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Royalty Revenue and Related Expenses
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2013
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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 Income. These license agreements may include the receipt of upfront advances, which are recorded as deferred revenue and earned during the period of the agreement. Revenues and 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
(In thousands)    May 31, 2013         May 25, 2012

Royalty revenue

     $ 6,506                                $ 3,729               

Royalty expenses

              

Material, labor and other production costs

     $ 1,947                        $ 2,328               

Selling, distribution and marketing expenses

     1,248                        656               

Administrative and general expenses

     460                        422               
  

 

 

     

 

 

             $ 3,655                        $ 3,406               
  

 

 

     

 

 

In addition to the expenses disclosed above, during the three months ended May 25, 2012 the Corporation incurred charges of $2.1 million associated with our licensing business. See Note 6 for further information.