REVLON INC /DE/ - Annual Report: 2008 (Form 10-K)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-K

 

 

Commission file number 1-11178

 

REVLON, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 527-4000

 

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The aggregate market value of the registrant’s Class A Common Stock held by non-affiliates (using the New York Stock Exchange closing price as of June 30, 2008, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was approximately $170,954,535.

 

As of December 31, 2008, 48,250,163 shares of Class A Common Stock and 3,125,000 shares of Class B Common Stock were outstanding. At such date 28,207,735 shares of Class A Common Stock were beneficially owned by MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. and its affiliates and all of the shares of Class B Common Stock were owned by REV Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Portions of Revlon, Inc.’s definitive Proxy Statement to be delivered to shareholders in connection with its Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on or about June 4, 2009 are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Form 10-K.

 

 

 

Revlon, Inc. and Subsidiaries

 

 

Form 10-K

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2008

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Background

 

Revlon, Inc. (and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) conducts its business exclusively through its direct wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Products Corporation”). Revlon, Inc. is a direct and indirect majority-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. (“MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings” and together with certain of its affiliates other than the Company, “MacAndrews & Forbes”), a corporation wholly-owned by Ronald O. Perelman.

 

The Company’s vision is to provide glamour, excitement and innovation to consumers through high-quality products at affordable prices. The Company operates in a single segment and manufactures, markets and sells an extensive array of cosmetics, women’s hair color, beauty tools, fragrances, skincare, anti-perspirants/deodorants and personal care products. The Company is one of the world’s leading cosmetics companies in the mass retail channel (as hereinafter defined). The Company believes that its global brand name recognition, product quality and marketing experience have enabled it to create one of the strongest consumer brand franchises in the world.

 

The Company’s products are sold worldwide and marketed under such brand names as Revlon, including the Revlon ColorStay, Revlon Super Lustrous and Revlon Age Defying franchises, as well as the Almay brand, including the Almay Intense i-Color and Almay Smart Shade franchises, in cosmetics; Revlon ColorSilk in women’s hair color; Revlon in beauty tools; Charlie and Jean Naté in fragrances; Ultima II and Gatineau in skincare; and Mitchum in personal care products.

 

The Company’s principal customers include large mass volume retailers, chain drug stores and food stores (collectively, the “mass retail channel”) in the U.S., as well as certain department stores and other specialty stores, such as perfumeries, outside the U.S. The Company also sells beauty products to U.S. military exchanges and commissaries and has a licensing business pursuant to which the Company licenses certain of its key brand names to third parties for complimentary beauty-related products and accessories.

 

The Company was founded by Charles Revson, who revolutionized the cosmetics industry by introducing nail enamels matched to lipsticks in fashion colors over 75 years ago. Today, the Company has leading market positions in a number of its principal product categories in the U.S. mass retail channel, including color cosmetics (face, lip, eye and nail categories), women’s hair color, beauty tools and anti-perspirants/deodorants. The Company also has leading market positions in several product categories in certain foreign countries, including Australia, Canada and South Africa.

 

The Company’s Business Strategy

 

The Company’s business strategy includes:

 

 

We continue to focus on our key growth drivers, including: innovative, high-quality, consumer-preferred new products; effective integrated brand communication; appropriate levels of advertising and promotion; and superb execution with our retail partners, along with disciplined spending and rigorous cost control.

 

 

 

Significant Transactions Recently Completed

 

November 2008 — Extension of the maturity of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan

 

Pursuant to a November 2008 amendment, the maturity date of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan (as hereinafter defined) was extended from August 2009 to the earlier of (1) the date that Revlon, Inc. issues equity with gross proceeds of at least $107 million, which proceeds would be used to repay the $107 million remaining aggregate principal balance of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, or (2) August 1, 2010.

 

September 2008 — 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split

 

In September 2008, Revlon, Inc. effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A and Class B common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, each ten shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A and Class B common stock issued and outstanding at the end of September 15, 2008 were automatically combined into one share of Class A common stock and Class B common stock, respectively.

 

July 2008 — Sale of Bozzano and Partial Paydown of MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan

 

In July 2008, the Company consummated the disposition of its non-core Bozzano business, a men’s hair care and shaving line of products, and certain other non-core brands, including Juvena and Aquamarine, which were sold by the Company only in the Brazilian market (the “Bozzano Sale Transaction”). The transaction was effected through the sale of the Company’s indirect Brazilian subsidiary, Ceil Comércio E Distribuidora Ltda. (“Ceil”), to Hypermarcas S.A., a Brazilian publicly-traded, consumer products corporation. The purchase price was approximately $107 million, including approximately $3 million in cash on Ceil’s balance sheet on the closing date. Net proceeds, after the payment of taxes and transaction costs, were approximately $95 million. In September 2008, Products Corporation used $63 million of the net proceeds from the Bozzano Sale Transaction to repay $63 million in aggregate principal amount of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, leaving $107 million in aggregate principal amount remaining outstanding under such loan.

 

April 2008 and September 2007 — Interest Rate Swap Transactions

 

In April 2008, Products Corporation entered into a $150 million two-year floating-to-fixed interest rate swap transaction related to indebtedness under its 2006 Term Loan Facility (as hereinafter defined) (the “2008 Interest Rate Swap”), intended to reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility. Following the execution of this interest rate swap transaction and the $150 million two-year floating-to-fixed interest rate swap transaction that Products Corporation entered into in September 2007 (the “2007 Interest Rate Swap” and together with the 2008 Interest Rate Swap, the “Interest Rate Swaps”), approximately 60% of the Company’s total long-term debt is at fixed interest rates and approximately 40% is at floating interest rates.

 

February 2008 — Refinancing of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes

 

On February 1, 2008, Products Corporation repaid in full the $167.4 million remaining aggregate principal amount of its 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes (as hereinafter defined), which matured on such date. (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan” regarding Products Corporation’s full repayment of the balance of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes upon maturity on February 1, 2008).

 

Recent Developments

 

Senior Management Changes

 

On February 25, 2009, Revlon, Inc. announced that the Board of Directors of each of Revlon, Inc. and Products Corporation elected Alan T. Ennis as a Director of Revlon, Inc. and Products Corporation and to also serve as President, Revlon International, effective March 1, 2009, in addition to continuing to serve in his role as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Mr. Ennis has served as the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from November 2006, and also as Treasurer from June 2008. In addition to his finance responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Ennis will have responsibility for the general management of all of the Company’s International operations.

 

Recent Debt Reduction Transactions

 

In February 2009, Products Corporation used excess cash flow generated in 2008 to reduce its long-term debt by prepaying $16.6 million in aggregate principal amount of term loan indebtedness outstanding under its 2006 Term Loan Facility (as hereinafter defined). Such prepayment satisfied Products Corporation’s requirement under the 2006 Term Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined) to prepay term loan indebtedness with 50% of its annual “excess cash flow” (as defined under such agreement) within 100 days after its fiscal year end. This prepayment fully offsets Products Corporation’s required quarterly term loan amortization payments of $2.1 million per quarter that would otherwise have been due on April 15, 2009, July 15, 2009, October 15, 2009, January 15, 2010, April 15, 2010, July 15, 2010, October 15, 2010 and $1.9 million of the amortization payment otherwise due on January 15, 2011. After giving effect to such prepayment, at February 13, 2009, the aggregate principal amount outstanding under Products Corporation’s 2006 Term Loan Facility was approximately $815 million.

 

Products

 

Revlon, Inc. conducts business exclusively through Products Corporation. The Company manufactures and markets a variety of products worldwide. The following table sets forth the Company’s principal brands.

 

								ANTI-
								PERSPIRANTS/
COSMETICS		HAIR		BEAUTY TOOLS		FRAGRANCE		DEODORANTS		SKINCARE
Revlon		Revlon ColorSilk		Revlon		Charlie		Mitchum		Gatineau
Almay						Jean Naté				Ultima II

 

 

Cosmetics — Revlon:  The Company sells a broad range of cosmetics under its flagship Revlon brand designed to fulfill consumer needs, principally priced in the upper range of the mass retail channel, including face, lip, eye and nail products. Certain of the Company’s products incorporate patented, patent-pending or proprietary technology. (See “New Product Development and Research and Development”).

 

The Company sells face makeup, including foundation, powder, blush and concealers, under the Revlon brand name. Revlon Age Defying, which is targeted for women in the over-35 age bracket, incorporates the Company’s patented Botafirm ingredients to help reduce the appearance of lines and wrinkles. The Company’s new Revlon Age Defying Spa foundation and concealer were introduced for 2009

to instantly revitalize and brighten, while protecting against the appearance of fine lines. The Company also markets a complete range of Revlon ColorStay long-wearing liquid and powder face makeup with patented SoftFlex technology for enhanced comfort. The Revlon ColorStay mineral collection includes loose powder foundation, as well as baked blush and bronzer. The Revlon Beyond Natural collection, focusing on a naturally glamorous look, offers patent pending skin-tone matching liquid foundation.

 

The Company markets several different lines of Revlon lip makeup, including lipstick, lip gloss and lip liner, under several Revlon brand names. Super Lustrous is the Company’s flagship wax-based lipcolor, offered in a wide variety of shades of lipstick and lipgloss, and has LiquiSilk technology designed to boost moisturization using silk dispersed in emollients. ColorStay Soft & Smooth, with patent pending lip technology, offers long-wearing benefits while enhancing comfort with SoftFlex technology, while ColorStay Overtime lipcolor and ColorStay Overtime Sheer use patented transfer resistant technology. In 2008, the Company introduced ColorStay Mineral lipglaze, the Company’s first long wearing lipgloss with up to eight hours of wear. For 2009, the Company introduced Revlon Cremé Gloss, a lipgloss that provides deeply pigmented color with extreme gloss shine.

 

The Company’s eye makeup products include mascaras, eyeliners, eye shadows and brow products, under several Revlon brand names. In mascaras, key franchises include Fabulash, which uses a lash perfecting brush for fuller lashes, and Lash Fantasy Total Definition, the two-step primer and mascara with lash separating brushes for enhanced definition. In eyeliners, Revlon Luxurious Color liner uses a smooth formula to provide rich, luxurious color. In addition, in 2009, the Company introduced Revlon Luxurious Color kohl eyeliner for intense matte color. In eye shadow, Revlon ColorStay 12-Hour patented longwearing eyeshadow enables color to look fresh for up to 12 hours. In 2009, the Company also introduced new Revlon Matte eye shadows, which provide high impact color combined with a soft matte finish.

 

The Company’s nail color and nail care lines include enamels, treatments and cuticle preparations. The Company’s core Revlon nail enamel uses a patented formula that provides consumers with improved wear, application, shine and gloss in a toluene-free, formaldehyde-free and phthalate-free formula.

 

Cosmetics — Almay:  The Company’s Almay brand consists of hypo-allergenic, dermatologist-tested, fragrance-free cosmetics and skincare products. Almay products include face, eye and lip makeup and makeup removers.

 

Introduced for 2009, Almay Pure Blends is a new collection of natural cosmetics that delivers a full range of shades and radiant finishes with eco-friendly packaging. These formulae for face, eye and lip are made from over 95% natural ingredients, with no compromise in color and performance.

 

Within the face category, with Almay Smart Shade containing patented ingredients formulas for foundation, blush, bronzer and concealer, Almay consumers can find products that are designed to match their skin tones. Almay TLC Truly Lasting Color makeup and pressed powder have longwearing formulas that nourish and protect the skin for up to 16 hours of coverage.

 

In eye makeup, Almay Intense i-Color includes the “Bring Out” and “Play Up” collections — providing ways to enhance and intensify eyes through color-coordinated shades of shadow, liner and mascara for each eye color. Almay Bright Eyes Collection, introduced in 2008, is a three product, innovative and coordinated collection made up of eye base and concealer in one, eye shadow and a liner/highler duo. The collection helps eyes look refreshed and radiant due to Almay’s expert formulas that work with light reflectors to naturally brighten, de-puff and refresh the look of the entire eye area. The Almay brand flagship Almay One Coat mascara franchise includes products for lash thickening and visible lengthening and the patented Almay Triple Effect mascara for a more dramatic look. Almay eye makeup removers are offered in a range of pads and towlettes.

 

Hair:  The Company sells both haircolor and haircare products throughout the world. In women’s haircolor, the Company markets brands, including the Revlon ColorSilk, which offer radiant, rich color with conditioning.

 

Beauty Tools:  The Company sells Revlon Beauty Tools, which include nail and eye grooming tools, such as clippers, scissors, files, tweezers and eye lash curlers. Revlon Beauty Tools are sold individually and in sets under the Revlon brand name. For the first half of 2009, the Company launched Revlon Pedi-Expert, an ergonomically-engineered, patent-pending pedicure tool.

 

Fragrances:  The Company sells a selection of moderately-priced and premium-priced fragrances, including perfumes, eau de toilettes, colognes and body sprays. The Company’s portfolio includes fragrances such as Charlie and Jean Naté.

 

Anti-perspirants/deodorants:  In the area of anti-perspirants/deodorants, the Company markets Mitchum anti-perspirant brands in many countries.

 

Skincare:  The Company sells skincare products in the U.S. and in international markets under internationally-recognized brand names and under various regional brands, including the Company’s premium-priced Gatineau brand, as well as Ultima II.

 

Marketing

 

The Company markets extensive consumer product lines principally priced in the upper range of the mass retail channel and certain other channels outside of the U.S.

 

The Company uses print, television and internet advertising, as well as point-of-sale merchandising, including displays and samples, and coupons and other trial incentives. The Company’s marketing emphasizes a uniform global image and product for its portfolio of core brands. The Company coordinates advertising campaigns with in-store promotional and other marketing activities. The Company develops jointly with retailers carefully tailored advertising, point-of-purchase and other focused marketing programs.

 

The Company also uses cooperative advertising programs, supported by Company-paid or Company-subsidized demonstrators, and coordinated in-store promotions and displays. Other marketing materials designed to introduce the Company’s newest products to consumers and encourage trial and purchase in-store include trial-size products and couponing. Additionally, the Company maintains separate websites, www.revlon.com, www.almay.com and www.mitchumman.com devoted to the Revlon, Almay and Mitchum brands, respectively. Each of these websites feature product and promotional information for the brands, respectively, and are updated regularly to stay current with the Company’s new product launches and other advertising and promotional campaigns.

 

New Product Development and Research and Development

 

The Company believes that it is an industry leader in the development of innovative and technologically-advanced cosmetics and beauty products. The Company’s marketing and research and development groups identify consumer needs and shifts in consumer preferences in order to develop new products, tailor line extensions and promotions and redesign or reformulate existing products to satisfy such needs or preferences. The Company’s research and development group is comprised of departments specialized in the technologies critical to the Company’s various product categories. The Company has a cross-functional product development process, including a rigorous process for the continuous development and evaluation of new product concepts, formed in 2007 and led by senior executives in marketing, sales, product development, operations, law and finance, which has improved the Company’s new product commercialization process and created a comprehensive, long-term portfolio strategy. This new process is intended to optimize the Company’s ability to regularly bring to market its innovative new product offerings and to manage the Company’s product portfolio.

 

The Company operates an extensive cosmetics research and development facility in Edison, New Jersey. The scientists at the Edison facility are responsible for all of the Company’s new product research and development worldwide, performing research for new products, ideas, concepts and packaging. The research and development group at the Edison facility also performs extensive safety and quality testing on

the Company’s products, including toxicology, microbiology and package testing. Additionally, quality control testing is performed at each of the Company’s manufacturing facilities.

 

As of December 31, 2008, the Company employed approximately 160 people in its research and development activities, including specialists in pharmacology, toxicology, chemistry, microbiology, engineering, biology, dermatology and quality control. In 2008, 2007 and 2006, the Company spent $24.3 million, $24.4 million and $24.4 million, respectively, on research and development activities.

 

Manufacturing and Related Operations and Raw Materials

 

During 2008, the Company’s cosmetics and/or personal care products were produced at the Company’s facilities in North Carolina, Venezuela, France and South Africa and at third-party facilities around the world. The Company also manufactured products at a facility in Mexico which it sold and closed in December 2008.

 

The Company continually reviews its manufacturing needs against its manufacturing capacities to identify opportunities to reduce costs and operate more efficiently. The Company purchases raw materials and components throughout the world, and continuously pursues reductions in cost of goods through the global sourcing of raw materials and components from qualified vendors, utilizing its purchasing capacity designed to maximize cost savings. The Company’s global sourcing strategy for materials and components from accredited vendors is also designed to ensure the quality and the continuity of supply of the raw materials and components. The Company believes that alternate sources of raw materials and components exist and does not anticipate any significant shortages of, or difficulty in obtaining, such materials.

 

Distribution

 

The Company’s products are sold in more than 100 countries across six continents. The Company’s worldwide sales forces had approximately 290 people as of December 31, 2008. In addition, the Company utilizes sales representatives and independent distributors to serve certain markets and related distribution channels.

 

United States.  Net sales in the U.S. accounted for approximately 58% of the Company’s 2008 net sales, a majority of which were made in the mass retail channel. The Company also sells a broad range of consumer products to U.S. Government military exchanges and commissaries. The Company licenses its trademarks to select manufacturers for complimentary beauty-related products and accessories that the Company believes have the potential to extend the Company’s brand names and image. As of December 31, 2008, eleven (11) licenses were in effect relating to seventeen (17) product categories, which are marketed principally in the mass-market distribution channel. Pursuant to such licenses, the Company retains strict control over product design and development, product quality, advertising and the use of its trademarks. These licensing arrangements offer opportunities for the Company to generate revenues and cash flow through royalties and renewal fees, some of which have been prepaid.

 

As part of the Company’s strategy to increase the retail consumption of its products, the Company’s retail merchandisers stock and maintain the Company’s point-of-sale wall displays intended to ensure that high-selling SKUs are in stock and to ensure the optimal presentation of the Company’s products in retail outlets.

 

International.  Net sales outside the U.S. accounted for approximately 42% of the Company’s 2008 net sales. The five largest countries in terms of these sales were Canada, South Africa, Australia, U.K and Venezuela, which together accounted for approximately 23% of the Company’s 2008 consolidated net sales. The Company distributes its products through drug stores and chemist shops, hypermarkets, mass volume retailers, general merchandise stores, department stores and specialty stores such as perfumeries outside the U.S. At December 31, 2008, the Company actively sold its products through wholly-owned subsidiaries established in 14 countries outside of the U.S. and through a large number of distributors and licensees elsewhere around the world.

 

Customers

 

The Company’s principal customers include large mass volume retailers and chain drug stores, including such well-known retailers as Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart, Walgreens, Rite Aid, CVS and Longs (CVS and Longs merged in the fourth quarter of 2008) in the U.S., Shoppers DrugMart in Canada, A.S. Watson & Co. retail chains in Asia Pacific and Europe, and Boots in the United Kingdom. Wal-Mart and its affiliates worldwide accounted for approximately 23% of the Company’s 2008 consolidated net sales. As is customary in the consumer products industry, none of the Company’s customers is under an obligation to continue purchasing products from the Company in the future. The Company expects that Wal-Mart and a small number of other customers will, in the aggregate, continue to account for a large portion of the Company’s net sales. (See Item 1A. Risk Factors — “The Company depends on a limited number of customers for a large portion of its net sales and the loss of one or more of these customers could reduce the Company’s net sales and have a material adverse affect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations”).

 

Competition

 

The consumer products business is highly competitive. The Company competes primarily on the basis of:

 

 

The Company competes in selected product categories against a number of multi-national manufacturers. In addition to products sold in the mass retail channel and demonstrator-assisted channels, the Company’s products also compete with similar products sold in prestige and department stores, television shopping, door-to-door, specialty stores, the internet, perfumeries and other distribution outlets. Certain of the Company’s competitors include, among others, L’Oréal S.A., The Procter & Gamble Company, Avon Products, Inc. and The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (See Item 1A. Risk Factors — “Competition in the consumer products business could materially adversely affect the Company’s net sales and its share of the mass retail channel and could have an adverse affect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations”).

 

Patents, Trademarks and Proprietary Technology

 

The Company’s major trademarks are registered in the U.S. and in well over 100 other countries, and the Company considers trademark protection to be very important to its business. Significant trademarks include Revlon, ColorStay, Revlon Age Defying makeup with Botafirm, Super Lustrous, Almay, Almay

Smart Shade, Mitchum, Charlie, Jean Naté, Revlon ColorSilk and, outside the U.S., Gatineau and Ultima II. The Company regularly renews its trademark registrations in the ordinary course of business.

 

The Company utilizes certain proprietary, patent-pending or patented technologies in the formulation, packaging or manufacture of a number of the Company’s products, including, among others, Revlon ColorStay cosmetics, including Revlon ColorStay Soft & Smooth and the Revlon ColorStay mineral collection; Revlon Age Defying the Revlon Beyond Natural collection; Revlon Beyond Natural lipcolor; Fabulash mascara; classic Revlon nail enamel; Almay Smart Shade makeup; Almay One Coat cosmetics; Almay Triple Effect mascara; Mitchum anti-perspirant; and the new Revlon Pedi-Expert pedicure tool. The Company also protects certain of its packaging and component concepts through patents. The Company considers its proprietary technology and patent protection to be important to its business.

 

The Company files patents on a continuing basis in the ordinary course of business on certain of the Company’s new technologies. Patents in the U.S. are effective for up to 20 years and international patents are generally effective for up to 20 years. The patents that the Company currently has in place expire at various times between 2009 and 2029 and the Company expects to continue to file patent applications on certain of its technologies in the ordinary course of business in the future.

 

Government Regulation

 

The Company is subject to regulation by the Federal Trade Commission (the “FTC”) and the Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) in the U.S., as well as various other federal, state, local and foreign regulatory authorities, including the European Commission in the European Union (the “EU”). The Company’s Oxford, North Carolina manufacturing facility is registered with the FDA as a drug manufacturing establishment, permitting the manufacture of cosmetics that contain over-the-counter drug ingredients, such as sunscreens and anti-perspirants. Compliance with federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations pertaining to discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment, has not had, and is not anticipated to have, a material effect on the Company’s capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position. Regulations in the U.S., the EU and in other countries in which the Company operates that are designed to protect consumers or the environment have an increasing influence on the Company’s product claims, ingredients and packaging.

 

Industry Segments, Foreign and Domestic Operations

 

The Company operates in a single segment. Certain geographic, financial and other information of the Company is set forth in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Note 19 “Geographic, Financial and Other Information” to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company.

 

Employees

 

As of December 31, 2008, the Company employed approximately 5,600 people. As of December 31, 2008, approximately 20 of such employees in the U.S. were covered by collective bargaining agreements. The Company believes that its employee relations are satisfactory. Although the Company has experienced minor work stoppages of limited duration in the past in the ordinary course of business, such work stoppages have not had a material effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

Available Information

 

The public may read and copy any materials that the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, D.C. 20549. Information in the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file with the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. The Company’s Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements and amendments to those reports, are also available free of charge on our internet website at http://www.revloninc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC.

 

 

In addition to the other information in this report, investors should consider carefully the following risk factors when evaluating the Company’s business.

 

Revlon, Inc. is a holding company with no business operations of its own and is dependent on its subsidiaries to pay certain expenses and dividends. In addition, shares of the capital stock of Products Corporation, Revlon, Inc.’s wholly-owned operating subsidiary, are pledged by Revlon, Inc. to secure its obligations under the 2006 Credit Agreements.

 

Revlon, Inc. is a holding company with no business operations of its own. Revlon, Inc.’s only material asset is all of the outstanding capital stock of Products Corporation, Revlon, Inc.’s wholly-owned operating subsidiary, through which Revlon, Inc. conducts its business operations. As such, Revlon, Inc.’s net income (loss) has historically consisted predominantly of its equity in the net income (loss) of Products Corporation, which for 2008, 2007 and 2006 was approximately $65.8 million, $(9.0) million and $(244.5) million, respectively, which excluded approximately $7.7 million, $7.0 million and $6.6 million, respectively, in expenses primarily related to Revlon, Inc. being a public holding company. Revlon, Inc. is dependent on the earnings and cash flow of, and dividends and distributions from, Products Corporation to pay Revlon, Inc.’s expenses incidental to being a public holding company. Products Corporation may not generate sufficient cash flow to pay dividends or distribute funds to Revlon, Inc. because, for example, Products Corporation may not generate sufficient cash or net income; state laws may restrict or prohibit Products Corporation from issuing dividends or making distributions unless Products Corporation has sufficient surplus or net profits, which Products Corporation may not have; or because contractual restrictions, including negative covenants contained in Products Corporation’s various debt instruments, may prohibit or limit such dividends or distributions.

 

The terms of the 2006 Credit Agreements, the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes generally restrict Products Corporation from paying dividends or making distributions, except that Products Corporation is permitted to pay dividends and make distributions to Revlon, Inc., among other things, to enable Revlon, Inc. to make certain payments and pay expenses incidental to being a public holding company.

 

All of the shares of the capital stock of Products Corporation held by Revlon, Inc. are pledged to secure Revlon, Inc.’s guarantee of Products Corporation’s obligations under the 2006 Credit Agreements. A foreclosure upon the shares of Products Corporation’s common stock would result in Revlon, Inc. no longer holding its only material asset and would have a material adverse effect on the holders of Revlon, Inc.’s Common Stock and would be a change of control under Products Corporation’s other debt instruments.

 

Products Corporation’s substantial indebtedness could adversely affect the Company’s operations and flexibility and Products Corporation’s ability to service its debt.

 

Products Corporation has a substantial amount of outstanding indebtedness. As of December 31, 2008, the Company’s total indebtedness was $1,331.4 million, primarily including $833.7 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under the 2006 Term Loan Facility, $390.0 million in aggregate principal face amount outstanding of Products Corporation’s 91/2% Senior Notes, $107.0 million aggregate principal amount outstanding under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan and nil under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility. (See “Recent Developments”). The Company has a history of net losses prior to 2008 and, in addition, if it is unable to achieve sustained profitability in future periods, it could adversely affect the Company’s operations and Products Corporation’s ability to service its debt.

 

The Company is subject to the risks normally associated with substantial indebtedness, including the risk that the Company’s operating revenues will be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest, and the risk that Products Corporation will be unable to refinance existing indebtedness when it

becomes due or that the terms of any such refinancing will be less favorable than the current terms of such indebtedness. Products Corporation’s substantial indebtedness could also:

 

 

Although agreements governing Products Corporation’s indebtedness, including the 2006 Credit Agreements, the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement, limit Products Corporation’s ability to borrow additional money, under certain circumstances Products Corporation is allowed to borrow a significant amount of additional money, some of which, in certain circumstances and subject to certain limitations, could be secured indebtedness.

 

Products Corporation’s ability to pay the principal of its indebtedness depends on many factors.

 

The MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan expires on the earlier of (1) the date that Revlon, Inc. issues equity with gross proceeds of at least $107 million, which proceeds would be contributed to Products Corporation and used to repay the $107 million remaining aggregate principal balance of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, or (2) August 1, 2010. The 91/2% Senior Notes mature in April 2011 and the 2006 Credit Agreements mature in January 2012. Products Corporation currently anticipates that, in order to pay the principal amount of its outstanding indebtedness upon the occurrence of any event of default, to repurchase its 91/2% Senior Notes if a change of control occurs or in the event that Products Corporation’s cash flows from operations are insufficient to allow it to pay the principal amount of its indebtedness at maturity, the Company may be required to refinance Products Corporation’s indebtedness, seek to sell assets or operations, seek to sell additional Revlon, Inc. equity or debt securities or Products Corporation debt securities or seek additional capital contributions or loans from MacAndrews & Forbes or from the Company’s other affiliates or third parties. The Company may be unable to take any of these actions, because of a variety of commercial or market factors or constraints in Products Corporation’s debt instruments, including, for example, market conditions being unfavorable for an equity or debt issuance, additional capital contributions or loans not being available from affiliates and/or third parties, or that the transactions may not be permitted under the terms of the various debt instruments then in effect, such as due to restrictions on the incurrence of debt, incurrence of liens, asset dispositions and/or related party transactions.

 

Revlon, Inc. is a public holding company and has no business operations of its own, and Revlon, Inc.’s only material asset is the capital stock of Products Corporation. None of the Company’s affiliates are required to make any capital contributions, loans or other payments to Products Corporation regarding its obligations on its indebtedness. Products Corporation may not be able to pay the principal amount of its indebtedness if the Company took any of the above actions because, under certain circumstances, the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes or any of its other debt instruments (including the 2006 Credit Agreements and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated

Term Loan Agreement) or the debt instruments of Products Corporation’s subsidiaries then in effect may not permit the Company to take such actions. (See “Restrictions and covenants in Products Corporation’s debt agreements limit its ability to take certain actions and impose consequences in the event of failure to comply”).

 

Additionally, the economic conditions during the latter part of 2008 and in early 2009 and the recent volatility in the financial markets have contributed to a substantial tightening of the credit markets and a reduction in credit availability, including lending by financial institutions. If the tightening of the credit markets and reduction in credit availability continue for an extended period, the Company may be unable to refinance or replace Products Corporation’s outstanding indebtedness at or prior to their respective maturity dates, which would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

Restrictions and covenants in Products Corporation’s debt agreements limit its ability to take certain actions and impose consequences in the event of failure to comply.

 

Agreements governing Products Corporation’s indebtedness, including the 2006 Credit Agreements, the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement, contain a number of significant restrictions and covenants that limit Products Corporation’s ability and its subsidiaries’ ability, among other things (subject in each case to limited exceptions), to:

 

 

In addition, the 2006 Credit Agreements contain financial covenants limiting Products Corporation’s senior secured debt-to-EBITDA ratio (in the case of the 2006 Term Loan Agreement) and, under certain circumstances, requiring Products Corporation to maintain a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (in the case of the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement). These covenants affect Products Corporation’s operating flexibility by, among other things, restricting its ability to incur expenses and indebtedness that could be used to fund the costs of executing the Company’s business strategy and to grow the Company’s business, as well as to fund general corporate purposes.

 

The breach of certain covenants contained in the 2006 Credit Agreements would permit Products Corporation’s lenders to accelerate amounts outstanding under the 2006 Credit Agreements, which would in turn constitute an event of default under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes, if the amount accelerated exceeds $25.0 million and such default remains uncured for 10 days following notice from MacAndrews & Forbes with respect to the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement or the trustee or holders of the applicable percentage under the 91/2% Senior Notes indenture.

 

In addition, holders of Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes may require Products Corporation to repurchase their respective notes in the event of a change of control under the 91/2% Senior Notes indenture. (See “Products Corporation’s ability to pay the principal of its indebtedness depends on many factors”). Products Corporation may not have sufficient funds at the time of any such breach of any such covenant or change of control to repay in full the borrowings under the 2006 Credit Agreements, the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement or to repurchase or redeem its outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes.

 

Events beyond the Company’s control, such as decreased consumer spending in response to weak economic conditions or weakness in the cosmetics category in the mass retail channel; adverse changes in currency; decreased sales of the Company’s products as a result of increased competitive activities by the Company’s competitors; changes in consumer purchasing habits, including with respect to shopping channels; retailer inventory management; retailer space reconfigurations or reductions in retailer display space; less than anticipated results from the Company’s existing or new products or from its advertising and/or marketing plans; or if the Company’s expenses, including, without limitation, for advertising and promotions or for returns related to any reduction of retail space, product discontinuances or otherwise, exceed the anticipated level of expenses, could impair the Company’s operating performance, which could affect Products Corporation’s ability and that of its subsidiaries to comply with the terms of Products Corporation’s debt instruments.

 

Under such circumstances, Products Corporation and its subsidiaries may be unable to comply with the provisions of Products Corporation’s debt instruments, including the financial covenants in the 2006 Credit Agreements. If Products Corporation is unable to satisfy such covenants or other provisions at any future time, Products Corporation would need to seek an amendment or waiver of such financial covenants or other provisions. The respective lenders under the 2006 Credit Agreements may not consent to any amendment or waiver requests that Products Corporation may make in the future, and, if they do consent, they may not do so on terms which are favorable to it and/or Revlon, Inc.

 

In the event that Products Corporation was unable to obtain any such waiver or amendment and it was not able to refinance or repay its debt instruments, Products Corporation’s inability to meet the financial covenants or other provisions of the 2006 Credit Agreements would constitute an event of default under its debt instruments, including the 2006 Credit Agreements, which would permit the bank lenders to accelerate the 2006 Credit Agreements, which in turn would constitute an event of default under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and the indenture governing Products Corporation’s outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes, if the amount accelerated exceeds $25.0 million and such default remains uncured for 10 days following notice from MacAndrews & Forbes with respect to the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement or the trustee under the 91/2% Senior Notes indenture.

 

Products Corporation’s assets and/or cash flow and/or that of Products Corporation’s subsidiaries may not be sufficient to fully repay borrowings under its outstanding debt instruments, either upon maturity or if accelerated upon an event of default, and if Products Corporation was required to repurchase its outstanding 91/2% Senior Notes or repay the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan upon a change of control, Products Corporation may be unable to refinance or restructure the payments on such debt. Further, if Products Corporation was unable to repay, refinance or restructure its indebtedness under the 2006 Credit Agreements, the lenders could proceed against the collateral securing that indebtedness.

 

Limits on Products Corporation’s borrowing capacity under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility may affect the Company’s ability to finance its operations.

 

While the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility currently provides for up to $160.0 million of commitments, Products Corporation’s ability to borrow funds under this facility is limited by a borrowing base determined relative to the value, from time to time, of eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory in the U.S. and the U.K. and eligible real property and equipment in the U.S.

 

If the value of these eligible assets is not sufficient to support the full $160.0 million borrowing base, Products Corporation will not have full access to the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, but rather could have access to a lesser amount determined by the borrowing base. Further, if Products Corporation borrows funds under this facility, subsequent changes in the value or eligibility of the assets within the borrowing base could cause Products Corporation to be required to pay down the amounts outstanding so that there is no amount outstanding in excess of the then-existing borrowing base.

 

Products Corporation’s ability to make borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility is also conditioned upon its compliance with other covenants in the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement, including a

fixed charge coverage ratio that applies when the “excess borrowing base” (representing the difference between (1) the borrowing base under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and (2) the amounts outstanding under such facility) is less than $20.0 million. Because of these limitations, Products Corporation may not always be able to meet its cash requirements with funds borrowed under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

At January 31, 2009, the 2006 Term Loan Facility was fully drawn, and the Company had a liquidity position of approximately $184.0 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents (net of any outstanding checks) of $55.1 million, as well as $128.9 million in available borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, based upon the calculated borrowing base less approximately $13.1 million of outstanding letters of credit. The 2006 Revolving Credit Facility was undrawn at such date.

 

The 2006 Revolving Credit Facility is syndicated to a group of banks and financial institutions. Each bank is responsible to lend its portion of the $160 million commitment if and when Products Corporation seeks to draw under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility. The lenders may assign their commitments to other banks and financial institutions in certain cases without prior notice to Products Corporation. If a lender is unable to meet its lending commitment, then the other lenders under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility have the right, but not the obligation, to lend additional funds to make up for the defaulting lender’s commitment, if any. While Products Corporation has never had any of its lenders under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility or any predecessor revolving credit facility fail to fulfill their lending commitment, economic conditions in late 2008 and early 2009 and the volatility in the financial markets have impacted the liquidity and financial condition of certain banks and financial institutions. Based on information available to the Company, the Company has no reason to believe that any of the lenders under Products Corporation’s 2006 Revolving Credit Facility would be unable to fulfill their commitments under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility as of December 31, 2008. However, if one or more lenders under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility were unable to fulfill their commitment to lend, such inability would impact the Company’s liquidity and, depending upon the amount involved and the Company’s liquidity requirements, could have an adverse affect on the Company’s ability to fund its operations, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

A substantial portion of Products Corporation’s indebtedness is subject to floating interest rates.

 

A substantial portion of Products Corporation’s indebtedness is subject to floating interest rates, which makes the Company more vulnerable in the event of adverse economic conditions, increases in prevailing interest rates or a downturn in the Company’s business. As of December 31, 2008, $534.2 million of Products Corporation’s total indebtedness, or approximately 40% of Products Corporation’s total indebtedness, was subject to floating interest rates, after giving effect to the Interest Rate Swaps.

 

Under the 2006 Term Loan Facility, loans bear interest, at Products Corporation’s option, at either the Eurodollar Rate plus 4.0% per annum, which is based upon LIBOR, or the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the 2006 Term Loan Agreement) plus 3.0% per annum, which Alternate Base Rate is based on the greater of Citibank, N.A.’s announced base rate and the U.S. federal funds rate plus 0.5%; provided that pursuant to the 2007 Interest Rate Swap transaction that Products Corporation entered into in September 2007 with Citibank, N.A. acting as the counterparty, the LIBOR portion of the interest rate on $150.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under the 2006 Term Loan Facility was effectively fixed at 4.692% through September 17, 2009 (which, based upon the 4.0% applicable margin, effectively fixed the interest rate on such notional amount at 8.692% for the 2-year term of the 2007 Interest Rate Swap) and pursuant to the 2008 Interest Rate Swap transaction that Products Corporation entered into in April 2008 with Citibank, N.A. acting as the counterparty, the LIBOR portion of the interest rate on $150.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under the 2006 Term Loan Facility was effectively fixed at 2.66% through April 16, 2010 (which, based upon the 4.0% applicable margin, effectively fixed the interest rate on such notional amount at 6.66% for the 2-year term of the 2008 Interest Rate Swap). Under the terms of the Interest Rate Swaps, Products Corporation is required to pay to the counterparty a quarterly fixed interest rate of 4.692% on the $150.0 million notional amount under the 2007 Interest Rate Swap, which commenced in December 2007,

and a quarterly fixed interest rate of 2.66% on the $150.0 million notional amount under the 2008 Interest Rate Swap, which commenced in June 2008 while receiving under each of the Interest Rate Swaps variable interest rate payments from the counterparty equal to the three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR. Borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility (other than loans in foreign currencies) bear interest at a rate equal to, at Products Corporation’s option, either (i) the Eurodollar Rate plus 2.0% per annum or (ii) the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement) plus 1.0% per annum. Loans in foreign currencies bear interest in certain limited circumstances, or if mutually acceptable to Products Corporation and the relevant foreign lenders, at the Local Rate, and otherwise at the Eurocurrency Rate (as each such term is defined in the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement), in each case plus 2.0%.

 

If any of LIBOR, the base rate, the U.S. federal funds rate or such equivalent local currency rate increases, the Company’s debt service costs will increase to the extent that Products Corporation has elected such rates for its outstanding loans.

 

Based on the amounts outstanding under the 2006 Credit Agreements and other short-term borrowings (which, in the aggregate, is Products Corporation’s only debt currently subject to floating interest rates and after giving effect to the Interest Rate Swaps) as of December 31, 2008, an increase in LIBOR of 1% would increase the Company’s annual interest expense by approximately $5.4 million. Increased debt service costs would adversely affect the Company’s cash flow. While Products Corporation may enter into other interest hedging contracts, the 2006 Credit Agreements limit the notional amount that may be outstanding on such transactions at any time to $300 million, which amount is currently outstanding. Products Corporation may not be able to enter into additional hedging contracts on a cost-effective basis, any additional hedging transactions it might enter into may not achieve their intended purpose and shifts in interest rates may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company depends on its Oxford, North Carolina facility for production of a substantial portion of its products. Disruptions to this facility, or at other third party facilities at which the Company’s products are manufactured, could affect the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company produces a substantial portion of its products at its Oxford, North Carolina facility. Significant unscheduled downtime at this facility, or at other third party facilities at which the Company’s products are manufactured, whether due to equipment breakdowns, power failures, natural disasters, weather conditions hampering delivery schedules or other disruptions, including those caused by transitioning manufacturing from other facilities to the Company’s Oxford, North Carolina facility, or any other cause could adversely affect the Company’s ability to provide products to its customers, which could affect the Company’s sales, business, financial condition and/or results of operations. Additionally, if product sales exceed forecasts or production, the Company could, from time to time, not have an adequate supply of products to meet customer demands, which could cause the Company to lose sales.

 

The Company’s new product introductions may not be as successful as the Company anticipates, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company has implemented a rigorous process for the continuous development and evaluation of new product concepts, formed in 2007 and led by senior executives in marketing, sales, product development, operations, law and finance, which has improved the Company’s new product commercialization process and created a comprehensive portfolio strategy. This new process is intended to optimize the Company’s ability to regularly bring to market its innovative new product offerings and to manage the Company’s product portfolio. Each new product launch, including those resulting from this new product development process, carries risks, as well as the possibility of unexpected consequences, including:

 

 

 

Each of the risks referred to above could delay or impede the Company’s ability to achieve its sales objectives, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company’s ability to service its debt and meet its cash requirements depends on many factors, including achieving anticipated levels of revenue and expenses. If such revenue or expense levels prove to be other than as anticipated, the Company may be unable to meet its cash requirements or Products Corporation may be unable to meet the requirements of the financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company currently expects that operating revenues, cash on hand, and funds available for borrowing under the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement and other permitted lines of credit will be sufficient to enable the Company to cover its operating expenses for 2009, including cash requirements in connection with the execution of the Company’s business strategy, purchases of permanent wall displays, capital expenditure requirements, payments in connection with the Company’s restructuring programs, severance not otherwise included in the Company’s restructuring programs, debt service payments and costs and regularly scheduled pension and post-retirement plan contributions and benefit payments.

 

If the Company’s anticipated level of revenue is not achieved, however, because of, for example, decreased consumer spending in response to weak economic conditions or weakness in the cosmetics category in the mass retail channel; adverse changes in currency; decreased sales of the Company’s products as a result of increased competitive activities by the Company’s competitors; changes in consumer purchasing habits, including with respect to shopping channels; retailer inventory management; retailer space reconfigurations or reductions in retailer display space; less than anticipated results from the Company’s existing or new products or from its advertising and/or marketing plans; or if the Company’s

expenses, including, without limitation, for advertising and promotions or for returns related to any reduction of retail space, product discontinuances or otherwise, exceed the anticipated level of expenses, the Company’s current sources of funds may be insufficient to meet its cash requirements. In addition, such developments, if significant, could reduce the Company’s revenues and could adversely affect Products Corporation’s ability to comply with certain financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements.

 

If operating revenues, cash on hand and funds available for borrowing are insufficient to cover the Company’s expenses or are insufficient to enable Products Corporation to comply with the financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements, the Company could be required to adopt one or more alternatives listed below:

 

 

If the Company is required to take any of these actions, it could have a material adverse effect on its business, financial condition and/or results of operations. In addition, the Company may be unable to take any of these actions, because of a variety of commercial or market factors or constraints in Products Corporation’s debt instruments, including, for example, market conditions being unfavorable for an equity or debt issuance, additional capital contributions or loans not being available from affiliates and/or third parties, or that the transactions may not be permitted under the terms of the various debt instruments then in effect, such as due to restrictions on the incurrence of debt, incurrence of liens, asset dispositions and/or related party transactions.

 

Such actions, if ever taken, may not enable the Company to satisfy its cash requirements or enable Products Corporation to comply with the financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements if the actions do not result in sufficient savings or generate a sufficient amount of additional capital, as the case may be. See also, “— Restrictions and covenants in Products Corporation’s debt agreements limit its ability to take certain actions and impose consequences in the event of failure to comply” which discusses, among other things, the consequences of noncompliance with Products Corporation’s credit agreement covenants.

 

Economic conditions and the volatility in the financial markets could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations or on the financial condition of its customers and suppliers.

 

The economic conditions in late 2008 and early 2009 and the volatility in the financial markets in late 2008 and early 2009, both in the U.S. and in many other countries where the Company operates, have contributed and may continue to contribute to higher unemployment levels, decreased consumer spending, reduced credit availability and/or declining business and consumer confidence. Such conditions could have an impact on consumer purchases and/or retail customer purchases of the Company’s products, which could result in a reduction of sales, operating income and cash flows. This could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations. Additionally, disruptions in the credit and other financial markets and economic conditions could, among other things, impair the financial

condition of one or more of the Company’s customers or suppliers, thereby increasing the risk of customer bad debts or non-performance by suppliers.

 

The Company depends on a limited number of customers for a large portion of its net sales and the loss of one or more of these customers could reduce the Company’s net sales and have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

For 2008, 2007 and 2006, Wal-Mart, Inc. accounted for approximately 23%, 24% and 23%, respectively, of the Company’s worldwide net sales. The Company expects that for 2009 and future periods, Wal-Mart and a small number of other customers will, in the aggregate, continue to account for a large portion of the Company’s net sales. These customers have demanded, and may continue to demand, increased service and other accomodations. The Company may be affected by changes in the policies and demands of its retail customers relating to service levels, inventory de-stocking or limitations on access to wall display space. As is customary in the consumer products industry, none of the Company’s customers is under an obligation to continue purchasing products from the Company in the future.

 

The loss of Wal-Mart or one or more of the Company’s other customers that may account for a significant portion of the Company’s net sales, or any significant decrease in sales to these customers, including as a result of retailer consolidation, or any significant decrease in the Company’s retail display space in any of these customers’ stores, could reduce the Company’s net sales and therefore could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

Declines in the financial markets will result in increased pension expense and increased cash contributions to the Company’s pension plans.

 

Declines in the U.S. and global financial markets in late 2008 resulted in significant declines on pension plan assets for 2008, which will result in increased pension expense for 2009 and increased cash contributions to the Company’s pension plans for 2010 and beyond. Future volatility in the financial markets may further affect the Company’s return on pension plan assets for 2009 and in subsequent years. Such volatility could also affect the discount rate used to value the Company’s year-end pension benefit obligations. One or more of these factors, individually or taken together, could further impact required cash contributions to the Company’s pension plans and pension expense in 2010 and beyond. Any one or more of these conditions could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company may be unable to increase its sales through the Company’s primary distribution channels, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

In the U.S., mass volume retailers and chain drug and food stores currently are the primary distribution channels for the Company’s products. Additionally, other channels, including prestige and department stores, television shopping, door-to-door, specialty stores, the internet, perfumeries and other distribution outlets, combined account for a significant amount of sales of cosmetics and beauty care products. A decrease in consumer demand in the U.S. mass retail channel for color cosmetics, retailer inventory management, a reduction in retailer display space and/or a change in consumers’ purchasing habits, such as by buying more cosmetics and beauty care products in channels in which the Company does not currently compete, could impact the sales of its products through these distribution channels, which could reduce the Company’s net sales and therefore have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

Competition in the cosmetics and beauty care products business could materially adversely affect the Company’s net sales and its share of the mass retail channel and could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The cosmetics and beauty care products business is highly competitive. The Company competes primarily on the basis of:

 

 

 

An increase in the amount of competition that the Company faces could have a material adverse effect on its share of the mass retail channel and revenues. The Company experienced significant declines in its share in color cosmetics in the U.S. mass retail channel from approximately 32% in the second quarter of 1998 to approximately 22% in the second quarter of 2002. In 2008, the Company achieved a combined U.S. color cosmetics share in the U.S. mass retail channel of 18.6% (with the Revlon brand registering a U.S. mass retail channel share of 12.7% for 2008, compared to 12.9% for 2007, and the Almay brand registering a U.S. mass retail channel share of 5.9% for 2008, compared to 6.0% for 2007). It is possible that declines in the Company’s share of the mass retail channel could occur in the future.

 

In addition, the Company competes against a number of multi-national manufacturers, some of which are larger and have substantially greater resources than the Company, and which may therefore have the ability to spend more aggressively on advertising and marketing and have more flexibility to respond to changing business and economic conditions than the Company. In addition to products sold in the mass retail channel, the Company’s products also compete with similar products sold through other channels, including prestige and department stores, television shopping, door-to-door, specialty stores, the internet, perfumeries and other distribution outlets.

 

Additionally, the Company’s major retail customers periodically assess the allocation of retail display space among competitors and in the course of doing so could elect to reduce the display space allocated to the Company’s products, if, for example, the Company’s marketing strategies for its new and/or existing products are less effective than planned, fail to effectively reach the targeted consumer base or engender the desired consumption; and/or the rate of purchases by the Company’s consumers are not as high as the Company anticipates. Any significant loss of display space could have an adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company’s foreign operations are subject to a variety of social, political and economic risks and have been, and are expected to continue to be affected by foreign currency fluctuation, which could adversely affect the results of the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations and the value of its foreign assets.

 

As of December 31, 2008, the Company had operations based in 14 foreign countries and its products were sold throughout the world. The Company is exposed to the risk of changes in social, political and economic conditions inherent in operating in foreign countries, including those in Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America (including Venezuela) and South Africa, which could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations. Such changes include changes in the laws and policies that govern foreign investment in countries where the Company has operations, changes in consumer

purchasing habits including as to shopping channels, as well as, to a lesser extent, changes in U.S. laws and regulations relating to foreign trade and investment.

 

The Company’s net sales outside of the U.S. for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were approximately 42%, 41% and 41% of the Company’s total consolidated net sales, respectively. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have affected the Company’s results of operations and the value of its foreign assets in 2008, and may continue to affect the Company’s results of operations and the value of its foreign assets, which in turn may adversely affect the Company’s reported net sales and earnings and the comparability of period-to-period results of operations.

 

Products Corporation enters into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge certain cash flows denominated in foreign currency. The foreign currency forward exchange contracts are entered into primarily for the purpose of hedging anticipated inventory purchases and certain intercompany payments denominated in foreign currencies and generally have maturities of less than one year. At December 31, 2008, the notional amount of Products Corporation’s foreign currency forward exchange contracts was $41.0 million. The foreign currency forward exchange contracts that Products Corporation enters into may not adequately protect against foreign currency fluctuations.

 

Terrorist attacks, acts of war or military actions may adversely affect the markets in which the Company operates and the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

On September 11, 2001, the U.S. was the target of terrorist attacks of unprecedented scope. These attacks contributed to major instability in the U.S. and other financial markets and reduced consumer confidence. These terrorist attacks, as well as terrorist attacks such as those that have occurred in Madrid, Spain and London, England, military responses to terrorist attacks and future developments, or other military actions, such as the military actions in Iraq, may adversely affect prevailing economic conditions, resulting in reduced consumer spending and reduced demand for the Company’s products. These developments subject the Company’s worldwide operations to increased risks and, depending on their magnitude, could reduce net sales and therefore could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company’s products are subject to federal, state and international regulations that could adversely affect the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

The Company is subject to regulation by the FTC and the FDA, in the U.S., as well as various other federal, state, local and foreign regulatory authorities, including in the EU, Canada and other countries in which the Company operates. The Company’s Oxford, North Carolina manufacturing facility is registered with the FDA as a drug manufacturing establishment, permitting the manufacture of cosmetics that contain over-the-counter drug ingredients, such as sunscreens and anti-perspirants. Regulations in the U.S., the EU, Canada and in other countries in which the Company operates that are designed to protect consumers or the environment have an increasing influence on the Company’s product claims, ingredients and packaging. To the extent regulatory changes occur in the future, they could require the Company to reformulate or discontinue certain of its products or revise its product packaging or labeling, any of which could result in, among other things, increased costs to the Company, delays in product launches, product returns or recalls and lower net sales, and therefore could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations.

 

Shares of Revlon, Inc. Class A Common Stock and Products Corporation’s capital stock are pledged to secure various of Revlon, Inc.’s and/or other of the Company’s affiliates’ obligations and foreclosure upon these shares or dispositions of shares could result in the acceleration of debt under the 2006 Credit Agreements and could have other consequences.

 

All of Products Corporation’s shares of common stock are pledged to secure Revlon, Inc.’s guarantee under the 2006 Credit Agreements. MacAndrews & Forbes has advised the Company that it has pledged shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock to secure certain obligations of MacAndrews & Forbes. Additional shares of Revlon, Inc. and shares of common stock of intermediate holding companies between Revlon, Inc. and MacAndrews & Forbes may from time to time be pledged to secure obligations of

MacAndrews & Forbes. A default under any of these obligations that are secured by the pledged shares could cause a foreclosure with respect to such shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock, Products Corporation’s common stock or stock of intermediate holding companies.

 

A foreclosure upon any such shares of common stock or dispositions of shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock, Products Corporation’s common stock or stock of intermediate holding companies beneficially owned by MacAndrews & Forbes could, in a sufficient amount, constitute a “change of control” under the 2006 Credit Agreements, the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and the indenture governing the 91/2% Senior Notes. A change of control constitutes an event of default under the 2006 Credit Agreements, which would permit Products Corporation’s lenders to accelerate amounts outstanding under the 2006 Credit Facilities. In addition, holders of the 91/2% Senior Notes may require Products Corporation to repurchase their respective notes under those circumstances. Upon a change of control, Products Corporation would also be required, after fulfiling its repayment obligations under the 91/2% Senior Notes indenture, to repay in full the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan.

 

Products Corporation may not have sufficient funds at the time of any such change of control to repay in full the borrowings under the 2006 Credit Facilities or to repurchase or redeem the 91/2% Senior Notes and/or repay the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan. (See “The Company’s ability to service its debt and meet its cash requirements depends on many factors, including achieving anticipated levels of revenue and expenses. If such revenue or expense levels prove to be other than as anticipated, the Company may be unable to meet its cash requirements or Products Corporation may be unable to meet the requirements of the financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations”).

 

MacAndrews & Forbes has the power to direct and control the Company’s business.

 

MacAndrews & Forbes is wholly-owned by Ronald O. Perelman. Mr. Perelman, directly and through MacAndrews & Forbes, beneficially owned, at December 31, 2008, approximately 61% of Revlon, Inc.’s outstanding Class A and Class B Common Stock and controlled approximately 75% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A and Class B Common Stock. As a result, MacAndrews & Forbes is able to control the election of the entire Board of Directors of Revlon, Inc. and Products Corporation (as it is a wholly owned subsidiary of Revlon, Inc.) and controls the vote on all matters submitted to a vote of Revlon, Inc.’s and Products Corporation’s stockholders, including the approval of mergers, consolidations, sales of some, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, issuances of capital stock and similar transactions.

 

Delaware law, provisions of the Company’s governing documents and the fact that the Company is a controlled company could make a third-party acquisition of the Company difficult.

 

The Company is a Delaware corporation. The Delaware General Corporation Law contains provisions that could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire control of the Company. MacAndrews & Forbes controls the vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders, including the election of the Company’s entire Board of Directors and approval of mergers, consolidations, sales of some, all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, issuances of capital stock and similar transactions.

 

The Company’s certificate of incorporation makes available additional authorized shares of Class A Common Stock for issuance from time to time at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors without further action by the Company’s stockholders, except where stockholder approval is required by law or NYSE requirements. The Company’s certificate of incorporation also authorizes “blank check” preferred stock, whereby the Company’s Board of Directors has the authority to issue shares of preferred stock from time to time in one or more series and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and the relative participation, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions, of any unissued series of preferred stock, to fix the number of shares constituting such series, and to increase or decrease the number of shares of any such series (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding).

 

This flexibility to authorize and issue additional shares may be utilized for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings to raise additional capital and corporate acquisitions. These provisions, however, or MacAndrews & Forbes’ control of the Company, may be construed as having an anti-takeover effect to the extent they would discourage or render more difficult an attempt to obtain control of the Company by means of a proxy contest, tender offer, merger or otherwise, which could affect the market price for the shares held by the Company’s stockholders.

 

Future sales or issuances of Common Stock or the Company’s issuance of other equity securities may depress the Company’s stock price or dilute existing stockholders.

 

No prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that future sales of Common Stock, or the availability of Common Stock for future sales, will have on the market price of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. Sales in the public market of substantial amounts of Common Stock, including shares held by MacAndrews & Forbes, or investor perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing market prices for the Company’s Class A Common Stock.

 

In addition, as stated above, the Company’s certificate of incorporation makes available additional authorized shares of Common Stock for issuance from time to time at the discretion of the Company’s Board of Directors without further action by the Company’s stockholders, except where stockholder approval is required by law or NYSE requirements. The Company may also issue shares of “blank check” preferred stock or securities convertible into either common stock or preferred stock. Any future issuance of additional authorized shares of the Company’s Common Stock, preferred stock or securities convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock or preferred stock may dilute the Company’s existing stockholders’ equity interest in the Company. With respect to the Company’s Class A Common Stock, such future issuances could, among other things, dilute the earnings per share of the Company’s Class A Common Stock and the equity and voting rights of those stockholders holding the Company’s Class A Common Stock at the time of such future issuances.

 

 

None.

 

 

The following table sets forth, as of December 31, 2008, the Company’s major manufacturing, research and warehouse/distribution facilities, all of which are owned except where otherwise noted.

 

 

 

In addition to the facilities described above, the Company owns and leases additional facilities in various areas throughout the world, including the lease for the Company’s executive offices in New York, New York (approximately 76,500 square feet as of December 31, 2008). Management considers the Company’s facilities to be well-maintained and satisfactory for the Company’s operations, and believes that the Company’s facilities and third party contractual supplier arrangements provide sufficient capacity for its current and expected production requirements.

 

 

The Company is involved in various routine legal proceedings incident to the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that the outcome of all pending legal proceedings in the aggregate is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, results of operations and/or its consolidated financial condition.

 

 

None.

 

 

MacAndrews & Forbes, which is wholly-owned by Ronald O. Perelman, at December 31, 2008 beneficially owned (i) 28,207,735 shares of Class A Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) (20,166,143 shares of which were beneficially owned by MacAndrews & Forbes, 7,718,092 shares of which were owned by a holding company in which each of Mr. Perelman and the Ronald O. Perelman 2008 Trust owns 50% of the shares called RCH Holdings One Inc., 323,500 shares of which were owned directly by Mr. Perelman and 4,561,610 shares of which were beneficially owned by a family member of Mr. Perelman with respect to which shares MacAndrews & Forbes holds a voting proxy) and (ii) all of the outstanding 3,125,000 shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class B Common Stock, with a par value of $0.01 per share (the “Class B Common Stock” and together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”).

 

Based on the shares referenced in clauses (i) and (ii) above, and including Mr. Perelman’s vested stock options, Mr. Perelman, directly and indirectly, through MacAndrews & Forbes, at December 31, 2008, beneficially owned approximately 59% of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock, 100% of Revlon, Inc.’s Class B Common Stock, together representing approximately 61% of Revlon, Inc.’s outstanding shares of Common Stock and approximately 75% of the combined voting power of the outstanding shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Common Stock. The remaining 20,042,428 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding at December 31, 2008 were owned by the public.

 

Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock is listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). As of December 31, 2008, there were 671 holders of record of Class A Common Stock (which does not include the number of beneficial owners holding indirectly through a broker, bank or other nominee). No cash dividends were declared or paid during 2008 by Revlon, Inc. on its Common Stock. The terms of the 2006 Credit Agreements, the 91/2% Senior Notes indenture and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement currently restrict Products Corporation’s ability to pay dividends or make distributions to Revlon, Inc., except in limited circumstances.

 

The table below shows the high and low quarterly stock prices of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock on the NYSE consolidated tape for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 (as adjusted for the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split).

 

 

 

 

For information on securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans, see “Item 12 — Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Related Stockholder Matters”.

 

 

The Consolidated Statements of Operations Data for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2008 and the Balance Sheet Data as of December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 are derived from the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been audited by an independent registered public accounting firm. The Selected Consolidated Financial Data should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

 

As Ceil (the Company’s indirect Brazilian subsidiary which was disposed of in July 2008) was classified as a discontinued operation, effective in July 2008, the following amounts in the selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 have been updated to give effect to the Bozzano Sale Transaction. In addition, the following share and per share information included in the selected financial data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004 have been retroactively restated to give effect to the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split of Revlon, Inc.’s Common Stock.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Overview

 

Overview of the Business

 

The Company is providing this overview in accordance with the SEC’s December 2003 interpretive guidance regarding Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Revlon, Inc. (and together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) conducts its business exclusively through its direct wholly-owned operating subsidiary, Revlon Consumer Products Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Products Corporation”). Revlon, Inc. is a direct and indirect majority-owned subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings Inc. (“MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings” and together with certain of its affiliates other than the Company, “MacAndrews & Forbes”), a corporation wholly-owned by Ronald O. Perelman.

 

The Company operates in a single segment and manufactures, markets and sells an extensive array of cosmetics, women’s hair color, beauty tools, fragrances, skincare, anti-perspirants/deodorants and personal care products. The Company is one of the world’s leading cosmetics companies in the mass retail channel. The Company believes that its global brand name recognition, product quality and marketing experience have enabled it to create one of the strongest consumer brand franchises in the world.

 

For additional information regarding our business, see “Part 1 — Business” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

Overview of Sales and Earnings Results

 

Consolidated net sales in 2008 were $1,346.8 million, a decrease of $20.3 million, or 1.5%, compared to $1,367.1 million in 2007. Foreign currency fluctuations negatively impacted net sales by $8.4 million, or 0.9% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. Excluding foreign currency fluctuations, net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics increased 9% driven by increased new product introductions (with higher shipments and lower product returns, partially offset by higher promotional allowances). Increased net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics were offset by declines in net sales of Almay brand color cosmetics (with higher shipments of Almay brand color cosmetics offset by higher product returns and higher promotional allowances for Almay brand color cosmetics), and lower net sales of certain fragrance and beauty care brands.

 

In the United States, net sales in 2008 were $782.6 million, a decrease of $21.6 million, or 2.7%, compared to $804.2 million in 2007. Higher net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics were offset by lower net sales of Almay brand color cosmetics, fragrance and beauty care products. In the fragrance and beauty care categories, higher net sales of Revlon ColorSilk hair color and Revlon beauty tools in 2008 were offset by lower net sales of Revlon Colorist hair color, Revlon Flair fragrance and Mitchum Smart Solid anti-perspirant deodorant, which were launched in 2007.

 

In the Company’s international operations, net sales in 2008 were $564.2 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 0.2%, compared to $562.9 million in 2007. Excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations of $8.4 million, net sales in 2008 increased by 1.7% as a result of higher net sales of Revlon and Almay brand color cosmetics, Revlon beauty tools and Mitchum anti-perspirant deodorant, partially offset by lower net sales of fragrance and hair care products, compared to 2007. Higher net sales in the Company’s Asia Pacific and Latin America regions were partially offset by lower net sales in the Europe region.

 

Consolidated net income in 2008 was $57.9 million, as compared to a consolidated net loss of $16.1 million in 2007. Consolidated net income in 2008 included a $45.2 million one-time gain from the Bozzano Sale Transaction, which was included in net income from discontinued operations, and a loss from

discontinued operations of $0.4 million. The improvement in net income from continuing operations in 2008 compared to 2007 was primarily due to:

 

 

Overview of AC Nielsen-measured U.S. Mass Retail Dollar Share

 

According to ACNielsen, the U.S. mass retail color cosmetics category grew 3.8% in 2008 compared to 2007. U.S. mass retail dollar share results, according to ACNielsen, for the Revlon and Almay color cosmetics brands, and for Revlon ColorSilk hair color, Mitchum anti-perspirant/deodorant and Revlon beauty tools for the year ended December 31, 2008, as compared to the year-ago period, are summarized in the table below:

 

 

All U.S. mass retail dollar share dollar volume and related data herein for the Company’s brands are based upon retail sales in the U.S. mass retail channel, which are derived from ACNielsen data. ACNielsen measures retail sales volume of products sold by retailers in the U.S. mass retail channel. Such data represent ACNielsen’s estimates based upon samples of retail share data gathered by ACNielsen and are therefore subject to some degree of variance and may contain slight rounding differences. ACNielsen’s data does not reflect sales volume from Wal-Mart, Inc., which is the Company’s largest customer, representing approximately 23% of the Company’s full year 2008 worldwide net sales, or sales volume from regional mass volume retailers, prestige, department stores, television shopping, door-to-door, specialty stores, internet, perfumeries or other distribution outlets, all of which are channels for cosmetics sales. From time to time, ACNielsen adjusts its methodology for data collection and reporting, which may result in adjustments to the categories and share data tracked by ACNielsen for both current and prior periods.

 

Overview of Financing Activities

 

In January 2008, Products Corporation entered into the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and on February 1, 2008 used the $170 million proceeds from such loan to repay in

full the $167.4 million remaining aggregate principal amount of Products Corporation’s 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes, which matured on February 1, 2008, and to pay $2.55 million of related fees and expenses. In connection with such repayment, Products Corporation also used cash on hand to pay $7.2 million of accrued and unpaid interest due on the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes. (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan” describing Products Corporation’s full repayment of the balance of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes in February 2008).

 

In September 2008, Products Corporation used $63 million of the net proceeds from the Bozzano Sale Transaction to partially repay $63 million of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan. Following such partial repayment, there remained outstanding $107 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan.

 

In November 2008, Products Corporation extended the maturity date of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan from August 2009 to the earlier of (1) the date that Revlon, Inc. issues equity with gross proceeds of at least $107 million, which proceeds would be contributed to Products Corporation and used to repay the $107 million remaining aggregate principal balance of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, or (2) August 1, 2010.

 

Other Factors

 

The Company expects its results in 2009 will be impacted from increased pension expense due to a significant decline in pension asset values in 2008, which began in late 2008, and may be further affected by adverse foreign currency fluctuations and uncertain global economic conditions. However, the Company’s objective is to maximize its business results in light of these conditions.

 

The Company expects pension and other post-retirement expenses (i.e., the net periodic benefit cost) to be approximately $30 million to $35 million in 2009, compared to $7.4 million in 2008. In addition, the Company expects cash contributions to its pension and other post-retirement benefit plans to be approximately $25 million to $30 million in 2009, compared to $12.8 million in 2008. In addition, the Company expects purchases of permanent wall displays and capital expenditures in 2009 to be approximately $50 million and $20 million, respectively.

 

Results of Operations

 

Year ended December 31, 2008 compared with the year ended December 31, 2007

 

In the tables, all amounts in millions and numbers in parenthesis (  ) denote unfavorable variances.

 

Net sales:

 

Consolidated net sales in 2008 were $1,346.8 million, a decrease of $20.3 million, or 1.5%, compared to $1,367.1 million in 2007. Foreign currency fluctuations negatively impacted net sales by $8.4 million, or 0.9% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations. Excluding foreign currency fluctuations, net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics increased 9% driven by increased new product introductions (with higher shipments and lower product returns, partially offset by higher promotional allowances). Increased net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics were offset by declines in net sales of Almay brand color cosmetics (with higher shipments of Almay brand color cosmetics offset by higher product returns and higher

promotional allowances for Almay brand color cosmetics), and lower net sales of certain fragrance and beauty care brands.

 

 

 

United States

 

In the United States, net sales in 2008 were $782.6 million, a decrease of $21.6 million, or 2.7%, compared to $804.2 million in 2007. Higher net sales of Revlon brand color cosmetics were offset by lower net sales of Almay brand color cosmetics, fragrance and beauty care products. In the fragrance and beauty care categories, higher net sales of Revlon ColorSilk hair color and Revlon beauty tools in 2008 were offset by lower net sales of Revlon Colorist hair color, Revlon Flair fragrance and Mitchum Smart Solid anti-perspirant deodorant, which were launched in 2007.

 

International

 

In the Company’s international operations, net sales in 2008 were $564.2 million, an increase of $1.3 million, or 0.2%, compared to $562.9 million in 2007. Excluding the unfavorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations of $8.4 million, net sales in 2008 increased by 1.7% as a result of higher net sales of Revlon and Almay brand color cosmetics, Revlon beauty tools and Mitchum anti-perspirant deodorant, partially offset by lower net sales of fragrance and hair care products, compared to 2007. Higher net sales in the Company’s Asia Pacific and Latin America regions in 2008, compared to 2007, were partially offset by lower net sales in the Europe region.

 

In Asia Pacific, which is comprised of Asia Pacific and Africa, net sales increased 3.7%, or 6.7% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, to $265.0 million compared to $255.6 million in 2007. This growth in net sales was due primarily to higher shipments of Revlon color cosmetics throughout the region and higher shipments of beauty care products and fragrances in South Africa (which together contributed approximately 5.3 percentage points to the increase in the region’s net sales for 2008, as compared with 2007).

 

In Europe, which is comprised of Europe, Canada and the Middle East, net sales decreased 4.9%, or 4.7% excluding the impact of foreign currency flutuations, to $200.8 million compared to $211.1 million in 2007. Lower shipments of fragrances and color cosmetics in the U.K., Italy and certain distributor markets (which together contributed approximately 6.3 percentage points to the decrease in the region’s net sales in 2008, as compared with 2007) were partially offset by higher shipments of Revlon and Almay color cosmetics in Canada (which offset by approximately 2.1 percentage points the decrease in the region’s net sales in 2008, as compared with 2007).

 

In Latin America, which is comprised of Mexico, Central America and South America, net sales increased 2.3%, or 2.4% excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, to $98.4 million compared to $96.2 million in 2007. The increase in net sales was primarily driven by higher net sales in Venezuela and Argentina (which together contributed approximately 10.7 percentage points to the increase in the region’s net sales in 2008, as compared with 2007), partially offset by lower shipments of beauty care products in Mexico and lower shipments of fragrances and color cosmetics in certain distributor markets (which offset by approximately 7.1 percentage points the Latin America region’s increase in net sales in 2008, as compared with 2007).

 

Gross profit:

 

 

The 0.5 percentage point increase in gross profit as a percentage of net sales for 2008, compared to 2007, was primarily due to:

 

 

SG&A expenses:

 

 

The decrease in SG&A expenses for 2008, as compared to 2007, was driven primarily by:

 

 

Restructuring costs:

 

 

During 2008, the Company recorded income of $8.4 million included in restructuring costs and other, net, primarily due to a gain of $7.0 million related to the sale of its facility in Mexico and a net gain of $5.9 million related to the sale of a non-core trademark. In addition, a $0.4 million favorable adjustment was recorded to restructuring costs associated with the 2006 Programs, primarily due to the charges for severance and other employee-related termination costs being slightly lower than originally estimated. These were partially offset by a restructuring charge of $4.9 million for the 2008 Programs, of which $0.8 million related to a restructuring in Canada, $1.1 million related to the Company’s decision to close and sell its facility in Mexico, $2.9 million related to the Company’s realignment of certain functions within customer business development, information management and administrative services in the U.S. and $0.1 million related to other various restructurings. Of the net $4.9 million of charges related to the 2008 Programs, $4.7 million of which were cash charges, $1.7 million was paid out in 2008 and $3.0 million is expected to be paid out by the end of 2009.

 

During 2007, the Company implemented the 2007 Programs, which consisted of the closure of the Company’s Irvington facility and personnel reductions within the Company’s Information Management (IM) function and the sales force in Canada, which actions were designed, for the IM function resources, to better align the Company’s information management plan, and in Canada, to improve the allocation of resources. Both actions resulted in reduced costs and an improvement in the Company’s operating profit margins. In connection with the 2007 Programs, the Company incurred a total of approximately $2.9 million of restructuring charges and other costs to implement these programs, consisting of approximately

$2.5 million of charges related to employee severance and other employee-related termination costs for the 2007 Programs and approximately $0.4 million of various other charges related to the closure of the Irvington facility. The Company recorded all $2.9 million of the restructuring charges for the 2007 Programs in 2007, all of which were cash charges. Of such charges, $2.3 million was paid out in 2007, $0.5 million was paid out in 2008 and approximately $0.1 million is expected to be paid out through 2009. In addition, in 2007, the Company recorded $4.4 million in restructuring expenses associated with the 2006 Programs for vacating leased space, employee severance and other employee-related termination costs. (See Note 3 “Restructuring Costs and Other, Net” to the Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the 2006 Programs).

 

Other expenses (income):

 

 

The decrease in interest expense for 2008, as compared to 2007, was due to lower weighted average borrowing rates and lower average debt levels. (See Note 9 “Long-Term Debt” to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

Provision for income taxes:

 

 

The increase in the tax provision for 2008, as compared to 2007, was attributable to favorable tax adjustments in 2007, which did not reoccur in 2008, as well as higher taxable income in certain jurisdictions outside the U.S. in 2008 versus 2007. The 2007 tax provision benefited from a $5.9 million reduction in tax liabilities due to the resolution of various international tax matters as a result of regulatory developments and the reduction of a valuation allowance by $4.2 million.

 

Year ended December 31, 2007 compared with the year ended December 31, 2006

 

In the tables, all amounts in millions and numbers in parenthesis ( ) denote unfavorable variances.

 

Net sales:

 

Consolidated net sales in 2007 increased $68.4 million, or 5.3%, to $1,367.1, as compared with $1,298.7 million in 2006. Excluding the favorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations, consolidated net sales increased by $46.2 million, or 3.6%, in 2007. Net sales for 2006 were reduced by approximately $20 million due to Vital Radiance, which was discontinued in September 2006.

 

 

 

United States

 

In the United States, net sales for 2007 increased by $39.3 million, or 5.1%, to $804.2 million, from $764.9 million in 2006. Net sales in the U.S. for 2006 were reduced by approximately $20 million due to Vital Radiance. Excluding the impact of Vital Radiance, the increase in net sales in 2007 compared to 2006 was due to higher shipments of beauty care products, primarily women’s hair color, and Almay color cosmetics, partially offset by lower shipments of Revlon color cosmetics in 2007.

 

International

 

In the Company’s international operations, foreign currency fluctuations favorably impacted net sales in 2007 by $22.2 million. Excluding the impact of foreign currency fluctuations, the $6.9 million increase in net sales in 2007 in the Company’s international operations, as compared with 2006, was driven primarily by higher shipments in the Asia Pacific region, partially offset by lower shipments in the Europe region, particularly in Canada. Net sales in Canada in 2006 were positively impacted by certain promotional programs in color cosmetics and the restage of Almay color cosmetics.

 

In Asia Pacific, which is comprised of Asia Pacific and Africa, the increase in net sales, excluding the favorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations, was due primarily to higher shipments in South Africa, and to a lesser extent, Australia and certain distributor markets and lower returns expense in Japan (which together contributed approximately 6.4 percentage points to the increase in net sales for the region in 2007, as compared with 2006). This increase was partially offset by lower shipments in Hong Kong and Taiwan (which together offset by approximately 1.4 percentage points the increase in net sales for the region for 2007, as compared with 2006). The higher shipments in South Africa were driven primarily by growth in color cosmetics and beauty care products. The higher shipments in Australia were driven primarily by growth in color cosmetics. The lower shipments in Hong Kong and Taiwan were driven primarily by a decline in color cosmetics.

 

In Europe, which is comprised of Europe, Canada and the Middle East, the decrease in net sales, excluding the favorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations, was due primarily to lower shipments of color cosmetics and beauty care products in Canada, partially offset by higher shipments of beauty tools. The decline in color cosmetics in Canada was due primarily to the favorable impact on 2006 net sales of promotions in color cosmetics, partially offset by lower returns and allowances of color cosmetics resulting from lower promotional sales in 2007. The net sales decline in Canada contributed approximately 4.0 percentage points to the decrease in net sales for the region for 2007, as compared with 2006.

 

In Latin America, which is comprised of Mexico, Central America and South America, the increase in net sales, excluding the favorable impact of foreign currency fluctuations, was driven primarily by higher shipments in Venezuela and, to a lesser extent, Argentina (which together contributed approximately 12.6 percentage points to the increase in net sales for the region in 2007, as compared with 2006). This increase was substantially offset by a net sales decline in Chile resulting from the move of the Chile subsidiary business to a distributor model during 2007 (which together offset approximately 4.1 percentage points of the increase in net sales for the region in 2007, as compared with 2006). The higher shipments in Venezuela and Argentina were driven primarily by growth in color cosmetics and beauty care products.

 

Gross profit:

 

 

The 3.6 percentage point increase in gross profit for 2007 compared to 2006 was primarily due to:

 

 

 

SG&A expenses:

 

 

The decrease in SG&A expenses for 2007 compared to 2006 was driven primarily by:

 

 

Restructuring costs:

 

 

In 2007, the Company recorded $7.3 million in restructuring expenses for vacating leased space, employee severance and other employee-related termination costs. (See Note 3, “Restructuring Costs and Other, Net” to the Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the 2007 Programs). In 2006, the Company recorded $27.4 million in restructuring expenses for employee severance and employee-related termination costs related to the 2006 Programs.

 

During 2007, the Company implemented the 2007 Programs, which consisted of the closure of the Company’s Irvington facility and personnel reductions within the Company’s Information Management (IM) function and the sales force in Canada, which actions were designed, for the IM function resources, to better align the Company’s information management plan, and in Canada, to improve the allocation of resources. Both actions resulted in reduced costs and an improvement in the Company’s operating profit margins. In connection with the 2007 Programs, the Company incurred a total of approximately $2.9 million of restructuring charges and other costs to implement these programs, consisting of approximately $2.5 million of charges related to employee severance and other employee-related termination costs for the 2007 Programs and approximately $0.4 million of various other charges related to the closure of the Irvington facility. The Company recorded all $2.9 million of the restructuring charges for the 2007 Programs

in 2007, all of which were cash charges. Of such charges, $2.3 million was paid out in 2007 and approximately $0.6 million is expected to be paid out through 2009.

 

In connection with the 2006 Programs, the Company recorded charges of approximately $32.9 million in 2006 and $5.0 million in 2007, respectively. Of the total $37.9 million of charges related to the 2006 Programs, approximately $30.6 million are expected to be paid in cash, of which approximately $10.4 million was paid out in 2006, $16.2 million was paid out in 2007 and approximately $4.0 million is expected to be paid out through 2009. As part of the 2006 Programs, the Company agreed in December 2006 to cancel its lease and modify the sublease of its New York City headquarters space, including vacating 23,000 square feet in December 2006 and vacating an additional 77,300 square feet in February 2007. These space reductions are resulting in savings in rental and related expense, while allowing the Company to maintain its corporate offices in a smaller, more efficient space, reflecting its streamlined organization.

 

Other expenses (income):

 

 

The decrease in interest expenses for 2007 compared to 2006 was primarily due to lower average borrowing rates on comparable debt levels (See Note 9 “Long-Term Debt” to the Consolidated Financial Statements).

 

 

For 2007, the loss on early extinguishment of debt represents the loss on the redemption in February 2007 of approximately $50 million in aggregate principal amount of Products Corporation’s 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes using a portion of the net proceeds of the $100 Million Rights Offering completed in January 2007 (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan” describing Products Corporation’s full repayment of the balance of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes in February 2008). In 2006, the loss on early extinguishment of debt represents the loss on the redemption in April 2006 of approximately $110 million in aggregate principal amount of Products Corporation’s 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes using the net proceeds of the $110 Million Rights Offering completed in March 2006.

 

 

In 2006, the Company incurred fees and expenses associated with the various amendments to Products Corporation’s 2004 Credit Agreement. See Note 9 “Long-Term Debt — Other Transactions under the 2004 Credit Agreement Prior to Its Complete Refinancing in December 2006” to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

Provision for income taxes:

 

 

The decrease in the provision for income taxes in 2007, as compared with 2006, was primarily attributable to the 2007 tax provision benefitting from a $5.9 million reduction in tax liabilities due to the resolution of various international tax matters as a result of regulatory developments and the reduction of a valuation allowance by $4.2 million, which together offset the effect of higher taxable income in 2007 in certain foreign jurisdictions.

 

Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities was $33.1 million, $0.3 million and $(139.7) million for 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The improvement in 2008 compared to 2007 was primarily due to net income of $57.9 million in 2008, as compared to a net loss in 2007 of $16.1 million, and the positive cash impact of changes in working capital. The improvement in 2007 compared to 2006 was primarily due to lower net loss and decreased purchases of permanent displays, partially offset by the cash impact of changes in net working capital, including cash used for product return settlements in 2007 related to the September 2006 discontinuance of Vital Radiance and lower trade receivables.

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities was $100.5 million, $(17.4) million and $(22.1) million for 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Capital expenditures were $20.7 million, $19.8 million and $22.1 million in 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Net cash provided by investing activities in 2008 included $107.6 million in gross proceeds from the Bozzano Sale Transaction (see Note 2, “Discontinued Operations” to the Consolidated Financial Statements) and $13.6 million in proceeds from the sale of a non-core trademark and certain other assets (which included net proceeds as a result of the sale of the Mexico facility).

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities was $(111.9) million, $29.1 million and $162.9 million for 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. Net cash used in financing activities for 2008 included the full repayment on February 1, 2008 of the $167.4 million remaining aggregate principal amount of Products Corporation’s 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes, which matured on February 1, 2008, and $43.5 million of repayments under the 2006 Revloving Credit Facility, offset by proceeds of $170.0 million from the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement, which Products Corporation used to repay in full such 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes on their February 1, 2008 maturity date, and to pay $2.55 million of related fees and expenses. In addition, in September 2008, the Company used $63.0 million of the net proceeds from the Bozzano Sale Transaction to repay $63.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, leaving $107 million in aggregate principal amount remaining outstanding under such loan.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for 2007 included net proceeds of $98.9 million from Revlon, Inc.’s issuance of Class A Common Stock as a result of the closing of the $100 Million Rights Offering in January 2007. Revlon, Inc.’s proceeds from the $100 Million Rights Offering were promptly transferred to Products Corporation, which it used in February 2007 to redeem $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes at an aggregate redemption price of $50.3 million, including $0.3 million of accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date. The remainder of such proceeds was used to repay approximately $43.3 million of indebtedness outstanding under Products Corporation’s 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, without any permanent reduction of that commitment, after incurring fees and expenses of approximately $1.1 million incurred in connection with the $100 Million Rights Offering, with approximately $5 million of the remaining proceeds then being available for general corporate purposes.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities for 2006 included net proceeds of $107.2 million from Revlon, Inc.’s issuance in March 2006 of Class A Common Stock in the $110 Million Rights Offering, borrowings during the second and third quarter of 2006 under the 2004 Multi-Currency Facility (as hereinafter defined) under the 2004 Credit Agreement, $100.0 million from borrowings under the Term Loan Add-on (as hereinafter defined) under the 2004 Credit Agreement and $840.0 million from borrowings under the 2006 Term Loan Facility.

 

The net proceeds from the $110 Million Rights Offering were promptly transferred to Products Corporation, which it used in April 2006, together with available cash, to redeem $109.7 million aggregate principal amount of its 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes at an aggregate redemption price of $111.8 million, including $2.1 million of accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date and to pay related financing costs of $9.4 million (the balance of which was repaid in full in February 2008 — See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan”). Products Corporation

used the proceeds from the $100.0 million Term Loan Add-on to repay in July 2006 $78.6 million of outstanding indebtedness under the 2004 Multi-Currency Facility under Products Corporation’s 2004 Credit Agreement, without any permanent reduction in the commitment under that facility, and the balance of $11.7 million, after the payment of fees and expenses incurred in connection with consummating such transaction, was used for general corporate purposes. Products Corporation used the proceeds from the $840.0 million 2006 Term Loan Facility to repay in December 2006 approximately $798.0 million of outstanding indebtedness under the 2004 Term Loan Facility, repay approximately $13.3 million of indebtedness outstanding under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and pay approximately $15.3 million of accrued interest and a $8.0 million prepayment fee.

 

At January 31, 2009, Products Corporation had a liquidity position of approximately $184.0 million, consisting of cash and cash equivalents (net of any outstanding checks) of approximately $55.1 million, as well as approximately $128.9 million in available borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility.

 

December 2006 — Credit Agreement Refinancing

 

In December 2006, Products Corporation refinanced its 2004 Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined), and, among other things, reduced its interest rates and extended the maturity dates for its bank credit facilities from July 9, 2009 to January 15, 2012 in the case of the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and from July 9, 2010 to January 15, 2012 in the case of the 2006 Term Loan Facility (as hereinafter defined).

 

In July 2004, Products Corporation entered into a credit agreement (the “2004 Credit Agreement”) with certain of its subsidiaries as local borrowing subsidiaries, a syndicate of lenders, Citicorp USA, Inc., as multi-currency administrative agent, term loan administrative agent and collateral agent, UBS Securities LLC as syndication agent and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner.

 

The 2004 Credit Agreement originally provided up to $960.0 million and consisted of a term loan facility of $800.0 million (the “2004 Term Loan Facility”) and a $160.0 million multi-currency revolving credit facility, the availability under which varied based upon the borrowing base that was determined based upon the value of eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory in the U.S. and the U.K. and eligible real property and equipment in the U.S. from time to time (the “2004 Multi-Currency Facility”).

 

As part of the December 2006 refinancing of the 2004 Credit Agreement, Products Corporation replaced the $800 million 2004 Term Loan Facility under its 2004 Credit Agreement with a 5-year, term loan facility (the “2006 Term Loan Facility”) in an original aggregate principal amount of $840 million pursuant to a term loan agreement, dated as of December 20, 2006, among Products Corporation, as borrower, the lenders party thereto, Citicorp USA, Inc., as administrative agent and collateral agent, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as syndication agent (with the agreement governing the 2006 Term Loan Facility being the “2006 Term Loan Agreement”). At January 31, 2009 the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the 2006 Term Loan Facility was $831.6 million due to regularly scheduled amortization payments. (See “Recent Developments”).

 

As part of this December 2006 bank refinancing, Products Corporation also amended and restated the 2004 Multi-Currency Facility by entering into a $160.0 million 2006 revolving credit agreement (the “2006 Revolving Credit Agreement”, and together with the 2006 Term Loan Agreement, the “2006 Credit Agreements”) that amended and restated the 2004 Credit Agreement (with such revolving credit facility being the “2006 Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the 2006 Term Loan Facility, the “2006 Credit Facilities”). At January 31, 2009, availability under the $160.0 million 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, based upon the calculated borrowing base less approximately $13.1 million of outstanding letters of credit and nil then drawn on the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, was approximately $128.9 million.

 

Availability under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility varies based on a borrowing base that is determined by the value of eligible accounts receivable and eligible inventory in the U.S. and the U.K. and eligible real property and equipment in the U.S. from time to time.

 

In each case subject to borrowing base availability, the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility is available to:

 

 

(ii) Products Corporation in swing line loans denominated in U.S. dollars up to $30 million;

 

 

If the value of the eligible assets is not sufficient to support a $160 million borrowing base under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, Products Corporation will not have full access to the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility. Products Corporation’s ability to make borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility is also conditioned upon the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent and Products Corporation’s compliance with other covenants in the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, including a fixed charge coverage ratio that applies if and when the excess borrowing base (representing the difference between (1) the borrowing base under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and (2) the amounts outstanding under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility) is less than $20.0 million.

 

Borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility (other than loans in foreign currencies) bear interest at a rate equal to, at Products Corporation’s option, either (i) the Eurodollar Rate plus 2.00% per annum or (ii) the Alternate Base Rate plus 1.00% per annum. Loans in foreign currencies bear interest in certain limited circumstances, or if mutually acceptable to Products Corporation and the relevant foreign lenders, at the Local Rate, and otherwise at the Eurocurrency Rate, in each case plus 2.00%. At December 31, 2008, there were no borrowings under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility.

 

Under the 2006 Term Loan Facility, Eurodollar Loans bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate plus 4.00% per annum and Alternate Base Rate loans bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus 3.00% per annum. At December 31, 2008, the effective weighted average interest rate for borrowings under the 2006 Term Loan Facility was 6.42%. (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resouces — Interest Rate Swap Transactions”).

 

The 2006 Credit Facilities are supported by, among other things, guarantees from Revlon, Inc. and, subject to certain limited exceptions, the domestic subsidiaries of Products Corporation. The obligations of Products Corporation under the 2006 Credit Facilities and the obligations under the guarantees are secured by, subject to certain limited exceptions, substantially all of the assets of Products Corporation and the subsidiary guarantors, including:

 

 

The liens on, among other things, inventory, accounts receivable, deposit accounts, investment property (other than the capital stock of Products Corporation and its subsidiaries), real property, equipment, fixtures and certain intangible property related thereto secure the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility on a first priority basis and the 2006 Term Loan Facility on a second priority basis. The liens on the capital stock of Products Corporation and its subsidiaries and intellectual property and certain other intangible property secure the 2006 Term Loan Facility on a first priority basis and the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility on a

second priority basis. Such arrangements are set forth in the Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of December 20, 2006, by and among Products Corporation and the lenders (the “2006 Intercreditor Agreement”). The 2006 Intercreditor Agreement also provides that the liens referred to above may be shared from time to time, subject to certain limitations, with specified types of other obligations incurred or guaranteed by Products Corporation, such as foreign exchange and interest rate hedging obligations (including the Interest Rate Swaps that Products Corporation entered into in September 2007 and April 2008 in connection with indebtedness outstanding under the 2006 Term Loan Facility — See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — Interest Rate Swap Transactions”) and foreign working capital lines.

 

Each of the 2006 Credit Facilities contains various restrictive covenants prohibiting Products Corporation and its subsidiaries from:

 

 

 

 

 

In addition to the foregoing, the 2006 Term Loan Facility contains a financial covenant limiting Products Corporation’s senior secured leverage ratio (the ratio of Products Corporation’s Senior Secured Debt (excluding debt outstanding under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility) to EBITDA, as each such term is defined in the 2006 Term Loan Facility) to 5.0 to 1.0 for each period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending during the period from December 31, 2008 to the January 2012 maturity date of the 2006 Term Loan Facility.

 

Under certain circumstances if and when the difference between (i) the borrowing base under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) the amounts outstanding under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility is less than $20.0 million for a period of 30 consecutive days or more, the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility requires

Products Corporation to maintain a consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio (the ratio of EBITDA minus Capital Expenditures to Cash Interest Expense for such period, as each such term is defined in the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility) of 1.0 to 1.0.

 

The events of default under each 2006 Credit Facility include customary events of default for such types of agreements, including:

 

 

 

 

 

If Products Corporation is in default under the senior secured leverage ratio under the 2006 Term Loan Facility or the consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, Products Corporation may cure such default by issuing certain equity securities to, or receiving capital contributions from, Revlon, Inc. and applying the cash therefrom which is deemed to increase EBITDA for the purpose of calculating the applicable ratio. This cure right may be exercised by Products Corporation two times in any four quarter period. Products Corporation was in compliance with all applicable covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements as of December 31, 2008.

 

2006 and 2007 Rights Offerings

 

March 2006 — $110 Million Rights Offering

 

In March 2006, Revlon, Inc. completed a $110 million rights offering of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock (including the related private placement to MacAndrews & Forbes, the “$110 Million Rights Offering”), which allowed each stockholder of record of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A and Class B Common Stock as of the close of business on February 13, 2006, the record date set by Revlon, Inc.’s Board of Directors, to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock. The subscription price for each share of Class A Common Stock purchased in the $110 Million Rights Offering, including shares purchased in the private placement by MacAndrews & Forbes, was $28.00 per share (as adjusted for the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split).

 

Upon completing the $110 Million Rights Offering, Revlon, Inc. promptly transferred the net proceeds to Products Corporation, which it used to redeem $109.7 million aggregate principal amount of its 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes in satisfaction of the applicable requirements under the 2004 Credit Agreement, at an aggregate redemption price of $111.8 million, including $2.1 million of accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date. (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan” regarding Products Corporation’s full repayment of the balance of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes upon maturity on February 1, 2008).

 

In completing the $110 Million Rights Offering, Revlon, Inc. issued an additional 3,928,571 shares of its Class A Common Stock (as adjusted for the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split), including 1,588,566 shares subscribed for by public shareholders (other than MacAndrews & Forbes) and 2,340,005 shares issued to MacAndrews & Forbes in a private placement directly from Revlon, Inc. pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement between Revlon, Inc. and MacAndrews & Forbes, dated as of February 17, 2006. The shares issued to MacAndrews & Forbes represented the number of shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock that MacAndrews & Forbes would otherwise have been entitled to purchase pursuant to its basic subscription privilege in the $110 Million Rights Offering (which was approximately 60% of the shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock offered in the $110 Million Rights Offering).

 

January 2007 — $100 Million Rights Offering

 

In January 2007, Revlon, Inc. completed a $100 million rights offering of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock (including the related private placement to MacAndrews & Forbes, the “$100 Million Rights Offering”), which allowed each stockholder of record of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A and Class B Common Stock as of the close of business on December 11, 2006, the record date set by Revlon, Inc.’s Board of Directors, to purchase additional shares of Class A Common Stock. The subscription price for each share of Class A Common Stock purchased in the $100 Million Rights Offering, including shares purchased in the private placement by MacAndrews & Forbes, was $10.50 per share (as adjusted for the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split).

 

Upon completing the $100 Million Rights Offering, Revlon, Inc. promptly transferred the net proceeds to Products Corporation, which it used in February 2007 to redeem $50.0 million aggregate principal amount of its 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes at an aggregate redemption price of $50.3 million, including $0.3 million of accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including, the redemption date (the balance of which was repaid in full in February 2008 — See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — 2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan”). Products Corporation used the remainder of such proceeds in January 2007 to repay approximately $43.3 million of indebtedness outstanding under Products Corporation’s 2006 Revolving Credit Facility, without any permanent reduction of that commitment, after paying fees and expenses of approximately $1.1 million incurred in connection with the $100 Million Rights Offering, with approximately $5 million of the remaining net proceeds then being available for general corporate purposes.

 

In completing the $100 Million Rights Offering, Revlon, Inc. issued an additional 9,523,809 shares of its Class A Common Stock (as adjusted for the September 2008 1-for-10 Reverse Stock Split), including 3,784,747 shares subscribed for by public shareholders (other than MacAndrews & Forbes) and 5,739,062 shares issued to MacAndrews & Forbes in a private placement directly from Revlon, Inc. pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement between Revlon, Inc. and MacAndrews & Forbes, dated as of December 18, 2006. The shares issued to MacAndrews & Forbes represented the number of shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock that MacAndrews & Forbes would otherwise have been entitled to purchase pursuant to its basic subscription privilege in the $100 Million Rights Offering (which was approximately 60% of the shares of Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock offered in the $100 Million Rights Offering).

 

2008 Repayment of the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes with the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan

 

In January 2008, Products Corporation entered into the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement and on February 1, 2008 used the $170 million of proceeds from such loan to repay in full the $167.4 million remaining aggregate principal amount of Products Corporation’s 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes, which matured on February 1, 2008, and to pay $2.55 million of related fees and expenses. In connection with such repayment, Products Corporation also used cash on hand to pay $7.2 million of accrued and unpaid interest due on the 85/8% Senior Subordinated Notes up to, but not including, the February 1, 2008 maturity date.

 

In September 2008, Products Corporation used $63.0 million of the net proceeds from the Bozzano Sale Transaction to partially repay $63.0 million of the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan. Following such partial repayment, there remained outstanding $107 million in aggregate principal amount under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan.

 

The MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan bears interest at an annual rate of 11%, which is payable in arrears in cash on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year.

 

Pursuant to a November 2008 amendment, the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan is scheduled to mature on the earlier of (1) the date that Revlon, Inc. issues equity with gross proceeds of at least $107 million, which proceeds would be contributed to Products Corporation and used to repay the $107 million remaining aggregate principal balance of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, or (2) August 1, 2010, in consideration for the payment of an extension fee of 1.5% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the loan. The MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan continues to provide that Products Corporation may, at its option, prepay such loan, in whole or in part, at any time prior to maturity, without premium or penalty. See Note 9(d), “MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further details on the terms and conditions of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan.

 

In connection with the closing of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, Revlon, Inc. and MacAndrews & Forbes entered into a letter agreement in January 2008, pursuant to which Revlon,

Inc. agreed that, if Revlon, Inc. conducts any equity offering before the full payment of the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan, and if MacAndrews & Forbes and/or its affiliates elects to participate in any such offering, MacAndrews & Forbes and/or its affiliates may pay for any shares it acquires in such offering either in cash or by tendering debt valued at its face amount under the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement, including any accrued but unpaid interest, on a dollar for dollar basis, or in any combination of cash and such debt. Revlon, Inc. is under no obligation to conduct an equity offering and MacAndrews & Forbes and its affiliates are under no obligation to subscribe for shares should Revlon elect to conduct an equity offering.

 

2004 Consolidated MacAndrews & Forbes Line of Credit

 

In July 2004, Products Corporation and MacAndrews & Forbes Inc. entered into a line of credit, with an initial commitment of $152.0 million, which was reduced to $87.0 million in July 2005 and reduced from $87.0 million to $50.0 million in January 2007 upon Revlon, Inc.’s consummation of the $100 Million Rights Offering (as amended, the “2004 Consolidated MacAndrews & Forbes Line of Credit”). Pursuant to a December 2006 amendment, upon consummation of the $100 Million Rights Offering, which was completed in January 2007, $50.0 million of the line of credit remained available to Products Corporation through January 31, 2008 on substantially the same terms (which line of credit would otherwise have terminated pursuant to its terms upon the consummation of the $100 Million Rights Offering). The 2004 Consolidated MacAndrews & Forbes Line of Credit expired in accordance with its terms on January 31, 2008. It was undrawn during its entire term.

 

Interest Rate Swap Transactions

 

In September 2007 and April 2008, Products Corporation executed the two floating-to-fixed Interest Rate Swaps each with a notional amount of $150.0 million over a period of two years relating to indebtedness under Products Corporation’s 2006 Term Loan Facility. The Company designated the Interest Rate Swaps as cash flow hedges of the variable interest rate payments on Products Corporation’s 2006 Term Loan Facility. Under the terms of the 2007 Interest Rate Swap and the 2008 Interest Rate Swap, Products Corporation is required to pay to the counterparty a quarterly fixed interest rate of 4.692% and 2.66%, respectively, on the $150.0 million notional amounts which commenced in December 2007 and July 2008, respectively, while receiving a variable interest rate payment from the counterparty equal to three-month U.S. dollar LIBOR (which, based upon the 4.0% applicable margin, effectively fixed the interest rate on such notional amounts at 8.692% and 6.66%, respectively, for the 2-year term of each swap). While the Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of the counterparty’s non-performance, if any, the Company’s exposure is limited to the net amount that Products Corporation would have received over the remaining balance of each Interest Rate Swap’s two-year term. The Company does not anticipate any non-performance and, furthermore, even in the case of any non-performance by the counterparty, the Company expects that any such loss would not be material. The fair value of Products Corporation’s 2007 Interest Rate Swap and 2008 Interest Rate Swap was $(3.8) million and $(1.9) million, respectively, at December 31, 2008.

 

Sources and Uses

 

The Company’s principal sources of funds are expected to be operating revenues, cash on hand and funds available for borrowing under the 2006 Revolving Credit Agreement and other permitted lines of credit. The 2006 Credit Agreements, the indenture governing Products Corporation’s 91/2% Senior Notes and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement contain certain provisions that by their terms limit Products Corporation and its subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things, incur additional debt.

 

The Company’s principal uses of funds are expected to be the payment of operating expenses, including expenses in connection with the continued execution of the Company’s business strategy, purchases of permanent wall displays, capital expenditure requirements, payments in connection with the Company’s restructuring programs, severance not otherwise included in the Company’s restructuring

programs, debt service payments and costs and regularly scheduled pension and post-retirement benefit plan contributions and benefit payments. The Company’s cash contributions to its pension and post-retirement benefit plans were $12.8 million in 2008. In accordance with the minimum pension contributions required under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and amended by the Worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, the Company expects cash contributions to its pension and post-retirement benefit plans to be approximately $25 million to $30 million in 2009. The Company’s purchases of permanent wall displays and capital expenditures in 2008 were approximately $50 million and $20 million, respectively. The Company expects purchases of permanent wall displays and capital expenditures in 2009 to be approximately $50 million and $20 million, respectively. See “Restructuring Costs, Net” above in this Form 10-K for discussion of the Company’s expected uses of funds in connection with its various restructuring programs.

 

The Company has undertaken, and continues to assess, refine and implement, a number of programs to efficiently manage its cash and working capital including, among other things, programs to reduce inventory levels over time, centralized purchasing to secure discounts and efficiencies in procurement, and providing additional discounts to U.S. customers for timely payment of receivables, careful management of accounts payable and targeted controls on general and administrative spending.

 

Continuing to execute the Company’s business strategy could include taking advantage of additional opportunities to reposition, repackage or reformulate one or more brands or product lines, launching additional new products, acquiring businesses or brands, further refining the Company’s approach to retail merchandising and/or taking further actions to optimize its manufacturing, sourcing and organizational size and structure. Any of these actions, whose intended purpose would be to create value through profitable growth, could result in the Company making investments and/or recognizing charges related to executing against such opportunities.

 

The Company expects that operating revenues, cash on hand and funds available for borrowing under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility and other permitted lines of credit will be sufficient to enable the Company to cover its operating expenses for 2009, including cash requirements in connection with the payment of operating expenses, including expenses in connection with the execution of the Company’s business strategy, purchases of permanent wall displays, capital expenditure requirements, payments in connection with the Company’s restructuring programs, severance not otherwise included in the Company’s restructuring programs, debt service payments and costs and regularly scheduled pension and post-retirement plan contributions and benefit payments. As a result of the decline in U.S. and global financial markets in 2008, the market value of the Company’s pension fund assets declined, which has the effect of reducing the funded status of such plans. At the same time, the discount rate used to value the Company’s pension obligation increased, which partially offset the effect of the asset decline. While these conditions did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or liquidity during 2008, the Company expects that these factors, absent a significant increase in pension plan asset values, will result in increased cash contributions to the Company’s pension plans in 2010 and beyond than otherwise would have been expected before the decline in pension plan asset values in 2008.

 

There can be no assurance that available funds will be sufficient to meet the Company’s cash requirements on a consolidated basis. If the Company’s anticipated level of revenues are not achieved because of, for example, decreased consumer spending in response to weak economic conditions or weakness in the cosmetics category in the mass retail channel; adverse changes in currency; decreased sales of the Company’s products as a result of increased competitive activities by the Company’s competitors; changes in consumer purchasing habits, including with respect to shopping channels, retailer inventory management, retailer space reconfigurations or reductions in retailer display space; less than anticipated results from the Company’s existing or new products or from its advertising and/or marketing plans; or if the Company’s expenses, including, without limitation, for advertising and promotions or for returns related to any reduction of retail space, product discontinuances or otherwise, exceed the anticipated level of expenses, the Company’s current sources of funds may be insufficient to meet the Company’s cash requirements.

 

In the event of a decrease in demand for the Company’s products, reduced sales, lack of increases in demand and sales, changes in consumer purchasing habits, including with respect to shopping channels, retailer inventory management, retailer space reconfigurations or reductions in retailer display space, product discontinuances and/or advertising and promotion expenses or returns expenses exceeding its expectations or less than anticipated results from the Company’s existing or new products or from its advertising and/or marketing plans, any such development, if significant, could reduce the Company’s revenues and could adversely affect Products Corporation’s ability to comply with certain financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements and in such event the Company could be required to take measures, including, among other things, reducing discretionary spending.

 

(See Item 1A, “Risk Factors — The Company’s ability to service its debt and meet its cash requirements depends on many factors, including achieving anticipated levels of revenue and expenses. If such revenue or expense levels prove to be other than as anticipated, the Company may be unable to meet its cash requirements or Products Corporation may be unable to meet the requirements of the financial covenants under the 2006 Credit Agreements, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations” “— Limits on Products Corporation’s borrowing capacity under the 2006 Revolving Credit Facility may affect the Company’s ability to finance its operations” “— The Company may be unable to increase its sales through the Company’s primary distribution channels, which could reduce the Company’s net sales and have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and/or results of operations” and “— Restrictions and covenants in Products Corporation’s debt agreements limit its ability to take certain actions and impose consequences in the event of failure to comply”).

 

If the Company is unable to satisfy its cash requirements from the sources identified above or comply with its debt covenants, the Company could be required to adopt one or more of the following alternatives:

 

 

There can be no assurance that the Company would be able to take any of the actions referred to above because of a variety of commercial or market factors or constraints in Products Corporation’s debt instruments, including, without limitation, market conditions being unfavorable for an equity or debt issuance, additional capital contributions and/or loans not being available from affiliates and/or third parties, or that the transactions may not be permitted under the terms of Products Corporation’s various debt instruments then in effect, such as due to restrictions on the incurrence of debt, incurrence of liens, asset dispositions and related party transactions. In addition, such actions, if taken, may not enable the Company to satisfy its cash requirements or enable Products Corporation to comply with its debt covenants if the actions do not generate a sufficient amount of additional capital. (See Item 1A, “Risk Factors” for further discussion of risks associated with the Company’s business).

 

Revlon, Inc., as a holding company, will be dependent on the earnings and cash flow of, and dividends and distributions from, Products Corporation to pay its expenses and to pay any cash dividend or

distribution on Revlon, Inc.’s Class A Common Stock that may be authorized by Revlon, Inc.’s Board of Directors. The terms of the 2006 Credit Agreements, the indenture governing the 91/2% Senior Notes and the MacAndrews & Forbes Senior Subordinated Term Loan Agreement generally restrict Products Corporation from paying dividends or making distributions, except that Products Corporation is permitted to pay dividends and make distributions to Revlon, Inc. to enable Revlon, Inc., among other things, to pay expenses incidental to being a public holding company, including, among other things, professional fees, such as legal, accounting and insurance fees, regulatory fees, such as SEC filing fees, NYSE listing fees and other expenses related to being a public holding company and, subject to certain limitations, to pay dividends or make distributions in certain circumstances to finance the purchase by Revlon, Inc. of its Class A Common Stock in connection with the delivery of such Class A Common Stock to grantees under the Third Amended and Restated Revlon, Inc. Stock Plan (the “Stock Plan”).

 

As a result of dealing with suppliers and vendors in a number of foreign countries, Products Corporation enters into foreign currency forward exchange contracts and option contracts from time to time to hedge certain cash flows denominated in foreign currencies. The foreign currency forward exchange contracts are entered into primarily for the purpose of hedging anticipated inventory purchases and certain intercompany payments denominated in foreign currencies and generally have maturities of less than one year. There were foreign currency forward exchange contracts with a notional amount of $41.0 million outstanding at December 31, 2008. The fair value of foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding at December 31, 2008 was $2.0 million.

 

Disclosures about Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments

 

The following table aggregates all contractual commitments and commercial obligations that affect the Company’s financial condition and liquidity position as of December 31, 2008:

 

 

 

 

 

Off-Balance Sheet Transactions

 

The Company does not maintain any off-balance sheet transactions, arrangements, obligations or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or others that are reasonably likely to have a material current or future effect on the Company’s financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.

 

Discussion of Critical Accounting Policies

 

In the ordinary course of its business, the Company has made a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of results of operations and financial condition in the preparation of its financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. Actual results could differ significantly from those estimates and assumptions. The Company believes that the following discussion addresses the Company’s most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of the Company’s financial condition and results and require management’s most difficult, subjective and complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.

 

Sales Returns:

 

The Company allows customers to return their unsold products when they meet certain company-established criteria as outlined in the Company’s trade terms. The Company regularly reviews and revises, when deemed necessary, the Company’s estimates of sales returns based primarily upon actual returns, planned product discontinuances and promotional sales, which would permit customers to return items based upon the Company’s trade terms. The Company records estimated sales returns as a reduction to sales and cost of sales, and an increase in accrued liabilities and inventories.

 

Returned products, which are recorded as inventories, are valued based upon the amount that the Company expects to realize upon their subsequent disposition. The physical condition and marketability of the returned products are the major factors the Company considers in estimating realizable value. Cost of sales includes the cost of refurbishment of returned products. Actual returns, as well as realized values on returned products, may differ significantly, either favorably or unfavorably, from the Company’s estimates if factors such as product discontinuances, customer inventory levels or competitive conditions differ from the Company’s estimates and expectations and, in the case of actual returns, if economic conditions differ significantly from the Company’s estimates and expectations.

 

Trade Support Costs:

 

In order to support the retail trade, the Company has various performance-based arrangements with retailers to reimburse them for all or a portion of their promotional activities related to the Company’s products. The Company regularly reviews and revises, when deemed necessary, estimates of costs to the Company for these promotions based on estimates of what has been incurred by the retailers. Actual costs incurred by the Company may differ significantly if factors such as the level and success of the retailers’ programs, as well as retailer participation levels, differ from the Company’s estimates and expectations.

 

Inventories:

 

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is principally determined by the first-in, first-out method. The Company records adjustments to the value of inventory based upon its forecasted plans to sell its inventories, as well as planned discontinuances. The physical condition (e.g., age and quality) of the inventories is also considered in establishing its valuation. These adjustments are estimates, which could vary significantly, either favorably or unfavorably, from the amounts that the Company may ultimately realize upon the disposition of inventories if future economic conditions, customer inventory levels, product discontinuances, return levels or competitive conditions differ from the Company’s estimates and expectations.

 

Pension Benefits:

 

The Company sponsors both funded and unfunded pension and other retirement plans in various forms covering employees who meet the applicable eligibility requirements. The Company uses several statistical and other factors in an attempt to estimate future events in calculating the liability and expense related to these plans. These factors include assumptions about the discount rate, expected long-term return on plan assets and rate of future compensation increases as determined annually by the Company, within certain guidelines, which assumptions would be subject to revisions if significant events occur during the year. The Company uses December 31st as its measurement date for defined benefit pension plan obligations and assets.

 

The Company selected a weighted-average discount rate of 6.35% in 2008, representing an increase from the 6.24% weighted-average discount rate selected in 2007 for the Company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plans. The Company selected an average discount rate for the Company’s international defined benefit pension plans of 6.4% in 2008, representing an increase from the 5.7% average discount rate selected in 2007. The discount rates are used to measure the benefit obligations at the measurement date and the net periodic benefit cost for the subsequent calendar year and are reset annually using data available at the measurement date. The changes in the discount rates used for 2008 were primarily due to increasing long-term interest yields on high-quality corporate bonds during 2008. At December 31, 2008, the increase in the discount rates from December 31, 2007 had the effect of decreasing the Company’s projected pension benefit obligation by approximately $11.6 million. For fiscal 2009, the Company expects that the aforementioned increase in the discount rate will have the effect of decreasing the net periodic benefit cost for its U.S. and international defined benefit pension plans by approximately $0.6 million. (See “Overview — Other Factors”).

 

Each year during the first quarter, the Company selects an expected long-term rate of return on its pension plan assets. For the Company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plans, the expected long-term rate of return on the pension plan assets used in 2008 (based upon data available in March 2008 when the Company filed its Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and before the significant declines in the financial markets in late 2008) was 8.25%, representing a decrease from the 8.5% rate used in 2007. The average expected long-term rate of return used for the Company’s international plans in 2008 was 6.9%, representing an increase from the 6.7% average rate used in 2007.

 

The table below reflects the Company’s estimates of the possible effects of changes in the discount rates and expected long-term rates of return on its 2008 net periodic benefit costs and its projected benefit obligation at December 31, 2008 for the Company’s principal defined benefit pension plans:

 

The rate of future compensation increases is another assumption used by the Company’s third party actuarial consultants for pension accounting. The rate of future compensation increases used in 2008 and in 2007 remained unchanged at 4.0% for the U.S. defined benefit pension plans. In addition, the Company’s actuarial consultants also use other factors such as withdrawal and mortality rates. The actuarial assumptions used by the Company may differ materially from actual results due to changing market and economic conditions, higher or lower withdrawal rates or longer or shorter life spans of participants, among other things. Differences from these assumptions could significantly impact the actual amount of net periodic benefit cost and liability recorded by the Company.

 

Income Taxes:

 

The Company records income taxes based on amounts payable with respect to the current year and includes the effect of deferred taxes. The effective tax rate reflects statutory tax rates, tax-planning opportunities available in various jurisdictions in which the Company operates, and the Company’s estimate of the ultimate outcome of various tax audits and issues. Determining the Company’s effective tax rate and evaluating tax positions requires significant judgment.

 

The Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future impact of differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases, as well as for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. The Company measures deferred tax assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which management expects that the Company will recover or settle those differences. The Company has established valuation allowances for deferred tax assets when management has determined that it is not more likely than not that the Company will realize a tax benefit.

 

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,  “Fair Value Measurements”. This statement clarifies the definition of fair value of assets and liabilities, establishes a framework for measuring fair value of assets and liabilities and expands the disclosures on fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. However, the FASB deferred the effective date of SFAS No. 157 until the fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 as it relates to the fair value measurement requirements for nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are initially measured at fair value, but not measured at fair value in subsequent periods. These nonfinancial assets include goodwill and other indefinite-lived intangible assets which are included within other assets. In accordance with SFAS No. 157, the Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157 with respect to financial assets and liabilities effective as of January 1, 2008 and its adoption did not have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and liabilities effective as of January 1, 2009 and does not expect that its adoption will have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

The fair value framework under SFAS No. 157 requires the categorization of assets and liabilities into three levels based upon the assumptions used to price the assets or liabilities. Level 1 provides the most reliable measure of fair value, whereas Level 3, if applicable, generally would require significant management judgment. The three levels for categorizing assets and liabilities under SFAS No. 157’s fair value measurement requirements are as follows:

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2008 the fair values of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities, namely its foreign currency forward exchange contracts and Interest Rate Swaps, are categorized as presented in the table below:

 

 

 

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, “Business Combinations”. This statement establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and goodwill acquired, and it provides guidance for disclosures about business combinations. SFAS No. 141R requires all assets acquired, the liabilities assumed and any non-controlling interest in the acquiree be recognized at their fair values at the acquisition date. SFAS No. 141R also requires the acquirer to expense acquisition costs as incurred and to expense restructuring costs in the periods subsequent to the acquisition date. In addition, SFAS No. 141R also requires the acquirer to recognize changes in valuation allowances on acquired deferred tax assets in its statement of operations on financial condition. These changes in deferred tax benefits were previously recognized through a corresponding reduction to goodwill. With the exception of provisions regarding acquired deferred taxes, which are applicable to all business combinations, SFAS No. 141R applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2008. The Company will adopt the provisions of SFAS No. 141R effective as of January 1, 2009 and expects that its adoption will not have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition.

 

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities — An Amendment of FASB Statement No. 133”. This statement is intended to improve financial reporting of derivative instruments and hedging activities by requiring enhanced disclosures about (a) how and why an entity uses derivative instruments; (b) how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133 and its related interpretations; and (c) how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The provisions of SFAS No. 161 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. See Note 10, “Financial Instruments — Derivative Financial Instruments” for the Company’s disclosures required under SFAS No. 161. The Company has adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 161 as of December 31, 2008 and its adoption did not have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.

 

Inflation

 

The Company’s costs are affected by inflation and the effects of inflation may be experienced by the Company in future periods. Management believes, however, that such effects have not been material to the Company during the past three years in the U.S. and in foreign non-hyperinflationary countries. The

Company operates in certain countries around the world, such as Argentina and Venezuela, which have in the past experienced hyperinflation. In hyperinflationary foreign countries, the Company attempts to mitigate the effects of inflation by increasing prices in line with inflation, where possible, and efficiently managing its costs and working capital levels.

 

Subsequent Events

 

None.

 

 

Interest Rate Sensitivity

 

The Company has exposure to changing interest rates primarily under the 2006 Term Loan Facility and 2006 Revolving Credit Facility. The Company manages interest rate risk through the use of a combination of fixed and floating rate debt. The Company from time to time makes use of derivative financial instruments to adjust its fixed and floating rate ratio. In September 2007 and April 2008, Products Corporation executed the two floating-to-fixed Interest Rate Swaps, each with a notional amount of $150.0 million over a period of two years relating to indebtedness under Products Corporation’s 2006 Term Loan Facility. The Company designated the Interest Rate Swaps as cash flow hedges of the variable interest rate payments on Products Corporation’s 2006 Term Loan Facility. (See “Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources — Interest Rate Swap Transactions”).

 

The table below provides information about the Company’s indebtedness that is sensitive to changes in interest rates. The table presents cash flows with respect to principal on indebtedness and related weighted average interest rates by expected maturity dates. Weighted average variable rates are based on implied forward rates in the U.S. Dollar LIBOR yield curve at December 31, 2008. The information is presented in U.S. dollar equivalents, which is the Company’s reporting currency.

 

Exchange Rate Sensitivity

 

The Company manufactures and sells its products in a number of countries throughout the world and, as a result, is exposed to movements in foreign currency exchange rates. In addition, a portion of the Company’s borrowings are denominated in foreign currencies, which are also subject to market risk associated with exchange rate movement. The Company from time to time hedges major foreign currency cash exposures through foreign exchange forward and option contracts. Products Corporation enters into these contracts with major financial institutions in an attempt to minimize counterparty risk. These contracts generally have a duration of less than twelve months and are primarily against the U.S. dollar. In addition, Products Corporation enters into foreign currency swaps to hedge intercompany financing transactions. The Company does not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.

 

Expected maturity date for the year ended December 31,
(dollars in millions, except for rate information)