participant risk adjusted weighted average cost of capital as a basis for determining the discount rates to apply to our reporting units’ future expected cash flows. We corroborated the valuations that arose from the discounted cash flow approach by performing both a market multiple valuation and by reconciling the aggregate fair value of our reporting units to our market capitalization at the time of the test.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we performed our annual goodwill impairment test under the guidelines of ASU No. 2017-04. The results of the goodwill impairment test performed indicated that the estimated fair value of all of our reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values, with the exception of North America Blood Center. For North America Blood Center, we recorded an impairment charge of $57.0 million, which represented the entire goodwill balance associated with this reporting unit. There were no other reporting units at risk of impairment as of the fiscal 2017 annual test date.
During fiscal 2016, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $66.3 million associated with the EMEA reporting unit. At the time the impairment assessment was performed, this represented the entire goodwill balance of this reporting unit. During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, management reorganized its internal reporting structuring such that certain components of the Americas Blood Center and Hospital operating segment became components of the EMEA operating segment. As a result, we transferred $20.5 million of goodwill to the EMEA operating segment, which represented the portion of the goodwill associated with these components. Refer to Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional details regardingfurther information.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Although we use consistent methodologies in developing the goodwill impairments recorded.assumptions and estimates underlying the fair value calculations used in our impairment tests, these estimates are uncertain by nature and can vary from actual results. The use of alternative valuation assumptions, including estimated revenue projections, growth rates, cash flows and discount rates could result in different fair value estimates.

Future events that could have a negative impact on the levels of excess fair value over carrying value of our reporting units include, but are not limited to, the following:

Decreases in estimated market sizes or market growth rates due to greater-than-expected declines in procedural volumes, pricing pressures, product actions and/or competitive technology developments,

Declines in our market share and penetration assumptions due to increased competition, an inability to develop or launch new and next-generation products and technology features in line with our commercialization strategies and market and/or regulatory conditions that may cause significant launch delays or product recalls,

Decreases in our forecasted profitability due to an inability to implement successfully and achieve timely and sustainable cost improvement measures consistent with our expectations,

Changes in our reporting units or in the structure of our business as a result of future reorganizations, acquisitions or divestitures of assets or businesses and

Increases in our market-participant risk-adjusted weighted average cost of capital and increases in our market-participant tax rate and/or changes in tax laws or macroeconomic conditions.

Negative changes in one or more of these factors, among others, could result in future impairment charges.

We review intangible assets subject to amortization for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain conditions arise to determine if any adverse conditions exist that would indicate that the carrying value of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable, or that a change in the remaining useful life is required. Conditions indicating that an impairment exists include but are not limited to a change in the competitive landscape, internal decisions to pursue new or different technology strategies, a loss of a significant customer or a significant change in the marketplace including prices paid for our products or the size of the market for our products.
When an impairment indicator exists, we test the intangible asset for recoverability. For purposes of the recoverability test, we group our amortizable intangible assets with other assets and liabilities at the lowest level of identifiable cash flows if the intangible asset does not generate cash flows independent of other assets and liabilities. If the carrying value of the intangible asset (asset group) exceeds the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the intangible asset (asset group), we will write the carrying value down to the fair value in the period identified.
We generally calculate fair value of our intangible assets as the present value of estimated future cash flows we expect to generate from the asset using a risk-adjusted discount rate. In determining our estimated future cash flows associated with our intangible assets, we use estimates and assumptions about future revenue contributions, cost structures and remaining useful lives of the asset (asset group).
If we determine the estimate of an intangible asset's remaining useful life should be reduced based on our expected use of the asset, the remaining carrying amount of the asset is amortized prospectively over the revised estimated useful life.
During fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, we determined that there were potential impairment indicators for certain intangible assets subject to amortization. As such, we performed the recoverability test described above for the relevant asset groups. In fiscal 2017 and 2016, we determined that the undiscounted cash flows did not support the carrying value of certain identified asset groups and made the decision to discontinue the use of and investment in these assets. Accordingly, we recorded impairment charges of $4.8 million and $25.8 million, respectively, in fiscal 2017 and 2016. The impairment charges in fiscal 2017 consisted of non-core and underperforming assets while the $25.8 million of impairment charges recorded in fiscal 2016 consisted of $18.7 million related to the write down of the SOLX intangible assets and $7.1 million related to intangible assets that were identified as part of the Company's global strategic review. In fiscal 2015, we determined that the expected undiscounted cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the asset groups identified. See Note 5,2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies andNote 9, Goodwill and& Intangible Assets, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information.

Inventory Provisions

We base our provisions for excess, expired and obsolete inventory primarily on our estimates of forecasted net sales. A significant change in the timing or level of demand for our products as compared towith forecasted amounts may result in recording additional provisions for excess, expired and obsolete inventory in the future. Additionally, uncertain timing of next-generation product approvals, variability in product launch strategies, product recalls and variation in product utilization all affect our estimates related to excess, expired and obsolete inventory.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision is calculated for all jurisdictions in which we operate. The income tax provision process involves calculating current taxes due and assessing temporary differences arising from items whichthat are taxable or deductible in different periods for tax and accounting purposes and are recorded as deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are evaluated for realizability and a valuation allowance is maintained for the portion of our deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not realizable. All available evidence, both positive and negative, has been considered to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is needed against the deferred tax assets. Refer to Note 4, Income Taxes, to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information and discussion of our income tax provision and balances including a discussion of the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in December 2017.

We file income tax returns in all jurisdictions in which we operate. We record a liability for uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. Our financial statements reflect expected future tax consequences of such positions

presuming the taxing authorities' full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. We record a liability for the portion of unrecognized tax benefits claimed whichthat we have determined are not more-likely-than-not realizable. These tax reserves have been established based on management's assessment as to the potential exposure attributable to our uncertain tax positions as well as interest and penalties attributable to these uncertain tax positions. All tax reserves are analyzed quarterly and adjustments are made as events occur that result in changes in judgment.
We evaluate at the end of each reporting period whether some or all of the undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries are permanently reinvested. We recognize deferred income tax liabilities to the extent that management asserts that undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries are not permanently reinvested or will not be permanently reinvested in the future. Our position is based upon several factors including management’s evaluation of the Company and its subsidiaries’ financial requirements, the short term and long-term operational and fiscal objectives of the Company, and the tax consequences associated with the repatriation of earnings.
Contingencies

We may become involved in various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, patent infringement, product liability and environmental matters. Accruals recorded for various contingencies including legal proceedings, employee related litigation, self-insurance and other claims are based on judgment, the probability of losses and, where applicable, the consideration of opinions of internal and/or external legal counsel and actuarially determined estimates. When a loss is probable and a range of loss is established but a best estimate cannot be made, we record the minimum loss contingency amount. These estimates are often initially developed substantially earlier than the ultimate loss is known and the estimates are reevaluated each accounting period, as additional information is available. When we are initially unable to develop a best estimate of loss, we record the minimum amount of loss, which could be zero. As information becomes known, additional loss provision is recorded when either a best estimate can be made or the minimum loss amount is increased. When events result in an expectation of a more favorable outcome than previously expected, our best estimate is changed to a lower amount.


ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company’s exposures relative to market risk are due to foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk.

Foreign Exchange Risk

See the section above entitled Foreign Exchange for a discussion of how foreign currency affects our business. It is our policy to minimize, for a period of time, the unforeseen impact on our financial results of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates by using derivative financial instruments known as forward contracts to hedge anticipated cash flows from forecasted foreign currency denominated sales and costs. We do not use the financial instruments for speculative or trading activities.
We estimate the change in the fair value of all forward contracts assuming both a 10% strengthening and weakening of the U.S. dollar relative to all other major currencies. In the event of a 10% strengthening of the U.S. dollar, the change in fair value of all forward contracts would result in a $3.3$6.8 million increase in the fair value of the forward contracts, whereas a 10% weakening of the U.S. dollar would result in a $3.2$7.0 million decrease in the fair value of the forward contracts.

Interest Rate Risk

Our exposure to changes in interest rates is associated with borrowings onunder our Credit Agreement,Facilities, all of which is variable rate debt. Total outstanding debt under our Credit Facilities for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 was $315.4$351.9 million with an interest rate of 2.25%3.8% based on prevailing Adjusted LIBOR rates. An increase of 100 basis points in Adjusted LIBOR rates would result in additional annual interest expense of $3.2$3.5 million. On DecemberAugust 21, 2012,2018, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert $250.0$241.9 million of borrowings under our Credit Facilities from a variable rate to a fixed rate. TheThese interest rate swaps are intended to mitigate the exposure to fluctuations in interest rates and qualify for hedge accounting treatment as cash flow hedges.



Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors and Shareholders of Haemonetics Corporation

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Haemonetics Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 and April 2, 2016, andMarch 31, 2018, the related consolidated statements of (loss) income (loss), comprehensive loss, shareholders'income (loss), stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended April 1, 2017. Our audits also includedMarch 30, 2019, and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15(a) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). These financial statements and schedule are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and schedule based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Haemonetics Corporationthe Company at March 30, 2019 and subsidiaries at April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016,March 31, 2018, and the consolidated results of theirits operations and theirits cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Also, in our opinion, the related financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), Haemonetics Corporation’sthe Company's internal control over financial reporting as of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated May 24, 201722, 2019 expressed an adverseunqualified opinion thereon.

Adoption of New Accounting Standard

As discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for revenue effective April 1, 2018 due to the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), and the related amendments.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2002.
Boston, Massachusetts
May 24, 201722, 2019



ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) INCOME
(In thousands, except per share data)
Year EndedYear Ended
April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
          
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
Cost of goods sold507,622
 502,918
 475,955
550,043
 492,015
 507,622
Gross profit378,494
 405,914
 434,418
417,536
 411,908
 378,494
Operating expenses: 
  
  
 
  
  
Research and development37,556
 44,965
 54,187
35,714
 39,228
 37,556
Selling, general and administrative301,726
 317,223
 337,168
298,277
 316,523
 301,726
Impairment of assets58,593
 92,395
 5,441

 
 58,593
Contingent consideration income
 (4,727) (2,918)
Total operating expenses397,875
 449,856
 393,878
333,991
 355,751
 397,875
Operating (loss) income(19,381) (43,942) 40,540
Other expense, net(8,095) (9,474) (9,375)
(Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes(27,476) (53,416) 31,165
(Benefit) provision for income taxes(1,208) 2,163
 14,268
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
Operating income (loss)83,545
 56,157
 (19,381)
Gain on divestiture
 8,000
 
Interest and other expense, net(9,912) (4,525) (8,095)
Income (loss) before provision (benefit) for income taxes73,633
 59,632
 (27,476)
Provision (benefit) for income taxes18,614
 14,060
 (1,208)
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268)
 
  
  
 
  
  
Net (loss) income per share - basic$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.33
Net (loss) income per share - diluted$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.32
Net income (loss) per share - basic$1.07
 $0.86
 $(0.51)
Net income (loss) per share - diluted$1.04
 $0.85
 $(0.51)
          
Weighted average shares outstanding 
  
  
 
  
  
Basic51,524
 50,910
 51,533
51,533
 52,755
 51,524
Diluted51,524
 50,910
 52,089
52,942
 53,501
 51,524
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSSINCOME (LOSS)
(In thousands)
 Year Ended
 April 1, 2017 April 2, 2016 March 28, 2015
      
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
      
Other comprehensive income (loss):     
Impact of defined benefit plans, net of tax5,220
 1,431
 (4,331)
Foreign currency translation adjustment(7,336) (1,987) (23,710)
Unrealized (loss) gain on cash flow hedges, net of tax(364) (3,938) 11,371
Reclassifications into earnings of cash flow hedge losses (gains), net of tax4,647
 (8,822) (6,464)
Other comprehensive income (loss)2,167
 (13,316) (23,134)
Comprehensive loss$(24,101) $(68,895) $(6,237)
 Year Ended
 March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
      
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268)
      
Other comprehensive (loss) income:     
Impact of defined benefit plans, net of tax(204) 1,949
 5,220
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of tax(9,108) 13,430
 (7,336)
Unrealized loss on cash flow hedges, net of tax(1,877) (2,796) (364)
Reclassifications into earnings of cash flow hedge (gains) losses, net of tax(200) 1,299
 4,647
Other comprehensive (loss) income(11,389) 13,882
 2,167
Comprehensive income (loss)$43,630
 $59,454
 $(24,101)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
ASSETS      
Current assets: 
  
 
  
Cash and cash equivalents$139,564
 $115,123
$169,351
 $180,169
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $2,184 at April 1, 2017 and $2,253 at April 2, 2016152,683
 157,093
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $3,937 at March 30, 2019 and $2,111 at March 31, 2018185,027
 151,226
Inventories, net176,929
 187,028
194,337
 160,799
Prepaid expenses and other current assets40,853
 28,842
27,406
 28,983
Total current assets510,029
 488,086
576,121
 521,177
Property, plant and equipment, net323,862
 337,634
343,979
 332,156
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $215,772 at April 1, 2017 and $190,816 at April 2, 2016177,540
 204,458
Intangible assets, less accumulated amortization of $263,479 at March 30, 2019 and $249,278 at March 31, 2018127,693
 156,589
Goodwill210,841
 267,840
210,819
 211,395
Deferred tax asset, long term3,988
 7,055
Deferred tax asset4,359
 3,961
Other long-term assets12,449
 14,055
11,796
 12,061
Total assets$1,238,709
 $1,319,128
$1,274,767
 $1,237,339
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      
Current liabilities: 
  
 
  
Notes payable and current maturities of long-term debt$61,022
 $43,471
$27,666
 $194,259
Accounts payable42,973
 39,674
63,361
 55,265
Accrued payroll and related costs43,534
 35,798
53,200
 69,519
Other current liabilities63,650
 66,608
91,532
 65,660
Total current liabilities211,179
 185,551
235,759
 384,703
Long-term debt, net of current maturities253,625
 364,529
322,454
 59,423
Long-term deferred tax liability12,114
 21,377
Deferred tax liability19,906
 6,526
Other long-term liabilities22,181
 26,106
28,780
 34,258
Stockholders’ equity: 
  
 
  
Common stock, $0.01 par value; Authorized — 150,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding — 52,255,495 shares at April 1, 2017 and 50,932,348 shares at April 2, 2016523
 509
Common stock, $0.01 par value; Authorized — 150,000,000 shares; Issued and outstanding — 51,019,918 shares at March 30, 2019 and 52,342,965 shares at March 31, 2018510
 523
Additional paid-in capital482,044
 439,912
536,320
 503,955
Retained earnings289,916
 316,184
161,418
 266,942
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(32,873) (35,040)(30,380) (18,991)
Total stockholders’ equity739,610
 721,565
667,868
 752,429
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$1,238,709
 $1,319,128
$1,274,767
 $1,237,339
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.


HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(In thousands, except share data)
Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in Capital
 Retained Earnings 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
Common Stock 
Additional
Paid-in Capital
 Retained Earnings 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Income/(Loss)
 
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
Shares Par Value Shares Par Value 
Balance, March 29, 201452,041
 $520
 $402,611
 $433,347
 $1,410
 $837,888
Balance, April 2, 201650,932
 $509
 $439,912
 $316,184
 $(35,040) $721,565
Employee stock purchase plan183
 2
 4,761
 
 
 4,763
141
 2
 3,557
 
 
 3,559
Exercise of stock options and related tax benefit500
 5
 14,640
 
 
 14,645
Shares repurchased(1,174) (11) (9,143) (29,879) 
 (39,033)
Exercise of stock options1,048
 12
 29,425
 
 
 29,437
Issuance of restricted stock, net of cancellations121
 1
 
 
 
 1
134
 
 
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 14,095
 
 
 14,095
Net income
 
 
 16,897
 
 16,897
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (23,134) (23,134)
Balance, March 28, 201551,671
 $517
 $426,964
 $420,365
 $(21,724) $826,122
Share-based compensation expense
 
 9,150
 
 
 9,150
Net loss
 
 
 (26,268) 
 (26,268)
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 2,167
 2,167
Balance, April 1, 201752,255
 $523
 $482,044
 $289,916
 $(32,873) $739,610
Employee stock purchase plan145
 1
 4,340
 
 
 4,341
102
 1
 3,245
 
 
 3,246
Exercise of stock options492
 6
 14,026
 
 
 14,032
1,014
 11
 37,083
 
 
 37,094
Shares repurchased(1,488) (15) (12,367) (48,602) 
 (60,984)(1,162) (12) (31,442) (68,546) 
 (100,000)
Issuance of restricted stock, net of cancellations112
 
 
 
 
 
134
 
 
 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 6,949
 
 
 6,949
Net loss
 
 
 (55,579) 
 (55,579)
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (13,316) (13,316)
Balance, April 2, 201650,932
 $509
 $439,912
 $316,184
 $(35,040) $721,565
Share-based compensation expense
 
 13,025
 
 
 13,025
Net income
 
 
 45,572
 
 45,572
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 13,882
 13,882
Balance, March 31, 201852,343
 $523
 $503,955
 $266,942
 $(18,991) $752,429
Employee stock purchase plan141
 2
 3,557
 
 
 3,559
67
 1
 3,253
 
 
 3,254
Exercise of stock options1,048
 12
 29,425
 
 
 29,437
287
 3
 10,188
 
 
 10,191
Shares repurchased(1,841) (18) 1,737
 (161,719) 
 (160,000)
Issuance of restricted stock, net of cancellations134
 
 
 
 
 
164
 1
 (1) 
 
 
Stock-based compensation expense
 
 9,150
 
 
 9,150
Net loss
 
 
 (26,268) 
 (26,268)
Other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 2,167
 2,167
Balance, April 1, 201752,255
 $523
 $482,044
 $289,916
 $(32,873) $739,610
Share-based compensation expense
 
 17,188
 
 
 17,188
Cumulative effect of change in accounting standards
 
 
 1,176
 
 1,176
Net income
 
 
 55,019
 
 55,019
Other comprehensive loss
 
 
 
 (11,389) (11,389)
Balance, March 30, 201951,020
 $510
 $536,320
 $161,418
 $(30,380) $667,868
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
Year EndedYear Ended
April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
Cash Flows from Operating Activities: 
  
  
 
  
  
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
  
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: 
  
  
Non-cash items: 
  
  
 
  
  
Depreciation and amortization89,733
 89,911
 86,053
109,418
 89,247
 89,733
Impairment of assets75,348
 101,243
 5,877
21,170
 2,673
 75,348
Stock-based compensation expense9,150
 6,949
 14,095
Deferred tax (benefit) expense(6,800) (1,038) 4,230
Unrealized loss (gain) from hedging activities517
 (2,645) 1,558
Changes in fair value of contingent consideration
 (4,727) (2,918)
Share-based compensation expense17,188
 13,025
 9,150
Gain on divestiture
 (8,000) 
Deferred tax provision (benefit)13,351
 (5,828) (6,800)
Unrealized (gain) loss from hedging activities(24) (649) 517
Provision for losses on accounts receivable and inventory11,381
 13,053
 4,972
6,325
 2,639
 11,381
Other non-cash operating activities860
 899
 1,055
(416) 1,692
 860
Change in operating assets and liabilities: 
  
  
 
  
  
Change in accounts receivable3,155
 (10,328) 8,446
(38,064) 5,087
 3,155
Change in inventories(1,552) 11,896
 (21,515)(39,322) 14,385
 (1,552)
Change in prepaid income taxes1,395
 (651) 10,662
(3,594) 1,436
 1,395
Change in other assets and other liabilities(18,253) 3,121
 (8,013)494
 17,670
 (18,253)
Tax benefit of exercise of stock options
 
 3,786
Change in accounts payable and accrued expenses21,072
 (30,239) 1,993
17,736
 41,401
 21,072
Net cash provided by operating activities159,738
 121,865
 127,178
159,281
 220,350
 159,738
Cash Flows from Investing Activities: 
  
  
 
  
  
Capital expenditures(76,135) (102,405) (122,220)(118,961) (74,799) (76,135)
Proceeds from divestiture
 9,000
 
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment2,822
 637
 452
2,813
 2,758
 2,822
Other acquisitions and investments
 (3,000) 
Net cash used in investing activities(73,313) (104,768) (121,768)(116,148) (63,041) (73,313)
Cash Flows from Financing Activities: 
  
  
 
  
  
Payments on long-term real estate mortgage
 (943) (1,048)
Net (decrease) increase in short-term loans(50,727) 2,272
 843
Term loan borrowings347,780
 
 
Repayment of term loan borrowings(42,683) (21,342) (8,531)(266,853) (61,654) (42,683)
Net increase (decrease) in short-term loans15,000
 671
 (50,727)
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan3,560
 4,341
 4,763
3,254
 3,246
 3,560
Proceeds from exercise of stock options29,437
 14,032
 9,290
10,191
 37,094
 29,437
Share repurchases
 (60,984) (39,033)(160,000) (100,000) 
Other financing activities
 
 556
Net cash used in financing activities(60,413) (62,624) (33,160)(50,628) (120,643) (60,413)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents(1,571) (12) (4,057)(3,323) 3,939
 (1,571)
Net Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents24,441
 (45,539) (31,807)(10,818) 40,605
 24,441
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Year115,123
 160,662
 192,469
180,169
 139,564
 115,123
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Year$139,564
 $115,123
 $160,662
$169,351
 $180,169
 $139,564
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information: 
  
  
 
  
  
Interest paid$7,850
 $8,511
 $8,497
$13,116
 $7,663
 $7,850
Income taxes paid$6,957
 $7,829
 $11,211
$8,205
 $9,083
 $6,957
Transfers from inventory to fixed assets for placement of Haemonetics equipment$6,255
 $9,663
 $7,458
$16,345
 $8,963
 $6,255
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

HAEMONETICS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


1. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Haemonetics Corporation ("Haemonetics" or the "Company") is a global healthcare company dedicated to providing a suite of innovative hematology products and solutions to customers to help them improve patient care and reduce the cost of healthcare. OurIts technology addresses important medical markets including blood and plasma component collection, the surgical suite, and hospital transfusion services.

Blood is essential to a modern healthcare system. Blood and its components (plasma, platelets and red cells) have many vital - and frequently life-saving - clinical applications. Plasma is used for patients with major blood loss and is manufactured into biopharmaceuticals to treat a variety of illnesses, including immune diseases and coagulation disorders. Red cells treat trauma patients or patients undergoing surgery with high blood loss, such as open heart surgery or organ transplant. Platelets have many uses in patient care, including supporting cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Blood is essential to a modern healthcare system.

Haemonetics develops and markets a wide range of devices and solutions to serve ourits customers. We provideThe Company provides plasma collection systems and software whichthat enable the collection of plasma fractionatorsused by biopharmaceutical companies to make life saving pharmaceuticals. We providepharmaceuticals and also provides analytical devices for measuring hemostasis whichthat enable healthcare providers to better manage their patients’ bleeding risk. HaemoneticsIn addition, the Company makes blood processing systems and software whichthat make blood donation more efficient and track life giving blood components. Finally, Haemonetics supplies systems and software whichthat facilitate blood transfusions and cell processing.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements present separately the Company's consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The accompanying consolidated financial statements present separately our financial position, results of operations, cash flows, and changes in shareholders’ equity. All amounts presented, except per share amounts, are stated in thousands of U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated. Operating results for fiscal 2017 include an overstatementThe Company has assessed its ability to continue as a going concern. As of inventory related charges dueMarch 30, 2019, Haemonetics has concluded that substantial doubt about its ability to the correction of capitalized manufacturing variances and corrections of certain out of period items. Absent these corrections, our operating loss for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 would have been $2.4 million lower than the amount included in the accompanying consolidated statements of (loss) income and comprehensive loss.continue as a going concern does not exist.
Operating results for fiscal 2016 include the correction of an overstated liability in fiscal 2014, the correction of capitalized manufacturing variances identified during fiscal 2017 and corrections of certain other out of period items, all of which were determined to be immaterial to all periods impacted. Absent these corrections, our net loss for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2016 would have been $3.5 million higher than the amount included in the accompanying consolidated statements of (loss) income and comprehensive loss.
We considerThe Company considers events or transactions that occur after the balance sheet date but prior to the issuance of the financial statements to provide additional evidence relative to certain estimates or to identify matters that require additional disclosure. Refer to Note 19,20, Subsequent Events,for information pertaining to the saledivestiture of a product line which occurred after the balance sheet date but prior to the issuance of the financial statements. There were no other material subsequent events identified.manufacturing facility.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Fiscal Year
Our
Haemonetics' fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to the last day of March. Fiscal 20172019, 2018 and 20152017 include 52 weeks with each quarter having 13 weeks. Fiscal 2016 includes 53 weeks with each of the first three quarters having 13 weeks and the fourth quarter having 14 weeks.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include all accounts including those of ourits subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires usthe Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could vary from the amounts derived from ourits estimates and assumptions. We considerThe Company considers estimates to be critical if wethey are required to make assumptions about material matters that are uncertain at the time of estimation or if materially different estimates could have been made or it is reasonably likely that the accounting estimate will change from period to period. The following are areas considered to be critical and require management’s judgment: revenue recognition, allowance for doubtful accounts, inventory provisions, intangible asset and goodwill valuation, legal and other judgmental accruals and income taxes.

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Reclassifications

Certain immaterial reclassifications have been made to prior years' amounts to conform to the current year's presentation.

Contingencies
We
The Company may become involved in various legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, patent infringement, product liability and environmental matters. Accruals recorded for various contingencies including legal proceedings, employee related litigation, self-insurance and other claims are based on judgment, the probability of losses and, where applicable, the consideration of opinions of internal and/or external legal counsel and actuarially determined estimates. When a loss is probable and a range of loss is established but a best estimate cannot be made, we recordthe Company records the minimum loss contingency amount, which could be zero. These estimates are often initially developed substantially earlier than the ultimate loss is known and the estimates are reevaluated each accounting period, as additional information is available. As information becomes known, an additional loss provision is recorded when either a best estimate can be made or the minimum loss amount is increased. When events result in an expectation of a more favorable outcome than previously expected, ourthe best estimate is changed to a lower amount.

Revenue Recognition

OurThe Company's revenue recognition policy is to recognize revenues from product sales, software and services in accordance with ASC Topic 605,the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Update No. 2014-19, Revenue Recognition, and ASC Topic 985-605, Softwarefrom Contracts with Customers (Topic 606). These standards require that revenues areRevenue is recognized when persuasive evidenceobligations under the terms of an arrangement exists, product delivery, includinga contract with a customer acceptance,are satisfied; this occurs with the transfer of control of the Company’s goods or services. The Company considers revenue to be earned when all of the following criteria are met: it has occurreda contract with a customer that creates enforceable rights and obligations; promised products or services have been rendered,are identified; the transaction price, or the consideration the Company expects to receive for transferring goods or providing services, is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. We may have multiple contracts withit has transferred control of the same customer, and each contract is typically treated as a separate arrangement. When more than one element such as equipment, disposables, and services are containedpromised items to the customer. A promise in a single arrangement, we allocate revenue between the elements based on each element’s relative selling price, provided that each element meets the criteria for treatment ascontract to transfer a separate unit of accounting. An item is considered a separate unit of accounting if it has valuedistinct good or service to the customer is identified as a performance obligation. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each performance obligation and recognized as revenue when, or as, the performance obligation is satisfied. Some of the Company’s contracts have multiple performance obligations. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the contract’s transaction price to each performance obligation based on the estimated standalone selling prices of the good or service in the contract. For goods or services for which observable standalone selling prices are not available, the Company uses an expected cost plus a stand-alone basis. Themargin approach to estimate the standalone selling price of the undelivered elements is determined by the price charged when the element is sold separately, or in cases when the item is not sold separately, by third-party evidence of selling price or by management's best estimate of selling price. For our software arrangements accounted for under the provisions of ASC 985-605, Software, we establish fair value of undelivered elements based upon vendor specific objective evidence.each performance obligation.
We offer sales rebates and discounts to certain customers. We treat sales rebates and discounts as a reduction of revenue and classify the corresponding liability as current. We estimate rebates for products where there is sufficient historical information available to predict the volume of expected future rebates. If we are unable to estimate the expected rebates reasonably, we record a liability for the maximum potential rebate or discount that could be earned. In circumstances where we provide upfront rebate payments to customers, we capitalize the rebate payments and amortize the resulting asset as a reduction of revenue using a systematic method over the life of the contract.
Product Revenues

The majority of the Company’s performance obligations related to product sales are satisfied at a point in time. Product sales consistrevenue consists of the sale of ourits disposable blood component collection and processing sets and the related equipment. OnThe Company’s performance obligation related to product sales to end customers, revenue is recognized when both the title and risk of loss have transferredsatisfied upon shipment or delivery to the customer based on the specified terms set forth in the customer contract. Shipping and handling activities performed after a customer obtains control of the good are treated as determinedfulfillment activities and are not considered to be a separate performance obligation. Revenue is recognized over time for maintenance plans provided to customers that provide services beyond the Company’s standard warranty period. Payment terms between customers related to product sales vary by the shipping termstype of customer, country of sale, and all obligations havethe products or services offered and could result in an unbilled receivable or deferred revenue balance depending on whether the performance obligation has been completed. satisfied (or partially satisfied).

For product sales to distributors, we recognizethe Company recognizes revenue for both equipment and disposables upon shipment of these products to our distributors. Ourdistributors, which is when its performance obligations are complete. The Company's standard contracts with ourits distributors state that title to the equipment passes to the distributors at point of shipment to a distributor’s location. The distributors are responsible for shipment to the end customer along with any installation, training and acceptance of the equipment by the end customer. Payments from distributors are not contingent upon resale of the product. We

The Company also placeplaces equipment at customer sites. While we retainthe Company retains ownership of this equipment, the customer has the right to use it for a period of time provided they meet certain agreed to conditions. We recoverThe Company recovers the cost of providing the equipment from the sale of its disposables.

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Software and Other Revenues
We offer
To a varietylesser extent, the Company enters into other types of contracts including certain software licensing arrangements to provide software solutions to support ourits plasma, blood collection and hospital customers. We provide information technology platforms and technical support for donor recruitment, blood and plasma testing laboratories, and for efficient and compliant operations of blood and plasma collection centers. For plasma customers, we also provide information technology platforms for managing distribution of plasma from collection centers to plasma fractionation facilities. For hospitals, we provide solutions to help improve patient safety, reduce cost and ensure compliance.
Our software revenues also include revenue from software sales which includes per collection or monthly subscription fees for the license and support of the software as well as hosting services. A significant portion of ourits software sales are perpetual licenses typically accompanied withby significant implementation service feesservices related to software customization as well as other professional and technical service fees.
Weservices. The Company generally recognizerecognizes revenue from the sale of perpetual licenses on a percentage-of-completion basisand related customization services over time (the Company is creating or enhancing an asset that the customer controls) using an input method which requires usit to make reasonable estimates of the extent of progress toward completion of the contract. These arrangements most often include providing customized implementation services to our customer. We also provideWhen the Company provides other services, including in some instances hosting, technical support and maintenance, for the payment of periodic, monthly, or quarterly fees. We recognizeit recognizes these fees and charges over time (the customer simultaneously receives and consumes benefits), as earned, typically asperformance obligations for these services are providedsatisfied during the contract period. Certain of the Company's software licensing arrangements are term-based licenses that include a per-collection or a usage-based fee related to the use of the license and the related technical support and hosting services. For these usage-based arrangements, the Company applies the revenue recognition exception resulting in revenue recognition occurring upon the later of actual usage or satisfaction of the related performance obligations. The payment terms for software licensing arrangements vary by customer pursuant to the terms set forth in the customer contract and result in an unbilled receivable or deferred revenue balance depending on whether the performance obligation has been satisfied (or partially satisfied).

Significant Judgments

Revenues from product sales are recorded at the net sales price, which includes estimates of variable consideration related to rebates, product returns and volume discounts. These reserves, which are based on estimates of the amounts earned or to be claimed on the related sales, are recorded as a reduction of revenue and a current liability. The Company's estimates take into consideration historical experience, current contractual and statutory requirements, specific known market events and trends, industry data, and forecasted customer buying and payment patterns. Overall, these reserves reflect the Company’s best estimates of the amount of consideration to which it is entitled based on the terms of the contract. The amount of variable consideration included in the net sales price is limited to the amount that is probable not to result in a significant reversal in the amount of the cumulative revenue recognized in a future period. Revenue recognized in the current period related to performance obligations satisfied in prior periods was not material. If the Company is unable to estimate the expected rebates reasonably, it records a liability for the maximum potential rebate or discount that could be earned. In circumstances where the Company provides upfront rebate payments to customers, it capitalizes the rebate payments and amortizes the resulting asset as a reduction of revenue using a systematic method over the life of the contract.
Contract Balances

The timing of revenue recognition, billings and cash collections results in billed accounts receivable, unbilled receivables (contract assets), and customer advances and deposits (contract liabilities) on the consolidated balance sheets. The difference in timing between billing and revenue recognition primarily occurs in software licensing arrangements, resulting in contract assets and contract liabilities.

Practical Expedients

The Company elected not to disclose the value of transaction price allocated to unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less. When applicable, the Company has also elected to use the practical expedient to not adjust the promised amount of consideration for the effects of a significant financing component if it is expected, at contract inception, that the period between when the Company transfers a promised good or service to a customer and when the customer pays for that good or service, will be one year or less.

Non-Income Taxes
We are
The Company is required to collect sales or valued added taxes in connection with the sale of certain of ourits products. We reportThe Company reports revenues net of these amounts as they are promptly remitted to the relevant taxing authority.
We areThe Company is also required to pay a medical device excise tax relating to U.S. sales of Class I, II and III medical devices. This excise tax, which went into effect January 1, 2013, was established as part of the March 2010 U.S. healthcare reform legislation and has beenwas included in selling, general and administrative expenses. In December 2015, this tax was suspended for two

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years, beginning on January 1, 2016. ThisIn January 2018, another temporary two year suspension of the excise tax may be imposed again beginning on January 1, 2018, unlesswas passed, extending the suspension is extended or the medical device excise tax is permanently repealed.until December 31, 2019.

Translation of Foreign Currencies

All assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at the rate of exchange at year-end while sales and expenses are translated at an average rate in effect during the year. The net effect of these translation adjustments is shown in the accompanying financial statements as a component of stockholders' equity. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses, including those resulting from intercompany transactions, are charged directly to earnings and included in other expense, net on the consolidated statements of income (loss) income.. The impact of foreign exchange on long-term intercompany loans, for which repayment has not been scheduled or planned, are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the consolidated balance sheet.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash equivalents include various instruments such as money market funds, U.S. government obligations and commercial paper with maturities of three months or less at date of acquisition. Cash and cash equivalents are recorded at cost, which approximates fair market value. As of April 1, 2017, ourMarch 30, 2019, cash and cash equivalents consisted of investments in United States Government Agency and institutional money market funds.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts
We establish
The Company establishes a specific allowance for customers when it is probable that they will not be able to meet their financial obligation.obligations. Customer accounts are reviewed individually on a regular basis and appropriate reserves are established as deemed appropriate. WeThe Company also maintainmaintains a general reserve using a percentage that is established based upon the age of ourits receivables and ourits collection history. We establishThe Company establishes allowances for balances not yet due and past due accounts based on past experience.

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Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and include the cost of material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Cost is determined with the first-in, first-out method. We haveThe Company has based ourits provisions for excess, expired and obsolete inventory primarily on ourits estimates of forecasted net sales. Significant changes in the timing or level of demand for ourthe Company's products resultsresult in recording additional provisions for excess, expired and obsolete inventory. Additionally, uncertain timing of next-generation product approvals, variability in product launch strategies, non-cancelable purchase commitments, product recalls and variation in product utilization all affect ourthe Company's estimates related to excess, expired and obsolete inventory.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment is recorded at historical cost. We provideThe Company provides for depreciation and amortization by charges to operations using the straight-line method in amounts estimated to recover the cost of the building and improvements, equipment and furniture and fixtures over their estimated useful lives as follows:
Asset Classification 
Estimated
Useful Lives
Building 30-40 Years
Building improvements 5-20 Years
Plant equipment and machinery 3-15 Years
Office equipment and information technology 2-103-10 Years
Haemonetics equipment 3-7 Years
We evaluate
The Company evaluates the depreciation periods of property, plant and equipment to determine whether events or circumstances warrant revised estimates of useful lives. All property, plant and equipment are also tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amount may not be recoverable.
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The Company's installed base of devices includes devices owned by usthe Company and devices sold to the customer. The asset on ourits balance sheet classified as Haemonetics equipment consists of medical devices installed at customer sites but owned by Haemonetics. Generally the customer has the right to use it for a period of time as long as they meet the conditions we havethe Company has established, which among other things, generally include one or more of the following:

Purchase and consumption of a certain level of disposable products
Payment of monthly rental fees
An asset utilization performance metric, such as performing a minimum level of procedures per month per device

Consistent with the impairment tests noted below for other intangible assets subject to amortization, we reviewthe Company reviews Haemonetics equipment and their related useful lives at least once a year, or more frequently if certain conditions arise, to determine if any adverse conditions exist that would indicate the carrying value of these assets may not be recoverable. To conduct these reviews, we estimatethe Company estimates the future amount and timing of demand for disposables used with these devices, from which weit generate revenues. WeThe Company also considerconsiders product life cycle in ourits evaluation of useful life and recoverability. Changes in expected demand can result in additional depreciation expense, which is classified as cost of goods sold. Any significant unanticipated changes in demand could impact the value of ourthe Company's devices and ourits reported operating results.

Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lesser of their useful lives or the term of the lease. Maintenance and repairs are generally expensed to operations as incurred. When the repair or maintenance costs significantly extend the life of the asset, these costs may be capitalized. When equipment and improvements are sold or otherwise disposed of, the asset cost and accumulated depreciation are removed from the accounts and the resulting gain or loss, if any, is included in the consolidated statements of income (loss) income..

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and other identifiable intangible assets acquired. Goodwill is not amortized. Instead goodwill is reviewed for impairment at least annually, in accordance with ASC Topic 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other ("Topic 350"), or on an interim basis between annual tests when events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. We perform ourThe Company performs its annual impairment test on the first day of the fiscal fourth quarter for each of ourits reporting units.


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In fiscal 2017, we early adopted ASUUnder ASC Update No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.Impairment Under this amendment, entities perform their goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. A reporting unit is defined as an operating segment or one level below an operating segment, referred to as a component. We determine ourThe Company determines its reporting units by first identifying ourits operating segments and then by assessing whether any components of these segments constitute a business for which discrete financial information is available and where segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. We aggregateThe Company aggregates components within an operating segment that have similar economic characteristics. OurIts reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill impairment are organized primarily based on operating segments and geography and include: (a) North America Plasma, (b) North America Blood Center, (c) North America Hospital, (d) Europe, Middle East and Africa (collectively "EMEA"), (e) Asia-Pacific and (f) Japan. In the prior period, North America Blood Center and North America Hospital were components of a single reporting unit, Americas Blood Center and Hospital. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we completed certain organizational changes which resulted in the disaggregation of Americas Blood Center and Hospital into two separate reporting units.  The goodwill associated with the legacy Americas Blood Center and Hospital reporting unit was allocated to the North America Blood Center and North America Hospital reporting units based on their relative fair values. The North America Plasma reporting unit is a separate operating segment with dedicated segment management due to the size and scale of the Plasma business unit.

When allocating goodwill from business combinations to ourits reporting units, we assignthe Company assigns goodwill to the reporting units that we expectit expects to benefit from the respective business combination at the time of acquisition. In addition, for purposes of performing ourits goodwill impairment tests, assets and liabilities, including corporate assets, which relate to a reporting unit’s operations and would be considered in determining its fair value, are allocated to the individual reporting units. We allocateThe Company allocates assets and liabilities not directly related to a specific reporting unit, but from which the reporting unit benefits, based primarily on the respective revenue contribution of each reporting unit.
In fiscal 2017 and 2016, we used
The Company uses the income approach, specifically the discounted cash flow method, to derive the fair value of each of ourits reporting units in preparing ourits goodwill impairment assessments. This approach calculates fair value by estimating the after-tax cash flows attributable to a reporting unit and then discounting these after-tax cash flows to a present value using a risk-adjusted discount rate. WeThe Company selected this method as being the most meaningful in preparing ourits goodwill assessments because the use of the income approach typically generates a more precise measurement of fair value than the market approach. In applying the income approach to ourits accounting for goodwill, we makethe Company makes assumptions about the amount

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and timing of future expected cash flows, terminal value growth rates and appropriate discount rates. The amount and timing of future cash flows within ourthe Company's discounted cash flow analysis is based on ourits most recent operational budgets, long range strategic plans and other estimates. The terminal value growth rate is used to calculate the value of cash flows beyond the last projected period in ourthe Company's discounted cash flow analysis and reflects ourthe Company's best estimates for stable, perpetual growth of ourits reporting units. We useThe Company uses estimates of market-participant risk adjusted weighted average cost of capital as a basis for determining the discount rates to apply to ourits reporting units’ future expected cash flows. WeThe Company corroborated the valuations that arose from the discounted cash flow approach by performing both a market multiple valuation and by reconciling the aggregate fair value of ourits reporting units to ourits market capitalization at the time of the test.

During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we2019 and 2018, the Company performed ourits annual goodwill impairment test under the guidelines of ASUASC Update No. 2017-04. The results of the goodwill impairment test performed indicated that the estimated fair value of all of ourits reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values, with the exception of North America Blood Center, for which we recorded an impairment charge of $57.0 million, which represented the entire goodwill balance associated with this reporting unit.values. There were no other reporting units at risk of impairment as of the fiscal 20172019 and 2018 annual test date.
During fiscal 2016, we2017, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment chargecharges of $66.3 million associated with the EMEA reporting unit. At the time the impairment assessment was performed, this represented the entire goodwill balance of this reporting unit. During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, management reorganized its operating segments such that certain components of the All Other operating segment became components of the EMEA operating segment. As a result, we transferred $20.5 million of goodwill to the EMEA operating segment, which represented the portion of the goodwill associated with these components. Refer to Note 5, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, for additional details regarding the goodwill impairments recorded.$57.0 million.
We review
The Company reviews intangible assets subject to amortization for impairment at least annually or more frequently if certain conditions arise to determine if any adverse conditions exist that would indicate that the carrying value of an asset or asset group may not be recoverable, or that a change in the remaining useful life is required. Conditions indicating that an impairment exists include, but are not limited to, a change in the competitive landscape, internal decisions to pursue new or different technology strategies,

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a loss of a significant customer or a significant change in the marketplace including prices paid for ourits products or the size of the market for ourits products.

When an impairment indicator exists, we testthe Company tests the intangible asset for recoverability. For purposes of the recoverability test, we group ourthe Company groups its amortizable intangible assets with other assets and liabilities at the lowest level of identifiable cash flows if the intangible asset does not generate cash flows independent of other assets and liabilities. If the carrying value of the intangible asset (asset group) exceeds the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the intangible asset (asset group), wethe Company will write the carrying value down to the fair value in the period identified.
We
The Company generally calculatecalculates the fair value of ourits intangible assets as the present value of estimated future cash flows we expectit expects to generate from the asset using a risk-adjusted discount rate. In determining ourits estimated future cash flows associated with ourits intangible assets, we usethe Company uses estimates and assumptions about future revenue contributions, cost structures and remaining useful lives of the asset (asset group).

If we determinethe Company determines the estimate of an intangible asset's remaining useful life should be reduced based on ourits expected use of the asset, the remaining carrying amount of the asset is amortized prospectively over the revised estimated useful life.
During fiscal 2019 and 2018 the Company did not incur any intangible asset impairments. During fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, we determined that there were potential impairment indicators for certain intangible assets subject to amortization. As such, we performed the recoverability test described above for the relevant asset groups. In fiscal 2017 and 2016, we determined that the undiscounted cash flows did not support the carrying value of certain identified asset groups and made the decision to discontinue the use of and investment in these assets. Accordingly, we recorded impairment charges ofCompany impaired $4.8 million and $25.8 million, respectively, in fiscal 2017 and 2016. The impairment charges in fiscal 2017 consisted of non-core and underperforming assets while the $25.8 million of impairment charges recorded in fiscal 2016 consisted of $18.7 million related to the write down of the SOLX intangible assets and $7.1 million related to intangible assets that were identified as part of the Company's global strategic review. In fiscal 2015, we determined that the expected undiscounted cash flows exceeded the carrying value of the asset groups identified.assets. See Note 5,9, Goodwill and& Intangible Assets,Assets. to our consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 for additional information.

Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software to be Sold, Leased, or Otherwise Marketed

ASC Topic 985-20, Software - Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed, specifies that costs incurred internally in researching and developing a computer software product should be charged to expense until technological feasibility has been established for the product. Once technological feasibility is established, all software costs should be capitalized until the product is available for general release to customers, at which point capitalized costs are amortized over their estimated useful life of five5 to 10 years. Technological feasibility is established when we haveit has a detailed design of the software and when research and development activities on the underlying device, if applicable, are completed. We capitalizeThe Company capitalizes costs associated with both software that we sellit sells as a separate product and software that is embedded in a device.
We review
The Company reviews the net realizable value of capitalized assets periodically to assess the recoverability of amounts capitalized. There were no impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2019 and 2018. During fiscal 2017, and fiscal 2016, wethe Company recorded $4.0 million and $6.0 million, respectively, of impairment charges related to the discontinuance of certain capitalized software projects.charges. In the future, the net realizable value may be adversely affected by the loss of a significant customer or a significant change in the market place, which could result in an impairment being recorded.


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Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities represent items payable or expected to settle within the next twelve months. The items included in the fiscal year end balances were:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
VAT liabilities$4,051
 $1,289
Forward contracts966
 4,210
Deferred revenue26,485
 27,053
Accrued taxes4,407
 3,876
All other27,741
 30,180
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(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
VAT liabilities$3,995
 $2,932
Forward contracts5,348
 1,583
Deferred revenue27,279
 25,814
Accrued taxes8,451
 5,340
All other46,459
 29,991
Total$91,532
 $65,660

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities represent items that are not payable or expected to settle within the next twelve months. The items included in the fiscal year end balances were:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
Unfunded pension liability14,060
 18,067
13,766
 14,045
Unrecognized tax benefit1,627
 2,283
2,895
 2,850
Transition tax liability6,305
 7,837
All other6,494
 5,756
5,814
 9,526
Total$22,181
 $26,106
$28,780
 $34,258

Research and Development Expenses

All research and development costs are expensed as incurred.

Advertising Costs

All advertising costs are expensed as incurred and are included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income (loss) income.. Advertising expenses were $2.5$4.5 million, $3.9$3.1 million and $4.5$2.5 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs are included in selling, general and administrative expenses. Freight is classified in cost of goods sold when the customer is charged for freight and in selling, general and administration when the customer is not explicitly charged for freight.

Income Taxes

The income tax provision is calculated for all jurisdictions in which we operate.the Company operates. The income tax provision process involves calculating current taxes due and assessing temporary differences arising from items whichthat are taxable or deductible in different periods for tax and accounting purposes and are recorded as deferred tax assets and liabilities. Deferred tax assets are evaluated for realizability and a valuation allowance is maintained for the portion of ourthe Company's deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not realizable.All available evidence, both positive and negative, has been considered to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, a valuation allowance is needed against the deferred tax assets. Significant weight has been givenRefer to our consolidated worldwide cumulative loss positionNote 4, Income Taxes, for further information and discussion of the currentCompany's income tax provision and prior two years.balances including a discussion of the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Act") enacted in December 2017.
We file
The Company files income tax returns in all jurisdictions in which we operate. We recordit operates. The Company records a liability for uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in income tax returns. OurThe Company's financial statements reflect expected future

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tax consequences of such positions presuming the taxing authorities' full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts. We recordThe Company records a liability for the portion of unrecognized tax benefits claimed which we havethat it has determined are not more-likely-than-not realizable. These tax reserves have been established based on management's assessment as to the potential exposure attributable to ourthe Company's uncertain tax positions as well as interest and penalties attributable to these uncertain tax positions. All tax reserves are analyzed quarterly and adjustments are made as events occur that result in changes in judgment.
We evaluate
The Company evaluates at the end of each reporting period whether some or all of the undistributed earnings of ourits foreign subsidiaries are permanently reinvested. We recognizeThe Company recognizes deferred income tax liabilities to the extent that management asserts that undistributed earnings of its foreign subsidiaries are not permanently reinvested or will not be permanently reinvested in the future. OurThe Company's position is based upon several factors including management’s evaluation of the CompanyHaemonetics and its subsidiaries’ financial requirements, the short termshort-term and long-term operational and fiscal objectives of the Company and the tax consequences associated with the repatriation of earnings.

Derivative Instruments
We account
The Company accounts for ourits derivative financial instruments in accordance with ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging (“("ASC 815”815") and ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“("ASC 820”820"). In accordance with ASC 815, we recordthe Company records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value. The accounting for the change in the fair value of derivatives depends on the intended use of the derivative, whether we havethe Company has elected to designate a derivative as a hedging instrument for accounting purposes and whether the hedging relationship has satisfied the criteria necessary to apply hedge accounting. In addition, ASC 815 provides that, for derivative instruments that qualify for hedge accounting, changes in the fair value are either (a) offset

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against the change in fair value of the hedged assets, liabilities, or firm commitments through earnings or (b) recognized in equity until the hedged item is recognized in earnings, depending on whether the derivative is being used to hedge changes in fair value or cash flows. The ineffective portion of a derivative’s change in fair value is immediately recognized in earnings. We doThe Company does not use derivative financial instruments for trading or speculation purposes.

When the underlying hedged transaction affects earnings, the gains or losses on the forward foreign exchange rate contracts designated as hedges are recorded in net revenues, cost of goods sold, operating expenses and other expense, net in ourthe Company's consolidated statements of income (loss) income,, depending on the nature of the underlying hedged transactions. The cash flows related to the gains and losses are classified in the consolidated statements of cash flows as part of cash flows from operating activities. For those derivative instruments that are not designated as part of a hedging relationship we recordthe Company records the gains or losses in earnings currently. These gains and losses are intended to offset the gains and losses recorded on net monetary assets or liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies. WeThe Company recorded foreign currency losses of $1.8$2.3 million, $1.4$0.2 million and $1.1$1.8 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

On a quarterly basis, we assessthe Company assesses whether the cash flow hedges are highly effective in offsetting changes in the cash flow of the hedged item. We manageThe Company manages the credit risk of theits counterparties by dealing only with institutions that we considerit considers financially sound and consider the risk of non-performance to be remote. Additionally, the Company's interest rate risk management strategy includes the use of interest rate swaps to mitigate its exposure to changes in variable interest rates. The Company's objective in using interest rate swaps is to add stability to interest expense and to manage and reduce the risk inherent in interest rate fluctuations.
Our
The Company's derivative instruments do not subject ourits earnings or cash flows to material risk, as gains and losses on these derivatives are intended to offset losses and gains on the item being hedged. We doThe Company does not enter into derivative transactions for speculative purposes and we doit does not have any non-derivative instruments that are designated as hedging instruments pursuant to ASC Topic 815.
Stock-Based
Share-Based Compensation
We expense
The Company expenses the fair value of stock-basedshare-based awards granted to employees, board members and others, net of estimated forfeitures. To calculate the grant-date fair value of ourits stock options we usethe Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and for performance share units and market stock units we useit uses Monte Carlo simulation models.


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Costs Associated with Exit Activities

The Company records employee termination costs in accordance with ASC Topic 712, Compensation - Nonretirement and Postemployment Benefits, if it pays the benefits as part of an on-going benefit arrangement, which includes benefits provided as part of its established severance policies or that it provides in accordance with international statutory requirements. The Company accrues employee termination costs associated with an on-going benefit arrangement if the obligation is attributable to prior services rendered, the rights to the benefits have vested, the payment is probable and the liability can be reasonably estimated. The Company accounts for employee termination benefits that represent a one-time benefit in accordance with ASC Topic 420, Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations. It records such costs into expense over the employee’s future service period, if any.

Other costs associated with exit activities may include contract termination costs, including costs related to leased facilities to be abandoned or subleased, consultant fees and impairments of long-lived assets. The costs are expensed in accordance with ASC Topic 420 and ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant and Equipment and are included primarily in selling, general and administrative costs in its consolidated statement of income (loss). Additionally, costs directly related to the Company's active restructuring initiatives, including program management costs, accelerated depreciation and costs to transfer product lines among facilities are included within costs of goods sold and selling, general and administrative costs in its consolidated statement of income (loss). See Note 3, Restructuring, for further information and discussion of its restructuring plans.

Valuation of Acquisitions
We allocate
The Company allocates the amounts we payit pays for each acquisition to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the dates of acquisition, including acquired identifiable intangible assets. We baseThe Company bases the estimated fair value of identifiable intangible assets on detailed valuations that use historical information and market assumptions based upon the assumptions of a market participant. We allocateThe Company allocates any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired to goodwill.

Concentration of Credit Risk and Significant Customers

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash equivalents and accounts receivable. In fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, and 2016, one one plasma collection customerthe Company's ten largest customers accounted for 14%approximately 52%, 45% and 11%42% of our net revenues, respectively. In fiscal 2015 no2019, 2018 and 2017 two Plasma customers, CSL Plasma Inc. ("CSL") and Grifols S.A. ("Grifols"), each were greater than 10% of total net revenue and in total accounted for approximately 27%, 26% and 24% of net revenues, respectively. Additionally, one Blood Center customer accounted for moregreater than 10% of ourthe Japan segment’s net revenues.revenues in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017.

Certain other markets and industries can expose usthe Company to concentrations of credit risk. For example, in ourthe Plasma business unit, our sales are concentrated with several large customers. As a result, our accounts receivable extended to any one of these biopharmaceutical customers can be significant at any point in time. Also, a portion of ourthe Company's trade accounts receivable outside the United StatesU.S. include sales to government-owned or supported healthcare systems in several countries, which are subject to payment delays. Payment is dependent upon the financial stability and creditworthiness of those countries’ national economies. We haveThe Company has not incurred significant losses on government receivables. WeThe Company continually evaluateevaluates all government receivables for potential collection risks associated with the availability of government funding and reimbursement practices. If the financial condition of customers or the countries’ healthcare systems deteriorate such that their ability to make payments is uncertain, allowances may be required in future periods.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Standards Implemented
Leases (Topic 842)

In June 2014,February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). ASC Update No. 2016-02 is intended to increase the transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease asset and lease liabilities on the balance sheet, including those previously classified as operating leases under current U.S. GAAP and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. ASC Update No. 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, and is applicable to us in fiscal 2020. Earlier adoption is permitted. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-12, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments Whenan update to the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period. ASU No. 2014-12 requires that a performance target that affects vesting and could be achieved after the requisite service period be treated as a performance condition. A reporting entity should apply existingleasing guidance in ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, as it relates to such awards. We adopted ASU No. 2014-12 in our first quarter of fiscal

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2017 usingto allow an additional transition option which would allow companies to adopt the prospective method. Thestandard as of the beginning of the year of adoption as opposed to the earliest comparative period presented. We adopted the new standard on March 31, 2019.

Upon transition, the Company plans to apply the package of ASUpractical expedients permitted under ASC Update No. 2014-12 did2016-02 transition guidance to its entire lease portfolio at March 31, 2019. As a result, the Company is not haverequired to reassess (i) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) the classification of any expired or existing leases, and (iii) initial direct costs for any existing leases.

As a result of adopting ASC Update No. 2016-02, the Company expects to recognize additional right-of-use assets and corresponding liabilities for the Company's existing lease portfolio on the consolidated balance sheets of approximately $20 million to $25 million, with no material effect on our financial positionimpact to the consolidated statements of operations or resultsconsolidated statements of operations.cash flows. Additionally, the Company is in the process of implementing a new lease administration and lease accounting system, and updating its controls and procedures for maintaining and accounting for its lease portfolio under the new standard.

Standards Implemented

Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606)

In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-12, Plan Accounting: Defined Benefit Pension Plans (Topic 960), Defined Contribution Pension Plans (Topic 962), Health and Welfare Benefit Plans (Topic 965): (Part I) Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts, (Part II) Plan Investment Disclosures, (Part III) Measurement Date Practical Expedient. Part I of ASU No. 2015-12 designates contract value as the only required measure for fully benefit-responsive investment contracts. Part II simplifies the investment disclosure requirements under Topics 820, 960, 962, and 965 for employee benefits plans and Part III provides a measurement date practical expedient for fiscal periods that do not coincide with a month-end date. ASU No. 2015-12 was effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU No. 2015-12 did not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.
In AugustMay 2014, the FASB issued ASUASC Update No. 2014-15,2014-09, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going ConcernRevenue from Contracts withCustomers (Topic 606). ASUASC Update No. 2014-15 defines management's responsibility2014-09 stipulates that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve this core principle, an entity should apply the following steps: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation.

In March 2016, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2016-08, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606):Principal versusAgent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net). The purpose of ASC Update No. 2016-08 is to clarify the guidance on principal versus agent considerations. It includes indicators that help to determine whether an entity controls the specified good or service before it is transferred to the customer and to assist in determining when the entity satisfied the performance obligation and as such, whether to recognize a gross or a net amount of consideration in its consolidated statement of operations.

In April 2016, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2016-10, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): IdentifyingPerformance Obligations and Licensing. The guidance clarifies that entities are not required to assess an entity's ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide related footnote disclosures in certain circumstances. This guidance is effective for all entitieswhether promised goods or services are performance obligations if they are immaterial in the first annual period ending after December 15, 2016; however, earlycontext of the contract. ASC Update No. 2016-10 also addresses how to determine whether promised goods or services are separately identifiable and permits entities to make a policy election to treat shipping and handling costs as fulfillment activities. In addition, it clarifies key provisions in Topic 606 related to licensing.

The Company adopted ASC Update No. 2014-09 on April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. Under this method, entities recognize the cumulative effect of applying the new standard at the date of initial application with no restatement of comparative periods presented. The cumulative effect of applying the new standard resulted in an increase to opening retained earnings of $1.5 million upon adoption is permitted. We adopted ASUof Topic 606 in April 2018, primarily related to deferred revenue associated with software contracts. Software revenue accounted for approximately 8.2% and 8.6% of total revenue for fiscal year ended March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively. The new standard has been applied only to those contracts that were not completed as of March 31, 2018. The impact of adopting ASC Update No. 2014-152014-09 was not significant to individual financial statement line items in the fourthconsolidated balance sheet and consolidated statement of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss).

Other Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740). The guidance requires companies to recognize the income tax effects of intercompany sales and transfers of assets, other than inventory, in the income statement as income tax expense (or benefit) in the period in which the transfer occurs. The Company adopted ASC Update No. 2016-16 during the first quarter of fiscal 2017.2019. The adoption of ASUASC Update No. 2014-152016-16 did not have a material impact our financial position or results of operations since there was no uncertainty about our ability to continue as a going concern.
In January 2017, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, including interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed on testing dates on or after January 1, 2017. The purpose of Update No. 2017-04 is to reduce the cost and complexity of evaluating goodwill for impairment. It eliminates the need for entities to calculate the impaired fair value of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all of its assets and liabilities as if that reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. Under this amendment, an entity will perform its goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. We early adopted ASU No. 2017-04 in fiscal 2017 on a prospective basis.
3. PRODUCT WARRANTIES
We generally provide a warranty on parts and labor for one year after the sale and installation of each device. We also warrant our disposables products through their use or expiration. We estimate our potential warranty expense based on our historical warranty experience, and we periodically assess the adequacy of our warranty accrual and make adjustments as necessary.
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
Warranty accrual as of the beginning of the year$420
 $531
Warranty provision400
 948
Warranty spending(644) (1,059)
Warranty accrual as of the end of the year$176
 $420
4. INVENTORIES
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and include the cost of material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Cost is determined with the first-in, first-out method.
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
Raw materials$52,052
 $62,062
Work-in-process10,400
 13,180
Finished goods114,477
 111,786
Total Inventories$176,929
 $187,028
Inventories include specific charges and reserves of $11.0 million and $9.4 million for fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016, respectively, primarily related to changes in demand for Blood Center products and the impact of the whole blood product recall in fiscal 2017.


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5. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill Impairment Testing and Charges
Under ASC Topic 350, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other, goodwill and intangible assets determined to have indefinite useful lives are not amortized. Instead these assets are evaluated for impairment at least annually, or on an interim basis between annual tests when events or circumstances indicate that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. We perform our annual impairment test on the first day of the fiscal fourth quarter for each of our reporting units. Our reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill impairment are organized primarily based on operating segments and geography and include: (a) North America Plasma, (b) North America Blood Center, (c) North America Hospital, (d) EMEA, (e) Asia-Pacific and (f) Japan. In the prior period, North America Blood Center and North America Hospital were components of a single reporting unit, Americas Blood Center and Hospital. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, we completed certain organizational changes which resulted in the disaggregation of Americas Blood Center and Hospital into two separate reporting units. The goodwill associated with the legacy Americas Blood Center and Hospital reporting unit was allocated to the North America Blood Center and North America Hospital reporting units based on their relative fair values. The North America Plasma reporting unit is a separate operating segment with dedicated segment management due the size and scale of the Plasma business unit.
In fiscal 2017, we early adopted ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other Topics (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. Under this amendment, entities perform their goodwill impairment test by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge is recognized for the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the reporting unit's fair value. We utilized a discounted cash flow approach in order to value our reporting units for the test, which required that we forecast future cash flows of the reporting units and discount the cash flow stream based upon a weighted average cost of capital that was derived, in part, from comparable companies within similar industries. The discounted cash flow calculations also included a terminal value calculation that was based upon an expected long-term growth rate for the applicable reporting unit. We believe that our procedures for estimating discounted future cash flows, including the terminal valuation, were reasonable and consistent with market conditions at the time of estimation. We corroborated the valuations that arose from the discounted cash flow approach by performing both a market multiple valuation and by reconciling the aggregate fair value of our reporting units to our market capitalization at the time of the test.Company's consolidated financial statements.
The results of the goodwill impairment test performed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 indicated that the estimated fair value of all of our reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values, with the exception of North America Blood Center. For North America Blood Center we recorded an impairment charge of $57.0 million, which represented the entire goodwill balance associated with this reporting unit. There were no other reporting units at risk of impairment as of the fiscal 2017 annual test date.
During fiscal 2016, we recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $66.3 million associated with the EMEA reporting unit. At the time the impairment assessment was performed, this represented the entire goodwill balance of this reporting unit. During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, management reorganized its operating segments such that certain components of the Americas Blood Center and Hospital operating segment became components of the EMEA operating segment. As a result, we transferred $20.5 million of goodwill to the EMEA operating segment, which represented the portion of the goodwill associated with these components.
The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating segment for fiscal 2017 and 2016 are as follows:
(In thousands)Japan EMEA North America Plasma All Other Total
Carrying amount as of March 28, 2015$24,899
 $72,695
 $26,415
 $210,301
 $334,310
Impairment charge
 (66,305) 
 
 (66,305)
Transfer of goodwill between segments
 (6,390) 
 6,390
 
Currency translation(16) 
 
 (149) (165)
Carrying amount as of April 2, 2016$24,883
 $
 $26,415
 $216,542
 $267,840
Impairment charge
 
 
 (56,989) (56,989)
Transfer of goodwill between segments
 20,545
 
 (20,545) 
Currency translation(3) (2) 
 (5) (10)
Carrying amount as of April 1, 2017$24,880
 $20,543
 $26,415
 $139,003
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In August 2016, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flow (Topic 230). The guidance reduces diversity in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the consolidated statements of cash flows. The Company adopted ASC Update No. 2016-15 during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of ASC Update No. 2016-15 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Intangible Asset ImpairmentIn May 2017, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2017-09, Compensation - Stock Compensation: Scope of Modification Accounting (Topic 718). The guidance clarifies when to account for a change to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award as a modification. The Company adopted ASC Update No. 2017-09 during the first quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of ASC Update No. 2017-09 did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASC Update No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging: Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities (Topic 815). The new guidance makes more financial and non-financial hedging strategies eligible for hedge accounting, amends the presentation and disclosure requirements for hedging activities and changes how companies assess hedge effectiveness. The Company early adopted ASC Update No. 2017-12 during the second quarter of fiscal 2019. The adoption of ASC Update No. 2017-12 did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements or the classification of its designated and non-designated hedge contracts.

In August 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update and Simplification. This amendment require companies to disclose a reconciliation of changes in stockholders’ equity to prior periods. A presentation showing the activity for the year to date period and comparable prior year detail are shown in the disclosure.

3. RESTRUCTURING

On an ongoing basis, the Company reviews the global economy, the healthcare industry, and the markets in which it competes to identify opportunities for efficiencies, enhance commercial capabilities, align its resources and offer its customers better solutions. In order to realize these opportunities, the Company undertakes restructuring-type activities to transform its business.

During fiscal 2018, the Company launched a Complexity Reduction Initiative (the "2018 Program"), a company-wide restructuring program designed to improve operational performance and reduce cost, freeing up resources to invest in accelerated growth. This program includes a reduction of headcount and operating costs to enable a more streamlined organizational structure. The Company expects to incur aggregate charges between $50 million and $60 million associated with these actions, of which it expects $35 million to $40 million will consist of severance and other employee costs and the remainder will consist of other exit costs, primarily related to third party services. These charges, substantially all of which will result in cash outlays, will be incurred as the specific actions required to execute on these initiatives are identified and approved and are expected to continue through fiscal 2020. During fiscal 2019 and 2018, the Company incurred $13.7 million and $36.6 million of restructuring and turnaround costs under this program, respectively. Total cumulative charges under this program are $50.3 million as of March 30, 2019.

During fiscal 2017, we impaired $4.8the Company launched a restructuring program (the "2017 Program") designed to reposition its organization and improve its cost structure. The Company did not incur any charges under this program during fiscal 2019. During fiscal 2018 and 2017, the Company incurred $7.2 million and $28.7 million of intangible assets as a result of our review of non-corerestructuring and underperforming assets and our decision to discontinue the use of and investment in certain assets, of which $4.0 million was included within cost of goods sold and $0.8 million was included within impairment of assets on the consolidated statements of (loss) income. These impairments impacted our All Other reportable segment.
During fiscal 2016, we recorded intangible asset impairmentturnaround charges of $25.8 million, of which $6.6 million was included within cost of goods sold, while the remaining $19.2 million was included within impairment of assets on the consolidated statements of (loss) income. Of these intangible impairments, $6.6 million related to EMEA and the remaining $19.2 million related to our All Other reportable segment. These impairment charges primarily related to the SOLX technology acquired from Hemerus Medical, LLC, which resulted in impairment charges of $18.7 million and included the reversal of the $4.9 million of contingent consideration associated with the acquisition.under this program, respectively. The remaining $7.1 million of impairment charges recorded in fiscal 2016 was due to changes in the strategic direction of the Company.
The gross carrying amount of intangible assets and the related accumulated amortization as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016Program is as follows:
(In thousands)
Gross Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization(1)
 Net
As of April 1, 2017 
  
  
Amortizable:     
Patents$9,183
 $8,043
 $1,140
Capitalized software49,948
 21,563
 28,385
Other developed technology117,712
 72,594
 45,118
Customer contracts and related relationships194,876
 108,073
 86,803
Trade names7,017
 5,499
 1,518
Total$378,736
 $215,772
 $162,964
Non-amortizable:     
In-process software development$12,743
    
In-process patents1,833
    
Total$14,576
    
(In thousands)
Gross Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization(1)
 Net
As of April 2, 2016 
  
  
Amortizable:     
Patents$8,545
 $7,542
 $1,003
Capitalized software40,488
 14,791
 25,697
Other developed technology126,142
 73,475
 52,667
Customer contracts and related relationships196,085
 89,804
 106,281
Trade names7,083
 5,204
 1,879
Total$378,343
 $190,816
 $187,527
Non-amortizable:     
In-process software development$14,427
    
In-process patents2,504
    
Total$16,931
    
(1)Includes impairment of SOLX and other intangible assets, as discussed above.
Intangible assets include the value assigned to license rights and other developed technology, patents, customer contracts and relationships and trade names. The estimated useful lives for all of these intangible assets are 2 to 19 years. The changes to the net carrying value of our intangible assets from April 2, 2016 to April 1, 2017 reflect the impact of amortization expense and impairments of intangible assets, partially offset by the investment in capitalized software.substantially complete.

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Aggregate amortization expense
The following table summarizes the activity for amortized intangible assets for fiscalrestructuring reserves related to the 2018 Program and the 2017 and 2016 was $37.2 million and $59.3 million, respectively, which included $4.0 million and $25.4 million, respectively, of amortization expense as a result of the intangible asset impairments discussed above. Fiscal 2015 amortization expense was $33.5 million. Future annual amortization expense on intangible assets is estimated to be as follows:
(In thousands)  
Fiscal 2018 $31,495
Fiscal 2019 $30,089
Fiscal 2020 $28,091
Fiscal 2021 $26,190
Fiscal 2022 $25,485
6. DERIVATIVES AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
We manufacture, market and sell our products globally. ForPrior Programs for the fiscal yearyears ended March 30, 2019, March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017, 41.0%substantially all of our sales were generated outside the U.S. in local currencies. We also incur certain manufacturing, marketingwhich relates to employee severance and other employee costs:
(In thousands)2018 Program 2017 and Prior Programs Total
Balance at April 2, 2016$
 $8,752
 $8,752
Costs incurred, net of reversals
 21,833
 21,833
Payments
 (22,317) (22,317)
Non-cash adjustments
 (800) (800)
Balance at April 1, 2017$
 $7,468
 $7,468
Costs incurred, net of reversals29,694
 835
 30,529
Payments(1,363) (6,897) (8,260)
Non-cash adjustments(1,202) 
 (1,202)
Balance at March 31, 2018$27,129
 $1,406
 $28,535
Costs incurred, net of reversals431
 (36) 395
Payments(20,742) (650) (21,392)
Non-cash adjustments(96) 37
 (59)
Balance at March 30, 2019$6,722
 $757
 $7,479

The substantial majority of restructuring costs during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 have been included as a component of selling, costs in international markets in local currency.
Accordingly, our earningsgeneral and cash flows are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. Dollar, our reporting currency. We have a program in place that is designed to mitigate our exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. That program includes the use of derivative financial instruments to minimize for a period of time, the impact on our financial results from changes in foreign exchange rates. We utilize foreign currency forward contracts to hedge the anticipated cash flows from transactions denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Japanese Yen and the Euro, and to a lesser extent the Swiss Franc, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar and the Mexican Peso. This does not eliminate the impact of the volatility of foreign exchange rates, but because we generally enter into forward contracts one year out, rates are fixed for a one-year period, thereby facilitating financial planning and resource allocation.
Designated Foreign Currency Hedge Contracts
All of our designated foreign currency hedge contracts as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 were cash flow hedges under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging. We record the effective portion of any changeadministrative expenses in the fair valueaccompanying consolidated statements of designated foreign currency hedge contracts in other comprehensive income (loss) until. As of March 30, 2019, the related third-party transaction occurs. Once the related third-party transaction occurs, we reclassify the effective portionCompany had a restructuring liability of any related gain or loss on the designated foreign currency hedge contracts to earnings. In the event the hedged forecasted transaction does not occur, or it becomes probable that it will not occur, we would reclassify the amount$7.5 million, of any gain or loss on the related cash flow hedge to earnings at that time. We had designated foreign currency hedge contracts outstanding in the contract amount of $68.4which, approximately $6.7 million as of April 1, 2017 and $107.4 million as of April 2, 2016.
During fiscal 2017, we recognized net losses of $4.6 million in earnings on our cash flow hedges, compared to recognized net gains of $8.8 million and $6.5 million during fiscal 2016 and 2015, respectively. For the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017, a $0.5 million loss, net of tax, was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss to recognize the effective portion of the fair value of any designated foreign currency hedge contracts that are, or previously were, designated as foreign currency cash flow hedges, as compared to a loss of $3.9 million, net of tax, for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2016 and a gain of $12.2 million, net of tax, for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2015. At April 1, 2017, losses of $0.5 million, net of tax, will be reclassified to earningsis payable within the next twelve months. All currency cash flow hedges outstanding

In addition to the restructuring expenses included in the table above, the Company also incurred costs of $13.2 million, $13.6 million and $12.5 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively, that do not constitute as restructuring under ASC 420, Exit and Disposal Cost Obligations, which the Company refers to as turnaround costs. These costs, substantially all of April 1, 2017 mature within twelve months.
Non-Designated Foreign Currency Contracts
We manage our exposure to changes in foreign currency on a consolidated basis to take advantage of offsetting transactions and balances. We use foreign currency forward contractswhich have been included as a partcomponent of our strategy to manage exposureselling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss), consist primarily of expenditures directly related to foreign currency denominated monetary assetsthe restructuring actions and liabilities. These foreign currency forward contracts are entered into for periods consistentinclude program management costs associated with currency transaction exposures, generally one month. They are not designated as cash flow or fair value hedges under ASC Topic 815. These forward contracts are marked-to-market with changes in fair value recorded to earnings. We had non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts under ASC Topic 815 outstanding in the contract amountimplementation of $55.4 million as of April 1, 2017outsourcing initiatives and $48.8 million as of April 2, 2016.recent accounting standards.






















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Interest Rate Swaps
On December 21, 2012, we entered into two interest rate swap agreements (the "Swaps") on a total notional value of $250.0 million of debt. The Swaps are amortizingtables below present restructuring and mature on August 1, 2017. We designated the Swaps as cash flow hedges of variable interest rate risk associated with $250.0 million of indebtedness. As of April 1, 2017, the notional amount of these Swaps was $50.0 million. For fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, we recorded nominal activity in accumulated other comprehensive loss to recognize the effective portion of the fair value of the Swaps that qualify as cash flow hedges.
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
The following table presents the effect of our derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges and those not designated as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815 in our consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017.turnaround costs by reportable segment:
Derivative Instruments  
 Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Amount of Gain Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Earnings Location in Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income and Comprehensive Loss 
Amount of Gain Excluded from
Effectiveness
Testing (*)
 Location in Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Income and Comprehensive Loss
(In thousands)          
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts, net of tax $(524) $(4,647) Net revenues, COGS, and SG&A $636
 Other expense, net
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 
   $221
 Other expense, net
Designated interest rate swaps, net of tax $160
 

 Other expense, net $
  
(*) We exclude the difference between the spot rate and hedge forward rate from our effectiveness testing.
Restructuring costs     
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Japan$102
 $514
 $819
EMEA730
 1,496
 4,272
North America Plasma(20) 565
 366
All Other(417) 27,954
 16,376
Total$395
 $30,529
 $21,833
      
Turnaround costs     
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Japan$
 $
 $2
EMEA108
 (107) 94
North America Plasma136
 976
 972
All Other12,984
 12,727
 11,415
Total$13,228
 $13,596
 $12,483
      
Total restructuring and turnaround$13,623
 $44,125
 $34,316
We did not
4. INCOME TAXES

Domestic and foreign income before provision for income tax is as follows:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Domestic$26,665
 $3,534
 $(44,724)
Foreign46,968
 56,098
 17,248
Total$73,633
 $59,632
 $(27,476)

The income tax provision from continuing operations contains the following components:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Current 
  
  
Federal$(4,165) $9,927
 $(1,424)
State844
 1,024
 436
Foreign8,584
 8,937
 6,580
Total current$5,263
 $19,888
 $5,592
Deferred 
  
  
Federal12,220
 (5,350) (8,711)
State463
 344
 (953)
Foreign668
 (822) 2,864
Total deferred$13,351
 $(5,828) $(6,800)
Total$18,614
 $14,060
 $(1,208)

The Company conducts business globally and reports its results of operations in a number of foreign jurisdictions in addition to the United States. The Company's reported tax rate is impacted by the jurisdictional mix of earnings in any given period as the foreign jurisdictions in which it operates have fair value hedges or net investment hedges outstanding as of April 1, 2017 or April 2, 2016. As of April 1, 2017, we have not recognized any deferred tax assets or deferredrates that differ from the U.S. statutory tax liabilities for designated foreign currency hedges.rate.
ASC Topic 815 requires all derivative instruments to be recognized at their fair values as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet. We determine the fair value of our derivative instruments using the framework prescribed by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, by considering the estimated amount we would receive or pay to sell or transfer these instruments at the reporting date and by taking into account current interest rates, currency exchange rates, current interest rate curves, interest rate volatilities, the creditworthiness of the counterparty for assets, and our creditworthiness for liabilities. In certain instances, we may utilize financial models to measure fair value. Generally, we use inputs that include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; other observable inputs for the asset or liability; and inputs derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data by correlation or other means. As of April 1, 2017, we have classified our derivative assets and liabilities within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy prescribed by ASC Topic 815, as discussed below, because these observable inputs are available for substantially the full term of our derivative instruments.

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The following tables presentDuring the fair valuethird quarter of our derivative instruments as they appear in our consolidated balance sheets:
(In thousands)
Location in
Balance Sheet
 April 1, 2017 April 2, 2016
Derivative Assets:   
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current assets $1,645
 $335
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current assets 218
 92
Designated interest rate swapsOther current assets 64
 
   $1,927
 $427
Derivative Liabilities:   
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current liabilities $894
 $3,910
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current liabilities $72
 $146
Designated interest rate swapsOther current liabilities 
 154
   $966
 $4,210
Other Fair Value Measurements
ASC Topic 820 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with U.S. GAAP,fiscal 2018, the Tax Cuts and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 does not require any new fair value measurements; rather, it applies to other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. In accordance with ASC Topic 820, for the fiscal years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, we applied the requirements under ASC Topic 820 to our non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities.
On a recurring basis, we measure certain financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value, including our money market funds, foreign currency hedge contracts, and contingent consideration. ASC Topic 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. We base fair value upon quoted market prices, where available. Where quoted market prices or other observable inputs are not available, we apply valuation techniques to estimate fair value.
ASC Topic 820 establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The categorization of assets and liabilities within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the measurement of fair value. The three levels of the hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are other observable inputs, including quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities and market-corroborated inputs.
Level 3 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable inputs based on management’s best estimate of inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date, including assumptions about risk.
Our money market funds carried at fair value are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices.

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Fair Value Measured on a Recurring Basis
Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the following:
As of April 1, 2017Level 1 Level 2 Total
(In thousands)     
Assets 
  
  
Money market funds$80,676
 $
 $80,676
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts
 1,645
 1,645
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts
 218
 218
Designated interest rate swaps
 64
 64
 $80,676
 $1,927
 $82,603
Liabilities 
  
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts$
 $894
 $894
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts$
 $72
 $72
 $
 $966
 $966
As of April 2, 2016Level 1 Level 2 Total
(In thousands)     
Assets 
  
  
Money market funds$72,491
 $
 $72,491
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts
 335
 335
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts
 92
 92
 $72,491
 $427
 $72,918
Liabilities 
  
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts$
 $3,910
 $3,910
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts
 146
 146
Designated interest rate swaps
 154
 154
 $
 $4,210
 $4,210
Other Fair Value Disclosures
The Term Loan (which is carried at amortized cost), accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value. Details pertaining to the Term Loan can be found in Note 7, Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt.
7. NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT
Notes payable and long-term debt consisted of the following:
(In thousands)April 1, 2017 April 2, 2016
Term loan, net of financing fees$314,218
 $406,175
Bank loans and other borrowings429
 1,825
Less current portion(61,022) (43,471)
Long-term debt$253,625
 $364,529
On August 1, 2012, we entered into a credit agreement ("Credit Agreement"Jobs Act (the "Act") with certain lenders (together, “Lenders”) which provided for a $475.0 million term loan ("Term Loan") and a $50.0 million revolving loan (“Revolving Credit Facility” and together with the Term Loan, the “Credit Facilities”). On June 30, 2014, we modified our existing Credit Facilities by extending the maturity date to July 1, 2019, extending the principal repayments of the Term Loan, and modifying certain restrictive covenants to allow greater operational flexibility and enhanced near term liquidity. The amended Credit Agreement provides for a $100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility and establishes interest rateswas enacted in the rangeUnited States. The Act reduced the U.S. federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%, required companies to pay a one-time transition tax on earnings of LIBOR plus 1.125% to 1.500% dependingcertain foreign subsidiaries that were previously tax deferred and created new taxes on certain conditions. At April 1, 2017, $315.4 million was outstanding under the Term Loan with an interest rate of 2.25% and no amount was outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility. No additional amounts were borrowed

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as a result of this modification. The fair value of debt approximates its current value of approximately $315.4 million as of April 1, 2017.
Under the terms of this Credit Agreement, the Company may borrow at a spread to an index, including the LIBOR index of 1-month, 3-months, 6-months, etc. From the date of the Credit Agreement, the Company has chosen to borrow against the 1-month USD-LIBOR-BBA rounded up, if necessary, to the nearest 1/16th of 1%. The terms of the Credit Agreement also allow the Company to borrow in multiple tranches. The Company currently borrows in four tranches.
Interest for the Credit Facilities was based on Adjusted LIBOR plus a range of 1.125% to 1.500% depending on the achievement of leverage ratios and customary credit terms which included financial and negative covenants. Revolving loans may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed to fund our working capital needs and for other general corporate purposes. The current margin of the Term Loan is 1.250% over Adjusted LIBOR and our effective interest rate inclusive of prepaid financing costs and other fees was approximately 2.25% as of April 1, 2017. The Term Loan or portions thereof may be prepaid at any time, or from time to time without penalty. Once repaid, such amount may not be re-borrowed.
Under the Credit Facilities, we are required to maintain a Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.0:1.0 and a Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio not to be less than 4.0:1.0 during periods when the Credit Facilities are outstanding. In addition, we are required to satisfy these covenants, on a pro forma basis, in connection with any new borrowings (including any letter of credit issuances) on the Revolving Credit Facility as of the time of such borrowings. The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is calculated as the Consolidated EBITDA divided by Consolidated Interest Expense while the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is calculated as Consolidated Total Debt divided by Consolidated EBITDA. Consolidated EBITDA includes EBITDA adjusted by non-recurring and unusual transactions specifically as defined in the Credit Facilities.
The Credit Facilities also contain usual and customary non-financial affirmative and negative covenants which include certain restrictions with respect to subsequent indebtedness, liens, loans and investments (including acquisitions), financial reporting obligations, mergers, consolidations, dissolutions or liquidation, asset sales, affiliate transactions, change of our business, capital expenditures, share repurchase and other restricted payments. These covenants are subject to important exceptions and qualifications set forth in the Credit Agreement.
Any failure to comply with the financial and operating covenants of the Credit Facilities would prevent us from being able to borrow additional funds and would constitute a default, which could result in, among other things, the amounts outstanding including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable.foreign sourced earnings. In addition, the Credit Facilities include customary events of default, in certain cases subject to customary cure periods. As of April 1, 2017, we were in compliance with the covenants. The goodwillSecurities and intangible asset impairment charges discussed in Note 5,Exchange Commission issued guidance under Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118, Goodwill and Intangible Assets, and the property, plant and equipment impairment charges discussed in Note 12, Property Plant and Equipment, are excluded from the definition of Consolidated EBITDA in the Credit Agreement.
Commitment fee
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, we are required to pay the Lenders, on the last day of each calendar quarter, a commitment fee on the unused portionIncome Tax Accounting Implications of the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee is subjectTax Cuts and Jobs Act that directed taxpayers to a pricing grid based on our Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. The commitment fee ranges from 0.175% to 0.300%. The current commitment fee onconsider the undrawn portionimpact of the Revolving Credit Facility is 0.200%.U.S. legislation as “provisional” when they do not have the necessary information available, prepared or analyzed (including computations) in reasonable detail to complete their accounting for the change in tax law.
Debt issuance costs and interest
Expenses associated withDuring fiscal 2018, the issuanceCompany recognized a provisional amount of $2.0 million as a reasonable estimate of the Term Loan were capitalized and are amortized to interest expense over the lifeimpact of the term loan usingprovisions of the effective interest method. As of April 1, 2017, the $315.4 million term loan balanceAct, which was netted down by the $1.2 million of remaining debt discount, resulting in a net note payable of $314.2 million.
Interest expense was $7.9 million and $8.5 million for fiscal years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. Accrued interest associated with our outstanding debt is included as a component of accrued expensesincome tax expense in the consolidated statements of income (loss). During fiscal 2019, the Company completed its accounting for the tax effects of the enactment of the Act. The Company recognized a $0.4 million adjustment to the provisional tax expense recorded in fiscal 2018.

The Company has incorporated the other impacts of the Act that became effective in fiscal 2019 in the calculation of the tax provision and effective tax rate, including the provisions related to global intangible low taxed income (“GILTI”), foreign derived intangible income (“FDII”), base erosion anti abuse Tax (“BEAT”), as well as other provisions which limit tax deductibility of expenses. For fiscal 2019, the GILTI provisions have the most significant impact to the Company. Under the new law, U.S. taxes are imposed on foreign income in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of its foreign subsidiaries. The ability to benefit a deduction and foreign tax credits against a portion of the GILTI income may be limited under the GILTI rules as a result of the utilization of net operating losses, foreign sourced income, and other current liabilitiespotential limitations within the foreign tax credit calculation.
Interpretive guidance on the accounting for GILTI states that an entity can make an accounting policy election to either recognize deferred taxes for temporary basis differences expected to reverse as GILTI in future years or provide for the tax expense related to GILTI in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of both April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, we had an insignificant amount of accrued interest associated with our outstanding debt.year the tax is incurred as a period expense only. For the year ended March 30, 2019, the Company made the accounting policy election to recognize GILTI as a period expense.

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Maturity Profile
The maturity profile of all gross long-term debt, exclusive of debt discounts, as of April 1, 2017 is presented below:
Fiscal year (in thousands)
 Credit Facilities Bank loans and other borrowings Total
2018 $61,654
 $156
 $61,810
2019 194,445
 138
 194,583
2020 59,282
 100
 59,382
2021 
 28
 28
2022 
 2
 2
Thereafter 
 5
 5
  $315,381
 $429
 $315,810
8. INCOME TAXES
Domestic and foreign income before provision for income tax is as follows:
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Domestic$(44,724) $(18,526) $(17,265)
Foreign17,248
 (34,890) 48,430
Total$(27,476) $(53,416) $31,165
The income tax provision from continuing operations contains the following components:
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Current 
  
  
Federal$(1,424) $12
 $3,526
State436
 (660) 898
Foreign6,580
 3,842
 5,614
Total current$5,592
 $3,194
 $10,038
Deferred 
  
  
Federal(8,711) 3,532
 1,227
State(953) 319
 3,215
Foreign2,864
 (4,882) (212)
Total deferred$(6,800) $(1,031) $4,230
Total$(1,208) $2,163
 $14,268
OurCompany's subsidiary in Puerto Rico has been granted a fifteen yearfifteen-year tax grant whichthat expires in calendar 2027. OurIts qualification for the tax grant is dependent on the continuation of ourits manufacturing activities in Puerto Rico. We benefitThe Company benefits from a reduced tax rate on ourits earnings in Puerto Rico under the tax grant.
Our subsidiary in Switzerland operates as a principal company for direct federal tax purposes. Operating under this structure affords our Swiss subsidiary a reduced tax rate in Switzerland. Our Swiss subsidiary also operates under a 10 year tax holiday set to expire in fiscal 2018.
OurThe Company's subsidiary in Malaysia has been granted a full income tax exemption to manufacture whole blood and apheresis devices that could be in effect for up to ten years, provided certain conditions are satisfied. The income tax exemption was in effect beginning June 1, 2016.



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Tax affected, significant temporary differences comprising the net deferred tax liability are as follows:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
Deferred tax assets:      
Depreciation$934
 $1,749
$2,277
 $1,345
Amortization of intangibles1,150
 4,417
1,091
 964
Inventory7,419
 7,607
3,541
 3,183
Hedging
 382
Accruals, reserves and other deferred tax assets13,907
 12,590
15,802
 16,939
Net operating loss carry-forward11,742
 13,484
4,931
 10,810
Stock based compensation6,014
 9,622
3,728
 3,292
Tax credit carry-forward, net17,852
 16,191
4,176
 3,479
Gross deferred tax assets59,018
 66,042
35,546
 40,012
Less valuation allowance(25,872) (24,297)(11,322) (11,090)
Total deferred tax assets (after valuation allowance)33,146
 41,745
24,224
 28,922
Deferred tax liabilities:      
Depreciation(30,422) (28,972)(23,102) (17,732)
Amortization of goodwill and intangibles(7,732) (23,626)(13,959) (11,942)
Unremitted earnings(1,065) (700)(801) (274)
Other deferred tax liabilities(2,053) (2,769)(1,909) (1,539)
Total deferred tax liabilities(41,272) (56,067)(39,771) (31,487)
Net deferred tax liabilities$(8,126) $(14,322)$(15,547) $(2,565)

The valuation allowance increased by $1.6$0.2 million during fiscal 2017,2019, primarily as thea result of discrete valuation allowance establishments in several of our foreign subsidiaries, current year income and lossnet operating losses and tax credits generated in domestic and foreign jurisdictions in which we havethe Company has concluded that ourits deferred tax assets are not more-likely-than-not realizable, andoffset by the impactrelease of foreign exchange. In determining the need for a valuation allowance we have given consideration for our worldwide cumulative loss position, resulting from significant impairment and restructuring charges incurred in fiscal 2017 and 2016, when assessing the weight of the sources of taxable income that can be used to support the realizability of ouragainst deferred tax assets. We haveassets in certain foreign subsidiaries. The Company has assessed, on a jurisdictional basis, the available means of recovering deferred tax assets, including the ability to carry-back net operating losses, the existence of reversing temporary differences, the availability of tax planning strategies and available sources of future taxable income. We haveIt has also considered the ability to implement certain strategies that would, if necessary, be implemented to accelerate taxable income and use expiring deferred tax assets. We believe we areThe Company believes it is able to support the deferred tax assets recognized as of the end of the year based on all of the available evidence. The worldwide net deferred tax liability as of April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 includes deferred tax liabilities related to amortizable tax basis in goodwill, which are indefinite lived and are not considered tocan only be used as a source of taxable income.income to benefit other indefinite lived assets.

As of April 1, 2017, we maintainMarch 30, 2019, the Company maintains a valuation allowance against ourcertain U.S. netstate deferred tax assets that are not more-likely-than-not realizable and maintains a full valuation allowance against the net deferred tax assets of certain foreign subsidiaries.

As of April 1, 2017, we haveMarch 30, 2019, the Company has U.S. federal net operating loss carry-forwardslosses of approximately $23.3 million, U.S. state net operating loss carry-forwards of $33 million, federal tax credit carry-forwards of $15.1 million and state tax credit carry-forwards of $4.2$5.8 million that are available to reduce future taxable income. A portion of the federal net operating losses are subject to an annual limitation due to the ownership change limitations set forth under Internal Revenue Code Sections 382. Certain of the aforementioned amounts have not been recognized because they relate to excess stock based compensation. At April 1, 2017, $4.0 million of the federal net operating loss carry-forwards, $5.2 million of the state net operating loss carry-forwards, none of the federal tax credit carry-forwards and none of the state tax credit carry-forwards relate to excess stock based compensation tax deductions. We will record these off balance sheet net operating losses as a deferred tax asset, offset with an increase in the valuation allowance upon the adoption of ASU 2016-09. The federal and state net operating losses begin to expire in fiscal 20222036. The Company has U.S. state net operating losses of $21.7 million of which $21.3 million will begin to expire in fiscal 2020 and 2019, respectively.$0.4 million can be carried forward indefinitely. The Company has federal and state tax credits of $0.5 million and $4.7 million, respectively, which will begin to expire in fiscal 20242039 and fiscal 2025, respectively.


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OurThe Company's net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards may become subject to an annual limitation in the event of certain cumulative changes in the ownership interest of significant shareholders over a three-year period in excess of 50 percent as defined under Section 382 and 383 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, respectively, as well as similar state provisions. The amount of the annual limitation is determined based on the value of the Company immediately prior to the ownership change. The Company conducted a Section 382 study covering the period April 2, 2011 through December 31, 2017. The study concluded that there were no limitations on the Company’s net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2017. The Company does not believe it has had an ownership change through March 30, 2019. Subsequent ownership changes may further affect the limitation in future years. As a result, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change net operating loss carry-forward to offset U.S. federal taxable income may be subject to limitations, which could potentially result in increased future tax liability to us.


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As of April 1, 2017, we haveMarch 30, 2019, the Company has foreign net operating losses of approximately $19.2$12.6 million that are available to reduce future income having unlimited carry-forward.of which $3.7 million will begin to expire in fiscal 2034 and $8.9 million can be carried forward indefinitely.

As of April 1, 2017, weMarch 30, 2019, substantially all of the unremitted earnings of the Company have been taxed in the U.S. as a result of tax reform. The Company has provided $1.1$0.8 million of U.S. deferrednet foreign withholding taxes on approximately $8.4$154.0 million of unremitted earnings whichthat are not indefinitely reinvested. Of this amount, $0.1 million affected the Company's effective tax rate in fiscal 2017. We haveThe Company has not provided U.S. deferred income taxes or foreign withholding taxes on unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries of approximately $233.0$287.9 million as such amounts are considered to be indefinitely reinvested in the business.business or could be remitted without a future tax cost. The accumulated earnings in the foreign subsidiaries are primarily utilized to fund working capital requirements as ourits subsidiaries continue to expand their operations, to service existing debt obligations and to fund future foreign acquisitions. We doThe Company does not believe it is practicable to estimate the amount of income taxes payable on the earnings that are indefinitely reinvested in foreign operations.

The income tax provision from continuing operations differs from tax provision computed at the 35.0% U.S. federal statutory income tax rate due to the following:
(In thousands)2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Tax at federal statutory rate$(9,616) 35.0 % $(18,695) 35.0 % $10,907
 35.0 %$15,463
 21.0 % $18,807
 31.5 % $(9,616) 35.0 %
Difference between U.S. and foreign tax137
 (0.5)% 10,645
 (19.9)% (6,929) (22.2)%(1,423) (1.9)% (9,264) (15.5)% 137
 (0.5)%
State income taxes net of federal benefit(495) 1.8 % 134
 (0.3)% (818) (2.6)%902
 1.2 % 29
  % (495) 1.8 %
Change in uncertain tax positions862
 (3.1)% (1,820) 3.4 % (1,762) (5.7)%267
 0.4 % 1,095
 1.8 % 862
 (3.1)%
Global intangible low taxed income5,954
 8.1 % 
  % 
  %
Unremitted earnings330
 (1.2)% 735
 (1.4)% 
  %527
 0.7 % (791) (1.3)% 330
 (1.2)%
Deferred statutory rate changes(383) 1.4 % (2,653) 5.0 % 
  %1,183
 1.6 % (3,193) (5.4)% (383) 1.4 %
Non-deductible goodwill impairment3,703
 (13.5)% 2,861
 (5.4)% 
  %
  % 
  % 3,703
 (13.5)%
Non-deductible expenses896
 (3.2)% 1,491
 (2.8)% 1,237
 4.0 %
Non-deductible executive compensation1,588
 2.2 % 221
 0.4 % 40
 (0.1)%
Non-deductible other462
 0.6 % 22
  % 856
 (3.1)%
Stock compensation benefits(5,382) (7.3)% (2,544) (4.3)% 
  %
Research credits(561) 2.0 % (672) 1.3 % (1,000) (3.2)%(768) (1.0)% (763) (1.3)% (561) 2.0 %
One-time transition tax from tax reform26
  % 25,798
 43.3 % 
  %
Tax amortization of goodwill(10,564) 38.4 % 4,185
 (7.8)% 3,826
 12.3 %
  % 
  % (10,564) 38.4 %
Valuation allowance13,505
 (49.2)% 5,194
 (9.7)% 8,524
 27.4 %(184) (0.3)% (15,541) (25.9)% 13,505
 (49.2)%
Other, net978
 (3.5)% 758
 (1.4)% 283
 0.8 %(1)  % 184
 0.3 % 978
 (3.5)%
Income tax (benefit) provision$(1,208) 4.4 % $2,163
 (4.0)% $14,268
 45.8 %
Income tax provision (benefit)$18,614
 25.3 % $14,060
 23.6 % $(1,208) 4.4 %
We
The Company recorded an income tax benefitprovision of $1.2$18.6 million, representing an effective tax rate of 4.4%25.3%. The effective tax rate differs fromis higher than the U.S. statutory rate of 35.0%21.0% primarily as a result of the impact of GILTI, non-deductible executive compensation, and foreign losses not benefited, including an asset impairment expense of $21.2 million recorded in pretax income for which no tax benefit was recognized due to a valuation allowance maintained against its deferred tax assets in the impacted jurisdiction. Refer to Note 8, Property, Plant & Equipment, for additional details. The effective tax rate has been favorably impacted by excess stock compensation benefits, research tax credits generated, jurisdictional mix of earnings, and losses generatedthe release of valuation allowance against its net deferred tax assets in the U.S. and certain foreign subsidiaries that have a valuation allowance and therefore cannot be benefited. Other significant items impacting the rate include the tax provision related to the amortization of U.S. goodwill for tax purposes which gives rise to an indefinite lived deferred tax liability and the current year goodwill impairments. We havejurisdictions. The Company has recorded a $0.1$0.5 million tax provision associated with the portion ofexpense related to unremitted foreign earnings that are not considered indefinitelypermanently reinvested.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Unrecognized tax benefits represent uncertain tax positions for which reserves have been established. As of March 30, 2019, the Company had $4.7 million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $3.9 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. As of March 31, 2018, the Company had $4.5 million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $3.8 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. At April 1, 2017, wethe Company had $3.4 million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $1.5 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. As of April 2, 2016, we had $2.5 million of unrecognized tax benefits, of which $0.6 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized. At March 28, 2015, we had $7.1 million of unrecognized tax benefits, all of which $2.0 million would impact the effective tax rate, if recognized.
During the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 our unrecognized tax benefits were increased by $0.8 million. An increase of $1.3 million in our uncertain tax positions was triggered by a reduction in workforce which impacts a previously negotiated tax holiday that requires us to maintain certain levels of headcount for a multi-year period. The establishment of this tax reserve is offset by the release of other reserves as a result of the closure of tax statutes of limitations.

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During the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019 the Company's unrecognized tax benefits were increased by $0.2 million, primarily relating to uncertain tax positions established against various federal and state tax credits.

The following table summarizes the activity related to ourits gross unrecognized tax benefits for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2019, March 31, 2018 and April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015:2017:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
Beginning Balance$2,523
 $7,070
 $5,604
$4,450
 $3,370
 $2,523
Additions for tax positions of current year282
 289
 
Additions for tax positions of prior years1,279
 340
 3,234

 1,203
 1,279
Reductions of tax positions(29) (4,158) 
(52) (252) (29)
Settlements with taxing authorities
 
 (338)
Closure of statute of limitations(403) (729) (1,430)(23) (160) (403)
Ending Balance$3,370
 $2,523
 $7,070
$4,657
 $4,450
 $3,370

As of April 1, 2017 we anticipateMarch 30, 2019, the Company anticipates that the liability for unrecognized tax benefits for uncertain tax positions could change by up to $1.5$1.3 million in the next twelve months, as a result of closure of various statutes of limitations and potential settlements with tax authorities.
Our historic
The Company's historical practice has been and continues to be to recognize interest and penalties related to federal, state and foreign income tax matters in income tax expense. Approximately $0.2 million and $0.4 million of gross interest and penalties were accrued at April 1, 2017both March 30, 2019 and April 2, 2016, respectively,March 31, 2018 and isare not included in the amounts above. There was a nominal benefit included in tax expense associated withfor accrued interest and penalties of $0.2 million, $0.3 millionduring fiscal 2019, 2018 and $0.3 million for the periods ended April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, respectively.2017.
We conduct
The Company conducts business globally and, as a result, file consolidated and separatefiles federal, state and foreign income tax returns in multiple jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, we areit is subject to examination by taxing authorities throughout the world. With a few exceptions, we arethe Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state, or local income tax examinations for years before fiscal 20142016 and foreign income tax examinations for years before fiscal 2012.2014. To the extent that we havethe Company has tax attribute carry-forwards, the tax years in which the attribute was generated may still be adjusted upon examination by the Internal Revenue Service, state, or foreign tax authorities to the extent utilized in a future period.

9. COMMITMENTS5. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations.
(In thousands, except per share amounts)2019 2018 2017
Basic EPS 
  
  
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268)
Weighted average shares51,533
 52,755
 51,524
Basic income (loss) per share$1.07
 $0.86
 $(0.51)
Diluted EPS 
  
  
Net income (loss)$55,019
 $45,572
 $(26,268)
Basic weighted average shares51,533
 52,755
 51,524
Net effect of common stock equivalents1,409
 746
 
Diluted weighted average shares52,942
 53,501
 51,524
Diluted income (loss) per share$1.04
 $0.85
 $(0.51)

Basic earnings per share is calculated using the Company's weighted-average outstanding common shares. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using its weighted-average outstanding common shares including the dilutive effect of stock awards as determined under the treasury stock method. For fiscal 2019 and 2018, weighted average shares outstanding, assuming dilution, excludes the impact of 0.2 million and 0.4 million anti-dilutive shares, respectively. For fiscal 2017, the Company recognized a

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net loss; therefore it excluded the impact of outstanding stock awards from the diluted loss per share calculation as their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect.

Share Repurchase Plan

In May 2019, the Company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized the repurchase of up to $500 million of Haemonetics common shares over the next two years. This new share repurchase program will help to offset the dilutive impact of recent and future employee equity grants. The timing and amounts of activity under the repurchase program will be at management’s discretion with the intent of beginning activity under the program during fiscal 2020.

Under the share repurchase program, the Company is authorized to repurchase, from time to time, outstanding shares of common stock in accordance with applicable laws on the open market, including under trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and in privately negotiated transactions. The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased will be determined by the Company at its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including market conditions, applicable legal requirements and compliance with the terms of loan covenants. The share repurchase program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time, and the Company has no obligation to repurchase any amount of its common stock under the program.

On February 6, 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $260 million of its outstanding common stock from time to time, based on market conditions, through March 30, 2019. In May 2018, the Company completed a $100.0 million repurchase of its common stock pursuant to an accelerated share repurchase agreement ("ASR") entered into with Citibank N.A (“Citibank”) in February 2018. The total number of shares repurchased under the ASR was approximately 1.4 million at an average price per share upon final settlement of $72.51. In August 2018, the Company completed an additional $80.0 million repurchase of its common stock pursuant to an ASR entered into with Citibank in June 2018. The total number of shares repurchased under the ASR was approximately 0.9 million at an average price per share upon final settlement of $93.83. In December 2018, the Company repurchased the remaining $80.0 million of its common stock under the Company's share repurchase authorization pursuant to an ASR entered into with Citibank in November 2018. The total number of shares repurchased under the ASR was approximately 0.8 million at an average price per share upon final settlement of $103.74. As of March 30, 2019, the Company had utilized the full $260 million share repurchase authorization, which resulted in approximately 3.0 million total shares repurchased at an average price of $86.58 per share.

6.REVENUE

The Company's revenue recognition policy is to recognize revenues from product sales, software and services in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. The Company adopted Topic 606 as of April 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. Under this method, entities recognize the cumulative effect of applying the new standard at the date of initial application with no restatement of comparative periods presented. The cumulative effect of applying the new standard resulted in an increase to opening retained earnings of $1.5 million upon adoption of Topic 606 on April 1, 2018, primarily related to deferred revenue associated with software revenue. The new standard has been applied only to those contracts that were not completed as of March 31, 2018.

The impact of adopting Topic 606 was not significant to individual financial statement line items in the consolidated balance sheet as of March 30, 2019 or in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for fiscal 2019.

As of March 30, 2019, the Company had $23.9 million of transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations related to executed contracts with an original duration of one year or more. The Company expects to recognize approximately 56% of this amount as revenue within the next twelve months and the remaining balance thereafter.

As of March 30, 2019 and April 1, 2018, the Company had contract assets of $5.6 million and $2.7 million, respectively. The change is primarily due to the delay in billings compared to the revenue recognized. Contract assets are classified as other current assets and other long-term assets on the consolidated balance sheet.

As of March 30, 2019 and April 1, 2018, the Company had contract liabilities of $20.3 million and $16.6 million, respectively. During fiscal 2019, the Company recognized $15.0 million of revenue that was included in the above April 1, 2018 contract liability balance. Contract liabilities are classified as other current liabilities and other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet.

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7. INVENTORIES

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market and include the cost of material, labor and manufacturing overhead. Cost is determined with the first-in, first-out method.
(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 
March 31,
2018(1)
Raw materials$69,420
 $52,997
Work-in-process12,610
 10,774
Finished goods112,307
 97,028
Total Inventories$194,337
 $160,799
(1) The Company corrected the classification of inventory as of March 31, 2018. This correction did not change total inventories and did not have a financial statement impact.

8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment consisted of the following:
(In thousands) March 30, 2019 March 31, 2018
Land $7,337
 $7,450
Building and building improvements 118,821
 114,646
Plant equipment and machinery 301,297
 291,537
Office equipment and information technology 132,783
 134,412
Haemonetics equipment 372,984
 325,401
     Total 933,222
 873,446
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (589,243) (541,290)
Property, plant and equipment, net $343,979
 $332,156

Depreciation expense was $76.8 million, $57.7 million and $66.5 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. There were no asset impairments included in depreciation expense during fiscal 2019. Fiscal 2018 and 2017 include $0.3 million and $10.0 million, respectively, of additional depreciation expense due to asset impairments.

As part of the acquisition of the whole blood business from Pall Corporation (“Pall”) in fiscal 2012, Pall agreed to manufacture and install in one of the Company's facilities and certain equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through fiscal 2028. Facility leases require usa filter media manufacturing line (the “HDC line”) for which the Company agreed to pay certain insurance expenses, maintenance costsPall approximately $15.0 million (plus pre-approved overages). Pall also agreed to supply media to the Company for use in leukoreduction filters until such time as the Company accepted the HDC line.

In May 2018, the Company entered into a long-term supply agreement with Pall under which Pall will continue to supply media to the Company for use in leukoreduction filters. As a condition of the supply agreement, the Company agreed to accept the HDC line and real estate taxes.to make a final payment of $9.0 million to Pall for the HDC line.

As a result of the decision to continue to source media for leukoreduction filters from Pall rather than producing them internally, the Company does not expect to utilize the HDC line for future production and expects that the asset’s future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover its carrying value of $19.8 million. Accordingly, during the first quarter of fiscal 2019 the Company recorded impairment charges of $19.8 million for the HDC line.

During fiscal 2019, the Company impaired an additional $1.4 million of property, plant and equipment as a result of the Company's review of non-core and underperforming assets, resulting in total impairment charges of $21.2 million during fiscal 2019. These impairments were included within cost of goods sold on the consolidated statements of income (loss) and impacted the All Other reporting segment. During fiscal 2018 and 2017, the Company impaired $2.2 million and $13.3 million of property, plant and equipment, respectively.

Approximate future basic rental commitments underAdditionally, the Company has changed the estimated useful lives of PCS®2 devices, included within Haemonetics Equipment, as these will be replaced by the NexSys PCS® which the Company began placing during the second quarter of fiscal 2019. During fiscal 2019, the Company incurred $18.0 million of accelerated depreciation expense related to this change in estimate.

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9. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by operating leases as of April 1, 2017segment for fiscal 2019 and 2018 are as follows:
Fiscal Year 
(In thousands) 
2018$4,298
20192,966
20201,906
20211,722
20221,623
Thereafter7,031
 $19,546
(In thousands)Japan EMEA North America Plasma All Other Total
Carrying amount as of April 1, 2017$24,880
 $20,543
 $26,415
 $139,003
 $210,841
Currency translation162
 134
 
 258
 554
Carrying amount as of March 31, 2018$25,042
 $20,677
 $26,415
 $139,261
 $211,395
Transfer of goodwill between segments
 (1,084) 
 1,084
 
Currency translation(168) (139) 
 (269) (576)
Carrying amount as of March 30, 2019$24,874
 $19,454
 $26,415
 $140,076
 $210,819
Rent expense in fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015 was $6.2 million, $6.8 million and $6.3 million, respectively. Some
The results of the Company's goodwill impairment test performed in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019 and 2018 indicated that the estimated fair value of all reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values. There were no reporting units at risk of impairment as of the fiscal 2019 and 2018 annual test dates. During fiscal 2017, the Company recorded goodwill impairment charges of $57.0 million. During fiscal 2019, management reorganized its operating leases include renewal provisions, escalation clausessegments such that certain immaterial components of the EMEA operating segment became components of the All Other operating segment. As a result, the Company transferred $1.1 million of goodwill to the All Other operating segment, which represented the portion of goodwill associated with these components.

The gross carrying amount of intangible assets and options to purchase the facilities that we lease.related accumulated amortization as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018 is as follows:
We are presently engaged in various legal actions, and although our ultimate liability cannot be determined at the present time, we believe, based on consultation with counsel, that any such liability will not materially affect our consolidated financial position or our results of operations.
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)
(In thousands)
Gross Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 Net
As of March 30, 2019 
  
  
Amortizable:     
Patents$9,635
 $8,444
 $1,191
Capitalized software66,631
 34,737
 31,894
Other developed technology103,321
 73,271
 30,050
Customer contracts and related relationships194,793
 142,747
 52,046
Trade names5,169
 4,280
 889
Total$379,549
 $263,479
 $116,070
Non-amortizable:     
In-process software development$8,740
    
In-process patents2,883
    
Total$11,623
    

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working conditions
(In thousands)
Gross Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 Net
As of March 31, 2018 
  
  
Amortizable:     
Patents$9,301
 $8,262
 $1,039
Capitalized software54,095
 27,117
 26,978
Other developed technology117,959
 80,622
 37,337
Customer contracts and related relationships197,266
 127,338
 69,928
Trade names7,178
 5,939
 1,239
Total$385,799
 $249,278
 $136,521
Non-amortizable:     
In-process software development$17,717
    
In-process patents2,351
    
Total$20,068
    

Intangible assets include the value assigned to license rights and minimum salariesother developed technology, patents, customer contracts and relationships and trade names. The estimated useful lives for all of these intangible assets are 5 to 18 years. The changes to the net carrying value of the Company's intangible assets from March 31, 2018 to March 30, 2019 reflect the impact of amortization expense, partially offset by the investment in capitalized software.

Aggregate amortization expense for amortized intangible assets for fiscal 2019, 2018, and 2017 was $32.6 million, $31.9 million and $37.2 million, respectively. During fiscal 2017, the Company impaired $4.8 million of intangible assets. Amortization expense for fiscal 2017 included $4.0 million of amortization expense resulting from these intangible asset impairments. There were no intangible asset impairments during fiscal 2019 and 2018.
Future annual amortization expense on intangible assets is estimated to be as follows:
(In thousands)  
Fiscal 2020 $28,226
Fiscal 2021 $26,593
Fiscal 2022 $12,013
Fiscal 2023 $9,375
Fiscal 2024 $4,991

10. CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS

The cost of software that is developed or obtained for internal use is accounted for pursuant to ASC Topic 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other. Pursuant to ASC Topic 350, the Company capitalizes costs incurred during the application development stage of software developed for internal use and expense costs incurred during the preliminary project and the post-implementation operation stages of development. The costs capitalized for each project are included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements.

For costs incurred related to the development of software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed, the Company applies the provisions of ASC Topic 985-20, Software - Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed, which specifies that costs incurred internally in researching and developing a computer software product should havebe charged to expense until technological feasibility has 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 betweenfor the product. Once technological feasibility is established, all software costs should be capitalized until the product is available for general release to customers.

The Company capitalized $3.5 million and $9.3 million in software development costs for ongoing initiatives during fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. At March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, the Company employeeshad a total of $75.4 million and $71.8 million of software costs capitalized, of which $8.7 million and $17.7 million are related to in process software development initiatives, respectively, and the government to continue full payremaining balance represents in-service assets that are being amortized over their useful lives. In

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connection with these development activities, the Company capitalized interest of $0.3 million in both fiscal 2019 and benefits2018. The Company amortizes capitalized costs when the products are released for employees who would otherwise be terminatedsale. During fiscal 2019 and 2018, $12.5 million and $4.4 million of capitalized costs were placed into service, respectively. Amortization of capitalized software development cost expense was $7.6 million, $6.8 million and $9.7 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively and has been included as a component of cost of goods sold within the accompanying consolidated statements of income (loss). There were no impairment charges recorded during fiscal 2019 and 2018. Amortization expense in timesfiscal 2017 includes $4.0 million of low demand,impairment charges. The costs capitalized for each project are void,included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements.

11. NOTES PAYABLE AND LONG-TERM DEBT

Notes payable and (iii) rights to paymentlong-term debt consisted of the extra time used for changing into and out of their working clothes at the beginning and end of each shift.following:
In addition, a union represented in the Ascoli plant filed an action alleging that
(In thousands)March 30, 2019 March 31, 2018
Term loan, net of financing fees$334,859
 $253,305
Other borrowings15,261
 377
Less current portion(27,666) (194,259)
Long-term debt$322,454
 $59,423

On June 15, 2018, the Company discriminated against it in favor of three other represented unions by (i) interferingentered into a credit agreement with an employee referendum, (ii) interferingcertain lenders which provided for a $350.0 million term loan (the "Term Loan") and a $350.0 million revolving loan (the "Revolving Credit Facility" and together with an employee petition to recall union representatives from office, and (iii) excluding the union from certain meetings.
Finally, we have been added as defendantsTerm Loan, the "Credit Facilities"). The Credit Facilities expire on claims filed against Pall Corporation prior to our acquisitionJune 15, 2023. Interest on the Credit Facilities is established using LIBOR plus 1.13% - 1.75%, depending on the Company's leverage ratio. A portion of the plant in August 2012. These claims relatenet proceeds of $347.8 million was used to agreements to "freeze" benefit allowances for a certain period in exchange for Pall's commitmentspay down the $253.7 million remaining outstanding balance on hiring and plant investment.
As of April 1, 2017, the total amount of damages claimed by the plaintiffs in these matters is approximately $4.4 million. At this point in the proceedings, we believe the losses are unlikely and therefore no amounts have been accrued. 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 known2012 credit agreement, 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")amended in fiscal 2014. The acquired storage solutionremainder of the proceeds were used to support the launch of the NexSys PCS device and for general corporate purposes. At March 30, 2019, $336.9 million was outstanding under the Term Loan and $15.0 million was outstanding on the Revolving Credit Facility, both with an effective interest rate of 3.8%. The Company also had $25.1 million of uncommitted operating lines of credit to fund its global operations under which there were no outstanding borrowings as of March 30, 2019.

Under the Credit Facilities, the Company is referredrequired to maintain a Consolidated Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.5:1.0 and a Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio not to be less than 4.0:1.0 during periods when the Credit Facilities are outstanding. In addition, the Company is required to satisfy these covenants, on a pro forma basis, in connection with any new borrowings (including any letter of credit issuances) on the Revolving Credit Facility as SOLX.of the time of such borrowings. The Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio is calculated as the Consolidated EBITDA divided by Consolidated Interest Expense while the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is calculated as Consolidated Total Debt divided by Consolidated EBITDA. Consolidated EBITDA includes EBITDA adjusted by non-recurring and unusual transactions specifically as defined in the Credit Facilities.
At
The Credit Facilities also contain usual and customary non-financial affirmative and negative covenants that include certain restrictions with respect to subsequent indebtedness, liens, loans and investments (including acquisitions), financial reporting obligations, mergers, consolidations, dissolutions or liquidation, asset sales, affiliate transactions, change of its business, capital expenditures, share repurchase and other restricted payments. These covenants are subject to exceptions and qualifications set forth in the closingcredit agreement.

Any failure to comply with the financial and operating covenants of the Credit Facilities would prevent the Company from being able to borrow additional funds and would constitute a default, which could result in, April 2013, Haemonetics paid Hemerusamong other things, the amounts outstanding including all accrued interest and unpaid fees, becoming immediately due and payable. In addition, the Credit Facilities include customary events of default, in certain cases subject to customary cure periods. As of March 30, 2019, the Company was in compliance with the covenants.

Commitment Fee

Pursuant to the Credit Facilities, the Company is required to pay, on the last day of each calendar quarter, a totalcommitment fee on the unused portion of $24 million and agreedthe Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee is subject to a $3 million milestone payment due when the U.S. 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 millionpricing grid based on the saleCompany's Consolidated Leverage Ratio. The commitment fee ranges from 0.150% to 0.275%. The current commitment fee on the undrawn portion of products incorporating SOLX over a ten year period.the Revolving Credit Facility is 0.175%.
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Debt Issuance Costs and Interest

Expenses associated with the Hemerus filter, Haemonetics filed for,issuance of the Term Loan were capitalized and received,are amortized to interest expense over the 24-Hour Approvallife of the term loan using the effective interest method. As of March 30, 2019, the $336.9 million term loan balance was netted down by the $2.0 million of remaining debt discount, resulting in a Haemonetics filter.  Accordingly, Haemonetics did not pay Hemerus the $3net note payable of $334.9 million.

Interest expense was $13.1 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 them $3$7.7 million and $7.9 million for fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Accrued interest associated with the receiptoutstanding debt is included as a component of other current liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. As of both March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, the Company had an insignificant amount of accrued interest associated with the outstanding debt.

The aggregate amount of debt maturing during the next five fiscal years and thereafter are as follows:
Fiscal year (In thousands)
 
2020$28,262
202121,942
202217,528
2023214,394
202470,009
Thereafter

12. DERIVATIVES AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company manufactures, markets and sells its products globally. For the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019, 37.3% of the 24-Hour Approval despiteCompany's sales were generated outside the U.S. in local currencies. The Company also incurs certain manufacturing, marketing and selling costs in international markets in local currency.

Accordingly, earnings and cash flows are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates relative to the U.S. Dollar, the Company's reporting currency. The Company has a program in place that is designed to mitigate the exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. That program includes the use of derivative financial instruments to minimize, for a Haemonetics filterperiod of time, the impact on its financial results from changes in foreign exchange rates. The Company utilizes foreign currency forward contracts to obtainhedge the approvalanticipated cash flows from transactions denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the Japanese Yen and the Euro, and to a lesser extent the Swiss Franc, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar and the Mexican Peso. This does not eliminate the impact of the volatility of foreign exchange rates. However, because the Company generally enters into forward contracts one year out, rates are fixed for a one-year period, thereby facilitating financial planning and resource allocation.

Designated Foreign Currency Hedge Contracts

All of the Company's designated foreign currency hedge contracts as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018 were cash flow hedges under ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging ("ASC 815"). The Company records the effective portion of any change in the fair value of designated foreign currency hedge contracts in other comprehensive income until the related third-party transaction occurs. Once the related third-party transaction occurs, the Company reclassifies the effective portion of any related gain or loss on the designated foreign currency hedge contracts to earnings. In the event the hedged forecasted transaction does not occur, or it becomes probable that we have failed to make commercially reasonable efforts to market and sell products incorporating SOLX. We believe that we have meritorious defenses to these claims.
It isit will not possible to accurately evaluateoccur, the likelihood orCompany will reclassify the amount of any potential lossesgain or loss on the related cash flow hedge to earnings at that time. The Company had designated foreign currency hedge contracts outstanding in the contract amount of $81.5 million as of March 30, 2019 and $86.0 million as of March 31, 2018. At March 30, 2019, gains of $2.6 million, net of tax, will be reclassified to earnings within the next twelve months. Substantially all currency cash flow hedges outstanding as of March 30, 2019 mature within twelve months.


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Non-Designated Foreign Currency Contracts

The Company manages its exposure to changes in foreign currency on a consolidated basis to take advantage of offsetting transactions and balances. It uses foreign currency forward contracts as a part of its strategy to manage exposure related to foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities. These foreign currency forward contracts are entered into for periods consistent with currency transaction exposures, generally one month. They are not designated as cash flow or fair value hedges under ASC 815. These forward contracts are marked-to-market with changes in fair value recorded to earnings. The Company had non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts under ASC 815 outstanding in the contract amount of $37.4 million as of March 30, 2019 and $36.3 million as of March 31, 2018.

Interest Rate Swaps

On June 15, 2018, the Company entered into Credit Facilities which provided for a $350 million Term Loan and a $350 million Revolving Credit Facility. Under the terms of the Credit Facilities, interest is established using LIBOR plus 1.13% - 1.75%. As a result, the Company's earnings and cash flows are exposed to interest rate risk from changes to LIBOR. Part of the Company's interest rate risk management strategy includes the use of interest rate swaps to mitigate its exposure to changes in variable interest rates. The Company's objective in using interest rate swaps is to add stability to interest expense and to manage and reduce the risk inherent in interest rate fluctuations.

In August 2018, the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements (the "Swaps") to pay an average fixed rate of 2.80% on a total notional value of $241.9 million of debt. As a result of the interest rate swaps, 70% of the Term Loan exposed to interest rate risk from changes in LIBOR are fixed at a rate of 4.05%. The Swaps mature on June 15, 2023. The Company designated the Swaps as cash flow hedges of variable interest rate risk associated with $345.6 million of indebtedness. For fiscal 2019, the Company recorded a loss of $5.2 million in accumulated other comprehensive loss to recognize the effective portion of the fair value of the Swaps that qualify as cash flow hedges.

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table presents the effect of the Company's derivative instruments designated as cash flow hedges and those not designated as hedging instruments under ASC 815 in its consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019.
Derivative Instruments  
 Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Amount of Gain Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Earnings Location in Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) 
Amount of Gain Excluded from
Effectiveness
Testing
 Location in Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
(In thousands)          
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts, net of tax $2,610
 $577
 Net revenues, COGS and SG&A $1,601
 Interest and other expense, net
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 
   $1,355
 Interest and other expense, net
Designated interest rate swaps, net of tax $(4,487) $(377) Interest and other expense, net $
  

The Company did not have fair value hedges or net investment hedges outstanding as of March 30, 2019 or March 31, 2018. As of March 30, 2019, no deferred tax assets were recognized for designated foreign currency hedges.

ASC 815 requires all derivative instruments to be recognized at their fair values as either assets or liabilities on the balance sheet. The Company determines the fair value of its derivative instruments using the framework prescribed by ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, by considering the estimated amount it would receive or pay to sell or transfer these instruments at the reporting date and by taking into account current interest rates, currency exchange rates, current interest rate curves, interest rate volatilities, the creditworthiness of the counterparty for assets, and its creditworthiness for liabilities. In

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certain instances, the Company may utilize financial models to measure fair value. Generally, the Company uses inputs that include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; other observable inputs for the asset or liability; and inputs derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data by correlation or other means. As of March 30, 2019, the Company has classified its derivative assets and liabilities within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy prescribed by ASC 815, as discussed below, because these observable inputs are available for substantially the full term of its derivative instruments.

The following tables present the fair value of the Company's derivative instruments as they appear in its consolidated balance sheets as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018:
(In thousands)
Location in
Balance Sheet
 As of March 30, 2019 As of March 31, 2018
Derivative Assets:   
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current assets $1,208
 $780
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current assets 69
 324
   $1,277
 $1,104
Derivative Liabilities:   
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current liabilities $145
 $1,445
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contractsOther current liabilities 
 138
Designated interest rate swapsOther current liabilities 5,203
 
   $5,348
 $1,583

Other Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the exit price that would be received from the sale of an asset or paid to transfer a liability, using assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. The fair value guidance establishes the following three-level hierarchy used for measuring fair value:

Level 1 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted market prices for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are other observable inputs, including quoted market prices for similar assets or liabilities and market-corroborated inputs.
Level 3 — Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable inputs based on management’s best estimate of inputs market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date, including assumptions about risk.

The Company's money market funds carried at fair value are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices.


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Fair Value Measured on a Recurring Basis

Financial assets and financial liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis consist of the following as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018.
  As of March 30, 2019
(In thousands) Level 1 Level 2 Total
Assets      
Money market funds $36,980
 $
 $36,980
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 1,208
 $1,208
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 69
 $69
  $36,980
 $1,277
 $38,257
Liabilities      
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts $
 $145
 $145
Designated interest rate swaps 
 5,203
 $5,203
  $
 $5,348
 $5,348
       
  As of March 31, 2018
  Level 1 Level 2 Total
Assets      
Money market funds $75,450
 $
 $75,450
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 780
 $780
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 324
 $324
  $75,450
 $1,104
 $76,554
Liabilities  
  
  
Designated foreign currency hedge contracts $
 $1,445
 $1,445
Non-designated foreign currency hedge contracts 
 138
 $138
  $
 $1,583
 $1,583

Other Fair Value Disclosures

The Term Loan (which is carried at amortized cost), accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value. Details pertaining to the Term Loan can be found in Note 11, Notes Payable and Long-Term Debt.

13. PRODUCT WARRANTIES

The Company generally provides warranty on parts and labor for one year after the sale and installation of each device. The Company also warrants disposables products through their use or expiration. The Company estimates potential warranty expense based on historical warranty experience and periodically assesses the adequacy of the warranty accrual, making adjustments as necessary.
(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
Warranty accrual as of the beginning of the year$316
 $176
Warranty provision660
 1,082
Warranty spending(742) (942)
Warranty accrual as of the end of the year$234
 $316


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14. RETIREMENT PLANS

Defined Contribution Plans

The Company has a Savings Plus Plan (the "401k Plan") that is a 401(k) plan that allows its U.S. employees to accumulate savings on a pre-tax basis. In addition, matching contributions are made to the 401k Plan based upon pre-established rates. The Company's matching contributions amounted to approximately $5.0 million, $5.5 million and $5.1 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Upon Board approval, additional discretionary contributions can also be made. No discretionary contributions were made for the 401k Plan in fiscal 2019, 2018, or 2017.

Some of the Company's subsidiaries also have defined contribution plans, to which both the employee and the employer make contributions. The employer contributions to these plans totaled $0.6 million, $0.7 million and 0.8 million in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

Defined Benefit Plans

ASC Topic 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits, requires an employer to: (a) recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan’s over-funded status or a liability for a plan’s under-funded status; (b) measure a plan’s assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year (with limited exceptions); and (c) recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit post retirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. Accordingly, the Company is required to report changes in its funded status in comprehensive loss on its consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity and consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).

Benefits under these plans are generally based on either career average or final average salaries and creditable years of service as defined in the plans. The annual cost for these plans is determined using the projected unit credit actuarial cost method that includes actuarial assumptions and estimates that are subject to change.
Some of the Company's foreign subsidiaries have defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all full time employees at those subsidiaries. Net periodic benefit costs for the plans in the aggregate include the following components:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Service cost$1,893
 $2,651
 $3,404
Interest cost on benefit obligation340
 293
 287
Expected return on plan assets(208) (215) (308)
Actuarial loss132
 186
 532
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost(86) (121) (119)
Amortization of unrecognized transition obligation
 
 37
Plan settlements and curtailments(82) (445) 289
Totals$1,989
 $2,349
 $4,122


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The activity under those defined benefit plans are as follows:
(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
Change in Benefit Obligation: 
  
Benefit Obligation, beginning of year$(30,476) $(31,345)
Service cost(1,893) (2,651)
Interest cost(340) (293)
Benefits paid902
 518
Actuarial gain(367) 2,381
Employee and plan participants contribution(1,815) (3,441)
Plan settlements and curtailments3,069
 5,064
Foreign currency changes283
 (709)
Benefit obligation, end of year$(30,637) $(30,476)
Change in Plan Assets: 
  
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year$16,322
 $17,285
Company contributions1,329
 1,542
Benefits paid(795) (434)
(Loss) gain on plan assets265
 (200)
Employee and plan participants contribution1,801
 3,490
Plan settlements(2,916) (4,531)
Foreign currency changes281
 (830)
Fair value of plan assets, end of year$16,287
 $16,322
Funded Status*
$(14,350) $(14,154)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss2,245
 2,187
Unrecognized prior service cost(714) (698)
Net amount recognized$(12,819) $(12,665)
* Substantially all of the unfunded status is non-current

One of the benefit plans is funded by benefit payments made by the Company through the purchase of reinsurance contracts that do not qualify as plan assets under ASC Topic 715. Accordingly that plan has no assets included in the information presented above. The total asset value associated with the reinsurance contracts was $6.1 million and $6.5 million at March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively. The total liability for this claimplan, which is included in the table above, was $9.4 million and therefore$9.9 million as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018, respectively.

The accumulated benefit obligation for all plans was $28.6 million and $29.6 million for fiscal 2019 and 2018, respectively. There were no amountsplans where the plan assets were greater than the accumulated benefit obligation as of March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018.


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The components of the change recorded in the Company's accumulated other comprehensive loss related to its defined benefit plans, net of tax, are as follows (in thousands):
Balance, April 2, 2016$(7,492)
Obligation at transition32
Actuarial loss5,126
Prior service cost62
Balance as of April 1, 2017$(2,272)
Actuarial loss1,922
Prior service cost(125)
Plan settlements and curtailments152
Balance as of March 31, 2018$(323)
Actuarial loss(51)
Prior service cost(80)
Plan settlements and curtailments(73)
Balance as of March 30, 2019$(527)

The Company expects to amortize $0.3 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net periodic benefit cost during fiscal 2020.

The weighted average rates used to determine the net periodic benefit costs and projected benefit obligations were as follows:
 2019 2018 2017
Discount rate0.97% 1.07% 0.76%
Rate of increased salary levels1.78% 1.73% 1.43%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets0.75% 0.90% 1.10%

Assumptions for expected long-term rate of return on plan assets are based upon actual historical returns, future expectations of returns for each asset class and the effect of periodic target asset allocation rebalancing. The results are adjusted for the payment of reasonable expenses of the plan from plan assets.

The Company has no other material obligation for post-retirement or post-employment benefits.

The Company's investment policy for pension plans is to balance risk and return through a diversified portfolio to reduce interest rate and market risk. Maturities are managed so that sufficient liquidity exists to meet immediate and future benefit payment requirements.

ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides guidance for reporting and measuring the plan assets of the Company's defined benefit pension plan at fair value as of March 30, 2019. Using the same three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements as described in Note 12, Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements, all of the assets of the Company’s plan are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because the plan assets are primarily insurance contracts.

Expected benefit payments for both plans are estimated using the same assumptions used in determining the Company’s benefit obligation at March 30, 2019. Benefit payments will depend on future employment and compensation levels, average years employed and average life spans, among other factors, and changes in any of these factors could significantly affect these estimated future benefit payments.

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Estimated future benefit payments are as follows:
(In thousands) 
Fiscal 2020$1,503
Fiscal 20211,252
Fiscal 20221,540
Fiscal 20231,331
Fiscal 20241,370
Fiscal 2025-20296,447
 $13,443

The Company's contributions for fiscal 2020 are expected to be consistent with the current year.

15. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
The Company leases facilities and certain equipment under operating leases expiring at various dates through fiscal 2026. Facility leases require the Company to pay certain insurance expenses, maintenance costs and real estate taxes.
Approximate future basic rental commitments under operating leases as of March 30, 2019 are as follows:
Fiscal Year 
(In thousands) 
2020$4,041
20213,726
20223,281
20233,146
20242,142
Thereafter1,336
 $17,672
Rent expense in fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017 was $6.4 million, $6.4 million and $6.2 million, respectively. Some of the Company's operating leases include renewal provisions and escalation clauses that the Company leases.
The Company is a party to various legal proceedings and claims arising out of the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that except for those matters described below, there are no other proceedings or claims pending against it the ultimate resolution of which could have a material adverse effect on its 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.
Product Recalls

In March 2018, the Company issued a voluntary recall of specific lots of its AcrodoseTM Plus and PL Systems sold to its Blood Center customers in the U.S. The recall resulted from reports of low pH readings for platelets stored in the CLX HP bag and, in some instances, an accompanying yellow discoloration of the storage bag. For a period of nine weeks, the Company was unable to provide its customers with its Acrodose Plus and PL Systems. As a result of the recall, Blood Center customers may have discarded collected platelets and incurred other damages. During fiscal 2019 the Company entered into settlement agreements with certain customers responsible for substantially all of the total outstanding claims against it. As of March 30, 2019, the Company has recorded cumulative charges of $2.2 million associated with this recall which consists of $1.3 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $0.9 million of charges associated with customer claims. Substantially all of these claims have been accrued.paid as of March 30, 2019.
Product Recall
In June 2016, weAugust 2018, the Company issued a voluntary recall of certain whole blood collection kits sold to ourits 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 centerthe Company's Blood Center customers may have conducted further tests to confirm that the collected blood was adequately leukoreduced, sold the collected blood labeled as non-leukoreduced at a lower price or discarded the blood collected using the defective sets. As a result of the recall, we have recorded total charges of $7.1 million during fiscal 2017, which consists of $3.7 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $3.4 million of charges associated with customer claims, as discussed below. We may record incremental charges in future periods.
We determined that the affected sets were distributed between April and June 2016. Credits have been issued to customers who returned affected sets purchased during this period. During fiscal 2017, we recorded charges of $3.7 million, which consisted of $2.5 million of sales returns, $1.1 million of net inventory reserves for the affected collection sets on-hand that had not yet been shipped to customers and $0.1 million of freight expenses.
The $3.4 million of charges 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, we have 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

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placediscarded the collected blood. As of March 30, 2019, the Company has recorded cumulative charges of $1.9 million associated with this recall which we believe provides coverageconsists of $0.1 million of charges associated with customer returns and inventory reserves and $1.8 million of charges associated with customer claims. The Company may record incremental charges for a portion of the claims received to date. Accordingly, as of April 1, 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.periods associated with this recall.
10.16. CAPITAL STOCK

Stock Plans

The 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (the “2005 Incentive Compensation Plan”) permits the award of non-qualified stock options, incentive stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, deferred stock/restricted stock units, other stock units and performance shares to the Company’s key employees, officers and directors. The 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”) consisting of threefour independent members of ourthe Company's Board of Directors.

The maximum number of shares available for award under the 2005 Incentive Compensation Plan is 19,824,920. The maximum number of shares that may be issued pursuant to incentive stock options may not exceed 500,000. Any shares that are subject to the award of stock options shall be counted against this limit as one share for every one share issued. Any shares that are subject to awards other than stock options shall be counted against this limit as 3.02 shares for every one share granted. The total shares available for future grant as of April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 were 5,045,728.3,897,238.
Stock-Based
Share-Based Compensation

Compensation cost related to stock-basedshare-based transactions is recognized in the consolidated financial statements based on fair value. The total amount of stock-basedshare-based compensation expense, which is recorded on a straight line basis, was as follows:
(In thousands)2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Selling, general and administrative expenses$6,894 $5,183 $11,251$12,878 $9,960 $6,894
Research and development1,549
 1,060
 1,706
2,972
 2,114
 1,549
Cost of goods sold707
 706
 1,138
1,338
 951
 707
$9,150 $6,949 $14,095$17,188 $13,025 $9,150
We did not recognize an income tax benefit associated with our stock-based compensation arrangements for the fiscal years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016. We recognized an income tax benefit associated with our stock-based compensation arrangements of $4.5 million for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2015. There was no excess cash tax benefit classified as a financing cash inflow in fiscal 2017 and 2016. The excess cash tax benefit classified as a financing cash inflow in fiscal 2015 was $1.6 million.
Stock Options

Options are granted to purchase ordinary sharescommon stock at prices as determined by the Committee, but in no event shall such exercise price be less than the fair market value of the common stock at the time of the grant. Options generally vest in equal installments over a four year period for employees and one year from grant for non-employee directors. Options expire not more than 7 years from the date of the grant. The grant-date fair value of options, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, is recognized as expense on a straight line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Forfeitures are estimated based on historical experience.


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A summary of stock option activity for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 is as follows:
 
Options
Outstanding
(shares)
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
per Share
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000’s)
Outstanding at April 2, 20162,951,183
 $33.59
 3.34 $9,684
Granted501,127
 32.47
    
Exercised(1,083,824) 28.79
    
Forfeited/Canceled(329,691) 35.95
    
Outstanding at April 1, 20172,038,795
 $35.51
 3.88 $10,963
        
Exercisable at April 1, 20171,284,592
 $37.04
 2.66 $5,129
        
Vested or expected to vest at April 1, 20171,906,548
 $35.69
 4.24 $9,937
 
Options
Outstanding
 
Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
per Share
 
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Life (years)
 
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
($000’s)
Outstanding at March 31, 20181,197,438
 $36.68
 4.71 $43,685
Granted209,675
 94.67
    
Exercised(290,824) 35.87
    
Forfeited/Canceled(102,886) 40.01
    
Outstanding at March 30, 20191,013,403
 $48.55
 4.48 $40,902
        
Exercisable at March 30, 2019366,857
 $36.63
 3.06 $18,655
        
Vested or expected to vest at March 30, 2019936,291
 $47.16
 4.20 $38,931

The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $8.3$19.4 million, $4.5$15.4 million and $5.6$8.3 million during fiscal 2019, 2018 and 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

As of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, there was $4.9$7.3 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.092.8 years.

The fair value was estimated using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model based on the weighted average of the high and low stock prices at the grant date and the weighted average assumptions specific to the underlying options. Expected volatility assumptions are based on the historical volatility of ourthe Company's common stock over the expected term of the option. The risk-free interest rate was selected based upon yields of U.S. Treasury issues with a term equal to the expected life of the option being valued. The expected life of the option was estimated with reference to historical exercise patterns, the contractual term of the option and the vesting period.

The assumptions utilized for option grants during the periods presented are as follows:
2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Volatility24.0% 22.8% 22.5%26.1% 24.2% 24.0%
Expected life (years)4.9
 4.9
 4.9
4.9
 4.8
 4.9
Risk-free interest rate1.2% 1.4% 1.5%2.8% 1.7% 1.2%
Dividend yield0.0% 0.0% 0.0%0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Fair value per option$7.61
 $7.40
 $7.91
Grant-date fair value per Option$26.67
 $10.25
 $7.61

Restricted Stock Units

Restricted Stock Units ("RSUs") generally vest in equal installments over a four year period for employees and one year from grant for non-employee directors. The grant-date fair value of RSUs, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, is recognized as expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. The fair market value of RSUs is determined based on the market value of the Company’s shares on the date of grant.
A summary of RSU activity for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 is as follows:
 Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at April 2, 2016380,871
 $34.33
Granted212,105
 32.61
Vested(150,113) 34.98
Forfeited(101,222) 33.70
Unvested at April 1, 2017341,641
 $33.16


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A summary of RSU activity for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2019 is as follows:
 Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at March 31, 2018417,714
 $38.95
Granted108,611
 94.55
Vested(150,583) 40.04
Forfeited(66,520) 44.15
Unvested at March 30, 2019309,222
 $57.07

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of RSUs granted and total fair value of RSUs vested wereare as follows:
(In thousands, except per share data)2017 2016 2015
2019 2018 2017
Grant-date fair value per RSU$32.61
 $33.19
 $34.89
$94.55
 $41.87
 $32.61
Fair value of RSUs vested$34.98
 $36.07
 $36.62
$40.04
 $33.03
 $34.98

As of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, there was $8.4$13.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested restricted stock units. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.872.6 years.

Performance StockShare Units

The grant date fair value of Performance StockShare Units ("PSUs"), adjusted for estimated forfeitures, is recognized as expense on a straight line basis from the grant date through the end of the performance period. The value of these PSUs is generally based on relative total shareholder return which equals total shareholder return for the Company as compared to total shareholder return of the PSU comparison group, measured over a three year performance period. The PSU comparison group consists of the S&P Mid Cap 400 and the S&P Small Cap 600 indices. Depending on the Company's relative performance during the performance period, a recipient of the award is entitled to receive a number of ordinary shares equal to a percentage, ranging from 0% to 200%, of the award granted. As a result, we may issue up to 569,250 shares related to these awards. If the Company’s total shareholder return for the performance period is negative, then any share payout will be capped at 100% of the target award, regardless of the Company's performance relative to the Company'sits comparison group.
PSUs granted in fiscal 2016 and 2015 have a comparison group consisting of the Standard and Poor's ("S&P") Health Care Equipment Index, while PSUs granted in fiscal 2017 have a comparison group consisting of the S&P Small Cap 600 and the S&P Mid Cap 400 indices.
In addition to these relative total shareholder return PSUs, the Company's Chief Executive Officer upon hire, received a PSU grantgrants during both fiscal 2018 and 2017 with performance conditions based on the financial results of the Company and other internal metrics. As a result, the Company may issue up to 872,887 shares related to outstanding performance based awards.

A summary of PSU activity for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017March 30, 2019 is as follows:
Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at April 2, 2016102,336
 $31.38
Unvested at March 31, 2018388,107
 $39.63
Granted228,884
 34.07
94,460
 115.64
Vested(1)
 
(12,352) 29.20
Forfeited(46,595) 30.68
(21,559) 49.50
Unvested at April 1, 2017284,625
 $33.66
Unvested at March 30, 2019(2)(3)
448,656
 $54.22
(1) Includes the vesting of 6,176 shares that were earned in connection with awards granted in fiscal 2016 for the three-year performance cycle award period ended September 30, 2018, based on actual relative total shareholder return of 200%.
(2) Includes 48,851 shares that were earned in connection with the fiscal 2018 and 2017 internal metrics awards granted to the Company's Chief Executive Officer for the performance period ended March 30, 2019, disclosed in this table at the target number of 100%. The fiscal 2018 and 2017 awards were certified by the Committee in May 2019 at 144.31% and 80.05%, respectively.
(3) Includes 65,525 shares that were earned for awards granted in fiscal 2017 for the performance period ended March 30, 2019, disclosed in this table at the target number of 100%. Shares earned under this award were certified by the Committee in April 2019 based on the actual relative total shareholder return of 200%.

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The Company uses the Monte Carlo model to estimate the probability of satisfying the performance criteria and the resulting fair value of PSU awards with market conditions. The assumptions used in the Monte Carlo model for PSUs granted during each fiscal year were as follows:
2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Expected stock price volatility26.39% 22.27% 20.08%27.07% 26.11% 26.39%
Peer group stock price volatility33.86% 31.95% 31.52%34.98% 34.13% 33.86%
Correlation of returns51.17% 26.27% 30.52%47.57% 49.51% 51.17%

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of PSUs granted was $34.07, $29.20 and $35.09 in fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015 respectively.total fair value of PSUs vested are as follows:
 2019 2018 2017
Grant-date fair value per PSU$115.64
 $46.49
 $34.07
Fair value of PSUs vested$29.20
 $
 $

As of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, there was $7.8$11.7 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested performance share units. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.291.9 years.
Market Stock Units
The Company used the Monte Carlo model to determine the fair value of each market stock unit granted in fiscal 2016 and 2015. The grant date fair value of Market Stock Units ("MSUs"), adjusted for estimated forfeitures, was recognized as expense on a straight line basis from the grant date through the end of the performance period. The value of these MSUs was based the performance of Haemonetics’ stock through March 31, 2017. Because Haemonetics' stock was below the minimum threshold

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price of $50 per share during the relevant measurement period, the holders received no market share units upon vesting. There were no MSUs granted in fiscal 2017.
A summary of MSU activity for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 is as follows:
 Shares 
Weighted
Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Unvested at April 2, 2016152,968
 $24.84
Granted
 
Vested(116,550) 
Forfeited(36,418) 13.42
Unvested at April 1, 2017
 $
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Company has an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Purchase Plan”) under which a maximum of 3,200,000 shares (subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar changes) of common stock may be purchased by eligible employees. Substantially all of ourits full-time employees are eligible to participate in the Purchase Plan.

The Purchase Plan provides for two “purchase periods” within each of ourits fiscal years, the first commencing on November 1 of each year and continuing through April 30 of the next calendar year, and the second commencing on May 1 of each year and continuing through October 31 of such year. Shares are purchased through an accumulation of payroll deductions (of not less than 2% or more than 15% of compensation, as defined) for the number of whole shares determined by dividing the balance in the employee’s account on the last day of the purchase period by the purchase price per share for the stock determined under the Purchase Plan. The purchase price for shares is the lower of 85% of the fair market value of the common stock at the beginning of the purchase period, or 85% of such value at the end of the purchase period.

The fair values of shares purchased under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are estimated using the Black-Scholes single option-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:
2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Volatility31.3% 21.1% 23.7%30.0% 22.6% 31.3%
Expected life (months)6
 6
 6
6
 6
 6
Risk-free interest rate% 0.2% 0.1%2.3% 1.2% 0.5%
Dividend Yield0.0% 0.0% 0.0%0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

The weighted average grant date fair value of the six-month option inherent in the Purchase Plan was approximately $7.79, $7.80,$21.51, $9.66 and $7.09$7.79 during fiscal 2017, 2016,2019, 2018 and 2015,2017, respectively.


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11. EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”)
The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations.
(In thousands, except per share amounts)2017 2016 2015
Basic EPS 
  
  
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
Weighted average shares51,524
 50,910
 51,533
Basic (loss) income per share$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.33
Diluted EPS 
  
  
Net (loss) income$(26,268) $(55,579) $16,897
Basic weighted average shares51,524
 50,910
 51,533
Net effect of common stock equivalents
 
 556
Diluted weighted average shares51,524
 50,910
 52,089
Diluted (loss) income per share$(0.51) $(1.09) $0.32
Basic earnings per share is calculated using our weighted-average outstanding common shares. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using our weighted-average outstanding common shares including the dilutive effect of stock awards as determined under the treasury stock method. For fiscal 2017 and 2016, we recognized a net loss; therefore we excluded the impact of outstanding stock awards from the diluted loss per share calculation as their inclusion would have an anti-dilutive effect. Fiscal 2015 weighted average shares outstanding, assuming dilution, excludes the impact of 1.6 million stock options and restricted share units because either the effect would have been anti-dilutive or the performance criteria related to the units had not yet been met.
12. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Property and equipment consisted of the following:
(In thousands) April 1, 2017 April 2, 2016
Land $7,389
 $7,905
Building and building improvements 109,933
 117,132
Plant equipment and machinery 253,693
 238,549
Office equipment and information technology 129,753
 127,019
Haemonetics equipment 306,714
 295,853
     Total 807,482
 786,458
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (483,620) (448,824)
Property, plant and equipment, net $323,862
 $337,634
During fiscal 2017, we impaired $13.3 million of property, plant and equipment as a result of our review of non-core and underperforming assets and our decision to discontinue the use of and investment in certain assets, of which $0.8 million was included within impairment of assets on the consolidated statements of (loss) income and the remaining $12.5 million was included within cost of goods sold. These impairments impacted Americas Blood Center and Hospital, North America Plasma and EMEA segments by $10.6 million, $1.7 million and $1.0 million, respectively.
During fiscal 2016, we impaired $9.1 million of property, plant and equipment as a result of our global strategic review, of which $6.9 million was included within impairment of assets on the consolidated statements of (loss) income and the remaining $2.2 million was included within cost of goods sold. These impairments impacted our Americas Blood Center and Hospital and EMEA segments by $3.0 million and $6.1 million, respectively.
Depreciation expense was $66.5 million and $56.8 million in fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016, respectively, which includes $10.0 million and $0.8 million, respectively, of additional depreciation expense due to asset impairments. Depreciation expense was $52.6 million for fiscal 2015.

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13. RETIREMENT PLANS
Defined Contribution Plans
We have a Savings Plus Plan (the "Plan") that is a 401(k) plan that allows our U.S. employees to accumulate savings on a pre-tax basis. In addition, matching contributions are made to the Plan based upon pre-established rates. Our matching contributions amounted to approximately $5.1 million, $5.4 million, and $5.8 million in fiscal 2017, 2016, and 2015, respectively. Upon Board approval, additional discretionary contributions can also be made. No discretionary contributions were made for the Plan in fiscal 2017, 2016, or 2015.
Some of our subsidiaries also have defined contribution plans, to which both the employee and the employer make contributions. The employer contributions to these plans totaled $0.8 million in both fiscal 2017 and 2016 and $1.0 million in fiscal 2015.
Defined Benefit Plans
ASC Topic 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits, requires an employer to: (a) recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan’s over-funded status or a liability for a plan’s under-funded status; (b) measure a plan’s assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as of the end of the employer’s fiscal year (with limited exceptions); and (c) recognize changes in the funded status of a defined benefit post retirement plan in the year in which the changes occur. Accordingly, the Company is required to report changes in its funded status in comprehensive loss on its consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity and consolidated statement of comprehensive income (loss).
Benefits under these plans are generally based on either career average or final average salaries and creditable years of service as defined in the plans. The annual cost for these plans is determined using the projected unit credit actuarial cost method that includes actuarial assumptions and estimates which are subject to change.
Some of the our foreign subsidiaries have defined benefit pension plans covering substantially all full time employees at those subsidiaries. Net periodic benefit costs for the plans in the aggregate include the following components:
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Service cost$3,404
 $3,560
 $2,979
Interest cost on benefit obligation287
 371
 686
Expected return on plan assets(308) (330) (449)
Actuarial loss532
 598
 107
Amortization of unrecognized prior service cost(119) (38) (29)
Amortization of unrecognized transition obligation37
 42
 45
Settlement loss recognized289
 
 
Totals$4,122
 $4,203
 $3,339


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The activity under those defined benefit plans are as follows:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
Change in Benefit Obligation: 
  
Benefit Obligation, beginning of year$(37,919) $(40,567)
Service cost(3,404) (3,560)
Interest cost(287) (371)
Benefits paid1,291
 3,780
Actuarial gain4,615
 424
Employee and plan participants contribution(2,463) (1,839)
   Plan amendments
 833
Plan settlements6,960
 
Foreign currency changes(138) 3,381
Benefit obligation, end of year$(31,345) $(37,919)
Change in Plan Assets: 
  
Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year$19,852
 $23,165
Company contributions1,788
 1,987
Benefits paid(1,192) (3,779)
Gain on plan assets414
 446
Employee and plan participants contributions2,424
 1,861
Plan settlements(6,850) 
Foreign currency changes849
 (3,828)
Fair value of Plan Assets, end of year$17,285
 $19,852
Funded Status*
$(14,060) $(18,067)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss4,319
 10,168
Unrecognized initial obligation
 37
Unrecognized prior service cost(1,019) (1,186)
Net amount recognized$(10,760) $(9,048)
* The unfunded status is all non-current
One of the benefit plans is funded by benefit payments made by the Company through the purchase of reinsurance contracts which do not qualify as plan assets under ASC Topic 715. Accordingly that plan has no assets included in the information presented above. The total liability for this plan was $8.8 million and $8.7 million as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively, and the total asset value associated with the reinsurance contracts was $5.4 million as of both April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016.
The accumulated benefit obligation for all plans was $28.7 million and $36.4 million for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. There were no plans where the plan assets were greater than the accumulated benefit obligation as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016.

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The components of the change recorded in our accumulated other comprehensive loss related to our defined benefit plans, net of tax, are as follows (in thousands):
Balance, March 29, 2014$(4,592)
Obligation at transition(19)
Actuarial loss(6,198)
Prior service cost1,886
Balance as of March 28, 2015$(8,923)
Obligation at transition33
Actuarial loss681
Prior service cost717
Balance as of April 2, 2016$(7,492)
Obligation at transition32
Actuarial loss5,126
Prior service cost63
Balance as of April 1, 2017$(2,271)
We expect to amortize $0.2 million from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net periodic benefit cost during fiscal 2018.
The weighted average rates used to determine the net periodic benefit costs and projected benefit obligations were as follows:
 2017 2016 2015
Discount rate0.76% 0.72% 0.93%
Rate of increased salary levels1.43% 1.58% 1.65%
Expected long-term rate of return on assets1.10% 1.20% 1.68%
Assumptions for expected long-term rate of return on plan assets are based upon actual historical returns, future expectations of returns for each asset class and the effect of periodic target asset allocation rebalancing. The results are adjusted for the payment of reasonable expenses of the plan from plan assets.
We have no other material obligation for post-retirement or post-employment benefits.
Our investment policy for pension plans is to balance risk and return through a diversified portfolio to reduce interest rate and market risk. Maturities are managed so that sufficient liquidity exists to meet immediate and future benefit payment requirements.
ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, provides guidance for reporting and measuring the plan assets of our defined benefit pension plan at fair value as of April 1, 2017. Using the same three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements as described in Note 6, Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements, all of the assets of the Company’s plan are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because the plan assets are primarily insurance contracts.
Expected benefit payments for both plans are estimated using the same assumptions used in determining the company’s benefit obligation at April 1, 2017. Benefit payments will depend on future employment and compensation levels, average years employed and average life spans, among other factors, and changes in any of these factors could significantly affect these estimated future benefit payments.

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Estimated future benefit payments are as follows:
(in thousands) 
Fiscal 2018$1,396
Fiscal 20191,451
Fiscal 20201,394
Fiscal 20211,411
Fiscal 20221,617
Fiscal 2023-20276,869
 $14,138
The Company's contributions for fiscal 2018 are expected to be consistent with the current year.
14.17. SEGMENT AND ENTERPRISE-WIDE INFORMATION
We determine our
The Company determines its reportable segments by first identifying ourits operating segments and then by assessing whether any components of these segments constitute a business for which discrete financial information is available and where segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. OurThe Company's operating segments are based primarily on geography. North America Plasma is a separate operating segment with dedicated segment management due to the size and scale of the Plasma business unit. We aggregateIt aggregates components within an operating segment that have similar economic characteristics.


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The Company’s reportable segments are as follows:
Japan
EMEA
North America Plasma
All Other

The Company has aggregated the Americas Blood Center and Hospital and Asia - Pacific operating segments into the All Other reportable segment based upon their similar operational and economic characteristics, including similaritycharacteristics.

The Company measures and evaluates the operating segments based on operating income. It excludes certain corporate expenses from segment operating income. In addition, certain amounts that the Company considers to be non-recurring or non-operational are excluded from segment operating income because it evaluates the operating results of the segments excluding such items. These items include restructuring and turnaround costs, deal amortization, asset impairments, PCS2 accelerated depreciation and related costs and certain legal charges. Although these amounts are excluded from segment operating margin.income, as applicable, they are included in the reconciliations that follow. The Company measures and evaluates its net revenues and operating income using internally derived standard currency exchange rates that remain constant from year to year; therefore, segment information is presented on this basis.

During fiscal 2019, the first quarter of fiscal 2017, managementCompany reorganized its operating segments such that certain immaterial components of All OtherEMEA are now reported as components of EMEA.All Other. Accordingly, the prior year numbers have been updated to reflect this reclassification as well as other changes within the cost reporting structure that occurred in the first quarter of fiscal 2017.2019. These changes did not have an impact on ourthe Company's ability to aggregate Americas Blood Center and Hospital with Asia - Pacific.
Management measures and evaluates the operating segments based on operating income. Management excludes certain corporate expenses from segment operating income. In addition, certain amounts that management considers to be non-recurring or non-operational are excluded from segment operating income because management evaluates the operating results of the segments excluding such items. These items include restructuring and turnaround costs, deal amortization, and asset impairments. Although these amounts are excluded from segment operating income, as applicable, they are included in the reconciliations that follow. Management measures and evaluates the Company's net revenues and operating income using internally derived standard currency exchange rates that remain constant from year to year, therefore segment information is presented on this basis.


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Selected information by business segment is presented below:
(In thousands)2017 2016 20152019 2018 2017
Net revenues          
Japan$74,695
 $84,270
 $83,547
$70,227
 $68,172
 $74,695
EMEA198,396
 204,192
 219,153
169,862
 173,551
 188,907
North America Plasma309,718
 279,803
 240,705
395,922
 333,831
 309,718
All Other316,771
 342,249
 340,427
337,054
 333,763
 326,260
Net revenues before foreign exchange impact899,580
 910,515
 883,832
973,065
 909,317
 899,580
Effect of exchange rates(13,464) (1,683) 26,541
(5,486) (5,394) (13,464)
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Segment operating income     
Japan$32,906
 $38,280
 $36,843
EMEA49,105
 47,168
 60,101
North America Plasma105,253
 109,220
 89,092
All Other109,296
 120,562
 131,471
Segment operating income296,560
 315,230
 317,507
  Corporate operating expenses176,372
 199,072
 193,910
  Effect of exchange rates(4,772) 3,546
 13,906
Restructuring and turnaround costs34,337
 42,185
 69,697
Deal amortization27,107
 28,958
 30,184
Impairment of assets73,353
 97,230
 
Contingent consideration income
 (4,727) (2,918)
Operating (loss) income$(19,381) $(43,942) $40,540
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Depreciation and amortization     
Japan$827
 $774
 $767
EMEA4,255
 5,146
 5,045
North America Plasma13,022
 12,944
 11,229
All Other71,629
 71,047
 69,012
Total depreciation and amortization (excluding impairment charges)$89,733
 $89,911
 $86,053
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
Long-lived assets(1)
     
Japan$21,412
 $33,159
 $31,810
EMEA63,854
 63,861
 66,223
North America Plasma142,164
 116,001
 101,272
All Other96,432
 124,613
 122,643
Total long-lived assets$323,862
 $337,634
 $321,948
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Long-lived assets in our principle operating regions are as follows:
(In thousands)April 1,
2017
 April 2,
2016
 March 28,
2015
United States$241,610
 $231,744
 $208,439
Japan1,691
 2,022
 1,618
Europe12,952
 18,672
 27,786
Asia34,174
 40,235
 39,032
Other33,435
 44,961
 45,073
Total$323,862
 $337,634
 $321,948
In fiscal 2017, we organized our current products into four business units for purposes of evaluating their growth potential: Plasma, Blood Center, Cell Processing and Hemostasis Management. Management reviews revenue trends based on these business units, however, no other financial information is currently available on this basis.
Net revenues by business unit are as follows:
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
Plasma410,727
 381,776
 352,911
Blood Center303,890
 355,108
 386,147
Cell Processing105,376
 112,483
 120,434
Hemostasis Management66,123
 59,465
 50,881
Net revenues$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
Net revenues generated in our principle operating regions are as follows:
(In thousands)2017 2016 2015
United States$522,686
 $519,440
 $494,788
Japan79,266
 81,411
 88,298
Europe166,007
 187,725
 215,575
Asia109,858
 111,758
 102,095
Other8,299
 8,498
 9,617
Total$886,116
 $908,832
 $910,373
15. RESTRUCTURING
On an ongoing basis, we review the global economy, the healthcare industry, and the markets in which we compete to identify opportunities for efficiencies, enhance commercial capabilities, align our resources and offer our customers better solutions. In order to realize these opportunities, we undertake restructuring-type activities to transform our business.
During fiscal 2017, we launched a multi-year restructuring initiative designed to reposition our organization and improve our cost structure. This initiative includes a reduction of headcount and operating costs, simplification of certain product lines, and modification of manufacturing operations to align with our strategic direction.
The fiscal 2017 phase was expected to incur approximately $26 million of restructuring and turnaround charges and was estimated to achieve cost savings of $40 million. During fiscal 2017, we incurred $28.7 million of restructuring and turnaround charges under this initiative and exceeded our estimated savings target of $40 million. As of April 1, 2017, this initial phase was substantially complete. Additionally, during fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2016, we recorded $5.6 million and $42.3 million, respectively, of restructuring and turnaround charges under a prior program. We continue to assess non-core and underperforming assets and evaluate opportunities to improve our cost structure as part of our turnaround and expect to incur additional charges and benefits during fiscal 2018 and beyond.

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The following summarizes the restructuring activity for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017, April 2, 2016, and March 28, 2015, respectively:
(In thousands)Severance and Other Employee Costs Other Costs Accelerated Depreciation Asset
Write Down
 Total Restructuring
Balance at March 29, 2014$22,908
 $728
 $
 $
 $23,636
Costs incurred19,879
 15,362
 1,326
 296
 36,863
Payments(26,394) (15,871) 
 
 (42,265)
Non-cash adjustments
 
 (1,326) (296) (1,622)
Balance at March 28, 2015$16,393
 $219
 $
 $
 $16,612
Costs incurred10,707
 7,846
 1,469
 3,033
 23,055
Payments(18,348) (8,065) 
 
 (26,413)
Non-cash adjustments
 
 (1,469) (3,033) (4,502)
Balance at April 2, 2016$8,752
 $
 $
 $
 $8,752
Costs incurred19,521
 1,512
 
 800
 21,833
Payments(20,866) (1,451) 
 
 (22,317)
Non-cash adjustments
 
 
 (800) (800)
Balance at April 1, 2017$7,407
 $61
 $
 $
 $7,468
The substantial majority of restructuring expenses have been included as a component of selling, general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of (loss) income. As of April 1, 2017, we had a restructuring liability of $7.5 million, of which, approximately $7.1 million is payable within the next twelve months.
In addition to the restructuring expenses included in the table above, we also incurred $12.5 million, $19.2 million and $32.8 million in fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively, of costs that do not constitute as restructuring under ASC 420, which we refer to as "Turnaround Costs". These costs consist primarily of expenditures directly related to our restructuring initiative and include program management, implementation of the global strategic review initiatives and accelerated depreciation.
The tables below present restructuring and turnaround costs by reportable segment:
Restructuring costs     
(in thousands)2017 2016 2015
Japan$819
 $9
 $258
EMEA4,272
 3,210
 3,310
North America Plasma366
 
 360
All Other16,376
 19,836
 32,935
Total$21,833
 $23,055
 $36,863
      
Turnaround costs     
(in thousands)2017 2016 2015
Japan$2
 $416
 $158
EMEA94
 961
 838
North America Plasma972
 
 28
All Other11,415
 17,852
 31,810
Total$12,483
 $19,229
 $32,834
      
Total restructuring and turnaround$34,316
 $42,284
 $69,697

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16. CAPITALIZATION OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT COSTS
The cost of software that is developed or obtained for internal use is accounted for pursuant to ASC Topic 350, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other. Pursuant to ASC Topic 350, we capitalize costs incurred during the application development stage of software developed for internal use, and expense costs incurred during the preliminary project and the post-implementation operation stages of development. The costs capitalized for each project are included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements.
For costs incurred related to the development of software to be sold, leased, or otherwise marketed, we apply the provisions of ASC Topic 985-20, Software - Costs of Software to be Sold, Leased or Marketed, which specifies that costs incurred internally in researching and developing a computer software product should be charged to expense until technological feasibility has been established for the product. Once technological feasibility is established, all software costs should be capitalized until the product is available for general release to customers.
We capitalized $11.0 million and $17.0 million in software development costs for ongoing initiatives during the fiscal years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, respectively. At April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, we have a total of $62.7 million and $54.9 million of software costs capitalized, of which $12.7 million and $14.4 million are related to in process software development initiatives, respectively, and the remaining balance represents in-service assets that are being amortized over their useful lives. The costs capitalized for each project are included in intangible assets in the consolidated financial statements. In connection with these development activities, we capitalized interest of $0.3 million and $0.2 million in fiscal 2017 and 2016, respectively. We amortize capitalized costs when the products are released for sale. During fiscal 2017, $9.5 million of capitalized costs were placed into service, compared to $8.7 million of capitalized costs placed into service during fiscal 2016. Amortization of capitalized software development cost expense was $9.7 million, $10.9 million and $3.2 million for fiscal 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Amortization expense in fiscal 2017 and 2016 includes $4.0 million and $6.0 million of impairment charges. These impairment charges are classified within costs of goods sold on our consolidated statements of (loss) income and relate to capitalized software projects included in our All Other segment.
17. SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands) Three months ended
Fiscal 2017 July 2,
2016
 October 1,
2016
 December 31,
2016
 April 1,
2017
Net revenues $209,956
 $220,253
 $227,841
 $228,066
Gross profit $91,056
 $104,248
 $101,079
 $82,111
Operating income (loss) $(7,881) $24,794
 $21,212
 $(57,506)
Net (loss) income $(10,346) $19,825
 $15,393
 $(51,140)
Per share data:  
  
  
  
Net (loss) income:  
  
  
  
Basic $(0.20) $0.39
 $0.30
 $(0.98)
Diluted $(0.20) $0.38
 $0.30
 $(0.98)
         
(In thousands) Three months ended
Fiscal 2016 June 27,
2015
 September 26,
2015
 December 26,
2015
 April 2,
2016
Net revenues $213,413
 $219,693
 $233,384
 $242,342
Gross profit $102,539
 $105,297
 $108,855
 $89,223
Operating (loss) income $3,606
 $19,179
 $(61,177) $(5,550)
Net (loss) income $(267) $12,863
 $(59,440) $(8,735)
Per share data:  
  
  
  
Net (loss) income:  
  
  
  
Basic $(0.01) $0.25
 $(1.17) $(0.17)
Diluted $(0.01) $0.25
 $(1.17) $(0.17)


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The operating results for the second and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017 and all four quarters of fiscal 2016 include certain misstatements that were determined to be immaterial both individually and in the aggregate. The misstatement in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was primarily driven by the correction of an error in capitalized manufacturing variances which resulted in an overstatement of net loss in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 and an overstatement of net income in the second quarter of fiscal 2017 and each quarter of fiscal 2016.

The operating results for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 also include the correction of an understatement of the provision for income taxes in fiscal 2015 and the operating results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016 also include the correction of an overstated liability in fiscal 2014.

Below is a summary of the net overstatement/(understatement) of the Company’s reported operating income and net income for the second and fourth quarters of fiscal 2017 and all four quarters of fiscal 2016 as a result of the misstatements in each reporting period. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 and the first, third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2016, the Company reported an operating loss, a net loss or both. For such periods, an understatement of income means that the reported loss was too high, while an overstatement of income means that the reported loss was too low.
(In thousands) Overstatement/(Understatement)
Three Months Ended Operating (Loss) Income Net (Loss) Income
April 1, 2017 (3,720) (4,032)
October 1, 2016 888
 1,224
April 2, 2016 (3,352) (2,207)
December 26, 2015 4,776
 4,584
September 26, 2015 1,193
 933
June 27, 2015 1,297
 219

18. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
The following is a roll-forward of the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016:
(In thousands) Foreign currency Defined benefit plans Net Unrealized Gain/loss on Derivatives Total
Balance as of March 28, 2015 $(20,512) $(8,923) $7,711
 $(21,724)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (1,987) 884
 (3,938) (5,041)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 
 547
 (8,822) (8,275)
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income (1,987) 1,431
 (12,760) (13,316)
Balance as of April 2, 2016 $(22,499) $(7,492) $(5,049) $(35,040)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications (7,336) 4,851
 (364) (2,849)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss 
 369
 4,647
 5,016
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income (7,336) 5,220
 4,283
 2,167
Balance as of April 1, 2017 $(29,835) $(2,272) $(766) $(32,873)

(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Segment operating income     
Japan$36,226
 $40,193
 $43,042
EMEA49,730
 68,897
 74,878
North America Plasma167,205
 129,697
 109,889
All Other141,070
 140,623
 141,427
Segment operating income394,231
 379,410
 369,236
  Corporate operating expenses(237,568) (252,222) (249,048)
  Effect of exchange rates8,367
 4,059
 (4,772)
Restructuring and turnaround costs(13,660) (44,125) (34,337)
Deal amortization(24,803) (26,013) (27,107)
Impairment of assets(21,170) (1,941) (73,353)
Legal charges(2,726) (3,011) 
PCS2 accelerated depreciation and related costs(19,126) 
 
Operating income (loss)$83,545
 $56,157
 $(19,381)

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The details about the amount reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016 are as follows:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Depreciation and amortization     
Japan$520
 $486
 $827
EMEA4,153
 4,464
 4,255
North America Plasma39,497
 16,060
 13,022
All Other65,248
 68,237
 71,629
Total depreciation and amortization (excluding impairment charges)$109,418
 $89,247
 $89,733
(In thousands) Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss 
Affected Line in the
Statement of (Loss) Income
Derivative instruments reclassified to income statement Year ended April 1, 2017 Year ended April 2, 2016  
Realized net (loss) gain on derivatives $(5,227) $8,654
 Net revenues, cost of goods sold, other expense, net
Income tax effect 580
 168
 Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Net of taxes $(4,647) $8,822
  
       
Pension items reclassified to income statement      
Realized net loss on pension assets $450
 $602
 Other expense, net
Income tax effect (81) (55) Provision (benefit) for income taxes
Net of taxes $369
 $547
  
(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
Long-lived assets(1)
     
Japan$26,660
 $26,640
 $21,412
EMEA71,048
 74,783
 63,854
North America Plasma113,921
 91,815
 142,164
All Other132,350
 138,918
 96,432
Total long-lived assets$343,979
 $332,156
 $323,862
(1) Long-lived assets are comprised of property, plant and equipment.

Selected information by principle operating regions is presented below:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Net Revenues     
United States$606,845
 $548,731
 $522,686
Japan69,908
 67,319
 79,266
Europe164,504
 164,226
 166,007
Asia118,700
 115,127
 109,858
Other7,622
 8,520
 8,299
Net revenues$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116
(In thousands)March 30,
2019
 March 31,
2018
 April 1,
2017
Long-lived assets(1)
     
United States$269,849
 $236,603
 $241,610
Japan1,726
 1,511
 1,691
Europe11,200
 13,696
 12,952
Asia30,930
 36,431
 34,174
Other30,274
 43,915
 33,435
Total long-lived assets$343,979
 $332,156
 $323,862
(1) Long-lived assets are comprised of property, plant and equipment.

The Company's products are organized into three categories for purposes of evaluating their growth potential: Plasma, Blood Center and Hospital. Management reviews revenue trends based on these business units.


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Net revenues by business unit are as follows:
(In thousands)2019 2018 2017
Plasma501,837
 435,956
 410,727
Blood Center269,203
 284,902
 303,890
Hospital196,539
 183,065
 171,499
Net revenues$967,579
 $903,923
 $886,116

18. ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The following is a roll-forward of the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of tax, for the years ended March 30, 2019 and March 31, 2018:
(In thousands) Foreign currency Defined benefit plans Net Unrealized Gain/loss on Derivatives Total
Balance, April 1, 2017 $(29,835) $(2,272) $(766) $(32,873)
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications 13,430
 2,394
 (2,796) 13,028
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss(1)
 
 (445) 1,299
 854
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income 13,430
 1,949
 (1,497) 13,882
Balance, March 31, 2018 $(16,405) $(323) $(2,263) $(18,991)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (9,108) (139) (1,877) (11,124)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss(1)
 
 (65) (200) (265)
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) (9,108) (204) (2,077) (11,389)
Balance, March 30, 2019 $(25,513) $(527) $(4,340) $(30,380)
(1) Presented net of income taxes, the amounts of which are insignificant.


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19. SUMMARY OF QUARTERLY DATA (UNAUDITED)
(In thousands, except per share data) Three months ended
Fiscal 2019 June 30,
2018
 September 29,
2018
 December 29,
2018
 March 30,
2019
Net revenues $229,347
 $241,581
 $247,356
 $249,295
Gross profit $83,244
 $111,907
 $111,175
 $111,210
Operating income $5,293
 $26,076
 $28,320
 $23,856
Net income (loss) $(2,819) $18,726
 $18,277
 $20,835
Per share data:  
  
  
  
Net income (loss):  
  
  
  
Basic $(0.05) $0.36
 $0.36
 $0.41
Diluted $(0.05) $0.35
 $0.35
 $0.40
         
(In thousands, except per share data) Three months ended
Fiscal 2018 July 1,
2017
 September 30,
2017
 December 30,
2017
 March 31,
2018
Net revenues $210,951
 $225,377
 $234,043
 $233,552
Gross profit $91,665
 $104,562
 $111,295
 $104,386
Operating income $16,611
 $24,258
 $1,013
 $14,275
Net (loss) income $20,137
 $20,102
 $(6,547) $11,880
Per share data:  
  
  
  
Net (loss) income:  
  
  
  
Basic $0.38
 $0.38
 $(0.12) $0.22
Diluted $0.38
 $0.38
 $(0.12) $0.22

19. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
On April 27, 2017, we sold our SEBRA sealers product line to Machine Solutions Inc. because it was no longer aligned with our long-term strategic objectives. In connection with this transaction, we received net proceedsThe operating results for the fourth quarter of $9 million. These proceeds are subject to a post-closing adjustment based on final asset values asfiscal 2018 include certain misstatements that were determined during the 90 days transition period. The preliminary pre-tax gain expected to be recorded asimmaterial both individually and in the aggregate. The misstatement in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 was primarily driven by an over accrual of certain professional fees in the third quarter of fiscal 2018.

Below is a result of this transaction is $8 million. The SEBRA portfolio includes a suite of products which primarily include radio frequency sealers that are used to seal tubing as partsummary of the collectionnet overstatement/(understatement) of whole bloodthe Company’s reported operating income and blood components, particularly plasma.net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018.
(In thousands) Overstatement/(Understatement)
Three Months Ended Operating (Loss) Income Net (Loss) Income
March 31, 2018 2,835
 2,426

20. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On May 21, 2019, we transferred to CSL Plasma Inc. (“CSL”) substantially all of the tangible assets held by Haemonetics relating to the manufacture of anti-coagulant and saline (together, “Liquids”) at our Union, South Carolina facility (“Union”), which consist primarily of property, plant and equipment and inventory, and CSL assumed certain related liabilities pursuant to the terms of a settlement, release and asset transfer agreement (the “Asset Transfer”) between the parties dated May 13, 2019. The Asset Transfer excludes all other assets related to Union, including accounts receivable, customer contracts and our U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) product approvals for manufacturing Liquids.

At closing, Haemonetics received approximately $10 million of proceeds for the Asset Transfer and were concurrently released from our obligations to supply Liquids under a 2014 supply agreement with CSL. In connection with the Asset Transfer, CSL and Haemonetics also entered into related transition services, supply and manufacturing services and quality agreements (the “Transition Agreements”) that, among other things, permit CSL to manufacture Liquids under our FDA product approvals,

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exclusively for Haemonetics and CSL, until CSL obtains separate product approvals to manufacture the Liquids from the FDA. CSL also agreed to extend offers of employment to substantially all employees of Haemonetics located at the Union facility.

We will continue to supply Liquids to our customers following the Asset Transfer pursuant to our supplier arrangements with contract manufacturers. We expect that cost savings generated from the Asset Transfer, including the release from our Liquids supply obligations under the 2014 supply agreement with CSL, will be reallocated to general corporate purposes.

In connection with our entry into the Agreement, we classified the Union assets and liabilities related to the Asset Transfer under the Agreement as held-for-sale in our consolidated financial statements for the first quarter of fiscal 2020 prior to the closing of the Asset Transfer. Accordingly, we recorded these assets and liabilities at fair value, less estimated sales costs. Such assets and liabilities were previously classified as held-and-used as of March 30, 2019 and determined to be recoverable when evaluated within the broader North America Plasma asset group that is profitable. As a result of the classification as held-for-sale, we recognized a pre-tax impairment charge of approximately $49 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2020, primarily related to the carrying balances of the property, plant and equipment exceeding the consideration received under the terms of the Agreement. The charge will not result in any future cash expenditures.

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, respectively) regarding the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, due to a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting for inventory described below,as of that date, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of April 1, 2017.effective.

Reports on Internal Control

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-a5(f)15d-15(f). The Company’s internal control system was designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

The Company’s management assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of April 1, 2017.March 30, 2019. In making this assessment, the management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 framework). Based on our assessment, the Company's management identified a material weakness in ourbelieves that its internal controlcontrols over financial reporting relating to the accounting for inventory. Specifically, we identified a deficiency in the internal controls executed to appropriately account for manufacturing variances in inventory on our consolidated balance sheet and cost of goods sold on our consolidated statements of operations. Management determined that its accounting process for amortizing manufacturing variances to cost of goods sold lacked adequate levels of monitoring and review to appropriately identify and correct errors in the calculation in a timely manner. While reported inventory and related accounts are accurate as of April 1, 2017, this material weakness resulted in an overstatement of net loss in fiscal 2017 and an understatement of net loss in fiscal 2016 and prior periods.
We are developing and implementing new control processes and procedures to address this weakness and also to ensure that we become compliant with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as required.
We are undertaking steps to strengthen our controls over accounting for inventory, including:
Increasing oversight by our management in the calculation and reporting of certain inventory balances;
Enhancing policies and procedures relating to account reconciliation and analysis;
Strengthening communication and information flows between the inventory operations department and the corporate controller's group.
The control deficiency described above resulted in certain material and immaterial misstatements in the preliminary financial statement accounts that were corrected prior to the issuance of the annual consolidated financial statements. The control deficiency create a possibility that a material misstatement to our consolidated financial statements will not be prevented or

detected on a timely basis, and therefore we concluded that the deficiency represents a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and our internal control over financial reporting for inventory is not effective as of April 1, 2017.March 30, 2019.
Our material weakness in controls over accounting for inventory will not be considered remediated until new internal controls are operational for a period of time and are tested, and management and our independent registered public accounting firm conclude that these controls are operating effectively.
Ernst & Young, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. This report, in which they expressed an adverseunqualified opinion, is included below.

Changes in Internal Controls
As disclosed in our 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for each of the first three quarters of fiscal 2016, we reported a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to certain aspects of accounting for income taxes; including the existence of inadequate controls related to processes to record and reconcile income tax accounts, both current and deferred, and procedures with respect to classification of tax accounts on the consolidated balance sheet.

As of April 1, 2017, we have remediated the previously reported material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting related to accounting for income taxes by implementing the following changes:

We enhanced our processes for analyzing our deferred tax assets and liabilities;
We enhanced our policies and procedures related to both U.S. and non-U.S. tax account reconciliation and analysis, including, but not limited to, increased management oversight in the calculation of certain non-U.S. tax balances, increased automation in the calculation of our tax expense, and increased communication and direction to non-U.S. information providers;
We hired additional, experienced personnel to augment our existing tax accounting resources and provided extensive training to information providers, particularly those outside of the U.S.; and
We increased the level of communication and information flows on significant tax matters between our tax department and the corporate controller’s group.
We have evaluated and tested the effectiveness of our controls as of April 1, 2017 and determined that our previously reported material weakness in the accounting for income taxes has been remediated. Other than the remediation efforts described above and the identification of the material weakness in the accounting for inventory, thereThere have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 30, 2019 that have materially affected, or are likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors and Shareholders of Haemonetics Corporation

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Haemonetics Corporation and subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework), (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Haemonetics Corporation and subsidiaries’subsidiaries (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of March 30, 2019, based onthe COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the 2019 consolidated financial statements of the Company and our report dated May 22, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’sCompany’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The following material weakness has been identified and included in management’s assessment. Management identified a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting relating to the accounting for inventory, stemming from a deficiency in the internal controls executed to appropriately account for manufacturing variances in inventory on the consolidated balance sheet and cost of goods sold on the consolidated statements of operations. We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Haemonetics Corporation and subsidiaries as of April 1, 2017 and April 2, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of (loss) income, comprehensive loss, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended April 1, 2017. This material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2017 financial statements, and this report does not affect our report dated May 24, 2017, which expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.

In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness described above on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, Haemonetics Corporation and subsidiaries has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of April 1, 2017, based on the COSO criteria.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
May 24, 201722, 2019



ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None
None.

PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE REGISTRANT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
1. The information called for by Item 401 of Regulations S-K concerning our directors and the information called for by Item 405 of Regulation S-K concerning compliance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 required by this Item is incorporated by reference from our Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting to be held July 27, 2017.
2. The information concerning our Executive Officers is set forth at the end of Part I hereof.
3. The balance of the information required by this item, including information concerning our Audit Committee and the Audit Committee Financial Expert and compliance with Item 407(c)(3) of S-K, is incorporated by reference from the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting to be held July 27, 2017. We have adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to our chief executive officer, chief financial officerChief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and senior financial officers. The Code of Ethics is incorporated into the Company’s Code of Conduct located on the Company’s internet web site atwebsite http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=72118&p=irol-IRHomewww.haemonetics.com, under the “About Haemonetics” menu, under the “Investor Relations Home” caption and it is available in print to any shareholder who requests it. Such requests shouldunder the “Corporate Governance” sub-caption. A copy of the Code of Conduct will be directedprovided free of charge by making a written request and mailing it to our Company’s Secretary.
We intendcorporate headquarters offices to disclose any amendmentthe attention of our Investor Relations Department. Any amendments to, or waiverwaivers from, a provision of theour Code of Ethics that applies to our chief executive officer, chief financial officerChief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or senior financial officers and that relates to any element of the Code of Ethics definition enumerated in Item 406 of Regulation S-K by posting such information on our website. Pursuant to NYSE Rule 303A.10, as amended, any waiver of the code of ethics for any executive officer or director mustwill be disclosed on the Company’s website promptly following the date of such amendment or waiver.

The additional information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our Definitive Proxy Statement for our annual meeting of shareholders to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within four business120 days by a press release, SEC Form 8-K, or internet posting.after the close of our fiscal year.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference fromto our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meetingour annual meeting of shareholders to be held July 27, 2017.filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compensation Committee Report included within the Proxy Statement is only being “furnished” hereunder and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference from the Company’sto our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meetingour annual meeting of shareholders to be held July 27, 2017.filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPEDENCE

The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference fromto our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meetingour annual meeting of shareholders to be held July 27, 2017.filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTINGACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The information required by this Item is incorporated by reference fromto our Definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meetingour annual meeting of shareholders to be held July 27, 2017.

filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the close of our fiscal year.

PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
The following documents are filed as a part of this report:
A)Financial Statements are included in Part II of this report
Financial Statements required by Item 8 of this Form 
Schedules required by Article 12 of Regulation S-X 
All other schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or not required.
B)Exhibits required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are listed in the Exhibit Index beginning at page 91, which is incorporated herein by reference.

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Christopher Simon
Christopher Simon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date : May 24, 2017
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Christopher SimonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerMay 24, 2017
Christopher Simon(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ William BurkeChief Financial OfficerMay 24, 2017
William Burke(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Dan GoldsteinVice President, Corporate ControllerMay 24, 2017
Dan Goldstein(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Catherine BurzikDirectorMay 24, 2017
Catherine Burzik
/s/ Charles DockendorffDirectorMay 24, 2017
Charles Dockendorff
/s/ Susan Bartlett FooteDirectorMay 24, 2017
Susan Bartlett Foote
/s/ Ronald GelbmanDirectorMay 24, 2017
Ronald Gelbman
/s/ Pedro GranadilloDirectorMay 24, 2017
Pedro Granadillo
/s/ Mark KrollDirectorMay 24, 2017
Mark Kroll
/s/ Richard MeeliaDirectorMay 24, 2017
Richard Meelia
/s/ Ronald MerrimanDirectorMay 24, 2017
Ronald Merriman

EXHIBITS FILED WITH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Number and Description of Exhibit
1.  Articles of Organization
 Amended and Restated Articles of Organization of the CompanyHaemonetics Corporation, reflecting Articles of Amendment dated August 23, 1993, and August 21, 2006 and July 26, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the Quarter ended December 29, 20128-K dated July 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 By-Laws of the Company, as amended through January 21, 2015July 26, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 99.13.3 to the Company's Form 8-K dated January 27, 2015)July 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
   
2.  Instruments Defining the Rights of Security Holders
4A* Specimen certificate for shares of common stock (filed as Exhibit 4B to the Company's Amendment No. 1 to Form S-1 No. 33-39490 and incorporated herein by reference).
   
3.  Material Contracts
10A* Lease dated July 17, 1990 between the Buncher Company and the Company of property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10-K to the Company's Form S-1 No. 33-39490 and incorporated herein by reference).
10B* First Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of July 17, 1996April 30, 1991 between Buncher Company and the Company of property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10AI to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 28, 1996 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Second Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of October 18, 2000 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10AG to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 29, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Third Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of March 23, 2004 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10D to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Fourth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of March 12, 2008 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10E to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Fifth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of October 1, 2008 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10F to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Sixth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990 made as of January 8, 2010 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10G to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Seventh Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of March 31, 2011 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10H to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Eighth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of February 26, 2013 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10I to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
Ninth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of March 12, 2014 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10J to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
Tenth Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of May 31, 2017 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10K to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
Eleventh Amendment to lease dated July 17, 1990, made as of March 2, 2018 between Buncher Company and the Company for the property in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (filed as Exhibit 10L to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Lease dated February 21, 2000 between BBVA Bancomer Servicios, S.A., as Trustee of the “Submetropoli de Tijuana” Trust and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V. with authorization of El Florido California, S.A. de C.V., for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10J to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).

10K*
 Amendment to Lease dated February 21, 2000 made as of July 25, 2008 between BBVA Bancomer Servicios, S.A., as Trustee of the “Submetropoli de Tijuana” Trust Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V., for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10K to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10L* Extension to Lease dated February 21, 2000, made as of August 14, 2011 between PROCADEF 1, S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V., for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (Spanish to English translation filed as Exhibit 10L to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).

10M* Amendment Letter to Lease dated February 21, 2000, made as of August 14, 2011 between BBVA Bancomer Servicios, S.A., as Trustee of the “Submetropoli de Tijuana” Trust and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V., for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10M to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10N* Notice of Assignment to Lease dated February 21, 2000, made as of February 23, 2012 between BBVA Bancomer Servicios, S.A., as Trustee of the “Submetropoli de Tijuana” Trust and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V. for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (Spanish to English translation filed as Exhibit 10N to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10O*Amendment to Lease dated February 21, 2000 made as of January 1, 2018 between MEGA2013, S.A.P.I. de CV (as successor in interest to ABBVA Bancomer Servicios, S.A., as Trustee of the “Submetropoli de Tijuana” Trust) and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V., as successor in interest to Ensatec, S.A. de C.V., for property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10R to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Lease Agreement effective December 3, 2007 between Mrs. Blanca Estela Colunga Santelices, by her own right, and Pall Life Sciences Mexico, S.de R.L. de C.V., for the property located in Tijuana, Mexico (Spanish to English translation filed as Exhibit 10W to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10P*��Assignment to Lease Agreement effective December 3, 2007, made as of December 2, 2011 between Mrs. Blanca Estela Colunga Santelices, by her own right, Pall Life Sciences Mexico, S.de R.L. de C.V., (“Assignor”) and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V.as successor in interest to Pall Mexico Manufacturing S. de R.L. de C.V., (“Assignee”) assigned in favor of the property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10X to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10Q*Amendment to Lease Agreement effective December 3, 2007, made in 2017 between Mrs. Blanca Estela Colunga Santelices, by her own right, Pall Life Sciences Mexico, S.de R.L. de C.V. (“Assignor”) and Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V. as successor in interest to Pall Mexico Manufacturing S. de R.L. de C.V., (“Assignee”) assigned in favor of the property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10U to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Sublease Contract to Lease Agreement effective December 3, 2007, made as of December 3, 2011 between Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V. as successor in interest to Pall Mexico Manufacturing, S.de R.L. de C.V., and Pall Life Sciences Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V., for the property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10Y to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10R* Sublease Contract to Lease Agreement effective December 3, 2007, made as of February 23, 2012 between Haemonetics Mexico Manufacturing, S. de R.L. de C.V. as successor in interest to Pall Mexico Manufacturing S. de R.L. de C.V. and Ensatec, S.A. de C.V., for the property located in Tijuana, Mexico (filed as Exhibit 10Z to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10S*Lease dated August 20, 2009 between Price Logistics Center Draper One, LLC and the Company for property located in Draper, Utah. (filed as Exhibit 10AA to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 30, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10T* Lease dated September 19, 2013 between the Penang Development Corporation ("Lessor") and Haemonetics Malaysia Sdn Bhd ("Lessee") of the property located in Penang, Malaysia (filed as Exhibit 10D to the Company's 10-Q for the quarter ended June 28, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).
10U*Office Lease Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2018, by and between OPG 125 Summer Owner (DE) LLC and the Company (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 29, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Haemonetics Corporation 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan, reflecting amendments dated July 31, 2008, July 29, 2009, July 21, 2011, November 30, 2012, July 24, 2013, January 21, 2014, and July 23, 2014 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated July 25, 2014 and incorporated herein by reference).
10V* Form of Option Agreement for Non-Qualified stock options for the 2005 Long Term-Incentive Compensation Plan for Non-employee Directors (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 1, 2005 and incorporated herein by reference).
10W* Form of Option Agreement for Non-Qualified stock options for the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees.Employees (filed as Exhibit 10S to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).

10X*
Form of Option Agreement for Non-Qualified stock options for the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan for Employees (adopted fiscal 2019) (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).

 Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement with Non-Employee Directors under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (fiscal 2019) (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Restricted Stock Unit Agreement with Employees under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (filed as Exhibit 10U to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended April 3, 2010 and incorporated herein by reference).
10Y* Form of Change in ControlRestricted Stock Unit Agreement with Employees under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (adopted fiscal 2019) (filed as Exhibit 10AK10.4 to the Company's Form 10-K,10-Q for the year-ended March 31, 2013quarter ended June 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
10Z* Amended and Restated 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (as amended and restated on July 21, 2016 incorporated as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q, for the quarter ended July 2, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AA* Amended and Restated Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan as amended and restated on July 24, 2013 (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company's Form 8-K dated July 26, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AB*Form of Executive Severance Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated January 19, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AC*† Employment Agreement effective as of May 16, 2016 between the Company and Christopher Simon (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 10, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AD* Executive Severance Agreement effective as of May 16, 2016 between the Company and Christopher A. Simon dated as of November 7, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 10-Q dated for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
Change in Control Agreement between the Company and Christopher A. Simon dated as of November 7, 2017 (filed as Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated 10-Q dated for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Executive Severance Agreement between the Company and executive officers other than Christopher A. Simon (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 10, 201610-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).

10AE* Form of Change in Control Agreement effective as of May 16, 2016 between the Company and executive officers other than Christopher A. Simon (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated May 10, 201610-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AF* Haemonetics Corporation Worldwide Executive Bonus Plan with an Effective Date of April 3, 2016 (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AG* Haemonetics Corporation Worldwide Employee Bonus Plan (as amended and restated effective April 23, 2019) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 8-K dated April 29, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference).
Amended and Restated Performance Share Unit Agreement between Haemonetics Corporation and Christopher Simon dated as ofJune 6, 2017, amending and restating Performance Share Unit Agreement dated June 29, 2016 (filed as Exhibit 10.110.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 2, 20161, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AH†Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (Internal Financial Metrics, adopted fiscal 2018) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (rTSR Metrics, adopted fiscal 2015) (filed as Exhibit 10AP to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2015 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (rTSR Metrics, adopted fiscal 2017) (filed as Exhibit 10AN to the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (rTSR Metrics, adopted fiscal 2018) (filed as Exhibit 10AO to the Company's Form 10-K, for the year ended March 31, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (rTSR Metrics, adopted fiscal 2019) (filed as Exhibit 10.3 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).

Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement Under 2005 Long-Term Incentive Compensation Plan (rTSR Metrics, adopted fiscal 2020) (filed herewith as Exhibit 10AV to the Company's Form 10-K, for the year ended March 30, 2019).

 Agreement and General Release between Haemonetics Corporation and Byron Selman dated May 1, 2017.2017 (filed as Exhibit 10AH to the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AI*Form of Indemnification Agreement (as executed with each director and executive officer of the Company) (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 29, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2012, by and between Haemonetics Corporation and Pall Corporation (filed as Exhibit 10Z to the Company's Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 and incorporated herein by reference).
10AJ*Second Amended and Restated License Agreement by and among Cora Healthcare, Inc., CoraMed Technologies, LLC, and Haemonetics Corporation dated August 14, 2013 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended July 1, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference).
 Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 201415, 2018, by and among Haemonetics Corporation, and the Lenders listed thereinfrom time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K dated July 7, 201418, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference).
   
4. SubsidiarySubsidiaries Certifications and Consents
 Subsidiaries of the Company.
 Consent of the Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of Christopher Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 Certification pursuant to Section 302 of Sarbanes-Oxley of 2002 of William Burke, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
 Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of Christopher Simon, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company.
 Certification Pursuant to 18 United States Code Section 1350, as adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, of William Burke, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of the Company.
101ˆ The following materials from Haemonetics Corporation on Form 10-K for the year ended April 1, 2017,March 30, 2019, formatted in Extensive Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) Income,, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) Income,, (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (iv) Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity, (v) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.
*Incorporated by reference
Agreement, plan, or arrangement related to the compensation of officers or directors
SubjectConfidential treatment has been requested as to a confidential treatment requestportions of the exhibit. Confidential materials omitted and filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
ˆ
In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL-related information in Exhibit 101 to this Form 10-K is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.




SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
By: /s/ Christopher Simon
Christopher Simon
President and Chief Executive Officer
Date : May 22, 2019
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
SignatureTitleDate
/s/ Christopher SimonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerMay 22, 2019
Christopher Simon(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ William BurkeExecutive Vice President, Chief Financial OfficerMay 22, 2019
William Burke(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Dan GoldsteinVice President, Corporate ControllerMay 22, 2019
Dan Goldstein(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Robert AbernathyDirectorMay 22, 2019
Robert Abernathy
/s/ Catherine BurzikDirectorMay 22, 2019
Catherine Burzik
/s/ Charles DockendorffDirectorMay 22, 2019
Charles Dockendorff
/s/ Ronald GelbmanDirectorMay 22, 2019
Ronald Gelbman
/s/ Pedro GranadilloDirectorMay 22, 2019
Pedro Granadillo
/s/ Mark KrollDirectorMay 22, 2019
Mark Kroll
/s/ Claire PomeroyDirectorMay 22, 2019
Claire Pomeroy
/s/ Richard MeeliaDirectorMay 22, 2019
Richard Meelia
/s/ Ellen ZaneDirectorMay 22, 2019
Ellen Zane

SCHEDULE II
HAEMONETICS CORPORATION
VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
(In thousands)Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
 Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
 Write-Offs
(Net of Recoveries)
 Balance at End
of Fiscal Year
Balance at
Beginning of
Fiscal Year
 Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
 Write-Offs
(Net of Recoveries)
 Balance at End
of Fiscal Year
For Year Ended March 30, 2019 
  
  
  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$2,111
 $2,111
 $285
 $3,937
For Year Ended March 31, 2018 
  
  
  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$2,184
 $208
 $281
 $2,111
For Year Ended April 1, 2017 
  
  
  
 
  
  
  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$2,253
 $103
 $172
 $2,184
$2,253
 $103
 $172
 $2,184
For Year Ended April 2, 2016 
  
  
  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$1,749
 $728
 $(224) $2,253
For Year Ended March 28, 2015 
  
  
  
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts$1,676
 $399
 $(326) $1,749


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