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10-Jul-2009
Quarterly Report
On August 11, 2008, we issued 5,900,000 shares of our common stock and Warrants
to purchase an additional 1,500,000 shares in exchange for the shares of Model
Reorg, which merged into our wholly-owned subsidiary, Model Reorg Acquisition
LLC. Due to a number of factors, including that the shares issued to the Model
Reorg shareholders amounted to approximately 66% of our shares outstanding after
the issuance, the transaction has been accounted for as a "reverse acquisition,"
and Model Reorg is being treated as the "accounting acquirer" in accordance with
US GAAP. Accordingly, our historical financial statements reflect the historical
results of Model Reorg prior to the transaction date of August 11, 2008 and
those of the combined companies beginning effective August 11, 2008. The Company
is continuing to use the same fiscal year end, the Saturday closest to
January 31, as E Com used before the Merger. Model Reorg's fiscal year end
before the Merger was October 31. The audited consolidated financial statements
of Model Reorg as of October 31, 2007 and 2006 and for the years ended
October 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 were previously filed with the SEC. The audited
consolidated financial statements of Model Reorg as of and for the thirteen
weeks ended February 2, 2008 and the unaudited financial statements of Model
Reorg as of July 31, 2008 and for the three months and nine months ended
July 31, 2008 and 2007 have been filed with the SEC as well.
Comparison of the Thirteen Weeks Ended May 2, 2009 with the Three Months Ended
April 30, 2008.
Net Sales
Thirteen Weeks Percentage Three Months Percentage
Ended of Ended of
May 2, 2009 Net Sales April 30, 2008 Net Sales
($ in thousands)
Retail $ 63,120 65.3 % $ 15,299 25.0 %
Wholesale 33,540 34.7 % 45,819 75.0 %
Total net sales $ 96,660 100.0 % $ 61,118 100.0 %
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Net sales increased 58.2% from $61.1 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008 to $96.7 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009. Excluding the sales from Perfumania's retail division which are included in the above sales information for the period from February 1, 2009 through May 2, 2009, net sales decreased by $11.1 million or 18.2%. Excluding Perfumania's results, the decrease in sales was primarily due to a decrease in wholesale sales of $12.3 million.
As discussed above, because the Merger with Model is treated as a reverse acquisition for accounting purposes, Perfumania's retail sales are included in our condensed consolidated financial statements only for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009. Perfumania's retail sales of $46.7 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 were unchanged compared with the same period in 2008. Perfumania's comparable store sales decreased by 9.2% during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009. Comparable store sales measure sales from stores that have been open for one year or more. We exclude stores that are closed for renovation from comparable store sales from the month during which renovation commences until the first full month after reopening. The average retail price per unit sold during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 increased 3.7% from the prior year's comparable period and the total number of units sold decreased by 3.4%. We attribute the increase in the average retail price per unit sold to changes in our product mix and promotions resulting in more sales of higher priced merchandise. The number of units sold was affected by softness in the United States economy, declining consumer confidence and the resulting weak mall traffic. The average number of stores operated was 359 in the thirteen week period ended May 2, 2009, versus 308 in the prior year's comparable period, which resulted in the increase in retail sales.
Approximately $6.8 million of the $12.3 million decrease in wholesale sales are represented by affiliate sales to Perfumania in the three months ended April 30. 2008. As a result of the Merger on August 11, 2008, wholesale sales to Perfumania became intercompany transactions, which are eliminated in consolidation. The remaining decrease in wholesale sales of $5.9 million is the result of the continuing tightening of credit resources generally, which decreases customers' ability to purchase.
We expect the softness in wholesale and retail sales to continue for the foreseeable future until consumer confidence and the United States economy improve.
Gross Profit
Thirteen Weeks Three Months
Ended Ended
May 2, 2009 April 30, 2008
(in thousands)
Retail $ 28,808 $ 5,884
Wholesale 7,026 11,036
Total gross profit $ 35,834 $ 16,920
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Gross Profit Percentages
Thirteen Weeks Three Months
Ended Ended
May 2, 2009 April 30, 2008
Retail 45.6 % 38.5 %
Wholesale 21.0 % 24.1 %
Total gross profit percentage 37.1 % 27.7 %
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Gross profit increased 111.8% from $16.9 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008 (27.7% of total net sales) to $35.8 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 (37.1% of total net sales). Excluding the gross profit from Perfumania's retail division which is included in the above gross profit information for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, gross profit decreased by $3.2 million. Excluding Perfumania's results, the decrease in gross profit was due to a decrease in wholesale sales volume as discussed above offset by an increase in retail gross profit due to sales of a larger ratio of higher margin products.
Perfumania's retail gross profit for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 decreased by 1.8% to $22.1 million compared with the comparative same period in 2008. For these same periods, Perfumania's retail gross margins were 47.4% and 46.8%, respectively.
Selling, general and administrative expenses include payroll and related benefits for our distribution centers, sales, store operations, field management, purchasing and other corporate office and administrative personnel; rent, common area maintenance, real estate taxes and utilities for our stores, distribution centers and corporate office; advertising, consignment fees, sales promotion, insurance, supplies, freight out, and other administrative expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $25.5 from $13.3 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008 to $38.7 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009. Excluding the selling, general and administrative expenses of Perfumania's retail division of $27.2 million, which are included for the period from February 1, 2009 through May 2, 2009, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.7 million or 12.8%. Included in selling, general and administrative expenses are expenses in connection with the service agreements with Quality King, which were $0.7 million and $0.6 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 and the three months ended April 30, 2008, respectively.
Perfumania's selling, general and administrative expenses for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, increased by 10.9% to $27.2 million compared to $24.5 million in the same period of 2008. The increase was largely attributable to the additional payroll, occupancy and store opening expenses needed to operate the 52 net new stores opened over the past year.
Depreciation and amortization was approximately $2.5 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, compared to $0.4 million for the three months ended April 30, 2008. Approximately $1.8 million of the total increase is attributable to Perfumania's retail division.
Interest expense was approximately $4.5 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 compared with approximately $2.1 million for the three months ended April 30, 2008. The thirteen week period ended May 2, 2009 includes the combined company whereas the three months ended April 30, 2008 includes Model Reorg only. The interest rates on total variable interest debt increased by approximately 1.79% during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 as compared to the three months ended April 30, 2008.
Since the Company continues to record a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets, no income tax benefit was recorded during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, compared with an income tax provision of $0.5 million during the three months ended April 30, 2008.
As a result of the foregoing, we realized a net loss of approximately $9.9 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, of which $8.8 million is attributable to Perfumania, compared to a net income of $0.6 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Our principal funding requirements are for inventory purchases, financing extended terms on accounts receivable, paying down accounts payable and debt, opening new stores and renovation of existing stores. Prior to the Merger, Model Reorg also financed extended terms on accounts receivable from E Com. These capital requirements generally have been satisfied through borrowings under the respective revolving credit facilities and notes payable to affiliates.
The Company has a $250 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks for which General Electric Capital Corporation ("GECC") serves as Agent, Collateral Agent and Lender, GE Capital Markets, Inc. serves as Joint Lead Arranger and Book Runner and Wachovia Capital Markets serves as Joint Lead Arranger (the "Senior Credit Facility"). The Senior Credit Facility is used for the Company's general corporate purposes and those of its subsidiaries, including working capital. The Company and certain of its subsidiaries are co-borrowers under the Senior Credit Facility, and the Company's other subsidiaries have guaranteed all of their obligations thereunder.
The Senior Credit Facility is scheduled to expire on August 11, 2011, when all amounts will be due and payable in full. The Senior Credit Facility does not require amortization of principal and may be paid before maturity in whole or in part at the Company's option without penalty or premium; provided that, if the Company permanently reduces the revolving commitment in connection with a prepayment, on or before August 11, 2009, it must pay a prepayment fee equal to 1% of the amount of such reduction, or after such date and on or before August 11, 2010, it must pay a prepayment fee equal to 0.5% of the prepayment.
Revolving loans under the Senior Credit Facility may be drawn, repaid and reborrowed up to the amount available under a borrowing base calculated with reference to a specified percentage of the borrowers' eligible accounts and a specified percentage of the borrowers' eligible inventory from time to time. GECC has the right to impose reserves in its reasonable credit judgment, whether or not there is an Event of Default, which would effectively reduce the borrowing base and thereby the amount that the borrowers may borrow under the Senior Credit facility. Under an amendment to the Senior Credit Facility executed as of May 26, 2009 ("Waiver and Amendment No.1"), reserves against borrowing availability increasing from $9 million to $15 million at August 4, 2009 and thereafter will automatically apply, in addition to any reserves that may be imposed from time to time in GECC's reasonable credit judgment. The Senior Credit Facility also includes a sub-limit of $25 million for letters of credit and a sub-limit of $12.5 million for swing line loans (that is, same-day loans from the lead or agent bank).
As a result of the covenant defaults described below, effective January 23,
2009, GECC elected to impose the Default Rate of interest on outstanding
borrowings, which is 2% higher than the interest rate otherwise applicable. The
Company was also required to pay fees equal to 0.375% of the unused amount of
the Senior Credit Facility and the outstanding amount of letters of credit under
that facility. Under Waiver and Amendment No.1, interest under the Senior Credit
Facility for periods after May 26, 2009 will be, at the Company's election
unless an event of default exists, either the highest of (A) The Wall Street
Journal "prime rate," (B) the federal funds rate plus .50% or (C) the sum of
3-month LIBOR plus 1.00% (the "Index Rate"), in each case plus 3.50% or
(ii) LIBOR (but not less than 2.00%) plus 4.50%. The Company is also now
required to pay fees equal to 1.00% of the unused amount of the Senior Credit
Facility and 4.50% of the outstanding amount of any letters of credit under that
facility.
All obligations of the Company under the Senior Credit Facility and under any interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into in connection with the Senior Credit Facility are secured by a first priority perfected security interest in all existing and after-acquired personal property and owned real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, which are co-borrowers or guarantors, including, without limitation, 100% (or, in the case of excluded foreign subsidiaries, 66%) of the outstanding equity interests in their subsidiaries.
The Senior Credit Facility limits the Company's and its subsidiaries' ability to, among other things: incur additional indebtedness; incur liens or guarantee obligations; pay dividends and make other distributions; make investments and enter into joint ventures; dispose of assets; and engage in transactions with affiliates, except for certain existing arrangements under which the Company leases space and obtains certain business services from affiliated companies and other arrangements in the ordinary course of business. The Senior Credit Facility also provides that advances to suppliers by the Company and its subsidiaries may not exceed $8 million with respect to all suppliers or $3 million with respect to any one supplier (together with its affiliates).
Under the Senior Credit Facility, the Company and its subsidiaries have been required to maintain certain financial ratios, as specified in the agreement. As the Company was not in compliance with certain of these ratios as of November 1, 2008 and January 31, 2009, GECC imposed the Default Rate of interest on outstanding borrowings, as described above. In order to better align the provisions of the Senior Credit Facility with the Company's current business situation, Waiver and Amendment No. 1 waived the covenant defaults and certain other defaults under the facility, provided for no testing of the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio, the inventory turnover ratio or the maximum leverage ratio covenants for the fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2009, deleted the inventory turnover ratio covenant and the maximum leverage ratio covenant thereafter, and suspended the minimum fixed charge coverage ratio covenant until the fiscal quarter ending January 30, 2010.
The Senior Credit Facility also includes other customary events of default that, if not waived, would permit the lenders to accelerate the indebtedness and terminate the credit facility. Any future defaults that are not waived could result in our having to refinance the Senior Credit Facility and obtain an alternative source of financing. Due to the current weakness in the credit markets, there is no assurance that such financing would be obtained, or if such refinancing is obtained, that the terms of a new facility would be on terms comparable to the current Senior Credit Facility. If the Company were unable to obtain such financing, its operations and financial condition would be materially adversely affected and it would be forced to seek an alternative source of liquidity, such as by selling additional securities, to continue operations, or to limit its operations.
At the closing of the Merger, six estate planning trusts established by Glenn, Stephen and Arlene Nussdorf (the "Nussdorf Trusts") loaned an aggregate of approximately $55 million to the Company on an unsecured basis. At the same time, we issued an unsecured subordinated promissory note in the principal amount of $35 million to Quality King. All of the subordinated promissory notes issued to the Nussdorf Trusts and Quality King are subordinated to the Senior Credit Facility and, pursuant to amendments as of May 26, 2009, no payments of principal or interest may be made before the maturity of the Senior Credit Facility on August 11, 2011. The maturity date of the subordinated promissory notes payable to the Nussdorf Trusts is February 8, 2012 and that of the note payable to Quality King is June 30, 2012. The Nussdorf Trusts notes bear interest at a rate equal to 2% over the rate in effect from time to time on the revolving loans under the Senior Credit Facility, and the Quality King note bears interest at a rate equal to 1% over the rate in effect from time to time on the revolving loans under the Senior Credit Facility. Quality King and the Nussdorf Trusts have acknowledged that the Company's nonpayment, because of the subordination provisions, of amounts otherwise due under these notes will not constitute a default under the notes.
On December 9, 2004, E Com issued a Subordinated Convertible Note (the "Convertible Note") to Glenn and Stephen Nussdorf in exchange for a $5 million subordinated secured demand loan made in March 2004. The Convertible Note was originally secured by E Com's assets, but, in connection with the August 11, 2008 financing transactions, Glenn and Stephen Nussdorf released and terminated their security interest. The Convertible Note was originally payable in January 2007; however it was modified in January 2006 to extend the due date to January 2009. The Convertible Note is subordinate to all bank related indebtedness and, pursuant to a May 26, 2009 amendment, no payments of principal or interest may be made before the maturity of the Senior Credit Facility on August 11, 2011. As a result, the Convertible Note is currently in default, resulting in an increase of 2% in the nominal interest rate,
which is the prime rate plus 1%. The Convertible Note allows Glenn and Stephen Nussdorf to convert any or all of the principal and accrued interest due on the Convertible Note into shares of the Company's common stock. The conversion price was originally $11.25, which equaled the closing market price of E Com's common stock on December 9, 2004, and was reduced to $7.00 by the May 26, 2009 amendment.
Accrued interest payable due at May 2, 2009 and January 31, 2009 on the Nussdorf Trust Notes, the Quality King Note and the Convertible Note was approximately $5.1 million and $3.0 million, respectively.
Net cash provided by operating activities during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 was approximately $23.3 million compared with approximately $10.1 million used in operating activities during the three months ended April 30, 2008. Accounts receivable decreased due to the timing of shipments to our wholesale customers. The decrease in inventory is due to a planned reduction in inventory purchases during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009.
Our purchases from related parties (E Com before the Merger and Parlux Fragrances, Inc. throughout the periods discussed) are generally payable in 90 days; however due to the seasonality of our business these terms are generally extended. Related party accounts have historically been brought closer to terms at the end of the holiday season. During the rest of the year, the Company has relied upon these extended terms to provide a portion of its liquidity.
Net cash used in investing activities was approximately $3.6 million in the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 compared to $3.3 million in the three months ended April 30, 2008. The current period's investing activities primarily represented spending for renovation of existing stores and new stores that either opened or were under construction during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009. During the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, Perfumania opened nine new stores, relocated one existing store and closed two stores. In addition, during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009, we purchased three existing retail stores from an unrelated party for $1.5 million. Due to the current and anticipated economic environment in 2009, we plan to reduce the number of Perfumania new store openings to approximately seven stores for the remainder of fiscal 2009 and plan to close approximately four stores.
Net cash used in financing activities during the thirteen weeks ended May 2, 2009 was approximately $22.2 million, primarily from net repayments under our credit facility, compared with approximately $12.0 million provided by financing activities for the three months ended April 30, 2008.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"). Preparation of these statements requires management to make judgments and estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. On an on-going basis, management evaluates its estimates, including those related to bad debts, inventories, asset impairments, sales returns and allowances, and other contingent assets and liabilities. As such, some accounting policies have a significant impact on amounts reported in these financial statements. The judgments and estimates made can significantly affect results. Materially different amounts might be reported under different conditions or by using different assumptions. We consider an accounting policy to be critical if it is both important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations, and requires significant judgment and estimates by management in its application. We have identified certain critical accounting policies that affect the significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of its financial statements. There have been no significant changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates as discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2009.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements in this quarterly report, including those that contain the words "anticipate," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "expect," "should," "intend," and other similar expressions, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements of those of our industry to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements. Among the factors that could cause actual results, performance or achievement to differ materially from those described or implied in the forward-looking statements are our ability to integrate and achieve synergies between the Perfumania and Model Reorg businesses, our ability to service our obligations, our ability to comply with the covenants in our new senior credit facility, general economic conditions including a decrease in discretionary spending by consumers, competition, the ability to raise additional capital to finance our expansion and other factors included in our filings with the SEC, including the Risk Factors included in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Those Risk Factors contained in our 2008 Annual Report on Form 10-K are incorporated herein by this reference to them. Copies of our SEC filings are available from the SEC or may be obtained upon request from us.
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