Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

6 Months Ended

Jul. 01, 2011

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of The Timberland Company and its subsidiaries (“we”, “our”, “us”, “its”, “Timberland” or the “Company”). These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

The financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are unaudited, but in the opinion of management, such financial statements include the adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, results of operations and changes in cash flows for the interim periods presented. The results reported in these financial statements are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year due, in part, to seasonal factors. Historically, our revenue has been more heavily weighted to the second half of the year.

The Company’s fiscal quarters end on the Friday closest to the day on which the calendar quarter ends, except that the fourth quarter and fiscal year end on December 31. The second quarters of our fiscal year in 2011 and 2010 ended on July 1, 2011 and July 2, 2010, respectively.

Acquisition by V.F. Corporation

On June 12, 2011, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with V.F. Corporation (“VF”) and VF Enterprises, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of VF (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides that, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of VF. Holders of the outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock at the effective time of the Merger will receive $43.00 per share in cash.

Concurrent with the execution of the Merger Agreement, Sidney W. Swartz, Chairman of the Company’s Board of Directors, Jeffrey B. Swartz, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, and certain other members of their families and certain trusts established for the benefit of their families or for charitable purposes (collectively, the “Supporting Stockholders”), who collectively control approximately 73.5% of the combined voting power of the Company’s outstanding Class A and Class B common stock, entered into a Voting Agreement (the “Voting Agreement”) with VF. The Voting Agreement provided that, so long as the Voting Agreement had not previously been terminated in accordance with its terms, the Supporting Stockholders would deliver a written consent adopting the Merger Agreement on July 26, 2011. The written consent was delivered on July 26, 2011, and no further action by any other Company stockholder is required to adopt the Merger Agreement or approve the Merger.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2011-05, Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which revises the manner in which entities present comprehensive income in their financial statements. The ASU removes the presentation options in Accounting Standard Codification Topic 220 and requires entities to report components of comprehensive income in either 1) a continuous statement of comprehensive income or 2) two separate but consecutive statements. The ASU, which does not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or their accounting treatment, is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2012.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU No. 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement: Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRS. This accounting standard update is the result of joint efforts by the FASB and IASB to develop a single converged fair value framework that provides guidance on how to measure fair value and on what disclosures to provide about fair value measurements. The ASU’s measurement and disclosure requirements, which are required to be applied prospectively, are effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2012 and are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

In December 2010, the FASB issued ASU No. 2010-28, When to Perform Step 2 of the Goodwill Impairment Test for Reporting Units With Zero or Negative Carrying Amounts. This accounting standard update requires entities with a zero or negative carrying value to assess, considering adverse qualitative factors, whether it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists. If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that a goodwill impairment exists, the entity must perform step 2 of the goodwill impairment test. ASU No. 2010-28 was effective for impairment tests performed by the Company during 2011, and its adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.