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Royalty Revenue and Related Expenses
9 Months Ended
Nov. 23, 2012
Royalty Revenue and Related Expenses

Note 5—Royalty Revenue and Related Expenses

The Corporation has agreements for licensing the Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake characters and other intellectual property. These license agreements provide for royalty revenue to the Corporation, which is recorded in “Other revenue” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. These license agreements may include the receipt of upfront advances, which are recorded as deferred revenue and earned during the period of the agreement. Expenses associated with the servicing of these agreements, primarily relating to the licensing activities included in non-reportable segments, are summarized as follows:

 

     Three Months Ended      Nine Months Ended  
(In thousands)    November
23, 2012
     November
25, 2011
     November
23, 2012
     November
25, 2011
 

Royalty revenue

   $ 7,085       $ 6,401       $ 17,947       $ 20,785   

Royalty expenses

           

Material, labor and other production costs

   $ 2,794       $ 2,789       $ 7,795       $ 7,781   

Selling, distribution and marketing expenses

     1,856         2,621         5,235         7,345   

Administrative and general expenses

     467         431         1,330         1,292   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 5,117       $ 5,841       $ 14,360       $ 16,418   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

In addition to the expenses disclosed above, the Corporation incurred charges of $2.1 million associated with its licensing business, which is included in “Other operating income – net” on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. See Note 6 for further information.