EX-99.1 2 a09-36007_3ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

GRAPHIC

 

 

 

Investor Contacts:

Jennifer Almquist/Crocs, Inc.

 

 

 

(303) 848-7000

 

 

 

jalmquist@crocs.com

 

 

 

Brendon Frey/ICR, Inc.

 

 

 

(203) 682-8200

 

 

 

brendon.frey@icrinc.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

Media Contact:

Tia Mattson/Crocs, Inc.

 

 

 

(303) 848-7199

 

 

 

tia@crocs.com

 

Crocs, Inc. Reports 2009 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2009 Financial Results

Fourth Quarter Revenue Improves 8% Over Prior Year

Ends 2009 with Cash of $77 Million and No Bank Debt

Guides to Strong First Quarter Sales and Profitable 2010

 

NIWOT, COLORADO February 25, 2010 — Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.

 

Fourth quarter 2009 revenues increased 7.9% to $136.0 million compared to revenues of $126.1 million in the year ago period. The Company reported a net loss of $11.4 million  in the fourth quarter of 2009 with diluted loss per share of ($0.13), compared to a fourth quarter 2008 net loss of $34.7 million, or ($0.42) per diluted share.  Fourth quarter 2009 net loss includes the effects of the following:

·                  $0.6 million loss from foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations during the 2009 fourth quarter and

·                  $3.6 million in impairment and restructuring charges and net charitable contributions.

 

On a non-GAAP basis, the Company’s fourth quarter 2009 net loss after taxes and excluding foreign currency exchange losses, charitable contributions and certain one-time items was $3.5 million, or ($0.04) per diluted share.

 

Year-over-year fourth quarter changes in the Company’s channel revenue streams were as follows:

·                  Retail sales increased 25.9% to $43.8 million;

·                  Internet sales increased 20.6% to $15.3 million; and

·                  Wholesale sales decreased 2.1% to $77.0 million.

 



 

Changes in the Company’s regional segment revenue streams during the same quarterly periods were as follows:

·                  Europe increased 51.2% to $16.5 million;

·                  Asia increased 15.5% to $50.5 million; and

·                  Americas decreased 3.4% to $68.9 million.

 

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2009 decreased 10.5% to $645.8 million compared to revenues of $721.6 million in 2008. The Company reported a net loss of $42.1 million for fiscal 2009 with a diluted loss per share of ($0.49), compared to a net loss of $185.1 million, or ($2.24) per diluted share in fiscal 2008.

 

Balance Sheet

The Company’s cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2009 increased 49.5% to $77.3 million compared to $51.7 million at December 31, 2008.  The Company had no bank debt at December 31, 2009.

 

Inventory decreased 34.8% to $93.3 million at December 31, 2009 from $143.2 million at December 31, 2008 resulting in inventory turnover of 2.9 times.  Inventory turnover is calculated by annualizing the current period cost of goods sold and dividing by the average between the prior period and current period inventory balance.

 

The Company ended the fourth quarter of 2009 with accounts receivable of $50.5 million compared to $35.3 million at December 31, 2008 as a result of higher sales in the quarter. Days sales outstanding increased from 25.8 days for the three months ended December 31, 2008 to 34.1 days for the three months ended December 31, 2009.

 

Net capital expenditures in the fourth quarter and full year 2009 were $9.6 million and $29.8 million, respectively, compared to $14.4 million and $76.2 million in the fourth quarter and full year 2008.

 

“The past year was marked by significant operational changes that helped stabilize our business and reshaped the outlook for our Company,” commented John Duerden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Crocs. “I believe the brand remains strong and continues to attract a large and loyal consumer following.  In the near term, our focus remains on reinvigorating the top line, controlling costs and introducing fun and innovative footwear.  In 2010, we will re-engage the consumer through more targeted and effective advertising programs and through further development of our direct and indirect distribution channels. While there is still more work ahead of us, the progress we made during the past 12 months strengthening our balance sheet, right-sizing our cost structure and tightening our distribution have already yielded positive results, have strengthened the core of our business and provide a solid platform for future profitable growth.”

 



 

Guidance

The Company expects to generate between $155 million and $160 million in revenue during its 2010 first quarter, with diluted earnings per share at approximately break even.  This guidance assumes an effective tax rate of 30%.

 

Conference Call Information

A conference call to discuss Crocs’ fourth quarter 2009 financial results is scheduled for today (February 25, 2010) at 5:00 PM Eastern Time.  A webcast of the call will take place simultaneously and can be accessed by clicking the ‘Investor Relations’ link under the Company section on www.crocs.com or at www.earnings.com. To listen to the broadcast, your computer must have Windows Media Player installed.  If you do not have Windows Media Player, go to www.earnings.com prior to the call, where you can download the software for free.

 

About Crocs, Inc.

A world leader in innovative casual footwear for men, women and children, Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX), offers several distinct shoe collections with more than 120 styles to suit every lifestyle. As lighthearted as they are lightweight, Crocs™ footwear provides profound comfort and support for any occasion and every season.  All Crocs™ branded shoes feature Croslite™ material, a proprietary, revolutionary technology that produces soft, non-marking, and odor-resistant shoes that conform to your feet.

 

Crocs™ products are sold in 125 countries. Every day, millions of Crocs™ shoe lovers around the world enjoy the exceptional form, function, versatility and feel-good qualities of these shoes while at work, school and play.

 

Visit www.crocs.com for additional information.

 

Forward-looking statements

The matters regarding the future discussed in this news release include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: macroeconomic issues, including, but not limited to, the current global financial crisis; our ability to effectively manage our future growth or declines in revenue; changing fashion trends; our ability to maintain and expand revenues and gross margin, net of the impact of sales of impaired inventories; our management and information systems infrastructure; our ability to repatriate cash held in foreign locations in a timely and cost-effective manner; our ability to maintain compliance with our debt covenants; our ability to maintain sufficient liquidity; our ability to develop and sell new products; our ability to obtain and protect intellectual property rights; our reliance on third-party manufacturing and logistics providers for the production and distribution of products; our ability to anticipate difficulties or disruptions to our manufacturing operations; our reliance on a limited source supply for certain raw materials; inherent risks associated with the manufacture, distribution and sale of our products overseas; our ability to meet the estimates or expectations of public market analysts and investors; seasonal variations in our business; our ability to accurately anticipate and respond to seasonal or quarterly fluctuations in demand for our products; our ability to maintain effective internal controls; our defense and the ultimate outcome of a pending class action lawsuit; our ability to attract, assimilate and retain adequate talent; our ability to maintain and improve business relationships with third parties selling our products; the effect of competition in our industry; our ability to successfully integrate and grow acquired businesses and brands; and the effect of potential adverse currency exchange rate fluctuations;

 



 

and other factors described in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K under the heading “Risk Factors” and our subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Readers are encouraged to review that section and all other disclosures appearing in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  We do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, any estimate regarding revenues or earnings, whether as a result of the receipt of new information, future events, or otherwise.

 

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CROCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
December 31,

 

Twelve Months Ended
December 31,

 

 

 

2009

 

2008

 

2009

 

2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

136,011

 

$

126,092

 

$

645,767

 

$

721,589

 

Cost of sales

 

75,743

 

70,048

 

344,806

 

487,623

 

Gross profit

 

60,268

 

56,044

 

300,961

 

233,966

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

70,835

 

97,575

 

310,927

 

368,800

 

Restructuring charges

 

1,653

 

895

 

7,623

 

7,664

 

Impairment charges

 

638

 

484

 

26,085

 

45,784

 

Charitable contributions expense

 

214

 

 

7,510

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

(13,072

)

(42,910

)

(51,184

)

(188,282

)

Interest expense

 

83

 

408

 

1,495

 

1,793

 

Gain on charitable contributions

 

(330

)

 

(3,163

)

 

Other (income) expense

 

625

 

217

 

(895

)

(565

)

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(13,450

)

(43,535

)

(48,621

)

(189,510

)

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

(2,002

)

(8,834

)

(6,543

)

(4,434

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

(11,448

)

$

(34,701

)

$

(42,078

)

$

(185,076

)

Net income (loss) per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(0.13

)

$

(0.42

)

$

(0.49

)

$

(2.24

)

Diluted

 

$

(0.13

)

$

(0.42

)

$

(0.49

)

$

(2.24

)

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

85,670,340

 

83,004,845

 

85,112,461

 

82,767,540

 

Diluted

 

85,670,340

 

83,004,845

 

85,112,461

 

82,767,540

 

 



 

CROCS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

December 31, 2008

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

77,343

 

$

51,665

 

Restricted cash

 

1,144

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

50,458

 

35,305

 

Inventories

 

93,329

 

143,205

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

7,358

 

11,364

 

Income tax receivable

 

8,611

 

24,417

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

29,011

 

13,415

 

Total current assets

 

267,254

 

279,371

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

71,084

 

95,892

 

Restricted cash

 

1,506

 

2,922

 

Intangible assets, net

 

35,984

 

40,892

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

18,479

 

21,231

 

Other assets

 

15,431

 

15,691

 

Total assets

 

$

409,738

 

$

455,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

23,434

 

$

35,137

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

53,580

 

50,076

 

Accrued restructuring charges

 

2,616

 

1,439

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

9

 

30

 

Income taxes payable

 

6,377

 

24,420

 

Note payable, current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations

 

640

 

22,431

 

Total current liabilities

 

86,656

 

133,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations

 

912

 

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

2,192

 

2,917

 

Long-term restructuring

 

520

 

959

 

Other liabilities

 

31,838

 

31,427

 

Total liabilities

 

122,118

 

168,836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares, par value $0.001 per share; 250,000,000 shares authorized, 86,224,760 and 85,659,581 shares issued and outstanding, respectively at September 30, 2009 and 83,543,501 and 83,019,501 shares issued and outstanding, respectively at December 31, 2008

 

85

 

84

 

Treasury Stock, 524,000 shares, at cost

 

(25,260

)

(25,022

)

Additional paid-in capital

 

266,472

 

232,037

 

Deferred compensation

 

 

(246

)

Retained earnings

 

22,155

 

64,233

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

24,168

 

16,077

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

287,620

 

287,163

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

409,738

 

$

455,999

 

 



 

Crocs, Inc.

Reconciliation of GAAP Measures to Non-GAAP Measures

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

The Company prepares and reports its financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”).  Internally, management monitors the operating performance of its business using non-GAAP metrics similar to those below. These non-GAAP measures exclude the effects of foreign exchange rate loss, restructuring activities, inventory write-down, asset impairment charges and unusual gross profit on impaired inventory sales.  In management’s opinion, these non-GAAP measures are important indicators of the continuing operations of our business and provide better comparability between reporting periods because they exclude items that may not be indicative of current period results and provide a better baseline for analyzing trends in our operations. The Company does not, nor does it suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes the disclosure of the effects of these items increases the reader’s understanding of the underlying performance of the business and that such non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with an additional tool to evaluate our financial results and assess our prospects for future performance.

 

Non-GAAP Reconciliations

 

 

3 months ended

 

3 months ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP gross profit

 

60,268

 

56,044

 

Restructuring charges reflected in cost of sales

 

1,307

(1)

(1)

Non-GAAP gross profit

 

61,575

 

56,044

 

 

 

 

3 months ended

 

3 months ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP selling, general and administrative expense

 

70,835

 

97,575

 

Foreign currency (gain)/loss

 

582

(2)

21,091

(2)

One-time stock-based compensation adjustment

 

3,900

(3)

(3)

Non-GAAP selling, general and administrative expense

 

66,353

 

76,484

 

 

 

 

3 months ended

 

3 months ended

 

 

 

December 31, 2009

 

December 31, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GAAP Income/(loss) before income taxes

 

(13,450

)

(43,535

)

Foreign currency (gain)/loss, net of tax

 

582

(2)

21,091

(2)

One-time stock-based compensation adjustment

 

3,900

(3)

 

(3)

Restructuring charges

 

2,960

(1)

895

(1)

Asset impairment

 

638

(4)

484

(4)

Charitable contributions expense

 

214

(4)

(4)

Gain on charitable contributions

 

(330

)(4)

(4)

Non-GAAP net income (loss) before income taxes

 

(5,486

)

(21,065

)

Tax expense

 

(2,002

)

(8,834

)

Non-GAAP net (loss) income

 

(3,484

)

(12,231

)

Non-GAAP net (loss) income per diluted share

 

$

(0.04

)

$

(0.15

)

 


(1) This proforma adjustment in the GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliations above represents non-recurring restructuring charges.  Of the $3.0 million in total Q4 2009 restructuring charges, $1.3 million was reflected in cost of sales and the remaining amount was reflected in its own line item in the calculation of Q4 2009 operating loss.  During the fourth quarter of 2008, the entire $0.9 million in restructuring charges was reflected as its own line item in the calculation of Q4 2008 operating loss.

 

(2) The proforma adjustments in this GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation represent the add-back of GAAP charges taken in connection with our quarter foreign currency exchange rate loss reflected in selling, general and administrative expense.

 

(3) The proforma adjustments in this GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation represent the add-back of charges taken to correct certain errors caused by miscalculations by our third-party stock-based compensation software.  This error changed the timing of stock-based compensation expense recognition, but does not impact net cash provided by operations in any period.

 

(4) The proforma adjustments in this GAAP to Non-GAAP reconciliation represent the add-back of GAAP charges taken in connection with our quarter asset impairment charges as well as the expense and related gain on charitable contributions during the quarter.