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Description of the Company and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Feb. 02, 2013
Description of the Company and Basis of Presentation

1. Description of the Company and Basis of Presentation

Tilly’s, Inc. was formed as a Delaware corporation on May 4, 2011 for the purpose of reorganizing the corporate structure of World of Jeans & Tops, a California corporation (“WOJT”). On May 2, 2012, the shareholders of WOJT contributed all of their shares of common stock to Tilly’s, Inc. in return for shares of Tilly’s, Inc. Class B common stock on a one-for-one basis. In addition, effective May 2, 2012, WOJT converted from an “S” Corporation to a “C” Corporation for income tax purposes. These events are collectively referred to as the “Reorganization”. As a result of the Reorganization, WOJT became a wholly owned subsidiary of Tilly’s, Inc. Except where context requires or where otherwise indicated, the terms “Company” and “Tilly’s” refers to WOJT before the Reorganization and to Tilly’s, Inc. and its subsidiary, WOJT, after the Reorganization.

Tilly’s operates a chain of specialty retail stores featuring casual clothing, footwear and accessories for teens and young adults. The Company operated a total of 168 and 140 stores as of February 2, 2013 and January 28, 2012, respectively. The stores are located in malls, lifestyle centers, ‘power’ centers, community centers, outlet centers and street-front locations. Customers may also shop online, where the Company features a similar assortment of product as is carried in its brick-and-mortar stores.

Fiscal Year

The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Saturday closest to January 31. Fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010 ended on February 2, 2013, January 28, 2012 and January 29, 2011, respectively. Fiscal year 2012 included 53 weeks, and fiscal years 2011 and 2010 each included 52 weeks.

Segment Reporting

Accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) has established guidance for reporting information about a company’s operating segments, including disclosures related to a company’s products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company has aggregated its net sales generated from its retail stores and e-commerce store into one operating segment. The operating segment is aggregated as it has a similar class of customer, nature of products and production processes, as well as similar economic characteristics. All of the Company’s identifiable assets are in the U.S.

Unaudited Pro Forma Income Information

The unaudited pro forma income information gives effect to the conversion of the Company to a “C” Corporation on May 2, 2012. Prior to such conversion, the Company was an “S” Corporation and generally not subject to income taxes. The pro forma net income and per share amounts, therefore, include an adjustment for income tax expense as if the Company had been a “C” Corporation during the periods presented at an assumed combined federal, state and local effective tax rate of 40%, which approximates the calculated statutory tax rate for each period. In addition, the unaudited pro forma diluted weighted average shares outstanding was computed using the assumed 40% effective tax rate. As a result, the pro forma adjustment to diluted weighted average shares outstanding was a decrease of approximately 20,000 shares, 90,000 shares and 8,000 shares in fiscal years 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Initial Public Offering

On May 3, 2012, Tilly’s, Inc. completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) in which it issued and sold 7,600,000 shares of its Class A common stock and certain selling stockholders sold 400,000 shares of Class A common stock. In addition, on May 9, 2012, the underwriters exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,200,000 shares of Class A common stock from the selling stockholders to cover over-allotments. As a result, the total IPO size was 9,200,000 shares of Class A common stock, which consisted of 7,600,000 shares sold by Tilly’s, Inc. and 1,600,000 shares sold by the selling stockholders. The 9,200,000 shares of Class A common stock sold in the offering were sold at a price of $15.50 per share. Tilly’s, Inc. did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.

As a result of the IPO, the Company received net proceeds of approximately $107 million, after deducting the underwriting discount of $8.7 million and related fees and expenses of approximately $2.5 million. The Company used $84.0 million of the net proceeds from the IPO to pay in full notes previously issued to the shareholders of WOJT. These notes represented WOJT’s undistributed taxable income from the date of its formation through the date of termination of its “S” Corporation status.