MOVADO GROUP INC - Quarter Report: 2020 April (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the Quarterly Period Ended April 30, 2020

For the transition period from               to              

Commission File Number: 1-16497

MOVADO GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

(201) 267-8000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

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 that past 90 days.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

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

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

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

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s Common Stock and Class A Common Stock as of June 3, 2020 were 16,521,046 and 6,608,548, respectively.

MOVADO GROUP, INC.

Index to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q

April 30, 2020

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

MOVADO GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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MOVADO GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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MOVADO GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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MOVADO GROUP, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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MOVADO GROUP, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The accompanying interim unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared by Movado Group, Inc. (the “Company”), in a manner consistent with that used in the preparation of the annual audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020 (the “2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K”). The unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the Company to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods reported. Actual results could differ from those estimates. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal and recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position and results of operations for the periods presented. The consolidated balance sheet data at January 31, 2020 is derived from the audited annual financial statements, which are included in the Company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K and should be read in connection with these interim unaudited financial statements. Operating results for the interim periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

NOTE 2 – IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

In December 2019, COVID-19 emerged and subsequently spread worldwide. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, resulting in federal, state and local governments and other authorities mandating various restrictions, including travel restrictions, quarantines and other social distancing requirements. In response to the outbreak, in mid-March 2020, the Company and the majority of the Company’s wholesale customers temporarily closed all of their retail stores for an indefinite period of time due to health concerns associated with COVID-19.

As the full magnitude of the effects on the Company’s business is difficult to predict at this time, the COVID-19 pandemic has had, and is expected to continue to have, a material adverse impact on the Company’s business, financial condition, result of operations and cash flows for the foreseeable future. The Company believes that cash flows from operations and its credit lines and on-hand cash provide adequate funds to support its operating, capital and debt service requirements for the next twelve months subsequent to the issuance of these financial statements.

The Company amended its revolving credit facility to modify some of its financial covenants (see Note 8 - Debt and Lines of Credit). As a result, the Company expects to maintain compliance with the covenants for at least one year from the issuance of these financial statements based on the Company’s current expectations. As the ongoing public health impact and the associated containment and remediation efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic is complex and rapidly evolving, the Company's plans as described below may change.

The Company has taken steps to further strengthen its financial position and balance sheet, and to maintain financial liquidity and flexibility, including suspending the Company’s share repurchase program and reviewing and reducing operating expenses. In addition, the Company borrowed an additional $30.9 million under its revolving credit facility in March of 2020. For additional information see Note 8 - Debt and Lines of Credit. The Company did not declare a dividend for the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

The Company is currently negotiating rent deferrals or other arrangements in respect of its rent obligations beginning with the month of April for all of its Company Stores and certain other leases. Since these negotiations are ongoing with no formal agreements in place, with the exception of its warehouse in Hong Kong, the Company accrued for the April payments.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company recorded $7.2 million of corporate initiative costs which includes charges related to the impact on its business due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These costs include a $3.5 million increase in inventory reserves, a $1.5 million write-off related to unrefunded deposits for a canceled global customer event, a $1.1 million increase in bad debt reserves and $1.1 million of restructuring reserves, including severance.

The Company evaluates its long-lived assets, operating lease right of use assets, goodwill and intangible assets for indicators of impairment at least annually in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that their carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Given the substantial reduction in the Company’s sales and the reduced cash flow projections as a result of closures of the retail stores of the Company, and its wholesale customers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as

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well as the significant decline in the Company’s market capitalization, the Company determined that a triggering event occurred and that an impairment assessment was warranted for goodwill and intangible assets. This analysis resulted in impairment charges related to goodwill of $133.7 million and intangible assets of $22.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2021. See Note 6 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets – for a further discussion of these impairments.

NOTE 3 – RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-03, “Codification Improvements to Financial Instruments”, which makes improvements to financial instruments guidance, including the current expected credit losses guidance. The adoption of the new guidance was not material to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting”. This guidance provides practical expedients for contract modifications and certain hedging relationships associated with the transition from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. This guidance is applicable for the Company’s borrowing instruments, which use LIBOR as a reference rate, and is effective immediately, but is only available through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its Consolidated Financial Statements.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. ASU 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to general principles in “Income Taxes (Topic 740)”. It also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company early adopted this standard effective February 1, 2020. The provision of ASU 2019-12 which has the most significant impact on the Company is the removal of a limitation on the tax benefit recognized on pre-tax losses during interim periods which exceed the expected loss for the fiscal year. The Company’s income tax benefit includes an income tax benefit of $2.2 million as a result of early adoption in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, “Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement”, which modifies the disclosure requirements in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. The Company adopted ASU 2018-13 during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” and subsequently issued additional guidance that modified ASU 2016-13. This standard introduces a forward-looking approach, based on expected losses, to estimate credit losses on certain types of financial instruments, including trade receivables. The estimate of expected credit losses requires entities to incorporate considerations of historical information, current information and reasonable and supportable forecasts. This may result in the earlier recognition of allowance for losses. The Company adopted ASU 2016-13 on February 1, 2020. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements. Results for reporting periods as of February 1, 2020 are presented under the new standard, while prior results continue to be reported under the previous standard. 

NOTE 4 – EARNINGS PER SHARE AND CASH DIVIDENDS

The Company presents net income/(loss) attributable to Movado Group, Inc. after adjusting for noncontrolling interests, as applicable, per share on a basic and diluted basis. Basic earnings per share is computed using weighted-average shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed using the weighted-average number of shares outstanding adjusted for dilutive common stock equivalents.

The number of shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share is as follows (in thousands):

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For the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, approximately 891,000 and 78,000, respectively, of potentially dilutive common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive. For the three months ended April 30, 2020, the Company also had approximately 120,000 stock options outstanding that could potentially dilute earnings per share in future periods that were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS because their effect would have been anti-dilutive given the net loss during the period.  

During the first quarter of fiscal 2021 the Company did not declare quarterly cash dividends. During the first quarter of fiscal 2020, on March 28, 2019, the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share payable on April 24, 2019, to shareholders of record on April 10, 2019. The total dividend of $4.6 million was paid on April 24, 2019.

NOTE 5 – ACQUISITIONS

Australia

On November 22, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement and formed a joint venture with GDL Accessories PTY Ltd. (“GDL”), an Australian based company. The agreement established a joint venture, MGDL Distribution Pty Ltd (“MGDL”), and set out the terms in which both parties will govern their relationship as shareholders of MGDL, and the terms on which the joint venture will be managed.

The joint venture was formed to more cost effectively market and distribute Movado products to customers in Australia and in New Zealand (GDL was the sole distributor prior to agreement).

The Company contributed $0.9 million Australian dollars, or $0.6 million US dollars, to the joint venture and is a 51% interest holder. The Company controls all of the significant participating rights of the joint venture. As the Company controls all of the significant participating rights of the joint venture and is the majority interest holder in MGDL, the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated and included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements since the date of acquisition within the Watch and Accessory Brands segment. GDL’s interest is reflected in Net income attributable to noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Noncontrolling interest in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of April 30, 2020, all amounts in the Consolidated Financial Statements related to MGDL were immaterial.

City Time

On December 3, 2018, the Company acquired 51% of City Time Distribucion, S.L.U, (“City Time”), the Company’s distributor in Spain, and simultaneously signed a joint venture agreement. The purchase price was 4.2 million Euros, or $4.8 million, net of cash acquired, and was funded with cash on hand. The results of City Time have been included in the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements since the date of acquisition within the Watch and Accessory Brands segment. Of the total purchase consideration, there were no material amounts allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

Pursuant to the joint venture agreement, the noncontrolling interest holder has the right to sell its interest in City Time to the Company on two specific dates in the future. The noncontrolling interest is not redeemable until such dates. The Company will adjust the carrying value of the redeemable interest to the redemption amount assuming it was redeemable at the balance sheet date. At April 30, 2020, the Company concluded that the remeasurement adjustment is immaterial. If the noncontrolling interest holder does not exercise its right to sell its interest in City Time to the Company, the Company nevertheless has the option to purchase the noncontrolling interest holder’s interest on each of the same two dates and at the same price as would have applied if the noncontrolling interest holder had exercised its sale option.

MVMT

On October 1, 2018, the Company acquired MVMT Watches, Inc., owner of the MVMT brand, for an initial payment of $100.0 million and two future contingent payments that combined could total up to an additional $100.0 million before tax benefits. The exact amount of the future payments will be determined by MVMT's future financial performance with no minimum required future payment. After giving effect to the closing adjustments, the purchase price was $108.4 million, net of cash acquired of $3.8 million. The Company recorded goodwill (as of October 1, 2018) of $77.5 million based on the amount by which the purchase price exceeded the fair value of the net assets acquired. As the structure of the acquisition allowed for a step up in basis for tax purposes, the full amount of goodwill is deductible for federal income tax purposes over 15 years.

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The acquisition agreement included a contingent consideration arrangement based on the MVMT brand achieving certain revenue and EBITDA (as defined in the acquisition agreement) targets. In connection therewith, the Company recorded a non-current liability of $16.5 million as of the date of acquisition to reflect the estimated fair value of the contingent purchase price. $14.5 million was allocated to purchase price and $2.0 million to deferred compensation expense based on future employee service requirements.

The estimated fair value of the contingent consideration was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation that includes key assumptions regarding MVMT’s projected financial performance during the earn-out period (through 2023), volatilities, estimated discount rates, risk-free interest rate, and correlation. Based on changes in projected financial performance, the contingent purchase price liability had been remeasured at July 31, 2019 to $1.9 million and to zero at January 31, 2020. Of the $16.9 million (including interest accretion) decrease in the liability, $15.4 million was included in non-operating income (portion of contingent consideration allocated to purchase price) in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended January 31, 2020, and $0.5 million and $1.0 million were reflected as a reduction of deferred compensation (portion of contingent consideration allocated to deferred compensation based on future service requirements) within other current assets and other non-current assets, respectively, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

In connection with the remeasurement of the contingent consideration during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2020, the Company assessed the undiscounted cash flows associated with the long-lived assets pertaining to MVMT. Current estimates at that time indicated that carrying amounts were expected to be recovered. The undiscounted cash flows related to the MVMT long-lived assets as of January 31, 2020 exceeded the carrying value by approximately 33%. See Note 6 – Goodwill and Intangible Assets for impairment of MVMT’s long-lived assets as of April 30, 2020.

NOTE 6 – GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company performs its annual impairment assessment of goodwill as well as brand intangibles at the beginning of the fourth quarter of each fiscal year or if an event occurs that would more likely than not reduce the fair value below its carrying amount.

During the three months ended April 30, 2020, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in the closing of the Company’s stores and of the vast majority of the stores of the Company’s wholesale customers (resulting in a decrease in revenues and gross margin), a decrease in customer spending and the recent decline in the Company’s market capitalization, the Company concluded that a triggering event had occurred during the first quarter, resulting in the need to perform a quantitative interim impairment assessment over the Company’s Olivia Burton, MVMT and Company Stores’ long-lived assets as well as the Watch and Accessory reporting unit.

The Company performed recoverability tests for the long-lived assets of MVMT, Olivia Burton and the Company Stores as of April 30, 2020. The Company concluded that the carrying amounts of the long-lived assets of Olivia Burton and the Company Stores were recoverable, while the long-lived assets of MVMT may not be recoverable. Utilizing a royalty rate to determine discounted projected future cash flows in the valuation of MVMT’s trade name and a discounted cash flow method for the valuation of MVMT’s customer relationships, the Company concluded that the fair values of MVMT’s tradenames and customer relationships did not exceed their carrying values. As a result, the Company recorded impairment charges in the Watch and Accessory Brands segment totaling $22.2 million during the three months ended April 30, 2020, decreasing MVMT’s trade name to $2.4 million and MVMT’s customer relationships to zero.

After adjusting the carrying value of MVMT’s intangible assets, the Company completed an interim quantitative impairment test of goodwill as of April 30, 2020 in which the Company compared the fair value of the Watch and Accessory reporting unit to its respective carrying value. An impairment test of goodwill was not performed for the Company Stores reporting unit as there was no goodwill at this reporting unit. The fair value estimate for the Watches and Accessory reporting unit was based on the income and market approaches. The discounted cash flow method under the income approach involves estimating the cash flows in a discrete forecast period and a terminal value based on the Gordon Growth Model and discounting at a rate of return that reflects the relative risk of the cash flows. The market approach involves applying valuation multiples to the operating performance of the Watch and Accessory reporting unit derived from comparable publicly traded companies based on the relative historical and projected operations of the reporting unit.

The key estimates used in the discounted cash flows model included the Company’s weighted average cost of capital and projected cash flows, notably revenue growth rates and margin assumptions. The Company’s assumptions were based on the actual historical performance of the reporting units and took into account the recent severe and continued weakening of operating results as well as the anticipated rate of recovery, and implied risk premiums based on market prices of the Company’s common stock as of the assessment date. The significant estimates in the market approach model included identifying similar companies with comparable business factors such as size, growth, profitability, risk and return on investment and assessing comparable revenue and earnings multiples in estimating the fair value of the reporting unit. The excess of the Watch and Accessory unit’s carrying value over the estimate of the fair value was recorded in the Watch and Accessory Brands segment as the goodwill impairment charge in the first quarter of 2020, totaling $133.7 million. As of April 30, 2020, zero goodwill remains.

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The changes in the carrying amount of other intangible assets during the three months ended April 30, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

Amortization expense for intangible assets was $1.3 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. 

NOTE 7 – INVENTORIES

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

NOTE 8 – DEBT AND LINES OF CREDIT

On October 12, 2018, the Company, together with Movado Group Delaware Holdings Corporation, Movado Retail Group, Inc. and Movado LLC (together with the Company, the “U.S. Borrowers”), each a wholly owned domestic subsidiary of the Company, and Movado Watch Company S.A. and MGI Luxury Group S.A. (collectively, the “Swiss Borrowers” and, together with the U.S. Borrowers, the “Borrowers”), each a wholly owned Swiss subsidiary of the Company, entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”). The Credit Agreement amends and restates the Company’s prior credit agreement dated as of January 30, 2015 (the “Prior Credit Agreement”) and extends the maturity of the $100.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) provided thereunder to October 12, 2023. The Facility includes a $15.0 million letter of credit subfacility, a $25.0 million swingline subfacility and a $75.0 million sublimit for borrowings by the Swiss Borrowers, with provisions for uncommitted increases to the Facility of up to $50.0 million in the aggregate subject to customary terms and conditions.

On June 5, 2020, the Company and its lenders entered into an amendment (the “Second Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement effective as of April 30, 2020. Among other things, the Second Amendment provides for the following temporary relief with respect to the financial maintenance covenants in the Credit Agreement from April 30, 2020 through the date on which the Company delivers a compliance certificate in respect of the period ended July 31, 2021 (or earlier if the Company demonstrates satisfaction of certain earnings and leverage milestones) (the “Suspension Period”): (i) the maximum consolidated leverage ratio is increased from 2.50 to 1.0 to 2.75 to 1.0 for the four quarter period ended April 30, 2020 and suspended thereafter until the end of the Suspension Period when it resumes at 2.50 to 1.0 and (ii) the minimum EBITDA covenant levels are reduced. In addition, the Second Amendment provides that (i) through April 30, 2021, the Company is required to maintain minimum liquidity (comprised of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents and unutilized commitments under the Credit Agreement) of $100.0 million, (ii) during the Suspension Period, certain covenants, including covenants related to dividends, debt incurrence, investments and capital expenditures, have been tightened and (iii) during the Suspension Period, the interest rate for borrowings under the Credit Agreement is increased to LIBOR plus 2.75% per annum and the commitment fee in respect of the unutilized commitments is increased to 0.45% per annum. In addition, the Second Amendment permanently increased the LIBOR floor for loans under the Credit Agreement from 0% to 1.00% and permanently reduced the minimum EBITDA financial covenant level to $35.0 million starting with the four-quarter period ending July 31, 2021.

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As of April 30, 2020, and April 30, 2019, there was 70.0 million and 50.0 million in Swiss Francs, respectively (with a dollar equivalent of $72.5 million and $49.1 million, respectively), in addition to $10.0 million as of April 30, 2020, in loans outstanding under the Facility. Availability under the Facility was reduced by the aggregate number of letters of credit outstanding, issued in connection with retail and operating facility leases to various landlords and for Canadian payroll to the Royal Bank of Canada, totaling approximately $0.3 million at both April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019. At April 30, 2020, the letters of credit have expiration dates through June 1, 2020. As of April 30, 2020, and April 30, 2019, availability under the Facility was $17.2 million and $50.6 million, respectively.

The Company had weighted average borrowings under the facility of $65.6 million and $49.8 million during the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, with a weighted average interest rate of 1.17% and 1.00% during the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.      

A Swiss subsidiary of the Company maintains unsecured lines of credit with an unspecified maturity with a Swiss bank. As of April 30, 2020, and 2019, these lines of credit totaled 6.5 million Swiss Francs for both periods, with a dollar equivalent of $6.7 million and $6.4 million, respectively. As of April 30, 2020, and 2019, there were no borrowings against these lines. As of April 30, 2020, and 2019, two European banks had guaranteed obligations to third parties on behalf of two of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries in the dollar equivalent of $1.2 million and $1.1 million, respectively, in various foreign currencies, of which $0.6 million and $0.5 million, respectively, was a restricted deposit as it relates to lease agreements.

Cash paid for interest, including unused commitments fees, was $0.2 million for the three-month period ended April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019.

NOTE 9 – DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

As of April 30, 2020, the Company’s entire net forward contracts hedging portfolio consisted of 38.4 million Chinese Yuan equivalent, 12.0 million Swiss Francs equivalent, 9.8 million US dollars equivalent, 17.9 million Euros equivalent and 2.5 million British Pounds equivalent with various expiry dates ranging through September 10, 2020. These forward contracts are not designated as qualified hedges in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and, therefore, changes in the fair value of these derivatives are recognized in earnings in the period they arise. Net gains or losses related to these forward contracts are included in cost of sales, selling and general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The cash flows related to these foreign currency contracts are classified in operating activities.

See Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements for fair value and presentation in the Consolidated Balance Sheets for derivatives.

For the quarter ended April 30, 2020, the Company did not have any cash flow hedges.

NOTE 10 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Accounting guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:

The guidance requires the use of observable market data if such data is available without undue cost and effort.

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The following tables present the fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of April 30, 2020 and 2019 and January 31, 2020 (in thousands):

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The fair values of the Company’s available-for-sale securities are based on quoted prices. The fair value of the short-term investment, which is a guaranteed investment certificate, is based on its purchase price plus one half of a percent calculated annually. The assets related to the Company’s defined contribution supplemental executive retirement plan (“SERP”) consist of both employer (employee unvested) and employee assets which are invested in investment funds with fair values calculated based on quoted market prices. The SERP liability represents the Company’s liability to the employees in the plan for their vested balances. The hedge derivatives are entered into by the Company principally to reduce its exposure to Swiss Franc and Euro exchange rate risks. Fair values of the Company’s hedge derivatives are calculated based on quoted foreign exchange rates and quoted interest rates. The carrying amount of debt approximated fair value as of April 30, 2020, January 31, 2020, and April 30, 2019, due to the availability and floating rate for similar instruments.

The Company sponsors a pension plan in Switzerland which was amended to a defined benefit plan effective December 31, 2018. The plan covers certain international employees and is based on years of service and compensation on a career-average pay basis. The assets within the plan are classified as a Level 3 asset within the fair value hierarchy and consist of an investment in pooled assets and include separate employee accounts that are invested in equity securities, debt securities and real estate. The values of the separate accounts invested are based on values provided by the administrator of the funds that cannot be readily derived from or corroborated by observable market data. The value of the assets is part of the funded status of the defined benefit plan and included in other non-current liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets at April 30, 2020 and April 30, 2019.

The contingent purchase price liability related to the acquisition of MVMT Watches, Inc., owner of the MVMT brand, is considered a Level 3 liability. Based on updated revenue and EBITDA (as defined in the acquisition agreement) performance expectations during the earn-out period for MVMT, the Company remeasured the contingent consideration to zero at January 31, 2020. During the three months ended April 30, 2019, the liability was revalued with an increase in the fair value of the liability of $0.2 million and was recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.    

There were no transfers between any levels of the fair value hierarchy for any of the Company’s fair value measurements.

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company has minimum commitments related to the Company’s license agreements and endorsement agreements with brand ambassadors. The Company sources, distributes, advertises and sells watches pursuant to its exclusive license agreements with unaffiliated licensors. Royalty amounts under the license agreements are generally based on a stipulated percentage of revenues, although most of these agreements contain provisions for the payment of minimum annual royalty amounts. The license agreements have various terms, and some have renewal options, provided that minimum sales levels are achieved. Additionally, the license agreements require the Company to pay minimum annual advertising amounts.

The Company had previously recorded an obligation of $28.2 million due to the 2017 Tax Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017 and imposed a one-time mandatory deemed repatriation tax on cumulative undistributed foreign earnings which have not been previously taxed. The obligation, which was recorded in prior years, is payable in installments over eight years, with the first payment having been made in the second quarter of fiscal 2019.

The Company believes that income tax reserves are adequate; however, amounts asserted by taxing authorities could be greater or less than amounts accrued and reflected in the consolidated balance sheet. Accordingly, the Company could record adjustments to the amounts for federal, state, and foreign liabilities in the future as the Company revises estimates or settles or otherwise resolves the underlying matters. In the ordinary course of business, the Company may take new positions that could increase or decrease unrecognized tax benefits in future periods.

In December 2016, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“U.S. Customs”) issued an audit report concerning the methodology used by the Company to allocate the cost of certain watch styles imported into the U.S. among the component parts of those watches for tariff purposes. The report disputes the reasonableness of the Company’s historical allocation formulas and proposes an alternative methodology that would imply $5.1 million in underpaid duties over the five-year period covered by the statute of limitations, plus possible penalties and interest. The Company believes that U.S. Customs’ alternative duty methodology and estimate are not consistent with the Company’s facts and circumstances and is disputing U.S. Customs’ position. On February 24, 2017, the Company provided U.S. Customs with supplemental analyses and information supporting the Company’s historical allocation formulas and thereafter provided additional information for U.S. Customs’ review. Although the Company disagrees with U.S. Customs’ position, it cannot predict with any certainty the outcome of this matter. The Company intends to continue to work with U.S. Customs to reach a mutually-satisfactory resolution.

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The purchase consideration for the MVMT business includes two future contingent payments that combined could total up to $100 million. Based on updated revenue and EBITDA (as defined in the acquisition agreement) performance expectations during the earn-out period for MVMT, the Company remeasured the contingent consideration to zero at January 31, 2020 (see Note 5 – Acquisitions and Note 10 – Fair Value Measurements).

The Company is involved in legal proceedings and claims from time to time, in the ordinary course of its business. Legal reserves are recorded in accordance with the accounting guidance for contingencies. Contingencies are inherently unpredictable and it is possible that results of operations, balance sheets or cash flows could be materially and adversely affected in any particular period by unfavorable developments in, or resolution or disposition of, such matters. For those legal proceedings and claims for which the Company believes that it is probable that a reasonably estimable loss may result, the Company records a reserve for the potential loss. For proceedings and claims where the Company believes it is reasonably possible that a loss may result that is materially in excess of amounts accrued for the matter, the Company either discloses an estimate of such possible loss or range of loss or includes a statement that such an estimate cannot be made. As of April 30, 2020, the Company is party to legal proceedings and contingencies, the resolution of which is not expected to materially affect its financial condition, future results of operations beyond the amounts accrued, or cash flows.

NOTE 12 – INCOME TAXES

On March 27, 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) which provides economic relief to assist American families and companies during the COVID-19 global pandemic. The CARES Act includes, among other things, provisions related to net operating loss carryback periods, refundable payroll tax credits and the delay of certain payroll taxes, and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The CARES Act allows U.S. net operating losses generated in fiscal 2019, 2020, and 2021 to be carried back up to five years and to offset 100% of regular taxable income in such years. The Company anticipates that there will be a U.S. net operating loss generated in fiscal 2021 which will be carried back to prior taxable years. The Company continues to evaluate other impacts of the CARES Act.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $32.3 million and income tax expense of $0.8 million for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The effective tax rate was 17.7% for both three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The significant components of the effective tax rate changed primarily due to the recording of valuation allowances on certain foreign deferred tax assets and impairments of the portion of goodwill of the Watch and Accessory reporting unit which is not tax deductible, both of which occurred during the first quarter of fiscal 2021. These changes were partially offset by changes in foreign profits in lower tax jurisdictions and the impact of the CARES Act, which enables the Company to carry back U.S. net operating losses generated in fiscal 2021 into prior taxable years with a U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0%.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended April 30, 2020 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to impairments of the portion of goodwill of the Watch and Accessory reporting unit which is not tax deductible, partially offset by the impact of the CARES Act, which enables the Company to carry back U.S. net operating losses generated in fiscal 2021 into prior taxable years with a U.S. statutory tax rate of 35.0%.

The effective tax rate for the three months ended April 30, 2019 differs from the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to foreign profits in lower tax jurisdictions and excess tax benefits related to stock-based compensation, partially offset by no tax benefit being recognized on operating results of certain foreign subsidiaries.   

In December 2019, the FASB issues ASU 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes”. ASU 2019-12 simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to general principles in “Income Taxes (Topic 740)”. It also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020. The Company early adopted this standard effective February 1, 2020. The provision of ASU 2019-12 which has the most significant impact on the Company is the removal of a limitation on the tax benefit recognized on pre-tax losses during interim periods which exceed the expected loss for the fiscal year. The Company’s income tax benefit includes an income tax benefit of $2.2 million as a result of early adoption in the first quarter of fiscal 2021.

As of April 30, 2020, the Company had no deferred tax liability for the undistributed foreign earnings of approximately $181.3 million because the Company intends to continue permanently reinvesting such earnings in its foreign operations. It is not practicable to estimate the tax liability related to a future distribution of these permanently reinvested foreign earnings.

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NOTE 13 – EQUITY

The components of equity for the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 are as follows (in thousands):

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NOTE 14 – TREASURY STOCK

On August 29, 2017, the Board approved a share repurchase program under which the Company is authorized to purchase up to $50.0 million of its outstanding common stock from time to time, depending on market conditions, share price and other factors. Under the share repurchase program, the Company may purchase shares of its common stock through open market purchases, repurchase plans, block trades or otherwise. This authorization expires on August 29, 2020. See Note 8 – Debt and Lines of Credit – for restrictions on share repurchase under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

During the three months ended April 30, 2020, the Company did not repurchase shares of its common stock under the repurchase program. During the three months ended April 30, 2019, the Company repurchased a total of 78,402 shares of its common stock under the share repurchase program at a total cost of $2.6 million, or an average of $33.36 per share.

At April 30, 2020, $36.4 million remains available for purchase under the Company’s repurchase program.

There were 36,923 and 42,127 shares of common stock repurchased during the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as a result of the surrender of shares in connection with the vesting of certain stock awards. At the election of an employee, shares having an aggregate value on the vesting date equal to the employee’s withholding tax obligation may be surrendered to the Company.

NOTE 15 – ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The accumulated balances at April 30, 2020 and 2019, and January 31, 2020, related to each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 16 – REVENUE

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table presents the Company’s net sales disaggregated by customer type. Sales and usage-based taxes are excluded from net sales (in thousands):

The Company’s revenue from contracts with customers is recognized at a point in time. The Company’s net sales disaggregated by geography are based on the location of the Company’s customer (see Note 18 – Segment and Geographic Information).

Wholesale Revenue

The Company’s wholesale revenue consists primarily of revenues from independent distributors, and from department stores, and chain and independent jewelry stores. The Company recognizes and records its revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied, and control is transferred to the customer. Wholesale revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company ultimately expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods. Wholesale revenue is included entirely within the Watch and Accessory Brands segment (see Note 18 – Segment and Geographic Information), consistent with how management makes decisions regarding the allocation of resources and performance measurement.

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Direct to Consumer Revenue

The Company’s direct to consumer revenue primarily consists of revenues from the Company’s outlet stores, concession stores, ecommerce, and consumer repairs. Revenue is recognized as the end consumer obtains delivery of the merchandise. Direct to Consumer revenue derived from concession stores, ecommerce and consumer repairs is included within the Watch and Accessory Brands segment; revenue derived from outlet stores is included within the Company Stores Segment (see Note 18 – Segment and Geographic Information). Direct to Consumer revenue is included in either the Watch and Accessory Brands segment or Company Stores Segments based on how the Company makes decisions about the allocation of resources and performance measurement.

After-Sales Service

All watches sold by the Company come with limited warranties covering the movement against defects in materials and workmanship. The Company does not sell warranties separately.

The Company’s after-sales service revenues consists of out of warranty service provided to customers and authorized third party repair centers, and sale of watch parts. The Company recognizes and records its revenue when obligations under the terms of a contract with the customer are satisfied and control is transferred to the customer. After-sales service revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company ultimately expects to receive in exchange for transferring goods. Revenue from after sales service, including consumer repairs, is included entirely within the Watch and Accessory Brands segment, consistent with how management makes decisions about the allocation of resources and performance measurement.

NOTE 17 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Under the Company’s Employee Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated as of April 4, 2013 (the “Plan”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, which consists of three of the Company’s non-employee directors, has the authority to grant participants incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, restricted stock, stock appreciation rights and stock awards, for up to 11,000,000 shares of common stock.

Stock Options:

Stock options granted to participants under the plan generally became exercisable in equal installments over three years or cliff-vested after three years and remain exercisable until the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. All stock options granted under the Plan have an exercise price equal to or greater than the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the grant date.

The fair value of the stock options, less expected forfeitures, is amortized on a straight-line basis over the vesting term. Total compensation expense for stock option grants recognized during the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 was $0.1 million (net of tax of approximately $22,000) and $0.2 million (net of tax of $0.1 million), respectively. As of April 30, 2020, all stock options have vested so, as a result, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock options. Total consideration received for stock option exercises during the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019 was zero and $0.2 million, respectively.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock options activity during the first quarter of fiscal 2021:

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There were no stock options exercised during the first quarter of fiscal 2021.    

Stock Awards:

Under the Plan, the Company can also grant stock awards to employees and directors. For the three months ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, compensation expense for stock awards was $1.1 million (net of tax of $0.4 million) and $1.1 million (net of tax of $0.3 million), respectively. As of April 30, 2020, there was $6.4 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested stock awards.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock awards activity during the first quarter of fiscal 2021: