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INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES
12 Months Ended
Jan. 29, 2017
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES
 INVESTMENTS IN UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES

Karl Lagerfeld
The Company acquired an economic interest of approximately 10% in the parent company of the Karl Lagerfeld brand (“Karl Lagerfeld”) during 2014 for $18.9 million. During 2016, a third party acquired a minority stake in Karl Lagerfeld, diluting the Company’s economic interest to approximately 8%. The Company has significant influence as defined under FASB guidance with respect to this investment, which is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

PVH Australia

The Company formed a joint venture, PVH Brands Australia Pty. Limited (“PVH Australia”), in 2013 with Gazal Corporation Limited (“Gazal”), in which the Company owns a 50% economic interest. PVH Australia has licensed from a subsidiary of the Company since the first quarter of 2014 the rights to distribute and sell certain CALVIN KLEIN brand products in Australia, New Zealand and other island nations in the South Pacific. As part of the transaction, the Company contributed to PVH Australia its subsidiaries that were operating the Calvin Klein Jeans businesses in Australia and New Zealand (the “Australia business”). In connection with this contribution, which took place on the first day of 2014, the Company deconsolidated the contributed subsidiaries and recognized a net gain of $2.1 million during the first quarter of 2014, which was recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses. The gain was measured as the difference between the fair value of the Company’s 50% interest in PVH Australia and the carrying value of the net assets and cash contributed. The fair value of PVH Australia was determined using the discounted cash flow method, based on net sales projections for the Calvin Klein business in Australia, New Zealand and other island nations in the South Pacific, discounted using a rate of return that accounted for the relative risks of the estimated future cash flows.

The Company completed a transaction in 2015 in which the Tommy Hilfiger and Van Heusen trademarks were licensed for certain product categories to subsidiaries of PVH Australia for use in Australia, New Zealand and, in the case of Tommy Hilfiger, other island nations in the South Pacific. The Tommy Hilfiger trademarks had previously been licensed to a third party and the Van Heusen trademarks had previously been licensed to Gazal. Additionally, subsidiaries of PVH Australia license other trademarks for certain product categories.
    
The Company made net payments of $21.0 million (of which $20.2 million was placed into an escrow account prior to the end of 2014) and $7.3 million to PVH Australia during 2015 and 2014, respectively, to contribute its 50% share of the joint venture funding for the periods. This investment is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

The Company received a $1.5 million dividend from PVH Australia during 2016.

Gazal

The Company acquired approximately 10% of the outstanding capital stock of Gazal, which is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, during the third quarter of 2016 for approximately $9.2 million. The Company has significant influence as defined under FASB guidance with respect to this investment, which is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Gazal is also the Company’s joint venture partner in PVH Australia.

CK India

The Company acquired a 51% economic interest in CK India in 2013. CK India licenses from a subsidiary of the Company the rights to the CALVIN KLEIN trademarks in India for certain product categories. CK India was consolidated in the Company’s financial statements during 2013. During the first quarter of 2014, Arvind purchased the Company’s prior joint venture partners’ shares in CK India and, as a result of the entry into a shareholder agreement with different governing arrangements between the Company and Arvind than those with the Company’s prior partners, the Company no longer was deemed to hold a controlling interest in the joint venture. CK India was deconsolidated as a result and the Company began reporting its 51% interest as an equity method investment in the first quarter of 2014. Please see Note 6, “Redeemable Non-Controlling Interests,” for a further discussion.

The Company made payments of $1.5 million and $4.0 million to CK India during 2016 and 2015, respectively, to contribute its 51% share of the joint venture funding for the periods.

TH Brazil

The Company formed a joint venture, Tommy Hilfiger do Brasil S.A. (“TH Brazil”), in Brazil in 2012, in which the Company owns a 40% economic interest. TH Brazil licenses from a subsidiary of the Company the rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in Brazil for certain product categories. This investment is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

The Company made payments of $1.5 million and $1.6 million to TH Brazil during 2016 and 2015, respectively, to contribute its 40% share of the joint venture funding for the periods.

The Company issued a note receivable due April 2, 2017 to TH Brazil during the third quarter of 2016 for $12.5 million, of which $6.2 million was repaid during the fourth quarter of 2016. As of January 29, 2017, the interest rate on the note was 13.00% and the outstanding balance, including accrued interest, was $7.0 million.

TH India

The Company acquired in 2011 a 50% economic interest in a company that has since been renamed Tommy Hilfiger Arvind Fashion Private Limited (“TH India”). TH India licenses from a subsidiary of the Company the rights to the Tommy Hilfiger trademarks in India for certain product categories. This investment is being accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Arvind, the Company’s joint venture partner in PVH Ethiopia and in CK India, is also the Company’s joint venture partner in TH India.

TH China

The Company formed TH China as a joint venture in 2010. This investment was accounted for under the equity method of accounting until April 13, 2016, on which date the Company acquired the 55% of the ownership interests in TH China that it did not already own. Please see Note 2, “Acquisitions,” for a further discussion.

PVH Mexico

The Company and Grupo Axo, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Grupo Axo”) formed a joint venture (“PVH Mexico”) in the fourth quarter of 2016, in which the Company owns a 49% economic interest. PVH Mexico licenses from certain wholly owned subsidiaries of the Company the rights to distribute and sell certain CALVIN KLEIN, Tommy Hilfiger, Warner’s, Olga and Speedo brand products in Mexico. PVH Mexico was formed by merging the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary that principally operated and managed the Calvin Klein business in Mexico (the “Mexico business”) with a wholly owned subsidiary of Grupo Axo that distributes certain Tommy Hilfiger brand products in Mexico. In connection with the formation of PVH Mexico, the Company deconsolidated the Mexico business (the “Mexico deconsolidation”) and began accounting for its 49% interest under the equity method of accounting in the fourth quarter of 2016.

In connection with the Mexico deconsolidation, the Company recorded a pre-tax noncash loss of $81.8 million in 2016 (including $56.7 million related to foreign currency translation adjustment losses previously recorded in AOCL) to write down the net assets of the Mexico business to fair value. The loss was included in other noncash gain, net in the Company’s Consolidated Income Statement for the year ended January 29, 2017. The fair value of the net assets of $64.3 million was estimated as the fair value of the 49% interest in PVH Mexico that the Company acquired upon its formation, based on future operating cash flow projections that were discounted at a rate of 15.0%, which accounted for the relative risks of the estimated future cash flows. Such fair value also included an estimated discount for a lack of marketability of 10.0%. The Company classified this as a Level 3 fair value measurement due to the use of these significant unobservable inputs.

The Company made payments of $7.3 million to PVH Mexico during 2016, to contribute its 49% share of the joint venture funding for the period.

Total Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates

Included in other assets in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets as of January 29, 2017 and January 31, 2016 is $180.0 million (of which $7.0 million is related to the note receivable due from TH Brazil) and $140.7 million (of which $52.9 million related to TH China), respectively, related to these investments in unconsolidated affiliates.