Nature of Business

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2015

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Nature of Business

(1) Nature of Business

Description of Business

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”) and subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) operate retail sporting goods stores. As of January 31, 2015, the Company operated 55 stores in 18 states.

On December 4, 2013, Holdings, previously a Utah corporation, reincorporated in Delaware by consummating a merger with its wholly owned subsidiary SWH Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with the Delaware corporation being the surviving entity and being renamed Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings, Inc.

Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11

On March 21, 2009, the Company and all of its subsidiaries filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). On July 30, 2009, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving and confirming the Plan of Reorganization (the “Reorganization Plan”). On May 22, 2013, the Company’s bankruptcy case was closed after a final decree was entered by the bankruptcy court.

Bankruptcy-Related Expenses

The adoption of fresh start reporting upon emergence from bankruptcy required the Company to allocate the reorganization value to its assets and liabilities in a manner similar to that which is required under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) Topic 805, Business Combinations, including estimated costs required to restructure and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The Company incurred certain costs related to restructuring and emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and included a liability as part of the reorganization value at August 14, 2009, the date of emergence from bankruptcy. Amounts greater than the estimated restructuring costs are expensed as incurred and included as a separate component of the consolidated statements of income to arrive at income from operations.