10-K/A 1 a05-21865_110ka.htm AMENDMENT TO ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 AND 15(D)

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


 

Form 10-K/A

(Amendment No. 1)

 

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004

Commission File Number 1-9340


 

REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Massachusetts

 

04-2678061

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation or organization)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

1895 J.W. Foster Boulevard

Canton, Massachusetts 02021

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

(781) 401-5000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Name of each exchange on which

registered

 

registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share

 

New York Stock Exchange

Common Stock Purchase Rights

 

New York Stock Exchange

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  Yes  ý  No  o

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. 

Yes  o  No  ý

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes   ý   No o

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or other information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).  Yes ý   No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).  Yes  o  No  ý

 

As of June 30, 2004, the aggregate market value of the registrant’s Common Stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was approximately $1,723,705,805.

 

As of February 22, 2005, 59,601,044 shares of the registrant’s Common Stock were outstanding.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

 

Certain parts of registrant’s definitive Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on May 3, 2005, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2005, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Report.

 



 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

This Form 10-K/A is being filed to amend and restate Item 9A of Part II of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 (“2004 10-K”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2005 by Reebok International Ltd.. (the “Company”).   To conform to the requirements of SEC Regulation S-K, this amendment amends and restates disclosure in Item 9A concerning the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures.

 

As required by Rule 12b-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), new certifications by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer are being filed as exhibits to this Form 10-K/A under Item 15.

 

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PART II

 

Item 9A.  Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)    Disclosure Controls and Procedures.

 

The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

(b)    Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

 

The management of Reebok International Ltd. and its subsidiaries is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the Company conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 based on the framework in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on that evaluation, management concluded that its internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2004.   Management’s assessment of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included below.

 

(c)    Attestation report of the independent registered public accounting firm.

 

 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Reebok International Ltd.

 

        We have audited management’s assessment, included in the Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, that Reebok International Ltd. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Reebok International Ltd.’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management’s assessment and an opinion on the effectiveness of the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

 

        We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, evaluating management’s assessment, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the

 

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circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

        A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

 

        Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

        In our opinion, management’s assessment that Reebok International Ltd. maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, is fairly stated, in all material respects, based on the COSO criteria. Also, in our opinion, Reebok International Ltd. maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2004, based on the COSO criteria.

 

        We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Reebok International Ltd. as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2004 and our report dated March 2, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

March 2, 2005

 

(d)    Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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Item 15.  Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.

 

The following documents are filed as part of this report:

 

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP

 

 

 

31.1

 

Certification of Paul Fireman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, dated December 16, 2005, and made pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

31.2

 

Certification of Kenneth Watchmaker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, dated December 16, 2005, and made pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Exchange Act, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.1

 

Certification of Paul Fireman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, dated December 16, 2005, and made pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

32.2

 

Certification of Kenneth Watchmaker, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, dated December 16, 2005 and made pursuant to Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18, United States Code, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (31)

 

 

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SIGNATURE

 

                Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

REEBOK INTERNATIONAL LTD.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kenneth Watchmaker

 

 

Kenneth Watchmaker

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated:  December 16, 2005

 

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