UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended DecemSeptember ber2317, 20120207

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES

EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the transition period from _____to_____

 

 

Commission File No. 1-7604

 

Crown Crafts, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

58-0678148

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

916 South Burnside Avenue, Gonzales, LA

70737

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

(225) 647-9100

Registrant’sRegistrant’s telephone number, including area code: (225) 647-9100code

 

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

CRWS

Nasdaq Capital Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrantregistrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the

preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrantregistrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirementsrequirements for

the past 90 days.               Yes ☑     No ☐

 

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

 

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

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer               ☑

Non-Accelerated filer

☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller Reporting Company     ☐

Emerging Growth Company

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

 

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

 

The number of shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, of the registrant outstanding as of January 25, 2018 October 27, 2020 was 10,085,764.10,228,259.

 

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEMITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2017SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 (UNAUDITED) AND APRIL 2, 2017MARCH 29, 2020

(amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

December 31, 2017

     
 

(Unaudited)

  

April 2, 2017

 
 

(amounts in thousands, except

 
 

share and per share amounts)

  

September 27, 2020

  

March 29, 2020

 
                

ASSETS

ASSETS

 

ASSETS

 

Current assets:

                

Cash and cash equivalents

 $117  $7,892  $6,832  $282 

Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $657 at December 31, 2017 and $775 at April 2, 2017):

        

Accounts receivable (net of allowances of $684 at September 27, 2020 and $530 at March 29, 2020):

        

Due from factor

  9,857   14,921   17,928   17,072 

Other

  2,907   693   869   731 

Inventories

  22,844   15,821   19,191   17,732 

Prepaid expenses

  2,105   1,783   725   1,224 

Total current assets

  37,830   41,110   45,545   37,041 
        

Operating lease right of use assets

  4,029   4,896 
                

Property, plant and equipment - at cost:

                

Vehicles

  268   247   246   246 

Leasehold improvements

  262   248   453   404 

Machinery and equipment

  3,956   2,396   4,294   3,991 

Furniture and fixtures

  807   789   793   793 

Property, plant and equipment - gross

  5,293   3,680   5,786   5,434 

Less accumulated depreciation

  3,422   3,239   3,804   3,434 

Property, plant and equipment - net

  1,871   441   1,982   2,000 
                

Finite-lived intangible assets - at cost:

                

Tradename and trademarks

  3,667   3,667 

Customer relationships

  7,374   5,534   7,374   7,374 

Other finite-lived intangible assets

  7,086   3,686   3,159   3,159 

Finite-lived intangible assets - gross

  14,460   9,220   14,200   14,200 

Less accumulated amortization

  6,710   6,092   9,026   8,623 

Finite-lived intangible assets - net

  7,750   3,128   5,174   5,577 
                

Goodwill

  6,863   1,126   7,125   7,125 

Deferred income taxes

  655   1,240   467   439 

Other

  130   139   95   95 

Total Assets

 $55,099  $47,184  $64,417  $57,173 
                

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

Current liabilities:

                

Accounts payable

 $8,902  $5,149  $8,054  $2,972 

Accrued wages and benefits

  955   799   1,379   1,781 

Accrued royalties

  1,803   353   1,026   370 

Dividends payable

  807   803 

Income taxes payable

  161   224 

Dividend payable

  818   813 

Operating lease liabilities, current

  178   191 

Other accrued liabilities

  459   245   465   352 

Current maturities of long-term debt

  906   - 

Total current liabilities

  13,087   7,573   12,826   6,479 
                

Non-current liabilities:

                

Long-term debt

  2,311   -   1,057   2,578 

Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits

  956   688 

Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent

  4,242   4,959 

Reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities

  785   721 

Total non-current liabilities

  3,267   688   6,084   8,258 
                

Shareholders' equity:

                

Common stock - $0.01 par value per share; Authorized 40,000,000 shares at December 31, 2017 and April 2, 2017; Issued 12,493,789 shares at December 31, 2017 and 12,423,539 shares at April 2, 2017

  125   124 

Common stock - $0.01 par value per share; Authorized 40,000,000 shares at September 27, 2020 and March 29, 2020; Issued 12,664,753 shares at September 27, 2020 and 12,603,301 shares at March 29, 2020

  127   126 

Additional paid-in capital

  52,741   52,220   53,796   53,610 

Treasury stock - at cost - 2,408,025 shares at December 31, 2017 and 2,401,066 shares at April 2, 2017

  (12,231)  (12,175)

Accumulated Deficit

  (1,890)  (1,246)

Treasury stock - at cost - 2,436,494 shares at September 27, 2020 and March 29, 2020

  (12,408)  (12,408)

Retained Earnings

  3,992   1,108 

Total shareholders' equity

  38,745   38,923   45,507   42,436 

Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

 $55,099  $47,184  $64,417  $57,173 

 

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

THREE AND NINE-MONTHSIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 AND JANUARY 1, 2017SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

(amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

 

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Nine-Month Periods Ended

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 
                                

Net sales

 $17,476  $17,262  $47,584  $48,670  $21,659  $18,560  $37,864  $34,502 

Cost of products sold

  12,207   11,623   33,691   34,435   14,565   12,691   25,747   24,082 

Gross profit

  5,269   5,639   13,893   14,235   7,094   5,869   12,117   10,420 

Marketing and administrative expenses

  3,656   2,576   10,364   8,176   3,802   3,476   7,182   6,928 

Income from operations

  1,613   3,063   3,529   6,059   3,292   2,393   4,935   3,492 

Other income (expense):

                

Interest expense

  (47)  (13)  (85)  (55)

Interest income

  11   40   80   103 

Foreign exchange (loss) gain

  -   (3)  (3)  26 

Other (expense) income:

                

Interest expense - net of interest income

  (1)  (23)  (5)  6 

Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment

  -   9   -   9 

Other - net

  1   1   3   3   (1)  3   -   11 

Income before income tax expense

  1,578   3,088   3,524   6,136   3,290   2,382   4,930   3,518 

Income tax expense

  1,047   1,227   1,750   2,173   803   603   1,228   660 

Net income

 $531  $1,861  $1,774  $3,963  $2,487  $1,779  $3,702  $2,858 
                                

Weighted average shares outstanding:

                                

Basic

  10,086   10,031   10,068   10,007   10,208   10,143   10,189   10,131 

Effect of dilutive securities

  4   27   7   33   6   -   4   - 

Diluted

  10,090   10,058   10,075   10,040   10,214   10,143   10,193   10,131 
                                

Earnings per share:

                

Basic

 $0.05  $0.19  $0.18  $0.40 
                

Diluted

 $0.05  $0.19  $0.18  $0.39 
                

Cash dividends declared per share

 $0.08  $0.48  $0.24  $0.64 

Earnings per share - basic and diluted

 $0.24  $0.18  $0.36  $0.28 

 

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

THREE AND SIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 AND SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

  

Common Shares

  

Treasury Shares

  

Additional

      

Total

 
  

Number of

Shares

  

Amount

  

Number of

Shares

  

Amount

  

Paid-in

Capital

  

Retained

Earnings

  

Shareholders'

Equity

 
  

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

 
                             
  

Three-Month Periods

 

Balances - June 30, 2019

  12,546,789  $125   (2,427,434) $(12,343) $53,316  $607  $41,705 
                             

Issuance of shares

  46,512   1           -       1 

Stock-based compensation

                  75       75 

Net income

                      1,779   1,779 

Dividend declared on common stock - $0.08 per share

                      (813)  (813)
                             

Balances - September 29, 2019

  12,593,301  $126   (2,427,434) $(12,343) $53,391  $1,573  $42,747 
                             

Balances - June 28, 2020

  12,623,301  $126   (2,436,494) $(12,408) $53,696  $2,323  $43,737 
                             

Issuance of shares

  41,452   1           -       1 

Stock-based compensation

                  100       100 

Net income

                      2,487   2,487 

Dividend declared on common stock - $0.08 per share

                      (818)  (818)
                             

Balances - September 27, 2020

  12,664,753  $127   (2,436,494) $(12,408) $53,796  $3,992  $45,507 
                             
  

Six-Month Periods

 

Balances - March 31, 2019

  12,546,789  $125   (2,424,231) $(12,326) $53,251  $338  $41,388 
                             

Issuance of shares

  46,512   1           -       1 

Stock-based compensation

                  140       140 

Acquisition of treasury stock

          (3,203)  (17)          (17)

Net income

                      2,858   2,858 

Dividends declared on common stock - $0.16 per share

                      (1,623)  (1,623)
                             

Balances - September 29, 2019

  12,593,301  $126   (2,427,434) $(12,343) $53,391  $1,573  $42,747 
                             

Balances - March 29, 2020

  12,603,301  $126   (2,436,494) $(12,408) $53,610  $1,108  $42,436 
                             

Issuance of shares

  61,452   1           -       1 

Stock-based compensation

                  186       186 

Net income

                      3,702   3,702 

Dividend declared on common stock - $0.08 per share

                      (818)  (818)
                             

Balances - September 27, 2020

  12,664,753  $127   (2,436,494) $(12,408) $53,796  $3,992  $45,507 

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

NINE-MONTHSIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 AND JANUARY 1, 2017SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

(amounts in thousands)

 

 

Nine-Month Periods Ended

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
 

(amounts in thousands)

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 

Operating activities:

                

Net income

 $1,774  $3,963  $3,702  $2,858 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

                

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

  183   138   370   357 

Amortization of intangibles

  618   566   403   427 

Amortization of right of use assets

  949   675 

Deferred income taxes

  585   669   (28)  173 

Reserve for unrecognized tax benefits

  268   168 

Gain on sale of property, plant and equipment

  -   (9)

Reserve for unrecognized tax liabilities

  64   (224)

Stock-based compensation

  406   456   186   140 

Changes in assets and liabilities:

                

Accounts receivable

  2,850   6,343   (994)  3,558 

Inventories

  (2,759)  (1,590)  (1,459)  (2,407)

Prepaid expenses

  (198)  (1,519)  499   236 

Other assets

  9   (17)  -   2 

Lease liabilities

  (811)  (714)

Accounts payable

  3,435   2,967   5,041   2,154 

Accrued liabilities

  1,463   (192)  366   (833)

Net cash provided by operating activities

  8,634   11,952   8,288   6,393 

Investing activities:

                

Capital expenditures for property, plant and equipment

  (160)  (152)  (312)  (237)

Payment for acquisitions, net of liabilities assumed

  (15,245)  - 

Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment

  -   22 

Net cash used in investing activities

  (15,405)  (152)  (312)  (215)

Financing activities:

                

Repayments under revolving line of credit

  (2,909)  -   (4,598)  (20,601)

Borrowings under revolving line of credit

  5,220   -   2,020   16,115 

Proceeds from long-term debt

  1,964   - 

Purchase of treasury stock

  (56)  (861)  -   (17)

Issuance of common stock

  -   786   1   1 

Payments on capital leases

  (845)  - 

Dividends paid

  (2,414)  (4,905)  (813)  (1,619)

Net cash used in financing activities

  (1,004)  (4,980)  (1,426)  (6,121)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

  (7,775)  6,820 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

  6,550   57 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  7,892   7,574   282   143 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 $117  $14,394  $6,832  $200 
                

Supplemental cash flow information:

                

Income taxes paid

 $1,068  $1,367  $1,447  $797 

Interest paid

  8   2   14   32 
                

Noncash financing activities:

                

Property, plant and equipment purchased but unpaid

  (40)  (61)

Dividends declared but unpaid

  (807)  (4,816)  (818)  (813)

Compensation paid as common stock

  116   108 

 

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


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CROWN CRAFTS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE THREE AND NINE-MONTHSIX-MONTH PERIODS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017SEPTEMBER 27, 2020 AND JANUARY 1, 2017SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

 

 

 

Note 1– Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Basis of Presentation: The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Crown Crafts, Inc. (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance withpursuant to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) applicable to interim financial information as promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statements. References herein to GAAP are to topics within the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (the “FASB ASC”), which the FASB periodically revises through the issuance of an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) and which has been established by the FASB as the authoritative source for GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.

 

In the opinion of management, the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements contained herein include all adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Such adjustments include normal, recurring accruals, as well as the elimination of all significant intercompany balances and transactions. Operating results for the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected by the Company for its fiscal year ending April 1, 2018. March 28, 2021. For further information, refer to the Company’s consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K10-K for the fiscal year ended April 2, 2017.March 29, 2020.

 

Fiscal Year: The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Sunday that is nearest to or on March 31. References herein to “fiscal year 2018”2021” or “2018”“2021” represent the 52-week52-week period ending April 1, 2018 March 28, 2021 and references herein to “fiscal year 2017”2020” or “2017”“2020” represent the 52-week52-week period ended April 2, 2017.March 29, 2020.

 

Use of Estimates: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the periods presented on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and cash flows. Significant estimates are made with respect to the allowances related to accounts receivable for customer deductions for returns, allowances and disputes. The Company also has a certain amount of discontinued finished productsgoods which necessitates the establishment of inventory reserves and allocates indirect costs to inventory based on an estimated percentage of the supplier purchase price, each of which isthat are highly subjective. The Company has also established estimated reserves in connection with the uncertainty concerning the amount of income tax recognized. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Company considers highly-liquid investments, if any, purchased with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

The Company’s credit facility consists of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with The CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. (“CIT”), a subsidiary of CIT Group Inc. The Company classifies a negative balance outstanding under this revolving line of credit as cash, as these amounts are legally owed to the Company and are immediately available to be drawn upon by the Company. There are no compensating balance requirements or other restrictions on the transfer of amounts associated with the Company’s depository accounts.

 

Financial Instruments: For short-term instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, the Company uses carrying value as a reasonable estimate of the fair value.

 

Advertising Costs: The Company’s advertising costs are primarily associated with cooperative advertising arrangements with certain of the Company’s customers and are recognized using the straight-line method based upon aggregate annual estimated amounts for thosethese customers, with periodic adjustments to the actual amounts of authorized agreements. Costs associated with advertising on websites such as Facebook and Google and which are related toassociated with the Company’s online business are recorded as incurred. Advertising expense is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and amounted to $534,000$314,000 and $168,000$260,000 for the three-month periods months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively, and amounted to $1.1 million$659,000 and $666,000$544,000 for the nine-month periodssix months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively.

 


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Segment and Related Information: The Company operates primarily in one principal segment, infant, toddler and juvenile products. These products consist of infant and toddler bedding, bibs, soft bath products, disposable products and accessories. Net sales of bedding, blankets and accessories and net sales of bibs, bath and disposable products for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2017 are as follows (in thousands):


  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Nine-Month Periods Ended

 
  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

 

Bedding, blankets and accessories

 $11,558  $11,445  $30,414  $31,847 

Bibs, bath and disposable products

  5,918   5,817   17,170   16,823 

Total net sales

 $17,476  $17,262  $47,584  $48,670 

 

Revenue Recognition: Sales Revenue is recognized upon the satisfaction of all contractual performance obligations and the transfer of control of the products sold to the customer. The majority of the Company’s sales consists of single performance obligation arrangements for which the transaction price for a given product sold is equivalent to the price quoted for the product, net of any stated discounts applicable at a point in time. Each sales transaction results in an implicit contract with the customer to deliver a product as directed by the customer. Shipping and handling costs that are charged to customers are included in net sales, and the Company’s costs associated with shipping and handling activities are included in cost of products sold.

A provision for anticipated returns, which are based upon historical returns and claims, is provided through a reduction of net sales and cost of products sold in the reporting period within which the related sales are recorded. Actual returns and claims experienced in a future period may differ from historical experience, and thus, the Company’s provision for anticipated returns at any given point in time may be over-funded or under-funded.

The Company recognizes revenue associated with unredeemed store credits and gift certificates at the earlier of their redemption by customers, their expiration or when their likelihood of redemption becomes remote, which is generally two years from the date of issuance. Revenue from sales made directly to consumers areis recorded when the shipped products have been received by customers. Salescustomers, and excludes sales taxes collected on behalf of governmental entities. Revenue from sales made to retailers areis recorded when legal title has been passed to the customer based upon the terms of the customer’s purchase order, the Company’s sales invoice, or other associated relevant documents. Such terms usually stipulate that legal title will pass when the shipped products are shippedno longer under the control of the Company, such as when the products are picked up at the Company’s facility by the customer or by a common carrier. Payment terms can vary from prepayment for sales made directly to customers and areconsumers to payment due in arrears (generally, 60 days of being invoiced) for sales made to retailers.

Allowances Against Accounts Receivable: Revenue from sales made to retailers is reported net of allowances for estimatedanticipated returns and other allowances, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Allowances for returns are estimated based on historical rates. Allowances for returns,including cooperative advertising allowances, warehouse allowances, placement fees, volume rebates, coupons and discountsdiscounts. Such allowances are recorded commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate, and the cost of such allowances is netted against sales in reporting the results of operations. Shipping and handling costs, net of amounts reimbursed by customers, are not material and are included in net sales.

Allowances Against Accounts Receivable: The Company’s allowances against accounts receivable are primarily contractually agreed-upon deductionsprovision for items such as cooperative advertising and warehouse allowances, placement fees and volume rebates. These deductions are recorded throughout the year commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate. Funding of the majority of the Company’s allowances occurs on a per-invoice basis. The allowances for customer deductions, which are netted against accounts receivable in the condensed consolidated balance sheets, consist of agreed upon advertising support, placement fees, markdowns and warehouse and other allowances. All such allowances are recorded as direct offsets to sales, and such costs are accrued commensurate with sales activities or as a straight-line amortization charge of an agreed-upon fixed amount, as appropriate to the circumstances for each such arrangement. When a customer requests deductions,to have an agreed-upon deduction applied against the customer’s outstanding balance due to the Company, the allowances are correspondingly reduced to reflect such payments or credits issued against the customer’s account balance. The Company analyzes the components of the allowances for customer deductions monthly and adjusts the allowances to the appropriate levels. The timing of funding requests for advertising support can cause the net balance in the allowance account to fluctuate from period to period. The timing of such funding requests should have no impact on the consolidated statements of income since such costs are accrued commensurate with sales activity or using the straight-line method, as appropriate.

 

Uncollectible Accounts:To reduce the Company’s exposure to credit losses and to enhance the predictability of its cash flows, thethe Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivablereceivables under factoring agreements with CIT. In the eventIf a factored receivable becomes uncollectible due to customer creditworthiness, then CIT bears the risk of loss. The Company recognizes revenue net of the amount that is expected to be uncollectible on any accounts receivable that are not assigned under the factoring agreements with CIT. The Company’s management must makemakes estimates of the uncollectibilityuncollectiblity of its non-factored accounts receivable to evaluate the adequacy of the Company’s allowance for doubtful accounts, which is accomplished by specifically analyzing the accounts receivable, historical bad debts, customer concentrations, customer creditworthiness, current economic trends and changes in its customers’ payment terms. The Company’s bad debt expense is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company did not recognize a charge for bad debt expense during fiscal year 2017 and recorded $25,000 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017.

 

Credit Concentration:The Company’sCompany’s accounts receivable as of December 31, 2017 was $12.8September 27, 2020 amounted to $18.8 million, net of allowances of $657,000.$684,000. Of this amount, $9.9$17.9 million was due from CIT under the factoring agreements, whichagreements; an additional amount of $6.8 million was due from CIT as a negative balance outstanding under the revolving line of credit. The combined amount of $24.7 million represents the maximum loss that the Company could incur if CIT failed completely to perform its obligations thereunder.

under the factoring agreements and the revolving line of credit. The Company’s accounts receivable at March 29, 2020 amounted to $17.8 million, net of allowances of $530,000. Of this amount, $17.1 million was due from CIT under the factoring agreements.

Other Accrued Liabilities: An amount of $459,000$465,000 was recorded as other accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2017. September 27, 2020. Of this amount, $199,000$359,000 reflected unearned revenue recorded for payments from customers that were received before the products ordered were shipped. Otherreceived by the customers. An amount of $352,000 was recorded as other accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2017 also includes a reserveMarch 29, 2020. Of this amount, $155,000 reflected unearned revenue recorded for customer returns of $13,000 and unredeemed store credits and gift certificates totaling $27,000. The Company reduces its liabilities for store credits and gift certificates, and recognizespayments from customers that were received before the associated revenue, atproducts ordered were received by the earlier of their redemption by customers, their expiration or when their likelihood of redemption becomes remote, generally two years from the date of issuance.customers.


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DepreciationSegment and Amortization:Related Information: The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets reflect property, plant and equipment, and certain intangible assets at cost less accumulated depreciation or amortization. The Company capitalizes additionsoperates primarily in one principal segment, infant and improvementstoddler products. These products consist of infant and expenses maintenancetoddler bedding, bibs, soft bath products, disposable products, developmental and repairs as incurred. Depreciationbath toys and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful livesaccessories. Net sales of the assets, which are three to eight years for property, plantbedding, blankets and equipment,accessories and five to twenty years for amortizable intangible assets. The Company amortizes improvements to its leased facilities over the termnet sales of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset, whichever is shorter.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assetsbibs, bath, developmental toy, feeding, baby care and Identifiable Intangible Assets: In addition to the depreciation and amortization procedures set forth above, the Company reviews for impairment long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. In the event of impairment, the asset is written down to its fair market value. The Company incurs certain legal and associated costs in connection with applications for patents, which are classified within other finite-lived intangible assets in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company capitalizes such costs to be amortized over the expected life of the patent to the extent that an economic benefit is anticipated from the resulting patent or an alternative future usedisposable products for the underlying product is available to the Company. The Company also capitalizes legalthree and other costs incurred in the protection or defense of the Company’s patents to the extent that it is believed that the future economic benefit of the patent will be maintained or increasedsix-month periods ended September 27, 2020 and a successful outcome of the litigation is probable. Capitalized patent protection or defense costsSeptember 29, 2019 are amortized over the remaining expected life of the related patent. The Company’s assessment of the future economic benefit of its patents involves considerable management judgment, and a different conclusion could result in a material impairment charge up to the carrying value of these assets.as follows (in thousands):

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 

Bedding, blankets and accessories

 $13,042  $10,364  $23,059  $18,077 

Bibs, bath, developmental toy, feeding, baby care and disposable products

  8,617   8,196   14,805   16,425 

Total net sales

 $21,659  $18,560  $37,864  $34,502 

 

Inventory Valuation: The preparation of the Company's financial statements requires careful determination of the appropriate value of the Company's inventory balances. Such amounts are presented as a current asset in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets and are a direct determinant of cost of products sold in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income and, therefore, have a significant impact on the amount of net income reported in the accounting periods reported.periods. The basis of accounting for inventories is cost, which for products that have been contracted to be manufactured includes the direct supplier acquisition cost, duties, taxes and freight, and the indirect costs incurred to design, develop, source and store the productsproduct until they areit is sold. A portion of the Company’s products are manufactured by a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Because most of these products are made to order and are shipped immediately after production has been completed, the Company’s aggregate inventory cost for this subsidiary is primarily related to raw materials. Once cost has been determined, the Company’s inventory is then stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value, with cost determined underusing the assumptionfirst-in, first-out ("FIFO") method, which assumes that inventory quantities are sold in the order in which they are acquired, (the first-in, first-out ("FIFO") method).and the average cost method for a portion of the Company’s inventory.

 

The indirect costs allocated to inventory are done so as a percentage of projected annual supplier purchases and can impact the Company’s results of operations as purchase volumes fluctuate from quarter to quarter and year to year. The difference between indirect costs incurred and the indirect costs allocated to inventory creates a burden variance, which is generally favorable when actual inventory purchases exceed planned inventory purchases, and is generally unfavorable when actual inventory purchases are lower than planned inventory purchases. The determination of the indirect charges and their allocation to the Company's finished productsgoods inventories is complex and requires significant management judgment and estimates. If management made different judgments or utilized different estimates, then differences would result in the valuation of the Company's inventories and in the amount and timing of the Company's cost of products sold and the resulting net income for any accountingthe reporting period.

 

On a periodic basis, management reviews the Company’sits inventory quantities on hand for obsolescence, physical deterioration, changes in price levels and the existence of quantities on hand which may not reasonably be expected to be sold within the Company’s normal operating cycle of the Company's operations.cycle. To the extent that any of these conditions is believed to exist or the market value of the inventory expected to be realized in the ordinary course of business is otherwise no longer as great as its carrying value, an allowance against the inventory value is established. To the extent that this allowance is established or increased during an accounting period, an expense is recorded in cost of products sold in the Company's consolidated statements of income. Only when inventory for which an allowance has been established is later sold or is otherwise disposed of is the allowance reduced accordingly. Significant management judgment is required in determining the amount and adequacy of this allowance. In the event that actual results differ from management's estimates or these estimates and judgments are revised in future periods, the Company may not fully realize the carrying value of its inventory or may need to establish additional allowances, either of which could materially impact the Company's financial position and results of operations.


 

Royalty Payments: The Company has entered into agreements that provide for royalty payments based on a percentage of sales with certain minimum guaranteed amounts. These royaltiesroyalty amounts are accrued based upon historical sales rates adjusted for current sales trends by customers. Royalty expense is included in cost of products sold in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income and amounted to $1.8$1.6 million and $1.9$1.3 million for the three-month periods months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively, and amounted to $5.0$2.8 million and $5.2$2.2 million for the nine-month periodssix months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively.

Depreciation and Amortization: The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets reflect property, plant and equipment, and certain intangible assets at cost less accumulated depreciation or amortization. The Company capitalizes additions and improvements and expenses maintenance and repairs as incurred. Depreciation and amortization are computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are three to eight years for property, plant and equipment, and five to twenty years for intangible assets other than goodwill. The Company amortizes improvements to its leased facilities over the term of the lease or the estimated useful life of the asset, whichever is shorter.

Valuation of Long-Lived Assets and Identifiable Intangible Assets: In addition to the depreciation and amortization procedures set forth above, the Company reviews for impairment long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of any asset may not be recoverable. In the event of impairment, the asset is written down to its fair market value.

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Patent Costs: The Company incurs certain legal and related costs in connection with patent applications. The Company capitalizes such costs to be amortized over the expected life of the patent to the extent that an economic benefit is anticipated from the resulting patent or an alternative future use is available to the Company. The Company also capitalizes legal and other costs incurred in the protection or defense of the Company’s patents when it is believed that the future economic benefit of the patent will be maintained or increased and a successful defense is probable. Capitalized patent defense costs are amortized over the remaining expected life of the related patent. The Company’s assessment of future economic benefit of its patents involves considerable management judgment, and a different conclusion could result in a material impairment charge up to the carrying value of these assets.

 

Provision for Income Taxes: The Company’s provision for income taxes includes all currently payable federal, state, local and foreign taxes and is based upon the Company’s estimated annual effective tax rate (the “ETR”), which is based on the Company’s forecasted annual pre-tax income, as adjusted for certain expenses within the consolidated statements of income that will never be deductible on the Company’s tax returns and certain charges expected to be deducted on the Company’s tax returns that will never be deducted on the consolidated statements of income, multiplied by the statutory tax rates for the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates and reduced by certain anticipated tax credits.The Company’s provision for income taxes for fiscal year 2018 is based upon an estimated annual effective tax rate (“ETR”) from continuing operations of 33.0%.

 

The Company’s policy is to recognize the effect that a change in enacted tax rates would have on net deferred files income tax assets and liabilitiesreturns in the periodmany jurisdictions in which it operates, including the U.S., several U.S. states and the People’s Republic of China. The statute of limitations varies by jurisdiction; tax years open to federal or state audit or other adjustment as of September 27, 2020 were the tax rates are changed. On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed into law comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”), which includes a provision to lower the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% effective as of January 1, 2018. As the Company’s fiscal 2018 will end on years ended March 29, 2020, March 31, 2019, April 1, 2018, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a blended federal statutory rate of 30.75% for fiscal 2018. The Company’s policy is to provide for deferred income taxes based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company has prepared an initial accounting to recognize the effect of the TCJA on the Company’s net deferred income tax assets, which as of October 2, 2017 and April 2, 2017, had been recorded based upon the pre-TCJA enacted composite federal, stateApril 3, 2016 and foreign income tax rate of approximately 37.5% that would have been applied as the financial statement and tax differences began to reverse. Because most of these differences are now expected to reverse at a composite rate of approximately 23.5%, the Company was required to revalue its net deferred income tax assets. This revaluation resulted in a provisional discrete charge to income tax expense of $409,000 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2017. The revaluation required management judgment with respect to estimates of the financial statement and tax differences that would be established or reversed during the three-month period ending April 1, 2018, upon which the ETR of 33.0% is expected to be applied. To the extent that the actual results may differ from those estimates, an additional discrete charge or benefit to income tax expense may be required in a future period to complete the accounting to recognize the effect of the TCJA on the Company’s net deferred income tax assets.March 30, 2014.

 

Management evaluates items of income, deductions and credits reported on the Company’sCompany’s various federal and state income tax returns filed and recognizes the effect of positions taken on those income tax returns only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. The Company applies the provisions of FASB ASC Sub-topic 740-10-25, which requiresaccounting guidelines that require a minimum recognition threshold that a tax benefit must meet before being recognized in the financial statements. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.

 

During fiscal year 2016, an evaluation was made of the Company’s processAfter considering all relevant information regarding the calculation of the state portion of its income tax provision. This evaluation resulted in the Company taking a tax position that reflected opportunities for the application of more favorable state apportionment percentages for several prior fiscal years. After considering all relevant information,provision, the Company believes that the technical merits of thisthe tax position that the Company has taken with respect to state apportionment percentages would more likely than not be sustained. However, the Company also believesrealizes that the ultimate resolution of thesuch tax position willcould result in a tax benefitcharge that is lessmore than the full amount being sought.realized based upon the application of the tax position taken. Therefore, the Company’s measurement regarding the tax impact of the revised state apportionment percentages resulted in the Company recording a reservediscrete reserves for unrecognized tax benefitsliabilities of $20,000 and $31,000 during the three and nine-monththree-month periods ended December 31, 2017 of $31,000September 27, 2020 and $60,000,September 29, 2019, respectively, and $65,000$33,000 and $115,000 for$42,000 during the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended January 1, 2017, September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Because the tax impact of the revised state apportionment percentages are measured net of federal income taxes, the provision in the TCJA that lowered the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% required the Company to revalue its reserve for unrecognized tax benefits. This revaluation, which the Company believes is complete, resulted in a net discrete charge to income tax expense of $132,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.


 

The Company’sCompany’s policy is to accrue interest expense and penalties as appropriate on any estimated unrecognized tax benefitsliabilities as a charge to interest expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of income. Interest expense or penalties are not accrued with respect to estimated unrecognized tax benefits that are associated with claims for income tax refunds as long as the overpayments are receivable. The Company accrued interest and penalties associated with its reserve for unrecognized tax benefitsliabilities during the three and nine-monththree-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019 of $16,000$14,000 and $52,000,$18,000, respectively, and $13,000 and $53,000 forduring the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended January 1, 2017, September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019 of $31,000 and $29,000, respectively, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for interest expense and penalties on the unrecognized tax liabilities for which the relevant statute of limitations remained unexpired. No interest expense or penalties are accrued with respect to estimated unrecognized tax liabilities that are associated with state income tax overpayments that remain receivable.

In December 2016, the Company was notified by the Franchise Tax Board of the State of California (the “FTB”) of its intention to examine the Company’s claims for refund made in connection with amended California consolidated income tax returns that the Company had filed for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2014, March 31, 2013, April 1, 2012 and April 3, 2011. On July 31, 2019, the FTB notified the Company that it would take no further action with regard to the fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, April 1, 2012 and April 3, 2011. Accordingly, the Company reversed the reserves for unrecognized tax liabilities that it had previously recorded for these fiscal years, which resulted in the recognition of a discrete income tax benefit of $232,000 during the six months ended September 29, 2019 in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. The revaluationCompany also reversed the interest expense and penalties that it had accrued in respect of the unrecognized tax liabilities for these fiscal years, which resulted in the recognition of a credit to interest expense of $78,000 during the six months ended September 29, 2019.

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In August 2020, the Company was notified by the FTB of its intention to examine the Company’s consolidated income tax returns for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and April 2, 2017.

As of October 27, 2020, the status of the Company’s claim for refund made in connection with the amended California consolidated income tax return for the fiscal year ended March 30, 2014, and the status of the examinations of the California consolidated income tax returns for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and April 2, 2017, were not resolved. The ultimate resolution of the claim for refund and the tax return examinations could include administrative or legal proceedings. Although management believes that the calculations and positions taken on the amended consolidated income tax return and all other filed income tax returns are reasonable and justifiable, the outcome of these proceedings or any other examination could result in an adjustment to the position that the Company took on such income tax returns. Such adjustment could also lead to adjustments to one or more other state income tax returns, or to income tax returns for subsequent fiscal years, or both. To the extent that the Company’s reserve for unrecognized tax benefits set forth inliabilities is not adequate to support the preceding paragraph resulted in an additional accrual for interest and penalties with respectcumulative effect of such adjustments, the Company could experience a material adverse impact on its future results of operations. Conversely, to the revaluedextent that the calculations and positions taken by the Company on the filed income tax returns under examination are sustained, or to the extent that the tax returns become closed to examination or other adjustment, another reversal of all or a portion of the Company’s reserve for unrecognized tax benefitsliabilities could result in a favorable impact on its future results of $25,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

The revaluations of the Company’s net deferred income tax assets and its reserve for unrecognized tax benefits was the primary factor in the increase in the overall provision for income taxes to 66.3% and 49.7% for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, respectively.operations.

 

The Company filesrecorded discrete income tax returns incharges of $4,000 during each of the many jurisdictions within which it operates, includingthree months ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, and $4,000 and $6,000 during the U.S., several U.S. statessix months ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively, to reflect the People’s Republicnet effects of China. The statutetax shortfalls arising from the vesting of limitations fornon-vested stock during the Company’s filed income tax returns varies by jurisdiction; tax years open to federal or state examination or other adjustment as of December 31, 2017 were the fiscal years ended April 2, 2017, April 3, 2016, March 29, 2015, March 30, 2014, March 31, 2013, April 1, 2012 and April 3, 2011.periods.

 

Earnings Per Share: The Company calculates basic earnings per share by using a weighted average of the number of shares outstanding during the reporting periods. Diluted shares outstanding are calculated in accordance with the treasury stock method, which assumes that the proceeds from the exercise of all exercisable options would be used to repurchase shares at market value. The net number of shares issued after the exercise proceeds are exhausted represents the potentially dilutive effect of the exercisable options, which are added to basic shares to arrive at diluted shares.

 

Recently-Issued Accounting Standards:In 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.2014-09,Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), which will replace most existing GAAP guidance on revenue recognition, and which will require the use of more estimates and judgments, as well as additional disclosures. When issued, the ASU was to become effective in the fiscal year beginning after December 15,June 2016, but on August 12, 2015 the FASB issued ASU No.2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which provides for a one-year deferral of the effective date to apply the guidance of ASU No.2014-09. Early adoption was originally not permitted in ASU No.2014-09, but ASU No.2015-14 now permits early adoption in the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016. The Company is currently evaluating its existing revenue contract arrangements and expects its review to be complete before the end of fiscal year 2018. At this time, the Company has not yet determined whether it will adopt the provisions of ASU No.2014-09 on a retrospective basis or through a cumulative adjustment to equity.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU No.2015-11,Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which clarified that after an entity determines the cost of its inventory, the subsequent measurement and presentation of such inventory should be at the lower of cost or net realizable value. The ASU became effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2016, and was applied prospectively. The Company adopted ASU No.2015-11 on April 3, 2017, and has determined that the adoption of the ASU did not have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.

On February 25, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-02,Leases (Topic 842), which will increase transparency and comparability by requiring an entity to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities on its balance sheet and by requiring the disclosure of key information about leasing arrangements. Under the provisions of ASU No.2016-02, the Company will be required to capitalize most of its current operating lease obligations as right-of-use assets with corresponding liabilities based upon the present value of the future cash outflows associated with such operating lease obligations. The ASU will become effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018. The ASU is to be applied using a modified retrospective approach, and early adoption is permitted. The Company has not yet decided if it will early-adopt the ASU and is currently evaluating the effect that the adoption of the ASU will have on its financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.


On June 16, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-13, 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326)326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, the objective of which is to provide financial statement users with more information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments and other commitments to extend credit held by an entity. Current GAAP requires an “incurred loss” methodology for recognizing credit losses that delays recognition until it is probable that a loss has been incurred. Because this methodology restricted the recognition of credit losses that are expected, but did not yet meet the “probable” threshhold,threshold, ASU No.2016-13 2016-13 was issued to require the consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information when determining estimates of credit losses. The

ASU will become effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2019. The ASUNo. 2016-13 is to be applied using a modified retrospective approach, and the ASU may could have been early-adopted in the fiscal year that began after December 15, 2018. When issued, ASU No. 2016-13 was required to be early-adopted asadopted no later than the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2019, but on November 15, 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-10, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (Topic 326), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), and Leases (Topic 842): Effective Dates, which provided for the deferral of the effective date of ASU No. 2016-13 for a registrant that is a smaller reporting company to the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2018.

2022. Accordingly, the Company intends to adopt ASU No. 2016-13 effective as of April 3, 2023. Although the Company has not yet decided whether to adopt ASU No.2016-13 early or determined the full impact of the adoption of the ASU No. 2016-13, because the Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable under factoring agreements with CIT, the Company does not believe that itsthe adoption of the ASUNo.2016-13 will have a significant impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and related disclosures.

On January 26,2017, the FASB issued ASU No.2017-04, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. Under previous GAAP, the test for the impairment of goodwill was performed by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it was more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. If such qualitative factors so indicated, then the impairment test was continued in a two-step approach. The first step was the estimation of the fair value of each reporting unit to ensure that its fair value exceeded its carrying value. If step one indicated that a potential impairment existed, then the second step was performed to measure the amount of an impairment charge, if any. In the second step, these estimated fair values were used as the hypothetical purchase price for the reporting units, and an allocation of such hypothetical purchase price was made to the identifiable tangible and intangible assets and assigned liabilities of the reporting units. The impairment charge was calculated as the amount, if any, by which the carrying value of the goodwill exceeded the implied amount of goodwill that resulted from this hypothetical purchase price allocation.

The intent of ASU No.2017-04 was to simplify this process by eliminating the second step from the goodwill impairment test. Instead, an entity should perform its annual or interim measurement of goodwill for impairment by comparing the estimated fair value of each reporting unit of the entity with its carrying value. If the carrying value of a reporting unit of an entity exceeds its estimated fair value, then an impairment charge is calculated as the difference between the carrying value of the reporting unit and its estimated fair value, not to exceed the goodwill of the reporting unit.

The ASU is to be applied on a prospective basis and was to have become effective for the first interim period of the fiscal year beginning after December 15, 2019, but it could have been early-adopted as of the date of the first interim or annual measurement of goodwill for impairment performed on or after January 1, 2017. The Company elected to early-adopt the ASU effective as of April 3, 2017, which did not have an impact on its financial position or results of operations.

 

The Company has determined that all other ASUsASU’s issued which had become effective as of December 31, 2017, October 27, 2020, or which will become effective at some future date, are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Note 2AcquisitionsFinancing Arrangements

 

Carousel:Factoring Agreement On August 4, 2017, Carousel Acquisition, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiarys: To reduce its exposure to credit losses, The Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT pursuant to factoring agreements, which have expiration dates that are coterminous with that of the Company, acquired substantially all of the assets of Carousel Designs, LLC (“OLDCO”), a privately held manufacturer and online retailer of premium infant and toddler bedding and nursery décor based in Douglasville, Georgia. On August 11, 2017, Carousel Acquisition, LLC changed its name to Carousel Designs, LLC (“Carousel”), OLDCO having relinquished its rights to that name as part offinancing agreement described below. Under the terms of the acquisition transaction (the “Carousel Acquisition”).factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT.

 

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The Company anticipates that certain synergies, including administrative and capital efficiencies, may be achieved as a result of the Company’s control of the combined assets and that

CIT bears credit losses with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved shipments, while the Company will benefitbears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination or limitation occurs, then the direct-to-consumer opportunities that will result fromCompany either assumes (and may seek to mitigate) the Carousel Acquisition. Carousel paid an acquisition cost of $8.7 million from cash on hand and assumed certain specified liabilities relatingcredit risk for shipments to the business. Carousel also recognized as expense $35,000 and $299,000customer after the date of costs associated withsuch termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to the acquisition during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, respectively,customer. Factoring fees, which isare included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.income, amounted to $85,000 and $62,000 for the three-month periods ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively, and amounted to $130,000 and $113,000 for the six-month periods ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively.

Credit Facility:The Company’s credit facility at September 27, 2020 consisted of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with CIT of up to $26.0 million, which includes a $1.5 million sub-limit for letters of credit, bearing interest at the rate of prime minus 0.5% or LIBOR plus 1.75%. The financing agreement matures on July 11, 2022 and is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. At September 27, 2020, the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit, if any, under the LIBOR option, which was 1.91% as of September 27, 2020. The financing agreement also provides for the payment by CIT to the Company of interest at the rate of prime as of the beginning of the calendar month minus 2.0%, which was 1.25% as of September 27, 2020, on daily negative balances, if any, held at CIT.

As of September 27, 2020, there was no balance owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $24.2 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances. As of March 29, 2020, there was a balance of $2.6 million owed on the revolving line of credit, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $20.1 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.

The financing agreement contains usual and customary covenants for agreements of that type, including limitations on other indebtedness, liens, transfers of assets, investments and acquisitions, merger or consolidation transactions, transactions with affiliates, and changes in or amendments to the organizational documents for the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company believes it was in compliance with these covenants as of September 27, 2020.

Paycheck Protection Program Loan: On April 19, 2020, the Company executed a Note (the “Note”) in connection with a loan (the “Loan”) made pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”), which is administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (the “SBA”) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) and the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020 (the “Flexibility Act”). The Note was entered into with CIT Bank, N.A. (the “Lender”) for the principal amount of $1,963,800 and will accrue interest at 1.0% per year. The Note will mature on April 20, 2022, at which time all remaining outstanding principal and accrued interest amounts under the Note will become due and payable.

As authorized by the provisions of the CARES Act, the Company may apply to the Lender for forgiveness of all or a portion of the Loan in an amount equal to the sum of certain allowable costs incurred by the Company during the 8-week period beginning on April 20, 2020. The Flexibility Act extended this to a period of up to 24 weeks beginning on April 20, 2020. Such forgiveness will be determined, subject to limitations, based on the use of the proceeds of the Loan for payroll costs, mortgage interest, rent or utility costs.

The terms of the Note provided that beginning on November 1, 2020, the Company would be required to pay monthly installments of principal and interest in the amount necessary to fully amortize the Loan through the maturity date. However, the Flexibility Act provides that principal and interest payments will not be required to begin until subsequent to the date that the forgiveness amount is remitted to the Lender by the SBA, or the SBA otherwise notifies the Lender that the Loan is not eligible for forgiveness. The Note may be prepaid at any time prior to maturity without penalty.

On October 15, 2020, the Company submitted an application to the Lender for forgiveness of the full amount of the Loan. The Company has made a preliminary projection that the amount, if any, of the Loan that is determined to be forgiven will be remitted to the Lender by the SBA in March 2021. The Company has not presumed that any amount of such forgiveness of the Loan will be obtained, either in whole or in part, and has therefore made the assumption that monthly installments will commence in April 2021 of principal and interest in the amount necessary to amortize the full amount of the Loan through the maturity date. The Company has accordingly classified principal payments in the aggregate amount of $906,000 as a current liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 27, 2020. The remaining balance of the Loan outstanding as of September 27, 2020 of $1.1 million has been presented as long-term debt in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet, such amount being due and payable in monthly installments from October 2021 through March 2022.

 


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The Carousel Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805,Business Combinations. The Company is currently determining the allocationNote contains customary events of default relating to, among other things, payment defaults, breach of representations and warranties, or provisions of the acquisition cost with the assistanceNote. The occurrence of an independent third party. The identifiable assets acquired were recorded at their estimated fair value, which has been preliminarily determined based on available informationevent of default may result in the repayment of all amounts outstanding, collection of all amounts owing from the Company, and/or filing suit and obtaining judgment against the Company. Additionally, the Note is subject to the terms and conditions applicable to loans administered by the SBA under the CARES Act and the use of multiple valuation approaches. The estimated useful lives of the identifiable intangible assets acquired was determined based upon the remaining time that these assets are expected to directly or indirectly contribute to the future cash flow of the Company. Certain data necessary to complete the acquisition cost allocation is not yet available, including, but not limited to, the valuation of pre-acquisition contingencies and the final appraisals and valuations of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.Flexibility Act.

The following table represents the Company’s preliminary allocation of the acquisition cost (in thousands) to the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the acquisition cost over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is reflected as goodwill.

Tangible assets:

    

Inventory

 $967 

Prepaid expenses

  5 

Fixed assets

  1,068 

Total tangible assets

  2,040 

Amortizable intangible assets:

    

Tradename

  1,400 

Developed technology

  1,100 

Non-compete covenants

  360 

Total amortizable intangible assets

  2,860 

Goodwill

  5,379 

Total acquired assets

  10,279 
     

Liabilities assumed:

    

Accounts payable

  319 

Accrued wages and benefits

  59 

Unearned revenue

  271 

Other accrued liabilities

  60 

Capital leases

  845 

Total liabilities assumed

  1,554 

Net acquisition cost

 $8,725 

The Company expects to complete the acquisition cost allocation during the 12-month period following the acquisition date, during which time the values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the goodwill, may need to be revised as appropriate.

In connection with the Carousel Acquisition, Carousel paid off capital leases amounting to $845,000 that were associated with certain fixed assets that were acquired.

Based upon the preliminary allocation of the acquisition cost, the Company has recognized $5.4 million of goodwill, the entirety of which has been assigned to the reporting unit of the Company that produces and markets infant and toddler bedding, blankets and accessories, and the entirety of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes.

The Carousel Acquisition resulted in net sales of $1.8 million and $3.0 million of infant and toddler bedding, blankets and accessories during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017 and during the period from the acquisition date through December 31, 2017, respectively. Carousel recorded amortization expense associated with the acquired amortizable intangible assets in the amount of $63,000 and $115,000 during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017 and during the period from the acquisition date through December 31, 2017, respectively, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Amortization is computed for the acquired amortizable intangible assets using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, which are 15 years for the Tradename, 10 years for the Developed technology, 5 years for the Non-compete agreements and 12 years on a weighted-average basis for the grouping taken together.


Sassy: On December 15, 2017, Hamco, Inc. (“Hamco”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired certain assets associated with the Sassy®-branded developmental toy, feeding and baby care product line from Sassy 14, LLC and assumed certain related liabilities (the “Sassy Acquisition”).

The Company anticipates that certain synergies, including administrative and capital efficiencies, may be achieved as a result of the Company’s acquisition of the Sassy product line and that the Company will benefit from the added diversity to the Company’s portfolio of products. The Company further anticipates that the Sassy Acquisition will strengthen the Company’s overall position in the infant and juvenile products market. Hamco paid an acquisition cost of $6.5 million from a combination of cash on hand and the revolving line of credit. Hamco also recognized as expense $125,000 of costs associated with the acquisition during each of the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.

The Sassy Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 805,Business Combinations. With the assistance of an independent third party, the Company has used preliminary inputs to prepare an allocation of the acquisition cost. The identifiable assets acquired were recorded at their estimated fair value, which has been preliminarily determined based on available information and the use of multiple valuation approaches. Certain data necessary to complete the acquisition cost allocation is not yet available, including, but not limited to, the valuation of pre-acquisition contingencies and the final appraisals and valuations of assets acquired and liabilities assumed.

The following table represents the Company’s preliminary allocation of the acquisition cost (in thousands) to the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on their respective estimated fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the acquisition cost over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired is reflected as goodwill.

Tangible assets:

    

Inventory

 $3,297 

Prepaid expenses

  119 

Fixed assets

  385 

Total tangible assets

  3,801 

Amortizable intangible assets:

    

Tradename

  540 

Customer Relationships

  1,840 

Total amortizable intangible assets

  2,380 

Goodwill

  359 

Total acquired assets

  6,540 

Liabilities assumed:

    

Accrued wages

  20 

Net acquisition cost

 $6,520 

The Company expects to complete the acquisition cost allocation during the12-month period following the acquisition date, during which time the values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, including the goodwill, may need to be revised as appropriate.

Based upon the preliminary allocation of the acquisition cost, the Company has recognized $359,000 of goodwill, the entirety of which has been assigned to the reporting unit of the Company that produces and markets infant and toddler bibs, developmental toys, bath care and disposable products, and the entirety of which is expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The Sassy Acquisition resulted in net sales of $20,000 of developmental toy, feeding and baby care products during the period from the acquisition date through December 31, 2017.


 

 

Note 3 – Goodwill, Customer Relationships and Other Intangible Assets

 

Goodwill:Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of net identifiable assets acquired in business combinations. For the purpose of presenting and measuring for the impairment of goodwill, the Company has two reporting units: one that produces and markets infant and toddler bedding, blankets and accessories and another that produces and markets infant and toddler bibs, developmental toys, bath care and disposable products.products. The goodwill of the reporting units of the Company as of April 2, 2017 September 27, 2020 and March 29, 2020 amounted to $24.0 million, which was increased by $5.4 million and $359,000 as a result of the Carousel Acquisition and the Sassy Acquisition, respectively, as the excess of the acquisition cost over the fair values of the identifiable tangible and intangible assets acquired. Thus, as of December 31, 2017, the goodwill of the reporting units of the Company amounted to $29.8$30.0 million, which is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets net of accumulated impairment charges of $22.9$22.9 million, for a net reported balance of $6.9$7.1 million.

As disclosed in Note 1, effective as of April 3, 2017, the Company adopted ASU No.2017-04, the intent of which was to simplify the measurement of goodwill for impairment. The Company measures for impairment the goodwill within its reporting units annually as of the first day of the Company’s fiscal year. An additional interim measurement for impairment is performed during the year whenever an event or change in circumstances occurs that suggests that the fair value of either of the reporting units of the Company has more likely than not(defined (defined as having a likelihood of greater than 50%) fallen below its carrying value. The annual or interim measurement for impairment is performed by first assessing qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If such qualitative factors so indicate, then the measurement for impairment is continued by calculating an estimate of the fair value of each reporting unit and comparing the estimated fair value to the carrying value of the reporting unit. If the carrying value exceeds the estimated fair value of the reporting unit, then an impairment charge is calculated as the difference between the carrying value of the reporting unit and its estimated fair value, not to exceed the goodwill of the reporting unit.

 

On April 3, 2017, theMarch 30, 2020, the Company performed the annual measurement for impairment of the goodwill of its reporting units and concluded that the estimated fair value of each of the Company’s reporting units substantially exceeded their carrying values, and thus the goodwill of the Company’s reporting units was not impaired as of that date.

 

Note 4Other Intangible Assets:Assets

Other intangible assets as of December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and April 2, 2017 March 29, 2020 consisted primarily of the fair value of identifiable assets acquired in business combinations other than tangible assets and goodwill. The gross amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s other intangible assets as of December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and April 2, 2017,March 29, 2020, the amortization expense for the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017 September 29, 2019 and the classification of such amortization expense within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income are as follows (in thousands):

 

                 

Amortization Expense

                  

Amortization Expense

 
 

Gross Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Nine-Month Periods Ended

  

Gross Amount

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
 

December 31,

  

April 2,

  

December 31,

  

April 2,

  

December 31,

  

January 1,

  

December 31,

  

January 1,

  

September 27,

  

March 29,

  

September 27,

  

March 29,

  

September 27,

  

September 29,

  

September 27,

  

September 29,

 
 

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2017

  

2020

  

2020

  

2020

  

2020

  

2020

  

2019

  

2020

  

2019

 

Tradename and trademarks

 $3,927  $1,987  $1,204  $1,066  $50  $33  $138  $100  $3,667  $3,667  $1,869  $1,747  $61  $61  $122  $122 

Developed technology

  1,100   -   46   -   28   -   46   -   1,100   1,100   348   293   27   27   55   55 

Non-compete covenants

  458   98   102   67   20   2   35   5   458   458   318   278   20   19   40   39 

Patents

  1,601   1,601   646   565   27   27   81   81   1,601   1,601   924   889   13   27   35   54 

Customer relationships

  7,374   5,534   4,712   4,394   64   127   318   380   7,374   7,374   5,567   5,416   73   79   151   157 

Total other intangible assets

 $14,460  $9,220  $6,710  $6,092  $189  $189  $618  $566  $14,200  $14,200  $9,026  $8,623  $194  $213  $403  $427 
                                                                

Classification within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income:

Classification within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income:

                 

Classification within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income:

                 

Cost of products sold

Cost of products sold

  $2  $2  $5  $5                  $1  $1  $3  $3 

Marketing and administrative expenses

Marketing and administrative expenses

   187   187   613   561 

Marketing and administrative expenses

               193   212   400   424 

Total amortization expense

Total amortization expense

  $189  $189  $618  $566 

Total amortization expense

              $194  $213  $403  $427 

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Note 45 – Inventories

 

Major classes of inventory were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

December 31, 2017

  

April 2, 2017

  

September 27, 2020

  

March 29, 2020

 

Raw Materials

 $1,074  $42  $518  $597 

Work in Process

  28   23 

Finished Goods

  21,770   15,779   18,645   17,112 

Total inventory

 $22,844  $15,821  $19,191  $17,732 

 


 

Note N5ote 6Financing ArrangementsLeases

 

Master Stand-by Claims Purchase Agreements: On May 16, 2017, The Company is a party to various operating leases for offices, warehousing facilities and certain office equipment. The leases expire at various dates, have varying options to renew and cancel, and may contain escalation provisions. The Company recognizes as expense non-variable lease payments ratably over the lease term. The key estimates for the Company’s leases include the discount rate used to discount the unpaid lease payment to present value and the lease term. The Company’s leases generally do not include a readily determinable implicit rate; therefore, management determined the incremental borrowing rate to discount the lease payment based on the information available at lease commencement. For purposes of such estimates, a lease term includes the noncancellable period under the applicable lease.

The Company entered into an agreement (the “First Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“Chase”) whereinmade cash payments related to its recognized operating leases of $403,000 and $811,000 during the Company hadthree and six-months ended September 27, 2020, respectively, and $362,000 and $714,000 during the right to sell,three and Chase hadsix-months ended September 29, 2019, respectively. Such payments reduced the obligation to purchase, certain claims that could arise if accounts receivable amounts owed by Toys R Us-Delaware, Inc. (“TRU”) to the Company became uncollectible. The First Agreement would have expired on September 20, 2018 operating lease liabilities and carried a fee of 1.65% per month of the limit of $1.8 million of accounts receivable due from TRU. On September 18, 2017, TRU filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (the “Bankruptcy Filing”). Pursuant to the terms of the First Agreement, the Bankruptcy Filing allowed the Company to exercise its right to sell to Chase the claim that arose as a result of the Bankruptcy Filing, which amounted to $866,000 payable to the Company (the “Exercise”). Of this amount, $755,000 remained payable to the Company by Chase as of December 31, 2017 and has been classified as other accounts receivablewere included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Exercise resulted in the acceleration of the recognition of the remaining unpaid fees owed under the First Agreement. During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded $480,000 in fees under the First Agreement, which are included in marketing and administrative expensescash flows provided by operating activities in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.cash flows. As of September 27, 2020, the Company’s operating leases have a weighted-average remaining lease term of 2.6 years and the weighted-average discount rate is 3.79%.

 

On During the three and six-month periods ended September 19, 2017, 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, the Company entered into an agreement (the “Second Agreement”) with Chase wherein the Company has the right to sell, and Chase has the obligation to purchase, certain accounts receivable claims that could arise if TRU convertsclassified its Chapter 11 case to Chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or takes other specified actions. The Second Agreement expires on March 31, 2018 and carries a fee of 1.50% per month of the limit of $1.8 million of accounts receivable due from TRU. On December 31, 2017, $1.3 million in accounts receivable covered by the Second Agreement was owed to the Company from TRU. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded $81,000 and $92,000, respectively, in fees under the Second Agreement, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.

Factoring Agreements: The Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT under factoring agreements whose expiration dates are coterminous with that of the financing agreement described below. Under the terms of the factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT.

CIT bears credit losses with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved customers that areoperating lease costs within approved credit limits, while the Company bears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination or limitation occurs, the Company either assumes (and may seek to mitigate) the credit risk for shipments after the date of such termination or limitation or discontinues shipments to such customer. Factoring fees, which are included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income amounted to $49,000 and $101,000 for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2017, respectively, and amounted to $164,000 and $307,000 for the nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017 and January 1, 2017, respectively.

Credit Facility: The Company’s credit facility at December 31, 2017 consisted of a revolving line of credit under a financing agreement with CIT of up to $26.0 million, which includes a $1.5 million sub-limit for letters of credit, with an interest rate of prime minus 0.50% or LIBOR plus 2.00%. The financing agreement is scheduled to mature on July 11, 2019 and is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. As of December 31, 2017, the Company had elected to pay interest on balances owed under the revolving line of credit under the LIBOR option, which was 3.37%as of December 31, 2017. The financing agreement also provides for the payment by CIT to the Company of interest at the rate of prime as of the beginning of the calendar month minus 2.00% on daily cash balances held at CIT.follows (in thousands):

 

At December 31, 2017, there was a balance due on the revolving line of credit of $2.3 million and there was no letter of credit outstanding. At April 2, 2017, there was no balance owed on the revolving line of credit and there was no letter of credit outstanding. As of December 31, 2017 and April 2, 2017, $18.9 million and $21.4 million, respectively, was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 

Cost of products sold

 $424  $292  $847  $575 

Marketing and administrative expenses

  51   71   102   100 

Total operating lease costs

 $475  $363  $949  $675 

 

The financing agreement formaturities of the revolving line of credit contains usual and customary covenants for agreements of that type, including limitations on other indebtedness, liens, transfers of assets, investments and acquisitions, merger or consolidation transactions, transactions with affiliates and changes in or amendments to the organizational documents for the Company and its subsidiaries. The Company was in compliance with these covenantsCompany’s operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2017.September 27, 2020 and March 29, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):

Fiscal Year

 

September 27, 2020

  

March 29, 2020

 

2021

 $954  $1,777 

2022

  1,726   1,726 

2023

  1,685   1,685 

2024

  280   280 

Total undiscounted operating lease payments

  4,645   5,468 

Imputed interest

  (225)  (318)

Total operating lease liabilities

 $4,420  $5,150 

 


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NoteNote 67 – Stock-based Compensation

 

TheThe Company has two incentive stock plans, the 2006 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2006“2006 Plan”) and the 2014 Omnibus Equity Compensation Plan (the “2014“2014 Plan”). As a result of the approval of the 2014 Plan by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s 2014 annual meeting, grants may no longer be issued under the 2006 Plan.

The Company believes that awards of long-term, equity-based incentive compensation will attract and retain directors, officers and employees of the Company and will encourage these individuals to contribute to the successful performance of the Company, which will lead to the achievement of the Company’s overall goal of increasing stockholder value. Awards granted under the 2014 Plan may be in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, shares of restricted or unrestricted stock, stock units, stock appreciation rights, or other stock-based awards. Awards may be granted subject to the achievement of performance goals or other conditions, and certain awards may be payable in stock or cash, or a combination of the two. The 2014 Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee (the “Compensation Committee”) of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”), which selects eligible employees, non-employee directors and other individuals to participate in the 2014 Plan and determines the type, amount, duration (such duration not to exceed a term of ten (10) years for grants of options) and other terms of individual awards. Grants under the 2014 Plan are settled primarily through the issuance of newAt September 27, 2020, 268,000 shares of the Company’s common stock672,000 shares of which were available for future issuance under the 2014 Plan, aswhich may be issued from authorized and unissued shares of December 31, 2017.the Company’s common stock or treasury shares.

 

Stock-based compensationexpense is calculated according to FASB ASC Topic 718, Compensation – Stock Compensation, which requires stock-based compensation expense to be accounted for using a fair-value-based measurement. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $129,000$100,000 and $149,000$75,000 for the three-month periods months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively, and recorded $406,000$186,000 and $456,000$140,000 for the nine-month periodssix months ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, respectively. The Company records the compensation expense related toassociated with stock-based awards granted to individuals in the same expense classifications in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income as the cash compensation paid to those same individuals. No stock-based compensation costs have beenwere capitalized as part of the cost of an asset as of December 31, 2017.September 27, 2020.

Stock Options: The following table represents stock option activity for the nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017:September 29, 2019:

 

 

Nine-Month Period Ended

  

Nine-Month Period Ended

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 
 

Weighted-

      

Weighted-

      

Weighted-

      

Weighted-

     
 

Average

  

Number of

  

Average

  

Number of

  

Average

  

Number of

  

Average

  

Number of

 
 

Exercise

  

Options

  

Exercise

  

Options

  

Exercise

  

Options

  

Exercise

  

Options

 
 

Price

  

Outstanding

  

Price

  

Outstanding

  

Price

  

Outstanding

  

Price

  

Outstanding

 

Outstanding at Beginning of Period

 $8.35   322,500  $7.64   305,000  $6.86   517,500  $7.45   457,500 

Granted

  7.35   140,000   9.60   120,000   4.92   110,000   4.76   125,000 

Exercised

  -   -   7.67   (102,500)

Forfeited

  9.05   (67,500)  -   -   -   -   7.07   (55,000)

Outstanding at End of Period

  7.93   395,000   8.35   322,500   6.52   627,500   6.85   527,500 

Exercisable at End of Period

  7.94   220,000   7.33   147,500   7.15   455,000   7.72   352,500 

 

As of December 31, 2017, September 27, 2020, the intrinsic value of the outstanding and exercisable stock options was $53,000$164,000 and $35,000,$52,000, respectively. There were no options exercised during the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The intrinsic valueeither of the stock options exercised during the three and nine-month or six-month periods ended January 1, 2017 was $45,000 and $214,000, respectively. The Company did not receive any cash from the exercise of stock options during the three and nine-month periods ended January 1, 2017. Upon the exercise of stock options, participants may choose to surrender to the Company those shares from the option exercise necessary to satisfy the exercise amount and their income tax withholding obligations that arise from the option exercise. The effect on the cash flow of the Company from these “cashless” stock option exercises is that the Company remits cash on behalf of the participant to satisfy hisSeptember 27, 2020 or her income tax withholding obligations. The Company used cash to remit the required income tax withholding amounts from “cashless” stock option exercises of $14,000 and $75,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended January 1, 2017, respectively.September 29, 2019.

 


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To determine the estimated fair value of stock options granted, the Company uses the Black-Scholes-Merton valuation formula, which is a closed-form model that uses an equation to estimate fair value. The following table sets forth the assumptions used to determine the fair value of the non-qualified stock options that were awarded to certain employees during fiscal years 2018the six-month periods ended September 27, 2020 and 2017,September 29, 2019, which options vest over a two-yeartwo-year period, assuming continued service.

 

 

Stock Options Issued to Employees During Fiscal Years

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

 
 

2018

  

2017

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

 

Number of options issued

  10,000   20,000   110,000   120,000   110,000   125,000 

Grant date

 

December 18, 2017

  

August 4, 2017

  

June 8, 2017

  

June 8, 2016

  

June 10, 2020

  

June 13, 2019

 

Dividend yield

  4.92%  5.77%  4.13%  3.33%  6.50%  6.72%

Expected volatility

  25.00%  25.00%  25.00%  20.00%  30.00%  25.00%

Risk free interest rate

  1.94%  1.51%  1.47%  0.93%  0.275%  1.810%

Contractual term (years)

  10.00   10.00   10.00   10.00   10.00   10.00 

Expected term (years)

  3.00   3.00   3.00   3.00   4.00   4.00 

Forfeiture rate

  5.00%  5.00%  5.00%  5.00%  5.00%  5.00%

Exercise price (grant-date closing price) per option

 $6.50  $5.55  $7.75  $9.60  $4.92  $4.76 

Fair value per option

 $0.59  $0.50  $0.85  $0.94  $0.56  $0.39 

 

ForDuring the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, the Company recordedclassified its compensation expense associated with stock options within the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2017

  

Three-Month Period Ended January 1, 2017

  

Three-Month Period Ended September 27, 2020

  

Three-Month Period Ended September 29, 2019

 
 

Cost of

  

Marketing &

      

Cost of

  

Marketing &

      

Cost of

  

Marketing &

      

Cost of

  

Marketing &

     
 

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

 

Options Granted in Fiscal Year

 

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

  

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

  

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

  

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

 

2016

 $-  $-  $-  $5  $5  $10 

2017

  4   4   8   8   5   13 

2018

  5   6   11   -   -   -  $-  $-  $-  $1  $-  $1 

2019

  -   -   -   2   2   4 

2020

  2   3   5   3   3   6 

2021

  4   4   8   -   -   - 
                                                

Total stock option compensation

 $9  $10  $19  $13  $10  $23  $6  $7  $13  $6  $5  $11 

  

Six-Month Period Ended September 27, 2020

  

Six-Month Period Ended September 29, 2019

 
  

Cost of

  

Marketing &

      

Cost of

  

Marketing &

     
  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

 

Options Granted in Fiscal Year

 

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

  

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

 

2018

 $-  $-  $-  $5  $1  $6 

2019

  3   3   6   5   2   7 

2020

  5   8   13   3   4   7 

2021

  4   5   9   -   -   - 
                         

Total stock option compensation

 $12  $16  $28  $13  $7  $20 

 

  

Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2017

  

Nine-Month Period Ended January 1, 2017

 
  

Cost of

  

Marketing &

      

Cost of

  

Marketing &

     
  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

  

Products

  

Administrative

  

Total

 

Options Granted in Fiscal Year

 

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

  

Sold

  

Expenses

  

Expense

 

2015

 $-  $-  $-  $14  $12  $26 

2016

  6   1   7   17   15   32 

2017

  20   11   31   18   12   30 

2018

  11   13   24   -   -   - 
                         

Total stock option compensation

 $37  $25  $62  $49  $39  $88 

As of December 31, 2017, September 27, 2020, total unrecognized stock option compensation expense amounted to $97,000,$71,000, which will be recognized as the underlying stock options vest over a weighted-average period of 10.312.3 months. The amount of future stock option compensation expense could be affected by any future stock option grants and by the separation from the Company of any individual who has received stock options that are unvested as of such individual’s separation date.

 

Non-vested Stock Granted to Non-EmployeeNon-employee Directors: The Board granted the following shares of non-vested stock to the Company’s non-employee directors:

 

Number of Shares

Fair Value per Share

Grant Date

28,000$  5.50                 

     August 9, 2017

28,00010.08                 

     August 10, 2016

28,0008.20                 

     August 12, 2015

28,0007.97                 

     August 11, 2014

Number of Shares

  

Fair Value per Share

 

Grant Date

41,452  $5.79 

August 12, 2020

46,512   5.16 

August 14, 2019

28,000   5.43 

August 8, 2018

28,000   5.50 

August 9, 2017

 

These shares vest over a two-yeartwo-year period, assuming continued service. The fair value of the non-vested stock granted to the Company’s non-employee directors was based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of each grant. In each of August 2017 2020 and 2016,August 2019, 37,256 and 28,000 shares that had been granted to the Company’s non-employee directors vested, having an aggregate value of $157,000$179,000 and $281,000,$135,000, respectively.

 


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Non-vested Stock Granted to Employees: On January 18, 2019, upon the appointment of Donna Sheridan to serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of NoJo Baby & Kids, Inc. (“NoJo”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, the Board granted 25,000 shares of non-vested stock to Ms. Sheridan. These shares will vest on January 18, 2021, assuming continued service. The fair value of these shares of non-vested stock is $5.86 per share, which is based upon the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grant.

On June 10, 2020, the Board granted 20,000 shares of non-vested stock to certain executive officers. These shares will vest on June 10, 2022, assuming continued service. The fair value of these shares of non-vested stock is $4.92 per share, which is based upon the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of the grants.

Performance Bonus Plan:  The Company maintains a performance bonus plan for  On June 9, 2020, the Compensation Committee terminated the Company’s 2012 Performance Bonus Plan (the “2012 Plan”). Under the 2012 Plan, certain executive officers that provides forwere eligible to receive awards of shares of the Company’s common stock in the event thatif the aggregate average market value of the Company’s common stock during the relevant fiscal year, plus the amount of regular cash dividends paid in respect of the Company’s common stock during such period, increases. These individuals may instead be awarded cash, ifincreased. No shares were granted and to the extent that insufficient shares of common stock are available for issuance from all shareholder-approved, equity-based plans or programsno compensation expense was recorded during either of the Company in effect. The performance bonus plan also imposes individual limits on awards and provides that shares of common stock that may be awarded will vest over a two-year period. Compensation expense associated with performance bonus plan awards are recognized over a three-year period – the fiscal year in which the award is earned, plus the two-year vesting period.

In connection with the performance bonus plan, the Company granted shares of common stock and recognized or will recognize compensation expense as set forth below:

          

Fair

                     

Fiscal

     

Fiscal

  

Value

                     

Year

 

Shares

  

Year

  

Per

  

Compensation expense recognized during fiscal year

 

Earned

 

Granted

  

Granted

  

Share

  

2015

  

2016

  

2017

  

2018

  

2019

 

2015

  58,532  2016  $7.180  $140,000  $140,000  $140,000  $     -  $     - 

2016

  41,205  2017   7.865        -   108,000   108,000   108,000        - 

2017

  42,250  2018   8.271        -        -   116,000   116,000   116,000 

The table below sets forth the vesting of shares issuedsix-month periods ended September 27, 2020 or September 29, 2019 in connection with the grants2012 Plan. During the six-month period ended September 29, 2019, 21,125 shares that had been granted during fiscal year 2018 vested, with such shares having an aggregate value of shares set forth in the above table. Each of the individuals$109,000. Individuals holding shares that vested surrendered to the Company the number of shares necessary to satisfy the income tax withholding obligations that arose from the vesting of the shares. The table below also sets forthshares, and the taxesCompany remitted $17,000 to the appropriate taxing authorities on behalf of such individuals.individuals.

      

Vesting of shares during the three-month periods ended

 

Fiscal

     

July 2, 2017

  

July 3, 2016

 

Year

 

Shares

  

Shares

  

Aggregate

  

Taxes

  

Shares

  

Aggregate

  

Taxes

 

Granted

 

Granted

  

Vested

  

Value

  

Remitted

  

Vested

  

Value

  

Remitted

 

2017

  41,205   20,604  $167,000  $56,000   -  $-  $- 

 

For the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017, September 29, 2019, the Company recorded compensation expense associated with stock grants, which is included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three-Month Period Ended December 31, 2017

  

Three-Month Period Ended January 1, 2017

  

Three-Month Period Ended September 27, 2020

  

Three-Month Period Ended September 29, 2019

 
     

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

 

Stock Granted in Fiscal Year

 

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

 

2015

 $-  $-  $-  $-  $-  $- 

2016

  -   -   -   35   29   64 

2017

  27   35   62   27   35   62 

2018

  29   19   48   -   -   -  $-  $-  $-  $-  $7  $7 

2019

  19   6   25   18   19   37 

2020

  -   30   30   -   20   20 

2021

  12   20   32   -   -   - 
                                                

Total stock grant compensation

 $56  $54  $110  $62  $64  $126  $31  $56  $87  $18  $46  $64 

 

 

Nine-Month Period Ended December 31, 2017

  

Nine-Month Period Ended January 1, 2017

  

Six-Month Period Ended September 27, 2020

  

Six-Month Period Ended September 29, 2019

 
     

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

      

Non-employee

  

Total

 

Stock Granted in Fiscal Year

 

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

  

Employees

  

Directors

  

Expense

 

2015

 $-  $-  $-  $-  $37  $37 

2016

  -   38   38   105   86   191 

2017

  81   106   187   81   59   140 

2018

  87   32   119   -   -   -  $-  $-  $-  $-  $26  $26 

2019

  37   25   62   36   38   74 

2020

  -   60   60   -   20   20 

2021

  16   20   36   -   -   - 
                                                

Total stock grant compensation

 $168  $176  $344  $186  $182  $368  $53  $105  $158  $36  $84  $120 

 

As of December 31, 2017, September 27, 2020, total unrecognized compensation expense related to the Company’s non-vested stock grants amounted to $377,000,$426,000, which will be recognized over the respective vesting terms associated with each block of non-vested stock indicated above, such grants having an aggregate weighted-average vesting term of 8.711.9 months. The amount of future compensation expense related to the Company’s non-vested stock grants could be affected by any future non-vested stock grants and by the separation from the Company of any individual who has non-vested stock grants as of such individual’s separation date.

 


Note 7 – Related Party Transaction

On August 4, 2017, Carousel entered into a lease of the Carousel facilities in Douglasville, Georgia with JST Capital, LLC (“JST”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pritech, Inc., which is owned by the Chief Executive Officer and President of Carousel. Carousel made lease payments of $24,000 and $39,000 to JST for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, respectively. During the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017, $21,000 and $34,000, respectively, of the lease payments were included in cost of products sold and $3,000 and $5,000, respectively, were included in marketing and administrative expenses in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.

 

Note 8 – Subsequent Events

 

The Company has evaluated events which have occurred between December 31, 2017 September 27, 2020 and the date that the accompanying consolidated financial statements were issued, and has determined that there are no material subsequent events that require disclosure.

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ITEMITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

 

This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based upon management’s current expectations, projections, estimates and assumptions. Words such as “expects,” “believes,” “anticipates”“anticipates,” “intends,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would” and variations of such words and similar expressions may identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause future results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. These risks include, among others, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business operations, general economic conditions, including changes in interest rates, in the overall level of consumer spending and in the price of oil, cotton and other raw materials used in the Company’s products, changing competition, changes in the retail environment, the Company’s ability to successfully integrate newly acquired businesses, the level and pricing of future orders from the Company’s customers, the Company’s dependence upon third-party suppliers, including some located in foreign countries with unstable political situations, the Company’s ability to successfully implement new information technologies, customer acceptance of both new designs and newly-introduced product lines, actions of competitors that may impact the Company’s business, disruptions to transportation systems or shipping lanes used by the Company or its suppliers, and the Company’s dependence upon licenses from third parties. Reference is also made to the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for additional factors that may impact the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. The Company does not undertake to update the forward-looking statements contained herein to conform to actual results or changes in the Company’s expectations, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

The Company was originally formed as a Georgia corporation in 1957 and was reincorporated as a Delaware corporation in 2003. The Company operates indirectly through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Crown Crafts Infant Products,NoJo, Sassy Baby, Inc. (“CCIP”Sassy”), Hamco and Carousel Designs, LLC, in the infant, toddler and juvenile products segment within the consumer products industry. The infant, toddler and toddlerjuvenile products segment consists of infant and toddler bedding and blankets, bibs, soft bath products, disposable products, developmental toys and accessories. The Company’s products are marketed under Company-owned trademarks, under trademarks licensed from others and as private label goods. Sales of the Company’s products are made directly to retailers, such as mass merchants, large chain stores, juvenile specialty stores, value channel stores, grocery and drug stores, restaurants, wholesale clubs and internet-based retailers, as well as directly to consumers through www.babybedding.com.

 

The Company’sCompany’s products are marketed to retailers through a national sales force consisting of salaried sales executives and employees located in Compton, California,California; Gonzales, Louisiana,Louisiana; Grand Rapids, MichiganMichigan; and Bentonville, Arkansas and by independent commissioned sales representatives located throughout the United States. Products are also marketed directly to consumers from a Company facility in Douglasville, Georgia. Sales outside

The infant and toddler consumer products industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with a variety of distributors and manufacturers (both branded and private label), including large infant and juvenile product companies and specialty infant and juvenile product manufacturers, on the United States are made primarily through distributors.basis of quality, design, price, brand name recognition, service and packaging. The Company’s ability to compete depends principally on styling, price, service to the retailer and continued high regard for the Company’s products and trade names.

 

Foreign and domestic contract manufacturers produce most of the Company’sCompany’s products, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company makes sourcing decisions based on quality, timeliness of delivery and price, including the impact of ocean freight and duties. Although the Company maintains relationships with a limited number of suppliers, the Company believes that its products may be readily manufactured by several alternative sources in quantities sufficient to meet the Company's requirements. The Company also produces some of its products domestically at a Company facility in Douglasville, Georgia.


The infant, toddler and juvenile consumer products industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with a variety of distributors and manufacturers (both branded and private label), including large infant and juvenile product companies and specialty infant and juvenile product manufacturers, based on quality, design, price, brand name recognition, service and packaging. The Company’s ability to compete depends principally on styling, price, service to the retailer and continued high regard for the Company’s products and trade names.

 

A summary of certain factors that management considers important in reviewing the Company’s results of operations, financial position, liquidity and capital resources is set forth below, which should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and related notes included in the preceding sections of this report.

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following table contains the results of operations for the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017September 27, 2020 and January 1, 2017September 29, 2019 and the dollar and percentage changes for those periods (in thousands, except percentages):

 

 

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Change

  

Nine-Month Periods Ended

  

Change

  

Three-Month Periods Ended

  

Change

  

Six-Month Periods Ended

  

Change

 
 

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  $  

%

  

December 31, 2017

  

January 1, 2017

  $  

%

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

  $  

%

  

September 27, 2020

  

September 29, 2019

  $  

%

 

Net sales by category:

                                                                
Bedding, blankets and accessories $11,558  $11,445  $113  1.0% $30,414  $31,847  $(1,433) -4.5% $13,042  $10,364  $2,678   25.8% $23,059  $18,077  $4,982   27.6%
Bibs, bath and disposable products 5,918  5,817  101  1.7% 17,170  16,823  347  2.1%

Bibs, bath, developmental toy, feeding, baby care and disposable products

  8,617   8,196   421   5.1%  14,805   16,425   (1,620)  -9.9%

Total net sales

  17,476   17,262   214   1.2%  47,584   48,670   (1,086)  -2.2%  21,659   18,560   3,099   16.7%  37,864   34,502   3,362   9.7%

Cost of products sold

  12,207   11,623   584   5.0%  33,691   34,435   (744)  -2.2%  14,565   12,691   1,874   14.8%  25,747   24,082   1,665   6.9%

Gross profit

  5,269   5,639   (370)  -6.6%  13,893   14,235   (342)  -2.4%  7,094   5,869   1,225   20.9%  12,117   10,420   1,697   16.3%

% of net sales

  30.1%  32.7%          29.2%  29.2%          32.8%  31.6%          32.0%  30.2%        

Marketing and administrative expenses

  3,656   2,576   1,080   41.9%  10,364   8,176   2,188   26.8%  3,802   3,476   326   9.4%  7,182   6,928   254   3.7%

% of net sales

  20.9%  14.9%          21.8%  16.8%          17.6%  18.7%          19.0%  20.1%        

Interest expense

  47   13   34   261.5%  85   55   30   54.5%

Interest expense (income) - net

  1   23   (22)  -95.5%  5   (6)  11   -184.0%

Other income

  12   38   (26)  -68.4%  80   132   (52)  -39.4%  (1)  12   (13)  -107.9%  -   20   (20)  -99.8%

Income tax expense

  1,047   1,227   (180)  -14.7%  1,750   2,173   (423)  -19.5%  803   603   200   33.2%  1,228   660   568   86.1%

Net income

  531   1,861   (1,330)  -71.5%  1,774   3,963   (2,189)  -55.2%  2,487   1,779   708   39.8%  3,702   2,858   844   29.5%

% of net sales

  3.0%  10.8%          3.7%  8.1%          11.5%  9.6%          9.8%  8.3%        

 

Net Sales: Sales increased by $214,000, or 1.2%,to $21.7 million for the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, and decreased by $1.1 million, or 2.2%, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017, compared with the same periods in the prior year. The increase is due to sales by Carousel, which added $1.8 million of sales during the three months ended December 31, 2017,September 27, 2020, compared with $18.6 million for the three months ended September 29, 2019, an increase of $3.1 million, or 16.7%. Sales of bedding, blankets and accessories increased by $2.7 million and sales of bibs, bath, developmental toys, feeding, baby care and disposable products increased by $421,000. Sales increased to $37.9 million for the six-month period ended September 27, 2020, compared with $34.5 million for the six-month period ended September 29, 2019, an increase of $3.4 million, or 9.7%. Sales of bedding, blankets and accessories increased by $5.0 million, while sales of bibs, bath, developmental toys, feeding, baby care and disposable products decreased by $1.6 million. The increase in sales is due to higher sell-through at major retailers, which amount washas been partially offset by a decrease of $1.6 million in salesdeclines at certain retailers that have been impacted by CCIP for the same period. A portionCOVID-19 pandemic, particularly one customer that has remained closed throughout the entire six-month period of the decrease resulted from reduced product shipments in the current year to a customer that experienced credit problems. Also affecting sales is the continuing change in the infant bedding marketplace in which parents are purchasing fewer bedding sets in favor of separates, leading to a lower average price point for the Company’s infant bedding products.year.

Gross Profit: Gross profit decreasedincreased by $370,000$1.2 million and decreasedincreased from 32.7%31.6% of net sales for the three-month period ended January 1, 2017September 29, 2019 to 30.1%32.8% of net sales for the three-month period ended December 31, 2017.September 27, 2020. Gross profit decreasedincreased by $342,000 for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017 compared with the same period of the prior year. Gross profit was unchanged at 29.2%$1.7 million and increased from 30.2% of net sales for the nine-month periodssix-month period ended September 29, 2019 to 32.0% of both years.net sales for the six-month period ended September 27, 2020. The decreaseincrease in amount for both the three-month and the nine-month periodsgross profit is due to higherthe increase in net sales of closeout inventory at low margins in the current year, as well as a shift in the current year to a less profitablemore favorable customer and product mix.

 

Marketing and Administrative Expenses: Marketing and administrative expenses increased by $1.1 and $2.2 million$326,000, but decreased from 18.7% of net sales for the threethree-month period ended September 29, 2019 to 17.6% of net sales for the three-month period ended September 27, 2020. Marketing and nine-month periodsadministrative expenses increased by $254,000, but decreased from 20.1% of net sales for the six-month period ended December 31, 2017, respectively, compared withSeptember 29, 2019 to 19.0% of net sales for the same periods in the prior year.six-month period ended September 27, 2020. The increase in amount for the three-monthcurrent year-to-date period is primarily the result of credit coverage fees amounting to $81,000 that did not occur in the prior yearhigher outside services of $201,000 and that were associated with the bankruptcyhigher advertising of a major customer. The Company also incurred $35,000 and $125,000 in costs during the current year three-month period that were associated with the Carousel Acquisition and the Sassy Acquisition, respectively. The nine-month period$115,000, partially offset by lower travel expenses of the current year included an increase over the prior year of $90,000 in audit fees associated with the Company’s transition from a smaller reporting company to an accelerated filer for SEC purposes. The nine-month period of the current year included credit coverage fees amounting to $572,000 that did not occur in the prior year and that were associated with the bankruptcy of a major customer. The Company also incurred $299,000 and $125,000 in costs during the current year nine-month period that were associated with the Carousel Acquisition and the Sassy Acquisition, respectively. Additionally, the Carousel Acquisition resulted in $63,000 and $115,000 in amortization expense for the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.$67,000.

 


Income Tax Expense: The Company’s provision for income taxes is based upon an estimated annual ETR from continuing operations of 24.2% for the current year of 33.0%.six-month period ended September 27, 2020.

 

On December 22, 2017, the President of the United States signed into law the TCJA, which includes a provision to lower the federal corporate income tax rate to 21% effective as of January 1, 2018. As the Company’s fiscal year 2018 will end on April 1, 2018, the lower corporate income tax rate will be phased in, resulting in a blended federal statutory rate of 30.75% for fiscal year 2018. The Company provides for deferred income taxes based on the difference between the financial statement and tax bases of the Company’s assets and liabilities. The Company’s net deferred income tax assets had previously been recorded based upon the enacted composite federal, state and foreign income tax rate of approximately 37.5% that would have been applied as the financial statement-tax differences began to reverse. Because these differences are now expected to reverse at a composite rate of approximately 23.5%, the Company was required to revalue its net deferred income tax assets. This revaluation resulted in a provisional discrete charge to income tax expense of $409,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

Management evaluates items of income, deductions and credits reported on the Company’s various federal and state income tax returns filed and recognizes the effect of positions taken on those income tax returns only if those positions are more likely than not to be sustained. The Company applies the provisions of FASB ASC Sub-topic 740-10-25, which requires a minimum recognition threshold that a tax benefit must meet before being recognized in the financial statements. Recognized income tax positions are measured at the largest amount that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized. Changes in recognition or measurement are reflected in the period in which the change in judgment occurs.

During fiscal year 2016, an evaluation was made of the Company’s process After considering all relevant information regarding the calculation of the state portion of its income tax provision. This evaluation resulted in the Company taking a tax position that reflected opportunities for the application of more favorable state apportionment percentages for several prior fiscal years. After considering all relevant information,provision, the Company believes that the technical merits of thisthe tax position that the Company has taken with respect to state apportionment percentages would more likely than not be sustained. However, the Company also believesrealizes that the ultimate resolution of thesuch tax position willcould result in a tax benefitcharge that is lessmore than the full amount being sought.realized based upon the application of the tax position taken. Therefore, the Company’s measurement regarding the tax impact of the revised state apportionment percentages resulted in the Company recording a reservediscrete reserves for unrecognized tax benefitsliabilities of $20,000 and $31,000 during the three and nine-monththree-month periods ended December 31, 2017 of $31,000September 27, 2020 and $60,000,September 29, 2019, respectively, and $65,000$33,000 and $115,000 for$42,000 during the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended January 1, 2017,September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively, in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Because

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In December 2016, the tax impactCompany was notified by the FTB of its intention to examine the revised state apportionment percentages are measured net of federal income taxes, the provisionCompany’s claims for refund made in the TCJA that lowered the federal corporateconnection with amended California consolidated income tax rate to 21% requiredreturns that the Company had filed for the fiscal years ended March 30, 2014, March 31, 2013, April 1, 2012 and April 3, 2011. On July 31, 2019, the FTB notified the Company that it would take no further action with regard to revalue its reservethe fiscal years ended March 31, 2013, April 1, 2012 and April 3, 2011. Accordingly, the Company reversed the reserves for unrecognized tax benefits. This revaluation,liabilities that it had previously recorded for these fiscal years, which the Company believes is complete, resulted in a net discrete charge to income tax expensethe recognition of $132,000 during the three and nine-month periods ended December 31, 2017.

Income tax expense for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017 included a discrete income tax charge of $37,000 and a discrete income tax benefit of $60,000$232,000 during the six-month period ended September 29, 2019 in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. The Company also reversed the interest expense and penalties that it had accrued in respect of the unrecognized tax liabilities for these fiscal years, which resulted in the recognition of a credit to interest expense of $78,000 during the six-month period ended September 29, 2019.

The Company recorded discrete income tax charges of $4,000 during each of the three months ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, and $4,000 and $6,000 during the six months ended September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively, to reflect the effectnet effects of the tax shortfall and the excess tax benefits, respectively,shortfalls arising from the vesting of non-vested stock during the periods.

 

The revaluations ofETR on continuing operations and the Company’s net deferreddiscrete income tax assetscharges and its reserve for unrecognized tax benefits was the primary factorset forth above resulted in the increase in thean overall provision for income taxes to 66.3%of 24.9% and 49.7%18.8% for the three and nine-monthsix-month periods ended December 31, 2017,September 27, 2020 and September 29, 2019, respectively.

Although the Company does not anticipate a material change to the ETR from continuing operations for the balance of fiscal year 2018,2021, several factors could impact the ETR, including variations from the Company’s estimates of the amount and source of its pre-tax income, and the amount of certain tax credits.

actual ETR for the year could differ materially from the Company’s estimates.

 

FINANCIAL POSITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

NetNet cash provided by operating activities decreasedincreased from $12.0$6.4 million for the nine-monthsix-month period ended January 1, 2017September 29, 2019 to $8.6$8.3 million for the nine-monthsix-month period ended December 31, 2017. Decreases of net cash provided by operating activities in the current year period included a decrease in the Company’s accounts receivable balances that was $3.5 million lower than the decrease in the prior year period.September 27, 2020. The Company’s net income was also $2.2 million lower in the current year period. The Company also experienced in the current year period an increase in its inventory balances that was $1.2 million higher than the increase in the prior year period. Increases of net cash provided by operating activities that offset these decreases included a net increase in the Company’s accrued liabilities balances in the current year period that was $1.7 million higher than the decrease in the prior year period. The current year increase in accrued liabilities was primarily due to a $1.5 million increase in accrued royalties. The Company also experienced an increase in the current year periodwas primarily the result of an increase in its prepaid expensesnet income of $844,000, an increase in inventory in the current year that was $1.3 million$948,000 lower than the increase in the prior year, period,an increase in accounts payable that was $2.9 million higher in the current year than in the prior year, and an increase in accrued liabilities of $366,000 in the current year period in its accounts payable balances that was $468,000 higher than the increasecompared with a decrease $833,000 in the prior year, period.partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of $994,000 compared with a decrease in the prior year of $3.6 million.


 

Net cash used in investing activities increased slightly from $215,000 in the prior year to $15.4 million$312,000 in the current year, from $152,000 in the prior year,primarily due primarily to the payment of the purchase price of $8.7 million for the Carousel Acquisition and $6.5 million for the Sassy Acquisition.higher capital expenditures.

 

Net cash used in financing activities decreased by $4.0from $6.1 million in the prior year to $1.0$1.4 million in the current year. The decrease wasyear, primarily due to the payment in the prior year of a special dividend of $2.5 million, which was not repeated in the current year, as well as net borrowings of $2.3 million fromrepayments under the revolving line of credit that were $1.9 million lower in the current year which did not occur incompared with the prior year which were offset byand the $845,000 payoffreceipt of capital leases associated with certain assets acquiredalmost $2.0 million in proceeds from the Carousel Acquisition.Loan made pursuant to the PPP under the CARES Act as discussed in Note 2 – Financing Arrangements.

 

From January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017, the Company decreased its cash balances from $14.4 million to $117,000. During that period, the Company made combined payments of $15.2 million for the Carousel Acquisition and the Sassy Acquisition and paid $7.2 million in dividends. Offsetting these decreases in cash was an increase in the Company’s accounts payable balances of $3.7 million and net income of $3.5 million. At December 31, 2017,September 27, 2020, there was ano balance of $2.3 million owed on the Company’s revolving line of credit with CIT, there was no letter of credit outstanding and $18.9$24.2 million was available under the revolving line of credit based on the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and inventory balances.

 

ToTo reduce its exposure to credit losses and to enhance the predictability of its cash flow, the Company assigns the majority of its trade accounts receivable to CIT under factoring agreements. Under the terms of the factoring agreements, CIT remits customer payments to the Company as such payments are received by CIT and bears credit losses with respect to assigned accounts receivable from approved customers that are within approved credit limits, while the Company bears the responsibility for adjustments from customers related to returns, allowances, claims and discounts. CIT may at any time terminate or limit its approval of shipments to a particular customer. If such a termination were to occur, then the Company must either choose to assume the credit risk for shipments after the date of such termination or limitation or cease shipments to such customer. There were no advances from the factor at either December 31, 2017September 27, 2020 or January 1, 2017.September 29, 2019.

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The Company continues to monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its supply chain, manufacturing and distribution operations, customers and employees, as well as the U.S. economy in general. However, due to the uncertainty as to when governmental restrictions on business will be fully lifted, the impact thereof, and the duration and widespread nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company cannot currently predict the long-term impact on its operations and financial results.

 

The uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic include potential adverse effects on the overall economy, the Company’s supply chain, transportation services, employees and customers, consumer sentiment in general, and traffic within the retail stores that carry the Company’s products. The COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect the Company’s revenues, earnings, liquidity and cash flows and may require significant actions in response, including employee furloughs, closings of Company’s facilities, expense reductions or discounts of the pricing of the Company’s products, all in an effort to mitigate such effects. Conditions surrounding COVID-19 change rapidly, and additional impacts of which the Company is not currently aware may arise. Based on past performance and current expectations, the Company believes that its anticipated cash flow from operations and the availability under its revolving line of credit are sufficient to fund the Company’s requirements for working capital, capital expenditures and debt service for at least the next 12 months.

The Company’s future performance is, to a certain extent, subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond its control. Based upon the current level of operations, the Company believes that its cash flow from operations and its availability fromfunds available under the revolving line of credit will be adequate to meet its liquidity needs.

 

ITEM 3.3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

For a detailed discussion of market risk,risks that could affect the Company, refer to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. of Part 1 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 2, 2017.March 29, 2020.

 

INTEREST RATE RISK

 

As of December 31, 2017,Although the Company had $2.3 million of indebtedness that bears interest at a variable rate, comprised of borrowings under the revolving line of credit. Based upon this level of outstanding debt, the Company’s net income would decrease by approximately $18,000 for each increase of one percentage point in thecould have an exposure to interest rate applicablerisk related to the debt.its floating rate debt, there was no balance outstanding on its floating rate debt as of September 27, 2020.

 

COMMODITY RATE RISK

 

The Company sources its products primarily from foreign contract manufacturers, with the largest concentration being in China. The Company’s exposure to commodity price risk primarily relates to changes in the prices in China of cotton, oil and labor, which are the principal inputs used in a substantial number of the Company’s products. Also,In addition, although the Company’s purchases of its products fromCompany pays its Chinese suppliers are paid in U.S. dollars, an arbitrary strengthening of the rate of the Chinese currency versus the U.S. dollar could result in an increase in the cost of the prices at which the Company purchases itsCompany’s finished goods. There can beis no assurance that the Company could timely respond to such increases by proportionately increasing the prices at which its products are sold to the Company’s customers.

 

MARKET CONCENTRATION RISK

 

For the fiscal year ended April 2, 2017, theThe Company’s financial results are closely tied to sales to its top two customers, which represented 61% of gross sales, andapproximately 62% of the Company’s gross sales isin fiscal year 2020. In addition, 40% of the Company’s gross sales in fiscal year 2020 consisted of licensed products, which included 43%30% of sales associated with the Company’s license agreements with affiliated companies of Thethe Walt Disney Company. The Company’s results could be materially impacted by the loss of one or more of these customers or licenses.


 

ITEM 4.4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company’sCompany’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)),Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report, as required by paragraph (b) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 of the Exchange Act.  Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

InDuring the Company’s evaluation of whetherthree-month period ended September 27, 2020, there was any changewere no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (“ICFR”) during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, the Company has excluded an evaluation of the ICFR related to the operations of Carousel, which consummated the Carousel Acquisition on August 4, 2017. The net sales of Carousel were $3.0 million, which was 6.3% of the Company’s total net sales, for the nine months ended December 31, 2017. As of December 31, 2017, the total assets of Carousel amounted to $10.5 million (including $5.4 million in goodwill), which was 19.1% of the Company’s total assets.

In the Company’s evaluation of whether there was any change in the Company’s ICFR during the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, the Company has excluded an evaluation of the ICFR related to the operations associated with the Sassy Acquisition, which was consummated on December 15, 2017. The net sales added as a result of the Sassy Acquisition were $20,000, which was 0.04% of the Company’s total net sales, for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2017. The net assets acquired in the Sassy Acquisition amounted to $6.5 million (including $3.1 million in goodwill), which was 11.8% of the Company’s total assets as of December 31, 2017.

During the three-month period ended December 31, 2017, notwithstanding the exclusions of evaluations of the ICFR related to the operations of Carousel and the operations associated with the Sassy Acquisition, there was not any change in the Company’s ICFR identified in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15 of the Exchange Act that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s ICFR.

 

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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

TheThe Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal and regulatory proceedings relating to claims arising in the ordinary course of its business. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any such proceeding the outcome of which, individually or in the aggregate, is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flow.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

 

There have been no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. of Part 1 of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 2, 2017. The Company recommends the consideration of the additional risk factors set forth below in evaluating the Company’s business.March 29, 2020.

The Company’s ability to identify, consummate and integrate acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions successfully could have an adverse impact on the Company’s financial results, business and prospects.

As part of its business strategy, the Company has made acquisitions of businesses, divestitures of businesses and assets, and has entered into other transactions to further the interests of the Company’s business and its stockholders. Risks associated with such activities include the following, any of which could adversely affect the Company’s financial results:

The active management of acquisitions, divestitures and other significant transactions requires varying levels of Company resources, including the efforts of the Company’s key management personnel, which could divert attention from the Company’s ongoing business operations.

The Company may not fully realize the anticipated benefits and expected synergies of any particular acquisition or investment, or may experience a prolonged timeframe for realizing such benefits and synergies.

Increased or unexpected costs, unanticipated delays or failure to meet contractual obligations could make acquisitions and investments less profitable or unprofitable.


The Company’s ability to comply with its credit facility is subject to future performance and other factors.

The Company’s ability to make required payments of principal and interest on its debts, to refinance its maturing indebtedness, to fund capital expenditures or to comply with its debt covenants will depend upon future performance. The Company’s future performance is, to a certain extent, subject to general economic, financial, competitive, legislative, regulatory and other factors beyond its control. The breach of any of the debt covenants could result in a default under the Company’s credit facility. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the Company’s lender could make an immediate demand of the amount outstanding under the credit facility. If a default was to occur and such a demand was to be made, there can be no assurance that the Company’s assets would be sufficient to repay the indebtedness in full.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

 

None.

 

ITEMITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.None.

 

ITEMITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 


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ITEMITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

Exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of Regulation S-K are included as Exhibits to this report as follows:

 

Exhibit

Number

 

 Description of Exhibit

   

2.1 3.1

 

Asset Purchase Agreement, dated asAmended and Restated Certificate of December 15, 2017, by and between Sassy 14, LLC and Hamco, Inc.Incorporation of the Company (1)

   

10.1 3.2

 

TwelfthCertificate of Amendment to Financing Agreement, dated asthe Amended and Restated Certificate of December 15, 2017, by and among Crown Crafts, Inc., Hamco, Inc., Carousel Designs, LLC, Crown Crafts Infant Products, Inc. and The CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. (1)Incorporation of the Company (2)

   

31.1 3.3

Bylaws of the Company, as amended and restated through November 15, 2016 (3)

31.1

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Company’sCompany’s Chief Executive Officer (2)(4)

   

31.2

 

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Company’sCompany’s Chief Financial Officer (2)(4)

   

32.1

 

Section 1350 Certification by the Company’sCompany’s Chief Executive Officer (2)(4)

   

32.2

 

Section 1350 Certification by the Company’sCompany’s Chief Financial Officer (2)(4)

   

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The following information from the Registrant’sregistrant’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2017,September 27, 2020, formatted as interactive data files in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language):

(i)    Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets;

(ii)   Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income;

(ii)(iii)  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets;Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity;

(iii)(iv)  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; and

(iv)(v)   Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

(1) 

Incorporated herein by reference to Registrant’sregistrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 28, 2003.

(2)

Incorporated herein by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 18, 2017.August 9, 2011.

(2)(3)

Incorporated herein by reference to the registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 16, 2016.

(4) Filed herewith.

 

 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrantregistrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersignedundersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

CROWN CRAFTS, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date: February8November 10, 20120820

/s/ Olivia W. Elliott

 

 

OLIVIA W. ELLIOTT

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer

and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer
and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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