Capri Holdings Ltd - Annual Report: 2015 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended March 28, 2015

OR

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 001-35368

Michael Kors Holdings Limited

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

33 Kingsway

London, United Kingdom

WC2B 6UF

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 44 207 632 8600

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    ¨  Yes    x  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    x  Yes    ¨  No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    ¨  Yes    x  No

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s voting and non-voting ordinary shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $14,237,144,924 as of September 27, 2014, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter based on the closing price of the common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

As of May 20, 2014, Michael Kors Holdings Limited had 198,700,035 ordinary shares outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The information required by Part III of this report, to the extent not set forth herein, is incorporated by reference from the Registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement, which will be filed in June 2015, for the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders.

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NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

The statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including documents incorporated herein by reference, that refer to plans and expectations for future periods are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “will,”, “should” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance on such statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those indicated in these forward-looking statements. These factors are more fully discussed in the Company’s risk factors, as they may be amended from time to time, which are set forth in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in this Annual Report, particularly under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances, except as required by applicable laws or regulations.

Electronic Access to Company Reports

Our investor website can be accessed at www.michaelkors.com under “Investor Relations.” Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, are available free of charge on our investor website under the caption “SEC Filings” promptly after we electronically file such materials with, or furnish such materials to, the SEC. No information contained on our website is intended to be included as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Information relating to corporate governance at our Company, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for all directors, officers, and employees, and information concerning our directors, Committees of the Board, including Committee charters, and transactions in Company securities by directors and executive officers, is available at our investor website under the captions “Corporate Governance” and “SEC Filings.” Paper copies of these filings and corporate governance documents are available to shareholders free of charge by written request to Investor Relations, Michael Kors Holdings Limited, 33 Kingsway, London, United Kingdom, WC2B 6UF. Documents filed with the SEC are also available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

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PART I

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “Michael Kors”, “we”, “us”, “our”, “the Company”, “our Company” and “our business” refer to Michael Kors Holdings Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries, unless the context requires otherwise. References to our stores, retail stores and retail segment include all of our full-price retail stores (including concessions) and outlet stores and the term “Fiscal,” with respect to any year, refers to the 52-week period ending on the Saturday closest to March 31 of such year, except for “Fiscal 2016,” which refers to the 53-week period ending April 2, 2016. Some differences in the numbers in the tables and text throughout this annual report may exist due to rounding. All comparable store sales are presented on a 52-week basis.

Our Company

We are a rapidly growing global luxury lifestyle brand led by a world-class management team and a renowned, award-winning designer. Since launching his namesake brand over 30 years ago, Michael Kors has featured distinctive designs, materials and craftsmanship with a jet-set aesthetic that combines stylish elegance and a sporty attitude. Mr. Kors’ vision has taken the Company from its beginnings as an American luxury sportswear house to a global accessories, footwear and apparel company with a presence in over 100 countries.

We operate our business in three segments — retail, wholesale and licensing — and we have a strategically controlled global distribution network focused on company-operated retail stores, leading department stores, specialty stores and select licensing partners. In Fiscal 2015, our retail segment accounted for approximately 48.8% of our total revenue. As of March 28, 2015, our retail segment included:

In Fiscal 2015, our wholesale segment accounted for approximately 47.3% of our total revenue. As of March 28, 2015, our wholesale segment included:

A small number of our wholesale customers account for a significant portion of our net sales. Net sales to our five largest wholesale customers represented 26.3% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2015 and 28.9% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2014. Our largest wholesale customer, Federated, accounted for 13.7% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2015 and 14.4% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2014.

Our remaining revenue is generated through our licensing segment, through which we license to third parties certain production, sales and/or distribution rights through geographic licensing arrangements. In Fiscal 2015, our licensing segment accounted for approximately 3.9% of our total revenue, respectively, and consisted primarily of royalties earned on licensed products and our geographic licenses.

For additional financial information regarding our segments, see the Segment Information note presented in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

We offer two primary collections: the Michael Kors luxury collection and the MICHAEL Michael Kors accessible luxury collection. The Michael Kors collection establishes the aesthetic authority of our entire brand and is carried in many of our retail stores, as well as in the finest luxury department stores in the world, including, among others, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Holt Renfrew, Harrods, Harvey Nichols and Printemps. In 2004, we saw an opportunity to capitalize on the brand strength of the Michael Kors collection and address the significant demand opportunity in accessible luxury goods, and we introduced the MICHAEL Michael Kors collection, which has a strong focus on accessories, in addition to offering footwear and apparel. The MICHAEL Michael Kors collection is carried in all of our lifestyle stores, as well as leading department stores throughout the world, including, among others, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom, Macy’s, Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Galeries Lafayette, Lotte, Hyundai, Isetan and Lane Crawford. Taken together, our two primary collections target a broad customer base while retaining our premium luxury image.

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Industry

We operate in the global luxury goods industry. Over the past ten years, the luxury goods industry has grown and has remained resilient during economic downturns. The demand for the worldwide luxury goods industry, and accessories in particular, is predicted to continue to grow in Fiscal 2016. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on the continued growth of the accessories product category, as it is one of our primary product categories of focus.

Geographic Information

We generate revenue globally through our segments. Through our retail and wholesale segments we sell our products in three principal geographic markets: North America, Europe and Asia. Through our licensing segment, we enter into agreements that license to third parties use of our brand name and trademarks, certain production, and sales and/or distribution rights. Revenues generated through these agreements are primarily earned in North America and Europe.

The following table details our net sales and revenue by segment and geographic location for the fiscal years then ended (in thousands):

Competitive Strengths

We believe that the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors:

Rapidly Growing Luxury Lifestyle Brand with Best-in-Class Growth Metrics. We believe that the Michael Kors name has become synonymous with luxurious fashion that is timeless and elegant, expressed through sophisticated accessory and ready-to-wear collections. Each of our collections exemplifies the jet-set lifestyle and features high quality designs, materials and craftsmanship. Some of the most widely recognized global trendsetters—including celebrities such as Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie, Blake Lively, Penelope Cruz, Jennifer Lopez, Michelle Obama, Gwyneth Paltrow, the Duchess of Cambridge, and Cate Blanchett—walk the red carpet in our collections. We have built a solid foundation for continued long-term global growth and currently enjoy best-in-class growth metrics.

Design Vision Led by World-Renowned, Award-Winning Designer. Michael Kors, a world-renowned designer, personally leads our experienced design team. Mr. Kors and his team are responsible for conceptualizing and directing the design of all of our products, and their design leadership is a unique advantage that we possess. Mr. Kors has received a number of awards, which recognize the contribution Mr. Kors and his team have made to the fashion industry and our Company.

Poised to Take Share in the Growing Global Accessories Product Category. The accessories product category has been the fastest growing product category in the global luxury goods industry. In 2004, we saw the opportunity to capitalize on growing accessories demand by leveraging the strength of the Michael Kors luxury collection, and we introduced the accessible luxury MICHAEL Michael Kors collection further enhancing our brand awareness within North America.

Proven Multi-Format Retail Segment with Significant Growth Opportunity. In Fiscal 2015, our retail segment reported net sales of $2,134.6 million and a 10.3% increase in year-over-year comparable store sales from Fiscal 2014. Within our retail segment we have four primary retail store formats: collection stores, lifestyle stores, outlet stores and e-commerce site. Our collection stores are located in some of the world’s most prestigious shopping areas, such as Madison Avenue in New York and Rodeo Drive in California, and are generally 3,200 square feet in size. Our lifestyle stores are located in some of the world’s most frequented metropolitan shopping locations and leading regional shopping centers, and are generally 2,600 square feet in size. We also extend our reach to additional consumer groups through our outlet stores, which are generally 3,400 square feet in size. In addition to these three retail store formats, we operate concessions in a select number of department stores in North America and internationally. During Fiscal 2015, we also launched a new U.S. e-commerce platform and plan to continue to expand our international e-commerce presence in the future.

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Strong Relationships with Premier Wholesale Customers. We partner with leading wholesale customers, such as Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Holt Renfrew, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom and Macy’s in North America; and Harrods, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges and Galeries Lafayette in Europe. These relationships enable us to access large numbers of our key consumers in a targeted manner. In addition, we are engaged in wholesale growth initiatives that are designed to transform the Michael Kors displays at select department stores into branded “shop-in-shops.” By installing customized freestanding fixtures, wall casings and components, decorative items and flooring, as well as deploying specially trained staff, we believe that our shop-in-shops provide department store consumers with a more personalized shopping experience than traditional retail department store configurations. These initiatives, among others, have helped increase total revenue for our wholesale segment from $1,577.5 million in Fiscal 2014 to $2,065.1 million in Fiscal 2015, representing a 30.9% year-over-year increase.

Growing Licensing Segment. The strength of our global brand has been instrumental in helping us build our licensing business. We collaborate with a select number of product licensees who produce and sell what we believe are products requiring specialized expertise that are enhanced by our brand strength. Our relationship with Fossil Partners, LP. (“Fossil”), for instance, has helped us create a line of watches and jewelry that we believe have become, and will continue to be, status items for young fashion-conscious consumers. As of March 28, 2015, other product licensees, in addition to Fossil, included the Aramis and Designer Fragrances division of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (“Estée Lauder”) for fragrances and beauty, and Luxottica Group (Luxottica) for eyewear, among others. Our relationships with our product licensees have helped us leverage our success across demographics and categories by taking advantage of their unique expertise, resulting in total revenue for licensed products increasing from $140.3 million in Fiscal 2014 to $171.8 million in Fiscal 2015. In addition, we have entered into agreements with non-manufacturing third-party licensees who we believe have particular expertise in the distribution of fashion accessories, footwear and apparel in specific geographic territories, such as the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, throughout all of Asia (excluding Japan), and Australia.

Proven and Experienced Management Team. Our senior management team has extensive experience across a broad range of disciplines in the retail industry, including design, sales, marketing, public relations, merchandising, real estate, supply chain and finance. With an average of 25 years of experience in the retail industry, including at a number of public companies, and an average of ten years with Michael Kors, our senior management team has strong creative and operational experience and a successful track record. This extensive experience extends beyond our senior management team and deep into our organization.

Business Strategy

Our goal is to increase our revenue and profits and strengthen our global brand. Our business strategy includes the following:

Increase Our Brand Awareness. We intend to continue increasing brand awareness and customer loyalty in North America and internationally in a number of ways, including by:

Expand Our Global Retail Store Base and E-Commerce. Continue to expand our global retail store base, as well as expand our international e-commerce presence by launching new e-commerce sites in Canada, Europe and Asia. We believe that there is significant opportunity to continue expanding our retail stores in both North America and Europe, and to increase our stores in these regions to approximately 600 locations in the long term. We will look to open new stores predominately in high traffic areas of street and mall locations in high-income demographic areas and will adhere to our already successful retail store formats, which we believe reinforce our brand image and generate strong sales per square foot.

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Expand North American Shop-in-Shop Footprint at Select Department Stores. Continue to increase our North American wholesale sales by increasing shop-in-shops. We believe that our proprietary shop-in-shop fixtures effectively communicate our brand image within the department store, enhance the presentation of our merchandise and create a more personalized shopping experience for department store consumers. We plan to grow our North American shop-in-shop footprint at select department stores by continuing to convert existing wholesale door space into shop-in-shops and expanding the size of existing shop-in-shops.

Increase Global Comparable Store Sales. Continue to increase global comparable store sales with a number of initiatives already under way to increase the size and frequency of purchases by our existing customers and to attract new customers. Such initiatives include, among others, increasing the size of existing stores, creating compelling store environments and offering new products, including menswear, small leather goods, active footwear, beauty and fashion jewelry.

Grow International Retail and Wholesale Businesses. Continue our international expansion in select regions throughout Europe and other key international markets, and continue to leverage our existing operations in Europe and Japan to drive continued expansion. This includes increasing our international retail store base, including concessions, expanding our international e-commerce presence, as well as increasing our wholesale doors and shop-in-shop conversions at select department stores throughout Europe.

Collections and Products

We have two primary collections that offer accessories, footwear and apparel: the Michael Kors collection and the MICHAEL Michael Kors collection, both of which are offered through our retail and wholesale segments. We also offer licensed products primarily through our retail segment. Our net sales by major product category were as follows (in thousands):

The Michael Kors Collection

In the Michael Kors collection we offer accessories, including handbags and small leather goods, many of which are made from high quality leathers and other exotic skins, footwear and apparel, including ready-to-wear womenswear and menswear. Generally, our handbags and small leather goods retail from $300 to $6,000, our footwear retails from $300 to $1,500, our women’s apparel retails from $300 to $6,000 and our menswear apparel retails from $50 to $1,300.

The MICHAEL Michael Kors Collection

The MICHAEL Michael Kors collection has a strong focus on accessories, in addition to offering footwear and apparel, and is carried in all of our lifestyle stores as well as leading department stores throughout the world. In the MICHAEL Michael Kors collection, we offer: accessories, primarily handbags, which are created to meet the fashion and functional requirements of our broad and diverse consumer base, and small leather goods, such as clutches, wallets, wristlets and cosmetic cases; footwear, exclusively in women’s styles; and womenswear, including dresses, tops, jeans, pants, skirts, shorts and outerwear. Generally, our handbags retail from $200 to $600, our small leather goods retail from $45 to $250, our footwear retails from $40 to $350 and our women’s apparel retails from $50 to $500.

Our Licensed Products

Watches. Fossil has been our exclusive watch licensee since April 2004. Watches are sold in our retail stores, our e-commerce site and by Fossil to wholesale customers in addition to select watch retailers. Generally, our watches retail from $195 to $695.

Eyewear. In January 2015, Luxottica became our exclusive eyewear licensee for developing distinctive eyewear inspired by our collections. Our eyewear products are focused on status eyewear with sunglasses serving as a key category. Eyewear is sold in our retail stores, our e-commerce site and by Luxottica to wholesale customers in addition to select sunglass retailers and prescription eyewear providers. Generally, our eyewear retails from $99 to $255. Prior to January 2015, Marchon was our exclusive eyewear licensee.

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Jewelry. Fossil has been our exclusive fashion jewelry licensee since December 2010. Our jewelry product line is complementary to our watches and accessories lines and is comprised of bracelets, necklaces, rings and earrings. Our jewelry is sold in our retail stores, our e-commerce site and by Fossil to wholesale customers in addition to other specialty stores. Generally, our jewelry retails from $55 to $500.

Fragrances and Beauty. Estée Lauder has been our exclusive women’s and men’s fragrance licensee since May 2003. Fragrances are sold in our retail stores, our e-commerce site and by Estée Lauder to wholesale customers in addition to select fragrance retailers. In Fiscal 2015, Estée Lauder also became our exclusive licensee of beauty products, which includes nail lacquers, lip products, powders, and a collection of body and sun products. Our fragrance and beauty products generally retail from $18 to $125.

Marketing and Advertising

Our marketing strategy is to deliver a consistent message every time the consumer comes in contact with our brand through all of our communications and visual merchandising. Our global image is created and executed internally by our creative marketing, visual merchandising and public relations teams, which helps ensure the consistency of our message.

In Fiscal 2015, we recognized approximately $103.6 million in advertising and marketing expense in North America and internationally. In conjunction with promoting a consistent global image, we use our extensive customer database and consumer knowledge to best target our consumers in an effort to foster marketing efficiency. We engage in a wide range of direct marketing programs, including such vehicles as emails, print advertising, outdoor advertising, social media, catalogs and brochures, in order to stimulate sales in a consumer-preferred shopping venue. As part of our direct marketing strategy, our catalogs are sent to selected households to encourage consumer purchases and to build brand awareness. In addition, our spring and fall ready-to-wear collections and our latest accessories and shoes are showcased at New York Fashion Week. The semi-annual runway shows generate extensive media coverage.

The growing number of visitors to our michaelkors.com online store provides an opportunity to increase the size of our customer database and to communicate with consumers to increase online and physical store sales and build brand awareness. We launched michaelkors.com in 2007 in partnership with Neiman Marcus, our wholesale customer, and sold merchandise to Neiman Marcus at wholesale, which was subsequently resold by Neiman Marcus through michaelkors.com. Accordingly, Neiman Marcus received substantially all of the proceeds from these online sales. This arrangement was terminated upon our launch of a new in-house U.S. e-commerce platform for michaelkors.com in September 2014. Our new mobile optimized e-commerce site features the Michael Kors lifestyle images, which allows us to better engage new and existing customers and create innovative ways to keep the brand at the forefront of consumers’ minds by offering a broad selection of products, including accessories, apparel, and footwear. Since e-commerce growth is critical to our overall growth strategy, we continued to expand our global e-commerce presence by launching a new e-commerce site in Canada in April 2015, with plans to launch e-commerce sites in Europe and Asia in Fiscal 2017.

Manufacturing and Sourcing

We contract for the purchase of finished goods principally with independent third-party manufacturing contractors, whereby the manufacturing contractor is generally responsible for the entire manufacturing process, including the purchase of piece goods and trim. Although we do not have written agreements with any of our manufacturing contractors, we believe we have mutually satisfactory relationships with them. We allocate product manufacturing among third-party agents based on their capabilities, the availability of production capacity, pricing and delivery. We have relationships with various agents who source our finished goods with numerous manufacturing contractors on our behalf. Although our relationships with our agents are generally terminable at any time, we believe we have mutually satisfactory relationships with them. In Fiscal 2015 and 2014, one third-party agent sourced approximately 11.7% and 12.6% of our finished goods purchases, respectively. In Fiscal 2015, by dollar volume, approximately 97.8% of our products were produced in Asia and Europe. See Item 1A. — “Import Restrictions and Other Government Regulations” and “Risk Factors”— “We primarily use foreign manufacturing contractors and independent third-party agents to source our finished goods, which poses legal, regulatory, political and economic risks to our business operations.”

Manufacturing contractors and agents operate under the close supervision of our global manufacturing divisions and buying agents headquartered in North America, Europe and Asia. All products are produced according to our specifications. Production staff monitors manufacturing at supplier facilities in order to correct problems prior to shipment of the final product. Quality assurance is focused on as early as possible in the production process, allowing merchandise to be received at the distribution facilities and shipped to customers with minimal interruption.

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Distribution

Our primary distribution facility in the United States is the 1,120,500 square foot leased facility in Whittier, California. We also have several smaller distribution facilities across the United States. Outside of the United States, we have regional distribution centers in Canada, Holland, Japan, and Hong Kong, which are either leased or operated by third-parties. In April 2015, we expanded our existing distribution facility in Whittier, California to service our e-commerce site. In addition, during Fiscal 2016, we plan to invest in building our own distribution facility in Holland, which will support our European operations.

Intellectual Property

We own the Michael Kors and MICHAEL Michael Kors trademarks, as well as other material trademark rights related to the production, marketing and distribution of our products, both in the United States and in other countries in which our products are principally sold. We also have trademark applications pending for a variety of related logos. We aggressively police our trademarks and pursue infringers both domestically and internationally. We also pursue counterfeiters in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and elsewhere in the world in both online and offline channels through leads generated internally, as well as through our network of customs authorities, law enforcement, legal representatives and brand specialists around the world.

Pursuant to an agreement entered into by Mr. Kors in connection with the acquisition by our former principal shareholder of a majority interest in the Company in 2003, Mr. Kors (i) represented that all intellectual property rights used in connection with the Company’s business at such time were owned exclusively by the Company, (ii) assigned to the Company (to the extent not already assigned to and owned by the Company) exclusive worldwide rights in perpetuity to the “Michael Kors” name and trademark and all derivations thereof, as well as to Mr. Kors’ signature and likeness, and all goodwill associated therewith, (iii) agreed not to take any action against the Company inconsistent with such ownership by the Company (including, without limitation, by asserting any privacy, publicity or moral rights) and (iv) agreed not to use, whether or not he is employed by the Company, any of such intellectual property in connection with any commercial enterprise (provided that he may use the name Michael Kors as his legal name only, and not as service mark or trade name, to identify himself personally and to engage in charitable activities and other activities that do not compete with any businesses of the Company).

Employees

At the end of Fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013, we had approximately 11,094, 9,184 and 6,379 total employees, respectively. As of March 28, 2015, we had approximately 5,378 full-time employees and approximately 5,716 part-time employees. Approximately 9,469 of our employees were engaged in retail selling and administrative positions, and our remaining employees were engaged in other aspects of our business as of March 28, 2015. None of our employees are currently covered by collective bargaining agreements and we believe that our relations with our employees are good.

Competition

We face intense competition in the product lines and markets in which we compete. Our products compete with other branded products within their product category. In varying degrees, depending on the product category involved, we compete on the basis of style, price, customer service, quality, brand prestige and recognition, among other bases. In our wholesale business, we compete with numerous manufacturers, importers and distributors of accessories, footwear and apparel for the limited space available for product display. Moreover, the general availability of manufacturing contractors allows new entrants easy access to the markets in which we compete, which may increase the number of our competitors and adversely affect our competitive position and our business.

Over the last several years the accessories category, in particular, has grown, encouraging the entry of new competitors, as well as increasing the competition from existing competitors. We believe, however, that we have significant competitive advantages because of our brand recognition and the acceptance of our brand name by consumers. See Item 1A. “Risk Factors — The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, both within North America and internationally, and increased competition based on a number of factors could cause our profitability to decline.”

Seasonality

We experience certain effects of seasonality with respect to our wholesale and retail segments. Our wholesale segment generally experiences its greatest sales in our third and fourth fiscal quarters while our first fiscal quarter experiences the lowest sales. Our retail segment generally experiences greater sales during our third fiscal quarter as a result of Holiday season sales. In the aggregate, our first fiscal quarter typically experiences significantly less sales volume relative to the other three quarters and our third fiscal quarter generally has higher sales volume relative to other three quarters. However, given our recent growth, the effects of any seasonality are further muted by incremental sales related to our new retail stores, wholesale doors and shop-in-shops.

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Import Restrictions and Other Governmental Regulations

Virtually all of our merchandise imported into the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia is subject to duties. In addition, most of the countries to which we ship could impose safeguard quotas to protect their local industries from import surges that threaten to create market disruption. The United States and other countries may also unilaterally impose additional duties in response to a particular product being imported at unfairly traded prices that, in such increased quantities, cause or threaten injury to the relevant domestic industry (generally known as “anti-dumping” actions). If dumping is suspected in the United States, the United States government may self-initiate a dumping case on behalf of a particular industry. Furthermore, additional duties, generally known as countervailing duties, can also be imposed by the United States government to offset subsidies provided by a foreign government to foreign manufacturers if the importation of such subsidized merchandise injures or threatens to injure a United States industry. We are also subject to other international trade agreements and regulations, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement. See Item 1A.“Risk Factors—We primarily use foreign manufacturing contractors and independent third-party agents to source our finished goods, which poses legal, regulatory, political and economic risks to our business operations.”

Accessories, footwear and apparel sold by us are also subject to regulation in the United States and other countries by governmental agencies, including, in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission and the Consumer Products Safety Commission. These regulations relate principally to product labeling, licensing requirements, flammability testing and product safety. We are also subject to environmental laws, rules and regulations. Similarly, accessories, footwear and apparel sold by us are also subject to import regulations in the United States and other countries concerning the use of wildlife products for commercial and non-commercial trade, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We do not estimate any significant capital expenditures for environmental control matters either in the current fiscal year or in the near future. Our licensed products and licensing partners are also subject to regulation. Our agreements require our licensing partners to operate in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and we are not aware of any violations that could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on our business or operating results.

We are also required to comply with the disclosure requirements under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, relating to the use of conflict minerals in our products. As a result, we have incurred, and expect to continue to incur, additional costs to comply with this rule.

Although we have not suffered any material restriction from doing business in desirable markets in the past, we cannot assure that significant impediments will not arise in the future as we expand product offerings and introduce additional trademarks to new markets.

You should carefully read this entire report, including, without limitation, the following risk factors and the section of this annual report entitled “Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Any of the following factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently view as immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

The accessories, footwear and apparel industries are heavily influenced by general macroeconomic cycles that affect consumer spending, and a prolonged period of depressed consumer spending could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The accessories, footwear and apparel industries have historically been subject to cyclical variations, recessions in the general economy and uncertainties regarding future economic prospects that can affect consumer spending habits. Purchases of discretionary luxury items, such as our products, tend to decline during recessionary periods when disposable income is lower. The success of our operations depends on a number of factors impacting discretionary consumer spending, including general economic conditions, consumer confidence, wages and unemployment, housing prices, consumer debt, interest rates, fuel and energy costs, taxation and political conditions. A continuation or worsening of the current weakness in the economy may negatively affect consumer and wholesale purchases of our products and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may not be able to respond to changing fashion and retail trends in a timely manner, which could have a material adverse effect on our brand, business, financial condition and operating results.

The accessories, footwear and apparel industries have historically been subject to rapidly changing fashion trends and consumer preferences. We believe that our success is largely dependent on our brand image and ability to anticipate and respond promptly to changing consumer demands and fashion trends in the design, styling, production, merchandising and pricing of products. If we do not correctly gauge consumer needs and fashion trends and respond appropriately, consumers may not purchase our products and our brand name and brand image may be impaired. Even if we react appropriately to changes in fashion trends and consumer preferences, consumers may consider our brand

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image to be outdated or associate our brand with styles that are no longer popular or trend-setting. Any of these outcomes could have a material adverse effect on our brand, business, financial condition and operating results.

Privacy breaches and other cyber security risks related to our business could negatively affect our reputation, credibility and business.

We are dependent on information technology systems and networks for a significant portion of our direct-to-consumer sales, including our e-commerce site and retail business credit card transaction authorization and processing. We are responsible for storing data relating to our customers and employees and also rely on third party vendors for the storage, processing and transmission of personal and Company information. Consumers, lawmakers and consumer advocates alike are increasingly concerned over the security of personal information transmitted over the internet, consumer identity theft and privacy. In addition to taking the necessary precautions ourselves, we require that third-party service providers implement reasonable security measures to protect our employees’ and customers’ identity and privacy. We do not, however, control these third-party service providers and cannot guarantee that no electronic or physical computer break-ins and security breaches will occur in the future. Likewise, our systems and technology are subject to the risk of system failures, viruses, “hackers” and other causes that are out of our control. A significant breach of customer, employee or Company data could damage the Company’s reputation, its relationship with customers and the Michael Kors brand, and could result in lost sales, sizable fines, significant breach-notification costs and lawsuits, as well as adversely affect results of operations. The Company may also incur additional costs in the future related to the implementation of additional security measures to protect against new or enhanced data security and privacy threats, or to comply with state, federal and international laws that may be enacted to address those threats.

Our business is exposed to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

Our results of operations for our international subsidiaries are exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations as the financial results of the applicable subsidiaries are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars during financial statement consolidation. If the U.S. dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions could impact our consolidated results of operations. In addition, we have intercompany notes amongst certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries, which may be denominated in a currency other than the local currency of a particular reporting entity. As a result of using a currency other than the functional currency of the related subsidiary, results of these operations may be adversely affected during times of significant fluctuation between the functional currency of that subsidiary and the denomination currency of the note. We continuously monitor our foreign currency exposure and hedge a portion of our foreign subsidiaries’ foreign currency-denominated inventory purchases to minimize the impact of changes in foreign currency exchange rates. However, we cannot fully anticipate all of our foreign currency exposures and cannot ensure that these hedges will fully offset the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.

As a result of operating retail stores and concessions in various countries outside of the U.S., we are also exposed to market risk from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, particularly the Euro, the British Pound, the Japanese Yen and the Canadian Dollar. A substantial weakening of foreign currencies against the U.S. dollar could require us to raise our retail prices or reduce our profit margins in various locations outside of the U.S. In addition, our sales and profitability could be negatively impacted if consumers in those markets were unwilling to purchase our products at increased prices.

We face risks associated with operating in international markets and our strategy to continue to expand internationally.

We operate on a global basis, with approximately 26.2% of our total revenue from operations outside of the U.S. during Fiscal 2015. As a result, we are subject to the risks of doing business internationally, including political and economic instability in foreign countries, laws, regulations and policies of foreign governments, potential negative consequences from changes in taxation policies, political or civil unrest, acts of terrorism, military actions or other conditions. Economic instability and unsettled regional and global conflicts may negatively affect consumer spending by foreign tourists and local consumers in the various regions where we operate, which could adversely affect our sales and results of operations. We also sell our products at varying retail price points based on geographic location that yield different gross profit margins, and we achieve different operating profit margins, depending on geographic region, due to a variety of factors including product mix, store size, occupancy costs, labor costs and retail pricing. Changes in any one or more of these factors could result in lower revenues, increased costs, and negatively impact our business, financial condition and operating results.

We face additional risks with respect to our strategy to expand internationally, including our efforts to further grow and expand our operations in Europe and Asia. Specifically, during the second half of Fiscal 2016, we plan to transition the currently licensed business in South Korea to a wholly owned operation. We may not be able to successfully integrate the business of any licensee that we acquire into our own business or achieve any expected cost savings or synergies from such integration. Furthermore, we may have difficulty integrating any new or reacquired businesses into our operations, hiring and retaining qualified key employees, or otherwise successfully managing such expansion. In some of the countries we do not yet have significant operating experience, and in most of these countries we face established competitors with significantly more operating experience in those locations. Many countries have different operational characteristics, including, but not limited to, employment and labor, transportation, logistics, real estate (including lease terms) and local reporting or legal requirements. Furthermore,

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consumer demand and behavior, as well as tastes and purchasing trends may differ in these countries and, as a result, sales of our product may not be successful, or the margins on those sales may not be in line with those we currently anticipate. In addition, in many of these countries there is significant competition to attract and retain experienced and talented employees. If our international expansion plans are unsuccessful, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The growth of our business depends on the successful execution of our growth strategies, including our efforts to open and operate new retail stores, to increase the number of department stores and specialty stores that sell our products, and to acquire select operations from our third-party licensees.

As part of our growth strategy, we intend to open and operate new retail stores and shop-in-shops within select department stores, both domestically and internationally. Our ability to successfully open and operate new retail stores, including concessions, and shop-in-shops depends on many factors, including, among others, our ability to:

We will encounter pre-opening costs and we may encounter initial losses when new retail stores, including concessions, and shop-in-shops commence operations. Certain of our European stores require investments in the form of key money to secure prime locations, which may be paid to landlords or existing lessees. While we expect to open a number of additional retail stores, including concessions, and shop-in-shops in the future, there can be no assurance that we will open the planned number, that we will recover the expenditure costs associated with opening these new retail stores, including concessions, and shop-in-shops or that the operation of these new venues will be successful or profitable. Any changes from our initial expectations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

A material disruption in our information technology systems could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely extensively on our information technology (“IT”) systems to track inventory, manage our supply chain, record and process transactions, manage customer communications, summarize results and manage our business. The failure of our IT systems to operate properly or effectively, problems with transitioning to upgraded or replacement systems, or difficulty in integrating new systems, could adversely affect our business. In addition, we have an e-commerce website in the United States, a new e-commerce site in Canada launched in April 2015, and plans for additional e-commerce sites in Europe and Japan in Fiscal 2017. Our IT systems and websites may be subject to damage and/or interruption from power outages, computer, network and telecommunications failures, computer viruses, “hackers”, security breaches, usage errors by our employees and bad acts by our customers and website visitors. If our IT systems or websites are damaged or cease to function properly, we may have to make a significant investment to fix or replace them, and we may suffer loss of critical data (including our customer data) and interruptions or delays in our operations in the interim. Any significant disruption in our IT systems or websites could harm our reputation and credibility, and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We are dependent on a limited number of distribution facilities. If one or more of our distribution facilities experiences operational difficulties or becomes inoperable, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We operate a limited number of distribution facilities. Our ability to meet the needs of our wholesale customers and our own retail stores and e-commerce sites depends on the proper operation of these distribution facilities. If any of these distribution facilities were to shut down or otherwise become inoperable or inaccessible for any reason, we could suffer a substantial loss of inventory and/or disruptions of deliveries to our retail and wholesale customers. For example, during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2015 our U.S. third party operated e-commerce fulfillment center was impacted by structural damage, which resulted in shipping delays to consumers who ordered merchandise through our e-commerce website. In addition, we could incur significantly higher costs and longer lead times associated with the distribution of our products during the time it takes to reopen or replace the damaged facility. Any of the foregoing factors could result in decreased sales and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

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In addition, we have been moving into new and larger facilities as needed, to increase our capacity as we grow, and have been concurrently implementing new warehouse management systems to further support our efforts to operate with increased efficiency and flexibility. There are risks inherent in operating in new distribution environments and implementing new warehouse management systems, including operational difficulties that may arise with such transitions. We may experience shipping delays should there be any disruptions in our new warehouse management systems or warehouses themselves.

The markets in which we operate are highly competitive, both within North America and internationally, and increased competition based on a number of factors could cause our profitability to decline.

We face intense competition from other domestic and foreign accessories, footwear and apparel producers and retailers, including, among others, Coach, Burberry, Ralph Lauren, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Marc Jacobs, Chloé, Tori Burch and Prada. Competition is based on a number of factors, including, without limitation, the following:

In addition, some of our competitors may be significantly larger and more diversified than us and may have significantly greater financial, technological, manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution resources than we do. Their greater capabilities in these areas may enable them to better withstand periodic downturns in the accessories, footwear and apparel industries, compete more effectively on the basis of price and production and more quickly develop new products. The general availability of manufacturing contractors and agents also allows new entrants easy access to the markets in which we compete, which may increase the number of our competitors and adversely affect our competitive position and our business. Any increased competition, or our failure to adequately address any of these competitive factors, could result in reduced sales, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

Competition, along with other factors such as consolidation, changes in consumer spending patterns and a highly promotional environment, could also result in significant pricing pressure. These factors may cause us to reduce our sales prices to our wholesale customers and retail consumers, which could cause our gross margins to decline if we are unable to appropriately manage inventory levels and/or otherwise offset price reductions with comparable reductions in our operating costs. If our sales prices decline and we fail to sufficiently reduce our product costs or operating expenses, our profitability may decline, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

The departure of our founder, members of our executive management and other key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business.

                We depend on the services and management experience of our founder and executive officers, who have substantial experience and expertise in our business. In particular, Mr. Kors, our Honorary Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, has provided design and executive leadership to the Company since its inception. He is instrumental to our marketing and publicity strategy and is closely identified with both the brand that bears his name and our Company in general. Our ability to maintain our brand image and leverage the goodwill associated with Mr. Kors’ name may be damaged if we were to lose his services. Mr. Kors has the right to terminate his employment with us without cause. In addition, the leadership of John D. Idol, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph B. Parsons, our Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer and Treasurer, has been a critical element of our success. We also depend on other key employees involved in our licensing, design and advertising operations. Competition for qualified personnel in the apparel industry is intense, and competitors may use aggressive tactics to recruit our executive officers and key employees. Although we have entered into employment agreements with Mr. Kors and certain of our other executive officers, including Mr. Idol and Mr. Parsons, we may not be able to retain the services of such individuals in the future. The loss of services of one or more of these individuals or any negative public perception with respect to, or relating to, the loss of one or more of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

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We have grown rapidly in recent years and we have limited operating experience at our current scale of operations. If we are unable to manage our operations at our current size or are unable to manage any future growth effectively, our brand image and financial performance may suffer.

We have expanded our operations rapidly and have limited operating experience at our current size. If our operations continue to grow, we will be required to continue to expand our sales and marketing, product development and distribution functions, to upgrade our management information systems and other processes and to obtain more space for our expanding administrative support and other headquarter personnel. Our continued growth could strain our existing resources, and we could experience operating difficulties, including the availability of desirable locations and the negotiation of acceptable lease terms, difficulties in hiring, training and managing an increasing number of employees, difficulties in obtaining sufficient raw materials and manufacturing capacity to produce our products and delays in production and shipments. These difficulties could result in the erosion of our brand image and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

As we expand our store base, we may be unable to maintain the same comparable store sales or average sales per square foot that we have in the past, which could cause our share price to decline.

As we expand our store base, we may not be able to maintain the levels of comparable store sales that we have experienced historically. In addition, we may not be able to maintain our historic average sales per square foot as we move into new markets. If our future comparable store sales or average sales per square foot decline or fail to meet market expectations, the price of our ordinary shares could decline. In addition, the aggregate results of operations of our stores have fluctuated in the past and can be expected to continue to fluctuate in the future. A variety of factors affect both comparable store sales and average sales per square foot, including, among others, fashion trends, competition, current economic conditions, pricing, inflation, the timing of the release of new merchandise and promotional events, changes in our merchandise mix, the success of marketing programs and weather conditions. If we misjudge the market for our products, we may incur excess inventory for some of our products and miss opportunities for other products. These factors may cause our comparable store sales results and average sales per square foot in the future to be materially lower than recent periods and our expectations, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and result in a decline in the price of our ordinary shares.

We are subject to risks associated with leasing retail space under long-term, non-cancelable leases and are required to make substantial lease payments under our operating leases. Any failure to make these lease payments when due could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.

We do not own any of our store facilities; instead, we lease all of our stores under operating leases. Our leases generally have terms of up to 10 years. Our leases generally require a fixed annual rent and most require the payment of additional rent if store sales exceed a negotiated amount. Certain of our European stores also require initial investments in the form of key money to secure prime locations, which may be paid to landlords or existing lessees. Generally, our leases are “net” leases, which require us to pay all of the costs of insurance, taxes, maintenance and utilities. We generally cannot cancel these leases at our option. Payments under these operating leases account for a significant portion of our operating costs. For example, as of March 28, 2015, we were party to operating leases associated with our stores as well as other corporate facilities requiring future minimum lease payments aggregating to $897.4 million through Fiscal 2020 and approximately $695.3 million thereafter through Fiscal 2029. We expect that any new stores we open under operating leases will have terms similar to those contained in leases we have entered previously, which will further increase our operating lease expenses.

Our substantial operating lease obligations could have significant negative consequences, including, among others:

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We depend on cash flow from operations to pay our lease expenses and to fulfill our other cash needs. If our business does not generate sufficient cash flow from operating activities, and sufficient funds are not otherwise available to us, we may not be able to service our operating lease expenses, grow our business, respond to competitive challenges or fund our other liquidity and capital needs.

Our current and future licensing arrangements may not be successful and may make us susceptible to the actions of third parties over whom we have limited control.

We have entered into a select number of product licensing agreements with companies that produce and sell, under our trademarks, products requiring specialized expertise. We have also entered into a number of select licensing agreements pursuant to which we have granted third parties certain rights to distribute and sell our products in certain geographical areas, such as the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, throughout all of Asia (excluding Japan), and Australia. In addition, we have entered into similar licensing agreements with entities that are indirectly owned by certain of our directors and officers, including Michael Kors and John Idol, pursuant to which we have granted such entities certain rights to distribute and sell our products in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. See Note 19 — “Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions” to the accompanying consolidated audited financial statements. In the future, we may enter into additional licensing arrangements. Although we take steps to carefully select our licensing partners, such arrangements may not be successful. Our licensing partners may fail to fulfill their obligations under their license agreements or have interests that differ from or conflict with our own, such as the timing of new store openings, the pricing of our products and the offering of competitive products. In addition, the risks applicable to the business of our licensing partners may be different than the risks applicable to our business, including risks associated with each such partner’s ability to:

Any of the foregoing risks, or the inability of any of our licensing partners to successfully market our products or otherwise conduct its business, may result in loss of revenue and competitive harm to our operations in regions or product categories where we have entered into such licensing arrangements.

We rely on our licensing partners to preserve the value of our brands. Although we attempt to protect our brands through, among other things, approval rights over store location and design, product design, production quality, packaging, merchandising, distribution, advertising and promotion of our stores and products, we may not be able to control the use by our licensing partners of our brand. The misuse of our brand by a licensing partner could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

A substantial portion of our revenue is derived from a small number of large wholesale customers, and the loss of any of these wholesale customers could substantially reduce our total revenue.

A small number of our wholesale customers account for a significant portion of our net sales. Net sales to our five largest wholesale customers represented 26.3% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2015 and 28.9% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2014. Our largest wholesale customer, Federated, accounted for 13.7% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2015 and 14.4% of our total revenue for Fiscal 2014. We do not have written agreements with any of our wholesale customers, and purchases generally occur on an order-by-order basis. A decision by any of our major wholesale customers, whether motivated by marketing strategy, competitive conditions, financial difficulties or otherwise, to decrease significantly the amount of merchandise purchased from us or our licensing partners, or to change their manner of doing business with us or our licensing partners, could substantially reduce our revenue and have a material adverse effect on our profitability. During the past several years, the retail industry has experienced a great deal of consolidation and other ownership changes, and we expect such changes will continue. In addition, store closings by our wholesale customers decrease the number of stores carrying our products, while the remaining stores may purchase a smaller amount of our products and/or may reduce the retail floor space designated for our brands. In the future, retailers may further consolidate, undergo restructurings or reorganizations, realign their affiliations or reposition their stores’ target markets. Any of these types of actions could decrease the number of stores that carry our products or increase the ownership concentration within the retail industry. These changes could decrease our opportunities in the market, increase our reliance on a smaller number of large wholesale customers and decrease our negotiating strength with our wholesale customers. These factors could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

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Increases in the cost of raw materials could increase our production costs and cause our operating results and financial condition to suffer.

The costs of raw materials used in our products are affected by, among other things, weather, consumer demand, speculation on the commodities market, the relative valuations and fluctuations of the currencies of producer versus consumer countries and other factors that are generally unpredictable and beyond our control. We are not always successful in our efforts to protect our business from the volatility of the market price of raw materials and our business can be materially affected by dramatic movements in prices of raw materials. The ultimate effect of this change on our earnings cannot be quantified, as the effect of movements in raw materials prices on industry selling prices are uncertain, but any significant increase in these prices could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We primarily use foreign manufacturing contractors and independent third-party agents to source our finished goods, which poses legal, regulatory, political and economic risks to our business operations.

Our products are primarily produced by, and purchased or procured from, independent manufacturing contractors located mainly in Asia and Europe. A manufacturing contractor’s failure to ship products to us in a timely manner or to meet the required quality standards could cause us to miss the delivery date requirements of our customers for those items. The failure to make timely deliveries may cause customers to cancel orders, refuse to accept deliveries or demand reduced prices, any of which could have a material adverse effect on us. In addition, any of the following factors could negatively affect our ability to produce or deliver our products and, as a result, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results:

We do not have written agreements with any of our third-party manufacturing contractors. As a result, any single manufacturing contractor could unilaterally terminate its relationship with us at any time. In Fiscal 2015, our largest manufacturing contractor, who primarily produces its products in China and who we have worked with for over ten years, accounted for the production of 29.1% of our finished products. Our inability to promptly replace manufacturing contractors that terminate their relationships with us or cease to provide high quality products in a timely and cost-efficient manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results, and impact the cost and availability of our goods.

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In addition, we use third-party agents to source our finished goods with numerous manufacturing contractors on our behalf. Any single agent could unilaterally terminate its relationship with us at any time. In Fiscal 2015, our largest third-party agent, whose primary place of business is Hong Kong and who we have worked with for over 10 years, sourced approximately 11.7% of our purchases of finished goods. Our inability to promptly replace agents that terminate their relationships with us or cease to provide high quality service in a timely and cost-efficient manner could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

If we fail to comply with labor laws, or if our manufacturing contractors fail to use acceptable, ethical business practices, our business and reputation could suffer.

We are subject to labor laws governing relationships with employees, including minimum wage requirements, overtime, working conditions and citizenship requirements. Compliance with these laws and regulations may lead to increased costs and operational complexity and may increase our exposure to governmental investigations or litigation.

In addition, we require our manufacturing contractors to operate in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations regarding working conditions, employment practices and environmental compliance. Additionally, we impose upon our business partners operating guidelines that require additional obligations in those three areas in order to promote ethical business practices, and our staff and third parties we retain for such purposes periodically visit and monitor the operations of our manufacturing contractors to determine compliance. However, we do not control our manufacturing contractors or their labor and other business practices. If one of our manufacturing contractors violates applicable labor or other laws, rules or regulations or implements labor or other business practices that are generally regarded as unethical in the United States, the shipment of finished products to us could be interrupted, orders could be cancelled, relationships could be terminated and our reputation could be damaged. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Our business is subject to risks associated with importing products.

There are risks inherent to importing our products. Virtually all of our merchandise imported into the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia is subject to duties and most of the countries to which we ship could impose safeguard quotas to protect their local industries from import surges that threaten to create market disruption. The United States and other countries may also unilaterally impose additional duties in response to a particular product being imported at unfairly traded prices that, in such increased quantities, cause or threaten injury to the relevant domestic industry (generally known as “anti-dumping” actions). If dumping is suspected in the United States, the United States government may self-initiate a dumping case on behalf of a particular industry. Furthermore, additional duties, generally known as countervailing duties, can also be imposed by the United States government to offset subsidies provided by a foreign government to foreign manufacturers if the importation of such subsidized merchandise injures or threatens to injure a United States industry. In addition, accessories, footwear and apparel sold by us are also subject to import regulations in the United States and other countries concerning the use of wildlife products for commercial and non-commercial trade, including the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (“F&W”). F&W requires that we obtain a license to import animal and fauna that are subject to regulation by F&W and can revoke (or refuse to renew) this license, seize and possibly destroy our shipments and/or fine the Company for F&W violations. The imposition of duties and quotas, the initiation of an anti-dumping action and/or the repercussions of F&W violations could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

We may be unable to protect our trademarks and other intellectual property rights, and others may allege that we infringe upon their intellectual property rights.

Our trademarks, including MICHAEL KORS and MICHAEL MICHAEL KORS, logos and other intellectual property rights are important to our success and our competitive position. We are susceptible to others imitating our products and infringing on our intellectual property rights in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, the Far East and elsewhere in the world in both online and offline channels. Our brand enjoys significant worldwide consumer recognition, and the generally higher pricing of our products creates additional incentive for counterfeiters to infringe on our brand. We work with customs authorities, law enforcement, legal representatives and brand specialists globally in an effort to prevent the sale of counterfeit Michael Kors products, but we cannot guarantee the extent to which our efforts to prevent counterfeiting of our brand and other intellectual property infringement will be successful. Such counterfeiting and other infringement could dilute our brand and harm our reputation and business.

Our trademark applications may fail to result in registered trademarks or provide the scope of coverage sought, and others may seek to invalidate our trademarks or block sales of our products as a violation of their trademarks and intellectual property rights. In addition, others may assert rights in, or ownership of, trademarks and other intellectual property rights of ours or in trademarks that

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are similar to ours or trademarks that we license and/or market, and we may not be able to successfully resolve these types of conflicts to our satisfaction. In some cases, trademark owners may have prior rights to our trademarks or similar trademarks. Furthermore, certain foreign countries may not protect trademarks and other intellectual property rights to the same extent as do the laws of the United States.

From time to time, in the ordinary course of our business, we become involved in opposition and cancellation proceedings with respect to trademarks similar to some of our brands. Any litigation or dispute involving the scope or enforceability of our intellectual property rights or any allegation that we infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others could be costly and time-consuming and could result, if determined adversely to us, in harm to our competitive position.

Restrictive covenants in our credit agreement may restrict our ability to pursue our business strategies.

We have a $200.0 million senior unsecured credit facility (the “2013 Credit Facility”) under which Michael Kors (USA), Inc. (“MKUSA”), Michael Kors (Europe) B.V., Michael Kors (Canada) Holdings Ltd. and Michael Kors (Switzerland) GmbH, our indirect wholly owned subsidiaries, are borrowers and we are a parent guarantor. The credit agreement governing the terms of the 2013 Credit Facility restricts, among other things, asset dispositions, mergers and acquisitions, dividends, share repurchases and redemptions, other restricted payments, indebtedness, loans and investments, liens and affiliate transactions. Our credit agreement also contains customary events of default, including a change in control of the Company. In addition, our credit agreement contains financial covenants such as requiring an adjusted leverage ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 (with the ratio being total consolidated indebtedness plus 8.0 times consolidated rent expense to EBITDA plus consolidated rent expense) and a fixed charge coverage ratio of 2.0 to 1.0 (with the ratio being EBITDA plus consolidated rent expense to the sum of fixed charges plus consolidated rent expense). See credit discussion in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity”. These covenants, among other things, may limit our ability to fund our future working capital needs and capital expenditures, engage in future acquisitions or development activities, or otherwise realize the value of our assets and opportunities fully because of the need to dedicate a portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on debt.

Failure to maintain adequate financial and management processes and controls could lead to errors in our financial reporting, which could harm our business and cause a decline in the price of our ordinary shares.

As a public company we are required to document and test our internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. If our management is unable to certify the effectiveness of our internal controls or if our independent registered public accounting firm cannot render an opinion on management’s assessment and on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, or if material weaknesses in our internal controls are identified, we could be subject to regulatory scrutiny and a loss of public confidence, which could have an adverse effect on our business and cause a decline in the price of our ordinary shares.

Provisions in our organizational documents may delay or prevent our acquisition by a third party.

Our Memorandum and Articles of Association (together, as amended from time to time, our “Memorandum and Articles”) contains several provisions that may make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire control of us without the approval of our board of directors. These provisions also may delay, prevent or deter a merger, acquisition, tender offer, proxy contest or other transaction that might otherwise result in our shareholders receiving a premium over the market price for their ordinary shares. These provisions include, among others:

These provisions of our Memorandum and Articles could discourage potential takeover attempts and reduce the price that investors might be willing to pay for our ordinary shares in the future, which could reduce the market price of our ordinary shares.

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Rights of shareholders under British Virgin Islands law differ from those under United States law, and, accordingly, our shareholders may have fewer protections.

Our corporate affairs are governed by our Memorandum and Articles, the BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended, the “BVI Act”) and the common law of the British Virgin Islands. The rights of shareholders to take legal action against our directors, actions by minority shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under British Virgin Islands law are to a large extent governed by the common law of the British Virgin Islands and by the BVI Act. The common law of the British Virgin Islands is derived in part from comparatively limited judicial precedent in the British Virgin Islands as well as from English common law, which has persuasive, but not binding, authority on a court in the British Virgin Islands. The rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of our directors under British Virgin Islands law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedents in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, the British Virgin Islands has a less developed body of securities laws as compared to the United States, and some states (such as Delaware) have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law. As a result of the foregoing, holders of our ordinary shares may have more difficulty in protecting their interests through actions against our management, directors or major shareholders than they would as shareholders of a U.S. company.

The laws of the British Virgin Islands provide limited protection for minority shareholders, so minority shareholders will have limited or no recourse if they are dissatisfied with the conduct of our affairs.

Under the laws of the British Virgin Islands, there is limited statutory law for the protection of minority shareholders other than the provisions of the BVI Act dealing with shareholder remedies (as summarized under Item 10. — “Additional Information — Memorandum and Articles of Association”). The principal protection under statutory law is that shareholders may bring an action to enforce the constituent documents of a British Virgin Islands company and are entitled to have the affairs of the company conducted in accordance with the BVI Act and the memorandum and articles of association of the company. As such, if those who control the company have persistently disregarded the requirements of the BVI Act or the provisions of the company’s memorandum and articles of association, then the courts will likely grant relief. Generally, the areas in which the courts will intervene are the following: (i) an act complained of which is outside the scope of the authorized business or is illegal or not capable of ratification by the majority; (ii) acts that constitute fraud on the minority where the wrongdoers control the company; (iii) acts that infringe on the personal rights of the shareholders, such as the right to vote; and (iv) acts where the company has not complied with provisions requiring approval of a special or extraordinary majority of shareholders, which are more limited than the rights afforded to minority shareholders under the laws of many states in the United States.

It may be difficult to enforce judgments against us or our executive officers and directors in jurisdictions outside the United States.

Under our Memorandum and Articles, we may indemnify and hold our directors harmless against all claims and suits brought against them, subject to limited exceptions. Furthermore, to the extent allowed by law, the rights and obligations among or between us, any of our current or former directors, officers and employees and any current or former shareholder will be governed exclusively by the laws of the British Virgin Islands and subject to the jurisdiction of the British Virgin Islands courts, unless those rights or obligations do not relate to or arise out of their capacities as such. Although there is doubt as to whether United States courts would enforce these provisions in an action brought in the United States under United States securities laws, these provisions could make judgments obtained outside of the British Virgin Islands more difficult to enforce against our assets in the British Virgin Islands or jurisdictions that would apply British Virgin Islands law.

British Virgin Islands companies may not be able to initiate shareholder derivative actions, thereby depriving shareholders of one avenue to protect their interests.

British Virgin Islands companies may not have standing to initiate a shareholder derivative action in a federal court of the United States. The circumstances in which any such action may be brought, and the procedures and defenses that may be available in respect of any such action, may result in the rights of shareholders of a British Virgin Islands company being more limited than those of shareholders of a company organized in the United States. Accordingly, shareholders may have fewer alternatives available to them if they believe that corporate wrongdoing has occurred. The British Virgin Islands courts are also unlikely to recognize or enforce judgments of courts in the United States based on certain liability provisions of United States securities law or to impose liabilities, in original actions brought in the British Virgin Islands, based on certain liability provisions of the United States securities laws that are penal in nature. There is no statutory recognition in the British Virgin Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, although the courts of the British Virgin Islands will generally recognize and enforce the non-penal judgment of a foreign court of competent jurisdiction without retrial on the merits. This means that even if shareholders were to sue us successfully, they may not be able to recover anything to make up for the losses suffered.

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Fluctuations in our tax obligations and changes in tax laws and regulations may have a material impact on our future effective tax rates and results of operations.

Our subsidiaries are subject to taxation in the United States and various foreign jurisdictions, with the applicable tax rates varying by jurisdiction. As a result, our overall effective tax rate is effected by the proportion of earnings from the various tax jurisdictions. We record tax expense based on our estimates of taxable income and required reserves for uncertain tax positions in multiple tax jurisdictions. At any time, there are multiple tax years that are subject to examinations by various taxing authorities. The ultimate resolution of these audits and negotiations with taxing authorities may result in a settlement amount that differs from our original estimate. In addition, any proposed or future changes in tax laws and regulations or interpretations could have a material effect on our effective tax rates, financial condition, and results of operations.

On March 26, 2015, the United Kingdom enacted new Diverted Profits Tax legislation (the “DPT”), which is effective on April 1, 2015. Under the DPT, profits of certain multinational enterprises (such as the Company) deemed to have been artificially diverted from the United Kingdom will be taxed at a rate of 25%. While the Company believes that all of its affiliated entities and the transactions among them have the required economic substance, there is no assurance that this legislation will not have a material effect on its results of operations and financial condition.

None.

The following table sets forth the location, use and size of our significant distribution and corporate facilities as of March 28, 2015, all of which are leased. The leases expire at various times through Fiscal 2029, subject to renewal options.

In April 2015, we expanded our leased distribution facilities in Whittier, California by approximately 260,912 square feet, to accommodate distribution for our e-commerce site, which is currently handled by a third-party distribution facility. In addition, in May 2016, we acquired land and plan to begin building our own distribution facility in Holland, which will support our European operations.

As of March 28, 2015, we also occupied 526 leased retail stores worldwide (including concessions). We consider our properties to be in good condition and believe that our facilities are adequate for our operations and provide sufficient capacity to meet our anticipated requirements.

Other than fixed assets related to our stores (e.g. leasehold improvements, fixtures, etc.) and computer equipment, we do not own any material property as of March 28, 2015.

We are involved in various routine legal proceedings incident to the ordinary course of our business. We believe that the outcome of all pending legal proceedings in the aggregate will not have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.

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PART II

Market Information

Since our IPO on December 15, 2011, our ordinary shares have traded on the NYSE under the symbol “KORS”. At March 28, 2015, there were 199,656,833 ordinary shares outstanding, and the closing sale price of our ordinary shares was $66.97. Also as of that date, we had approximately 303 ordinary shareholders of record. The table below sets forth the high and low closing sale prices of our ordinary shares for the periods indicated:

Share Performance Graph

The line graph below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our ordinary shares with the Russell 1000 Index (RUI), Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (GSPC), S&P Retail Index (RLX) and the NYSE Composite Index (NYA), and a peer group index of companies that we believe are closest to ours for the period covering our initial public offering on December 15, 2011 through March 27, 2015, the last business day of the our fiscal year. The graph assumes an investment of $100 made at the closing of trading on December 15, 2011, in (i) our ordinary shares, (ii) the shares comprising the RUI, (iii) the shares comprising the GSPC, (iv) the shares comprising the RLX and (v) the shares comprising the NYA. The peer group consists of the following: Coach, Inc., Guess, Inc., PVH Corp., Limited Brands, Inc., and Ralph Lauren Corporation. All values assume reinvestment of the full amount of all dividends, if any, into additional shares of the same class of equity securities at the frequency with which dividends are paid on such securities during the applicable time period.

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Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On October 30, 2014, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a $1.0 billion share repurchase program, which authorized the repurchase of the Company’s shares for a period of two years. On May 20, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $500 million under the Company’s existing share repurchase program and extended the program through May 2017. The Company also has in place a “withhold to cover” repurchase program, which allows the Company to withhold ordinary shares from certain executive officers to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of their restricted share awards.

The following table provides information regarding the Company’s ordinary share repurchases during the three months ended March 28, 2015:

The following table sets forth selected historical consolidated financial and other data for Michael Kors Holdings Limited and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods presented. The statements of operations data for Fiscal 2015, 2014 and 2013 and the balance sheet data as of the end of Fiscal 2015 and 2014 have been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report. The statements of operations data for Fiscal 2012 and Fiscal 2011 and the balance sheet data as of the end of Fiscal 2013, Fiscal 2012 and Fiscal 2011 have been derived from our prior audited consolidated financial statements, which are not included in this report.

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The selected historical consolidated financial data below should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this annual report.

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

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of our Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations. We sometimes identify forward-looking statements with such words as “may,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “seek,” “intend,” “believe” or similar words concerning future events. The forward-looking statements contained herein, include, without limitation, statements concerning future revenue sources and concentration, gross profit margins, selling and marketing expenses, capital expenditures, general and administrative expenses, capital resources, new stores, additional financings or borrowings and additional losses and are subject to risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, those discussed in this report that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by these forward-looking statements. We also urge you to carefully review the risk factors set forth in “Item 1A – Risk Factors.”

Overview

Our Business

We are a rapidly growing global luxury lifestyle brand led by a world-class management team and a renowned, award-winning designer. Since launching his namesake brand over 30 years ago, Michael Kors has featured distinctive designs, materials and craftsmanship with a jet-set aesthetic that combines stylish elegance and a sporty attitude. Mr. Kors’ vision has taken the Company from its beginnings as an American luxury sportswear house to a global accessories, footwear and apparel company with a presence in over 100 countries. As a highly recognized luxury lifestyle brand in North America, with accelerating awareness in targeted international markets, we have experienced exceptional sales momentum and intend to continue along this course as we grow our business.

We operate our business in three segments—retail, wholesale and licensing—and we have a strategically controlled global distribution network focused on company-operated retail stores, leading department stores, specialty stores and select licensing partners. As of March 28, 2015, our retail segment included 343 North American retail stores (including concessions), 183 international retail stores (including concessions) throughout Europe and Japan and our U.S. e-commerce site. As of March 28, 2015, our wholesale segment included wholesale sales through approximately 2,541 department store and specialty store doors in North America and wholesale sales through approximately 1,497 specialty store and department store doors internationally. Our remaining revenue is generated through our licensing segment, through which we license to third parties certain production, sales and/or distribution rights. During Fiscal 2015, our licensing segment accounted for approximately 3.9% of our total revenue and consisted of royalties earned on licensed products and our geographic licenses.

We offer two primary collections: the Michael Kors luxury collection and the MICHAEL Michael Kors accessible luxury collection. The Michael Kors collection establishes the aesthetic authority of our entire brand and is carried by many of our retail stores as well as in the finest luxury department stores in the world. In 2004, we introduced the MICHAEL Michael Kors collection, which has a strong focus on accessories, in addition to offering footwear and apparel, and addresses the significant demand opportunity in accessible luxury goods. Taken together, our two collections target a broad customer base while retaining a premium luxury image.

Trends and Uncertainties

Disruptions in shipping and distribution. Our operations are subject to the impact of shipping disruptions as a result of changes or damage to our distribution infrastructure, as well as due to external factors. During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2015, our U.S. third party operated e-commerce fulfillment center was impacted by structural damage, which resulted in shipping delays to consumers who ordered merchandise through our e-commerce website. In addition, we were impacted by the work slowdowns and stoppages resulting from the labor dispute at the U.S. west coast ports during our Fiscal 2015, which created a backlog of containers at the ports and resulted in inventory delivery delays. We may continue to experience inventory delivery delays until this backlog is cleared by the ports. We also experienced disruptions in shipping of our products within the U.S. during the second quarter of Fiscal 2014 as a result of implementing new material handling equipment and systems for purposes of automating our California distribution facility, which negatively impacted our ability to ship at full capacity during the second and third quarters of Fiscal 2014. In addition to delivery delays, incremental expenses related to the above disruptions were incurred throughout the related time periods. These disruptions to our shipping have had a negative impact on our net sales, operating expenses, and net income for Fiscal 2015 and 2014, and any future disruptions could have a negative impact on our results of operations.

Currency fluctuation and the Strengthening U.S. Dollar. Our consolidated operations are impacted by the relationships between our reporting currency, the U.S. dollar, and those of our non-U.S. subsidiaries whose functional/local currency is other than

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the U.S. dollar. The recent decline in the value of the Euro relative to the U.S. Dollar has impacted the conversion of the results of our European operations, as they are reported, which represent approximately 20% of our consolidated revenue. At March 28, 2015, the Euro experienced an approximate 21% decline in value relative to the U.S. Dollar compared to the same time in the prior year, and we believe that this trend may continue in Fiscal 2016. Our results have also been negatively impacted by an approximate 12% year-over-year decline in the Canadian Dollar relative to the U.S. Dollar.

Costs of Manufacturing. Our industry is subject to volatility in costs related to certain raw materials used in the manufacturing of our products. This volatility applies primarily to costs driven by commodity prices, which can increase or decrease dramatically over a short period of time. These fluctuations may have a material impact on our sales, results of operations and cash flows to the extent they occur. We use commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate these effects by sourcing our products as efficiently as possible. In addition, manufacturing labor costs are also subject to degrees of volatility based on local and global economic conditions. We use commercially reasonable efforts to source from localities that suit our manufacturing standards and result in more favorable labor driven costs to our products.

Establishing brand identity and enhancing global presence. We intend to continue to increase our international presence and global brand recognition through the formation of various joint ventures with international partners, and continuing with our international licensing arrangements. We feel this is an efficient method for continued penetration into the global luxury goods market, especially for markets where we have yet to establish a substantial presence.

Demand for Our Accessories and Related Merchandise. Our performance is affected by trends in the luxury goods industry, as well as shifts in demographics and changes in lifestyle preferences. Currently, we expect that the demand for our products will continue to grow, as the demand for the worldwide luxury goods industry, and accessories in particular, is predicted to experience continued growth. We believe that we are well positioned to capitalize on the continued growth of the accessories product category, as it is one of our primary product categories of focus.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management 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, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Critical accounting policies are those that are the most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations, and that require our most difficult, subjective and complex judgments to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain. In applying such policies, we must use certain assumptions that are based upon our informed judgments, assessments of probability and best estimates. Estimates, by their nature, are subjective and are based upon analysis of available information, including historical factors, current circumstances and the experience and judgment of management. We evaluate our assumptions and estimates on an ongoing basis. While our significant accounting policies are detailed in Note 2 to the accompanying audited financial statements, our critical accounting policies are discussed below and pertain to revenue recognition, inventories, impairment of long-lived assets, goodwill, share-based compensation, derivatives and income taxes.

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when there is persuasive evidence of an arrangement, delivery has occurred, the price has been fixed and determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. We recognize retail store revenue upon sale of our products to retail consumers, net of estimated returns. Revenue from sales through our e-commerce site is recognized at the time of delivery to the customer, reduced by an estimate of returns. Wholesale revenue is recognized net of estimates for sales returns, discounts, markdowns and allowances, after merchandise is shipped and title and risk of loss are transferred to our wholesale customers. To arrive at net sales for retail, gross sales are reduced by actual customer returns, as well as by a provision for estimated future customer returns, which is based on management’s review of historical and current customer returns. The amounts reserved for retail sales returns were $2.5 million, $2.3 million, and $3.1 million at March 28, 2015, March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, respectively. To arrive at net sales for wholesale, gross sales are reduced by provisions for estimated future returns based on current expectations, as well as trade discounts, markdowns, allowances, operational chargebacks, and certain cooperative selling expenses. Total sales reserves for wholesale were $87.5 million, $65.9 million and $43.0 million at March 28, 2015, March 29, 2014 and March 30, 2013, respectively. These estimates are based on such factors as historical trends, actual and forecasted performance, and market conditions, which are reviewed by management on a quarterly basis. Our historical estimates of these costs were not materially different from actual results.

As of March 28, 2015, a hypothetical 1% increase in allowances for our reserves for sales returns, discounts, markdowns and other allowances would have decreased our Fiscal 2015 revenues by less than $1 million.

Royalty revenue generated from product licenses, which includes contributions for advertising, is based on reported sales of licensed products bearing our tradenames at rates specified in the license agreements. These agreements are also subject to contractual minimum levels. Royalty revenue generated by geography-specific licensing agreements is recognized as it is earned under the licensing agreements based on reported sales of licensees applicable to specified periods, as outlined in the agreements. These agreements allow for the use of our tradenames to sell our branded products in specific geographic regions.

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Inventories

Our inventory costs include amounts paid to independent manufacturers, plus duties and freight to bring the goods to the Company’s warehouses, which are located in the United States, Holland, Canada, Japan and Hong Kong. We continuously evaluate the composition of our inventory and make adjustments when the cost of inventory is not expected to be fully recoverable. The net realizable value of our inventory is estimated based on historical experience, current and forecasted demand, and market conditions. In addition, reserves for inventory loss are estimated based on historical experience and physical inventory counts. Our inventory reserves are estimates, which could vary significantly from actual results if future economic conditions, customer demand or competition differ from expectations. Our historical estimates of these adjustments have not differed materially from actual results.

Long-lived Assets

We evaluate all long-lived assets, including fixed assets and finite-lived intangible assets, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any such asset may not be recoverable. For the purposes of impairment testing, we group our long-lived assets according to their lowest level of use, such as aggregating and capitalizing all construction costs related to a retail store into leasehold improvements and those related to our wholesale business into shop-in-shops. Our leasehold improvements are typically amortized over the life of the store lease, including highly probable renewals, and our shop-in-shops are amortized over a useful life of three or four years. Our impairment testing is based on our best estimate of the future operating cash flows. If the sum of our estimated undiscounted future cash flows associated with the asset is less than the asset’s carrying value, we recognize an impairment charge, which is measured as the amount by which the carrying value exceeds the fair value of the asset. These estimates of cash flow require significant management judgment and certain assumptions about future volume, sales and expense growth rates, devaluation and inflation. As such, these estimates may differ from actual cash flows and future impairments may result if actual cash flows are lower than our expectations. For Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014, and Fiscal 2013, we recorded charges for impairments on fixed assets related to our retail segment of $0.8 million, $1.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively.

Goodwill

We perform an impairment assessment of goodwill on an annual basis, or whenever impairment indicators exist. In the absence of any impairment indicators, goodwill is assessed during the fourth quarter of each fiscal year. These assessments are made with regards to reporting units within our wholesale and licensing segments where our goodwill is recorded, and are based on our current operating projections. Judgments regarding the existence of impairment indicators are based on market conditions and operational performance of the business.

We assess our goodwill for impairment initially using a qualitative approach (“step zero”) to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of goodwill is greater than its carrying value. If the results of the qualitative assessment indicate that it is not more likely than not that the fair value of goodwill exceeds its carrying value, a quantitative goodwill analysis would be performed to determine if impairment is required. The valuation methods used in the quantitative fair value assessment, discounted cash flow and market multiples methods, require our management to make certain assumptions and estimates regarding certain industry trends and future profitability of our reporting units. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, we would compare the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill to its carrying value. To compute the implied fair value, we would assign the fair value of the reporting unit to all of the assets and liabilities of that unit (including any unrecognized intangible assets) as if the reporting unit had been acquired in a business combination. The excess of the fair value of a reporting unit over the amounts assigned to its assets and liabilities is the implied fair value of goodwill. If the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill exceeded the implied fair value of the reporting unit’s goodwill, we would record an impairment loss to write down such goodwill to its implied fair value. The valuation of goodwill is affected by, among other things, our business plan for the future and estimated results of future operations. Future events could cause us to conclude the impairment indicators exist and, therefore, that goodwill may be impaired.

During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2015, we performed our annual impairment analysis using a qualitative approach. Based on the results of this assessment, we concluded that the carrying amounts of all reporting units were significantly exceeded by their respective fair values, and there were no reporting units at risk of impairment. There were no impairment charges related to goodwill in any of the fiscal periods presented.

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Share-based Compensation

We grant share-based awards to certain of our employees and directors. The grant date fair value of share options is calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which requires us to use subjective assumptions. The closing market price at the grant date is used to determine the grant date fair value of restricted shares, restricted share units, and performance restricted share units. These values are recognized as expense over the requisite service period, net of estimated forfeitures, based on expected attainment of pre-established performance goals for performance grants, or the passage of time for those grants which have only time-based vesting requirements.

Our expected volatility is based on the average volatility rates of similar actively traded companies over the past 4.5-9.5 years, which is our range of estimated expected holding periods. The expected holding period for performance-based options is based on the period to expiration, which is generally 9-10 years. This approach was chosen as it directly correlates to our service period. The expected holding period for time-based options is calculated using a simplified method, which uses the vesting term of the options, generally 4 years, and the contractual term of 7 years, resulting in holding periods of 4.5-4.75 years. The simplified method was chosen as a means to determine the Company’s estimated holding period, as prior to December 2011, the Company was privately held and, as such, there is insufficient historical option exercise experience. The risk-free rate is derived from the zero-coupon U.S. Treasury Strips yield curve based on the grant’s estimated holding period. Determining the grant date fair value of share-based awards requires considerable judgment, including estimating expected volatility, expected term, risk-free rate, and forfeitures. If factors change and we employ different assumptions, the fair value of future awards and resulting share-based compensation expense may differ significantly from what we have estimated in the past.

Derivative Financial Instruments

We use forward currency exchange contracts to manage our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currency for certain of our transactions. We are exposed to risks on certain purchase commitments to foreign suppliers based on the value of our purchasing subsidiaries’ local currency relative to the currency requirement of the supplier on the date of the commitment. As such, we enter into forward currency contracts that generally mature in 12 months or less, which is consistent with the related purchase commitments. We designate certain contracts related to the purchase of inventory that qualify for hedge accounting as cash flow hedges, while others remain undesignated. All of our derivative instruments are recorded in our consolidated balance sheets at fair value on a gross basis, regardless of their hedge designation. The effective portion of changes in the fair value for contracts designated as cash flow hedges is recorded in equity as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) until the hedged item effects earnings. When the inventory related to forecasted inventory purchases that are being hedged is sold to a third party, the gains or losses deferred in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are recognized within cost of goods sold. We use regression analysis to assess effectiveness of derivative instruments that are designated as hedges, which compares the change in the fair value of the derivative instrument to the change in the related hedged item. Effectiveness is assessed on a quarterly basis and any portion of the designated hedge contracts deemed ineffective is recorded to other income. If the hedge is no longer expected to be highly effective in the future, future changes in the fair value are recognized in earnings. For those contracts that are not designated as hedges, changes in the fair value are recorded in other income in our consolidated statements of operations.

The Company is exposed to the risk that counterparties to derivative contracts will fail to meet their contractual obligations. In order to mitigate counterparty credit risk, the Company only enters into contracts with carefully selected financial institutions based upon their credit ratings and certain other financial factors, adhering to established limits for credit exposure.

Income Taxes

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities reflect temporary differences between the tax basis and financial reporting basis of our assets and liabilities and are determined using the tax rates and laws in effect for the periods in which the differences are expected to reverse. We periodically assess the realizability of deferred tax assets and the adequacy of deferred tax liabilities, based on the results of local, state, federal or foreign statutory tax audits or our own estimates and judgments.

Realization of deferred tax assets associated with net operating loss and tax credit carryforwards is dependent upon generating sufficient taxable income prior to their expiration in the applicable tax jurisdiction. We periodically review the recoverability of our deferred tax assets and provide valuation allowances as deemed necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to amounts that more-likely-than-not will be realized. This determination involves considerable judgment and our management considers many factors when assessing the likelihood of future realization of deferred tax assets, including recent earnings results within various taxing jurisdictions, expectations of future taxable income, the carryforward periods remaining and other factors. Changes in the required valuation allowance are recorded in income in the period such determination is made. Deferred tax assets could be reduced in the future if our estimates of taxable income during the carryforward period are significantly reduced or alternative tax strategies are no longer viable.

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We recognize the impact of an uncertain income tax position taken on our income tax returns at the largest amount that is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon audit by the relevant taxing authority. The effect of an uncertain income tax position will not be taken into account if the position has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. Our tax positions are analyzed periodically (at least quarterly) and adjustments are made as events occur that warrant adjustments for those positions. We record interest expense and penalties payable to relevant tax authorities as income tax expense.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

We have considered all new accounting pronouncements, and other than the recent pronouncements discussed below, have concluded that there are no new pronouncements that have a material impact on our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows based on current information.

In June 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-12, “Accounting for Share-Based Payments When the Terms of an Award Provide That a Performance Target Could Be Achieved after the Requisite Service Period,” ASU 2014-12 requires that a performance target under stock-based compensation arrangements that could be achieved after the service period is treated as a performance condition and not reflected in the grant-date fair value of the award. Rather, the related compensation cost should be recognized when it becomes probable that the performance targets will be achieved. ASU 2014-12 is effective beginning with our Fiscal 2017, with early adoption and retrospective application permitted. We do not expect that ASU 2014-12 will have a significant impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” which provides new guidance for revenues recognized from contracts with customers, and will replace the existing revenue recognition guidance. ASU No. 2014-09 requires that revenue is recognized at an amount the company is entitled to upon transferring control of goods or services to customers, as opposed to when risks and rewards transfer to a customer. ASU No. 2014-09 will become effective for the interim reporting periods within the annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2016, or beginning with our Fiscal 2018, and may be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented, or retrospectively with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings in the year of adoption. In April 2015, the FASB issued a proposal to defer the effective date by one year which, if approved, would make this standard effective beginning in our Fiscal 2019. We are currently evaluating the adoption method and the impact that ASU 2014-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Segment Information

We generate revenue through three business segments: retail, wholesale and licensing. The following table presents our revenue and income from operations by segment for Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013 (in thousands):

Retail

We sell our products, as well as licensed products bearing our name, directly to the end consumer through our retail stores and concessions throughout North America, Europe, and Japan. We have four primary retail store formats: collection stores, lifestyle stores, outlet stores and e-commerce. Our collection stores are located in highly prestigious shopping areas, while our lifestyle stores are located in well-populated commercial shopping locations and leading regional shopping centers. Our outlet stores,

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which are generally in outlet centers, extend our reach to additional consumer groups. In addition to these three retail store formats, we operate concessions in a select number of department stores in North America, Europe and Japan. During Fiscal 2015, we also launched a new U.S. e-commerce platform and continued to expand our global e-commerce presence by launching a new e-commerce site in Canada in April 2015.

The following table presents the growth in our network of retail stores during Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013:

The following table presents our retail stores by geographic location:

Wholesale

We sell our products directly to department stores primarily located across North America and Europe to accommodate consumers who prefer to shop at major department stores. In addition, we sell to specialty stores for those consumers who enjoy the boutique experience afforded by such stores. We continue to focus our sales efforts and drive sales in existing locations by enhancing presentation, primarily through the creation of more shop-in-shops with our proprietary fixtures that effectively communicate our brand and create a more personalized shopping experience for consumers. We tailor our assortments through wholesale product planning and allocation processes to better match the demands of our department store customers in each local market.

The following table presents the growth in our network of wholesale doors during Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013:

Licensing

We generate revenue through product and geographic licensing arrangements. Our product license agreements allow third parties to use our brand name and trademarks in connection with the manufacturing and sale of a variety of products, including watches, fragrances and beauty, eyewear and jewelry. In our product licensing arrangements, we take an active role in the design process, marketing and distribution of products under our brands. Our geographic licensing arrangements allow third parties to use our tradenames in connection with the retail and/or wholesale sales of our branded products in specific geographic regions.

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Key Performance Indicators and Statistics

We use a number of key indicators of operating results to evaluate our performance, including the following (dollars in thousands):

General Definitions for Operating Results

Net sales consist of sales from comparable retail stores and non-comparable retail stores, net of returns and markdowns, as well as those made to our wholesale customers, net of returns, discounts, markdowns and allowances.

Comparable store sales include sales from a store that has been opened for one full year after the end of the first month of its operations. For stores that are closed, sales that were made in the final month of their operations (assuming closure prior to the fiscal months end), are excluded from the calculation of comparable store sales. Additionally, sales for stores that are either relocated, or expanded by a square footage of 25% or greater, in any given fiscal year, are also excluded from the calculation of comparable store sales at the time of their move or interruption, until such stores have been in their new location, or are operating under their new size/capacity, for at least one full year after the end of the first month of their relocation or expansion. All comparable store sales are presented on a 52-week basis.

Constant currency effects are non-GAAP financial measures, which are provided to supplement our reported operating results to facilitate comparisons of our operating results and trends in our business, excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations. Because we are a global Company, foreign currency exchange rates may have a significant effect on our reported results. We calculate constant currency measures and the related foreign currency impacts by translating the current-year’s reported amounts into comparable amounts using prior year’s foreign exchange rates for each currency. All constant currency performance measures discussed below should be considered a supplement to and not in lieu of our operating performance measures calculated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP.”)

Licensing revenue consists of fees charged on sales of licensed products to our licensees as well as contractual royalty rates for the use of our trademarks in certain geographic territories.

Cost of goods sold includes the cost of inventory sold, freight-in on merchandise and foreign currency exchange gains/losses related to forward contracts for purchase commitments. All retail store operating and occupancy costs are included in Selling, general and administrative expenses (see below), and as a result our cost of goods sold may not be comparable to that of other entities that have chosen to include some or all of those expenses as a component of their cost of goods sold.

Gross profit is total revenue (net sales plus licensing revenue) minus cost of goods sold. As a result of retail store operating and occupancy costs being excluded from our cost of goods, our gross profit may not be comparable to that of other entities that have chosen to include some or all of those expenses as a component of their gross profit.

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of warehousing and distribution costs, rent for our distribution centers, store payroll, store occupancy costs (such as rent, common area maintenance, store pre-opening, real estate taxes and utilities), information technology and systems costs, corporate payroll and related benefits, advertising and promotion expense and other general expenses.

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Depreciation and amortization includes depreciation and amortization of fixed and definite-lived intangible assets.

Impairment charges consist of charges to write-down both fixed and intangible assets to fair value.

Income from operations consists of gross profit minus total operating expenses.

Other expense (income) includes proceeds received related to our anti-counterfeiting efforts, net gains or losses related to the mark-to-market (fair value) on our forward currency contracts not designated as hedges and income or loss earned on our joint venture. Future amounts may include any miscellaneous activities not directly related to our operations.

Interest expense, net represents interest and fees on our revolving credit facilities and letters of credit (see “Liquidity and Capital Resources” for further detail on our credit facilities), as well as amortization of deferred financing costs, offset by interest earned on highly liquid investments (investments purchased with an original maturity of six months or less, classified as cash equivalents), as well as interest income earned on the loan to our joint venture.

Foreign currency loss (gain) represents unrealized income or loss from the re-measurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies of our subsidiaries.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Fiscal 2015 with Fiscal 2014

The following table details the results of our operations for Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014 and expresses the relationship of certain line items to total revenue as a percentage (dollars in thousands):

Total Revenue

Total revenue increased $1,060.6 million, or 32.0%, to $4,371.5 million for the fiscal year ended March 28, 2015, compared to $3,310.8 million for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2014, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $76.5 million primarily related to the weakening of the Euro and the Canadian Dollar against the U.S. Dollar in Fiscal 2015 as compared to

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Fiscal 2014. On a constant currency basis, our total revenue increased by $1,137.1 million, or 34.3%. The increase in our revenues was due to an increase in our comparable and non-comparable retail store sales and wholesale sales, as well as increases in our licensing revenue.

The following table details revenues for our three business segments (dollars in thousands):

Retail

Net sales from our retail stores increased $541.6 million, or 34.0%, to $2,134.6 million for Fiscal 2015, compared to $1,593.0 million for Fiscal 2014, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $43.0 million. On a constant currency basis, net sales from our retail stores increased $584.6 million, or 36.7%. We operated 526 retail stores, including concessions, as of March 28, 2015, compared to 405 retail stores, including concessions, as of March 29, 2014.

Our comparable store sales increased $143.9 million, or 10.3%, during Fiscal 2015, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $22.5 million. On a constant currency basis, our comparable store sales increased $166.4 million, or 11.9%. The growth in our comparable store sales was primarily due to an increase in sales from our accessories product line during Fiscal 2015.

Our non-comparable store sales increased $397.7 million during Fiscal 2015, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $20.5 million. On a constant currency basis, our non-comparable store sales increased $418.2 million. This sales growth was primarily attributable to operating 121 additional stores since March 29, 2014 and sales from our e-commerce site.

Wholesale

Net sales to our wholesale customers increased $487.6 million, or 30.9%, to $2,065.1 million for Fiscal 2015, compared to $1,577.5 million for Fiscal 2014, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $33.5 million. On a constant currency basis, our wholesale net sales increased $521.1 million, or 33.0%. The increase in our wholesale net sales was primarily attributable to increased sales from our accessories and footwear product lines during Fiscal 2015, as we continue to enhance our presence in department and specialty stores by converting more doors to shop-in-shops. In addition, wholesale net sales increased due to the continuing expansion of our European operations, whose net sales grew by 65.7% from Fiscal 2015 to Fiscal 2014.

Licensing

Royalties earned on our licensing agreements increased $31.5 million, or 22.4%, to $171.8 million for Fiscal 2015, compared to $140.3 million for Fiscal 2014. The increase in licensing revenue was primarily due to royalties earned on licensing agreements related to the sales of watches, jewelry and winter outerwear.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased $631.6 million, or 31.3%, to $2,647.7 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $2,016.1 million for Fiscal 2014, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $51.2 million. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenue declined to 60.6% during Fiscal 2015, compared to 60.9% during Fiscal 2014. The decline in gross profit margin resulted from a decrease of 66 basis points in gross profit margin from our retail segment, which represents nearly half of our business. The decrease in gross profit margin from our retail segment was primarily due to an increase in markdowns and discounts, partially offset by a more favorable product mix experienced during Fiscal 2015 as compared to Fiscal 2014. Wholesale gross margin remained flat, as the favorable impact resulting from the increase on our European wholesale sales in proportion to total wholesale sales was offset by higher allowances in Fiscal 2015, as compared to Fiscal 2014.

Total Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses increased $382.8 million, or 38.0%, to $1,390.7 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $1,007.9 million for Fiscal 2014. Our operating expenses included a net favorable foreign currency impact of approximately $30.3 million. Total operating

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expenses as a percentage of total revenue increased to 31.8% in Fiscal 2015, as compared to 30.4% in Fiscal 2014. The changes in our operating expenses are further described below:

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $324.5 million, or 35.0%, to $1,251.4 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $926.9 million for Fiscal 2014. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily due to the following:

Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue increased to 28.6% during Fiscal 2015, compared to 28.0% for Fiscal 2014, primarily due to the aforementioned retail store and overhead costs, as well as corporate operating expenses during Fiscal 2015, as compared to Fiscal 2014. These increases were partially offset by our operating leverage achieved on other operating expenses, including selling and distribution costs as a percentage of total revenue.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased $58.7 million, or 73.8%, to $138.4 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $79.7 million for Fiscal 2014, primarily due to an increase in the build-out of our new retail stores, new shop-in-shop locations, increase in lease rights related to our new European stores, and investments made in our information systems infrastructure to accommodate our growth. Depreciation and amortization increased to 3.2% as a percentage of total revenue during Fiscal 2015, compared to 2.4% for Fiscal 2014.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

During Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, we recognized impairment charges of approximately $0.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively, on fixed assets related to two of our retail locations in Fiscal 2015 and three retail locations in Fiscal 2014.

Income from Operations

As a result of the foregoing, income from operations increased $248.8 million, or 24.7%, to $1,257.0 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $1,008.2 million for Fiscal 2014, which included unfavorable foreign currency effects of $20.9 million. Income from operations as a percentage of total revenue declined to 28.8% during Fiscal 2015, compared to 30.5% for Fiscal 2014.

The following table details income from operations for our three business segments (dollars in thousands):

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Retail

Income from operations for our retail segment increased $89.9 million, or 19.2%, to $557.2 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $467.3 million for Fiscal 2014. Income from operations as a percentage of net retail sales for the retail segment declined by approximately 3.2% to 26.1% during Fiscal 2015. The decrease in retail income from operations as a percentage of net sales was primarily due to an increase in operating costs as a percentage of net retail sales of approximately 2.6%, as well as due to the decrease in gross profit margin, as previously discussed above, during Fiscal 2015 as compared to Fiscal 2014. The increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net retail sales was largely due to an increase in depreciation and amortization expense, primarily related to new stores and lease rights (key money), as well as increased retail store and overhead costs, and distribution expenses.

Wholesale

Income from operations for our wholesale segment increased $151.1 million, or 32.9%, to $610.9 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $459.8 million for Fiscal 2014. Income from operations as a percentage of net wholesale sales increased approximately 50 basis points to 29.6%. This increase as a percentage of net sales was due to a net decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of net wholesale sales during Fiscal 2015 as compared to Fiscal 2014, which was primarily due to lower selling and distribution costs, reflecting our operating expense leverage, partially offset by increased depreciation and amortization expenses as a result of the growth in our wholesale doors.

Licensing

Income from operations for our licensing segment increased $7.8 million, or 9.6%, to $88.9 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $81.1 million for Fiscal 2014. Income from operations as a percentage of licensing revenue decreased approximately 6.0% to 51.8%. This decrease as a percentage of licensing revenue was due to an increase in operating expenses as a percentage of licensing revenues during Fiscal 2015, as compared to Fiscal 2014. This increase was largely due to increased advertising expenses, as well as certain administrative expenses incurred in connection with the formation of our new licensing operations in Europe during Fiscal 2015.

Other income

Other income was $3.1 million during Fiscal 2015, and was comprised of the following: $1.5 million in income related to our anti-counterfeiting efforts, an unrealized gain of $1.5 million related to mark-to-market of our forward foreign currency contracts not designated as accounting hedges, and a gain of $0.1 million earned on our joint venture.

Foreign Currency Loss

We recognized a foreign currency loss of $4.1 million during Fiscal 2015, as compared to a foreign currency loss of $0.1 million during Fiscal 2014. The Fiscal 2015 loss was primarily related to the revaluation and settlement of certain of our accounts payable in currencies other than the functional currency of the applicable reporting units, as well as the strengthening of the U.S. Dollar relative to the Euro and the Canadian Dollar, which impacted the re-measurement of dollar-denominated intercompany loans with certain of our subsidiaries. The $0.1 million loss for Fiscal 2014 was primarily related to the revaluation and settlement of certain of our accounts payable in currencies other than the functional currency of the applicable reporting units.

Provision for Income Taxes

We recognized $374.8 million of income tax expense during Fiscal 2015, compared with $346.2 million for Fiscal 2014. Our effective tax rate for Fiscal 2015 was 29.8%, compared to 34.4% for Fiscal 2014. The decrease in our effective tax rate was primarily due to the increase in taxable income in certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries (predominantly European operations) during Fiscal 2015, which are subject to lower statutory income tax rates. Given that certain of our non-U.S. operations have become consistently profitable, we expect this impact on our combined consolidated effective rate to continue. The Fiscal 2015 effective tax rate was also favorably impacted by the settlement of certain financial instruments in connection with our international income tax structuring.

Our effective tax rate may fluctuate from time to time due to the effects of changes in U.S. state and local taxes and tax rates in foreign jurisdictions. In addition, factors such as the geographic mix of earnings, enacted tax legislation and the results of various global tax strategies, may also impact our effective tax rate in future periods.

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, our net income increased $219.5 million, or 33.2%, to $881.0 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to $661.5 million for Fiscal 2014.

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Comparison of Fiscal 2014 with Fiscal 2013

The following table details the results of our operations for Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013 and expresses the relationship of certain line items to total revenue as a percentage (dollars in thousands):

Total Revenue

Total revenue increased $1,129.1 million, or 51.8%, to $3,310.8 million for the fiscal year ended March 29, 2014, compared to $2,181.7 million for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2013. The increase was the result of an increase in our comparable and non-comparable retail store sales and wholesale sales, as well as increases in our licensing revenue.

The following table details revenues for our three business segments (dollars in thousands):

Retail

Net sales from our retail stores increased $530.4 million, or 49.9%, to $1,593.0 million for Fiscal 2014, compared to $1,062.6 million for Fiscal 2013. We operated 405 retail stores, including concessions, as of March 29, 2014, compared to 304 retail stores, including concessions, as of March 30, 2013. During Fiscal 2014, our comparable store sales growth increased $275.1 million, or 26.2%, from Fiscal 2013. The growth in our comparable store sales was primarily due to an increase in sales of our accessories line and watches during Fiscal 2014. In addition, the change to our non-comparable store sales were $255.3 million during Fiscal 2014, which was primarily the result of opening 101 new stores since March 30, 2013.

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Wholesale

Net sales to our wholesale customers increased $545.4 million, or 52.8%, to $1,577.5 million for Fiscal 2014, compared to $1,032.1 million for Fiscal 2013. The increase in our wholesale net sales occurred primarily as a result of increased sales of our accessories line during Fiscal 2014, as we continue to enhance our presence in department and specialty stores by converting more doors to shop-in-shops, and in continuing our expansion of our European operations. Net wholesale sales from our European operations increased approximately 103.4% during Fiscal 2014 compared to Fiscal 2013, due largely to an increase in full-price doors to 1,232 from 1,034 in the same period last year.

Licensing

Royalties earned on our licensing agreements increased $53.3 million, or 61.3%, to $140.3 million for Fiscal 2014, compared to $87.0 million for Fiscal 2013. The increase in royalties was primarily due to royalties earned on licensing agreements related to sales of watches.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased $709.5 million, or 54.3%, to $2,016.1 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $1,306.6 million for Fiscal 2013. Gross profit as a percentage of total revenue increased to 60.9% during Fiscal 2014, compared to 59.9% during Fiscal 2013. The increase in profit margin resulted from increases in gross profit margin of 25 basis points and 188 basis points from our retail and wholesale segments, respectively. The increase in profit margin on both our retail and wholesale segments resulted primarily from a more favorable product sales mix during Fiscal 2014, as compared to Fiscal 2013. In addition, we achieved a more favorable purchase cost to selling price relationship during Fiscal 2014, as compared to Fiscal 2013, as we experienced reductions in cost on certain of our inventory items.

Total Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses increased $331.3 million, or 49.0%, to $1,007.9 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $676.6 million for Fiscal 2013. Total operating expenses decreased to 30.4% as a percentage of total revenue for Fiscal 2014, compared to 31.0% for Fiscal 2013. The components that comprise total operating expenses are explained below:

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $305.4 million, or 49.1%, to $926.9 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $621.5 million for Fiscal 2013. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was due to the following: increases in our retail occupancy and salary costs of $167.3 million, an increase in corporate employee-related costs of $57.6 million, an increase in distribution expenses of $49.5 million, as well as increases in promotional costs (which consist of advertising, marketing and various promotional costs) of $24.2 million,. The increase in our retail occupancy and payroll costs was due to operating 405 retail stores versus 304 retail stores in the prior period. The increase in our corporate employee-related costs was due primarily to an increase in our corporate staff to accommodate our North American and international growth. Advertising costs increased primarily due to our continuing expansion into new markets, including domestic and international, as well as social media during Fiscal 2014. The increases to our distribution expenses were primarily the result of the aforementioned disruption to our warehouse facility in California during the second and third 2014 fiscal quarters, as a result of implementation of certain material handling equipment and systems to automate the facility. The expenses related to this disruption included, shipping and handling, and consulting fees. Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenue decreased to 28.0% during Fiscal 2014, compared to 28.5% for Fiscal 2013. The decrease as a percentage of total revenue was primarily due to achieving economies of scale during Fiscal 2014, as compared to Fiscal 2013, as our revenue is increasing at a greater rate relative to our fixed costs.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization increased $25.4 million, or 46.7%, to $79.7 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $54.3 million for Fiscal 2013. Dollar increases in depreciation and amortization were primarily due to the build-out of 101 new retail locations during this fiscal year, new shop-in-shop locations, investments made in our information systems infrastructure, as well as for our new U.S. material handling and distribution systems. Depreciation and amortization decreased to 2.4% as a percentage of total revenue during Fiscal 2014, compared to 2.5% for Fiscal 2013.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We recognized an impairment charge of approximately $1.3 million on fixed assets related to three of our retail locations during Fiscal 2014. During Fiscal 2013, we recognized an impairment charge of approximately $0.7 million on fixed assets related to one of our retail locations.

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Income from Operations

As a result of the foregoing, income from operations increased $378.2 million, or 60.0%, to $1,008.2 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $630.0 million for Fiscal 2013. Income from operations as a percentage of total revenue increased to 30.5% during Fiscal 2014, compared to 28.9% for Fiscal 2013.

The following table details income from operations for our three business segments (dollars in thousands):

Retail

Income from operations for our retail segment increased $151.6 million, or 48.0%, to $467.3 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $315.7 million for Fiscal 2013. Income from operations as a percentage of net retail sales for the retail segment decreased approximately 0.4% as a percentage of net retail sales to 29.3% during Fiscal 2014. The decrease as a percentage of net sales was due to an approximately 0.6% increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net retail sales, offset, in part, by the aforementioned increase in gross profit margin as a percentage of net retail sales, discussed above. The increase in operating expenses as a percentage of net retail sales resulted from an increase in rent on our stores as a percentage of net retail sales during Fiscal 2014, as compared to Fiscal 2013.

Wholesale

Income from operations for our wholesale segment increased $190.5 million, or 70.7%, to $459.8 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $269.3 million for Fiscal 2013. Income from operations as a percentage of net wholesale sales for the wholesale segment increased approximately 3.0% as a percentage of net wholesale sales to 29.1%. This increase was primarily due to the aforementioned increase in gross profit margin as a percentage of net wholesale sales during Fiscal 2014 compared to Fiscal 2013. In addition, there was a decrease in operating expenses of approximately 1.2% as a percent of net wholesale sales during Fiscal 2014. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of net wholesale sales resulted from the increase in our net wholesale sales during Fiscal 2014, which grew at a greater rate relative to expenses and more than offset the additional expenses incurred during the period such as those discussed above in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Licensing

Income from operations for our licensing segment increased $36.1 million, or 80.2%, to $81.1 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $45.0 million for Fiscal 2013. Income from operations as a percentage of licensing revenue for the licensing segment increased approximately 6% as a percentage of revenue to 57.8%. This increase is primarily the result of the aforementioned increase in sales licensing revenue, which grew at a greater rate relative to operating expenses during Fiscal 2014.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense net decreased $1.1 million, or 74.2%, to $0.4 million for Fiscal 2014, as compared to $1.5 million for Fiscal 2013, due primarily to a an increase in interest income earned on our short-term investments (cash equivalents) during Fiscal 2014, as well as a decrease in borrowing during Fiscal 2014 as compared to Fiscal 2013. The primary components of interest expense during both Fiscal 2014 and 2013 were commitment fees and amortization of deferred financing fees.

Foreign Currency Loss

We recognized a foreign currency loss of $0.1 million during Fiscal 2014, as compared to a foreign currency loss of $1.4 million during Fiscal 2013. The decrease in foreign currency loss during Fiscal 2014, was primarily due to a decrease in the balances of our U.S. dollar denominated intercompany loan balances with certain of our non-U.S. subsidiaries (whose functional currency was other than the U.S. dollar), which yield translation gains or losses during their re-measurement. During Fiscal 2013 the larger balances of these U.S. dollar denominated intercompany loans were impacted by the U.S. dollar’s strengthening against the Yen during that period.

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Provision for Income Taxes

We recognized $346.2 million of income tax expense during Fiscal 2014, compared with $229.5 million for Fiscal 2013. Our effective tax rate for Fiscal 2014 was 34.4%, compared to 36.6% for Fiscal 2013. The decrease in our effective tax rate resulted primarily due to a decrease in our U.S. blended state income tax rate, as well as a greater portion of our income being recognized in jurisdictions with lower statutory income tax rates during Fiscal 2014 as compared to Fiscal 2013.

Net Income

As a result of the foregoing, our net income increased $263.9 million, or 66.4%, to $661.5 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to $397.6 million for Fiscal 2013.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

Our primary sources of liquidity are the cash flows generated from our operations, along with borrowings available under our 2013 Credit Facility (see below discussion regarding “Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility”) and available cash and cash equivalents. Our primary use of this liquidity is to fund our ongoing cash requirements, including working capital requirements, global retail store expansion and renovation, construction and renovation of shop-in-shops, investment in information systems infrastructure and expansion of our distribution and corporate facilities. We believe that the cash generated from our operations, together with borrowings available under our revolving credit facility and available cash and cash equivalents, will be sufficient to meet our working capital needs for the next 12 months, including investments made and expenses incurred in connection with our store growth plans, shop-in-shop growth, investments in corporate and distribution facilities, continued systems development, as well as e-commerce sales and marketing initiatives. We spent approximately $356 million on capital expenditures during Fiscal 2015, and expect to spend approximately $400 million during Fiscal 2016. The majority of these expenditures related to the retail store openings which occurred during the year, with the remainder being used on investments made in connection with new shop-in-shops, the build-out of our corporate offices and enhancements to our distribution and information systems infrastructure.

The following table sets forth key indicators of our liquidity and capital resources (in thousands):

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Cash Provided by Operating Activities

Cash provided by operating activities increased $224.8 million to $857.9 million during Fiscal 2015, as compared to $633.1 million for Fiscal 2014. The increase in cash flows from operating activities was primarily due an increase in our net income after non-cash adjustments, as well as a favorable change on our inventory primarily attributable to the sell through of our inventory relative to purchases made during Fiscal 2015. These increases were partially offset by decreases related to changes in our accrued expenses and other current liabilities and accounts payable, as compared to Fiscal 2014, primarily due to timing of payments. The decline related to accrued expenses and other current liabilities was also due to the payment of certain non-U.S. current income tax liabilities during Fiscal 2015.

Cash provided by operating activities increased $269.3 million to $633.1 million during Fiscal 2014, as compared to $363.8 million for Fiscal 2013. The increase in cash flows from operating activities was primarily due to an increase in our net income after non-cash adjustments, as well as an increase in changes to our accounts payable during Fiscal 2014 as compared to Fiscal 2013. These increases were offset, in part, by a decrease in changes to our accounts receivable and an increase in cash outflows on our inventory during Fiscal 2014 as compared to Fiscal 2013. The increase in changes to our accounts payable was largely related to the increases in our inventory purchases. The increase in cash outflows on our inventory occurred primarily due to the increase in our inventory requirements driven by our increased sales during Fiscal 2014, as compared to Fiscal 2013. The decrease in changes to our accounts receivable was directly related to the increase in our sales which drove the increase to our accounts receivable balances during Fiscal 2014.

Cash Used in Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $388.4 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $215.5 million during Fiscal 2014. The increase in cash used in investing activities is primarily the result of the build-out of our new retail stores, which were constructed during Fiscal 2015, shop-in-shops we installed during Fiscal 2015, as well as certain technology initiatives undertaken during Fiscal 2015, which related to distribution system enhancements and various other improvements to our infrastructure.

Net cash used in investing activities was $215.5 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to net cash used in investing activities of $139.1 million during Fiscal 2013. The increase in cash used in investing activities was primarily the result of the build-out of our new retail stores, which were constructed during Fiscal 2014, shop-in-shops we installed during Fiscal 2014, as well as certain technology initiatives undertaken during Fiscal 2014, which related to distribution system enhancements and various other improvements to our infrastructure. In addition, we purchased approximately $28.8 million of intangible assets related to certain of our stores opened during Fiscal 2014, as well as made an investment in our joint venture for approximately $2.0 million during Fiscal 2014.

Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $434.7 million during Fiscal 2015, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $71.1 million during Fiscal 2014. This decline in cash from financing activities was primarily attributable to increased cash payments of $492.8 million in connection with the repurchase of our ordinary shares, as well a $13.1 million decrease in proceeds from our share option arrangements.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $71.1 million during Fiscal 2014, compared to net cash provided by financing activities of $150.6 million during Fiscal 2013. After excluding the non-cash effects of tax benefits from the exercise of share options, cash provided by financing activities increased by $10.3 million. This increase was primarily due to the net repayments on our revolving credit facility of $22.7 million during Fiscal 2013. This increase was offset, in part, by a decrease of $11.4 million in cash received from the exercise of employee share options during Fiscal 2014 as compared to Fiscal 2013.

Revolving Credit Facilities

Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

On February 8, 2013, we entered into a senior unsecured credit facility (“2013 Credit Facility”). Pursuant to the agreement, the 2013 Credit Facility provides for up to $200.0 million of borrowings, and expires on February 8, 2018. The agreement also provides for loans and letters of credit to our European subsidiaries of up to $100.0 million. The 2013 Credit Facility contains financial covenants, such as requiring an adjusted leverage ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 (with the ratio being total consolidated indebtedness plus 8.0 times consolidated rent expense to EBITDA plus consolidated rent expense) and a fixed charge coverage ratio of 2.0 to 1.0 (with the ratio being EBITDA plus consolidated rent expense to the sum of fixed charges plus consolidated rent expense), restricts and limits additional indebtedness, and restricts the incurrence of additional liens and cash dividends. As of March 28, 2015, we were in compliance with all of our covenants covered under this agreement.

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Borrowings under the 2013 Credit Facility accrue interest at the rate per annum announced from time to time by the agent based on the rates applicable for deposits in the London interbank market for U.S. Dollars or the applicable currency in which the loans are made (the “Adjusted LIBOR”) plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin may range from 1.25% to 1.75%, and is based on, or dependent upon, a particular threshold related to the adjusted leverage ratio calculated during the period of borrowing. For Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, the weighted average interest rate for the revolving credit facility was 1.6%. The 2013 Credit Facility requires an annual facility fee of $0.1 million, and an annual commitment fee of 0.25% to 0.35% on the unused portion of the available credit under the facility.

As of March 28, 2015 and March 29, 2014, there were no borrowings outstanding under the 2013 Credit Facility, and there were no amounts borrowed during Fiscal 2015. As of March 29, 2015, there were stand-by letters of credit of $10.8 million outstanding. As of March 29, 2015, the amount available for future borrowings was $189.2 million.

Share Repurchase Program

On November 14, 2014, we entered into a $355.0 million accelerated share repurchase program (the “ASR program”) with a major financial institution (the “ASR Counterparty”) to repurchase our ordinary shares. Under the ASR program, we paid $355.0 million to the ASR Counterparty and received 4,437,516 of our ordinary shares from the ASR Counterparty, which represents 100 percent of the shares expected to be purchased pursuant to the ASR program, based on an initial share price determination. The ASR program also contained a forward contract indexed to our ordinary shares whereby additional shares would be delivered to us by January 29, 2015 (the settlement date) if the share price declined from the initial share price, limited to a stated share price “floor.” The total number of shares repurchased/acquired was determined on final settlement, with the additional shares reacquired based on the volume-weighted average price of our ordinary shares, less a discount, during the repurchase period, subject to aforementioned price floor. In January 2015, 280,819 additional shares were delivered to us pursuant to these provisions, which did not require us to make any additional cash outlay. The ASR program was accounted for as a treasury stock repurchase, reducing the number of our ordinary shares outstanding by 4,718,335 shares.

In addition to shares purchased under the ASR program, we repurchased an additional 2,040,979 shares at a cost of $136.9 million under our current share-repurchase program through open market transactions. As of March 28, 2015, the remaining availability under our share repurchase program was $508.1 million. On May 20, 2015, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to an additional $500 million under our existing share repurchase program and extended the program through May 2017.

We also have in place a “withhold to cover” repurchase program, which allows us to withhold ordinary shares from certain executive officers to satisfy minimum tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of their restricted share awards. During Fiscal 2015, we withheld 40,787 shares at a cost of $3.3 million in satisfaction of minimum tax withholding obligations relating to the vesting of restricted share awards.

Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

As of March 28, 2015, our lease commitments and contractual obligations were as follows (in thousands):