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Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Feb. 03, 2018
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Related Party Transactions
Related Party Transactions
Relationship with GE Equity, Comcast and NBCU
Until April 29, 2016, the Company was a party to an amended and restated shareholder agreement, dated February 25, 2009 (the “GE/NBCU Shareholder Agreement”), with GE Equity and NBCU, which provided for certain corporate governance and standstill matters. The Company has a significant cable distribution agreement with Comcast, of which NBCU is an indirect subsidiary, and believes that the terms of the agreement are comparable to those with other cable system operators. During the third quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received a $500,000 cash payment from a wholly owned subsidiary of NBCU for the right to use a specified channel in the Boston, Massachusetts' designated market area.
In an SEC filing made on August 18, 2015, GE Equity disclosed that on August 14, 2015, GE Equity and ASF Radio, L.P. (“ASF Radio”), who was an independent third party to Evine as of that time, entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement pursuant to which GE Equity agreed to sell 3,545,049 shares of the Company’s common stock, which was all of the shares GE Equity had then owned, to ASF Radio for $2.15 per share. According to the SEC filing, ASF Radio is an affiliate of Ardian, an independent private equity investment company. The closing of this sale (the “GE/ASF Radio Sale”) occurred on April 29, 2016. In connection with the GE/ASF Radio Sale, the GE/NBCU Shareholder Agreement was terminated and the Company entered into a new Shareholder Agreement (the “NBCU Shareholder Agreement”) with NBCU described below.
Stock Purchase from NBCU
On January 31, 2017, the Company purchased from NBCU 4,400,000 shares of the Company's common stock, representing approximately 6.7% of shares then outstanding, for approximately $5 million or $1.12 per share, pursuant to a Repurchase Letter Agreement between the Company and NBCU. Following the Company's share purchase, NBCU's direct equity ownership of the Company consisted of 2,741,849 shares of common stock, or 4.5% of the Company's outstanding common stock. As of February 3, 2018, the Company believes that NBCU sold its remaining shares of the Company's common stock. The NBCU Shareholder Agreement was terminated pursuant to the Repurchase Letter Agreement.
NBCU Shareholder Agreement
The Company was a party to the NBCU Shareholder Agreement until it was terminated pursuant to the Repurchase Letter Agreement on January 31, 2017. The NBCU Shareholder Agreement replaced the GE/NBCU Shareholder Agreement. The NBCU Shareholder Agreement provided that as long as NBCU or its affiliates beneficially own at least 5% of the Company's outstanding common stock, NBCU was entitled to designate one individual to be nominated to the Company’s Board of Directors. In addition, the NBCU Shareholder Agreement provided that NBCU was able to designate its director designee to be an observer of the audit, human resources and compensation, and corporate governance and nominating committees of the Company's Board of Directors. In addition, the NBCU Shareholder Agreement required the Company to obtain the consent of NBCU prior to the Company's adoption or amendment of any shareholder’s rights plan or certain other actions that would impede or restrict the ability of NBCU to acquire the Company's voting stock or the Company taking any action that would result in NBCU being deemed to be in violation of the Federal Communications Commission multiple ownership regulations.
The NBCU Shareholder Agreement also provided that unless NBCU beneficially owned less than 5% or more than 90% of the adjusted outstanding shares of common stock, NBCU could not sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company subject to limited exceptions for (i) transfers to affiliates, (ii) third party tender offers, (iii) mergers, consolidations and reorganizations and (iv) transfers pursuant to underwritten public offerings or transfers exempt from registration under the Securities Act (provided, in the case of (iv), such transfers would not result in the transferee acquiring beneficial ownership in excess of 20%).
Registration Rights Agreement
On February 25, 2009, the Company entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement that, as further amended, provided GE Equity, NBCU and their affiliates and any transferees and assigns, an aggregate of five demand registrations and unlimited piggy-back registration rights. In connection with the GE/ASF Radio Sale, an amendment to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement was entered into removing GE Equity as a party and adding ASF Radio as a party.
2015 Letter Agreement with GE Equity
On July 9, 2015, the Company entered into a letter agreement with GE Equity (the “GE Letter Agreement”) pursuant to which GE Equity consented to the Company's adoption of a Shareholder Rights Plan in consideration for the Company's agreement to provide GE Equity, NBCU and certain of their respective affiliates with exemptions from the Shareholder Rights Plan. GE Equity’s consent was required pursuant to the terms of the GE/NBCU Shareholder Agreement. This discussion is a summary of the terms of the letter agreement. In the GE Letter Agreement, the Company agreed that if any of GE Equity, NBCU or any of their respective affiliates that holds shares of the Company's common stock from time to time (each a “Grandfathered Investor”) sells or otherwise transfers shares of the Company's common stock currently owned by such Grandfathered Investor to any third party identified to us in writing (any such third party, an “Exempt Purchaser”), the Company will take all actions necessary under the Shareholder Rights Plan so that such third party will not be deemed an Acquiring Person (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan) by virtue of the acquisition of such shares. The Company further agreed that, subject to certain limitations, upon request of any Grandfathered Investor or Exempt Purchaser, and in connection with a transfer by such Grandfathered Investor or Exempt Purchaser of shares of the Company's common stock to an Exempt Purchaser, the Company will enter into an agreement with the acquiring Exempt Purchaser granting such acquiring Exempt Purchaser substantially the same rights as set forth above with respect to any sale of the Company's outstanding shares of common stock to any other third party. Additionally, the Company agreed that without the consent of any Grandfathered Investor that is an affiliate of GE Equity and any Grandfathered Investor that is an affiliate of NBCU, the Company will not (i) amend the Shareholder Rights Plan in any material respect, other than to accelerate the Expiration Date (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan) or the Final Expiration Date (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Plan), (ii) adopt another shareholders' rights plan or (iii) amend the letter agreement.
Director Relationships
The Company entered into a service agreement with Newgistics, Inc. ("Newgistics") in fiscal 2004. Newgistics provides offsite customer returns consolidation and delivery services to the Company. The Company's Chief Executive Officer, Robert Rosenblatt, was a member of Newgistics Board of Directors until October 2017, when Newgistics was acquired by a third party. The Company made payments to Newgistics totaling approximately $4,474,000, $4,910,000 and $4,517,000 during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015.
One of the Company's directors, Thomas Beers, has a minority interest in one of the Company's on air food suppliers. The Company made inventory payments to this supplier totaling approximately $1,156,000, $1,866,000 and $3,467,000 during fiscal 2017, fiscal 2016 and fiscal 2015.