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ACQUISITIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
ACQUISITIONS [Abstract]  
ACQUISITIONS
ACQUISITIONS

KG Group Holdings Limited

On June 2, 2011, we acquired 100% of the equity interests in KG Group Holdings Limited ("Kurt Geiger"), a privately-held wholesaler and retailer of luxury footwear and accessories, for $150.0 million in cash and the assumption of $174.1 million of debt, which was immediately repaid following the transaction.  Kurt Geiger markets products under four of its own brands - Kurt Geiger, KG, Carvela and Miss KG - and over 100 other luxury brands in more than 200 retail locations, including concessions in Europe's leading department stores, including Harrods, Selfridges, Liberty, House of Fraser, Fenwick John Lewis and Brown Thomas, as well as company-operated stores.

Approximately £6.2 million ($10.2 million) of the purchase price payable to certain selling shareholders who are senior managers of Kurt Geiger has been rolled over into 5% Loan Notes (the "Loan Notes"), which are payable on or before April 16, 2016 and are subject to forfeiture in the event of termination of employment under certain circumstances.  This amount is recorded as compensation expense over the term of the Loan Notes and is not reported as a component of the cost of the acquisition.

We pursued the acquisition of Kurt Geiger to increase our international presence and further extend our reach into the designer footwear business.  Kurt Geiger's wholesale footwear business is reported in our international wholesale segment and its retail business is reported in our international retail segment.

The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Kurt Geiger on June 2, 2011.

(In millions)
 
Weighted-average amortization life (in months)
  
Fair
Value
 
 
Cash
 
  
$
6.9
 
Accounts receivable
 
   
19.7
 
Inventories
 
   
55.1
 
Other current assets
 
   
9.5
 
Property, plant and equipment
 
   
27.0
 
Intangible assets:
 
     
   Trademarks - nonamortized
 
   
95.1
 
   Trademarks - amortized
  
120
   
0.1
 
   Goodwill
      
99.3
 
   Customer relationships
  
232
   
125.7
 
   Order backlog
  
9
   
2.8
 
   Favorable lease agreements
  
99
   
6.8
 
Total assets acquired
      
448.0
 
Accounts payable
      
30.6
 
Other current  liabilities
      
28.5
 
Long-term debt
      
174.1
 
Unfavorable lease agreements
  
100
   
0.2
 
Deferred taxes
      
64.6
 
Total liabilities assumed
      
298.0
 
Total purchase price
     
$
150.0
 

The gross contractual accounts receivable acquired from Kurt Geiger was $19.8 million.

The fair values of the acquired intangibles were determined using discounted cash flow models using a discount factor based on an estimated risk-adjusted weighted average cost of capital.  The customer relationships and order backlog were valued using multi-period excess earnings models, the trademarks using a relief-from-royalty model and the lease agreements using an incremental cash flow income approach model.

The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $99.3 million of goodwill, which will not be deductible for tax purposes.  Goodwill largely consists of expected synergies resulting from the leveraging of the combined networks of partners, infrastructure and strong department store relationships to expand product distribution worldwide, as well as the acquired assembled workforce, which does not qualify as an amortizable intangible asset, and the potential for product extensions, such as apparel.

Brian Atwood

On July 2, 2012, we acquired an 80% interest in Brian Atwood-related intellectual property (the "intellectual property") from BA Holding Group, Inc., BKA International, Inc. and Brian Atwood, we acquired 100% of the equity interests in Atwood Italia S.r.l., and we acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of Brian Atwood, Ltd. (collectively, "Brian Atwood").  The purchase price was $5.5 million, of which $5.0 million was paid in 2012 and $0.5 million was paid in 2013.

The remaining 20% interest in the intellectual property was recorded as a noncontrolling interest, with the fair value based on projected cash flows related to that property.  Brian Atwood has the right, under certain conditions, to require us to repurchase a portion of his noncontrolling ownership interest at a predetermined multiple of the previous year's distributable cash flows generated by the intellectual property.

We pursued the acquisition of Brian Atwood to increase our international presence and further extend our reach into the designer footwear business.  Brian Atwood's luxury wholesale footwear business is reported in our international wholesale segment.

The following table summarizes the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Brian Atwood on July 2, 2012.

(In millions)
 
Weighted-average
amortization life (in months)
  
Fair
Value
 
 
Cash
 
  
$
0.6
 
Accounts receivable
 
   
0.5
 
Other current assets
 
   
0.4
 
Property, plant and equipment
 
   
0.1
 
Intangible assets:
 
     
   Trademarks
  
240
   
7.5
 
   Goodwill
      
3.2
 
   Customer relationships
  
6
   
0.4
 
   Order backlog
  
3
   
0.7
 
Total assets acquired
      
13.4
 
Accounts payable
      
1.7
 
Notes payable
      
2.8
 
Other current  liabilities
      
1.8
 
Deferred taxes
      
0.3
 
Other long-term liabilities
      
0.1
 
Total liabilities assumed
      
6.7
 
Fair value of noncontrolling interest
      
1.2
 
Total purchase price
     
$
5.5
 

The gross contractual accounts receivable acquired from Brian Atwood was $0.5 million.

The fair values of the acquired intangibles were determined using discounted cash flow models using a discount factor based on an estimated risk-adjusted weighted average cost of capital.  The customer relationships were valued using a "with and without" model, the trademarks using a relief-from-royalty model and the order backlog using multi-period excess earnings model.

The acquisition resulted in the recognition of $3.2 million of goodwill, which will not be deductible for tax purposes.  Goodwill largely consists of expected synergies resulting from the leveraging of the combined networks of partners, infrastructure and customer relationships to expand product distribution worldwide, as well as the acquired assembled workforce, which does not qualify as an amortizable intangible asset, and the potential for both product extensions, such as apparel, and the introduction of Brian Atwood retail locations.  The goodwill has been assigned to our domestic wholesale footwear and accessories segment, as we pursued the acquisition to acquire majority ownership interest in the Brian Atwood-related trademarks, under which our existing B Brian Atwood domestic footwear business is licensed.

The following table provides total revenues and results of operations from the acquired Brian Atwood business included in our results for 2012 subsequent to the acquisition.

(In millions)
 
 
 
Total revenues
 
$
4.3
 
Loss before provision for income taxes
  
(5.6
)

Pro Forma Information

Pro forma total revenues and results of operations reflecting the acquisition of Brian Atwood are not presented, as the acquisition is not material to our financial position or our results of operations.
Acquisition Expenses

During 2011, pretax charges totaling $4.9 million were recorded for legal expenses and other transactions related to the Kurt Geiger acquisition.  During 2012, pretax charges totaling $0.7 million were recorded for legal expenses and other transactions related to the Brian Atwood acquisition.  These charges, which were expensed in accordance with the accounting guidance for business combinations, were recorded as SG&A costs in our licensing and other segment.