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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

 

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 29, 2007

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

 

Commission

File Number

  

Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its

Charter; State of Incorporation;

Address of Principal Executive Offices; and Telephone Number,

Including Area Code

  

I.R.S.

Employer
Identification No.

333-112055    VISANT HOLDING CORP.    90-0207875
   (Incorporated in Delaware)   
  

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

  
   Telephone: (914) 595-8200   
333-120386    VISANT CORPORATION    90-0207604
   (Incorporated in Delaware)   
  

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

  
   Telephone: (914) 595-8200   

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

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

Indicate by check mark if each registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether each 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 (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirement for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of each registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.    x

Indicate by check mark whether any of the registrants is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ¨        Accelerated filer  ¨        Non-accelerated filer  x        Smaller reporting company  ¨

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Indicated by check mark whether each registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The common stock of each registrant is not publicly traded. Therefore, the aggregate market value is not readily determinable.

As of March 12, 2008, there were 5,975,618 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and one share of Class C Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of Visant Holding Corp. outstanding and 1,000 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of Visant Corporation outstanding (all of which are owned beneficially by Visant Holding Corp.).

Documents incorporated by reference: None

Visant Corporation meets the conditions set forth in General Instruction (I)(1)(a) and (b) of the Form 10-K and is therefore filing this Form 10-K with the reduced disclosure format.

FILING FORMAT

This Annual Report on Form 10-K is a combined report being filed separately by two registrants: Visant Holding Corp. (“Holdings”) and Visant Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Holdings (“Visant”). Unless the context indicates otherwise, any reference in this report to the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or “Holdings” refers to Visant Holding Corp., together with Visant Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

 

 


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PART I

ITEM 1.

  

Business

   3

ITEM 1A.

  

Risk Factors

   9

ITEM 1B.

  

Unresolved Staff Comments

   20

ITEM 2.

  

Properties

   20

ITEM 3.

  

Legal Proceedings

   21

ITEM 4.

  

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

   21
PART II

ITEM 5.

  

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

   22

ITEM 6.

  

Selected Financial Data

   22

ITEM 7.

  

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

   26

ITEM 7A.

  

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

   44

ITEM 8.

  

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

   44

ITEM 9.

  

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

   44

ITEM 9A.

  

Controls and Procedures

   44

ITEM 9A(T).

  

Controls and Procedures

   45

ITEM 9B.

  

Other Information

   45
PART III

ITEM 10.

  

Directors, Executive Officers, and Corporate Governance

   46

ITEM 11.

  

Executive Compensation

   49

ITEM 12.

  

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

   75

ITEM 13.

  

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

   77

ITEM 14.

  

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

   80
PART IV

ITEM 15.

  

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

   81

Signatures

   87

Financial Statements

   F-1

Financial Statement Schedule

  

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements concerning the conditions in our industry, expected cost savings, our operations, our economic performance and financial condition, including, in particular, statements relating to our business and growth strategy and product development efforts. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but only predictions and generally can be identified by use of statements that include such words as “may”, “might”, “will”, “should”, “estimate”, “project”, “plan”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend”, “outlook”, “believe” and other similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements and information. These forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions by our management that, although we believe to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain and subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation, those identified under Item 1A. Risk Factors, and elsewhere in this report.

The following list represents some, but not necessarily all, of the factors that could cause actual results to differ from historical results or those anticipated or predicted by these forward-looking statements:

 

   

our substantial indebtedness;

 

   

our inability to implement our business strategy and achieve anticipated cost savings in a timely and effective manner;

 

   

competition from other companies;

 

   

the seasonality of our businesses;

 

   

the loss of significant customers or customer relationships;

 

   

fluctuations in raw material prices;

 

   

our reliance on a limited number of suppliers;

 

   

our reliance on numerous complex information systems;

 

   

the reliance of our businesses on limited production facilities;

 

   

the amount of capital expenditures required for our businesses;

 

   

labor disturbances;

 

   

environmental regulations;

 

   

foreign currency fluctuations and foreign exchange rates;

 

   

the outcome of litigation;

 

   

our dependency on the sale of school textbooks;

 

   

control by our stockholders;

 

   

Jostens, Inc.’s reliance on independent sales representatives;

 

   

the failure of our sampling systems to comply with U.S. postal regulations;

 

   

fluctuation in customer’s advertising spending; and

 

   

the textbook adoption cycle and levels of government funding for education spending.

We caution you that the foregoing list of important factors is not exclusive. In addition, in light of these risks and uncertainties, the matters referred to in the forward-looking statements contained in this report may not in fact occur. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and we undertake no obligation to update publicly or revise any of them in light of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

 

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Available Information

We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). We therefore file periodic reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We make available free of charge on our Internet website at http://www.visant.net our Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Sections13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are filed with the SEC. These reports are available as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. The public may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Furthermore, the public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. The reference to our website address does not constitute incorporation by reference of the information contained on the website, and the information contained on the website is not part of this document. In addition, the SEC maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov) that contains periodic reports and other information regarding issuers that file electronically.

 

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PART I

Except where otherwise indicated, any reference in this report to (1) the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us” or “Holdings” refers to Visant Holding Corp. together with Visant Corporation (“Visant”) and its consolidated subsidiaries, (2) “Jostens” refers to Jostens, Inc. and its subsidiaries, (3) “Lehigh” refers to The Lehigh Press, Inc., (4) “Arcade” refers to AKI, Inc. and its subsidiaries, (5) “Dixon” refers to Dixon Direct Corp, (6) “Neff” refers to Neff Holding Company together with Neff Motivation, Inc., and (7) “VSI” refers to Visual Systems, Inc . All references to a particular fiscal year are to the four fiscal quarters ended the Saturday nearest to December 31st.

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Our Company

We are a leading marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling, and educational publishing market segments. We were formed through the October 2004 consolidation of Jostens, Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries and Arcade (the “Transactions”). We sell our products and services to end customers through several different sales channels including independent sales representatives and dedicated sales forces. Our sales and results of operations are impacted by general economic conditions, seasonality, cost of raw materials, school population trends, product quality, service and price.

As of December 2006, our Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc., Von Hoffmann Corporation and Anthology, Inc. businesses (the “Von Hoffmann businesses”) were held as assets for sale. On January 3, 2007, we entered into a stock purchase agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company providing for the sale of the Von Hoffmann businesses, which previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment. We closed the transaction on May 16, 2007. The operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses are reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

On March 16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Neff Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Neff Motivation, Inc. Neff is a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment. The results of Neff are reported together with the results of the Jostens scholastic operations as the renamed Scholastic segment.

On June 14, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Systems, Inc. VSI is a supplier in the overhead transparency and book component business. VSI does business under the name of Lehigh Milwaukee. Results of VSI are included in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment from the date of acquisition.

On October 1, 2007, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memory Book Acquisition LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated, a producer of school memory book and student planners. Results of Memory Book Acquisition LLC are reported as part of the Memory Book segment from the date of acquisition.

On February 11, 2008, Visant entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Phoenix Color Corp. (“Phoenix Color”), a leading book component manufacturer. Phoenix Color will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant upon the closing of the proposed merger. The total purchase consideration is $219.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2008.

In 2007 we changed the name of our Yearbook segment to Memory Book to reflect our diversified offering of custom yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events.

 

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Our three reportable segments as of December 29, 2007 are:

 

   

Scholastic—provides services related to the marketing, sale and production of class rings and an array of graduation products and other scholastic products to students and administrators primarily in high schools, colleges and other post-secondary institutions;

 

   

Memory Book—provides services related to the publication, marketing, sale and production of school yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events; and

 

   

Marketing and Publishing Services—produces multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling systems, primarily for the fragrance, cosmetics and personal care market segments, and provides innovative products and services to the direct marketing sector. The group also produces cover components and overhead transparencies primarily for educational publishers.

We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net sales tied primarily to the North American school year and, accordingly, net sales in the third quarter when school is not in session are typically lower than in other quarters. Jostens generates a significant portion of its annual net sales in the second quarter. Deliveries of caps, gowns and diplomas for spring graduation ceremonies and spring deliveries of school yearbooks are the key drivers of Jostens’ seasonality. The net sales of educational book components are impacted seasonally by state and local schoolbook purchasing schedules, which commence in the spring and peak in the summer months preceding the start of the school year. The net sales of sampling and other direct mail and commercial printed products have also historically reflected seasonal variations, and we expect these businesses to continue to generate a majority of their annual net sales during our third and fourth quarters for the foreseeable future. These seasonal variations are based on the timing of customers’ advertising campaigns, which have traditionally been concentrated prior to the Christmas and spring holiday seasons. The seasonality of each of our businesses requires us to allocate our resources to manage our manufacturing capacity, which often operates at full or near full capacity during peak seasonal demands.

We continued to see softness in the placement of orders into the fourth quarter of 2007 in our direct marketing and sampling businesses which we believe are the result of tighter economic and general market conditions affecting the timing of decisions and the extent of advertising spending by our customers. These conditions may impact the timing of orders as well as the level of spending by our customers in direct marketing and sampling into 2008. While historically the purchase of class rings has been relatively resistant to economic conditions, we saw softness in jewelry orders in the fall of 2007 and anticipate continued softness in the first half of 2008. We attribute the lower volume primarily to economic factors and the significantly higher cost of gold.

For additional financial and other information about our operating segments, see Note 16, Business Segments, to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

Jostens

Jostens is a leading provider of school-related affinity products and services that help people celebrate important moments, recognize achievements and build affiliation. Founded in 1897, Jostens has a history of providing quality products, which has enabled it to develop long-standing relationships with school administrators throughout the country. Jostens’ high degree of customer satisfaction translates into annual retention rates of over 90% in its major product lines. Jostens’ products and services are predominantly offered to North American high school and college students, through a national network of primarily independent sales representatives and associates.

Jostens’ operations are reported in two segments: (1) Scholastic and (2) Memory Book.

Scholastic.    Jostens is one of the leading providers of services related to the marketing, sale and production of class rings and an array of graduation products, such as caps, gowns, diplomas and announcements, graduation-related accessories and other scholastic products. In the Scholastic segment, we primarily serve U.S. high schools, colleges, universities and other specialty markets, marketing and selling products to students and

 

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administrators. Jostens relies on a network of independent sales representatives to sell its scholastic products. Jostens provides a high level of customer service in the marketing and sale of class rings and certain other graduation products, which often involves a high degree of customization. Jostens also provides ongoing warranty service on its class and affiliation rings. Jostens maintains product-specific tooling as well as a library of school logos and mascots that can be used repeatedly for specific school accounts over time. In addition to its class ring offerings, Jostens also designs, manufactures, markets and sells championship rings for professional sports and affinity rings for a variety of specialty markets. Since the acquisition of Neff in March 2007, a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, we also market, manufacture and sell an array of additional scholastic products, including chenille letters, letter jackets, mascot mats, plaques and sports apparel.

Memory Book.    Jostens is one of the leading providers of services related to the publication, marketing, sale and production of memory books serving U.S. high schools, colleges, universities, elementary and middle schools. Jostens generates the majority of its revenues from high school accounts. Jostens’ sales representatives and technical support employees assist students and faculty advisers with the planning and layout of yearbooks, including through the provision of on-line layout and editorial tools to assist in the publication of the yearbook. With a new class of students each year and periodic faculty advisor turnover, Jostens’ independent sales representatives and customer service employees are the main point of continuity for the yearbook production process on a year-to-year basis. Jostens also offers memory book products through its OurHubbub.comTM online personal memory book offering, including under which Jostens partners with local and national organizations and teams to create hard cover memory books to chronicle important events and memories.

Marketing and Publishing Services

The Marketing and Publishing Services segment produces multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling systems, primarily for the fragrance, cosmetics and personal care market segment, and innovative, highly personalized products primarily targeted at the direct marketing sector. We are also a leading producer of supplemental materials and related components such as decorative covers and plastic transparencies for educational publishers. With over a 100-year history as Arcade Marketing, we pioneered our ScentStrip® product in 1980. We also offer an extensive portfolio of proprietary, patented and patent-pending technologies that can be incorporated into various marketing programs designed to reach the consumer at home or in-store, including magazine and catalog inserts, remittance envelopes, statement enclosures, blow-ins, direct mail, direct sell and point-of-sale materials and gift-with-purchase/purchase-with-purchase programs. We specialize in high-quality, in-line finished products and can accommodate large marketing projects with a wide range of dimensional products and in-line finishing production, data processing and mailing services. Our personalized imaging capabilities offer individualized messages to each recipient within a geographical area or demographic group for targeted marketing efforts.

Competition

Jostens

The school-related affinity products and services industry consists principally of four national manufacturers and a number of smaller regional and niche competitors. The four national competitors in the sale of yearbooks, class rings and scholastic products are Jostens, American Achievement Corporation, Herff Jones, Inc. and Walsworth Publishing Company. We believe that Jostens is the largest of the national competitors in yearbooks, class rings and graduation products based on the number of schools served. American Achievement and Herff Jones are the only other national manufacturers that sell each of these three product lines.

Scholastic.    Jostens’ competition in class rings consists primarily of two national firms, Herff Jones and American Achievement (which market the Balfour and ArtCarved brands, respectively) as well as a host of regional players. Herff Jones distributes its products within schools, while American Achievement distributes its products through multiple distribution channels including schools, independent and chain jewelers and mass

 

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merchandisers. Jostens distributes its products primarily within schools. In the affiliation ring market, Jostens competes primarily with national manufacturers, consumer product and jewelry companies and a number of small regional competitors. Class rings sold through independent and chain jewelers and mass merchandisers are generally lower priced rings than class rings sold through schools. Customer service is particularly important in the sale of class rings because of the high degree of customization and the emphasis on timely delivery. In the marketing and sale of other graduation products, Jostens competes primarily with American Achievement and Herff Jones as well as numerous local and regional competitors who offer products similar to Jostens. Each competes on the basis of service, on-time delivery, product quality, price and product offerings, with particular importance given to establishing a proven track record of timely delivery of quality products.

Memory Book.    In the sale of yearbooks and memory books, Jostens competes with American Achievement (which markets under the Taylor Publishing brand), Herff Jones, Walsworth and Lifetouch as well as a host of all other companies providing conventional and online memory book offerings. Each competes on the basis of service, product customization and personalization, on-time delivery, print quality, price and product offerings. Customization and personalization capabilities, combined with technical assistance and customer service, are important factors in yearbook production.

Marketing and Publishing Services

The Marketing and Publishing Services business competes primarily with Orlandi, Inc. and a number of smaller competitors in the fragrance and cosmetic sampling market. Our sampling system business also competes with numerous manufacturers of sampling products such as miniatures, vials, packets, sachets, blister packs and scratch and sniff products. Our direct mail products and services compete with numerous other marketing and advertising venues for marketing dollars customers allocate to various types of advertising, marketing and promotional efforts such as television and in-store promotions as well as other printed products produced by numerous national and regional printers. We compete with Coral Graphics Services, Inc., Brady-Palmer, Moore Langen and John P. Pow in the sale of book covers and components.

Seasonality

We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net sales tied primarily to the North American school year. We recorded approximately 40% of our annual net sales for our continuing operations for fiscal 2007 during the second quarter of our fiscal year. Jostens generates a significant portion of its annual net sales in the second quarter. Deliveries of caps, gowns and diplomas for spring graduation ceremonies and spring deliveries of school yearbooks are the key drivers of Jostens’ seasonality. The net sales of sampling and other direct mail and printed products have also historically reflected seasonal variations, and we expect these businesses to continue to generate a majority of their annual net sales during our third and fourth quarters. These seasonal variations are based on the timing of customers’ advertising campaigns, which have traditionally been concentrated prior to the Christmas and spring holiday seasons. The seasonality of each of our businesses requires us to allocate our resources to manage our manufacturing capacity, which often operates at full or near full capacity during peak seasonal demands.

Raw Materials

The principal raw materials that Jostens purchases are gold and other precious metals, paper and precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones. The cost of precious metals and precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones is affected by market volatility. To manage the risk associated with changes in the prices of precious metals, Jostens may from time to time enter into forward contracts to purchase gold, platinum and silver based upon the estimated ounces needed to satisfy projected customer demand. The price of gold has increased dramatically during the past year, and we expect the volatility in the price of gold to continue. These higher gold prices have impacted, and could further impact, our manufacturing costs as well as the level of spending by our customers. Jostens purchases substantially all precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones from a single supplier located in Germany whom we believe is also a supplier to Jostens’ major class ring competitors in the United States.

 

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The principal raw materials purchased by the Marketing and Publishing Services business consist of paper, ink, and adhesives. Paper costs generally flow through to the customer as paper is ordered for specific jobs. We do not take significant commodity risk on paper. Our sampling system business utilizes specific grades of paper and foil laminates, which are, respectively, purchased from a limited number of suppliers.

Matters pertaining to our market risks are set forth below in Item 7A., Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

Backlog

Because of the nature of our business, all orders are generally filled within a few months from the time of placement. However, Jostens typically obtains contracts in the second quarter of one year for student yearbooks to be delivered in the second and third quarters of the subsequent year. Often the total revenue pertaining to a yearbook order is not established at the time of the order because the content of the book is not final. Subject to the foregoing qualifications, we estimate the backlog of orders, related primarily to our Memory Book and Scholastic businesses, was $418.3 million and $393.6 million as the end of fiscal years 2007 and 2006, respectively. We expect most of the 2007 backlog to be confirmed and filled throughout 2008.

Environmental

Our operations are subject to a wide variety of federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing emissions to air, discharges to waters, the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances and other materials, and employee health and safety matters. Compliance with such laws and regulations has become more stringent and, accordingly, more costly over time. As part of our environmental management program, we have been involved in environmental remediation on a property formerly owned and operated by Jostens for jewelry manufacturing. In July 2006, the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued a “No Further Remediation” letter with respect to this site. Jostens has certain ongoing monitoring obligations, however, we do not expect the cost of such ongoing monitoring to be material.

Intellectual Property

Our businesses rely on a combination of patents, copyrights, trademarks, confidentiality and licensing agreements and unpatented proprietary know-how and trade secrets to establish and protect the intellectual property rights we employ in our businesses. We also have trademarks registered in the United States and in jurisdictions around the world. In particular, we have a number of registered patents in the United States and abroad covering certain of the proprietary processes and products used in our sampling systems and direct mail businesses, and we have submitted patent applications for certain other manufacturing processes and products. However, many of our sampling system and direct mail manufacturing processes and products are not covered by any patent or patent application. As a result, our business may be adversely affected by competitors who independently develop equivalent or superior technologies, know-how, trade secrets or production methods or processes than those employed by us. We are involved in litigation from time to time in the course of our businesses to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights, and third parties from time to time may initiate litigation against us asserting that our businesses infringe or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights.

 

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Our company has ongoing research and development efforts and expects to seek additional intellectual property protection in the future covering results of its research. Pending patent applications filed by us may not result in patents being issued. Furthermore, the patents that we use in our sampling system and direct marketing businesses will expire over time. Similarly, patents now or hereafter owned by us may not afford protection against competitors with similar or superior technology. Our patents may be infringed upon, designed around by others, challenged by others or held to be invalid or unenforceable.

Employees

As of December 29, 2007, we had approximately 5,691 full-time employees. As of December 29, 2007, approximately 634 of Jostens’ employees were represented under two collective bargaining agreements that expire in June 2010 and August of 2012, and approximately 410 employees from our Marketing and Publishing Services business were represented under three collective bargaining agreements. These collective bargaining agreements expire at various times between April 2008 and March 2013.

We have reached agreement, subject to ratification, of a first collective bargaining agreement covering approximately 126 employees at our Pennsauken, New Jersey location, following an election at the facility that occurred in February 2007.

We consider our relations with our employees to be satisfactory.

International Operations

Our foreign sales from continuing operations are derived primarily from operations in Canada and Europe. Local taxation, import duties, fluctuation in currency exchange rates and restrictions on exportation of currencies are among the risks attendant to foreign operations, but these risks are not considered significant with respect to our businesses.

 

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The Company’s consolidated financial results of operations, financial condition and cash flows can be adversely affected by various risks. These risks include, but are not limited to, the principal factors listed below and other matters set forth in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. You should carefully consider all these risks.

Risks Relating to Our Business

If we fail to implement our business strategy, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our future financial performance and success are dependent in large part upon our ability to implement our business strategy successfully. Our business strategy envisions several initiatives, including marketing and selling strategies to drive growth, enhancing our core product and service offerings and continuing to improve operating efficiencies and asset utilization. We may not be able to successfully implement our business strategy or achieve the benefits of our business plan. If we are unable to do so, our long-term growth and profitability may be adversely affected. Even if we are able to successfully implement some or all of the initiatives of our business plan, our operating results may not improve to the extent we expect, or at all.

Implementation of our business strategy could also be affected by a number of factors beyond our control, such as increased competition, legal developments, general economic conditions or increased operating costs or expenses. In addition, to the extent we have misjudged the nature and extent of industry trends or our competition, we may have difficulty achieving our strategic objectives. We may also decide to alter or discontinue certain aspects of our business strategy at any time. Any failure to successfully implement our business strategy may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and thus our ability to service our indebtedness, including our ability to make principal and interest payments on our indebtedness.

We may not be able to continue to realize all of our cost savings and benefits from the Transactions.

Since the time of the Transactions, our cost savings have been realized primarily through procurement initiatives aimed at reducing the costs of materials and services used in our operations and reducing corporate and administrative expenses. A variety of factors could cause us not to continue to realize the annual benefits of the savings plan, including our inability to continue to obtain lower raw material prices. Our inability to continue to realize cost savings could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may not be able to consummate additional acquisitions and dispositions on acceptable terms, and future acquisitions and dispositions may be disruptive.

As part of our business strategy, we may continue to pursue strategic acquisitions and dispositions to leverage our existing infrastructure, expand our geographic reach, broaden our product and service offerings and focus on our higher growth businesses. Acquisitions and dispositions involve a number of risks and present financial, managerial and operational challenges, including:

 

   

diversion of management attention from existing businesses;

 

   

difficulty with integration of personnel and financial and other systems;

 

   

increased expenses, including compensation expenses resulting from newly hired employees;

 

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regulatory challenges; and

 

   

potential disputes with the sellers of acquired businesses, technologies, services or products or with the buyers of disposed businesses.

Our ability to continue to consummate acquisitions will be limited by our ability to identify appropriate acquisition candidates on acceptable terms and our financial resources, including available cash and borrowing capacity. In addition, we could experience financial or other setbacks if any of the businesses that we have acquired or invested in have problems or liabilities of which we are not aware. We may not be able to continue to consummate acquisitions or dispositions, and we may experience disruption in our businesses as a result.

We are subject to direct competition in each of our respective industries which may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We face competition in our businesses from a number of companies, some of which have substantial financial and other resources. Our future financial performance will depend, in large part, on our ability to establish and maintain an advantageous market position. Because of substantial resources, some of our competitors may be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies and changes in customer preferences or to devote greater resources to the promotion and sale of their products than we can. We expect to meet significant competition from existing competitors with entrenched positions and may face additional competition from new competitors, with respect to our existing product lines and new products we might introduce. Further, competitors might expand their product offerings, either through internal product development or acquisitions of our direct competitors. These competitors could introduce products or establish prices for their products in a manner that could adversely affect our ability to compete or result in pricing pressures. Additionally, increases in competition could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. To maintain a competitive advantage, we may need to make increased investment in product development, manufacturing capabilities and sales and marketing.

We are subject to fluctuations in the cost and availability of raw materials and the possible loss of suppliers.

We are dependent upon the availability of raw materials to produce our products. The principal raw materials that Jostens purchases are gold and other precious metals, paper and precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones. The price of gold increased dramatically during 2007, and we anticipate continued volatility in the price of gold for the foreseeable future. From time to time, we may enter into forward contracts to purchase gold, platinum and silver based upon the estimated ounces needed to satisfy projected customer demand. Higher gold prices have impacted, and could further impact, our manufacturing costs as well as the level of spending by our customers. Our Marketing and Publishing Services business primarily uses paper, ink and adhesives. Similarly, our sampling system business utilizes specific grades of paper and foil in producing its sampling products. The price and availability of these raw materials is affected by numerous factors beyond our control. These factors include:

 

   

the level of consumer demand for these materials;

 

   

the supply of these materials;

 

   

foreign government regulation and taxes;

 

   

market uncertainty;

 

   

environmental conditions in the case of paper; and

 

   

political and worldwide economic conditions.

 

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Any material increase in the price of these raw materials could adversely impact our cost of sales. When these fluctuations result in significantly higher raw material costs, our operating results are adversely affected to the extent we are unable to pass on these increased costs to our customers. Therefore, significant fluctuations in prices for gold, paper products or precious, semiprecious and synthetic stone and other materials could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We rely on a limited number of suppliers for certain of our raw materials. For example, Jostens purchases substantially all of its precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones from a single supplier located in Germany with manufacturing sites in Germany and Sri Lanka. We believe this supplier provides stones to almost all of the class ring manufacturers in the United States. If access to this supplier were lost or curtailed to any significant extent, particularly during periods of peak demand for rings, Jostens’ business would suffer. We may not be able to secure alternative supply arrangements in a timely and cost-efficient fashion. Similarly, all of our ScentStrip® sampling systems, which accounted for a substantial portion of net sales from our sampling system business for fiscal 2007, utilize specific grades of paper for which we rely primarily on two domestic suppliers, with whom we do not have a written supply agreement in place. A loss of this supply of paper and a resulting possible loss of our competitive advantage could have a material adverse effect on our sampling system business, financial condition and results of operations to the extent that we are unable to obtain the specific paper or in sufficient quantity from other suppliers or elsewhere. Moreover, certain of our primary label sampling systems, including ScentSeal®, LiquaTouch®, BeautiSeal® and BeautiTouch® products, utilize certain foil laminates that are presently sourced primarily from one supplier, with whom we do not have a written supply agreement in place. A loss of supply could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and competitive advantage.

Certain of our businesses are dependent on fuel and natural gas in their operations. Prices of fuel and natural gas have shown volatility over time. Unanticipated higher prices could impact our operating expenses.

Any failure to obtain raw materials for our business on a timely basis at an affordable cost, or any significant delays or interruptions of supply, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and competitive advantage.

The seasonality of our industries could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net sales tied primarily to the North American school year. We recorded approximately 40% of our annual net sales for our continuing operations for fiscal 2007 during the second quarter of our fiscal year. Jostens generates a significant portion of its annual net sales in the second quarter. Deliveries of caps, gowns and diplomas for spring graduation ceremonies and spring deliveries of school yearbooks are the key drivers of Jostens’ seasonality. The net sales of sampling and other direct mail and commercial printed products have also historically reflected seasonal variations, and we expect these businesses to continue to generate a majority of their annual net sales during our third and fourth quarters for the foreseeable future. These seasonal variations are based on the timing of customers’ advertising campaigns, which have traditionally been concentrated prior to the Christmas and spring holiday seasons. Net sales of textbook components are impacted seasonally by state and local schoolbook purchasing schedules, which commence in the spring and peak in the summer months preceding the start of the school year. Significant amounts of inventory are acquired by publishers prior to those periods in order to meet customer delivery requirements.

The seasonality of our businesses requires us to manage our cash flows carefully over the course of the year. If we fail to manage our cash flows effectively in response to seasonal fluctuations, we may be unable to offset the results from any such period with results from other periods, which could impair our ability to service our debt. These seasonal fluctuations also require us to allocate our resources accurately in order to manage our manufacturing capacity, which often operates at full or near full capacity during peak seasonal demand periods. If we fail to monitor production and distribution accurately during these peak seasonal periods and are unable to satisfy our customers’ delivery requirements, we could jeopardize our relationships with our customers.

 

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A substantial decrease or interruption in business from our significant customers could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our sampling system business is dependent on a limited number of customers. Our top five customers in our sampling system business represented approximately 9% of our net sales for 2007 in this business. We do not generally have long-term contracts for committed volume with any of these customers. We may be required by some customers to qualify our sampling system manufacturing operations under specified supplier standards. If we are unable to qualify under a supplier’s standards, the customer may not continue to purchase sampling systems from us. An adverse change in our relationship with any of our significant sampling system customers could have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition and results of operations of our sampling system business.

Many of our customer arrangements are by purchase order or are terminable at will at the option of either party. A substantial decrease or interruption in business from our significant customers could result in write-offs or in the loss of future business and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Jostens relies on relationships with schools, school administrators and students for the sale of its products. Jostens’ failure to deliver high quality products in a timely manner or failure to respond to changing consumer preferences could jeopardize its customer relationships. Significant customer losses at our Jostens business could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our textbook cover and component business is also particularly dependent on a limited number of customers. Customers in our educational textbook business include, among others, many autonomous divisions of the four major educational textbook publishers. Each of these divisions maintains its own manufacturing relationships and generally makes textbook manufacturing decisions independently of other divisions. We do not have long-term contracts for committed volume with any of these publishers, who together accounted for a material portion of our textbook component net sales. Accordingly, our ability to retain or increase our business with these customers depends upon our relationships with each customer’s divisional managers and senior executives. Any cancellation, deferral or significant reduction in product sold to these principal customers or a significant number of smaller customers could seriously harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Changes in Jostens’ relationships with its independent sales representatives may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The success of our Jostens business is highly dependent upon the efforts and abilities of Jostens’ network of independent sales representatives. Many of Jostens’ relationships with customers and schools are cultivated and maintained by its independent sales representatives. Jostens’ independent sales representatives typically operate under one- to three-year contracts for the sale of Jostens products and services. These contracts are generally terminable upon 90 days notice from the end of the current contract year. Jostens’ sales representatives can terminate or fail to renew their contracts with Jostens due to factors outside of our control. If Jostens were to experience a significant loss of its independent sales representatives, it could have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our businesses depend on numerous complex information systems, and any failure to successfully maintain these systems or implement new systems could materially harm our operations.

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e-commerce efforts. We may not be able to enhance existing information systems or implement new information systems that can integrate successfully our business efforts. Furthermore, we may experience unanticipated delays, complications and expenses in acquiring licenses for certain systems or implementing, integrating and operating the systems. In addition, our information systems may require modifications, improvements or replacements that may require substantial expenditures and may require interruptions in operations during periods of implementation. Implementation of these systems is further subject to our ability to license certain proprietary software in certain cases and the availability of information technology and skilled personnel to assist us in creating and implementing the systems. The failure to successfully implement and maintain operational, financial and billing information systems at our businesses could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We may be required to make significant capital expenditures for our businesses in order to remain technologically and economically competitive.

Our capital expenditure requirements have primarily related to our Jostens business and our educational textbook component business, currently presented as discontinued operations. Additionally, we are required to invest capital in order to expand and update our capabilities in certain of our other segments, including our Marketing and Publishing Services segment. We expect our capital expenditure requirements in the Jostens business to continue to relate primarily to capital improvements, including information technology and e-commerce initiatives throughout the Jostens business. Our capital expenditure requirements in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment primarily relate to capacity increases and technological improvements to remain competitive. Changing competitive conditions or the emergence of any significant technological advances utilized by competitors could require us to invest significant capital in additional production technology or capacity in order to remain competitive. If we are unable to fund any such investment or otherwise fail to invest in new technologies, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our businesses are subject to changes arising from developments in technology that could render our products obsolete or reduce product consumption.

New emerging technologies, including those involving the Internet, could result in new distribution channels and new products and services being provided that could compete with our products and services. As a result of these factors, our growth and future financial performance may depend on our ability to develop and market new products and services and create new distribution channels, while enhancing existing products, services and distribution channels, in order to incorporate the latest technological advances and accommodate changing customer preferences and demands, including the use of the Internet. If we fail to anticipate or respond adequately to changes in technology and user preferences and demands or are unable to finance the capital expenditures necessary to respond to such changes, our business, financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Our results of operations are dependent on certain principal production facilities.

We are dependent on certain key production facilities. Certain sampling system, direct mail and graduation announcement products are generally each produced in a dedicated facility. Any disruption of production capabilities at any of our key dedicated facilities could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Actions taken by the U.S. Postal Service could have a material adverse effect on our sampling system business.

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advantage over other competing sampling products, such as miniatures, vials, packets, sachets and blisterpacks, because these competing products cause an increase from periodical postage rates to the higher third-class rates for a magazine’s entire circulation. Subscription magazine sampling inserts delivered to consumers through the USPS are currently an important part of our sampling systems business. If the USPS approves other competing types of sampling products for use in subscription magazines without requiring a postal surcharge, or reclassifies our sampling products such that they would incur a postal surcharge, it could have a material adverse effect on our sampling system business, financial condition and results of operations.

A deterioration in labor relations or labor availability could have an adverse impact on our operations.

As of December 29, 2007, we had approximately 5,691 full-time employees. As of December 29, 2007, approximately 634 of Jostens’ employees were represented under two collective bargaining agreements that expire in June 2010 and August 2012, and approximately 410 employees from our Marketing and Publishing Services business were represented under three collective bargaining agreements. These collective bargaining agreements expire at various times between April 2008 and March 2013.

We have reached agreement, subject to ratification, of a first collective bargaining agreement covering approximately 126 employees at our Pennsauken, New Jersey location, following an election at the facility that occurred in February 2007.

We may not be able to negotiate labor agreements on satisfactory terms. If any of the employees covered by the collective bargaining agreements were to engage in a strike, work stoppage or other slowdown, we could experience a disruption of our operations and/or higher ongoing labor costs, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if our other employees were to become unionized, we could experience a further disruption of our operations and/or higher ongoing labor costs, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Given the seasonality of our business, we utilize a high percentage of seasonal and temporary employees to maximize efficiency and manage our costs. If these seasonal or temporary employees were to become unavailable to us on acceptable terms, we may not be able to find replacements in a timely or cost effective manner.

We are subject to environmental obligations and liabilities that could impose substantial costs upon us and may adversely affect our financial results and our ability to service our debt.

Our operations are subject to a wide variety of federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing emissions to air, discharges to waters, the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances and other materials, and employee health and safety matters. Compliance with such laws and regulations has become more stringent and, accordingly, more costly over time.

Also, as an owner and operator of real property or a generator of hazardous substances, we may be subject to environmental cleanup liability, regardless of fault, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or analogous state laws, as well as to claims for harm to health or property or for natural resource damages arising out of contamination or exposure to hazardous substances. Some of our current or past operations have involved metalworking and plating, printing and other activities that have resulted or could result in environmental conditions giving rise to liabilities.

We are subject to risks that our intellectual property may not be adequately protected, and we may be adversely affected by the intellectual property rights of others.

We use a combination of patents and trademarks, licensing agreements and unpatented proprietary know-how and trade secrets to establish and protect our intellectual property rights, particularly those of our sampling system and direct mail businesses, which derive a substantial portion of revenue from processes or products with some proprietary protections. We generally enter into confidentiality agreements with customers, vendors, employees, consultants and potential acquisition candidates to protect our know-how, trade secrets and

 

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other proprietary information. However, these measures and our patents and trademarks may not afford complete protection of our intellectual property, and it is possible that third parties may copy or otherwise obtain and use our proprietary information and technology without authorization or otherwise infringe, impair, misappropriate, dilute or violate our intellectual property rights. In addition, a portion of our manufacturing processes involved in the production of sampling systems and direct mail products are not covered by any patent or patent application. Furthermore, the patents that we use in our sampling system and direct marketing businesses will expire over time. There is no assurance that ongoing research and development efforts will result in new proprietary processes or products. Our competitors may independently develop equivalent or superior know-how, trade secrets processes or production methods to those employed by us.

We are involved in litigation from time to time in the course of our businesses to protect and enforce our intellectual property rights. Third parties from time to time may initiate litigation against us asserting that our businesses infringe or otherwise violate their intellectual property rights. Our intellectual property rights may not have the value that we believe them to have, and our products or processes may be found to infringe, impair, misappropriate, dilute or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of others. Further, we may not prevail in any such litigation, and the results or costs of any such litigation may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. The expense involved in protecting our intellectual property in our Marketing and Publishing Services segment, for example, has been and could continue to be significant. Any litigation concerning intellectual property could be protracted and costly, is inherently unpredictable and could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations regardless of its outcome.

Our results of operations in our educational textbook cover and component business are subject to variations due to the textbook adoption cycle and government funding for education spending.

Our educational textbook cover and component business experiences fluctuations in its results of operations due to the textbook adoption cycle and government funding for education spending. The cyclicality of the elementary and high school market is primarily attributable to the textbook adoption cycle. Our results of operations are also affected by reductions in local, state and/or federal school funding for textbook purchasing. In school districts in states that primarily rely on local tax proceeds, significant reductions in those proceeds, including as a result of economic conditions, can severely restrict district purchases of instructional materials. In districts and states that primarily rely on state funding for instructional materials, a reduction in state allocations, changes in announced school funding or additional restrictions on the use of those funds may affect our results of operations in our educational textbook component business. Lower than expected sales by us due to the cyclicality of the textbook adoption cycle and pricing pressures that may result during any downturn in the textbook adoption cycle or as a reduction in government funding for education spending could have a material adverse effect on our cash flows and, therefore, on our ability to service our obligations with respect to our indebtedness.

Our controlling stockholders, affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P. (“DLJMBP III” and together with KKR, the “Sponsors”), may have interests that conflict with other investors.

As a result of the Transactions, we are controlled by affiliates of KKR and DLJMBP III. These investors collectively control our affairs and policies. Circumstances may occur in which the interests of these stockholders could be in conflict with the interests of our other investors and debtholders. In addition, these stockholders may have an interest in pursuing acquisitions, divestitures or other transactions that, in their judgment, could enhance their equity investment, even though such transactions might involve risks to our other investors and debtholders if the transactions resulted in our becoming more leveraged or significantly changed the nature of our business operations or strategy. In addition, if we encounter financial difficulties, or we are unable to pay our debts as they mature, the interests of our stockholders may conflict with those of our debtholders. In that situation, for example, our debtholders might want us to raise additional equity from the Sponsors or other investors to reduce

 

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our leverage and pay our debts, while the Sponsors might not want to increase their investment in us or have their ownership diluted and instead choose to take other actions, such as selling our assets. Additionally, the Sponsors and certain of their affiliates are in the business of making investments in companies and currently hold, and may from time to time in the future acquire, interests in businesses that directly or indirectly compete with certain portions of our business or are suppliers or customers of ours. For instance, certain of the Sponsors currently have investments in Merrill Corp. and Primedia Inc. Further, if they pursue such acquisitions or make further investments in our industry, those acquisition and investment opportunities may not be available to us. So long as the Sponsors continue to indirectly own a significant amount of our equity, even if such amount is less than 50%, they will continue to be able to influence or effectively control our decisions.

We are dependent upon certain members of our senior management.

We are substantially dependent on the personal efforts, relationships and abilities of certain members of our senior management, particularly Marc L. Reisch, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The loss of Mr. Reisch’s services or the services of other members of senior management could have a material adverse effect on our company.

Risks Relating to Our Indebtedness

Our high level of indebtedness could adversely affect our cash flow and our ability to operate our business, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or our industry and prevent us from meeting our obligations with respect to our indebtedness.

We are highly leveraged. As of December 29, 2007, our indebtedness was $1,408.2 million, including $15.4 million outstanding in the form of letters of credit and $0.7 million drawn against the revolving credit sub-facility available to our Canadian subsidiary. As of December 29, 2007, Visant had availability of $233.9 million (net of standby letters of credit) under its revolving credit facility. Our outstanding indebtedness represented approximately 90.7% of our total consolidated capitalization at December 29, 2007.

Our substantial indebtedness could have important consequences. For example, it could:

 

   

make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness and any failure to comply with the obligations of any of our debt instruments, including financial and other restrictive covenants, could result in an event of default under agreements governing our indebtedness;

 

   

require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow to pay principal and interest on our debt, which will reduce the funds available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

 

   

limit our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in our businesses and in the industries in which we operate;

 

   

make us more vulnerable to adverse changes in general economic, industry and competitive conditions and adverse changes in government regulation;

 

   

limit our ability to borrow additional amounts for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements, execution of our business strategy and other purposes; and

 

   

place us at a disadvantage to our competitors who have less debt.

Any of the above listed factors could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. Furthermore, our interest expense could increase if interest rates increase, because the entire amount of our debt under the Visant senior secured credit facilities bears interest at floating rates, initially, at our option, at either adjusted LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum for the U.S. dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility and LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum for the Term Loan C facility or the alternate base rate

 

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plus 1.50% for U.S. dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility and base rate plus 1.25% for the Term Loan C facility (or, in the case of Canadian dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility, the bankers’ acceptance discount rate plus 2.50% or the Canadian prime rate plus 1.50% per annum). If we do not have sufficient earnings to service our debt, we may be required to refinance all or part of our existing debt, sell assets, borrow more money or sell securities, none of which we can guarantee we will be able to do.

We may be able to incur significant additional indebtedness in the future. Although the indentures governing the Holdings senior notes, the Holdings senior discount notes and the Visant senior subordinated notes and the credit agreement governing the Visant senior secured credit facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, those restrictions are subject to a number of important qualifications and exceptions, and the indebtedness incurred in compliance with those restrictions could be substantial. The Visant senior secured credit facilities, for example, allow us to incur (1) an unlimited amount of “purchase money” indebtedness to finance capital expenditures permitted to be made under the senior secured credit facilities and to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of fixed or capital assets, (2) an unlimited amount of indebtedness to finance acquisitions permitted under the senior secured credit facilities and (3) up to $100 million of additional indebtedness. As of December 29, 2007, the Visant senior secured credit facilities permitted additional borrowings of up to $233.9 million (net of standby letters of credit of approximately $15.4 million and $0.7 million drawn against the revolving credit sub-facility available to our Canadian subsidiary) under the revolving credit facility.

The Visant senior secured credit facilities also allow us to incur additional term loans under the Term Loan C facility or under a new term loan facility, in each case in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300 million, subject to (1) the absence of any default under the senior secured credit facilities before and after giving effect to such loans, (2) the accuracy of all representations and warranties in the credit agreement and security documents for the senior secured credit facilities, (3) Visant’s compliance with financial covenants under the senior secured credit facilities and (4) Visant’s ability to obtain commitments from one or more lenders to make such loans. Any additional term loans will have the same security and guarantees as the Term Loan C facility. All of those borrowings may rank senior to the Visant senior subordinated notes and subsidiary guarantees thereof and any indebtedness incurred by subsidiaries of Holdings would be structurally senior to the debt of Holdings, including outstanding Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we now face, including those described above, could intensify.

To service our indebtedness, we will require a significant amount of cash. Our ability to generate cash depends on many factors beyond our control, and any failure to meet our debt service obligations could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

For the year ended December 29, 2007, Visant voluntarily prepaid $400.0 million of scheduled payments under the term loans in its senior secured credit facilities, including all originally scheduled principal payments due under the Term Loan C through most of 2011. Amounts borrowed under the term loans that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Our annual payment obligations for 2007 with respect to our existing indebtedness were comprised of approximately $107.8 million of interest payments. Our ability to pay interest on and principal on our debt obligations will primarily depend upon our future operating performance. As a result, prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control, will affect our ability to make these payments.

If we do not generate sufficient cash flow from operations to satisfy our debt service obligations, including payments on the Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes, we may have to undertake alternative financing plans, such as refinancing our indebtedness, selling assets, reducing or delaying capital investments or seeking to raise additional capital. Our ability to refinance our debt will depend on the capital markets and our financial condition at such time. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants, which could further restrict our business operations. In addition, the terms of existing or future debt instruments, including the Visant senior

 

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secured credit facilities, the indentures governing the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes and the indenture governing the Visant senior subordinated notes, may restrict us from adopting some of these alternatives. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow to satisfy our debt service obligations, or to refinance our obligations on commercially reasonable terms, would have an adverse effect, which could be material, on our business, financial condition and results of operations, as well as on our ability to satisfy our obligations in respect of our indebtedness.

Repayment of our debt, including the Visant term loans, Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes, is dependent on cash flow generated by our subsidiaries.

Both Visant and Holdings are holding companies, and all of our assets are owned by our subsidiaries. Repayment of our indebtedness is dependent on the generation of cash flow by our subsidiaries and their ability to make such cash available to us, by dividend, debt repayment or otherwise. Unless they are guarantors of the Visant senior subordinated notes, our subsidiaries do not have any obligation to pay amounts due on the notes or to make funds available for that purpose. The Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes are not guaranteed by any of Holdings’ subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries may not be able to, or be permitted to, make distributions to enable us to make payments in respect of our indebtedness, including the Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes. Each of our subsidiaries is a distinct legal entity, and legal and contractual restrictions may limit our ability to obtain cash from our subsidiaries. While the indentures governing the Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes limit the ability of our subsidiaries to incur consensual restrictions on their ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany payments to us, these limitations are subject to qualifications and exceptions. If we do not receive distributions from our subsidiaries, we may be unable to make required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness, including the Visant term loans, the Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes.

Restrictive covenants in our and our subsidiaries’ debt instruments may restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes in our business or to take certain actions.

The Visant senior secured credit facilities and the indentures governing the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes and the Visant senior subordinated notes contain, and any future indebtedness of Holdings or of our subsidiaries would likely contain, a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on Holdings and us, including restrictions on Holdings and our ability to engage in acts that may be in our best long-term interest.

The Visant senior secured credit facilities include financial covenants, including requirements that Visant:

 

   

maintain a minimum interest coverage ratio; and

 

   

not exceed a maximum total leverage ratio.

The financial covenants in the Visant senior secured credit facilities will become more restrictive over time. In addition, the Visant senior secured credit facilities limit Visant’s ability to make capital expenditures and require that Visant use a portion of excess cash flow and proceeds of certain asset sales that are not reinvested in its business to repay indebtedness under them.

The Visant senior secured credit facilities also include covenants restricting, among other things, Visant Secondary Holdings Corp.’s (Visant’s immediate parent entity and Holdings’ subsidiary), Visant’s and their subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

create liens;

 

   

incur indebtedness (including guarantees, debt incurred by direct or indirect subsidiaries, and obligations in respect of foreign currency exchange and other hedging arrangements) or issue preferred stock;

 

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pay dividends, or make redemptions and repurchases, with respect to capital stock;

 

   

prepay, or make redemptions and repurchases, with respect to subordinated indebtedness;

 

   

make loans and investments;

 

   

engage in mergers, acquisitions, assets sales, sale/leaseback transactions and transactions with affiliates;

 

   

change the business conducted by Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., Visant or their subsidiaries; and

 

   

amend the terms of subordinated debt.

The indentures relating to the Holdings senior notes, the Holdings senior discount notes and the Visant senior subordinated notes also contain numerous covenants including, among other things, restrictions on our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

create liens;

 

   

incur or guarantee indebtedness or issue preferred stock;

 

   

pay dividends, or make redemptions and repurchases, with respect to capital stock;

 

   

prepay, or make redemptions and repurchases, with respect to subordinated indebtedness;

 

   

make loans and investments;

 

   

engage in mergers, acquisitions, asset sales and transactions with affiliates; and

 

   

create limitations on the ability of subsidiaries to make dividends or distributions.

The operating and financial restrictions and covenants in our existing debt agreements and any future financing agreements may adversely affect our ability to finance future operations or capital needs or to engage in other business activities. A breach of any of the restrictive covenants in the Visant senior secured credit facilities would result in a default under the Visant senior secured credit facilities. If any such default occurs, the lenders under the Visant senior secured credit facilities may elect to declare all outstanding borrowings, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable, enforce their security interest or require Visant to apply all of its available cash to repay these borrowings, any of which would result in an event of default under the Visant senior subordinated notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes. The lenders under the senior secured credit facilities will also have the right in these circumstances to terminate any commitments they have to provide further borrowings.

 

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ITEM 1B.  UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

The Company has no unresolved written comments from the Staff of the SEC regarding its periodic or current reports under the Exchange Act.

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

A summary of the physical properties we currently use follows:

 

Segment

  

Facility Location (1)

   Approximate
Sq. Ft.
   Interest

Scholastic

  

Topeka, Kansas (2)

   236,000    Owned
  

Laurens, South Carolina

   98,000    Owned
  

Shelbyville, Tennessee

   87,000    Owned
  

Unadilla, Georgia

   83,000    Owned
  

Greenville, Ohio

   69,000    Owned
  

Denton, Texas

   56,000    Owned
  

Eagan, Minnesota

   34,000    Leased
  

Owatonna, Minnesota

   30,000    Owned
  

Marysville, Ohio

   16,000    Leased
  

Santiago, Dominican Republic

   13,000    Leased
  

Winnipeg, Manitoba

   13,000    Leased

Memory Book

  

Winston-Salem, North Carolina

   132,000    Owned
  

Clarksville, Tennessee

   105,000    Owned
  

Visalia, California

   96,000    Owned
  

State College, Pennsylvania

   66,000    Owned
  

State College, Pennsylvania

   10,900    Leased
  

Sedalia, Missouri

   26,000    Leased
  

Boonville, Missouri

   10,000    Leased

Marketing and Publishing Services

  

Broadview, Illinois

   212,000    Owned
  

Dixon, Illinois

   160,000    Owned
  

Pennsauken, New Jersey (3)

   145,000    Owned
  

Chattanooga, Tennessee

   67,900    Owned
  

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

   64,000    Owned
  

Baltimore, Maryland

   60,000    Leased
  

Chattanooga, Tennessee

   36,700    Owned
  

Chattanooga, Tennessee

   29,500    Owned
  

New York, New York

   12,000    Leased
  

Paris, France

   4,600    Leased

 

(1) Excludes properties held for sale.
(2) Also houses memory book production.
(3) Includes approximately 31,600 square footage of a leased bindery facility.

We also lease a number of warehouse facilities to support our production. We maintain Visant’s executive office in leased space in Armonk, New York, and Jostens’ executive office in leased space in Bloomington, Minnesota. In addition, we lease other sales and administrative office space. In management’s opinion, all buildings, machinery and equipment are suitable for their purposes and are maintained on a basis consistent with sound operations. The extent of utilization of individual facilities varies significantly due to the seasonal nature of our business. In addition, certain of our properties are subject to a mortgage held by Visant’s lenders under its senior secured credit facilities.

 

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

In communications with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”), we learned of an alleged inaccuracy of the tariff classification for certain of Jostens’ imports from Mexico. Jostens promptly filed with Customs a voluntary disclosure to limit its monetary exposure. The effect of these tariff classification errors is that back duties and fees (or “loss of revenue”) may be owed on certain imports. Additionally, Customs may impose interest on the loss of revenue, if any is determined. A review of Jostens’ import practices has revealed that during the relevant period, the subject merchandise qualified for duty-free tariff treatment under the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”), in which case there should be no loss of revenue or interest payment owed to Customs. However, Customs’ allegations indicate that Jostens committed a technical oversight in the classification used by Jostens in claiming the preferential tariff treatment. Through its prior disclosure to Customs, Jostens addressed this technical oversight and asserted that the merchandise did in fact qualify for duty-free tariff treatment under NAFTA and that there is no associated loss of revenue. In a series of communications received from Customs in December 2006, Jostens learned that Customs was disputing the validity of Jostens’ prior disclosure and asserting a loss of revenue in the amount of $2.9 million for duties owed on entries made in 2002 and 2003 and in a separate pre-penalty notice was advised that Customs is contemplating a monetary penalty in the amount of approximately $5.8 million (two times the alleged loss of revenue). In order to obtain the benefits of the orderly continuation and conclusion of administrative proceedings, Jostens agreed to a two-year waiver of the statute of limitations with respect to the entries made in 2002 and 2003 that otherwise would have expired at the end of 2007 and 2008, respectively. Jostens elected to continue to address this matter by filing a petition in response to the pre-penalty notice in January 2007, disputing Customs’ claims and advancing its arguments to support that no loss of revenue or penalty should be issued against us, or in the alternative, that any penalty based on a purely technical violation should be reduced to a nominal fixed amount reflective of the nature of the violation. In May 2007, Customs issued a penalty notice assessing a loss of revenue (plus interest) and penalty as described above based on asserted negligence by Jostens. In July 2007, Jostens filed a petition in response to the penalty notice challenging Customs’ findings and asserting that there has been no loss of revenue and that no penalty should be issued against Jostens or that, in the alternative, any penalty should be reduced to a nominal fixed amount reflective of the nature of the violation or mitigated on the basis that the imports at issue are nonetheless duty free. At this stage of the proceedings, the matter is being evaluated by Customs. In October 2007, based on recent court rulings, Jostens presented additional arguments for Customs’ consideration supporting that the subject imports at the time of entry were entitled to duty free status. We understand that the matter is currently under review by Customs. Jostens intends to continue to vigorously defend its position and has recorded no accrual for any potential liability pending further communication with Customs. Jostens has the opportunity to extend an offer in compromise to Customs in an effort to settle this matter in advance of a final administrative decision. If Jostens were to do so, it would be required to tender the amount offered to Customs at the time. It is not clear what Customs’ final position will be with respect to the alleged tariff classification errors or that Jostens will not be foreclosed from receiving duty free treatment for the subject imports. Jostens may not be successful in its defense, and the disposition of this matter may have a material effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are also a party to other litigation arising in the normal course of business. We regularly analyze current information and, as necessary, provide accruals for probable liabilities on the eventual disposition of these matters. We do not believe the effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, if any, for the disposition of these matters will be material.

 

ITEM 4. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

None.

 

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PART II

 

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

There is no established public trading market for Holdings or Visant common stock. As of March 12, 2008, there were 28 stockholders of record of the Holdings Class A Common Stock and one stockholder of record of the Holdings Class C Common Stock. See Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters, for further discussion of the ownership of Holdings. Holdings beneficially owns 100% of the common stock of Visant.

Visant may from time to time pay cash dividends on its common stock, including to permit Holdings to make required payments relating to its Holdings notes. Each of the senior secured credit facilities and the indenture relating to the Visant notes contains covenants that impose substantial restrictions on Visant’s ability to pay dividends or make distributions to Holdings.

Holdings used the net proceeds from its offering of senior notes to fund a dividend paid to its stockholders on April 4, 2006 in the amount of $57.03 per share. Holdings has paid no other cash dividends on its common stock. The indentures relating to the Holdings notes generally restrict the payment of dividends by Holdings and Visant on shares of common stock, subject to certain exceptions. Additionally, because Holdings is a holding company, its ability to pay dividends is dependent upon the receipt of dividends from its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Our equity securities are not registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act. For the quarter ended December 29, 2007, we did not issue or sell any of our securities.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected financial data of Holdings set forth below presents the consolidated financial data of Holdings, Arcade, Lehigh and the Von Hoffmann businesses after July 29, 2003 as a result of the common ownership of these entities by affiliates of DLJMBP III on such date. As described in the footnotes herein, the operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses are presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The selected historical financial data for the successor periods of the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006, December 31, 2005, January 1, 2005, the five-month period from July 30, 2003 to January 4, 2004 and for the predecessor period, the seven-month period from December 29, 2002 to July 29, 2003, have been derived from our audited historical consolidated financial statements.

On July 29, 2003, Jostens was acquired by DLJMBP III through a merger in which Jostens became the surviving company and our wholly-owned subsidiary. As a result of the 2003 Jostens merger, Jostens applied purchase accounting, and a new (successor) basis of accounting began on July 29, 2003. Accordingly, the results of operations of Jostens for periods prior to the acquisition are not comparable to results for subsequent periods. The financial information for the predecessor period prior to July 29, 2003 is that of Jostens and its wholly-owned subsidiaries and was prepared using Jostens’ historical basis of accounting.

 

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The data presented below should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included herein and Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

    (Successor)     Jostens, Inc.
(Predecessor)
 
                            Five Months     Seven Months  

In millions, except for ratios

  2007     2006     2005     2004     2003     2003  

Statement of Operations Data (1):

           

Net sales

  $ 1,270.2     $ 1,186.6     $ 1,110.7     $ 1,051.9     $ 326.2     $ 483.5  

Cost of products sold

    623.0       587.6       562.2       586.2       201.2       203.0  
                                               

Gross profit

    647.2       599.0       548.5       465.7       125.0       280.5  

Selling and administrative expenses

    426.8       394.7       389.3       386.2       144.8       185.8  

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

    0.6       (1.2 )     (0.4 )     (0.1 )     (0.1 )     —    

Transaction costs (2)

    —         —         1.2       6.8       0.2       31.0  

Special charges (3)

    2.9       2.4       5.4       11.8       —         —    
                                               

Operating income (loss)

    216.9       203.1       153.0       61.0       (19.9 )     63.8  

Loss on redemption of debt (4)

    —         —         —         31.9       0.4       13.9  

Interest expense, net

    144.0       149.0       124.8       125.1       51.0       32.0  

Other income

    —         —         —         (1.1 )     —         —    
                                               

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

    72.9       54.1       28.2       (94.9 )     (71.3 )     17.9  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    29.1       15.7       10.5       (34.3 )     (21.3 )     10.5  
                                               

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    43.8       38.4       17.6       (60.7 )     (50.0 )     7.4  

Gain (loss) on discontinued operations, net of tax

    110.7       9.6       19.0       (40.0 )     (1.1 )     (4.4 )

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax

    —         —         —         —         —         4.6  
                                               

Net income (loss)

    154.5       48.0       36.6       (100.7 )     (51.1 )     7.6  

Dividends and accretion on redeemable preferred shares

    —         —         —         —         —         (6.5 )
                                               

Net income (loss) available to common stockholders

  $ 154.5     $ 48.0     $ 36.6     $ (100.7 )   $ (51.1 )   $ 1.1  
                                               

Statement of Cash Flows:

           

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ 159.3     $ 162.6     $ 168.5     $ 114.1     $ 103.0     $ (6.8 )

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    280.6       (52.6 )     (39.1 )     (37.9 )     (552.3 )     (11.9 )

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (400.0 )     (111.9 )     (193.7 )     (40.5 )     482.3       12.9  
                                               

Other Financial Data (1):

           

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges and preferred stock dividends (5)

    1.5x       1.4x       1.2x       —         —         1.5x  

Depreciation and amortization

  $ 87.0     $ 81.6     $ 87.6     $ 136.7     $ 37.3     $ 13.5  

Adjusted EBITDA (6)

  $ 312.9     $ 291.2     $ 266.6     $ 224.6     $ 58.0     $ 105.4  

Capital expenditures

  $ 56.4     $ 51.9     $ 28.7     $ 37.7     $ 17.4     $ 5.8  
                                               
    (Successor)        

In millions

  2007     2006     2005     2004     Five Months
2003
       

Balance Sheet Data (at period end):

           

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 59.7     $ 18.8     $ 20.7     $ 85.0     $ 49.1    

Property and equipment, net

    181.1       160.6       137.9       144.9       156.4    

Total assets

    2,111.7       2,322.7       2,366.6       2,511.4       2,522.6    

Total debt

    1,392.1       1,770.7       1,513.1       1,695.5       1,476.4    

Stockholders’ equity (deficit)

    142.1       (46.4 )     255.3       212.3       173.9    
                                         

 

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(1) Certain selected financial data have been reclassified for all periods presented to reflect the results of discontinued operations consisting of the Von Hoffmann businesses in December 2006, our Jostens Photography businesses in June 2006 and the exit of Jostens’ Recognition business in December 2001. See Note 5, Discontinued Operations, to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.
(2) For 2005 and 2004, transaction costs represented $1.2 million and $6.8 million, respectively, of expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions. For the successor period in 2003, transaction costs represented $0.2 million of expenses incurred in connection with the 2003 Jostens merger. For the predecessor period in 2003, transaction costs represented $31.0 million of expenses incurred in connection with the 2003 Jostens merger.
(3) For the year ended December 29, 2007, the Company recorded $2.3 million of restructuring for severance and related benefit costs primarily in the Scholastic segment related to the closure of Jostens’ Attleboro, Massachusetts facility announced on December 4, 2007, and which is expected to be substantially complete by the end of the first quarter of 2008, and $1.0 million related to termination benefits for management executives offset by a reversal of $0.4 million associated with the reductions in severance liability for the Scholastic and Memory Book segments. For 2006, the Company recorded $2.3 million relating to an impairment loss to reduce the carrying value of Jostens’ former corporate office buildings and $0.1 million of special charges for severance costs and related benefit costs. For 2005, special charges consisted of restructuring charges of $5.1 million for employee severance related to closed facilities and $0.3 million related to a withdrawal liability under a union retirement plan that arose in connection with the consolidation of certain operations. For 2004, special charges consisted of $11.8 million of restructuring charges consisting primarily of severance costs for the termination of senior executives and other employees associated with reorganization activity as a result of the Transactions.
(4) For 2004, loss on redemption of debt represented a loss of $31.5 million in connection with repayment of all existing indebtedness and remaining preferred stock of Jostens and Arcade in conjunction with the Transactions and a loss of $0.4 million in connection with the repurchase of $5.0 million principal amount of Jostens’ 12.75% senior subordinated notes prior to the Transactions. For the successor period in 2003, loss on redemption of debt represented a loss of $0.4 million in connection with the repurchase of $8.5 million principal amount of Jostens’ 12.75% senior subordinated notes. For the predecessor period in 2003, loss on redemption of debt represented a loss of $13.9 million consisting of the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs in connection with refinancing Jostens’ senior secured credit facility.
(5) For the purposes of calculating the ratio of earnings to fixed charges, earnings represent income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense (including capitalized interest) on all indebtedness plus amortization of debt issuance costs (and for any period subsequent to the adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 150, accretion of preferred stock dividends), and the portion of rental expense that we believe is representative of the interest component of rental expense. For 2004 and the successor period in 2003, earnings did not cover fixed charges by $94.9 million and $71.4 million, respectively.
(6)

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income (loss) plus net interest expense, income taxes, and depreciation and amortization, excluding certain non-recurring items. Adjusted EBITDA excludes certain items that are also excluded for purposes of calculating required covenant ratios and compliance under the indentures governing the Visant notes and Holdings notes and our senior secured credit facilities. As such, Adjusted EBITDA is a material component of these covenants. Non-compliance with the financial ratio maintenance covenants contained in our senior secured credit facilities could result in the requirement to immediately repay all amounts outstanding under such facilities, while non-compliance with the debt incurrence ratios contained in the indentures governing the Visant notes and the Holdings senior notes and senior discount notes would prohibit Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries from being able to incur additional indebtedness other than pursuant to specified exceptions. Adjusted EBITDA is not a presentation made in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), is not a measure of financial condition or profitability, and should not be considered as an alternative to (a) net income (loss) determined in accordance with GAAP or (b) operating cash flows determined in accordance with GAAP. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow for

 

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management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments and debt service requirements. Because not all companies use identical calculations, this presentation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The following sets forth a reconciliation of net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA:

 

     (Successor)     Jostens, Inc.
(Predecessor)
 
                            Five Months     Seven Months  

In millions

  2007     2006     2005     2004     2003     2003  

Net income (loss)

  $ 154.5     $ 48.0     $ 36.6     $ (100.7 )   $ (51.1 )   $ 7.6  

Interest expense, net

    144.0       149.0       124.8       125.1       51.0       32.4  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    29.1       15.7       10.5       (34.3 )     (21.4 )     8.7  

Depreciation and amortization expense

    87.0       81.6       87.6       136.7       37.3       14.6  

(Income) loss on discontinued operations, net of tax (a)

    (110.7 )     (9.6 )     (19.0 )     40.0       1.1       —    
                                               

EBITDA

    303.9       284.7       240.5       166.8       16.9       63.3  

Transaction costs (b)

    —         —         1.2       6.8       0.2       31.0  

Special charges (c)

    2.9       2.4       5.4       11.8       —         —    

Loss on redemption of debt (d)

    —         —         —         31.9       0.4       13.9  

Jostens diploma incremental costs (e)

    —         —         14.7       —         —         —    

Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets (f)

    0.6       (1.2 )     (0.4 )     (0.1 )     —         —    

Elimination of purchase accounting (g)

    —         —         —         —         37.7       —    

Management and advisory fees

    3.1       3.1       3.0       2.0       2.0       —    

Cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax (h)

    —         —         —         —         —         (4.6 )

Other (i)

    2.4       2.2       2.2       5.4       0.8       1.8  
                                               

Adjusted EBITDA

  $ 312.9     $ 291.2     $ 266.6     $ 224.6     $ 58.0     $ 105.4  
                                               

 

(a) For all periods presented, (income) loss on discontinued operations, net of tax, consists of charges from the closure of Jostens Recognition business, and the results of operations and the sale of Jostens Photography businesses and the Von Hoffmann businesses.
(b) Consists of costs incurred in connection with the October 4, 2004 transactions and the 2003 Jostens merger.
(c) Consists of restructuring costs incurred for 2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004.
(d) Represents loss on redemption of debt in connection with: (1) for the predecessor seven-month period from December 29, 2002 through July 29, 2003, the write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs in connection with refinancing Jostens’ old senior secured credit facility; and (2) for the successor five-month period from July 30, 2003 through January 3, 2004, Jostens repurchased $8.5 million principal amount of Jostens’ 12.75% Senior Subordinated Notes.
(e) Relates to higher than planned diploma production and delivery costs in connection with the manufacturing inefficiencies resulting from relocation of Jostens’ diploma operations out of its Red Wing, Minnesota manufacturing facility to certain other facilities in 2005.
(f) Represents loss on disposal of fixed assets for 2007 and gains on the sale of the former Jostens corporate office buildings and Scholastic’s Red Wing, Minnesota facility for 2006.
(g) Elimination of purchase accounting represents eliminating the write-up in inventory that was recorded in applying purchase accounting, as such inventory was ultimately sold by Jostens during the period. Jostens had written up the value of its inventory by $37.7 million in connection with the 2003 Jostens merger.
(h) For the predecessor seven-month period from December 29, 2002 through July 29, 2003, the cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax, results from Jostens’ revaluation of its preferred stock upon adoption of SFAS 150.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements as a result of these risks and uncertainties, including those set forth in this report under “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors”. You should read the following discussion in conjunction with Item 6. Selected Financial Data, and the consolidated financial statements and related notes included herein.

Presentation

There are no significant differences between the results of operations and financial condition of Visant and those of Holdings other than the interest and related income tax effect of certain indebtedness of Holdings, including Holdings’ senior discount notes, which had an accreted value of $225.6 million and $204.2 million as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively, including interest thereon, and the $350.0 million of Holdings’ 8.75% senior notes due 2013.

Company Background

On October 4, 2004, an affiliate of KKR and affiliates of DLJMBP III completed the transactions, which created a marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling and educational publishing market segments through the consolidation of Jostens, Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Von Hoffmann”) and Arcade (the “Transactions”).

Prior to the Transactions, Von Hoffmann and Arcade were each controlled by affiliates of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P. (“DLJMBP II”), and DLJMBP III owned approximately 82.5% of our outstanding equity, with the remainder held by other co-investors and certain members of management. Upon consummation of the Transactions, an affiliate of KKR invested $256.1 million and was issued equity interests representing approximately 49.6% of our voting interest and 45.0% of our economic interest, affiliates of DLJMBP III held equity interests representing approximately 41.0% of Holdings’ voting interest and 45.0% of Holdings’ economic interest, with the remainder held by other co-investors and certain members of management. Approximately $175.6 million of the proceeds were distributed to certain stockholders, and certain treasury stock held by Von Hoffmann was redeemed. After giving effect to the issuance of equity to members of management, as of March 12, 2008, affiliates of KKR and DLJMBP III held approximately 49.1% and 41.0%, respectively, of Holdings’ voting interest, while each continued to hold approximately 44.6% of Holdings’ economic interest. As of March 12, 2008, the other co-investors held approximately 8.4% of the voting interest and 9.1% of the economic interest of Holdings, and members of management held approximately 1.5% of the voting interest and approximately 1.7% of the economic interest of Holdings.

These Transactions were accounted for as a combination of interests under common control.

Overview

We are a leading marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling and educational publishing market segments.

We sell our products and services to end customers through several different sales channels including independent sales representatives and dedicated sales forces. Our sales and results of operations are impacted by general economic conditions, seasonality, cost of raw materials, school population trends, product quality and service and price.

 

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During the fourth quarter of 2005, we disaggregated the Company’s reportable segments, to reflect better our operations following the integration of the companies as a result of the Transactions and the manner in which the chief operating decision-maker regularly assesses the information for decision-making purposes. During the second quarter of 2006, we entered into definitive agreements to sell our Jostens Photography businesses, which previously comprised a reportable segment. The transactions closed on June 30, 2006. Accordingly, this segment has been reported as discontinued operations. See Note 5, Discontinued Operations, to the consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

As of December 2006, our Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc., Von Hoffmann Corporation and Anthology, Inc. businesses were held as assets for sale. On January 3, 2007, the Company entered into a stock purchase agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company providing for the sale of Von Hoffmann businesses, which previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment. We closed the transaction on May 16, 2007. The operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses are reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. See Note 5, Discontinued Operations, to our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere herein.

On March 16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Neff Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Neff Motivation, Inc. Neff is a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment. The results of Neff are reported together with the results of the Jostens scholastic operations as the renamed Scholastic segment.

On June 14, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Systems, Inc. VSI is a supplier in the overhead transparency and book component business. VSI does business under the name of Lehigh Milwaukee. Results of VSI are included in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment from the date of acquisition.

On October 1, 2007, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memory Book Acquisition LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated, a producer of school memory books and student planners. Results of Memory Book Acquisition LLC are reported as part of the Memory Book segment from the date of acquisition.

On February 11, 2008, Visant entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Phoenix Color., a leading book component manufacturer. Phoenix Color will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant upon the closing of the proposed merger. The total purchase consideration is $219.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2008.

In 2007 we changed the name of our Yearbook segment to Memory Book to reflect our diversified offering of custom yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events.

Our three reportable segments as of December 29, 2007 consisted of:

 

   

Scholastic—provides services related to the marketing, sale and production of class rings, graduation products and other scholastic products;

 

   

Memory Book—provides services related to the publication, marketing, sale and production of school yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events; and

 

   

Marketing and Publishing Services—produces multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling systems, primarily for the fragrance, cosmetics and personal care market segments, and provides innovative products and services to the direct marketing sector. The group also produces book covers and other components for educational publishers.

 

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For additional financial and other information about our operating segments, see Note 16, Business Segments, to the consolidated financial statements.

General

We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net sales tied primarily to the North American school year. We recorded approximately 40% of our annual net sales from our continuing operations for fiscal 2007 during the second quarter of our fiscal year. Jostens generates a significant portion of its annual net sales in the second quarter. Deliveries of caps, gowns and diplomas for spring graduation ceremonies and spring deliveries of school yearbooks are the key drivers of Jostens’ seasonality. The net sales of educational book components are impacted seasonally by state and local schoolbook purchasing schedules, which commence in the spring and peak in the summer months preceding the start of the school year. The net sales of sampling and other direct mail and commercial printed products have also historically reflected seasonal variations, and we expect these businesses to continue to generate a majority of their annual net sales during our third and fourth quarters for the foreseeable future. These seasonal variations are based on the timing of customers’ advertising campaigns, which have traditionally been concentrated prior to the Christmas and spring holiday seasons. The seasonality of each of our businesses requires us to allocate our resources to manage our manufacturing capacity, which often operates at full or near full capacity during peak seasonal demands.

Our net sales include sales to certain customers for whom we purchase paper. The price of paper, a primary material across most of our products and services, is volatile over time and may cause swings in net sales and cost of sales. We generally are able to pass on increases in the cost of paper to our customers across most product lines when we realize such increases.

The price of gold and other precious metals has increased dramatically during the past year, and we anticipate continued volatility in the price of gold. These higher gold prices have impacted, and could further impact, our manufacturing costs.

We continued to see softness in the placement of orders into the fourth quarter of 2007 in our direct marketing and sampling businesses which we believe is the result of tighter economic and general market conditions affecting the timing of decisions and the extent of advertising spending by our customers. These conditions may impact the timing of orders as well as the level of spending by our customers in direct marketing and sampling into 2008. While historically the purchase of class rings has been relatively resistant to economic conditions, we saw softness in jewelry orders in the fall of 2007 and anticipate continued softness in the first half of 2008. We attribute the lower volume primarily to economic factors and the significantly higher cost of gold.

Restructuring Activity

For the year ended December 29, 2007, the Company recorded $2.3 million of restructuring for severance and related benefit costs primarily in the Scholastic segment related to the closure of the Attleboro, Massachusetts facility announced on December 4, 2007, and which is expected to be substantially complete by the end of the first quarter of 2008, and $1.0 million related to termination benefits for management executives offset by a reversal of $0.4 million associated with headcount reductions in the Scholastic and Memory Book segments. The net severance costs and related benefits of $1.9 million consisted of to $1.7 million for Scholastic and $0.2 million for Marketing and Publishing Services. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled 177 and eight employees for the Scholastic and Marketing and Publishing Services segments, respectively.

Restructuring accruals of $2.1 million as of December 29, 2007 and $1.4 million as of December 30, 2006 are included in other accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The accruals as of December 29, 2007 included amounts provided for severance related to reductions in corporate and administrative employees from Jostens and the Marketing and Publishing Services segment.

On a cumulative basis through December 29, 2007, the Company incurred $19.4 million of employee severance costs related to initiatives that began in 2004 (“2004 initiatives”), which affected 439 employees. To date, the Company has paid $17.3 million in cash related to these initiatives.

 

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Changes in the restructuring accruals during fiscal 2007 were as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007
Initiatives
    2006
Initiatives
    2005
Initiatives
    2004
Initiatives
    Total  

Balance at December 30, 2006

   $ —       $ 513     $ 111     $ 755     $ 1,379  

Restructuring charges

     2,327       (54 )     (42 )     (295 )     1,936  

Severance paid

     (217 )     (416 )     (69 )     (460 )     (1,162 )
                                        

Balance at December 29, 2007

   $ 2,110     $ 43     $  —       $ —       $ 2,153  
                                        

We expect the majority of the remaining severance related to the 2006 and 2007 initiatives to be paid during 2008.

Other Factors Affecting Comparability

We utilize a fifty-two, fifty-three week fiscal year ending on the Saturday nearest December 31st. Our 2005, 2006 and 2007 fiscal years consisted of 52 weeks; our 2008 fiscal year will consist of 53 weeks.

In connection with the relocation of Jostens’ diploma operations out of its Red Wing, Minnesota manufacturing facility to certain of its other facilities, Scholastic experienced significant manufacturing inefficiencies in 2005. As a result of its commitment to minimize the impact to its customers, Jostens incurred $14.7 million of costs in an effort to address these manufacturing inefficiencies. These costs included, in certain cases, providing at Jostens’ cost, temporary diploma covers to meet spring graduation deliveries, which were later replaced with permanent diploma covers, significant expedited freight charges, and other efforts to address customer issues to minimize the long-term impact on customer relationships.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

In the ordinary course of business, management makes a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of results of operations and financial condition in the preparation of our financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. We believe that the following discussion addresses our most critical accounting policies, which are those that are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results and require management’s judgment about the effect of matters that are uncertain.

On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and assumptions, including those related to revenue recognition, continued value of goodwill and intangibles, recoverability of long-lived assets, pension and other postretirement benefits and income tax. Management bases its estimates and assumptions on historical experience, the use of independent third-party specialists and on various other factors that are believed to be reasonable at the time the estimates and assumptions are made. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions under different circumstances or conditions.

Revenue Recognition

The SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition, provides guidance on the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States to selected revenue recognition issues. In accordance with SAB No. 104, we recognize revenue when the earnings process is complete, evidenced by an agreement between us and the customer, delivery and acceptance has occurred, collectibility is probable and pricing is fixed or determinable. Revenue is recognized when (1) products are shipped (if shipped FOB shipping point), (2) products are delivered (if shipped FOB destination) or (3) as services are performed as determined by contractual agreement, but in all cases only when risk of loss has transferred to the customer and we have no further performance obligations.

 

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Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets

Under Statement of Financial Accounting Statements (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, we are required to test goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment annually, or more frequently if impairment indicators occur. The impairment test requires management to make judgments in connection with identifying reporting units, assigning assets and liabilities to reporting units, assigning goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets to reporting units, and determining the fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments are required to estimate the fair value of reporting units include projecting future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and other assumptions. The projections are based on management’s best estimate given recent financial performance, market trends, strategic plans and other available information. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or impairment for each reporting unit. The impairment testing was completed as of the beginning of our fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 and we believe that there are no indications of impairment. However, unforeseen future events could adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, which at the end of both 2007 and 2006 totaled approximately $1.2 billion.

Income Taxes

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual current tax liability together with assessing temporary differences resulting from differing treatment of items such as capital assets for tax and accounting purposes. These temporary differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included in our consolidated balance sheets. We must then assess the likelihood that any deferred tax assets will be recovered from taxable income of the appropriate character within the carryback or carryforward period, and to the extent that recovery is not likely, a valuation allowance must be established. Significant management judgment is required in determining the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities and any valuation allowance recorded against deferred tax assets.

On a consolidated basis, we have established a tax valuation allowance of $14.8 million as of the end of 2007 related to foreign tax credit carryforwards, because we believe the tax benefits are not likely to be fully realized. As described in Note 13, Income Taxes, to our consolidated financial statements, we repatriated a total of $5.1 million of earnings from our foreign subsidiaries during 2007. In connection with those distributions, we generated approximately $1.4 million of foreign tax credit carryforwards which increased our valuation allowance.

Significant judgment is also required in determining and evaluating our tax reserves. Tax reserves are established for uncertain tax positions which are potentially subject to challenge. We review our tax reserves as facts and circumstances change. Although resolution of issues for audits currently in process is uncertain, based on currently available information, we believe the ultimate outcomes will not have a material adverse effect on our financial statements.

Effective at the beginning of 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 requires applying a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Company made a change in accounting principle for the classification of interest income on tax refunds. Under the previous policy, the Company recorded interest income on tax refunds as interest income. Under the new policy, any interest income in connection with income tax refunds is recorded as a reduction of income tax expense. In addition, since the adoption of FIN 48, all interest and penalties on income tax assessments have been recorded as income tax expense and included as part of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability.

 

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Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

Jostens sponsors several defined benefit pension plans that cover nearly all of its employees. Jostens also provides certain medical and life insurance benefits for eligible retirees. Eligible employees from Lehigh also participate in a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan, which was merged with a Jostens plan effective December 31, 2004. Effective December 31, 2006, this plan closed participation for hourly employees hired after December 31, 2006 and froze the plan for salaried employees.

Effective July 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008, the pension plans covering Jostens’ employees covered under respective collective bargaining agreements were closed to new hires.

Jostens also maintains an unfunded supplemental retirement plan (the “Jostens ERISA Excess Plan”) that gives additional credit for years of service as a Jostens’ sales representative to those salespersons who were hired as employees of Jostens prior to October 1, 1991, calculating the benefits as if such years of service were credited under Jostens’ tax-qualified, non-contributory pension plan, or “Plan D”. Benefits specified in Plan D may exceed the level of benefits that may be paid from a tax-qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code. The Jostens ERISA Excess Plan also pays benefits that would have been provided from Plan D but cannot because they exceed the level of benefits that may be paid from a tax-qualified plan under the tax code. We also maintain non-contributory unfunded supplemental pension plans (SERPs) for certain named executive officers.

We account for our plans under SFAS No. 87, Employer’s Accounting for Pensions, and SFAS No. 158 Employer’s Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, which requires management to use three key assumptions when computing estimated annual pension expense. These assumptions are the discount rate applied to the projected benefit obligation, expected return on plan assets and the rate of compensation increases.

Of the three key assumptions, only the discount rate is based on external market indicators, such as the yield on currently available high-quality, fixed income investments or annuity settlement rates. The discount rate used to value the pension obligation at any year-end is used for expense calculations the next year. For the rates of expected return on assets and compensation increases, management uses estimates based on experience as well as future expectations. Due to the long-term nature of pension liabilities, management attempts to choose rates for these assumptions that will have long-term applicability.

The following is a summary of the three key assumptions that were used in determining 2007 pension expense, along with the impact of a 1% change in each assumed rate. Brackets indicate annual pension expense would be reduced. Modification of these assumptions does not impact the funding requirements for the qualified pension plans.

 

Assumption

   Rate     Impact of
1% increase
    Impact of
1% decrease
 

Discount rate (1)

   6.00 %   $ (1,181 )   $ 810  

Expected return on plan assets (2)

   9.50 %   $ (2,545 )   $ 2,545  

Rate of compensation increases (3)

   5.50 %   $ 450     $ (350 )

 

(1) A discount rate of 6.00% was used for both the qualified and non-qualified pension plans.
(2) The expected long-term rate of return on plan assets was 9.50% for the qualified pension plans.
(3) The average compensation rate was 6.3% and 3.0% for Jostens and The Lehigh Press, Inc., respectively. The weighted average compensation rate for the combined salary-related plans was 5.50%.

 

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth selected information derived from our consolidated statements of operations for fiscal years 2007, 2006 and 2005. In the text below, amounts and percentages have been rounded and are based on the financial statement amounts.

 

      Holdings     % Change
between
2006 and

2007
    % Change
between
2005 and
2006
 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005      

Net sales

   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673     7.0 %   6.8 %

Gross profit

     647,164       599,049       548,538     8.0 %   9.2 %

% of net sales

     50.9 %     50.5 %     49.4 %    

Selling and administrative expenses

     426,740       394,726       389,398     8.1 %   1.4 %

% of net sales

     33.6 %     33.3 %     35.1 %    

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

     629       (1,212 )     (387 )   NM     NM  

Transaction costs

     —         —         1,172     NM     NM  

Special charges

     2,922       2,446       5,389     19.5 %   (54.6 %)

Operating income

     216,873       203,089       152,966     6.8 %   32.8 %

% of net sales

     17.1 %     17.1 %     13.8 %    

Interest expense, net

     144,004       149,000       124,794     (3.4 %)   19.4 %

Provision for income taxes

     29,102       15,675       10,524     85.7 %   48.9 %

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     110,732       9,561       19,001     1058.2 %   (49.7 %)

Net income

     154,499       47,975       36,649     222.0 %   30.9 %
          

 

NM = Not meaningful

Our business is managed on the basis of three reportable segments: Scholastic, Memory Book and Marketing and Publishing Services. The following table sets forth selected segment information derived from our consolidated statements of operations for fiscal years 2007, 2006 and 2005. For additional financial information about our operating segments, see Note 16, Business Segments, to the consolidated financial statements.

 

      Holdings     % Change
between
2006 and

2007
    % Change
between
2005 and

2006
 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005      

Net sales

          

Scholastic

   $ 465,439     $ 437,630     $ 424,984     6.4 %   3.0 %

Memory Book

     372,063       358,687       348,512     3.7 %   2.9 %

Marketing and Publishing Services

     434,057       390,396       337,388     11.2 %   15.7 %

Inter-segment eliminations

     (1,349 )     (109 )     (211 )   NM     NM  
                            
   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673     7.0 %   6.8 %
                            

Operating income

          

Scholastic

   $ 51,312     $ 51,189     $ 27,069     0.2 %   89.1 %

Memory Book

     89,108       82,235       66,700     8.4 %   23.3 %

Marketing and Publishing Services

     76,453       69,665       59,197     9.7 %   17.7 %
                            
   $ 216,873     $ 203,089     $ 152,966     6.8 %   32.8 %
                            

 

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Year Ended December 29, 2007 Compared to the Year Ended December 30, 2006

Net sales.    Consolidated net sales increased $83.6 million, or 7.0%, to $1,270.2 million in 2007 from $1,186.6 million in 2006. Scholastic segment sales were $465.4 million in 2007, an increase of 6.4%, compared to $437.6 million in the prior year comparative period. This increase was primarily attributable to incremental volume from the acquisition of Neff, which occurred in the first quarter of 2007, and the impact of price increases, offset by lower jewelry volume.

Net sales for the Memory Book segment were $372.1 million in 2007, an increase of 3.7%, compared to $358.7 million in 2006. The increase was due mainly to growth in number of accounts and in color pages as well as increased prices supported by new and enhanced product and service offerings.

Net sales of the continuing operations of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment increased $43.7 million, or 11.2%, to $434.1 million in 2007 from $390.4 million in 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to higher sales volumes in the sampling and book component businesses, including sales generated by businesses that we acquired in 2006 and 2007.

Gross profit.    Gross profit increased $48.1 million, or 8.0%, to $647.2 million for 2007 from $599.1 million for 2006. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit margin increased to 50.9% for 2007 from 50.5% for 2006. The increase was attributable to:

 

   

cost savings realized from continued improvements in plant efficiency and cost reduction initiatives in our Memory Book and Scholastic segments; and

 

   

the impact of price increases in the Scholastic and Memory Book segments.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

   

higher precious metal costs;

 

   

lower relative gross margins of Neff, which was acquired in March 2007;

 

   

increased volume in our Marketing and Publishing Services segment, which comparatively had lower margins than the Scholastic and Memory Book segments; and

 

   

higher depreciation expense in 2007 related to our continued investments in our Memory Book and Marketing and Publishing Services facilities.

Selling and administrative expenses.    Selling and administrative expenses increased $32.0 million, or 8.1%, to $426.7 million for 2007 from $394.7 million for 2006. As a percentage of net sales, selling and administrative expenses increased 0.3 % to 33.6% for 2007 from 33.3% in 2006. The increase in selling and administrative expenses as a percentage of net sales was the result of:

 

   

higher commissions in the Scholastic segment associated with increased graduation products net sales, which have a higher commission structure than other Scholastic products;

 

   

costs associated with the acquisitions we made in 2006 and 2007;

 

   

development costs across all segments related to growth initiatives; and

 

   

higher information technology costs in the Scholastic and Memory Book segments in connection with the continuation of planned investments related to growth initiatives.

Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets.    For 2007, the loss on disposal of fixed assets was approximately $0.6 million, which was attributable to the sale of miscellaneous equipment. In 2006, gain on disposal of fixed assets was approximately $1.2 million, primarily related to the sale of the former Jostens corporate office buildings in Bloomington, Minnesota.

 

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Special charges.    For the year ended December 29, 2007, the Company recorded $2.3 million of restructuring charges for severance and related benefit costs primarily in the Scholastic segment related to the closure of the Attleboro, Massachusetts facility and $1.0 million related to termination benefits for management executives offset by a reversal of $0.4 million associated with headcount reductions in the Scholastic and Memory Book segments. Of net severance costs and related benefits of $1.9 million for 2007, $1.7 million related to Scholastic and $0.2 million related to Marketing and Publishing Services. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled 177 and eight employees for the Scholastic and Marketing and Publishing Services segments, respectively.

For 2006, the Company recorded $2.3 million relating to an impairment loss to reduce the value of the former Jostens corporate office buildings, which were later sold, and a net $0.1 million of special charges for severance and related benefit costs. The severance costs and related benefits included $0.1 million for Memory Book and $0.1 million for the Scholastic segment. Marketing and Publishing Services incurred $0.2 million of special charges for severance costs and related benefits offset by a reduction of $0.3 million of the restructuring accrual that related to withdrawal liability under a union retirement plan that arose in connection with the consolidation of certain operations. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled five, 13 and four employees for the Memory Book, Scholastic, and Marketing and Publishing Services segments, respectively.

Operating income.    As a result of the foregoing, consolidated operating income increased $13.8 million, or 6.8%, to $216.9 million for 2007 from $203.1 million for 2006. As a percentage of net sales, operating income was 17.1% for both 2007 and 2006.

Net interest expense.    Net interest expense is comprised of the following:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Holdings:

    

Interest expense

   $ 30,542     $ 22,739  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     23,281       20,874  

Interest income

     (4 )     (35 )
                

Holdings interest expense, net

   $ 53,819     $ 43,578  
                

Visant:

    

Interest expense

   $ 76,974     $ 97,991  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     14,329       9,880  

Interest income

     (1,118 )     (2,449 )
                

Visant interest expense, net

   $ 90,185     $ 105,422  
                

Interest expense, net

   $ 144,004     $ 149,000  
                

Net interest expense decreased $5.0 million, or 3.4%, to $144.0 million for 2007 as compared to $149.0 million for 2006 due to lower average borrowings from the prepayment of $400.0 million of the term loan C facility during the second quarter of 2007. The decrease was offset somewhat by higher amortization of deferred financing costs as a result of the aforementioned prepayments.

Provision for income taxes.    Our consolidated effective tax rate was 39.9% for 2007 compared with 29.0% for 2006. The increase in the tax rate was due primarily to the change in the effective tax rate at which we expect deferred tax assets and liabilities to be realized or settled in the future as a result of changing state tax rates. For 2007, the change in the effective deferred tax rate increased our consolidated effective tax rate, and for 2006, the change decreased the consolidated tax rate. The tax effect of foreign earnings repatriations in 2007 was unfavorable compared with 2006 due to the favorable foreign tax credit utilization in 2006 in connection with the sale of the Jostens Photography businesses. Other effects for 2007 included an increase in state income taxes which was partially offset by the effect of an increase in the rate of the domestic manufacturing profits deduction. For 2008, we anticipate a consolidated effective tax rate between 39.0% and 40.0%.

 

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As described in Note 13, Income Taxes, to our consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted FIN 48, as of the beginning of 2007. Upon adoption of FIN 48, all interest and penalties in connection with income tax assessments or refunds will be recorded as income tax expense or benefit, as applicable, and included as part of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability. Included in our results of operations for 2007 was $0.1 million net tax and interest accruals for unrecognized tax benefits.

Income from discontinued operations.    During the second quarter of 2007, we consummated the sale of the Company’s Von Hoffmann businesses, which previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment. The sale closed on May 16, 2007, with the Company recognizing net proceeds of $401.8 million and a gain for financial reporting purposes of $98.3 million on the transaction during the year ended 2007. Operations for the Von Hoffmann businesses resulted in income of $11.4 million and $15.5 million for the years ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively.

We also had income of $1.0 million, net of tax, for the year ended December 29, 2007 from the Jostens Recognition business, which was discontinued in 2001. The income in 2007 resulted from the reversal in March 2007 of an accrual for potential exposure for which the Company does not believe it is likely to have an ongoing liability, and therefore, there are no accrual amounts related to Jostens Recognition at December 29, 2007.

During the second quarter of 2006, we consummated the sale of our Jostens Photography businesses, which previously comprised a reportable segment. Results for the year ended 2007 and the 2006 comparable period for the Jostens Photography businesses included income of $0.4 million and a loss of $6.1 million, respectively.

Net income.    As a result of the aforementioned items, net income increased $106.5 million to $154.5 million for 2007 from $48.0 million for 2006.

Year Ended December 30, 2006 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2005

Net sales.    Consolidated net sales increased $75.9 million, or 6.8%, to $1,186.6 million from $1,110.7 million in 2005. Our Scholastic business reported full year 2006 net sales of $437.6 million, an increase of 3.0% over $425.0 million in 2005. This year-over-year increase was primarily attributable to stronger sales of rings and graduation products, as well as price increases. The Memory Book segment reported full year 2006 net sales of $358.7 million, an increase of 2.9% over $348.5 million in 2005, due to price increases as well as stronger sales volume.

Our Marketing and Publishing Services segment reported 2006 net sales of $390.4 million, an increase of 15.7% over $337.4 million reported in 2005. This growth was primarily attributable to increased direct marketing and sampling volume, acquisitions made during 2006, as well as an increase in company-supplied paper of $5.9 million.

Gross profit.    Gross profit increased $50.5 million, or 9.2%, to $599.0 million for 2006 from $548.5 million for 2005. As a percentage of net sales, gross profit margin increased to 50.5% for 2006 from 49.4% for 2005. The increased gross profit as a percent of sales was the result of several factors including the following:

 

   

improvements in diploma and yearbook production, which contributed most significantly;

 

   

increased prices for products and services in both Scholastic and Memory Book; and

 

   

increased operating synergies in all businesses.

These increases in gross profit as a percentage of sales were offset partially by:

 

   

increased gold prices in the Scholastic segment; and

 

   

the impact of increased volume in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment, where gross profit margins are historically lower than in the Jostens businesses.

 

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Selling and administrative expenses.    Selling and administrative expenses increased $5.3 million, or 1.4%, to $394.7 million for 2006 from $389.4 million for 2005. As a percentage of net sales, selling and administrative expenses decreased 1.8% to 33.3% for 2006 from 35.1% for 2005. The increase in expenses was attributed mainly to the following factors:

 

   

higher commissions and bonuses in 2006 resulting from the increased sales volume and improved results compared to 2005; and

 

   

acquisitions during the year that contributed additional selling and administrative costs in 2006.

These increases were partially offset by:

 

   

lower professional fees; and

 

   

lower depreciation, mainly relating to the purchase accounting in connection with the 2003 Jostens merger.

Gain on disposal of fixed assets.    Gain on disposal of fixed assets was approximately $1.2 million for 2006, primarily related to the sale of the former Jostens corporate office buildings in Bloomington, Minnesota. In 2005, gain on disposal of fixed assets was approximately $0.4 million.

Special charges.    For the year ended December 30, 2006, the Company recorded $2.3 million relating to an impairment loss to reduce the value of the former Jostens corporate buildings, which were later sold, and net $0.1 million of special charges for severance and related benefit costs. The severance costs and related benefits included $0.1 million for Memory Book and $0.1 million for Scholastic. Marketing and Publishing Services incurred $0.2 million of special charges for severance costs and related benefits offset by a reduction of $0.3 million of the restructuring accrual that related to withdrawal liability under a union retirement plan that was in connection with the consolidation of certain operations. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled five, 13 and four employees for the Memory Book, Scholastic, and Marketing and Publishing Services segments, respectively.

During 2005, we incurred $5.4 million of special charges, including $5.1 million related to severance and benefit costs associated with a reduction in personnel of 23 employees for the Memory Book segment and 60 employees for the Scholastic segment and $0.3 million of costs related to a withdrawal liability under a union retirement plan that arose in connection with the consolidation of certain operations.

Operating income.    As a result of the foregoing, consolidated operating income increased $50.1 million, or 32.8%, to $203.1 million for 2006 from $153.0 million for 2005. As a percentage of net sales, operating income increased to 17.1% for 2006 from 13.8% for 2005.

Net interest expense.    Net interest expense is comprised of the following:

 

In thousands

   2006     2005  

Holdings:

    

Interest expense

   $ 22,739     $ 2  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     20,874       18,043  

Interest income

     (35 )     (96 )
                

Holdings interest expense, net

   $ 43,578     $ 17,949  
                

Visant:

    

Interest expense

   $ 97,991     $ 94,437  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     9,880       13,603  

Interest income

     (2,449 )     (1,195 )
                

Visant interest expense, net

   $ 105,422     $ 106,845  
                

Interest expense, net

   $ 149,000     $ 124,794  
                

 

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Net interest expense increased $24.2 million, or 19.4%, to $149.0 million for 2006 as compared to $124.8 million for 2005. The increase was the result of higher average interest rates and additional debt from the $350 million of 8.75% senior notes issued by Holdings in 2006, offset by a $100.0 million principal payment against the Term C loan.

Provision for income taxes.    Our consolidated effective tax rate was 29.0% for 2006 compared with 37.4% for 2005. For 2006, the tax rate was significantly affected by a $3.0 million decrease in income tax expense due to a decrease in the rate at which we expect deferred tax assets and liabilities to be realized or settled in the future. The change in rate was required to reflect the effect of the Company’s 2005 state income tax returns which included a complete year’s results of operations for companies it began to include in the fourth quarter of 2004 as a result of the Transactions. The tax rate was also favorably affected by the domestic manufacturing profits (“DMD”) deduction. The favorable effect of the DMD was greater in 2006 than in 2005, because the deduction was limited in 2005 by our net operating loss carryforward from 2004. The tax effect of foreign earnings repatriations in 2006 was unfavorable compared with 2005 due to the effect of the favorable rate of tax provided under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004.

Income from discontinued operations.    During 2006, we consummated the sale of our Jostens Photography businesses, which was previously a reportable segment. The transactions closed on June 30, 2006 with the Company recognizing net proceeds of $64.1 million. Operations for the Jostens Photography businesses resulted in losses of $6.1 million in 2006 and income of $1.0 million for 2005. This segment typically reported the majority of its earnings in the fourth quarter.

As of December 2006, our Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc., Von Hoffmann Corporation and Anthology, Inc. businesses were held as assets for sale and, accordingly, are currently presented as discontinued operations. The operations of these businesses, which comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment, generated income of $15.7 million and $18.0 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Net income.    As a result of the aforementioned items, net income increased $11.3 million to $48.0 million for 2006 from $36.6 million for 2005.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table presents cash flow activity of Holdings for applicable periods noted below and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated statements of cash flows.

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 159,310     $ 162,626     $ 168,469  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     280,643       (52,567 )     (39,101 )

Net cash used in financing activities

     (400,041 )     (111,873 )     (193,693 )

Effect of exchange rate change on cash

     1,020       (114 )     67  
                        

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 40,932     $ (1,928 )   $ (64,258 )
                        

Full Year 2007

In 2007, operating activities generated cash of $159.3 million, compared to $162.6 million from operating activities for 2006. Included in cash flows from operating activities was cash used by discontinued operations of $5.1 million for 2007 and cash provided by discontinued operations of $35.4 million for 2006. Consequently, the cash provided by continuing operations was $164.4 and $127.3 million for 2007 and 2006, respectively. The $37.2 million increase in cash provided from continuing operations was attributable to higher earnings and lower overall working capital levels in 2007 compared to 2006.

 

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Net cash provided by investing activities for 2007 was $280.6 million compared to cash used in investing activities of $52.6 million for 2006. The $333.2 million increase mainly related to the sale of the Von Hoffmann businesses, which generated proceeds of approximately $401.8 million during 2007, compared to proceeds generated from the sale of the Jostens Photography businesses of $64.1 million in 2006. Capital expenditures related to purchases of property, plant and equipment for 2007 and 2006 were $56.4 million and $51.9 million, respectively. During 2007 and 2006, the Company acquired businesses, net of cash, totaling approximately $58.3 million and $55.8 million, respectively. Included in the cash flows from investing activities was cash provided by discontinued operations of $396.1 million and $45.0 million for 2007 and 2006, respectively. Cash used by investing activities of the continuing operations for 2007 and 2006 was $115.4 million and $97.6 million, respectively.

Net cash used in financing activities for 2007 was $400.0 million compared to $111.9 million for 2006. The $288.1 million increase primarily related to the Company’s additional voluntary prepayment in the second quarter of 2007 of $400 million on its term loans under its senior secured credit facilities, including all originally scheduled principal payments due under its Term Loan C facility through mid-2011. During 2006, financing activities primarily consisted of proceeds from the issuance by Holdings of $350.0 million of senior notes with $9.5 million used for debt financing costs related to the notes and a distribution to Holdings’ stockholders of $340.7 million as well as a voluntary prepayment of $100 million on the Company’s term loans under its senior credit facilities.

During 2007 and 2006, Visant transferred approximately $18.6 million and $20.2 million, respectively, of cash through Visant Secondary Holdings Corp. to Holdings to allow Holdings to make scheduled interest payments on its $350 million 8.75% senior notes due 2013. This transfer was reflected in Visant’s consolidated balance sheet as a return of capital and presented in the consolidated statement of cash flows as a distribution to stockholder. These amounts eliminate in consolidation and have no impact on Holdings’ consolidated financial statements.

As of December 29, 2007, we had cash and cash equivalents of $59.7 million. Our principal sources of liquidity are cash flows from operating activities and available borrowings under Visant’s senior secured credit facilities, which included $233.9 million available under Visant’s revolving credit facility as of December 29, 2007. We use cash primarily for debt service obligations, capital expenditures and to fund other working capital requirements. We intend to fund ongoing operations through cash generated by operations and borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

Our ability to make scheduled payments of principal, or to pay the interest on, or to refinance our indebtedness, or to fund planned capital expenditures will depend on our future performance. Based upon the current level of operations, we believe that cash flow from operations, available cash and short-term investments, together with borrowings available under Visant’s senior secured credit facilities, are adequate to meet our liquidity needs for the next twelve months. In addition, based on market and other considerations, we may decide to raise additional funds through debt or equity financings. Furthermore, to the extent we make future acquisitions, we may require new sources of funding, including additional debt or equity financing or some combination thereof. We may not be able to secure additional sources of funding on favorable terms.

On February 11, 2008, Visant entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Phoenix Color, a leading book component manufacturer. Phoenix Color will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant Corporation upon the closing of the proposed merger. The total purchase consideration is $219.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2008.

Full Year 2006

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2006 compared to 2005 related to the Holdings senior notes issued in April 2006. This decrease was partially offset, however, by increased earnings and decreases in net working capital in 2006 compared to 2005. Included in the cash flows from operating activities was cash provided by discontinued operations of $35.4 million and $42.2 million for 2006 and 2005, respectively. Consequently, the cash provided by continuing operations was $127.3 million and $126.2 million for 2006 and 2005, respectively.

Net cash used in investing activities for 2006 was $52.6 million, compared with $39.1 million for 2005. The $13.5 million increase in cash used related to business acquisitions in 2006 of $55.8 million and increased capital expenditures in 2006 of $23.2 million compared to 2005. These increases in spending were partially offset by proceeds of $10.5 million from the sale of property and equipment in 2006 compared to $1.3 million from the sale of property and equipment in 2005 as well as proceeds of $64.1 million in 2006 from the sale of the Jostens Photography businesses. Included in the cash flows from investing activities was cash provided by discontinued operations of $45.0 million for 2006 and cash used in discontinued operations of $11.4 million for 2005.

Net cash used in financing activities for 2006 was $111.9 million, a decrease of $81.8 million, compared with cash used in financing activities of $193.7 million for 2005. The decrease was related to lower debt repayments during 2006 compared to 2005 as well as lower short-term borrowings during 2006. During 2006, Holdings issued $350.0 million of senior notes bearing interest at 8.75%, netting proceeds of $340.3 million after transaction costs. These proceeds were offset by a distribution to stockholders of $340.7 million. Included in the cash flows from financing activities was cash used in discontinued operations of $0.1 million for 2005. Consequently, the cash used in continuing operations was $111.9 million and $193.6 million for 2006 and 2005, respectively.

During 2006, Visant voluntarily prepaid $100.0 million of its term loans under its senior secured credit facilities, including all originally scheduled principal payments due under its Term Loan C facility for 2006 through mid-2011.

Contractual Obligations

The following table shows due dates and amounts of our contractual obligations for future payments as of December 29, 2007:

 

     Payments due by calendar year

In thousands

  Total   2008   2009   2010   2011   2012   Thereafter

7 5/8% senior subordinated notes

  $ 500,000   $ —     $ —     $ —     $ —     $ 500,000     —  

10 1/4% senior discount notes

    247,200     —       —       —       —       —       247,200

8 3/4% senior notes

    350,000     —       —       —       —       —       350,000

Term loans

    316,500     —       —       —       316,500     —       —  

Operating leases

    26,443     5,868     5,075     3,628     3,492     3,087     5,293

Minimum royalties

    2,979     899     875     750     455     —       —  

Pension and other postretirement cash requirements

    178,037     14,133     14,796     15,489     16,350     17,116     100,153

Interest expense (1)

    721,062     126,444     152,049     153,840     148,467     88,375     51,887

Management agreements (2)

    21,364     3,303     3,402     3,504     3,609     3,717     3,829

Contractual capital equipment purchases

    8,502     8,475     14     7     3     3     —  

Note payable related to VSI acquisition

    1,000     —       1,000     —       —       —       —  
                                         

Total contractual cash
obligations (3)

  $ 2,373,087   $ 159,122   $ 176,211   $ 177,218   $ 488,876   $ 612,298   $ 758,362
                                         

 

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(2) In October 2004, we entered into a management agreement with KKR and DLJMBP III to provide management and advisory services to us. We agreed to pay an annual fee of $3.0 million, effective October 2004, subject to 3% annual increases. Since the agreement does not have an expiration date, the obligation as presented above only reflects one additional year of management fees beyond 2012.
(3) The Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefit obligation at December 29, 2007 was $8.8 million. It is not presently possible to estimate the years in which part or all of the balance would result in a cash disbursement. Also outstanding as of December 29, 2007 was $15.4 million in the form of letters of credit and $0.7 million drawn against the revolving credit sub-facility available to our Canadian subsidiary.

We intend to fund ongoing operations through cash generated by operations and borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We have substantial debt service requirements.

Visant’s senior secured credit facilities were originally comprised of a $150 million senior secured Term Loan A facility with a six-year maturity, an $870 million senior secured Term C loan facility with a seven-year maturity and a $250 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a five-year maturity. As of year-end 2007, we had $15.4 million of standby letters of credit outstanding. In 2007, Visant prepaid $400.0 million of scheduled payments under the term loan facilities with the proceeds generated from the sale of the Von Hoffmann businesses. With these pre-payments, the outstanding balance under the Term C Loan facility was reduced to $316.5 million. Amounts borrowed under the term loan facilities that were repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Visant’s senior secured credit facilities allow us, subject to certain conditions, to incur additional term loans under the Term Loan C facility, or under a new term facility, in either case in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300 million, which additional term loans will have the same security and guarantees as the Term Loan A and Term Loan C facilities. Additionally, restrictions under the Visant senior subordinated note indenture would limit Visant’s ability to borrow the full amount of additional term loan borrowings under such a facility.

Borrowings under the senior secured credit facilities initially bear interest at Visant’s option at either adjusted LIBOR plus 2.50% per annum for the U.S. dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility and LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum for the Term C Loan facility or the alternate base rate plus 1.50% for U.S. dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility and base rate plus 1.25% for the Term C Loan facility (or, in the case of Canadian dollar denominated loans under the revolving credit facility, the bankers’ acceptance discount rate plus 2.50% or the Canadian prime rate plus 1.50% per annum) and are subject to adjustment based on a pricing grid.

The senior secured credit facilities require Visant to meet a maximum total leverage ratio, a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum capital expenditures limitation. In addition, the senior secured credit facilities contain certain restrictive covenants which, among other things, limit Visant’s ability to create liens, incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends or make other equity distributions, repurchase or redeem capital stock, prepay subordinated debt, make investments, merge or consolidate, change Visant’s business, amend the terms of subordinated debt and engage in certain other activities customarily restricted in such agreements. The senior secured credit facilities also contain certain customary events of default, subject to grace periods, as appropriate.

On October 4, 2004, Visant issued $500 million in principal amount of 7.625% senior subordinated notes (the “Visant notes”) due October 1, 2012 in a private placement to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined under the Securities Act, and to a limited number of persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act. On March 30, 2005, we completed an offer to exchange the entire principal amount of these notes for an equal amount of notes with substantially identical terms that have been registered under the Securities Act. The Visant notes are not collateralized and are subordinated in right of payment to the senior secured credit facilities. The senior secured credit facilities and the Visant notes are guaranteed by Visant’s restricted domestic subsidiaries. Cash interest on the Visant notes accrues and is payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2005, at a rate of 7.625%. The Visant

 

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notes may be redeemed at the option of Visant on or after October 1, 2008 at prices ranging from 103.813% of principal to 100% in 2010 and thereafter.

On December 2, 2003, Visant Holdings issued $247.2 million in principal amount at maturity of 10.25% senior discount notes (the “Holdings discount notes”) due December 1, 2013 in a private placement to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined under the Securities Act, and to a limited number of persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act for gross proceeds of $150 million. On March 8, 2004, we completed an offer to exchange the entire principal amount at maturity of these notes for an equal amount at maturity of notes with substantially identical terms that had been registered under the Securities Act. The Holdings discount notes are not collateralized, are structurally subordinate in right of payment to all debt and other liabilities of our subsidiaries and are not guaranteed. No cash interest accrues on the Holdings discount notes until December 2008, and thereafter cash interest will accrue at a rate of 10.25% per annum and be payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing June 1, 2009. Prior to that time, interest accretes on the Holdings discount notes in the form of an increase in the principal amount of the notes. As discussed in Note 13, Income Taxes, interest on the Holdings discount notes is not deductible for income tax purposes until it is paid.

At the end of the first quarter of 2006, Holdings privately placed $350.0 million of 8.75% Senior Notes due 2013 (the “Holdings senior notes”), with settlement on April 4, 2006. On October 10, 2006, we completed an offer to exchange the entire principal amount of these notes for an equal amount of notes with substantially identical terms that have been registered under the Securities Act. The Holdings senior notes are unsecured and are subordinated in right of payment to all of Holdings’ existing and future secured indebtedness and indebtedness of its subsidiaries, and senior in right of payment to all of Holdings’ existing and future subordinated indebtedness. Cash interest on the Holdings senior notes accrues and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1, commencing June 1, 2006, at a rate of 8.75%. The Holdings senior notes may be redeemed at the option of Holdings prior to December 1, 2008, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium. The Holdings senior notes may be redeemed at the option of Holdings on or after December 1, 2008, in whole or in part, in cash at prices ranging from 106.563% of principal in 2008 to 100.0% of principal in 2011 and thereafter.

The indentures governing the Visant notes, the Holdings discount notes and the Holdings senior notes also contain numerous covenants including, among other things, restrictions on our ability to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue disqualified or preferred stock; pay dividends or make other equity distributions; repurchase or redeem capital stock; make investments or other restricted payments; sell assets or consolidate or merge with or into other companies; create limitations on the ability of our restricted subsidiaries to make dividends or distributions to us; engage in transactions with affiliates; and create liens.

As of December 29, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under its material debt obligations.

Future principal debt payments are expected to be paid out of cash flows from operations, borrowings under Visant’s revolving credit facilities and future refinancings of our debt. As of December 29, 2007, there was $15.4 million outstanding in the form of letters of credit and $0.7 million against the revolving credit sub-facility available to our Canadian subsidiary, leaving $233.9 million available under the $250 million revolving credit facility.

As market conditions warrant, we and our Sponsors, including KKR and DLJMBP III and their affiliates, may from time to time redeem or repurchase debt securities issued by Holdings or Visant, in privately negotiated or open market transactions, by tender offer or otherwise. No assurance can be given as to whether or when such repurchases or exchanges will occur and at what price.

For 2007, 2006 and 2005, we incurred capital expenditures from continuing operations of $56.4 million, $51.9 million and $28.7 million, respectively, primarily for additional capacity, automation, information technology and ongoing maintenance.

 

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On February 12, 2008, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) affirmed all ratings, including its B+ corporate credit on Holdings, and revised the outlook to stable from developing following Visant’s announcement that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Phoenix Color. Also on February 12, 2008, Moody’s Investors Services (“Moody’s”), in connection with our announcement with respect to Phoenix Color, commented that Holdings’ family rating and stable outlook were not affected by the proposed acquisition. Each rating should be evaluated independently of any other rating. Reference is made to the S&P and Moody’s announcements each dated February 12, 2008, respectively, for a full explanation of the considerations by each of S&P and Moody’s.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Precious Metals Consignment Arrangement

We have a precious metals consignment agreement with a major financial institution whereby we currently have the ability to obtain up to the lesser of a certain specified quantity of precious metals and $32.5 million in dollar value in consigned inventory. As required by the terms of the agreement, we do not take title to consigned inventory until payment. Accordingly, we do not include the value of consigned inventory or the corresponding liability in our financial statements. The value of consigned inventory at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 was $26.9 million and $16.4 million, respectively. The agreement does not have a stated term, and it can be terminated by either party upon 60 days written notice. Additionally, we incurred expenses for consignment fees related to this agreement of $0.5 million for 2007, $0.6 million for 2006 and $0.6 million for 2005. The obligations under the consignment agreement are guaranteed by Visant.

Other than our precious metals consignment arrangement and general operating leases, we have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Effective at the beginning of fiscal 2007, we adopted FIN 48, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 requires applying a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Company made a change in accounting principle for the classification of interest income on tax refunds. Under the previous policy, the Company recorded interest income on tax refunds as interest income. Under the new policy, any interest income in connection with income tax refunds is recorded as a reduction of income tax expense. In addition, since the adoption of FIN 48, all interest and penalties on income tax assessments have been recorded as income tax expense and included as part of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability. The unrecognized tax benefit liability at December 29, 2007 was $8.8 million including $1.7 million of gross interest and penalty accruals. Refer to Note 13, Income Taxes, to the consolidated financial statements for further details.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS No. 157”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires enhanced disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 requires companies to disclose the fair value of their financial instruments according to a fair value hierarchy as defined in the standard. SFAS No. 157 became effective as of the beginning of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Positions No. 157-1 and No. 157-2 which partially defer the effective date of SFAS 157 for one year for certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities and remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. The Company is currently evaluating the impact and disclosure of this standard but does not expect SFAS No. 157 to have a significant impact in the financial statements.

 

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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans (“SFAS No. 158”). SFAS No. 158 requires the recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the balance sheet; the recognition in other comprehensive income of gains or losses and prior service costs or credits arising during the period but which are not included as components of periodic benefit cost; the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date; and disclosure of additional information about the effects on periodic benefit cost for the following fiscal year arising from delayed recognition in the current period. In addition, SFAS No. 158 amends SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, and SFAS No. 106, Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions, to include guidance regarding selection of assumed discount rates for use in measuring the benefit obligation. The requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements are effective as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2007. The requirement to measure the plan assets and benefit obligations as of the balance sheet date is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The Company adopted the balance sheet recognition provisions of SFAS 158 as of December 29, 2007, which resulted in an increase to prepaid pension asset of $64.6 million, increase to total liabilities of $32.2 million and increase to stockholders’ equity at December 29, 2007 of $32.4 million, net of taxes. The Company will adopt the change to the measurement date in 2008. See Note 14, Benefit Plans, to the consolidated financial statements for further details.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS No. 159 became effective as of the beginning of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the impact and disclosure of this standard but does not expect SFAS No. 159 to have a significant impact in the financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (“SFAS No. 141(R)”), which changes how business acquisitions are accounted. SFAS No. 141(R) requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction and establishes the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Certain provisions of this standard will, among other things, impact the determination of acquisition-date fair value of consideration paid in a business combination (including contingent consideration); exclude transaction costs from acquisition accounting; and change accounting practices from acquired contingencies, acquisition-related restructuring costs, in-process research and development, indemnification assets and tax benefits. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for business combinations and adjustments to an acquired entity’s deferred tax asset and liability balances occurring after December 31, 2008. The Company is evaluating the future impact and disclosure of this standard.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51, which establishes new standards governing the accounting for and reporting on noncontrolling interest (NCIs) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries. Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCIs (previously referred to as minority interests) be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability, among other things, that increases and decreases in the parent’s ownership interest that leave control intact be treated as equity transactions, rather than a step acquisition or dilution gains or losses; and that losses of a partially owned consolidated subsidiary be allocated to the NCI even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance. This standard also requires changes to certain presentation and disclosure requirements. SFAS No. 160 is effective beginning January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the impact and disclosure of this standard but does not expect it to have a significant impact, if any, in the financial statements.

 

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market Risk

We are subject to market risk associated with changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates and commodity prices. To reduce any one of these risks, we may at times use financial instruments. All hedging transactions are authorized and executed under clearly defined company policies and procedures, which prohibit the use of financial instruments for trading purposes.

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to market risk associated with changes in LIBOR and other variable interest rates in connection with our senior secured credit facilities. If the short-term interest rates or the LIBOR averaged 10% more or less, interest expense would have changed by $3.9 million for 2007, $6.0 million for 2006 and $5.7 million for 2005.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

We are exposed to market risks from changes in foreign exchange rates. We have foreign operations primarily in Canada and Europe, where substantially all transactions are denominated in Canadian dollars and euros, respectively. From time to time, Jostens enters into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge certain purchases of inventory denominated in foreign currencies. We may also periodically enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge certain exposures related to selected transactions that are relatively certain as to both timing and amount and to hedge a portion of the production costs expected to be denominated in foreign currencies. The purpose of these hedging activities is to minimize the impact of foreign currency fluctuations on our results of operations and cash flows. We consider our market risk in such activities to be immaterial.

Commodity Price Risk

We are subject to market risk associated with changes in the price of precious metals. To mitigate our commodity price risk, we may enter into forward contracts to purchase gold, platinum and silver based upon the estimated ounces needed to satisfy projected customer demand. We periodically prepare a sensitivity analysis to estimate our exposure to market risk on open precious metal forward purchase contracts. We consider our market risk associated with these contracts as of the end of 2007 and 2006 to be immaterial. Market risk was estimated as the potential loss in fair value resulting from a hypothetical 10% adverse change in fair value and giving effect to the increase in fair value over our aggregate forward contract commitment.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The Financial Statements are set forth herein commencing on page F-1 of this Report and are incorporated herein.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

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ITEM 9A(T). CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Finance, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange

Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Vice President, Finance concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective as of the end of the period covered by this report. In addition, during the quarter ended December 29, 2007, there was no change in our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the framework in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that the company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 29, 2007. This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit us to provide only management’s report in this annual report.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

 

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PART III

Information required by Items 10 through 14 with respect to Visant has been omitted pursuant to General Instruction I of Form 10-K. Information required by Items 10 through 14 with respect to Holdings is described below.

 

ITEM 10.  DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Set forth below are the names, ages, positions and business backgrounds of our executive officers and the directors of Holdings as of March 12, 2008.

 

Name

   Age   

Position

Marc L. Reisch

   52    Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Holdings and Visant

Marie D. Hlavaty

   44    Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, Holdings and Visant

Paul B. Carousso

   38    Vice President, Finance, Holdings and Visant

Timothy M. Larson

   34    President and Chief Executive Officer, Jostens Group

John Van Horn

   67    Group President, Arcade/Lehigh Direct and President, Chief Executive Officer, Arcade

David F. Burgstahler

   39    Director, Holdings and Visant

George M.C. Fisher

   67    Director, Holdings and Visant

Alexander Navab

   42    Director, Holdings and Visant

Tagar C. Olson

   30    Director, Holdings and Visant

Charles P. Pieper

   61    Director, Holdings and Visant

Marc L. Reisch joined Holdings and Visant as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer upon the closing of the Transactions. Mr. Reisch had been a director of Jostens since November 2003. Immediately prior to joining Holdings and Visant in October 2004, Mr. Reisch served as a Senior Advisor to KKR. Mr. Reisch has been the Chairman of the Board of Yellow Pages Income Fund since December 2002.

Marie D. Hlavaty served as an advisor to our businesses since August 2004 and joined Holdings and Visant as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary upon the consummation of the Transactions in October 2004. Prior to joining Visant, Ms. Hlavaty was Of Counsel with Latham & Watkins LLP.

Paul B. Carousso joined Holdings and Visant in October 2004 as Vice President, Finance. From April 2003 until October 2004, Mr. Carousso held the position of Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, of Vestcom International, Inc., a digital printing company.

Timothy M. Larson started working with Jostens in 1992 as an intern and joined Jostens full-time in July 1996. He has held a variety of leadership positions at Jostens in general management, technology, e-business and marketing. Mr. Larson became senior vice president and general manager of Jostens’ Memory Book business in 2005. Mr. Larson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Jostens in January 2008.

John Van Horn served as an advisor to our Arcade/Lehigh Direct businesses since September 2004 and joined us as Group President, Arcade/Lehigh Direct and President and Chief Executive Officer of Arcade upon the consummation of the Transactions in October 2004. Prior to joining us, Mr. Van Horn held various positions at Quebecor World Inc. since August 1999, last serving as President, Catalog Market of Quebecor World North America.

David F. Burgstahler is a Partner of Avista Capital Partners, L.P., a leading private equity firm. Prior to joining Avista Capital Partners in 2005, Mr. Burgstahler was a Partner with DLJ Merchant Banking Partners, the

 

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private equity investment arm of CS. Mr. Burgstahler joined CS in 2000 when it merged with Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Mr. Burgstahler joined Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in 1995. Mr. Burgstahler also serves on the board of Warner Chilcott Limited, WideOpenWest Holdings, Inc., BioReliance Corporation, Namic/VA Inc. and BMS Medical Imaging, Inc.

George M.C. Fisher is currently a senior advisor to KKR. Mr. Fisher is also the former Chairman of PanAmSat Corporation. Mr. Fisher currently serves as a director of General Motors Corporation. Mr. Fisher will retire from the Eli Lilly and Company board of directors at the expiration of his current term, which ends on April 21, 2008. Mr. Fisher served as Chairman of the Board of Eastman Kodak Company from December 1993 to December 2000 and was Chief Executive Officer from December 1993 to January 2000. Before joining Kodak, Mr. Fisher was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Motorola, Inc. Mr. Fisher is a past member of the boards of AT&T, American Express Company, Comcast Corporation, Delta Air Lines, Inc., Hughes Electronics Corporation, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing, Brown University and The National Urban League, Inc. He was a member of The Business Council and is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and of the International Academy of Astronautics. Mr. Fisher was also an appointed member of the President’s Advisory Council for Trade Policy and Negotiations from 1993 through 2002.

Alexander Navab is a Member of KKR. He joined KKR in 1993 and oversees KKR’s North American investments in media and telecommunications. Mr. Navab serves on the Investment Committee, as well as the Operating Committee, of KKR. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Navab was with James D. Wolfensohn Incorporated, where he was involved in merger and acquisition transactions as well as corporate finance advisory assignments. From 1987 to 1989, he was with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Investment Banking division. Mr. Navab is also a director of The Nielsen Company (formerly VNU Group BV).

Tagar C. Olson is an Executive at KKR. Prior to joining KKR in 2002, Mr. Olson was with Evercore Partners Inc. since 1999, where he was involved in a number of private equity transactions and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Olson is also a director of Capmark Financial Group Inc., Masonite International Inc. and First Data Corporation.

Charles P. Pieper is Vice Chairman of Alternative Investments (AI) in the Asset Management division and Operating Partner of CS. He is responsible for AI Global Joint Ventures, serves as an Operating Partner of DLJMBP and heads the AI Business Development Task Force. Prior to joining CS in 2004, Mr. Pieper held senior operating positions in both private industry and private equity, including being President and Chief Executive Officer of several General Electric Company businesses. He was self-employed from January 2003 to April 2004 as the head of Charles Pieper and Associates, an investment and advisory firm, and from March 1997 to December 2002, Mr. Pieper was Operating Partner of Clayton, Dubilier and Rice, a private equity investment firm. He also currently serves as a director of Glacier G.P. (the holding company of Grohe AG), China Renaissance Capital Investment and Global Infrastructure Partners.

Our Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors is currently comprised of six members. Each of the existing directors was appointed upon the consummation of the Transactions in October 2004, other than Mr. Fisher, who was appointed in November 2005. Under the Stockholders Agreement entered into in connection with the Transactions, KKR and DLJMBP III each has the right to designate four of Holdings’ directors (currently three KKR and two DLJMBP III designees serve on our board) and our Chief Executive Officer and President, Marc Reisch, is Chairman. Our Board of Directors currently has three standing committees—an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and an Executive Committee. We expect the chairmanship of each of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee to rotate annually between a director designated by KKR and a director designated by DLJMBP III consistent with the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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Audit Committee

The primary duties of the Audit Committee include assisting the Board of Directors in its oversight of (1) the integrity of the Company’s financial statements and financial reporting process; (2) the integrity of the Company’s internal controls regarding finance, accounting and legal compliance; and (3) the independence and performance of the Company’s independent auditor and internal audit function. The Audit Committee also reviews our critical accounting policies, our annual and quarterly reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, and our earnings releases before they are published. The Audit Committee has sole authority to engage, evaluate and replace the independent auditor. The Audit Committee also has the authority to retain special legal, accounting and other consultants it deems necessary in the performance of its duties. The Audit Committee meets regularly with our management, independent auditors and internal auditors to discuss our internal controls and financial reporting process and also meets regularly with the Company’s independent auditors and internal auditors in private.

The current members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Olson (Chairman) and Burgstahler. The Board of Directors has determined that both of the current members qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert” through their relevant work experience. Mr. Olson is an Executive with KKR, and Mr. Burgstahler is a Partner of Avista Capital Partners, L.P. Neither of the members of the Audit Committee is considered “independent” as defined under the federal securities law.

Compensation Committee

The primary duty of the Compensation Committee is to discharge the responsibilities of the Board of Directors relating to compensation practices and policies for the Company’s executive officers and other key employees, as the Committee may determine, to ensure that management’s interests are aligned with the interest of the Company’s equity holders. The Committee also reviews and makes recommendations to the Board of Directors with respect to the Company’s employee benefits plans, compensation and equity based plans and compensation of directors. The current members of the Compensation Committee are Messrs. Burgstahler (Chairman), Navab, Olson and Pieper.

Executive Committee

The current members of the Executive Committee are Messrs. Reisch, Navab and Pieper.

Code of Ethics

We have a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics which was adopted to cover the entire Visant organization following the Transactions and which applies to all of our employees, including our Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Finance and Corporate Controller, our Directors and independent sales representatives. We review our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and amend it as necessary to be in compliance with current law. We require senior management employees and employees with a significant role in internal control over financial reporting to confirm compliance with the Code on an annual basis. Any changes to, or waiver (as defined under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K) from, our Code that applies to our Chief Executive Officer, Vice President, Finance or Corporate Controller will be posted on our website. A copy of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics can be found on our website at http://www.visant.net.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Executive officers and directors of Holdings are not subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

 

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Overview

This compensation discussion and analysis describes the material elements, policies and practices with respect to our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and the other three most highly-compensated executive officers, which are collectively referred to as the named executive officers. This compensation discussion and analysis also describes the material elements of compensation awarded to, earned by, or paid to each of our named executive officers.

We provide what we believe is a competitive total compensation package to our executive management team through a combination of base salary, an annual cash incentive plan, long-term equity incentives in the form of stock options and restricted stock, retirement and other benefits, perquisites, post-termination severance and acceleration of equity award vesting for named executive officers upon certain termination events and/or a change in control. Certain other post-termination benefits are provided to our Chief Executive Officer. Our other benefits and perquisites include life, disability, medical, dental and vision insurance benefits, a qualified 401(k) savings plan and other retirement benefits and include reimbursement for certain medical expenses and automobile payments. Our philosophy is to provide a total compensation package at a level that is commensurate with our size and provides incentives and rewards for sustained performance and growth and retention of executive talent.

One of our named executive officers, Michael L. Bailey, retired effective January 7, 2008. The separation agreement entered into between us and Mr. Bailey is described in “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements—Separation Agreement—Michael L. Bailey”.

Objectives of our Executive Compensation Program

Our compensation programs are designed to achieve the following objectives:

 

   

attract, motivate, retain and reward talented and dedicated executives whose knowledge, skill and performance are critical to our success and long-term growth;

 

   

provide our executive officers with both cash and equity incentives to further our interests and those of our stockholders;

 

   

provide cash and long-term incentive compensation that is competitive to comparable market positions based on revenue size;

 

   

align rewards to measurable performance metrics; and

 

   

compensate our executives to manage our business to meet our long-range objectives.

Compensation Process.

Our Compensation Committee reviews and approves all elements of compensation for our named executive officers. The Compensation Committee meets outside the presence of all of our executive officers, including the named executive officers, to consider appropriate compensation for our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO. For all other named executive officers, the Committee meets outside the presence of all executive officers except our CEO. Mr. Reisch annually reviews each other named executive officer’s performance with the Compensation Committee and makes recommendations to the Compensation Committee, other than with respect to his own compensation. The Compensation Committee has from time to time reviewed market and industry data in setting compensation. During 2007, we retained outside compensation consultants to benchmark certain of our executive positions to provide another measure of our existing compensation levels for executive positions within our

 

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company to companies with a comparative revenue base to ours. Positions were matched based on title and responsibilities of the position with comparable positions in the market based on similar company revenue size found within the published survey data of leading human resource organizations. We evaluated base salary and short and long term compensation information within the survey information. We may from time to time in the future have benchmarking performed to assist us and the Compensation Committee in setting executive compensation.

Base Salary

We provide the opportunity for our named executive officers and other executives to earn a competitive annual base salary in order to attract and retain an appropriate caliber of ability, experience and talent for the position, and to provide base compensation that is not subject to our performance risk. We establish the base salary for each executive officer based in part in consideration of competitive factors as well as individual factors, such as the individual’s scope of duties, performance and experience and, to a certain extent, the pay of others on the executive team. When establishing the base salary of any executive officer, we have also considered competitive market factors, business requirements for certain skills, individual experience and contributions, the roles and responsibilities of the executive, the potential impact the individual may make on our company now and in the future. We generally review base salaries for our named executive officers on a 12 to 18-month or longer cycle, and increases take into consideration the foregoing factors, individual performance and expanded duties, as applicable.

Our Compensation Committee sets the salary of our CEO. In accordance with his employment agreement, this base salary will not be less than $850,000 during the term of his employment agreement and any renewal term. In 2007, Mr. Reisch’s base salary was increased from $850,000 to $950,000.

The Compensation Committee approved increases in the annual base salary rate for 2008 effective April 1, 2008 for: Mr. Carousso, from $265,000 to $280,000 and Ms. Hlavaty, from $330,000 to $380,000.

Annual Performance-Based Cash Incentive Compensation

General. We provide the opportunity for our named executive officers and other key employees to earn an annual cash incentive award in order to further align our executives’ compensation opportunity with our annual business and financial goals and the growth objectives of our stockholders and to motivate our executives’ annual performance. Our annual cash incentives generally link the compensation of participants directly to the accomplishment of specific business metrics, primarily the achievement of EBITDA targets, which are important indicators of increased stockholder value and reflect our emphasis on financial performance and stockholder return. However, the Compensation Committee may also exercise discretion in establishing annual bonus awards based on extraordinary achievements and contributions to the growth of our business and appreciation of our stockholder value.

Consolidated and business unit budgets and business plans which contain annual financial and strategic objectives are developed each year by management and reviewed by the Board of Directors, which institutes such changes that are deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. The budgets and business plans set the basis for the annual incentive plan targets and stretch measures. The annual incentive compensation plan targets and other material terms by business unit are presented to the Compensation Committee for review and approval with such modifications deemed appropriate by the Compensation Committee. The specific financial targets and business plan initiatives set for our named executive officers are not disclosed because we believe disclosure of this information would cause our company competitive harm. The targets are intended to be challenging but achievable. Because these targets are tied to our business plan, it is expected that they will be achieved when they are set at the beginning of the fiscal year. However, there is risk that payments will not be made at all or will be made at less than 100%. This uncertainty ensures that any payments under the plan are truly performance-based.

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stretch targets are met. For the 2007 fiscal year, annual cash incentive opportunities for the named executive officers at target are summarized below:

 

     Target Annual Cash Incentive
Award Opportunity
     % of Salary     Amount

Marc L. Reisch

   100 %   $ 950,000

Paul B. Carousso

   50 %   $ 132,500

Marie D. Hlavaty

   55 %   $ 181,500

Michael L. Bailey

   70 %   $ 385,000

John Van Horn

   50 %   $ 200,000

Annual incentive compensation plan awards for our named executive officers and other executives are determined annually following the completion of the annual audit, based on our performance against the approved annual incentive compensation plan targets, subject to the exercise of discretion by the Compensation Committee as discussed above. The annual incentive compensation plan award amounts of all executive officers, including the named executive officers, must be reviewed and approved by the Compensation Committee. Approved payments under the annual incentive plans are made not later than March 15th of the year following the fiscal year during which performance is measured.

2007 Annual Incentive Compensation Plan Awards. For the last completed fiscal year, substantially all of the annual incentive plan payments to the CEO and the other named executive officers were based on the achievement of consolidated or business unit targets. There were no specific individual performance goals for 2007 incentive awards to the named executive officers, but the Compensation Committee took into account individual performance, as applicable, particularly when it contributed to extraordinary transactions and achievements in 2007, in evaluating payment at or above target. Under the annual incentive plans, the Compensation Committee may consider for adjustments to performance goals and our reported financial results. These adjustments may exclude all or a portion of both the positive or negative effect of external non-recurring events that are outside the reasonable control of our executives, including, without limitation, regulatory changes in accounting or taxation standards. These adjustments may also exclude all or a portion of both the positive or negative effect of unusual or extraordinary transactions that are within the control of our executives but that are undertaken with an expectation of improving our long-term financial performance, or growth such as restructurings, acquisitions or divestitures.

For 2008, we plan to use performance metrics based on our current year business plan to assess incentive compensation awards. In addition, the Compensation Committee will continue to reserve discretion in determining awards to account for extraordinary achievement and contributions that impact the growth of our business and appreciation of stockholder value.

Other. Our Compensation Committee reserves the right to grant discretionary bonuses from time to time based on individual contribution to extraordinary transactions which result in measurable and appreciable return for us and our stockholders.

Long-Term Equity Incentives

General. We offer long-term equity incentive opportunities to our executives to promote long-term performance and tenure, through grants of stock options and restricted stock. Other types of long-term incentive compensation, including phantom equity measured based on the appreciation of the Class A Common Stock, may be considered in the future. Our equity incentive plans are designed to:

 

   

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motivate management by means of growth-related incentives to achieve long-range goals; and

 

   

further the alignment of interests of participants with those of our stockholders through stock-based opportunities.

Our Compensation Committee serves as the administrator of the equity incentive program, with the power and authority to administer, construe and interpret the equity plans, to make rules for carrying out the plans and to make changes in such rules, subject to such interpretations, rules and administration being consistent with the basic purpose of the plans. Subject to the general parameters of the plans, the Compensation Committee has the discretion to fix the terms and conditions of the grants. Equity is granted at fair market value as determined by the Compensation Committee after evaluation of a fair market valuation conducted by a third party expert on a periodic basis.

Our named executive officers each made a personal investment in purchasing shares of the Class A Common Stock of Holdings in connection with the Transactions with his or her own personal funds (and in the case of Mr. Bailey, including the roll-over of certain existing equity in Holdings and the investment of a bonus paid to Mr. Bailey in connection with the Transactions). In turn, the number of options granted was based on a multiple of the respective level of investment. In consideration of his services in consummating the Transactions and in connection with entering into an employment agreement with the Company, Mr. Reisch also received at the consummation of the Transactions a grant of restricted stock as a further long-term incentive opportunity. No additional equity has been awarded to the named executive officers since their original investments, other than in the case of Mr. Van Horn. Mr. VanHorn was granted restricted stock in December 2006, none of which will vest until January 2009 (subject to accelerated vesting in the event of Mr. Van Horn’s termination without cause or for good reason, upon a change in control or upon Mr. Van Horn’s disability or death), in order to recognize and incentivize Mr. Van Horn’s continued tenure, commitment and performance for us. Mr. Van Horn had not received options at the time of the Transactions in light of what was anticipated to be a more limited period of employment with us. The Compensation Committee reserves the right to issue additional equity in the form of options, restricted stock or units or phantom equity to the named executive officers upon the recommendation of Mr. Reisch or the Board in consideration of performance and for the purpose of assuring retention of executive talent aligned with the long-term growth of the Company and, in the case of equity, subject to shares remaining available for grant under the Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holdings Corp. and Subsidiaries (the “2004 Plan”). See “—Equity Compensation”.

We do not have any program, plan or obligation that requires us to grant equity compensation on specified dates; however, to the extent that additional grants have been or will be made by us to other members of management, we intend to limit grants to twice per year. We may also issue equity grants to new members of management who come into our employment in connection with the consummation of acquisitions by us or upon the commencement of employment with us. For compensation decisions regarding the grant of equity compensation, our Compensation Committee typically considers the recommendations from our CEO, taking into consideration the potential impact and contributions of the individual, retention considerations and the level of equity of members of management at a similar level.

Stock Options. Stock option awards provide our executive officers with the right to purchase shares of our Class A Common Stock at a fixed exercise price for a period of up to ten years from the option grant date under the 2004 Plan and are both “time based” and “performance based.” Time based options vest on the passage of time and an executive’s continued tenure with us. Performance based options vest on the achievement of annual EBITDA targets. The purpose of the performance based grant is to align management and stockholder interests as measured by EBITDA performance. Options are subject to certain change of control and post-termination of employment vesting and expiration provisions. Mr. Bailey and Mr. Reisch (who also served as a director of Jostens prior to the Transactions) also hold options under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”). See “—Equity Compensation” for a discussion of the change in control and other provisions related to stock options under the 2004 Plan and the 2003 Plan.

 

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Restricted Stock. We also use restricted stock in our long-term equity incentive program as part of our management development, succession, and retention planning process. Of our executives, currently only Messrs. Reisch and Van Horn have been granted restricted stock. The restricted stock is generally subject to the same rights and restrictions set forth in the management stockholders’ agreement and sale participation agreement described under “—Equity Compensation”, provided that Mr. Reisch’s restricted stock is currently 100% vested and nonforfeitable even in the case of termination of employment.

Pension Benefits

Each of our named executive officers currently participates in the Jostens tax qualified pension plan D and a non-qualified supplemental pension plan to compensate for Internal Revenue Service limitations. These benefits are provided as part of the regular retirement program available to our eligible employees. We also maintain individual non-contributory, non-qualified, unfunded supplemental retirement plans (“SERPs”) for certain named executive officer participants. Under our employment agreement with Marc L. Reisch, he is entitled to an additional supplemental retirement benefit. For more detailed information, see the narrative accompanying the “Pension Benefits” table.

Employment Agreement and Change in Control Provisions

Employment Agreement with Marc Reisch. Except with respect to our CEO, Marc L. Reisch, and Mr. Timothy Larson, the Chief Executive Officer of Jostens, we do not have any employment agreements with any of our named executive officers. It is generally not our philosophy or practice to enter into employment agreements with our executives. Absent exigent competitive factors, we believe that our short and long-term compensation practices and opportunities are competitively attractive and favorably motivate our executives towards performance and continuity of service.

In October 2004, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Reisch with an initial term extending to December 31, 2009, with automatic one-year renewal terms thereafter. We are highly dependent on the efforts, relationships and skills of Mr. Reisch, a long-tenured industry executive and, accordingly, we entered into this agreement with Mr. Reisch to help ensure Mr. Reisch’s availability to us during the term of the employment agreement. The employment agreement provides for certain post-termination payments and benefits to Mr. Reisch which are described and quantified in the section entitled “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements”. We provided these arrangements under the agreement to attract and retain Mr. Reisch as our CEO and believe that the post-termination payments and benefits are competitively reasonable and reflective of Mr. Reisch’s value and performance to us.

Change in Control Agreements. On May 10, 2007, Holdings and the Company entered into a change in control severance agreement with each of Paul Carousso, Vice President, Finance, and Marie Hlavaty, Vice President, General Counsel. The change in control agreements are effective through December 31, 2009 unless otherwise extended, provided that the change in control agreements shall remain in effect for a period of two years following a change in control (as defined in the agreements) during the term of the agreements. The agreements allow for certain payments and benefits upon a change in control as described in “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements—Arrangements with Paul B. Carousso and Marie D. Hlavaty.” We provided these arrangements to assure the retention of these officers and in the absence of any other contractual severance arrangements. We believe that the post-termination payments and benefits are competitively reasonable and reflective of Mr. Carousso’s and Ms. Hlavaty’s value and performance to us.

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the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate if relevant performance measures have been satisfied. Our equity incentive plans are discussed in “—Equity Compensation” and change in control payments under the plans are discussed and quantified in “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements”.

Executive Benefits

We provide the opportunity for our named executive officers and other executives to receive certain general health and welfare benefits on terms consistent with other eligible employees. We also offer participation in our defined contribution 401(k) plan with a company match on terms consistent with other eligible employees. We provide certain perquisites to the named executive officers, including car allowance, medical stipend to apply to reimburse medical expenses, periodic physicals and extended coverage under long-term disability insurance, and in the case of certain of the named executive officers, financial planning, a health club stipend and availability of our aircraft for occasional personal use. We provide these benefits to offer additional incentives for our executives and to remain competitive in the general marketplace for executive talent.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

The Compensation Committee has not implemented stock ownership guidelines for our executive officers. Our stock is not publicly traded and is subject to agreements with the stockholders that limit a stockholder’s ability to transfer his or her equity for a period of time following grant.

Regulatory Considerations

We account for equity compensation paid to our employees under SFAS No. 123R, which we adopted effective January 1, 2006. SFAS No. 123R requires us to recognize compensation expense related to all equity awards based on the fair values of the awards at the grant date. Prior to our adoption of SFAS No. 123R, we used the minimum value method in our SFAS No. 123 pro forma disclosure and therefore applied the prospective transition method as of the effective date. Under the prospective transition method, we would recognize compensation expense for equity awards granted, modified and canceled subsequent to the date of adoption. As a result of the modification to stock options made in April 2006 in connection with the special dividend paid to all Class A common stockholders, all stock option awards previously accounted for under APB No. 25 are prospectively accounted for under SFAS No. 123R. Accordingly, no incremental compensation cost was recognized as a result of the modification. Please see Note 15, Stock-based Compensation, to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

The compensation cost to us of awarding equity is taken into account in considering awards under our equity incentive program. We have taken steps to structure and assure that our compensation program is applied in compliance with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code. Bonuses paid under our annual incentive plans are taxable at the time paid to our executives.

Tax Gross-Up

Mr. Reisch’s employment agreement provides for a tax gross-up payment in the event that any amounts or benefits due to him would be subject to excise taxes under Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code. For more detailed information on gross-ups for excise taxes payable to Mr. Reisch, see “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements—Employment Agreement with Marc. L. Reisch—Gross-Up Payments for Excise Taxes”.

 

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Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis with management. Based upon such review and discussions, the Compensation Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors

David F. Burgstahler, Chairman

Alexander Navab

Tagar C. Olson

Charles P. Pieper

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During 2007 and to the present our Compensation Committee has been comprised of Messrs. Burgstahler (Chairman), Navab, Olson and Pieper. For a description of the transactions between us and entities affiliated with members of the Compensation Committee, see the transactions described in Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

Summary Compensation Table

The following table presents compensation information for our fiscal year ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 paid to or accrued to the named executive officers.

 

Name and
Principal Position

  Year   Salary
($)
  Bonus
($)
  Stock
Awards
($)
    Option
Awards
($)
  Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)(2)
  Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)(3)
  All Other
Compensation
($)
    Total
($)

Marc L. Reisch

  2007   $ 950,000   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 950,000   $ 254,435   $ 93,101 (4)   $ 2,247,536

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Holdings and Visant

  2006   $ 850,000   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 1,100,000   $ 231,500   $ 114,465 (4)   $ 2,295,965

Paul B. Carousso

  2007   $ 264,039   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 125,000   $ 19,060   $ 26,043 (5)   $ 434,142

Vice President, Finance, Holdings and Visant

  2006   $ 240,000   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 165,000   $ 18,870   $ 22,000 (5)   $ 445,870

Marie D. Hlavaty

  2007   $ 330,000   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 200,000   $ 34,272   $ 23,525 (6)   $ 587,797

Vice President, General Counsel, Holdings and Visant

  2006   $ 325,673   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 275,000   $ 38,105   $ 21,100 (6)   $ 659,878

Michael L. Bailey

  2007   $ 548,077   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ —     $ 216,029   $ 37,134 (7)   $ 801,240

President and Chief Executive Officer, Jostens

  2006   $ 500,000   $ —     $ —       $ —     $ 453,566   $ 192,589   $ 27,525 (7)   $ 1,173,680

John Van Horn

  2007   $ 400,000   $ —     $ 150,149 (1)   $ —     $ —     $ 51,753   $ 26,193 (8)   $ 628,095

Group President, Arcade/Lehigh Direct and President and Chief Executive Officer, Arcade

  2006   $ 370,000   $ —     $ 6,582 (1)   $ —     $ 250,000   $ 61,158   $ 25,700 (8)   $ 713,440

 

(1) The amount represents the dollar amount recognized for financial statement reporting purposes with respect to the fiscal year computed in accordance with FAS 123R. Please see Note 15, Stock-based Compensation, to our consolidated financial statements for a discussion of all assumptions used by us with respect to the valuation. The restricted stock award was made under our 2004 Plan, which is described under “—Equity Compensation”.

 

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(2) The amounts represent earnings under the annual incentive compensation plan.
(3) Reflects the aggregate change in actuarial present value of the named executive officer’s accumulated benefit under our qualified, non-contributory pension plan, our unfunded supplemental retirement plan and our non-contributory unfunded supplemental pension plan and, in the case of Mr. Reisch, the supplemental retirement benefit provided for under his employment agreement. Please refer to the narrative descriptions of our pension plans under the Pension Benefits table. We currently have no deferred compensation plans.
(4) Includes for each of 2006 and 2007, respectively: $85,685 and $64,615 of premiums under a life insurance policy which are paid by us under the terms of Mr. Reisch’s employment agreement (the proceeds under the policy are payable to beneficiaries designated by Mr. Reisch); $8,800 and $9,000 representing regular employer matching contributions to our 401(k) plan; $13,680 each year representing a car allowance; and approximately $6,300 and $5,806 representing executive medical expenses reimbursed by us, a health club stipend and cash credits under the group medical plan offered to any employee who participates in our health screenings or foregoes certain disability and life insurance benefits. We make available to Mr. Reisch the company-owned aircraft for occasional personal use. In such cases, Mr. Reisch reimburses the Company for an amount equal to the Company’s incremental cost for such use. The calculation of the incremental cost for personal use of our company aircraft includes only variable costs incurred as a result of such flight activity. Incremental cost does not include fixed costs that are incurred regardless of Mr. Reisch’s use (e.g. aircraft insurance, maintenance, storage and flight crew salaries).
(5) Includes for each of 2006 and 2007, respectively: $8,800 and $9,000 representing regular employer matching contributions to our 401(k) plan; $10,200 each year representing a car allowance; and approximately $3,000 and $6,843 representing executive medical expenses reimbursed by us, a health club stipend and cash credits under the group medical plan offered to any employee who participates in health screenings or foregoes certain disability and life insurance benefits.
(6) Includes for each of 2006 and 2007, respectively: $8,800 and $9,000 representing regular employer matching contributions to our 401(k) plan; $10,000 each year representing a car allowance; and approximately $2,300 and $4,525 representing executive medical expenses reimbursable by us, a health club stipend and cash credits under the group medical plan offered to any employee who participates in health screenings or foregoes certain disability and life insurance benefits.
(7) Includes for each of 2006 and 2007, respectively: $8,800 and $9,000 representing regular employer matching contributions to our 401(k) plan; $10,825 and $19,819 representing a car allowance; and approximately $7,900 and $8,315 representing reimbursed financial planning, medical expenses, a health club stipend and cash credits under the group medical plan offered to any employee who participates in health screenings or foregoes certain disability and life insurance benefits.
(8) Includes for each of 2006 and 2007, respectively: $8,800 and $9,000 representing regular employer matching contributions to our 401(k) plan; $12,000 each year representing a car allowance; and approximately $4,900 and $5,193 of cash credits under the group medical plan offered to any employee who participates in health screenings or foregoes certain disability and life insurance benefits.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2007

The following table provides information with regard to each stock and option award granted to each named executive officer during 2007.

 

Name

  Grant
Date
  Estimated Possible Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Awards (1)
         Threshold ($)   Target ($)   Maximum ($)

Marc L. Reisch

  N/A   $ —     $ 950,000   $ —  
       

Paul B. Carousso

  N/A   $ —     $ 132,500   $ —  
       

Marie D. Hlavaty

  N/A   $ —     $ 181,500   $ —  
       

Michael L. Bailey

  N/A   $ —     $ 385,000   $ —  
       

John Van Horn

  N/A   $ —     $ 200,000   $ —  
       

 

(1) Reflects the target award amounts under our annual incentive compensation plan for our named executive officers. The actual non-equity incentive plan compensation amount earned by each named executive officer in 2007 is shown in the Summary Compensation Table above.

Equity Compensation

The 2003 Plan was approved by the Board of Directors and was effective as of October 30, 2003. The 2003 Plan permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons stock options and stock awards and provides for

 

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a total of 288,023 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to employees of the Company and a total of 10,000 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to directors and other persons providing services to the Company. Pursuant to the 2003 Plan, the maximum grant to any one person shall not exceed in the aggregate 70,400 shares. We do not currently intend to make any additional grants under the 2003 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments over the first five years following the date of grant, and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable over the first five years following the date of grant at varying levels based on the achievement of certain EBITDA targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets, subject to certain conditions. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined in the 2003 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate depending on the timing of the change of control and return on the equity investment by DLJMBP III in the Company as provided under the 2003 Plan. A “change in control” under the 2003 Plan is defined as: (1) any person or other entity (other than any of Holdings’ subsidiaries), including any “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than certain of the DLJMBP funds or affiliated parties thereof becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination, of securities of Holdings representing more than 51% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of Holdings (or its successor) normally entitled to vote for the election of directors of Holdings or (2) the sale of all or substantially all of the property or assets of Holdings to any unaffiliated person or entity other than one of Holdings’ subsidiaries is consummated. The Transactions did not constitute a change of control under the 2003 Plan. Options issued under the 2003 Plan expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. The shares underlying the options are subject to certain transfer and other restrictions set forth in the Stockholders Agreement, dated July 29, 2003, by and among the Company and certain holders of the capital stock of the Company. Participants under the 2003 Plan also agree to certain restrictive covenants with respect to confidential information of the Company and non-competition in connection with their receipt of options.

All outstanding options to purchase Holdings common stock continued following the closing of the Transactions. In connection with the Transactions, all outstanding options to purchase Von Hoffmann and Arcade common stock were cancelled and extinguished. Consideration paid in respect of the Von Hoffmann options was an amount equal to the difference between the per share merger consideration in the Transactions and the exercise price therefor. No consideration was paid in respect of the Arcade options.

In connection with the closing of the Transactions, we established the 2004 Stock Option Plan, which permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons of the Company and its subsidiaries various equity-based awards, including stock options and restricted stock. The plan, currently known as the 2004 Plan, provides for issuance of a total of 510,230 shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock. As of December 29, 2007, there were 58,476 shares available for grant under the 2004 Plan. Shares related to grants that are forfeited, terminated, cancelled or expire unexercised become available for new grants. Under his employment agreement, as described below, Mr. Marc L. Reisch, the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer and President, received awards of stock options and restricted stock under the 2004 Plan. Additional members of management have also received grants under the 2004 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments through 2009, and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable following the date of grant based upon the achievement of certain EBITDA and other performance targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined under the 2004 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate if certain EBITDA or other performance measures have been satisfied. A “change in control” under the 2004 Plan is defined as: (1) the sale (in one or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of

 

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Holdings to an unaffiliated person; (2) a sale (in one transaction or a series of transactions) resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of Holdings being held by an unaffiliated person; or (3) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of Holdings with or into an unaffiliated person, in each case, if and only if any such event listed in (1) through (3) above results in the inability of the Sponsors, or any member or members of the Sponsors, to designate or elect a majority of the Board (or the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). The option exercise period is determined at the time of grant of the option but may not extend beyond the end of the calendar year that is ten calendar years after the date the option is granted.

All options, restricted shares and any common stock for which such equity awards are exercised or with respect to which restrictions lapse are governed by a management stockholder’s agreement and a sale participation agreement, which together generally provide for the following:

 

   

transfer restrictions until the fifth anniversary of purchase/grant, subject to certain exceptions;

 

   

a right of first refusal by Holdings at any time after the fifth anniversary of purchase but prior to a registered public offering of the Class A Common Stock meeting certain specified criteria;

 

   

in the event of termination of employment for death or disability (as defined), if prior to the later of the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase/grant and a registered public offering, put rights by the stockholder with respect to Holdings stock and outstanding and exercisable options;

 

   

in the event of termination of employment other than for death or disability, if prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase/grant, call rights by the Company with respect to Holdings stock and outstanding and exercisable options;

 

   

“piggyback” registration rights on behalf of the members of management;

 

   

“tag-along” rights in connection with transfers by Fusion Acquisition LLC (“Fusion”), an entity controlled by investment funds affiliated with KKR, on behalf of the members of management and “drag-along” rights for Fusion and DLJMBP III; and

 

   

a confidentiality provision and noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions that apply for two years following termination of employment.

Employment Agreements and Arrangements

Employment agreement with Marc L. Reisch. In connection with the Transactions, Holdings entered into an employment agreement with Marc L. Reisch on the following terms, under which he serves as the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer and President.

Mr. Reisch’s employment agreement has an initial term of five years and automatically extends for additional one-year periods at the end of the initial term and each renewal term, subject to earlier termination of his employment by either Mr. Reisch or by us pursuant to the terms of the agreement. Mr. Reisch’s agreement provides for the payment of an annual base salary of not less than $850,000, subject to annual review and increase by our Board, plus an annual cash bonus opportunity between zero and 150% of annual base salary, with a target bonus of 100% of annual base salary (of which no less than 67% is to be based on certain EBITDA targets to be achieved). For 2007, Mr. Reisch received an annual base salary of $950,000.

Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Reisch was paid a cash signing bonus of $600,000, the after-tax proceeds of which were reinvested as part of his initial equity participation. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Reisch invested $3,500,000 in cash to purchase Holdings Class A Common Stock, and we granted him an option to purchase 3.5 shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock for every one share of the $3,500,000 in value of Holdings Class A Common Stock initially purchased by him. Under his stock option agreement, we granted Mr. Reisch options to purchase a total of 127,466 shares of Holdings stock, consisting of options to purchase 56,449 shares subject to time-based vesting (the “time options”) and options to purchase 71,017 shares subject to performance-based vesting (the “performance options”). The time options became vested and exercisable with

 

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respect to 9,104 of the shares on December 31, 2004. The time options, with respect to the remaining 47,345 shares, vest in five annual installments commencing on December 31, 2005 as to the following percentages: 25%, 25%, 25%, 15% and 10%. As of December 29, 2007 giving effect to vesting for 2007, a total of 44,613 shares were vested under the time options. The performance options will vest on a cliff basis on December 31, 2012, subject to acceleration based on the achievement of certain EBITDA targets. As of December 29, 2007 giving effect to vesting for 2007, a total of 53,263 shares were vested under the performance options. Additionally, under a restricted stock award agreement, we made a one-time grant of 10,405 shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock to Mr. Reisch, which stock is 100% vested and nonforfeitable by Mr. Reisch, subject to the same rights and restrictions set forth in the management stockholder’s agreement and the sale participation agreement described under “—Equity Compensation”, other than Holdings’ call rights in the event of termination of employment.

The employment agreement also provides for the Company’s payment of all premiums on a life insurance policy having a death benefit equal to $10.0 million that will be payable to such beneficiaries designated by Mr. Reisch. Mr. Reisch will be subject to noncompetition and nonsolicitation restrictions during the term of the employment agreement and for a period of two years following Mr. Reisch’s termination of employment. The employment agreement also includes a provision relating to non-disclosure of confidential information. In addition, the agreement provides for a retirement benefit, described in the narrative following the Pension Benefits table below. The agreement allows for certain payments and benefits upon termination, death, disability and a change in control as described in “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements - Employment Agreement with Marc L. Reisch.”

Change in Control Agreements. On May 10, 2007, Holdings and the Company entered into a change in control severance agreement with each of Paul Carousso, Vice President, Finance, and Marie Hlavaty, Vice President, General Counsel. The change in control agreements are effective through December 31, 2009 unless otherwise extended, provided that the change in control agreements shall remain in effect for a period of two years following a change in control (as defined in the agreements) during the term. The agreements allow for certain payments and benefits upon a change in control as described in “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements—Arrangements with Paul B. Carousso and Marie D. Hlavaty.”

Separation agreement with Michael L. Bailey. Mr. Bailey retired from Jostens on January 7, 2008, and, in connection therewith, we entered into a separation agreement with Mr. Bailey. The terms of the separation agreement and the payments to Mr. Bailey thereunder are discussed under “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements—Separation Agreement—Michael L. Bailey”.

Employment agreement with Timothy M. Larson. We entered into an employment agreement with Timothy M. Larson, effective as of January 7, 2008, on the following terms, under which he serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Jostens. Mr. Larson’s employment agreement has an initial term of five years and automatically extends for additional one-year periods at the end of the initial term and each renewal term, subject to earlier termination of his employment by either Mr. Larson or by us pursuant to the terms of the agreement. Mr. Larson’s agreement provides for the payment of an annual base salary of not less than $650,000, subject to annual review and increase by our Board after June 2009, plus an annual cash bonus opportunity between zero and 127% of annual base salary, with a target bonus of 85% of annual base salary (of which no less than 67% is to be based on certain EBITDA targets to be achieved). In addition, Mr. Larson will continue to be eligible for the extraordinary bonuses set forth in, and subject to the terms of, a letter agreement entered into between Mr. Larson and us on October 2, 2006 (the “2006 letter agreement”), which provides for an additional payment of $500,000 payable on October 31, 2008 so long as Mr. Larson remains in the active employment of Jostens as of the date of payment, provided that, if Mr. Larson’s employment is terminated without cause (as defined in the 2006 letter agreement) or due to his death prior to the payment date, the amount not paid will be paid to Mr. Larson upon the date of termination or, in the case of his death, to his estate on the date the payment otherwise would have been made. Payments of $600,000 and $500,000 have already been paid under the 2006

 

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letter agreement as of October 31, 2006 and October 31, 2007, respectively. Mr. Larson also receives executive health benefits, reimbursement for financial counseling services (including financial planning, tax preparation, estate planning, and tax and investment planning software) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500 annually and a monthly car allowance of $1,800 commencing May 1, 2008 (and the use of a company-leased vehicle until such time).

Pursuant to the employment agreement, Mr. Larson will also be eligible to participate in a long term incentive plan, with awards payable in cash based on the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock at the date of determination, subject to the achievement of performance targets to be established by the Board.

Mr. Larson is subject to noncompetition and nonsolicitation restrictions during the term of the employment agreement and for a period of two years following Mr. Larson’s termination of employment. The employment agreement also includes a provision relating to non-disclosure of confidential information.

As defined in the employment agreement, termination by us for “cause” may be based on any of the following: Mr. Larson’s willful and continued failure to perform his material duties which continues beyond ten days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Mr. Larson by us; the willful or intentional engaging in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to us or KKR and DLJMBP III or their affiliates; the commission of a crime constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or a material breach by Mr. Larson of the employment agreement, the management stockholder’s agreement, the sale participation agreement or the long term incentive agreement to be entered into in connection with the employment agreement including, engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants contained in the employment agreement, which continues beyond ten days after a written demand to cure the breach is delivered by us to Mr. Larson (to the extent that, in our Board’s reasonable judgment, the breach can be cured).

Also as defined in the employment agreement, “good reason” means: a reduction in Mr. Larson’s rate of base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunity (other than a general reduction in base salary or annual incentive compensation that affects all members of our senior management in substantially the same proportion, provided that Mr. Larson’s base salary is not reduced by more than 10%); a substantial reduction in Mr. Larson’s duties and responsibilities, an adverse change in Mr. Larson’s titles of president and chief executive officer of Jostens or the assignment to Mr. Larson of duties or responsibilities substantially inconsistent with such titles; or a transfer of Mr. Larson’s primary workplace by more than 50 miles outside of Bloomington, Minnesota.

If Mr. Larson’s employment were terminated by us for cause or by Mr. Larson without good reason, he would be entitled to receive a lump sum payment, which includes the amount of any earned but unpaid base salary, earned but unpaid annual bonus for the previously completed fiscal year, and accrued and unpaid vacation pay as well as reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses, all as of the date of termination. Also, Mr. Larson would receive any employee benefits that he may be entitled to under the applicable welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and qualified and nonqualified retirement plans then in effect upon termination of employment and under the 2006 letter agreement.

 

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If Mr. Larson is terminated by us without cause (which includes our nonrenewal of the agreement for any additional one-year period, as described above but excludes death or disability) or if he resigns for good reason, he will be entitled to receive, in addition to the amounts and benefits described above in connection with a termination by us for cause or by Mr. Larson without good reason: a lump sum payment equal to the prorated portion of the annual bonus, if any, Mr. Larson would have been entitled to receive for the year of termination, had he remained employed, payable when such bonuses are paid to other executives (the “Pro-Rata Bonus”), and (2) subject to his continued compliance with the restrictive covenants and his execution of a release of claims, an amount equal to the sum of (a) 24 months’ base salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the date of termination plus (b) two times his target bonus for the year of termination, payable in 24 equal monthly installments; and continued participation in health and welfare benefit plans until the earlier of 24 months after the date of termination or the date that Mr. Larson becomes eligible for comparable coverage by any subsequent employer.

In the event that Mr. Larson’s employment is terminated due to his death or disability (defined in the employment agreement as being unable to perform his duties due to physical or mental incapacity for six consecutive months or nine months in any consecutive 18-month period), Mr. Larson (or his estate, as the case may be) will be entitled to receive, in addition to the amounts described above in connection with a termination by us for cause or by Mr. Larson without good reason, the Pro-Rata Bonus.

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 29, 2007

The following table presents the outstanding equity awards held as of December 29, 2007 (giving effect to vesting for 2007) by each named executive officer.

 

     Option Awards   Stock Awards

Name

  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options

(#)
Exercisable

(1)
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options

(#)
Unexercisable
(2)
    Equity
Incentive Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options

(#) (7)
    Option
Exercise
Price
($) (8)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested

(#)
    Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested

($)
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares, Units
or Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested

(#)

Marc L. Reisch

  880

97,876

  —  

11,837 

 

(3)

  —  

17,754

 

 

  $

$

30.09

39.07

  1/17/2014

10/4/2014

  —  

—  

 

 

   

 

—  

—  

 

 

  —  
—  

Paul B. Carousso

  7,024   935  (4)   1,406     $ 39.07   3/15/2015   —         —       —  

Marie D. Hlavaty

  14,048   1,873  (5)   2,810     $ 39.07   3/15/2015   —         —       —  

Michael L. Bailey

  9,387

27,314

  —  

3,120 

 

(6)

  —  

5,9850 

 

(6)

  $

$

30.09

39.07

  1/17/2014

12/31/2015

  —  
—  
 
 
   

 

—  

—  

 

 

  —  
—  

John Van Horn

  —     —       —       $ —       3,000 (9)   $ 714,600 (10)   —  

 

(1) Represents options that are vested and exercisable but not yet exercised.
(2) Represents options that remain unvested and unexercisable as of December 29, 2007 and which will vest based on the passage of time and the executive’s continued service or an earlier change in control.
(3) Vests with respect to 7,102 shares after the end of fiscal year 2008 and 4,735 shares after the end of fiscal year 2009.
(4) Vests with respect to 562 shares after the end of fiscal year 2008 and 373 shares after the end of fiscal year 2009.
(5) Vests with respect to 1,124 shares after the end of fiscal year 2008 and 749 shares after the end of fiscal year 2009.
(6) All unvested stock options held by Mr. Bailey as of January 7, 2008 (after giving effect to vesting based on 2007 performance) expired and were cancelled without payment in connection with his retirement. All vested options will remain exercisable through December 31, 2008 so long as Mr. Bailey remains employed by Visant (or if such employment is terminated other than due to Mr. Bailey’s breach or resignation, death or disability, prior to such date).
(7) Represents options that remain unvested and unexercisable as of December 29, 2007 and which will vest based on certain annual performance measures being met. See “—Equity Compensation” for a discussion of “performance options”.

 

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(8) There is no established public trading market for the Holdings Class A Common Stock and, therefore, the exercise prices listed in this column represent the fair market value of a share of the Holdings Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, based on an independent third party valuation, as of the grant date of the option (in each case the original option exercise price was adjusted in April 2006 in connection with the special dividend paid on Holdings Class A Common Stock).
(9) The stock will vest in one installment on January 15, 2009, subject to Mr. Van Horn’s continued service. The stock is subject to accelerated vesting in the event of certain termination of employment events, namely upon Mr. Van Horn’s death or disability or upon a change in control, which is described under “—Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements-Accelerated Vesting of Restricted Stock.”
(10) There is no established public trading market for the Holdings Class A Common Stock. For purposes of this table, the market value of shares that have not vested is calculated based on the fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock of $238.20 per share as of December 29, 2007, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors under the 2004 Plan.

Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2007

There were no stock options exercised or restricted stock awards which vested during 2007.

Pension Benefits in 2007

The following table presents the present value of accumulated pension benefits as of December 29, 2007.

Pension Benefits

 

    Jostens Pension Plan (1)   Jostens ERISA Excess Plan   Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (SERP)
  Contractual
Retirement Benefit

Name

  Number
of
Years
Credited
Service
(#)
    Present
Value
of
Accum-
ulated
Benefits

($) (2)
  Payments
During

Last
Fiscal
Year ($)
  Number
of
Years
Credited
Service (#)
  Present
Value
of
Accum-
ulated
Benefits

($) (2)
  Payments
During

Last
Fiscal
Year ($)
  Number
of
Years
Credited
Service
(#)
    Present
Value
of
Accum-
ulated
Benefits
($) (2)
  Payments
During
Last
Fiscal
Year ($)
  Number
of
Years
Credited
Service
(#)
  Present
Value
of
Accum-
ulated
Benefits
($) (2)
  Payments
During
Last
Fiscal
Year ($)

Marc L. Reisch

  3.2     $ 34,649   $ —     3.2   $ 232,560   $ —     3.2     $ 318,302   $ —     N/A   $ 106,915   $ —  

Paul B. Carousso

  3.2     $ 14,460   $ —     3.2   $ 8,459   $ —     3.2     $ 37,523   $ —     N/A     N/A     N/A

Marie D. Hlavaty

  3.2     $ 22,270   $ —     3.2   $ 27,296   $ —     3.2     $ 69,509   $ —     N/A     N/A     N/A

Michael L. Bailey

  23  (3)   $ 267,730   $ —     23   $ 936,980   $ —     22.0  (4)   $ 1,223,858   $ —     N/A     N/A     N/A

John Van Horn

  3.2     $ 74,427   $ —     3.2   $ 122,565   $ —     N/A       N/A     N/A   N/A     N/A     N/A

 

N/A = Not applicable

(1) Mr. Bailey is a grandfathered participant in Plan D based on his age and years of service with Jostens as of December 29, 2007 (see the explanation of the grandfathered benefit below). Messrs. Reisch, Carousso and Van Horn and Ms. Hlavaty participate in Plan D but not as grandfathered participants.
(2) The present value of accumulated benefits is determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements.
(3) Under the Jostens ERISA Excess Plan, Mr. Bailey has an additional credit under Plan D for 6.5 years of sales service to Jostens.
(4) The accrual of credited service for Mr. Bailey ceased on January 7, 2008 upon his retirement.

Jostens maintains a tax-qualified, non-contributory pension plan, Pension Plan D (“Plan D”), which provides benefits for certain salaried employees. Jostens also maintains an unfunded supplemental retirement plan (the “Jostens ERISA Excess Plan”) that gives additional credit for years of service as a Jostens’ sales representative to those salespersons who were hired as employees of Jostens prior to October 1, 1991, calculating the benefits as if such years of service were credited under Plan D. Benefits specified in Plan D may exceed the level of benefits that may be paid from a tax-qualified plan under the Internal Revenue Code. The Jostens ERISA Excess Plan also pays benefits that would have been provided from Plan D but cannot because they exceed the level of benefits that may be paid from a tax-qualified plan under the Code.

For Plan D and the Jostens ERISA Excess Plan:

 

   

Normal retirement age is 65 with at least five years of service, while early retirement is allowed at age 55 with at least ten years of service. Employees who retire prior to age 65 are subject to an early retirement factor adjustment based on their age at benefit commencement. The reduction is 7.8% for each year between ages 62 and 65 and 4.2% for each year between 55 and 62.

 

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The vesting period is five years or attainment of age 65.

 

   

The formula to determine retirement income benefits prior to January 1, 2006 (the grandfathered benefit), was based on a participant’s highest average annual cash compensation (W-2 earnings, excluding certain long term incentives and certain taxable allowances such as moving allowance) during any five consecutive calendar years, years of credited service (to a maximum of 35 years) and the Social Security covered compensation table in effect as of retirement. The grandfathered benefit formula is 0.85% of average annual salary up to Social Security covered compensation plus 1.50% of average annual salary in excess of Social Security covered compensation times years of benefit service (up to 35 maximum). Only those employees age 45 and over with more than 15 years of service as of December 31, 2005 are entitled to the grandfathered benefit.

 

   

Effective January 1, 2006, the formula to determine an employee’s retirement income benefits for future service under the plan changed for employees under age 45 with less than 15 years of service as of December 31, 2005 (non-grandfathered participants). Benefits earned prior to January 1, 2006 are retained and only benefits earned for future years are calculated under the revised formula. The formula for benefits earned after January 1, 2006 for the non-grandfathered participants is based on 1 percent of a participant’s cash compensation (W-2 compensation) for each year or partial year of benefit service beginning January 1, 2006.

 

   

For employees age 45 and over with 15 or more years of service as of December 31, 2005 (grandfathered participants), the formula to determine an employee’s retirement income benefit is the greater of the formula in effect prior to 2006 or the combined pre and post 2006 benefit described in the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

   

The methods of payment upon retirement include, but are not limited to, life annuity, 50%, 75% or 100% joint and survivor annuity and life annuity with ten year certain.

 

   

There is a cap on the maximum annual salary that can be used to calculate the benefit accrual allowable under Plan D. Additional salary over the cap is used to calculate the accrued benefit under the Jostens ERISA Excess Plan. No more than $225,000 of salary could be recognized in 2007 under Plan D and this limitation will increase periodically as established by the IRS.

We also maintain non-contributory unfunded supplemental pension plans (“SERPs”) for certain named executive officers. Participants who retire after age 60 with at least seven full calendar years of service as an executive officer (as defined under the SERP) are eligible for a benefit equal to 1% of final base salary in effect at age 60 for each full calendar year of service, up to a maximum of 30 years. The result of the calculation is divided by 12 to arrive at a monthly benefit payment. Only service after age 30 is recognized under the SERP. The calculation of benefits is frozen at the levels reached at age 60. If the employee’s employment is terminated for any reason other than death or total disability after reaching age 55 and completing seven years of service as an executive officer, but before reaching age 60, the employee shall be entitled to an early retirement benefit in equal monthly installments equal to 1% of the employee’s base salary in effect at termination, multiplied by the employee’s years of service. In the event of a change in control, a participant is deemed to have completed at least seven years of service as an executive officer. Also under the SERP, if an employee dies at any time before satisfying the age and service requirements for receiving a benefit under the SERP, the employee’s beneficiary will receive a lump sum payment equal to twice the employee’s base salary in effect at the time of death or earlier if there was a termination due to total disability (as defined in the SERP). If an employee has completed seven years of service and is terminated by reason of total disability prior to reaching age 55, the period of the employee’s total disability will count as years of services until that employee attains age 55 (unless the employee recovers from the disability). There are certain restrictive covenant provisions under the SERPs. Under the SERPs, “a change in control” is defined as any of the following:

 

   

the sale, lease, exchange or other transfer, directly or indirectly, of all or substantially all of the assets of the participant’s employer, in one transaction or in a series of related transactions;

 

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the approval by the stockholders of any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution;

 

   

any person is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of (1) 20% or more, but not more than 50%, of the combined voting power of the employer’s outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors, unless the transaction resulting in such ownership has been approved in advance by the continuing directors, or (2) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the employer’s outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors;

 

   

a merger or consolidation to which the employer is a party if the stockholders of the employer immediately prior to the effective date of such merger or consolidation have, solely on account of ownership of securities of the employer at such time, beneficial ownership immediately following the effective date of such merger or consolidation of securities of the surviving corporation representing (1) 50% or more, but not more than 80%, of the combined voting power of the surviving corporation’s then outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors, unless such merger or consolidation has been approved in advance by the continuing directors, or (2) less than 50% of the combined voting power of the surviving corporation’s then outstanding securities ordinarily having the right to vote at elections of directors; or

 

   

the continuity directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the board of directors.

For purposes of the SERPs, the named executive officer’s “employer” is Holdings, other than Mr. Bailey, for which it is Jostens, Inc. Due to his retirement on January 7, 2008, Michael L. Bailey had a termination of employment under the SERP and ceased to accrue additional benefits under his SERP as of such date.

Under the terms of our employment agreement with Marc L. Reisch, if Mr. Reisch’s employment terminates for any reason after December 31, 2009, he is entitled to a retirement benefit supplemental to those benefits payable under our qualified and nonqualified retirement plans, which constitutes an annual lifetime retirement benefit commencing on the later of the date of his employment termination for any reason or the date he achieves age 60. The benefit is equal to, generally, 10% of the average of Mr. Reisch’s (1) base salary and (2) annual bonuses payable over the five fiscal years ended prior to his termination, plus 2% of such average compensation (prorated for any partial years) earned for each additional year of service accruing after December 31, 2009, less benefits paid under the other retirement plans. The vesting of this benefit would accelerate upon a “change in control” of the Company, upon Mr. Reisch’s death or disability, or after the third anniversary of October 4, 2004, upon termination of Mr. Reisch’s employment by us without cause, or by his resignation for good reason (including if we do not renew the employment agreement). Also, under the employment agreement, at such time as Mr. Reisch vests in the foregoing retirement benefit, Mr. Reisch and his eligible dependents will be eligible for welfare benefits which are equivalent to the then current programs offered to active salaried employees. Coverage ends after the earlier of age 65 or the date on which he becomes eligible for comparable coverage from a subsequent employer, and in the case Mr. Reisch has vested in the retirement benefit explained above or on account of his death, his then spouse is entitled to receive the post-retirement medical benefits until the date on which Mr. Reisch would, but for his death, have attained age 65.

Under the agreement, a “change in control” means:

 

   

the sale of all or substantially all of our assets other than to KKR or DLJMBP III or any of their affiliates;

 

   

a sale by KKR and DLJMBP III or their affiliates resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of the Company being held by a “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in the Exchange Act) that does not include KKR or DLJMBP III or their affiliates, if the sale results in the inability of KKR and DLJMBP III and certain of their affiliates to elect a majority of the members of our board of directors or the board of directors of the resulting entity; or

 

   

a merger or consolidation of us into another person which is not an affiliate of either of KKR and DLJMBP III, if the merger or consolidation results in the inability of KKR or DLJMBP III and certain of their affiliates to elect a majority of the members of our board of directors or the board of directors of the resulting entity.

 

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation for 2007

None of the named executive officers receives any nonqualified deferred compensation.

Termination, Severance and Change of Control Arrangements

Employment Agreement with Marc L. Reisch

Termination by us for cause or by Mr. Reisch without good reason. Under the employment agreement between us and Mr. Reisch, termination for “cause” requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of our Board (or such higher percentage or procedures required under the 2004 Stockholders Agreement) and may be based on any of the following:

 

   

Mr. Reisch’s willful and continued failure to perform his material duties which continues beyond ten days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Mr. Reisch by us;

 

   

the willful or intentional engaging in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to us or KKR and DLJMBP III or their affiliates;

 

   

the commission of a crime constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or

 

   

a material breach by Mr. Reisch of the employment agreement, the management stockholder’s agreement, the sale participation agreement, or the stock option agreement or restricted stock award agreement entered into in connection with the employment agreement, including, engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants contained in the employment agreement, which continues beyond ten days after a written demand to cure the breach is delivered by us to Mr. Reisch (to the extent that, in our Board’s reasonable judgment, the breach can be cured).

Under the employment agreement between us and Mr. Reisch, Mr. Reisch is required to provide 60 days advance written notice of any termination of his employment by him for good reason. “Good reason” means:

 

   

a reduction in Mr. Reisch’s rate of base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunity (other than a general reduction in base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunities that affect all members of our senior management equally, which general reduction will only be implemented by our Board after consultation with Mr. Reisch);

 

   

a material reduction in Mr. Reisch’s duties and responsibilities, an adverse change in Mr. Reisch’s titles of chairman and chief executive officer or the assignment to Mr. Reisch of duties or responsibilities materially inconsistent with such titles; however, none of the foregoing will be deemed to occur by virtue of the removal of Mr. Reisch from the position of chairman of the board following the completion of a public offering of the Holdings Class A Common Stock meeting certain specified criteria; or

 

   

a transfer of Mr. Reisch’s primary workplace by more than 50 miles outside of Armonk, New York.

If Mr. Reisch’s employment were terminated by us for cause or by Mr. Reisch without good reason, he would be entitled to receive a lump sum payment, which includes the amount of any earned but unpaid base salary, earned but unpaid annual bonus for a previously completed fiscal year, and accrued and unpaid vacation pay as well as reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses, all as of the date of termination. In addition, Mr. Reisch would receive the supplemental retirement benefit described in the narrative following the Pension Benefits table (if termination occurs after December 31, 2009) and the transfer of the life insurance policy described under “—Employment Agreements and Arrangements—Employment Agreement with Marc L. Reisch” such that Mr. Reisch may assume the policy at his own expense. Also, Mr. Reisch would receive any employee benefits that he may be entitled to under the applicable welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and qualified and nonqualified retirement plans then in effect upon termination of employment.

 

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Termination by us without Cause or by Mr. Reisch for Good Reason. The employment agreement also provides that if Mr. Reisch is terminated by us without Cause (which includes our nonrenewal of the agreement for any additional one-year period, as described above but excludes death or disability) or if he resigns for Good Reason, he will be entitled to receive, in addition to the amounts and benefits described above in connection with a termination by us for cause or by Mr. Reisch without good reason:

 

   

(1) a lump sum payment equal to the prorated bonus for the year of termination, and (2) an amount equal to two times the sum of (a) Mr. Reisch’s then annual base salary plus (b) his target bonus for the year of termination, payable in 24 equal monthly installments; and

 

   

continued participation in welfare benefit plans until the earlier of two years after the date of termination or the date that Mr. Reisch becomes covered by a similar plan maintained by any subsequent employer, or cash in an amount that allows him to purchase equivalent coverage for the same period.

Disability or Death. In the event that Mr. Reisch’s employment is terminated due to his death or disability (defined in the employment agreement as being unable to perform his duties due to physical or mental incapacity for six consecutive months or nine months in any consecutive 18-month period), Mr. Reisch (or his estate, as the case may be) will be entitled to receive, in addition to the amounts described above in connection with a termination by us for cause or by Mr. Reisch without good reason, a lump sum payment equal to the prorated portion of the annual bonus, if any, Mr. Reisch would have been entitled to receive for the year of termination, payable within 15 days after the date of termination.

Supplemental Retirement Benefit. The vesting of the supplemental retirement benefit granted to Mr. Reisch under his employment agreement upon certain change in control, termination or resignation events is described under “—Employment Agreements and Arrangements—Employment Agreement with Marc L. Reisch”.

Additional Post-Termination Medical Benefits. At the time the supplemental retirement benefit described above vests, Mr. Reisch and his dependents would be provided with medical benefits, on the same terms as would have applied had Mr. Reisch continued to be employed by us, until the earlier of (1) the date on which Mr. Reisch attains age 65 or (2) Mr. Reisch becomes eligible to receive comparable coverage from a subsequent employer. If vesting in the supplemental retirement benefit were to occur on account of death, then Mr. Reisch’s then-spouse would be entitled to receive the post-retirement medical benefits until the date on which Mr. Reisch would, but for his death, have attained age 65.

Gross-Up Payments for Excise Taxes. Under the terms of the employment agreement, if it is determined that any payment, benefit or distribution to or for the benefit of Mr. Reisch would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code by reason of being “contingent on a change in ownership or control” of his employer within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code, or any interest or penalties are incurred by Mr. Reisch with respect to the excise tax, then Mr. Reisch would be entitled to receive an additional payment or payments, or a “gross-up payment”. The gross-up payment would be equal to an amount such that after payment by Mr. Reisch of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed relating to such taxes), Mr. Reisch would retain an amount equal to the excise tax (including any interest and penalties) imposed.

Acceleration of Options Upon Change in Control. In the event of a change in control of the Company, the vesting of Mr. Reisch’s time options will accelerate in full, and the vesting of his performance options may accelerate if specified performance targets have been achieved.

Post-termination Payments. The information below is provided to disclose hypothetical payments to Marc L. Reisch under various termination scenarios, assuming, in each situation, that Mr. Reisch was terminated on December 29, 2007 (and excluding any amounts accrued as of the date of termination).

 

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Post-Termination Payments

Marc L. Reisch

 

     Voluntary
termination
Without
Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
for Cause
($)
   Voluntary
Termination
With Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
Without
Cause ($)
    Termination in
Connection
with a Change
in Control ($)
(9)
    Disability
($)
    Death
($)
 

Severance

   $ —      $ 3,800,000  (5)   $ 3,800,0000  (5)   $ —       $ —    

Annual Incentive

   $ —      $ 950,000  (6)   $ 950,000  (6)   $ 950,000  (6)   $ 950,000  (6)

Stock Options

     (3)      (7)     $ 5,892,456  (10)     (11)       (11)  

Incremental Pension Benefits (1)

   $ —      $ —       $ —       $ —       $ 1,207,574  (12)

Continuation of Welfare Benefits

   $ —      $ 22,338  (8)   $ 22,338  (8)   $ —       $ —    

Additional Post-Termination Medical Benefits (2)

   $  67,214    $ 67,214     $ 67,214     $ 67,214     $ 46,939  

Insurance

     (4)      (4)       (4)       (4)       (4)  

 

(1) Represents the net increase in the actuarial present value of accumulated benefits under Plan D, the Jostens Excess ERISA Plan, the SERP and the additional supplemental retirement benefit under the employment agreement with Mr. Reisch over the aggregate actuarial present value of accumulated benefits reported in the Pension Benefits table (determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements).
(2) Represents the present value of the additional post-termination medical benefits under Mr. Reisch’s employment agreement, determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements.
(3) No additional options would be vested as of termination. Vested options will terminate without payment.
(4) Assumes the $10 million life insurance policy is transferred to Mr. Reisch, with future premiums to be paid by Mr. Reisch.
(5) Total amount equals two times the sum of Mr. Reisch’s annual base salary as of December 29, 2007 plus his target bonus for the year of termination, payable in 24 equal monthly installments.
(6) Payable as a lump sum.
(7) No additional options would be vested as of termination (other than options vested for the completed fiscal year upon determination of performance targets being met); vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over the exercise price.
(8) Mr. Reisch’s employment agreement requires that we continue his welfare benefits for 24 months unless he becomes eligible for coverage under comparable benefit plans from any subsequent employer. The table reflects the 2008 monthly premium payable by us for medical, dental and vision benefits in which Mr. Reisch and his dependents participated at December 29, 2007, multiplied by 24 months.
(9)

Mr. Reisch would be entitled to an additional payment (a gross-up) in the event it shall be determined that any payment, benefit or distribution (or combination thereof) by us for his benefit (whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of our employment agreement with Mr. Reisch, or otherwise pursuant to or by reason of any other agreement, policy, plan, program or arrangement, including without limitation any stock option, restricted stock, or the lapse or termination of any restriction on the vesting or exercisability of any of the foregoing) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code by reason of being “contingent on a change in ownership or control” of us, within the meaning of Section 280G of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by Mr. Reisch with respect to the excise tax. The payment would be in an amount such that after payment by Mr. Reisch of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect to those taxes), including, without limitation,

 

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any income taxes (and any interest and penalties imposed with respect thereto) and the excise tax imposed upon the gross-up available to cause the imposition of such taxes to be avoided, Mr. Reisch retains an amount equal to the excise tax (including any interest and penalties) imposed. However, there may be certain statutory exemptions based on our being a privately held Company that would avoid the imposition of the excise tax.

(10) Value calculated is the gain based on $238.20 per share (the fair market value of a share of Holdings Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as of December 29, 2007) net of exercise prices. Assumes accelerated vesting of all performance options.
(11) No additional options would be vested as of termination for death or disability, vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over exercise price, or at the option of Mr. Reisch or his estate, subject to put to us at the same spread.
(12) The SERP provides a pre-retirement death benefit such that, if an employee dies at any time before satisfying the age and service requirements for receiving a pension benefit, the employee’s beneficiary will receive a lump sum payment equal to twice the employee’s base salary in effect at the time of death.

Arrangements with Paul B. Carousso and Marie D. Hlavaty

Change in Control Severance Agreements. The change in control severance agreements between us and each of Paul B. Carousso, Vice President, Finance, and Marie D. Hlavaty, Vice President, General Counsel, provide for severance payments and benefits to the executive if, during the term of the agreement, his or her employment is terminated without cause or if the executive resigns with good reason within two years following a change in control. A “change in control” is defined as: (1) the sale (in one or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings to an unaffiliated person; (2) a sale (in one transaction or a series of transactions) resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of Holdings being held by an unaffiliated person; or (3) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of Holdings with or into an unaffiliated person, in each case if and only if any such event listed in (1) through (3) above results in the inability of the Sponsors, or any member of members of the Sponsors, to designate or elect a majority of the Board (or the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). The change in control agreements are effective through December 31, 2009 unless otherwise extended, provided that the agreements shall remain in effect for a period of two years following a change in control during the term.

Under the change in control agreements, “cause” may be based on any of the following:

 

   

the executive’s willful and continued failure to perform his or her material duties which continues beyond ten days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to the executive by us;

 

   

the willful or intentional engaging in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to us or KKR and DLJMBP III or their affiliates;

 

   

the commission of a crime constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or

 

   

a material breach by the executive of the change in control agreement or any other agreement, including engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants which continues beyond ten days after a written demand to cure the breach is delivered by us to the executive (to the extent that, in our Board’s reasonable judgment, the breach can be cured).

Also under the change in control agreements, “good reason” means:

 

   

a reduction in the executive’s base salary or annual incentive compensation (other than a general reduction in base salary that affects all members of our senior management in substantially the same proportion, provided that the executive’s base salary is not reduced by more than 10%);

 

   

a substantial reduction or adverse change in the executive’s duties and responsibilities;

 

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a transfer of the executive’s primary workplace by more than fifty miles outside his or her current workplace;

 

   

our failure to cause our successor to assume our obligation under the change in control severance agreement; or

 

   

our failure, or our successor’s failure, to maintain the change in control agreement for a two-year period following a change in control.

The severance payments and benefits under the change in control agreements are in lieu of any other severance benefits except as required by law and include an amount equal to one times the sum of (1) the executive’s then current annual base salary and (2) the higher of (a) an amount equal to the executive’s annual cash bonus at target for the year of termination or (b) an amount equal to the average bonus rate paid to the executive for the two years prior to termination multiplied by the executive’s then current annual base salary, payable over the twelve months following the date of termination (subject to deferral for a period of time under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, as amended, as may be necessary to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A). In addition, the executive would be entitled to:

 

 

 

a lump sum amount equal to his or her annual target bonus for the year of termination, provided if termination is prior to September 30th, the amount shall be pro-rated for the portion of the year the executive was employed, payable at the time payments are otherwise made under the bonus plan;

 

   

continued coverage under our group health benefits for twelve months (or earlier if otherwise covered by subsequent employer comparable benefits), or if plans are terminated or coverage is not permissible under law, a cash stipend in an equivalent amount to what we would otherwise pay for such executive’s group health continuation); and

 

   

any other vested and accrued benefits under plans in which he or she participates and unreimbursed business expenses prior to the date of termination.

The severance payments and benefits to be paid under the terms of the change in control agreements are subject to the executive entering into a severance agreement, including a general waiver and release of claims against us and our affiliates, and the executive’s continued compliance with the restrictive covenants to which the executives are otherwise bound pursuant to other agreements in place with us.

Acceleration of Options Upon Change in Control. Mr. Carousso and Ms. Hlavaty each hold time options that would immediately become vested and exercisable, and performance options which may accelerate, if specified performance targets have been achieved, all upon a change in control. See “—Equity Compensation”.

Post-termination Payments—Paul Carousso. The information below is provided to disclose hypothetical payments to Paul Carousso under various termination scenarios, assuming, in each situation, that Mr. Carousso was terminated on December 29, 2007 (and excluding any amounts accrued as of the date of termination).

Post-Termination Benefits

Paul Carousso

 

    Voluntary
Termination
without
Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
for Cause
($)
  Voluntary
Termination
with Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
without
Cause ($)
  Termination in
Connection
with a Change
in Control ($)
    Disability
($)
  Death ($)

Severance

  $ —     $ —     $ 415,307 (5)   $ —     $ —  

Annual Incentive

  $ —     $ —     $ 132,500 (6)   $ —     $ —  

Stock Options

    (3)     (4)   $ 466,163 (7)     (8)     (8)

Incremental Pension Benefits (1)

  $ —     $ —     $ —       $ 21,011   $ 469,558

Continuation of Health Benefits (2)

  $ —     $ —     $ 11,714     $ —     $ —  

 

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(1) Represents the net increase in the actuarial present value of accumulated benefits under Plan D, the Jostens Excess ERISA Plan and the SERP over the aggregate actuarial present value of accumulated benefits reported in the Pension Benefits table (determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements).
(2) The change in control agreement requires that we continue Mr. Carousso’s group health benefits for 12 months unless he becomes eligible for coverage under comparable benefit plans from any subsequent employer (or provide a cash stipend in an equivalent amount to what we would otherwise pay for Mr. Carousso’s group health continuation). The table reflects the 2008 monthly premium payable by us for group health benefits in which Mr. Carousso and his dependents participated at December 29, 2007, multiplied by 12 months less the then applicable employee contribution.
(3) No additional options would be vested as of termination. Vested options will terminate without payment.
(4) No additional options would be vested as of termination (other than options vested for the completed fiscal year upon determination of performance targets being met); vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over the exercise price.
(5) Total amount equals the sum of (i) Mr. Carousso’s annual base salary as of December 29, 2007 and (ii) an amount equal to the average bonus rate paid to Mr. Carousso for the two years prior to termination multiplied by Mr. Carousso’s annual base salary as of December 29, 2007, payable over 12 months in equal installments in accordance with our normal payroll practices. For purposes of clarification, the only current written arrangement with respect to severance payments for Mr. Carousso is pursuant to his change in control severance agreement.
(6) Payable as a lump sum.
(7) Value calculated is the gain based on $238.20 per share (the fair market value of a share of Holdings Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as of December 29, 2007) net of exercise prices. Assumes vesting of all performance options.
(8) No additional options would be vested as of termination for death or disability, vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over exercise price, or at the option of Mr. Carousso or his estate, subject to put to us at the same spread.

Post-termination Payments—Marie Hlavaty. The information below is provided to disclose hypothetical payments to Marie Hlavaty under various termination scenarios, assuming, in each situation, that Ms. Hlavaty was terminated on December 29, 2007 (and excluding any amounts accrued as of the date of termination).

Post-Termination Benefits

Marie Hlavaty

 

     Voluntary
Termination
without
Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
for Cause
($)
   Voluntary
Termination
with Good
Reason or
Involuntary
Termination
without
Cause

($)
   Termination in
Connection
with a Change
in Control

($)
    Disability
($)
   Death
($)

Severance

   $ —      $ —      $ 566,247 (5)   $ —      $ —  

Annual Incentive

   $ —      $ —      $ 181,500 (6)   $ —      $ —  

Stock Options

     (3)      (4)    $ 932,526 (7)     (8)      (8)

Incremental Pension Benefits (1)

   $ —      $ —      $ —       $ 30,923    $ 540,925

Continuation of Health Benefits (2)

   $ —      $ —      $ 3,716     $ —      $ —  

 

(1) Represents the net increase in the actuarial present value of accumulated benefits under Plan D, the Jostens Excess ERISA Plan and the SERP over the aggregate actuarial present value of accumulated benefits reported in the Pension Benefits table (determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements).

 

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(2) The change in control agreement requires that we continue Ms. Hlavaty’s group health benefits for 12 months unless she becomes eligible for coverage under comparable benefit plans from any subsequent employer (or provide a cash stipend in an equivalent amount to what we would otherwise pay for Ms. Hlavaty’s group health continuation). The table reflects the 2008 monthly premium payable by us for group health benefits in which Ms. Hlavaty participated at December 29, 2007, multiplied by 12 months less the then applicable employee contribution.
(3) No additional options would be vested as of termination. Vested options will terminate without payment.
(4) No additional options would be vested as of termination (other than options vested for the completed fiscal year upon determination of performance targets being met); vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over the exercise price.
(5) Total amount equals the sum of (a) Ms. Hlavaty’s annual base salary as of December 29, 2007 and (b) an amount equal to the average bonus rate paid to Ms. Hlavaty for the two years prior to termination multiplied by Ms. Hlavaty’s annual base salary as of December 29, 2007, payable over 12 months in equal installments in accordance with our normal payroll practices. For purposes of clarification, the only current written arrangement with respect to severance payments for Ms. Hlavaty is pursuant to her change in control severance agreement.
(6) Payable as a lump sum.
(7) Value calculated is the gain based on $238.20 per share (the fair market value of a share of Holdings Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as of December 29, 2007) net of exercise prices. Assumes vesting of all performance options.
(8) No additional options would be vested as of termination for death or disability, vested options will be subject to call by us, at our option, at the excess of fair market value of Holdings Class A Common Stock over exercise price, or at the option of Ms. Hlavaty or her estate, subject to put to us at the same spread.

Accelerated Vesting of Restricted Stock—John Van Horn

John Van Horn holds 3,000 shares of restricted stock that would vest upon a termination by us without cause, a termination by Mr. Van Horn with good reason, upon a change in control (as defined under the 2004 Plan)(whether or not his employment is terminated) or upon Mr. Van Horn’s disability or death. As of December 29, 2007, none of the shares of restricted stock was vested. If one of the foregoing events had occurred on December 29, 2007, Mr. Van Horn would have become fully vested in the stock with a value of $714,600, based on the fair market value of the stock on such date of $238.20 per share. Under the restricted stock award agreement between us and Mr. Van Horn, “Good reason” means a reduction in Mr. Van Horn’s base salary (other than a general reduction in base salary that affects all members of our senior management in substantially the same proportion, provided that Mr. Van Horn’s base salary is not reduced by more than 10%), a material reduction in Mr. Van Horn’s duties and responsibilities or a transfer of Mr. Van Horn’s primary workplace by more than fifty miles outside his current workplace. Also under the restricted stock award agreement, termination for “cause” is defined as any of the following:

 

   

Mr. Van Horn’s willful and continued failure to perform his material duties which continues beyond ten days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered by us;

 

   

the willful or intentional engaging in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to us or KKR and DLJMBP III and their affiliates;

 

   

the commission of a crime constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or

 

   

a material breach by Mr. Van Horn of the restricted stock award agreement, or any other agreement, including engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants, which continues beyond ten days after a written demand to cure the breach is delivered by us (to the extent that, in our Board’s reasonable judgment, the breach can be cured).

 

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Separation Agreement—Michael L. Bailey

On January 7, 2008, Jostens announced that Michael L. Bailey retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Jostens effective on that day. In connection with Mr. Bailey’s retirement, we entered into a letter agreement (as amended) which contains the following provisions:

 

   

For the period commencing January 7, 2008 and ending on June 30, 2009, Mr. Bailey will be employed by Visant as a non-executive, part-time employee, providing such services from time to time reasonably requested by us, subject to the earlier termination of such employment by Mr. Bailey or by us for breach;

 

   

Under the letter agreement, “breach” includes the following: the willful or intentional engaging in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to us or KKR and DLJMBP III and their affiliates; the commission of a crime constituting a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or a material breach by Mr. Bailey of any agreement, including engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants, which continues beyond ten days after a written demand to cure the breach is delivered by us (to the extent that, in our Board of Directors’ reasonable judgment, the breach can be cured);

 

   

In consideration of a general release and waiver of claims against Jostens and its affiliates and his obligations under the letter agreement, Mr. Bailey will receive payments in the aggregate amount of $600,000 payable as follows: $500,000 will be paid in equal bi-monthly installments during calendar year 2008 and $100,000 will be paid in equal bi-monthly installments between January 1, 2009 and June 30, 2009, provided that any unpaid payments will be forfeited if Mr. Bailey’s part-time employment is terminated by us for his breach;

 

   

Mr. Bailey will be eligible to participate in the group medical, dental and vision plans provided to our other employees, at his sole cost and expense, until June 30, 2009 or the earlier termination of his part-time employment by Mr. Bailey for any reason (including death or disability) or by us for his breach;

 

   

Mr. Bailey, as an employee of Visant, will be permitted to participate in (and become vested under) any other tax-qualified or non-qualified retirement plans in which he participated prior to the effective date of his retirement, other than his SERP, to the extent permitted under the terms of such plans and applicable law;

 

   

Mr. Bailey will not earn or accrue any additional benefits under his SERP after his termination of employment with Jostens; benefits thereunder will be payable in accordance with the terms of such agreement;

 

   

All unvested stock options held by Mr. Bailey as of January 7, 2008 expired and were cancelled without payment. All options to purchase Holdings Class A Common Stock vested as of the date of his retirement will remain exercisable through January 1, 2009 subject to and in accordance with the other terms of the agreement. In exchange for the cancellation, on or about January 1, 2009, Holdings will settle the options pursuant to a cashless exercise by Mr. Bailey of his vested options based on the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock underlying the options, less an amount equal to the applicable exercise prices for the options and applicable taxes, and Mr. Bailey will receive the net number of shares of Class A Common Stock (“Option Stock”). The Company will purchase the Option Stock from Mr. Bailey following a holding period at the then fair market value of the stock as of the repurchase date, or upon an earlier change in control. On or about April 1, 2009, Holdings will purchase all shares of Class A Common Stock held by Mr. Bailey at January 7, 2008 at a per share purchase price equal to the fair market value of the Class A Common Stock as of December 31, 2008;

 

   

For purposes of the restrictive covenants regarding confidential information and non-competition under the previously executed management stockholder’s agreement, in exchange for the agreements and consideration thereunder, Mr. Bailey’s employment will not be deemed to have been terminated until

 

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January 11, 2011, at which time the two-year post-employment period during which the restrictive covenants shall begin to run; and

 

   

The payments and benefits set forth in the letter agreement shall be offset or reduced, as applicable, by any compensation or benefits Mr. Bailey may receive from other sources. Mr. Bailey will not be able to participate in any bonus, incentive compensation program, retirement, severance, perquisite, fringe benefit or other employee benefit plan or program, except as provided in the letter agreement.

Prior Arrangements with Michael L. Bailey

Michael L. Bailey retired from Jostens on January 7, 2008. The information below is provided to disclose hypothetical payments to Mr. Bailey assuming that Mr. Bailey was terminated on December 29, 2007.

Mr. Bailey was the only named executive officer eligible to participate in the Jostens Executive Severance Plan during 2007. If Mr. Bailey’s employment had been terminated on December 29, 2007 due to qualifying termination or resignation, he would have been entitled to the following under the Executive Severance Plan: an aggregate cash severance amount of $1,375,000, payable periodically on the same basis as his base pay had been paid; the aggregate amount of the reimbursement relating to Jostens’ group medical, dental, vision and life insurance plans, estimated to be $42,076, assuming the monthly premium is the same as the 2008 monthly premium for such coverage throughout the benefit continuation period of 30 months; and the estimated cost of $60,706 for continuing Mr. Bailey’s perquisites for the 30-month severance period, assuming the cost for such perquisites remains the same as applicable on December 29, 2007.

In addition to payments under the Executive Severance Pay Plan set forth above, Mr. Bailey would have been entitled to additional pension plan benefits of (1) $106,536 in connection with a voluntary or involuntary termination on December 29, 2007 representing the net increase in the actuarial present value of accumulated benefits under Plan D and the Jostens Excess ERISA Plan over the aggregate actuarial present value of accumulated benefits reported in the Pension Benefits table due to the value of early retirement subsidies (determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements) or (2) $2,889,286 in connection with a termination on December 29, 2007 due to disability, representing the net increase in the actuarial present value of accumulated benefits under Plan D, the Jostens Excess ERISA Plan and the SERP over the aggregate actuarial present value of accumulated benefits reported in the Pension Benefits table (determined using the assumptions disclosed in Note 14, Benefit Plans, to our consolidated financial statements).

As of December 29, 2007, Mr. Bailey held time options that would have immediately become vested and exercisable, and performance options which would have accelerated if certain EBITDA or other performance measures had been satisfied, all upon a change in control. See “—Equity Compensation”. Assuming a change in control were to have taken place on December 29, 2007, Mr. Bailey would have been entitled to a payment of $1,813,278 for the value of accelerated equity awards, calculated as the gain based on $238.20 per share (the fair market value of a share of Holdings Class A Common Stock, as determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, as of December 29, 2007) net of exercise prices and assuming the vesting of all performance options for fiscal year 2007.

Director Compensation for 2007

Other than George M.C. Fisher, our non-employee directors did not receive any cash compensation for their service as our directors in 2007. We do, however, reimburse our non-employee directors for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with attendance at Board and Board committee meetings. The following table provides information regarding all compensation that our directors earned during 2007 for services as non-employee directors in 2007.

 

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Director Compensation

 

Name

   Fees Earned or
Paid in Cash

($)
    Option
Awards (3)
($)
   All Other
Compensation
($)
   Total
($)

David F. Burgstahler

   $ —       $ —      $ —      $ —  

Thompson Dean (1)

   $ —       $ —      $ —      $ —  

George M.C. Fisher

   $ 50,000  (2)   $ —      $ —      $ 50,000

Alexander Navab

   $ —       $ —      $ —      $ —  

Tagar C. Olsen

   $ —       $ —      $ —      $ —  

Charles P. Pieper

   $ —       $ —      $ —      $ —  

 

(1) Mr. Dean resigned from our Board effective January 16, 2007. In connection with his resignation, Mr. Dean’s stock options that were not vested as of the date of resignation were cancelled in accordance with their terms.
(2) Mr. Fisher receives an annual fee of $50,000, in cash, for serving on our Board. Mr. Fisher’s services as a director, as opposed to that of our other non-employee directors, are not incidental to his employment by our Sponsors.
(3) As of December 29, 2007, the options granted to our current and former directors were vested and exercisable as to the following number of shares of Holdings’ Class A Common Stock: each of Messrs. Dean, Navab, Olson and Fisher—2,081 shares; and Messrs. Burgstahler and Pieper—3,122 shares. Also, Mr. Joseph Bae, who served as a director until November 2005, has a vested option for 1,041 shares of Holdings’ Class A Common Stock.

Under the 2004 Plan, our directors are eligible to receive stock option grants at the discretion of the Compensation Committee. On March 18, 2005, in consideration of their service as directors, we granted to each of our non-employee directors at the time, options to purchase 3,122 shares of the Class A Common Stock of Holdings. These options vested over three years, with one-third vesting as of the last day of each of fiscal years 2005, 2006 and 2007, subject to becoming immediately exercisable as to 100% of the shares subject to it immediately prior to a change in control (as defined in the 2004 Plan). The options expire following the tenth anniversary of the grant date. The options are not exercisable as to any additional shares following the termination of the service of the director for any reason, and any portion of the option which is unexercisable as of such date is terminated and cancelled without payment therefor. These options are generally subject to the other terms of the equity incentive program applicable to other participants, including certain restrictions on transfer and sale. These options were granted at fair market value of $96.10401 per share (as determined by the Compensation Committee) on the grant date (the exercise price was reduced in connection with the dividend paid by Holdings to its stockholders on April 4, 2006, to $39.07 per share). In the case of Messrs. Navab and Olson, any of the options granted to them which were not vested as of March 31, 2007 were cancelled at their request, without payment or consideration therefor. Mr. Fisher was granted options to purchase 3,122 shares of Holdings’ Class A Common Stock upon becoming a director as of November 2, 2005. Mr. Fisher’s options vest over three years, with one-third vesting as of the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date. These options were granted at a fair market value of $96.10401 per share (as determined by the Compensation Committee) on the grant date (the exercise price was reduced in connection with the dividend paid by Holdings to its stockholders on April 4, 2006, to $39.07 per share). The terms of Mr. Fisher’s options are otherwise the same as the other directors’ options. Mr. Fisher was also given the opportunity to make an equity investment in Holdings upon becoming a director. Mr. Fisher purchased 3,122 shares of Holdings’ Class A Common Stock at a price of $96.10401 per share. These shares are subject to the terms of a stockholders’ agreement and sale participation agreement substantially the same as with equity participants. These shares are currently held by the JBW Irrevocable Trust over which Mr. Fisher exercises no investment or voting control.

 

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our Class A Common Stock and our Class C Common Stock as of March 12, 2008 by (1) each person we believe owns beneficially more than five percent of our outstanding common stock, (2) each of our directors, (3) each of our named executive officers and (4) all directors and current executive officers as a group.

 

    

Class A Voting

Common Stock

   

Class C Voting

Common Stock

 

Holder

   Shares (1)    Percent of Class     Shares (1)     Percent of Class  

KKR and related funds (2)

   2,664,356    43.5 %   1 (3)   100.0 %

DLJMBP III and related funds (4)

   2,664,357    43.5 %   —       —    

David F. Burgstahler (4)(8)

   2,667,479    43.5 %   —       —    

Alexander Navab (2)(8)

   2,666,437    43.5 %   1 (3)   100.0 %

Tagar C. Olson (2)(8)

   2,666,437    43.5 %   1 (3)   100.0 %

Charles P. Pieper (4)(8)

   2,667,479    43.5 %   —       —    

George M.C. Fisher (2)(5)(6)(8)

   5,023    *      

Marc L. Reisch (7)(8)(10)

   145,580    2.3 %   —       —    

Marie D. Hlavaty (7)(8)

   20,291    *     —       —    

Paul B. Carousso (7)(8)

   10,146    *     —       —    

Michael L. Bailey (7)(8)

   47,110    *     —       —    

John Van Horn (7)(9)

   5,203    *     —       —    

Directors and officers (10 persons) as a group (2)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)

   5,538,030    90.5 %   1 (3)   100.0 %

 

* Indicates less than one percent.
(1) The amounts and percentages of our common stock beneficially owned are reported on the basis of regulations of the SEC governing the determination of beneficial ownership of securities. Under the rules of the SEC, a person is deemed to be a “beneficial owner” of a security if that person has or shares “voting power”, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting of such security, or “investment power”, which includes the power to dispose of or to direct the disposition of such security. A person is also deemed to be a beneficial owner of any securities of which that person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership within 60 days. Under these rules, more than one person may be deemed to be a beneficial owner of such securities as to which such person has an economic interest.
(2)

Holdings’ shares shown as beneficially owned by KKR Millennium GP LLC reflect 2,664,356 shares of Holdings’ Class A common stock and one share of Holdings’ Class C common stock owned by Fusion Acquisition LLC. KKR Millennium Fund L.P. is the managing member of Fusion Acquisition LLC. KKR Millennium GP LLC is the general partner of KKR Associates Millennium L.P., which is the general partner of the KKR Millennium Fund L.P. Messrs. Henry R. Kravis, George R. Roberts, James H. Greene, Jr., Paul E. Raether, Michael W. Michelson, Perry Golkin, Johannes P. Huth, Todd A. Fisher, Alexander Navab, Marc S. Lipschultz, Jacques Garaialde, Reinhard Gorenflos, Michael M. Calbert and Scott C. Nuttall as members of KKR Millennium GP LLC, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by KKR Millennium GP LLC, but disclaim such beneficial ownership. Mr. Navab, who is a director of Holdings and Visant, disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the shares beneficially owned by affiliates of KKR. Mr. George M.C. Fisher and Mr. Tagar C. Olson are directors of Holdings and Visant and are a senior advisor and an executive, respectively, of KKR. Messrs. Fisher and Olson disclaim beneficial ownership of any shares beneficially owned by affiliates of KKR. The address of KKR Millennium GP LLC and Messr. Kravis, Raether, Golkin, Navab, Lipschultz, Nuttall, and Olson is c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019. The address of Messrs. Roberts, Michelson, Greene and Calbert is c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., 2800 Sand Hill Road, Suite 200, Menlo Park, California 94025. The address of Messrs. Fisher, Huth, Gorenflos and

 

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Garaialde is c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. Ltd., Stirling Square, 7 Carlton Gardens, London SW1Y 5AD, England.

(3) The contribution agreement entered into in connection with the Transactions provided that KKR receive one share of Holdings’ Class C Common Stock, which, together with its shares of Holdings’ Class A Common Stock, provides KKR with approximately 49.1% of Holdings’ voting interest.
(4) Includes 2,664,357 shares held by DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P., DLJ Offshore Partners III-1, C.V., DLJ Offshore Partners III-2, C.V., DLJ Offshore Partners III, C.V., DLJ MB Partners III GmbH & Co. KG, Millennium Partners II, L.P. and MBP III Plan Investors, L.P., all of which form a part of CS’s Alternative Capital Division. The address for each of the foregoing is 11 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, except that the address of the three “Offshore Partners” entities is c/o John B. Gosiraweg 14, Willemstad, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles. Mr. Charles P. Pieper is a director of Holdings and Visant and an employee of CS’s Alternative Capital Division, of which DLJMBP III is a part, and he does not have sole or shared voting or dispositive power over shares shown as held by DLJMBP III and related funds, and therefore, does not have beneficial ownership of such shares and disclaims beneficial ownership. The address for Mr. Pieper is 11 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Mr. Burgstahler was appointed by CS to serve as a director of Holdings and Visant. Mr. Burgstahler disclaims beneficial ownership of any of the shares beneficially owned by DLJMBP III and related funds. The address for Mr. Burgstahler is c/o Avista Capital Partners, 65 East 55th Street, 18th Floor, New York, NY 10022.
(5) Includes 3,122 shares held by the JBW Irrevocable Trust over which Mr. Fisher exercises no investment or voting control. Mr. Fisher disclaims beneficial ownership of these shares. A family trust, of which Mr. Fisher’s wife serves as trustee, also has an indirect interest through a limited partnership that is an affiliate of Fusion, in less than one percent (1%) of the Class A common stock.
(6) The address for Mr. George Fisher is c/o Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P., 9 West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019.
(7) The address for Mr. Reisch, Mr. Carousso and Ms. Hlavaty is c/o Visant Holding Corp., 357 Main Street, Armonk, New York 10504. The address for Messr. Bailey is c/o Jostens, Inc., 3601 Minnesota Drive, Suite 400 Minneapolis, MN 55435. The address for Mr. Van Horn is c/o Lehigh Direct, 1900 South 25th Avenue, Broadview, Illinois 60155.
(8) Includes shares underlying stock options that are currently exercisable or will become exercisable within 60 days.
(9) Excludes 3,000 restricted shares of Class A Common Stock granted to John Van Horn in December 2006. These shares are subject to vesting on January 15, 2009 or earlier under certain circumstances. Mr. Van Horn as a record owner of these shares is entitled to all rights of a common stockholder, provided that any cash or in-kind dividends or distributions paid with respect to these restricted shares, which have not vested, shall be withheld by the Company and shall be paid to him only when the restricted shares are fully vested.
(10) Includes 46,824 shares held by the Reisch Family LLC, of which Mr. Reisch is a member.

 

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

The following table sets forth information about equity compensation plans of Holdings as of December 29, 2007.

 

Plan Category

   Number of
securities
to be issued
upon
exercise of
outstanding
options (a)
   Weighted-
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options (b)
   Number of securities
remaining available
for future issuance
under equity
compensation plans
(excluding securities
reflected in column
(a))
(c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders:

        

2004 Plan

   339,156    $ 44.90    58,476

2003 Plan

   54,712    $ 30.09    238,968

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

   —        —      —  
                

Total

   393,868    $ 42.84    297,444

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

Transactions with Sponsors

Stockholders Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a stockholders agreement (the “2004 Stockholders Agreement”) with an entity affiliated with KKR and entities affiliated with DLJMBP III (each an “Investor Entity” and together the “Investor Entities”) that provides for, among other things,

 

   

a right of each of the Investor Entities to designate a certain number of directors to our board of directors for so long as they hold a certain amount of our common stock. Of the eight members of our board of directors, KKR and DLJMBP III each has the right to designate four of our directors (currently three KKR and two DLJMBP III designees serve on our board) with our Chief Executive Officer and President, Marc L. Reisch, as chairman;

 

   

certain limitations on transfer of our common stock held by the Investor Entities for a period of four years after the completion of the Transactions, after which, if we have not completed an initial public offering, any Investor Entity wishing to sell any of our common stock held by it must first offer to sell such stock to us and the other Investor Entities, provided that, if we complete an initial public offering during the four years after the completion of the Transactions, any Investor Entity may sell pursuant to its registration rights as described below;

 

   

a consent right for the Investor Entities with respect to certain corporate actions;

 

   

the ability of the Investor Entities to “tag-along” their shares of our common stock to sales by any other Investor Entity, and the ability of the Investor Entities to “drag-along” our common stock held by the other Investor Entities under certain circumstances;

 

   

the right of the Investor Entities to purchase a pro rata portion of all or any part of any new securities offered by us; and

 

   

a restriction on the ability of the Investor Entities and certain of their affiliates to own, operate or control a business that competes with us, subject to certain exceptions.

Pursuant to the 2004 Stockholders Agreement, an aggregate transaction fee of $25.0 million was paid to the Sponsors upon the closing of the Transactions.

 

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Management Services Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a management services agreement with the Sponsors pursuant to which the Sponsors provide certain structuring, consulting and management advisory services to us. Under the Agreement, during the term the Sponsors receive an annual advisory fee of $3.0 million, that is payable quarterly and which increases by 3% per year. We paid $3.2 million and 3.1 million as advisory fees to the Sponsors for the years ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively. The management services agreement also provides that we will indemnify the Sponsors and their affiliates, directors, officers and representatives for losses relating to the services contemplated by the management services agreement and the engagement of the Sponsors pursuant to, and the performance by the Sponsors of the services contemplated by, the management services agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the Investor Entities pursuant to which the Investor Entities are entitled to certain demand and piggyback rights with respect to the registration and sale of our common stock held by them.

Other

We retain Capstone Consulting from time to time to provide certain of our businesses with consulting services primarily to identify and advise on potential opportunities to improve operating efficiencies and other strategic efforts within the businesses. We did not pay amounts to Capstone Consulting for either 2007 or 2006, and we paid $2.1 million in 2005 for the services provided by them. Although neither KKR nor any entity affiliated with KKR owns any of the equity of Capstone Consulting, KKR has provided financing to Capstone Consulting. In March 2005, an affiliate of Capstone Consulting invested $1.3 million in our parent’s Class A Common Stock and was granted 13,527 options to purchase our parent’s Class A Common Stock, with an exercise price of $96.10401 per share under the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the exercise price was reduced in connection with the dividend paid by Holdings to its stockholders on April 4, 2006, to $39.07 per share). As of the end of 2007, these options were fully vested and exercisable.

We from time to time use the services of Merrill Corporation for financial printing. During 2007, we paid Merrill $0.1 million for printing services. During 2006, we paid Merrill $0.3 million for services provided. Also, from time to time we provide printing services to Merrill Corporation. During 2006, we received $0.6 million for services provided to Merrill. DLJMBP has an ownership interest in Merrill. Additionally, Mr. John Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill, is a former director of Holdings, and retains certain equity in the form of stock options under the 2003 Plan. Further, Mr. Thompson Dean, who served as a member of our Board until January 16, 2007, also served on the board of directors of Merrill while he was a member of our Board.

We are party to an agreement with CoreTrust Purchasing Group (“CoreTrust”), a group purchasing organization, pursuant to which we may purchase products and services from certain vendors through CoreTrust on the terms established between CoreTrust and each vendor. An affiliate of KKR is party to an agreement with CoreTrust which permits certain KKR affiliates, including us, access to CoreTrust’s group purchasing program. CoreTrust receives payment of fees for administrative and other services provided by CoreTrust from certain vendors based on products and services purchased by us and CoreTrust shares a portion of such fees with the KKR affiliate. During 2007, we purchased $0.3 million for computer and office supply products through this arrangement.

 

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Transactions with Other Co-Investors and Management

Syndicate Stockholders Agreement

In September 2003, Visant Holding, Visant, DLJMBP III and certain of its affiliated funds (collectively, the “DLJMB Funds”) and certain of the DLJMB Funds’ co-investors entered into a stock purchase and stockholders’ agreement, or the Syndicate Stockholders Agreement, pursuant to which the DLJMB Funds sold to the co-investors shares of: (1) our Class A Common Stock, (2) our Class B Non-Voting Common Stock (which have since been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock) and (3) Visant’s 8% Senior Redeemable Preferred Stock, which has since been repurchased.

The Syndicate Stockholders Agreement contains provisions which, among other things:

 

   

restrict the ability of the syndicate stockholders to make certain transfers;

 

   

grant the co-investors certain board observation and information rights;

 

   

provide for certain tag-along and drag-along rights;

 

   

grant preemptive rights to the co-investors to purchase a pro rata share of any new shares of common stock issued by Holdings, Visant or Jostens to any of the DLJMB Funds or their successors prior to an initial public offering; and

 

   

give the stockholders piggyback registration rights in the event of a public offering in which the DLJMB Funds sell shares.

Management Stockholders Agreement

In July 2003, Visant Holding, the DLJMB Funds and certain members of management entered into a stockholders’ agreement that contains certain provisions which, among other things:

 

   

restrict the ability of the management stockholders to transfer their shares;

 

   

provide for certain tag-along and drag-along rights;

 

   

provide certain call and put rights;

 

   

grant preemptive rights to the management stockholders to purchase a pro rata share of any new shares of common stock issued by Holdings, Visant or Jostens to any of the DLJMB Funds or their successors prior to an initial public offering;

 

   

grant the DLJMB Funds six demand registration rights; and

 

   

give the stockholders piggyback registration rights in the event of a public offering in which the DLJMB Funds sell shares.

Other

For a description of the management stockholder’s agreements and sale participation agreements entered into with certain members of management in connection with the Transactions, see matters set forth under Item 11. Executive Compensation.

Review and Approval of Transactions with Related Parties

Under its responsibilities set forth in its charter, our Audit Committee reviews and approves all related party transactions, as required by applicable law, rules or regulations and otherwise to the extent it deems necessary or appropriate. The 2004 Stockholders Agreement also requires the consent of the stockholders party thereto to certain related party transactions.

 

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Under our Code of Conduct, we require the disclosure by employees of situations or transactions that reasonably would be expected to give rise to a conflict of interest. Any such situation or transaction should be avoided unless specifically approved. The Code also provides that conflicts of interest may be waived for our directors, executive officers or other principal financial officers only by our Board of Directors or an appropriate committee of the Board.

Director Independence

We are not a listed issuer under the rules of the SEC. For purposes of disclosure under Item 407(a) of Regulation S-K, we use the definition of independence under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange. Under such definition, none of the members of our Board of Directors would be considered independent.

 

ITEM 14.  PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Audit Fees

Deloitte & Touche (“D&T”) has been engaged as our independent accountants since February 2005. During 2007, the aggregate audit fees billed to us by D&T were $1.1 million. During 2006, the aggregate audit fees billed to us by D&T were $1.8 million. Such fees were for audits of our annual consolidated financial statements and reviews of our quarterly consolidated financial statements.

Audit-Related Fees

In 2007, the audit-related fees billed to us by D&T were $1.0 million, which related to accounting services. During 2006, the aggregate audit-related fees billed to us by D&T were approximately $0.1 million. The fees primarily related to acquisitions and dispositions and Sarbanes-Oxley internal control requirements.

Tax Fees

In 2007, the aggregate tax fees billed to us by D&T of $0.9 million related to a variety of tax consulting services. During 2006, the aggregate tax fees billed to us by D&T of $0.1 million related to tax return preparation.

All Other Fees

In 2007 and 2006, no fees were billed for products and services by D&T, other than as set forth above.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee has the authority to appoint and retain, replace or terminate the independent auditor. The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, evaluation, retention and oversight of the work of the independent auditor, including resolution of disagreements between management and the independent auditor regarding financial reporting for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or related work. The Audit Committee has established policies and procedures for the approval or pre-approval of all auditing services and permitted non-audit services (including, without limitation, accounting services related to merger and acquisition transactions and related financing activities) to be performed for the Company by its independent auditor. The Audit Committee, as permitted by its pre-approval policy, from time to time delegates the approval of certain permitted services or amounts to be incurred for such service to a member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee then reviews the delegate’s approval decisions periodically. The Audit Committee approved all audit, audit-related and tax services for the Company performed by D&T in 2007 and 2006.

 

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PART IV

 

ITEM 15.  EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

 

(a) List of documents filed as part of this report:

 

  (1) Financial Statements

 

  (a) Visant Holding Corp. and subsidiaries

 

  (i) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

  (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

 

  (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (v) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (b) Visant Corporation and subsidiaries

 

  (i) Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

  (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (iii) Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

 

  (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (v) Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

 

  (c) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

  (2) Financial Statement Schedule

Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

All other schedules for which provision is made in the applicable accounting regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

  (3) Exhibits

The exhibits listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index are incorporated by reference herein and filed as part of this report.

 

(b) Exhibit Index

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

2.1(27)      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 21, 2004, among Fusion Acquisition LLC, VHH Merger, Inc. and Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc.
2.2(11)      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 21, 2004, among Fusion Acquisition LLC, AHC Merger, Inc. and AHC I Acquisition Corp.
2.3(12)      Contribution Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. (f/k/a Jostens Holding Corp.) and Fusion Acquisition LLC.
2.4(2)        Amendment No. 1 to Contribution Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Fusion Acquisition LLC.
2.5(22)      Stock Purchase Agreement, dated January 2, 2007, among Visant Corporation, Visant Holding Corporation and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company.
2.6(26)      Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of February 11, 2008, by and among Visant Corporation, Coyote Holdco Acquisition Company LLC, Phoenix Color Corp., Louis LaSora, as stockholders’ representative and the stockholders signatory thereto.
3.1(2)        Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Holding Corp. (f/k/a Jostens Holding Corp.)
3.2(19)      Certificate of Amendment of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Holding Corp.
3.3(3)        By-Laws of Visant Holding Corp.
3.4(19)      Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Secondary Holdings Corp. (f/k/a Jostens Secondary Holding Corp.).
3.5(19)      Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Secondary Holdings Corp.
3.6(19)      By-Laws of Visant Secondary Holding Corp.
3.7(6)        Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Corporation (f/k/a Jostens IH Corp.)
3.8(19)      Certificate of Amendment of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Visant Corporation.
3.9(6)        By-Laws of Visant Corporation.
3.10(16)    Form of Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of Jostens, Inc.
3.11(17)    By-Laws of Jostens, Inc.
3.12(15)    Articles of Incorporation of The Lehigh Press, Inc.
3.13(15)    Amended and Restated By-Laws of The Lehigh Press, Inc.
3.14(8)      Certificate of Amendment of Restated and Certificate of Incorporation of AKI, Inc. (f/k/a Arcade Marketing, Inc.)
3.15(9)      By-Laws of AKI, Inc.
3.16(6)      Certificate of Incorporation of IST, Corp.
3.17(6)      By-Laws of IST, Corp.
3.18(24)    Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Incorporation of Dixon Direct Corp. (f/k/a Dixon Acquisition Corp.)
3.19(24)    By-Laws of Dixon Direct Corp.
3.20(24)    Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation and Certificate of Incorporation of Neff Holding Company.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

  3.21(24)    By-Laws of Neff Holding Company.
  3.22(24)    Amended Articles of Incorporation of Neff Motivation, Inc.
  3.23(24)    Amended Code of Regulations of Neff Motivation, Inc.
  3.24(24)    Certificate of Incorporation of Spice Acquisition Corp.
  3.25(24)    By-Laws of Spice Acquisition Corp.
  4.1(4)    Indenture, dated December 2, 2003, between Visant Holding Corp. and BNY Midwest Trust Company, as trustee.
  4.2(4)    Registration Rights Agreement, dated November 25, 2003 among Visant Holding Corp., Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  4.3(6)    Indenture, dated October 4, 2004 among Visant Corporation, the guarantors parties thereto and The Bank of New York, as trustee.
  4.4(6)    Exchange and Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 4, 2004, among Visant Corporation, the guarantors parties thereto, Credit Suisse First Boston LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  4.5(2)    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and the Stockholders named therein.
  4.6(21)    Indenture, dated April 4, 2006, between Visant Holding Corp. and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee.
  4.7(21)    Registration Rights Agreement, dated April 4, 2006, among Visant Holding Corp., Lehman Brothers Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC.
10.1(6)    Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Corporation, as Borrower, Jostens Canada Ltd., as Canadian Borrower, Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., as Guarantor, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Bookrunner, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Banc of America Securities LLC, as Co-Arrangers and Co-Syndication Agents, and certain other lending institutions from time to time parties thereto.
10.2(6)    U.S. Guarantee, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., each of the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Annex A thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent for the lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.
10.3(6)    Canadian Guarantee, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Corporation, Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Schedule 1 thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent for the lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.
10.4(6)    Security Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., Visant Corporation, each of the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Annex A thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent for the lenders from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.
10.5(6)    Canadian Security Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Jostens Canada Ltd. and Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian administrative agent for the lenders from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.
10.6(6)    Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Corporation, Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., each of the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Schedule 1 thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent for the lenders from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

10.7(6)        Canadian Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Jostens Canada Ltd. and Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian administrative agent for the lenders from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004.
10.8(6)        Trademark Security Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., Visant Corporation, the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Schedule I thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent.
10.9(6)        Patent Security Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., Visant Corporation., the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Schedule I thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent.
10.10(6)      Copyright Security Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., Visant Corporation, the subsidiaries of Visant Corporation listed on Schedule I thereto and Credit Suisse First Boston, as administrative agent.
10.11(13)    Stock Purchase and Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2003, among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and the stockholders party thereto.
10.12(15)    Stock Purchase Agreement among Von Hoffmann Corporation, The Lehigh Press, Inc. and the shareholders of The Lehigh Press Inc., dated September 5, 2003.
10.13(14)    Jostens, Inc. Executive Severance Pay Plan-2003 Revision, effective February 26, 2003.*
10.14(7)      Management Stock Incentive Plan established by Jostens, Inc., dated as of May 10, 2000.*
10.15(18)      Form of Contract entered into with respect to Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan.*
10.16(1)      Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and its Subsidiaries, dated as of January 6, 2005.*
10.17(2)      Employment Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Marc Reisch.*
10.18(2)      Management Stockholder’s Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Marc Reisch.*
10.19(2)      Restricted Stock Award Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Marc Reisch.*
10.20(2)      Sale Participation Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Marc Reisch.*
10.21(2)      Stock Option Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp. and Marc Reisch.*
10.22(10)      Separation Agreement, dated as of July 14, 2004, among Visant Holding Corp., Jostens, Inc. and Robert C. Buhrmaster.*
10.23(5)      Amendment No. 1 and Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2004, to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Corporation, Jostens Canada Ltd., Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Administrative Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent.
10.24(1)    Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, among Visant Holding Corp. and the stockholders named therein.
10.25(2)    Transaction and Monitoring Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004, between Visant Holding Corp., Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. and DLJ Merchant Banking III, Inc.
10.26(19)    Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and its Subsidiaries, dated as of March 14, 2005.*
10.27(19)    Form of Management Stockholder’s Agreement.*
10.28(19)    Form of Sale Participation Agreement.*

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Exhibit Description

10.29(19)    Form of Visant Holding Corp. Stock Option Agreement.*
10.30(19)    Form of Jostens, Inc. Stock Option Agreement.*
10.31(15)    Employment Agreement dated as of September 5, 2003 between Von Hoffmann Corporation and John R. DePaul.*
10.32(20)    Amendment No. 1 to Executive Employment Agreement between Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc., Von Hoffmann Corporation and John R. DePaul.*
10.33(20)    Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and its Subsidiaries, dated March 22, 2006.*
10.34(20)    Form of Contract entered into with respect to Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan.*
10.35(14)    Jostens Holding Corp. 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, effective October 30, 2003.*
10.36(23)    Form of Amended and Restated Contract entered into with respect to Executive Supplemental Retirement Plan.*
10.37(25)    Change in Control Severance Agreement, dated May 10, 2007, by and among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Paul B. Carousso.*
10.38(25)    Change in Control Severance Agreement, dated May 10, 2007, by and among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Marie D. Hlavaty.*
10.39(28)    Separation agreement dated January 7, 2008 by and among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Jostens, Inc. and Michael L. Bailey.*
10.40(28)    Amended and restated separation agreement dated March 20, 2008 by and among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Jostens, Inc. and Michael L. Bailey.*
10.41(28)    Letter agreement dated October 2, 2006 among Visant Corporation, Jostens, Inc. and Tim Larson.*
10.42(28)    Employment Agreement dated as of January 7, 2008 by and among Visant Corporation, Jostens, Inc. and Timothy Larson.*
10.43(28)    Letter agreement dated March 20, 2008 among Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Michael Bailey.*
12.1(28)    Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges.
14.1(19)    Visant Holding Corp. and Visant Corporation and Subsidiaries Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.
21(28)     Subsidiaries of Visant Holding Corp.
31.1(28)    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Holding Corp.
31.2(28)    Certification of Vice President, Finance pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Holding Corp.
31.3(28)    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Corporation.
31.4(28)    Certification of Vice President, Finance pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Corporation.
32.1(28)    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Holding Corp.
32.2(28)    Certification of Vice President, Finance pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Holding Corp.
32.3(28)    Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Corporation.
32.4(28)    Certification of Vice President, Finance pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 for Visant Corporation.

 

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(1) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Form S-4 (file no. 333-112055), filed on February 14, 2005.
(2) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Post-Effective Amendment to Form S-4 (file no. 333-112055), filed on November 12, 2004.
(3) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form S-4/A (file no. 333-112055), filed on February 2, 2004.
(4) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form S-4 (file no. 333-112055), filed on January 21, 2004.
(5) Incorporated by reference to Visant Corporation’s Form S-4/A (file no. 333-120386), filed on February 14, 2005.
(6) Incorporated by reference to Visant Corporation’s Form S-4 (file no. 333-120386), filed on November 12, 2004.
(7) Incorporated by reference to Jostens, Inc.’s Form S-4(file no. 333-45006), filed on September 1, 2000.
(8) Incorporated by reference to AKI, Inc.’s Form S-4/A (file no. 333-60989), filed on November 13, 1998.
(9) Incorporated by reference to AKI, Inc.’s Form S-4 (file no. 333-60989), filed on August 7, 1998.
(10) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-Q, filed on November 16, 2004.
(11) Incorporated by reference to AKI, Inc.’s Form 10-K, filed on September 1, 2004.
(12) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-Q, filed on August 17, 2004.
(13) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-K, filed on April 28, 2004.
(14) Incorporated by reference to Jostens, Inc.’s Form 10-K, filed on April 1, 2004.
(15) Incorporated by reference to Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc.’s Form 10-Q, filed on November 10, 2003.
(16) Incorporated by reference to Jostens, Inc.’s Form 10-Q, filed on November 12, 2003.
(17) Incorporated by reference to Jostens, Inc.’s Form 10-Q, filed on August 13, 1999.
(18) Incorporated by reference to Jostens, Inc.’s Form 8, dated May 2, 1991.
(19) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-K, filed April 1, 2005.
(20) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-K, filed on March 30, 2006.
(21) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 8-K, filed on April 6, 2006.
(22) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 8-K, filed on January 5, 2007.
(23) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-K, filed March 28, 2007.
(24) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form S-1 (file no. 333-142680), filed on May 7, 2007.
(25) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 10-Q, filed on May 14, 2007.
(26) Incorporated by reference to Visant Holding Corp.’s Form 8-K, filed on February 15, 2008.
(27) Incorporated by reference to Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc.’s Form 10-Q/A, filed on August 12, 2004.
(28) Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES

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.

 

   

VISANT HOLDING CORP.

VISANT CORPORATION

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    MARC L. REISCH        
   

Marc L. Reisch

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities indicated and on the dates indicated.

 

     

Signature

 

Title

Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    MARC L. REISCH        

Marc L. Reisch

 

Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    PAUL B. CAROUSSO        

Paul B. Carousso

 

Vice President, Finance

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    DAVID F. BURGSTAHLER        

David F. Burgstahler

  Director
Date: March 26, 2008   

 

George M.C. Fisher

  Director
Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    ALEXANDER NAVAB        

Alexander Navab

  Director
Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    TAGAR C. OLSON        

Tagar C. Olson

  Director
Date: March 26, 2008   

/S/    CHARLES P. PIEPER        

Charles P. Pieper

  Director

 

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I NDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Visant Holding Corp. and subsidiaries:

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-2

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-3

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

   F-4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-6

Visant Corporation and subsidiaries:

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-7

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-8

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

   F-9

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-10

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder’s Equity for the fiscal years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005

   F-11

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

   F-12

Financial Statement Schedule:

  

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

  

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors of

Visant Holding Corp.

Armonk, New York

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Visant Holding Corp. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2007. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Visant Holding Corp. and subsidiaries as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Notes 6 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R),” effective December 29, 2007.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York

March 26, 2008

 

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VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net sales

   $  1,270,210     $  1,186,604     $  1,110,673  

Cost of products sold

     623,046       587,555       562,135  
                        

Gross profit

     647,164       599,049       548,538  

Selling and administrative expenses

     426,740       394,726       389,398  

Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets

     629       (1,212 )     (387 )

Transaction costs

     —         —         1,172  

Special charges

     2,922       2,446       5,389  
                        

Operating income

     216,873       203,089       152,966  

Interest income

     (1,122 )     (2,484 )     (1,291 )

Interest expense

     145,126       151,484       126,085  
                        

Income before income taxes

     72,869       54,089       28,172  

Provision for income taxes

     29,102       15,675       10,524  
                        

Income from continuing operations

     43,767       38,414       17,648  

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     110,732       9,561       19,001  
                        

Net income

   $ 154,499     $ 47,975     $ 36,649  
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

In thousands, except number of shares

   2007     2006  
ASSETS    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 59,710     $ 18,778  

Accounts receivable, net

     138,896       144,681  

Inventories, net

     103,924       105,333  

Salespersons overdrafts, net of allowance of $9,969 and $12,621, respectively

     28,730       27,292  

Income tax receivable

     6,959       —    

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     19,346       19,791  

Deferred income taxes

     12,661       11,850  

Current assets of discontinued operations

     —         56,649  
                

Total current assets

     370,226       384,374  
                

Property, plant and equipment

     355,341       305,703  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (174,230 )     (145,122 )
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

     181,111       160,581  

Goodwill

     935,569       919,638  

Intangibles, net

     515,343       530,669  

Deferred financing costs, net

     32,666       48,782  

Other assets

     12,180       13,181  

Prepaid pension costs

     64,579       —    

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

     —         265,519  
                

Total assets

   $ 2,111,674     $ 2,322,744  
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)     

Short-term borrowings

   $ 714     $ —    

Accounts payable

     46,735       56,436  

Accrued employee compensation and related taxes

     37,245       41,256  

Commissions payable

     23,468       21,671  

Customer deposits

     184,461       171,258  

Income taxes payable

     —         5,550  

Interest payable

     12,273       13,227  

Other accrued liabilities

     30,106       23,637  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     —         34,849  
                

Total current liabilities

     335,002       367,884  
                

Long-term debt—less current maturities

     1,392,107       1,770,657  

Deferred income taxes

     177,929       175,200  

Pension liabilities, net

     25,011       21,484  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     29,748       17,495  

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

     —         6,696  
                

Total liabilities

     1,959,797       2,359,416  
                

Mezzanine equity

     9,768       9,717  

Common stock:

    

Class A $.01 par value; authorized 7,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding: 5,975,618 shares and 5,976,659 at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively

    

Class B $.01 par value; non-voting; authorized 2,724,759 shares; issued and outstanding: none at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

    

Class C $.01 par value; authorized 1 share; issued and outstanding: 1 share at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

     60       60  

Additional paid-in-capital

     175,894       175,427  

Accumulated deficit

     (67,013 )     (222,993 )

Treasury stock

     (238 )     —    

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     33,406       1,117  
                

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

     142,109       (46,389 )
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficit)

   $ 2,111,674     $ 2,322,744  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net income

   $ 154,499     $ 47,975     $ 36,649  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

      

Income from discontinued operations

     (110,732 )     (9,561 )     (19,001 )

Depreciation

     37,385       30,961       35,872  

Amortization of intangible assets

     48,902       49,832       50,904  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     37,610       30,754       31,646  

Other amortization

     669       804       774  

Deferred income taxes

     (21,491 )     (27,553 )     12,914  

Loss (gain) on sale of assets

     629       (1,212 )     (387 )

Stock-based compensation

     1,040       236       116  

Loss on asset impairments

     —         2,341       —    

Changes in assets and liabilities:

      

Accounts receivable

     14,548       (10,568 )     (12,434 )

Inventories

     7,510       (5,965 )     (3,490 )

Salespersons overdrafts

     (1,219 )     3,321       (696 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,151       (4,903 )     (5,631 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (16,133 )     17,780       (4,487 )

Customer deposits

     12,351       10,021       6,392  

Commissions payable

     1,184       2,711       4,443  

Income taxes payable

     5,022       (4,125 )     1,507  

Interest payable

     (954 )     2,833       (1,658 )

Other

     (7,514 )     (8,411 )     (7,212 )
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations

     164,457       127,271       126,221  

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of discontinued operations

     (5,147 )     35,355       42,248  
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities

     159,310       162,626       168,469  
                        

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

     (56,370 )     (51,874 )     (28,703 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

     1,936       10,526       1,289  

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

     (58,328 )     (55,792 )     (22 )

Additions to intangibles

     (2,224 )     —         —    

Other investing activities, net

     (461 )     (413 )     (259 )
                        

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

     (115,447 )     (97,553 )     (27,695 )

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations

     396,090       44,986       (11,406 )
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     280,643       (52,567 )     (39,101 )
                        

Net short-term borrowings (repayments)

     714       (11,454 )     3,080  

Repurchase of common stock and options

     (755 )     —         —    

Principal payments on long-term debt

     (400,000 )     (100,000 )     (203,500 )

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

     —         350,000       —    

Proceeds from issuance of common stock

     —         —         6,133  

Distribution to stockholders

     —         (340,700 )     —    

Debt financing costs

     —         (9,719 )     (218 )

Other financing activities

     —         —         920  
                        

Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations

     (400,041 )     (111,873 )     (193,585 )

Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations

     —         —         (108 )
                        

Net cash used in financing activities

     (400,041 )     (111,873 )     (193,693 )
                        

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     1,020       (114 )     67  
                        

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     40,932       (1,928 )     (64,258 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     18,778       20,706       84,964  
                        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 59,710     $ 18,778     $ 20,706  
                        
      

Supplemental information:

      

Interest paid

   $ 107,820     $ 116,376     $ 94,552  

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

   $ 57,031     $ 55,991     $ 9,429  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

      Additional
paid-in
capital
    Treasury
Stock
    Accumulated
deficit
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    Total  
          
      Common shares           

In thousands

   Number     Amount           

Balance—January 1, 2005

   5,909     $ 59    $ 518,413     $ —       $ (307,617 )   $ 1,459     $ 212,314  
                                                     

Net income

              36,649         36,649  

Cumulative translation adjustment

                (859 )     (859 )
                     

Comprehensive income

                  35,790  

Issuance of common stock and stock-based compensation expense

   65       1      6,261             6,262  

Tax benefit for equity raising costs

          919             919  
                                                     

Balance—December 31, 2005

   5,974     $ 60    $ 525,593       —       $ (270,968 )   $ 600     $ 255,285  
                                                     

Net income

              47,975         47,975  

Cumulative translation adjustment

                654       654  

Minimum pension liability

                (137 )     (137 )
                     

Comprehensive income

                  48,492  

Reclass to mezzanine equity

          (9,717 )           (9,717 )

Distribution to stockholders

          (340,700 )           (340,700 )

Issuance of common stock and stock-based compensation expense

   3       —        251             251  
                                                     

Balance—December 30, 2006

   5,977     $ 60    $ 175,427       —       $ (222,993 )   $ 1,117     $ (46,389 )
                                                     

Net income

              154,499         154,499  

Cumulative effect related to FIN 48 adoption

              1,481         1,481  

Cumulative translation adjustment

                (206 )     (206 )

Repurchase of treasury stock

   (1 )          (238 )         (238 )

Minimum pension liability, net

                108       108  
                     

Comprehensive income

                  155,644  

Reclass to mezzanine equity

          (51 )           (51 )

Reognition of funded status of defined benefit for adoption of SFAS No. 158

                32,387       32,387  

Stock-based compensation expense

          518             518  
                                                     

Balance—December 29, 2007

   5,976     $ 60    $ 175,894     $ (238 )   $ (67,013 )   $ 33,406     $ 142,109  
                                                     

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors of

Visant Corporation

Armonk, New York

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Visant Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholder’s equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2007. Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in the Index at Item 15. These financial statements and financial statement schedule are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements and financial statement schedule based on our audits.

We conducted our audits 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 the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Visant Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 29, 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

As discussed in Notes 6 and 14 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company adopted the recognition and disclosure provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, “Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans—an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106 and 132(R),” effective December 29, 2007.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

New York, New York

March 26, 2008

 

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VISANT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net sales

   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673  

Cost of products sold

     623,046       587,555       562,135  
                        

Gross profit

     647,164       599,049       548,538  

Selling and administrative expenses

     425,521       394,366       389,171  

Loss (gain) on disposal of fixed assets

     629       (1,212 )     (387 )

Transaction costs

     —         —         1,172  

Special charges

     2,922       2,446       5,389  
                        

Operating income

     218,092       203,449       153,193  

Interest income

     (1,118 )     (2,449 )     (1,195 )

Interest expense

     91,303       107,871       108,040  
                        

Income before income taxes

     127,907       98,027       46,348  

Provision for income taxes

     49,742       31,214       17,249  
                        

Income from continuing operations

     78,165       66,813       29,099  

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     110,732       9,561       19,001  
                        

Net income

   $ 188,897     $ 76,374     $ 48,100  
                        

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

In thousands, except number of shares

   2007     2006  
ASSETS    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 59,142     $ 18,043  

Accounts receivable, net

     138,896       144,681  

Inventories, net

     103,924       105,333  

Salespersons overdrafts, net of allowance of $9,969 and $12,621, respectively

     28,730       27,292  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     19,420       20,309  

Deferred income taxes

     12,661       11,850  

Current assets of discontinued operations

     —         56,649  
                

Total current assets

     362,773       384,157  
                

Property, plant and equipment

     355,341       305,703  

Less accumulated depreciation

     (174,230 )     (145,122 )
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

     181,111       160,581  

Goodwill

     935,569       919,638  

Intangibles, net

     515,343       530,669  

Deferred financing costs, net

     21,272       35,557  

Other assets

     12,180       13,181  

Prepaid pension costs

     64,579       —    

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

     —         265,519  
                

Total assets

   $ 2,092,827     $ 2,309,302  
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY     

Short-term borrowings

   $ 714     $ —    

Accounts payable

     46,735       56,436  

Accrued employee compensation and related taxes

     37,245       41,256  

Commissions payable

     23,468       21,671  

Customer deposits

     184,461       171,258  

Income taxes payable

     1,135       14,764  

Interest payable

     9,781       10,650  

Other accrued liabilities

     30,106       23,637  

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

     —         34,849  
                

Total current liabilities

     333,645       374,521  
                

Long-term debt—less current maturities

     816,500       1,216,500  

Deferred income taxes

     206,201       194,925  

Pension liabilities, net

     25,011       21,484  

Other noncurrent liabilities

     29,748       17,495  

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

     —         6,696  
                

Total liabilities

     1,411,105       1,831,621  
                

Preferred stock $.01 par value; authorized 300,000 shares; none issued and outstanding at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

     —         —    

Common stock $.01 par value; authorized 1,000 shares; issued and outstanding at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006

     —         —    

Additional paid-in-capital

     629,973       648,599  

Accumulated earnings (deficit)

     18,343       (172,035 )

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     33,406       1,117  
                
     681,722       477,681  
                

Total liabilities and stockholder’s equity

   $ 2,092,827     $ 2,309,302  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net income

   $ 188,897     $ 76,374     $ 48,100  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

      

Income from discontinued operations

     (110,732 )     (9,561 )     (19,001 )

Depreciation

     37,385       30,961       35,872  

Amortization of intangible assets

     48,902       49,832       50,904  

Amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs

     14,329       9,880       13,603  

Other amortization

     669       804       774  

Deferred income taxes

     (12,944 )     (20,683 )     19,414  

Loss (gain) on sale of assets

     629       (1,212 )     (387 )

Loss on asset impairments

     —         2,341       —    

Changes in assets and liabilities:

      

Accounts receivable

     14,548       (10,568 )     (12,434 )

Inventories

     7,510       (5,965 )     (3,490 )

Salespersons overdrafts

     (1,219 )     3,321       (696 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     1,151       (4,903 )     (5,631 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (16,133 )     17,780       (4,487 )

Customer deposits

     12,351       10,021       6,392  

Commissions payable

     1,184       2,711       4,443  

Income taxes receivable

     3,902       4,543       1,732  

Interest payable

     (869 )     256       (1,658 )

Other

     (7,070 )     (8,822 )     (8,233 )
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations

     182,490       147,110       125,217  

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities of discontinued operations

     (5,147 )     35,355       42,248  
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities

     177,343       182,465       167,465  
                        

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

     (56,370 )     (51,874 )     (28,703 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

     1,936       10,526       1,289  

Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired

     (58,328 )     (55,792 )     (22 )

Additions to intangibles

     (2,224 )     —         —    

Other investing activities, net

     (461 )     (413 )     (259 )
                        

Net cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

     (115,447 )     (97,553 )     (27,695 )

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations

     396,090       44,986       (11,406 )
                        

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     280,643       (52,567 )     (39,101 )
                        

Net short-term borrowings (repayments)

     714       (11,454 )     3,080  

Principal payments on long-term debt

     (400,000 )     (100,000 )     (203,500 )

Net proceeds from issuance of common stock to KKR

     —         —         9,000  

Distribution to stockholders

     (18,621 )     (20,161 )     —    

Debt financing costs

     —         —         (218 )

Other financing activities

     —         —         920  
                        

Net cash used in financing activities of continuing operations

     (417,907 )     (131,615 )     (190,718 )

Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations

     —         —         (108 )
                        

Net cash used in financing activities

     (417,907 )     (131,615 )     (190,826 )
                        

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     1,020       (114 )     67  
                        

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     41,099       (1,831 )     (62,395 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     18,043       19,874       82,269  
                        

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 59,142     $ 18,043     $ 19,874  
                        
      

Supplemental information:

      

Interest paid

   $ 77,195     $ 96,630     $ 94,552  

Income taxes paid, net of refunds

   $ 57,031     $ 55,991     $ 9,429  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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VISANT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY

        Additional
paid-in
capital
    Accumulated
deficit
    Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income (loss)
    Total  
     Common shares        

In thousands

  Number   Amount        

Balance—January 1, 2005

      1   $ —     $ 658,826     $ (296,509 )   $ 1,459     $ 363,776  
                                         

Net income

          48,100         48,100  

Cumulative translation adjustment

            (859 )     (859 )
                 

Comprehensive income

              47,241  

Contribution from Visant Holding Corp.

        9,013           9,013  

Tax benefit for equity raising costs

        919           919  
                                         

Balance—December 31, 2005

  1   $ —     $ 668,758     $ (248,409 )   $ 600     $ 420,949  
                                         

Net income

          76,374         76,374  

Cumulative translation adjustment

            654       654  

Minimum pension liability

            (137 )     (137 )
                 

Comprehensive income

              76,891  

Distribution to Visant Holding Corp.

        (20,159 )         (20,159 )
                                         

Balance—December 30, 2006

  1   $ —     $ 648,599     $ (172,035 )   $ 1,117     $ 477,681  
                                         

Net income

          188,897         188,897  

Cumulative effect of FIN 48 adoption

          1,481         1,481  

Cumulative translation adjustment

            (206 )     (206 )

Minimum pension liability, net

            108       108  
                 

Comprehensive income

              190,280  

Recognition of funded status of defined benefit for adoption of SFAS No. 158

            32,387       32,387  

Distribution to Visant Holding Corp.

        (18,626 )         (18,626 )
                                         

Balance—December 29, 2007

  1   $  —     $ 629,973     $ 18,343     $ 33,406     $ 681,722  
                                         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

The Company is a marketing and publishing services enterprise servicing the school affinity, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling, and educational publishing market segments. The Company was formed through the October 2004 consolidation of Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”), Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc. (“Von Hoffmann” including The Lehigh Press, Inc. (“Lehigh”)) and AHC I Acquisition Corp. and its subsidiaries including AKI, Inc. (“Arcade”). Jostens, Arcade and Lehigh are currently integrated into three reportable segments: Scholastic, Memory Book (formerly known as Yearbook) and Marketing and Publishing Services. In 2007, we changed the name of our Yearbook segment to Memory Book to reflect our diversified offering of custom yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events.

As of December 2006, our Von Hoffmann Holdings Inc., Von Hoffmann Corporation and Anthology, Inc. businesses (the “Von Hoffmann businesses”) were held as assets for sale. On January 3, 2007, we entered into a stock purchase agreement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company providing for the sale of the Von Hoffmann businesses, which previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment. We closed the transaction on May 16, 2007. The operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses are reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented.

On March 16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Neff Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Neff Motivation, Inc (“Neff”). Neff is a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment. Neff operates as a direct subsidiary of Visant under the Neff brand name and its results are reported as part of the Scholastic segment from the date of acquisition.

On June 14, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Systems, Inc. (“VSI”). VSI is a supplier in the overhead transparency and book component business. VSI does business under the name of Lehigh Milwaukee. Results of VSI are included in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment from the date of acquisition.

On October 1, 2007, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memory Book Acquisition LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated, a producer of school memory books and student planners. Results of Memory Book Acquisition LLC are reported as part of the Memory Book segment from the date of acquisition.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements included herein are:

 

   

Visant Holding Corp. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Holdings”) which includes Visant Corporation (Visant); and

 

   

Visant and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

There are no significant differences between the results of operations and financial condition of Visant Corporation and those of Visant Holding Corp., other than interest expense and the related income tax effect of certain indebtedness of Holdings, including Holdings’ senior discount notes, which had an accreted value of $225.6 and $204.2 million as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, respectively, including interest thereon, and $350.0 million of Holdings’ 8.75% senior notes due 2013.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications of previously reported amounts have been made to conform to the current year presentation. The reclassifications are related to discontinued operations and are discussed in Note 5.

Change in Presentation

The presentation of certain prior year amounts have been changed in the consolidated statements of cash flows to conform to the current presentation. In 2006, proceeds from the sale of businesses classified as discontinued operations of $64.1 million had been classified within net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of continuing operations. The Company presents these amounts within the net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

Fiscal Year

The Company utilizes a fifty-two, fifty-three week fiscal year ending on the Saturday nearest December 31st.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results will differ from these estimates.

Revenue Recognition

The SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 104, Revenue Recognition, provides guidance on the application of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States to selected revenue recognition issues. In accordance with SAB No. 104, the Company recognizes revenue when the earnings process is complete, evidenced by an agreement between the Company and the customer, delivery and acceptance has occurred, collectibility is probable and pricing is fixed or determinable. Revenue is recognized when (1) products are shipped (if shipped FOB shipping point), (2) products are delivered (if shipped FOB destination) or (3) as services are performed as determined by contractual agreement, but in all cases only when risk of loss has transferred to the customer and the Company has no further performance obligations.

Cost of Products Sold

Cost of products sold primarily include the cost of paper and other materials, direct and indirect labor and related benefit costs, depreciation of production assets and shipping and handling costs.

Shipping and Handling

Net sales include amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling costs. Costs incurred for shipping and handling are recorded in cost of products sold.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Selling and Administrative Expenses

Selling and administrative expenses are expensed as incurred. These costs primarily include salaries and related benefits of sales and administrative personnel, sales commissions, amortization of intangibles and professional fees such as audit and consulting fees.

Advertising

The Company expenses advertising costs as incurred. Selling and administrative expenses include advertising expense of $7.1 million for 2007, $5.6 million for 2006 and $6.0 million for 2005.

Foreign Currency Translation

Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are translated at the current exchange rate as of the balance sheet date, and income statement amounts are translated at the average monthly exchange rate. Translation adjustments resulting from fluctuations in exchange rates are recorded in other comprehensive income (loss).

Supplier Concentration

Jostens purchases substantially all precious, semiprecious and synthetic stones from a single supplier located in Germany. Arcade’s products utilize specific grades of paper and foil laminates for which we rely on limited suppliers with whom we do not have written supply agreements in place.

Derivative Financial Instruments

All derivatives are accounted for in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, Accounting for Derivatives and Hedging Activities, as amended (“SFAS No. 133”). SFAS No. 133 requires that the Company recognize all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value and establish criteria for designation and effectiveness of hedging relationships. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recorded in earnings or other comprehensive income (loss), based on whether the instrument is designated as part of a hedge transaction and, if so, the type of hedge transaction. Gains or losses on derivative instruments reported in other comprehensive income (loss) are reclassified into earnings in the period in which earnings are affected by the underlying hedged item. The ineffective portion, if any, of a derivative’s change in fair value is recognized in earnings in the current period. The Company had no such instruments as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006.

Stock-Based Compensation

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R (revised 2004), Share Based Payment (“SFAS No. 123R”), which requires the recognition of compensation expense related to all equity awards granted including awards modified, repurchased or cancelled based on the fair values of the awards at the grant date. For the years ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, the Company recognized compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $1.0 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which is included in selling and administrative expenses. Refer to Note 15, Stock-based Compensation, for further details.

Mezzanine Equity

Certain management stockholder agreements contain a repurchase feature whereby Holdings is obligated, under certain circumstances such as death and disability (as defined in the agreement), to repurchase the common

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

shares from the holder and settle amounts in cash. In accordance with SAB No. 107, Share-Based Payment, such equity instruments are considered temporary equity and have been classified as mezzanine equity in the balance sheet as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

All investments with an original maturity of three months or less on their acquisition date are considered to be cash equivalents.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company makes estimates of potentially uncollectible customer accounts receivable and evaluates the adequacy of the allowance periodically. The evaluation considers historical loss experience, the length of time receivables are past due, adverse situations that may affect a customer’s ability to pay, and prevailing economic conditions. The Company makes adjustments to the allowance balance if the evaluation of allowance requirements differs from the actual aggregate reserve. This evaluation is inherently subjective and estimates may be revised as more information becomes available.

Allowance for Sales Returns

The Company makes estimates of potential future product returns related to current period product revenue. The Company evaluates the adequacy of the allowance periodically. This evaluation considers historical return experience, changes in customer demand and acceptance of the Company’s products and prevailing economic conditions. The Company makes adjustments to the allowance if the evaluation of allowance requirements differs from the actual aggregate reserve. This evaluation is inherently subjective and estimates may be revised as more information becomes available.

Allowance for Salespersons Overdrafts

The Company makes estimates of potentially uncollectible receivables arising from sales representative draws paid in advance of earned commissions. These estimates are based on historical commissions earned and length of service for each sales representative. The Company evaluates the adequacy of the allowance on a periodic basis. The evaluation considers historical loss experience, length of time receivables are past due, adverse situations that may affect a sales representative’s ability to repay and prevailing economic conditions. The Company makes adjustments to the allowance balance if the evaluation of allowance requirements differs from the actual aggregate reserve. This evaluation is inherently subjective and estimates may be revised as more information becomes available.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or market value. Cost is determined by using standard costing, which approximates the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method for all inventories except gold, which are determined using the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method. Cost includes direct materials, direct labor and applicable overhead. Obsolescence adjustments are provided as necessary in order to approximate inventories at market value.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost except when adjusted to fair value in applying purchase accounting in conjunction with an acquisition or merger. Maintenance and repairs are charged to

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

operations as incurred. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized. Depreciation is determined for financial reporting purposes by using the straight-line method over the following estimated useful lives:

 

     Years

Buildings

   7 to 40

Machinery and equipment

   3 to 12

Capitalized software

   2 to 5

Transportation equipment

   4 to 10

Furniture and fixtures

   3 to 7

Capitalization of Internal-Use Software

Costs of software developed or obtained for internal use are capitalized once the preliminary project stage has concluded, management commits to funding the project and it is probable that the project will be completed and the software will be used to perform the function intended. Capitalized costs include only (1) external direct costs of materials and services consumed in developing or obtaining internal-use software, (2) payroll and payroll-related costs for employees who are directly associated with and who devote time to the internal-use software project and (3) interest costs incurred, when material, while developing internal-use software. Capitalization of costs ceases when the project is substantially complete and ready for its intended use.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the Company is required to test goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment annually, or more frequently if impairment indicators occur. The impairment test requires management to make judgments in connection with identifying reporting units, assigning assets and liabilities to reporting units, assigning goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets to reporting units, and determining the fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments required to estimate the fair value of reporting units include projecting future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and other assumptions. The projections are based on management’s best estimate given recent financial performance, market trends, strategic plans and other available information. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or impairment for each reporting unit. The impairment testing was completed as of the beginning of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 and there were no indications of impairment.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with finite lives, are evaluated in accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets. An impairment loss is recognized whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset is not recoverable. In applying SFAS No. 144, assets are grouped and evaluated at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of the cash flows of other groups of assets. The Company considers historical performance and future estimated results in the evaluation of impairment. If the carrying amount of the asset exceeds expected undiscounted future cash flows, the Company measures the amount of impairment by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to its fair value, generally measured by discounting expected future cash flows at the rate used to evaluate potential investments. There were no indicators of impairment for fiscal year 2007.

Customer Deposits

Amounts received from customers in the form of cash down payments to purchase goods are recorded as a liability until the goods are delivered.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Income Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. Income tax expense represents the taxes payable for the current period, the changes in deferred taxes during the year, and the effect of changes in the tax reserve requirements. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

Warranty Costs

Provisions for warranty costs related to Jostens’ scholastic products, particularly class rings due to their lifetime warranty, are recorded based on historical information and current trends in manufacturing costs. The provision related to the lifetime warranty is based on the number of rings manufactured in the prior school year consistent with industry standards. For fiscal years ended 2007, 2006 and 2005, the provision for the total net warranty costs are $2.2 million, $2.3 million, and $2.4 million, respectively. Warranty repair costs for rings manufactured in the current school year are expensed as incurred. Accrued warranty costs in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets were approximately $0.6 million as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Effective at the beginning of fiscal 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 requires applying a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Company made a change in accounting principle for the classification of interest income on tax refunds. Under the previous policy, the Company recorded interest income on tax refunds as interest income. Under the new policy, any interest income in connection with income tax refunds is recorded as a reduction of income tax expense. In addition, since the adoption of FIN 48, all interest and penalties on income tax assessments have been recorded as income tax expense and included as part of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability. The unrecognized tax benefit liability at December 29, 2007 was $8.8 million including $1.7 million of gross interest and penalty accruals. Refer to Note 13, Income Taxes, for further details.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS No. 157”), which establishes a framework for measuring fair value and requires enhanced disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS No. 157 requires companies to disclose the fair value of their financial instruments according to a fair value hierarchy as defined in the standard. SFAS No. 157 became effective as of the beginning of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. In February 2008, the FASB issued Staff Positions No. 157-1 and No. 157-2 which partially defer the effective date of SFAS 157 for one year for certain nonfinancial assets and liabilities and remove certain leasing transactions from its scope. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard but would not expect SFAS No. 157 to have a significant impact in the financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans (“SFAS No. 158”). SFAS No. 158 requires: the recognition of the funded status of a benefit plan in the balance sheet; the recognition in other comprehensive income of gains or losses and prior

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

service costs or credits arising during the period but which are not included as components of periodic benefit cost and the measurement of defined benefit plan assets and obligations as of the balance sheet date. In addition, SFAS No. 158 amends SFAS No. 87, Employers’ Accounting for Pensions, and SFAS No. 106, Employers’ Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than Pensions, to include guidance regarding selection of assumed discount rates for use in measuring the benefit obligation. The requirement to recognize the funded status of a benefit plan and the disclosure requirements are effective as of the end of the fiscal year ending after December 15, 2007. The requirement to measure the plan assets and benefit obligations as of the balance sheet date is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2008. The Company adopted the balance sheet recognition provisions of SFAS No. 158 as of December 29, 2007, which resulted in an increase to prepaid pension asset of $64.6 million, increase to total liabilities of $32.2 million and increase to stockholders’ equity at December 29, 2007 of $32.4 million, net of taxes. The Company will adopt the change to the measurement date in 2008. See Note 14, Benefit Plans, for further details.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities (“SFAS No. 159”). SFAS No. 159 permits entities to measure many financial assets and financial liabilities at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected are reported in earnings. SFAS No. 159 became effective as of the beginning of the Company’s 2008 fiscal year. The Company is currently evaluating the impacts and disclosures of this standard but would not expect SFAS No. 159 to have a significant impact in the financial statements.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 141(R), Business Combinations (“SFAS No. 141(R)”), which changes how business acquisitions are accounted. SFAS No. 141(R) requires the acquiring entity in a business combination to recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction and establishes the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for all assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Certain provisions of this standard will, among other things, impact the determination of acquisition-date fair value of consideration paid in a business combination (including contingent consideration); exclude transaction costs from acquisition accounting; and change accounting practices for acquired contingencies, acquisition-related restructuring costs, in-process research and development, indemnification assets, and tax benefits. SFAS No. 141(R) is effective for business combinations and adjustments to an acquired entity’s deferred tax asset and liability balances occurring after December 31, 2008. The Company is evaluating the future impacts and disclosures of this standard.

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51, which establishes new standards governing the accounting for and reporting on noncontrolling interest (NCIs) in partially owned consolidated subsidiaries and the loss of control of subsidiaries. Certain provisions of this standard indicate, among other things, that NCIs (previously referred to as minority interests) be treated as a separate component of equity, not as a liability, among other things, that increases and decreases in the parent’s ownership interest that leave control intact be treated as equity transactions, rather than a step acquisition or dilution gains or losses; and that losses of a partially owned consolidated subsidiary be allocated to the NCI even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance. This standard also requires changes to certain presentation and disclosure requirements. SFAS No. 160 is effective beginning January 1, 2009. The Company is currently evaluating the impact and disclosure of this standard but does not expect to have a significant impact, if any, in the financial statements.

 

2. Transactions

On October 4, 2004, an affiliate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (“KKR”) and affiliates of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners III, L.P. (“DLJMBP III”) completed transactions which created a marketing and

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

publishing services enterprise, servicing the school affinity products, direct marketing, fragrance and cosmetics sampling and educational publishing market segments through the consolidation of Jostens, Von Hoffmann and Arcade (the “Transactions”).

Prior to the Transactions, Von Hoffmann and Arcade were each controlled by affiliates of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II, L.P. (“DLJMBP II”) and DLJMBP III owned approximately 82.5% of Holdings’ outstanding equity, with the remainder held by other co-investors and certain members of management. Upon consummation of the Transactions, an affiliate of KKR invested $256.1 million and was issued equity interests representing approximately 49.6% of the voting interest and 45.0% of the economic interest of the Company and affiliates of DLJMBP III held equity interests representing approximately 41.0% of the voting interest and 45.0% of the economic interest, with the remainder held by other co-investors and certain members of management. After giving effect to the issuance of equity to additional members of management, as of December 29, 2007, affiliates of KKR and DLJMBP III (the “Sponsors”) held approximately 49.1% and 41.0%, respectively, of the voting interests of the Company, while each continued to hold approximately 44.6% of the economic interests. As of December 29, 2007, the other co-investors held approximately 8.4% of the voting interests and 9.1% of the economic interests of the Company, and members of management held approximately 1.5% of the voting interests and approximately 1.7% of the economic interests of Holdings.

 

3. Restructuring Activity and Other Special Charges

For the year ended December 29, 2007, the Company recorded $2.3 million of restructuring for severance and related benefit costs primarily in the Scholastic segment related to the closure of the Attleboro, Massachusetts facility and $1.0 million related to termination benefits for management executives offset by a reversal of $0.4 million associated with the reductions in severance liability for the Scholastic and Memory Book segments. The net severance costs and related benefits of $1.9 million consisted of $1.7 for Scholastic and $0.2 million for Marketing and Publishing Services. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled 177 and eight employees for Scholastic and Marketing and Publishing Services segments, respectively.

For the year ended December 30, 2006, the Company recorded $2.3 million relating to an impairment loss to reduce the value of the former Jostens corporate buildings, which were later sold, and net $0.1 million of special charges for severance and related benefit costs. The severance costs and related benefits included $0.1 million for Memory Book and $0.1 million for Scholastic. Marketing and Publishing Services incurred $0.2 million of special charges for severance costs and related benefits offset by a reduction of $0.3 million of the restructuring accrual that related to withdrawal liability under a union retirement plan that arose in connection with the consolidation of certain operations. Additionally, headcount reductions related to these activities totaled five, 13 and four employees for Memory Book, Scholastic and Marketing and Publishing Services, respectively.

Restructuring accruals of $2.1 million as of December 29, 2007 and $1.4 million as of December 30, 2006 are included in other accrued liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets. The accruals as of December 29, 2007 include amounts provided for severance related to reductions in corporate and administrative employees from Jostens and the Marketing and Publishing Services segment.

On a cumulative basis through December 29, 2007, the Company incurred $19.4 million of employee severance costs related to initiatives that began in 2004 (“2004 initiatives”), which affected 439 employees. To date, the Company has paid $17.3 million in cash related to these initiatives.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

Changes in the restructuring accruals during fiscal 2007 were as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007 Initiatives     2006 Initiatives     2005 Initiatives     2004 Initiatives     Total  

Balance at December 30, 2006

   $ —       $ 513     $ 111     $ 755     $ 1,379  

Restructuring charges

     2,327       (54 )     (42 )     (295 )     1,936  

Severance paid

     (217 )     (416 )     (69 )     (460 )     (1,162 )
                                        

Balance at December 29, 2007

   $ 2,110     $ 43     $  —       $ —       $ 2,153  
                                        

The Company expects the majority of the remaining balances to be paid during 2008.

 

4. Acquisitions

On March 16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Neff Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Neff Motivation, Inc. (“Neff”) for approximately $30.5 million in cash, including cash on hand of $3.0 million. Neff is a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment. Results of Neff are reported as part of the Scholastic segment from the date of acquisition.

On June 14, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Systems, Inc. (“VSI”), a supplier in the overhead transparency and book component business. The Company acquired VSI for approximately $25.1 million (including a payment of $1.0 million to be made in 2009). VSI conducts business under the name of Lehigh Milwaukee. Results of VSI are reported as part of the Marketing and Publishing segment from the date of acquisition.

On October 1, 2007, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memory Book Acquisition LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated, a producer of school memory books and student planners for $6.8 million. Results of Memory Book Acquisition LLC are reported as part of the Memory Book segment from the date of acquisition.

The acquisitions were accounted for as purchases in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (“SFAS 141”). The costs of the acquisitions were allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their relative fair values as of the date of the acquisition.

The allocation of the purchase price for the Neff ,VSI and Publishing Enterprises acquisitions was as follows:

 

In thousands

   December 29,
2007
 

Current assets

   $ 16,767  

Property, plant and equipment

     8,997  

Intangible assets

     24,450  

Goodwill

     24,131  

Long-term assets

     131  

Current liabilities

     (6,612 )

Long-term liabilities

     (5,672 )
        
   $ 62,192  
        

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

In connection with the purchase accounting related to the acquisition of Neff, VSI and Publishing Enterprises, the intangible assets and goodwill approximated $28.0 million, $15.3 million and $5.2 million, respectively, which consisted of:

 

In thousands

   December 29,
2007

Customer relationships

   $ 16,840

Trademarks

     6,300

Restrictive covenants

     1,310

Goodwill

     24,131
      
   $ 48,581
      

Customer relationships will be amortized over a ten-year period. The restrictive covenants will be amortized over the average life of the respective agreements, of which the average term is two years.

The results of Neff’s operations are reported as part of the Scholastic segment from the acquisition date, and as such, all of its goodwill will be allocated to that segment. None of the goodwill will be amortizable for tax purposes. The results of VSI are included in the Marketing and Publishing Services segment from the acquisition date, and substantially all of the goodwill will be fully amortizable for tax purposes. The results of Publishing Enterprises are included in the Memory Book segment from the acquisition date, and substantially all of the goodwill will be fully amortizable for tax purposes.

These acquisitions, both individually and in the aggregate, were not material to the Company’s operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

5. Discontinued Operations

During the second quarter of 2006, the Company consummated the sale of its Jostens Photography businesses, which previously comprised a reportable segment. The sale closed on June 30, 2006 and the Company recognized an aggregate $0.2 million net loss on the transaction and aggregate net proceeds of $64.1 million. Accordingly, this business has been reported as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

In May 2007, the Company completed the sale of its Von Hoffmann businesses which had previously been classified as assets held for sale. The Von Hoffmann businesses previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment. The operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses, through the date of sale, are reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. The Company recognized net proceeds of $401.8 million and a gain of $97.9 million on the transaction during 2007.

The results of the Jostens Photography and the Von Hoffmann businesses have been reclassified on the consolidated statement of operations and are included in the caption titled “Income from discontinued operations, net of tax.” Previously the results of these businesses included certain allocated corporate costs, which have been reallocated to the remaining continuing operations.

 

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Included in income from discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of operations are the following:

 

      Twelve months ended

In thousands

   December 29,
2007
   December 30,
2006
    December 31,
2005

Net sales from discontinued operations

   $ 109,351    $ 312,482     $ 389,500

Pretax income from discontinued operations

     20,397      16,204       34,173

Income tax provision from discontinued operations

     7,599      6,017       15,172
                     

Net operating income from discontinued operations

     12,798      10,187       19,001

Gain (loss) on sale of businesses, net of tax

     97,934      (626 )     —  
                     

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

   $ 110,732    $ 9,561     $ 19,001
                     

The Jostens Photography and Von Hoffmann businesses have been classified in the consolidated balance sheets as discontinued operations. The major classes of assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations are summarized as follows:

 

In thousands

   December 29,
2007
   December 30,
2006

Assets:

     

Accounts receivable, net

   $  —      $ 32,338

Inventories, net

     —        22,809

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     —        1,502
             

Total current assets of discontinued operations

     —        56,649
             

Property, plant and equipment, net

     —        91,567

Goodwill

     —        173,952
             

Total assets of discontinued operations

   $ —      $ 322,168
             

Liabilities:

     

Accounts payable

   $ —      $ 13,641

Accrued employee compensation and related taxes

     —        5,797

Commissions payable

     —        456

Customer deposits

     —        1,291

Other accrued liabilities

     —        13,664
             

Total current liabilities of discontinued operations

     —        34,849
             

Other noncurrent liabilities

     —        6,696
             

Total liabilities of discontinued operations

   $ —      $ 41,545
             

At December 30, 2006, $1.7 million related to the Jostens Recognition business, which was discontinued in 2001, were included in “current liabilities of discontinued operations” in the consolidated balance sheet. In March 2007, the Company determined that, based on the nature of the liabilities, it is not likely to have any further ongoing obligations with respect to such liabilities, and therefore there are no amounts related to the Jostens Recognition businesses in the accompanying balance sheets as of December 29, 2007.

 

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6. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

The following amounts were included in determining accumulated other comprehensive income for the years indicated:

 

In thousands

   Foreign
currency
translation
    Minimum
pension
liability
    Recognition of Funded
Status of Defined Benefit Plan
upon Adoption of

SFAS No. 158
   Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income
 

Balance at January 1, 2005

   $ 1,459     $ —       $ —      $ 1,459  

Fiscal 2005 period change

     (859 )     —         —        (859 )
                               

Balance at December 31, 2005

     600       —         —        600  

Fiscal 2006 period change

     654       (137 )     —        517  
                               

Balance at December 30, 2006

     1,254       (137 )     —        1,117  

Fiscal 2007 period change

     (206 )     108       32,387      32,289  
                               

Balance at December 29, 2007

   $ 1,048     $ (29 )   $ 32,387    $ 33,406  
                               

 

7. Accounts Receivable and Inventories

Net accounts receivable were comprised of the following:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Trade receivables

   $ 149,080     $ 154,685  

Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (3,304 )     (2,726 )

Allowance for sales returns

     (6,880 )     (7,278 )
                

Accounts receivable, net

   $ 138,896     $ 144,681  
                

Net inventories were comprised of the following:

 

In thousands

   2007    2006

Raw materials and supplies

   $ 28,771    $ 31,814

Work-in-process

     37,360      34,142

Finished goods

     37,793      39,369
             
     103,924      105,325

LIFO reserve

     —        8
             

Inventories, net

   $ 103,924    $ 105,333
             

Precious Metals Consignment Arrangement

The Company has a precious metals consignment arrangement with a major financial institution whereby it currently has the ability to obtain up to the lesser of a certain specified quantity of precious metals and $32.5 million in dollar value in consigned inventory. As required by the terms of this agreement, the Company does not take title to consigned inventory until payment. Accordingly, the Company does not include the value of consigned inventory or the corresponding liability in its financial statements. The value of consigned inventory at December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 was $26.9 million and $16.4 million, respectively. The agreement does not have a stated term, and it can be terminated by either party upon 60 days written notice. Additionally, the Company expensed consignment fees related to this facility of $0.5 million for 2007 and $0.6 million for both 2006 and 2005. The obligations under the consignment agreement are guaranteed by Visant.

 

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8. Property, Plant and Equipment

Net property, plant and equipment consisted of:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Land

   $ 9,445     $ 9,204  

Buildings

     41,553       36,275  

Machinery and equipment

     259,373       217,991  

Capitalized software

     29,375       24,499  

Transportation equipment

     604       1,054  

Furniture and fixtures

     7,002       6,619  

Construction in progress

     7,989       10,061  
                

Total property, plant and equipment

     355,341       305,703  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (174,230 )     (145,122 )
                

Property, plant and equipment, net

   $ 181,111     $ 160,581  
                

Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost except when adjusted to fair value in applying purchase accounting in conjunction with an acquisition or merger. Depreciation expense was $37.4 million for 2007, $31.0 million for 2006 and $35.9 million for 2005. Amortization related to capitalized software is included in depreciation expense and totaled $2.7 million for 2007, $2.6 million for 2006 and $5.0 million for 2005.

 

9. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill

Goodwill is as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007      2006  

Balance at beginning of period

   $ 919,638      $ 909,432  

Goodwill additions during the period

     24,524        15,323  

Reduction in goodwill

     (8,787 )      (5,150 )

Currency translation

     194        33  
                 

Balance at end of period

   $ 935,569      $ 919,638  
                 

Additions to goodwill during the year ended December 29, 2007 primarily relate to goodwill acquired in the acquisition of Neff of approximately $12.5 million, the goodwill acquired in the acquisition of VSI of approximately $6.4 million and the goodwill acquired in the acquisition of certain assets of Publishing Enterprises of approximately $5.2 million. Neff’s results are included in the Scholastic reporting segment from the date of acquisition, VSI’s results are included in the Marketing and Publishing Services reporting segment from the date of acquisition and Memory Book Acquisition LLC’s results are included in the Memory Book reporting segment from the date of acquisition.

A reduction in goodwill of $2.3 million resulted from the adoption of FIN 48 for a pre-acquisition tax uncertainty in connection with the Jostens merger transaction in July 2003, and a further reduction in goodwill of $4.3 million related to a settlement of a pre-acquisition tax contingency also in connection with the Jostens merger transaction in July 2003. Additionally, a $2.2 million reduction in goodwill related to the reclassification of a deferred income tax liability in connection with the Jostens merger transaction in July 2003.

 

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As of December 29, 2007, goodwill has been allocated to our reporting segments as follows:

 

In thousands

    

Scholastic

   $ 305,438

Memory Book

     391,119

Marketing and Publishing Services

     239,012
      
   $ 935,569
      

Other Intangible Assets

Information regarding other intangible assets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006 is as follows:

 

In thousands

  Estimated
useful life
  2007   2006
    Gross
carrying
amount
  Accumulated
amortization
    Net   Gross
carrying
amount
  Accumulated
amortization
    Net

School relationships

  10 years   $ 330,000   $ (146,034 )   $ 183,966   $ 330,000   $ (113,161 )   $ 216,839

Internally developed software

  2 to 5 years     10,700     (10,298 )     402     12,200     (10,454 )     1,746

Patented/unpatented technology

  3 years     19,807     (15,915 )     3,892     19,767     (15,109 )     4,658

Customer relationships

  4 to 40 years     55,514     (13,100 )     42,414     36,509     (9,746 )     26,763

Other

  3 to 10 years     70,090     (35,901 )     34,189     61,410     (24,927 )     36,483
                                         
      486,111     (221,248 )     264,863     459,886     (173,397 )     286,489

Trademarks

  Indefinite     250,480     —         250,480     244,180     —         244,180
                                         
    $ 736,591   $ (221,248 )   $ 515,343   $ 704,066   $ (173,397 )   $ 530,669
                                         

Intangible asset amortization expense was $48.9 million for 2007, $49.8 million for 2006 and $50.9 million for 2005. Estimated amortization expense for each of the five succeeding fiscal years based on intangible assets as of the end of 2007 is as follows:

 

(In thousands)

    

2008

   $ 48,048

2009

     43,609

2010

     42,550

2011

     40,499

2012

     38,203

Thereafter

     51,954
      

Total amortization expense

   $ 264,863
      

Under SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the Company is required to test goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives for impairment annually, or more frequently if impairment indicators occur. The impairment test requires management to make judgments in connection with identifying reporting units, assigning assets and liabilities to reporting units, assigning goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets to reporting units, and determining the fair value of each reporting unit. Significant judgments required to estimate

 

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the fair value of reporting units include projecting future cash flows, determining appropriate discount rates and other assumptions. The projections are based on management’s best estimate given recent financial performance, market trends, strategic plans and other available information. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or impairment for each reporting unit. The impairment testing was completed as of the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2007, and there were no indications of impairment. However, unforeseen future events could adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, which at the end of 2007 and 2006 totaled approximately $1.2 billion for both periods.

 

10. Debt

As of the end of 2007 and 2006, the Company’s debt obligations consisted of the following:

 

In thousands

   2007    2006

Holdings:

     

Senior discount notes, 10.25% fixed rate, net of discount of $21,593 at December 29, 2007 and $43,043 at December 30, 2006 with semi-annual interest accretion through December 1, 2008, thereafter semi-annual and payable at maturity—December 2013

   $ 225,607    $ 204,157

Senior notes, 8.75% fixed rate, with semi-annual interest payments of $15.3 million, principal due and payable at maturity—December 2013

     350,000      350,000

Visant:

     

Borrowings under our senior secured credit facility:

     

Term Loan C, variable rate, 7.19% at December 29, 2007 and 7.37% at December 30, 2006, with semi-annual principal and interest payments through October 1, 2011

     316,500      716,500

Senior subordinated notes, 7.625% fixed rate, with semi-annual interest payments of $19.1 million, principal due and payable at maturity—October 2012

     500,000      500,000
             
     1,392,107      1,770,657

Borrowings under our revolving credit facility

     714      —  
             
   $ 1,392,821    $ 1,770,657
             

Maturities of the Company’s debt, at face value, as of the end of 2007 are as follows:

 

In thousands

    

Holdings:

  

Thereafter

   $ 597,200

Visant:

  

2008

     —  

2009

     —  

2010

     —  

2011

     316,500

2012

     500,000

Thereafter

     —  
      

Total debt

   $ 1,413,700
      

 

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During 2007, the Company voluntarily prepaid $400.0 million of term loans under its senior secured credit facilities, including all originally scheduled principal payments due under its Term Loans A and C for 2006 through mid-2011. With these pre-payments, the outstanding balance under the Term Loan C facility was reduced to $316.5 million. Amounts borrowed under the term loan facilities that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. As of December 29, 2007, there was $15.4 million outstanding in the form of letters of credit and $0.7 million drawn against the revolving credit sub-facility available to our Canadian subsidiary, leaving $233.9 million available under the $250 million revolving credit facility. Visant’s senior secured credit facilities allow Visant, subject to certain conditions, to incur additional term loans under the Term Loan C facility, or under a new term facility, in either case in an aggregate principal of up to $300 million, which additional term loans will have the same security and guarantees as the Term Loan A and Term Loan C facilities. Restrictions under the Visant senior subordinated note indenture would limit Visant’s ability to borrow the full amount of additional term loan borrowings under such a facility.

Holdings Senior Discount Notes and Senior Notes

On December 2, 2003, the Company issued $247.2 million in principal amount at maturity of 10.25% senior discount notes (the “Holdings discount notes”) due December 2013 in a private placement to a limited number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined under the Securities Act, and to a limited number of persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act for gross proceeds of $150.0 million. On March 8, 2004, the Company completed an offer to exchange the entire principal amount at maturity of these notes for an equal principal amount at maturity of notes with substantially identical terms that had been registered under the Securities Act.

The Holdings discount notes are not collateralized, are subordinate in right of payment to all debt and other liabilities of the Company’s subsidiaries, including its senior secured credit facilities and the Visant senior subordinated notes, and are not guaranteed. No cash interest will accrue on the Holdings discount notes prior to December 1, 2008. Thereafter, cash interest on the Holdings discount notes will accrue and be payable semiannually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing June 1, 2009, at a rate of 10.25%. The Holdings discount notes were issued with an initial accreted value of $150.0 million, resulting in an original issuance discount of $97.2 million. The accreted value of the Holdings discount notes will increase from the date of issuance until December 1, 2008 at a rate of 10.25% per annum such that on December 1, 2008, the accreted value will equal the stated principal amount at maturity. The Holdings discount notes will mature on December 1, 2013. The Holdings discount notes may be redeemed at the option of Holdings on or after December 1, 2008 at prices ranging from 105.125% of principal to 100% in 2011 and thereafter.

The discount accretion is being amortized to interest expense through 2008 and during 2007, 2006 and 2005, the amount of interest expense related to the discount accretion was $21.5 million,$19.9 million and $18.0 million, respectively. As discussed in Note 13, Income Taxes, interest on the Holdings discount notes is not deductible for income tax purposes until it is paid. In addition, transaction fees and related costs of $5.7 million associated with the Holdings discount notes were capitalized and are being amortized as interest expense through December 1, 2013.

At the end of the first quarter of 2006, Holdings privately placed $350.0 million of 8.75% Senior Notes (the “Holdings senior notes”) due 2013, with settlement on April 4, 2006. As a result, on April 4, 2006, the Company received proceeds net of $9.3 million of deferred financing costs. All net proceeds from the offering were used to fund a dividend to stockholders of Holdings, which was paid on April 4, 2006. The Holdings senior notes are unsecured and are not guaranteed by any of the Company’s subsidiaries and are subordinate in right of payment to all of Holdings’ existing and future secured indebtedness and indebtedness of its subsidiaries, and senior in

 

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right of payment to all of Holdings’ existing and future subordinated indebtedness. Cash interest on the Holdings senior notes accrues and is payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1, commencing June 1, 2006, at a rate of 8.75%. The Holdings senior notes may be redeemed at the option of Holdings prior to December 1, 2008, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a make-whole premium. The senior notes may be redeemed at the option of Holdings on or after December 1, 2008, in whole or in part, in cash at prices ranging from 106.563% of principal in 2008 to 100.0% of principal in 2011 and thereafter. On October 10, 2006, Holdings consummated the exchange offer for all outstanding Holdings’ senior notes privately placed for an equal principal amount of registered notes.

The transaction fees and related costs of $9.7 million associated with the Holdings senior notes were capitalized and are being amortized as interest expense through 2013.

The indentures governing the Holdings discount notes and Holdings senior notes restrict Holdings and its restricted subsidiaries from declaring or paying dividends or making any other distribution (including any payment by Holdings or any restricted subsidiary of Holdings in connection with any merger or consolidation involving Holdings or any of its restricted subsidiaries) on account of Holdings’ or any of its restricted subsidiaries’ equity interests (other than dividends or distributions payable in certain equity interests and dividends payable to Holdings or any restricted subsidiary of Holdings), subject to certain exceptions.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

On October 4, 2004, in connection with the Transactions, Visant entered into a Credit Agreement among Visant, as Borrower, Jostens, Ltd., as Canadian borrower, Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., as Guarantor, the lenders from time to time parties thereto, Credit Suisse First Boston, as Administrative Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston Toronto Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent, providing for senior secured credit facilities in an aggregate amount of $1,270.0 million consisting of $150.0 million of a Term Loan A facility, an $870.0 million Term B loan facility and a $250.0 million revolving credit facility. Visant’s senior secured credit facilities allow us, subject to certain conditions, to incur additional term loans under the Term Loan C facility, or under a new term facility, in either case in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300.0 million. Additionally, restrictions under the Visant senior subordinated note indenture would limit Visant’s ability to borrow the full amount of additional term loan borrowings under such a facility. Any additional term loans will have the same security and guarantees as the Term Loan A and Term Loan C facilities.

On December 21, 2004, Visant entered into the First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2004 (as amended by the First Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). The First Amendment provided for an $870 million Term C loan facility, the proceeds of which were used to repay in full the outstanding borrowings under the Term B loan facility. Visant effectively reduced the interest rate on its borrowings by 25 basis points by refinancing the Term B facility with a new Term C facility and did not incur any additional borrowings under the First Amendment.

Visant’s obligations under the senior secured credit facilities are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed jointly and severally by Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings and the parent of Visant, and by Visant’s material current and future domestic subsidiaries. The obligations of Visant’s principal Canadian operating subsidiary under the senior secured credit facilities are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed jointly and severally by Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., by Visant, by Visant’s material current and future domestic subsidiaries and by Visant’s other current and future Canadian subsidiaries. Visant’s obligations under the senior secured credit facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured by substantially all of Visant’s assets and substantially all of the assets of Visant Secondary Holdings Corp. and Visant’s material current and future domestic subsidiaries, including but not limited to:

 

   

all of Visant’s capital stock and the capital stock of each of Visant’s existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries, except that with respect to foreign subsidiaries such lien and pledge is limited to 65% of the capital stock of “first-tier” foreign subsidiaries; and

 

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substantially all of Visant’s material existing and future domestic subsidiaries’ tangible and intangible assets.

The obligations of Jostens Canada Ltd. under the senior secured credit facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured by the collateral referred to in the prior paragraph and substantially all of the tangible and intangible assets of Jostens Canada Ltd. and each of Visant’s other current and future Canadian subsidiaries.

The senior secured credit facilities require Visant to meet a maximum total leverage ratio, a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum capital expenditures limitation. In addition, the senior secured credit facilities contain certain restrictive covenants which will, among other things, limit Visant’s and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur additional indebtedness, pay dividends, prepay subordinated debt, make investments, merge or consolidate, change the business, amend the terms of the Company’s subordinated debt and engage in certain other activities customarily restricted in such agreements. It also contains certain customary events of default, subject to grace periods, as appropriate.

The dividend restrictions under the Visant senior secured credit facilities apply only to Visant and Visant Secondary Holdings Corp., and essentially prohibit all dividends other than (1) for dividends paid on or after April 30, 2009 and used by Holdings to make regularly-scheduled cash interest payments on its senior discount notes, subject to compliance with the interest coverage covenant after giving effect to such dividends, (2) for other dividends so long as the amount thereof does not exceed $50 million plus an additional amount based on Visant’s net income and the amount of any capital contributions received by Visant after October 4, 2004 and (3) pursuant to other customary exceptions, including redemptions of stock made with other, substantially similar stock or with proceeds of concurrent issuances of substantially similar stock.

The borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear a variable interest rate based upon either the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or an alternative base rate (“ABR”) based upon the greater of the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, or the prime rate, plus a fixed margin. The interest rate per year on the Term A and Term C loan facilities is ABR or LIBOR plus a basis point spread. Both are subject to a step-down determined by reference to a performance test. The Term C loan facility will amortize on a semi-annual basis commencing on July 1, 2005 and mature on October 4, 2011 with amortization prior to the maturity date to be at nominal percentages. In addition, transaction fees and related costs of $38.1 million associated with the senior secured credit facilities were capitalized and are being amortized as interest expense over the lives of the facilities.

The interest rate per year on the revolving credit facility was initially LIBOR plus 2.50% or ABR plus 1.50% (or, in the case of Canadian dollar denominated loans, the bankers’ acceptance discount rate plus 2.50% or the Canadian prime rate plus 1.50%) and are subject to adjustment based on pricing grid. The revolving credit facility contains a sub-facility that allows the Company’s Canadian subsidiary to borrow funds not to exceed $20.0 million of the total $250.0 million facility. The revolving credit facility expires on October 4, 2009. At the end of 2007, there was $15.4 million outstanding in the form of letters of credit and $0.7 million drawn against the revolving credit sub-facility available to the Company’s Canadian subsidiary, leaving $233.9 million available under this facility. The Company is obligated to pay commitment fees of 0.50% on the unused portion of this facility. The interest rate on the revolving credit facility and the commitment fee rate are both subject to step-downs determined by reference to a performance test.

Visant Senior Subordinated Notes

On October 4, 2004, in connection with the Transactions, Visant issued $500 million in principal amount of 7.625% senior subordinated notes (the “Visant notes”) due October 2012 in a private placement to a limited

 

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number of qualified institutional buyers, as defined under the Securities Act, and to a limited number of persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S of the Securities Act. On March 30, 2005, the Company completed an offer to exchange the entire principal amount of these notes for an equal principal amount of notes with substantially identical terms that had been registered under the Securities Act.

The Visant notes are not collateralized, are subordinate in right of payment to all existing and future senior indebtedness of Visant and its subsidiaries and are guaranteed by all restricted subsidiaries that are domestic subsidiaries and guarantee the senior secured credit facilities. Cash interest on the Visant notes accrues and is payable semiannually in arrears on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing April 1, 2005, at a rate of 7.625%. The Visant notes may be redeemed at the option of Visant on or after October 1, 2008 at prices ranging from 103.813% of principal to 100% of principal in 2010 and thereafter. In addition, transaction fees and related costs of $22.8 million associated with the Visant notes were capitalized and are being amortized as interest expense through October 1, 2012.

The indenture governing the Visant notes restricts Visant and its restricted subsidiaries from paying dividends or making any other distributions on account of Visant’s or any restricted subsidiary’s equity interests (including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation) other than (1) dividends or distributions by Visant payable in equity interests of Visant or in options, warrants or other rights to purchase equity interests or (2) dividends or distributions by a restricted subsidiary, subject to certain exceptions.

Additional Information

The indentures governing the Holdings discount notes, the Holdings senior notes and the Visant senior subordinated notes also contain numerous covenants including, among other things, restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur or guarantee additional indebtedness or issue disqualified or preferred stock; pay dividends or make other equity distributions; repurchase or redeem capital stock; make investments or other restricted payments; sell assets or consolidate or merge with or into other companies; create limitations on the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make dividends or distributions to the Company; engage in transactions with affiliates; and create liens.

Visant’s senior secured credit facilities and the Visant and Holdings notes contain certain cross-default and cross-acceleration provisions whereby a default under or acceleration of other debt obligations would cause a default under or acceleration of the senior secured credit facilities and the notes.

As of the end of 2007, the fair value of debt under our credit facilities approximated its carrying value and was estimated based on quoted market prices for comparable instruments. The fair value of the Holdings discount notes, the Holdings senior notes and the Visant notes as of the end of 2007 was $213.8 million, $353.5 million and $503.1 million, respectively, and was estimated based on quoted market prices of the respective notes.

A failure to comply with the covenants under the senior secured credit facilities, subject to certain grace periods, would constitute a default under the senior secured credit facilities, which could result in an acceleration of the loans and other obligations owing thereunder.

As of December 29, 2007, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under its material debt obligations.

 

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11. Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Company’s involvement with derivative financial instruments is limited principally to managing well-defined interest rate and foreign currency exchange risks. Forward foreign currency exchange contracts may be used to hedge the impact of currency fluctuations primarily on inventory purchases denominated in Euros. There were no open forward foreign currency exchange contracts at the end of 2007 and 2006.

 

12. Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

Equipment and office, warehouse and production space under operating leases expire at various dates. Rent expense for continuing operations was $7.3 million for 2007, $6.4 million for 2006 and $6.2 million for 2005. Future minimum lease payments under the leases are as follows:

 

(In thousands)

    

2008

   $ 5,868

2009

     5,075

2010

     3,628

2011

     3,492

2012

     3,087

Thereafter

     5,293
      

Total lease payments

   $ 26,443
      

Forward Purchase Contracts

The Company is subject to market risk associated with changes in the price of precious metals. To mitigate the commodity price risk, the Company may from time to time enter into forward contracts to purchase gold, platinum and silver based upon the estimated ounces needed to satisfy projected customer demand. The forward purchase contracts are considered normal purchases and therefore not subject to the requirements of SFAS No. 133. The Company did not have any forward contracts at the end of fiscal year 2007.

Environmental

Our operations are subject to a wide variety of federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations governing emissions to air, discharges to water, the generation, handling, storage, transportation, treatment and disposal of hazardous substances and other materials, and employee health and safety matters. Compliance with such laws and regulations have been more stringent and, accordingly, more costly over time.

Also, as an owner and operator of real property or a generator of hazardous substances, the Company may be subject to environmental cleanup liability, regardless of fault, pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act or analogous state laws, as well as to claims for harm to health or property or for natural resource damages arising out of contamination or exposure to hazardous substances. Some of our current or past operations have involved metalworking and plating, printing, and other activities that have resulted in environmental conditions that have given rise to liabilities.

As part of our environmental management program, the Company has been involved in environmental remediation on a property formerly owned and operated by Jostens for jewelry manufacturing. In July 2006, the State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued a “No Further Remediation” letter with respect to this

 

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site. Jostens has certain ongoing monitoring obligations, however, the Company does not expect the cost of such ongoing monitoring to be material.

Legal Proceedings

In communications with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“Customs”), the Company learned of an alleged inaccuracy of the tariff classification for certain of Jostens’ imports from Mexico. Jostens promptly filed with Customs a voluntary disclosure to limit its monetary exposure. The effect of these tariff classification errors is that back duties and fees (or “loss of revenue”) may be owed on certain imports. Additionally, Customs may impose interest on the loss of revenue, if any is determined. A review of Jostens’ import practices has revealed that during the relevant period, the subject merchandise qualified for duty-free tariff treatment under the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”), in which case there should be no loss of revenue or interest payment owed to Customs. However, Customs’ allegations indicate that Jostens committed a technical oversight in the classification used by Jostens in claiming the preferential tariff treatment. Through its prior disclosure to Customs, Jostens addressed this technical oversight and asserted that the merchandise did in fact qualify for duty-free tariff treatment under NAFTA and that there is no associated loss of revenue. In a series of communications received from Customs in December 2006, Jostens learned that Customs was disputing the validity of Jostens’ prior disclosure and asserting a loss of revenue in the amount of $2.9 million for duties owed on entries made in 2002 and 2003 and in a separate pre-penalty notice was advised that Customs is contemplating a monetary penalty in the amount of approximately $5.8 million (two times the alleged loss of revenue). In order to obtain the benefits of the orderly continuation and conclusion of administrative proceedings, Jostens agreed to a two year waiver of the statute of limitations with respect to the entries made in 2002 and 2003 that otherwise would have expired at the end of 2007 and 2008, respectively. Jostens elected to continue to address this matter by filing a petition in response to the pre-penalty notice in January 2007, disputing Customs’ claims and advancing its arguments to support that no loss of revenue or penalty should be issued against the Company, or in the alternative, that any penalty based on a purely technical violation should be reduced to a nominal fixed amount reflective of the nature of the violation. In May 2007, Customs issued a penalty notice assessing a loss of revenue (plus interest) and penalty as described above based on asserted negligence by Jostens. In July 2007, Jostens filed a petition in response to the penalty notice challenging Customs’ findings and asserting that there has been no loss of revenue and that no penalty should be issued against Jostens or that, in the alternative, any penalty should be reduced to a nominal fixed amount reflective of the nature of the violation or mitigated on the basis that the imports at issue are nonetheless duty free. At this stage of the proceedings, the matter is being evaluated by Customs. In October 2007, based on recent court rulings, Jostens presented additional arguments for Customs’ consideration supporting that the subject imports at the time of entry were entitled to duty free status. We understand that the matter is currently under review by Customs. Jostens intends to continue to vigorously defend its position and has recorded no accrual for any potential liability pending further communication with Customs. Jostens has the opportunity to extend an offer in compromise to Customs in an effort to settle this matter in advance of a final administrative decision. If Jostens were to do so, it would be required to tender the amount offered to Customs at the time. It is not clear what Customs’ final position will be with respect to the alleged tariff classification errors or that Jostens will not be foreclosed from receiving duty free treatment for the subject imports. Jostens may not be successful in its defense, and the disposition of this matter may have a material effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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The Company is also a party to other litigation arising in the normal course of business. The Company regularly analyzes current information and, as necessary, provide accruals for probable liabilities on the eventual disposition of these matters. The Company does not believe the effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations, if any, for the disposition of these matters will be material.

 

13. Income Taxes

Holdings files a consolidated federal income tax return which includes Visant and its domestic subsidiaries. Holdings and its subsidiaries file state tax returns on a consolidated or a separate subsidiary basis as required in the applicable jurisdictions.

Holdings

The U.S. and foreign components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the provision for income taxes from continuing operations of Holdings consist of:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005

Domestic

   $ 66,511     $ 45,995     $ 23,219

Foreign

     6,358       8,094       4,953
                      

Income before income taxes

   $ 72,869     $ 54,089     $ 28,172
                      

Federal

   $ 39,621     $ 34,480     $ 3,119

State

     8,822       5,855       3,737

Foreign

     2,059       2,927       1,651
                      

Total current income taxes

     50,502       43,262       8,507

Deferred

     (21,400 )     (27,587 )     2,017
                      

Provision for income taxes

   $ 29,102     $ 15,675     $ 10,524
                      

A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate and income taxes from continuing operations for financial reporting purposes is as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Federal tax at statutory rate

   $ 25,504     35.0 %   $ 18,931     35.0 %   $ 9,860     35.0 %

State tax, net of federal tax benefit

     3,497     4.8 %     1,614     3.0 %     1,311     4.6 %

State deferred tax rate change, net of federal
benefit

     1,198     1.6 %     (2,950 )   (5.5 %)     —       —    

Foreign tax credits (generated) used, net

     (1,996 )   (2.7 %)     957     1.8 %     (1,049 )   (3.7 %)

Foreign earnings repatriation, net

     1,926     2.6 %     1,679     3.1 %     (480 )   (1.7 %)

Domestic manufacturing deduction

     (2,667 )   (3.7 %)     (1,373 )   (2.5 %)     (378 )   (1.3 %)

Increase (decrease) in deferred tax valuation allowance

     1,432     2.0 %     (2,743 )   (5.1 %)     850     3.0 %

Other differences, net

     208     0.3 %     (440 )   (0.8 %)     410     1.5 %
                                          

Provision for income taxes

   $ 29,102     39.9 %   $ 15,675     29.0 %   $ 10,524     37.4 %
                                          

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

The tax effect of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations are:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Tax depreciation in excess of book

   $ (11,825 )   $ (12,023 )

Basis difference on property, plant and equipment

     (5,430 )     (5,530 )

Capitalized software development costs

     (2,724 )     (1,896 )

Pension benefits

     (42,798 )     (24,038 )

Basis difference on intangible assets

     (180,701 )     (188,610 )

Other

     (3,911 )     (4,650 )
                

Deferred tax liabilities

     (247,389 )     (236,747 )
                

Reserves for accounts receivable and salespersons overdrafts

     7,972       8,126  

Reserves for employee benefits

     16,191       15,790  

Other reserves not recognized for tax purposes

     4,187       4,135  

Foreign tax credit carryforwards

     14,833       13,401  

Basis difference on pension liabilities

     19,128       20,978  

Amortization of original issue discount

     27,889       19,640  

Other

     6,754       4,728  
                

Deferred tax assets

     96,954       86,798  

Valuation allowance

     (14,833 )     (13,401 )
                

Deferred tax assets, net

     82,121       73,397  
                

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (165,268 )   $ (163,350 )
                

Visant

The U.S. and foreign components of income from continuing operations before income taxes and the provision for income taxes from continuing operations of Visant consist of:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005

Domestic

   $ 121,549     $ 89,933     $ 41,395

Foreign

     6,358       8,094       4,953
                      

Income before income taxes

   $ 127,907     $ 98,027     $ 46,348
                      

Federal

   $ 50,761     $ 42,908     $ 3,326

State

     9,775       6,340       3,755

Foreign

     2,059       2,927       1,652
                      

Total current income taxes

     62,595       52,175       8,733

Deferred

     (12,853 )     (20,961 )     8,516
                      

Provision for income taxes

   $ 49,742     $ 31,214     $ 17,249
                      

 

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A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate and income taxes from continuing operations for financial reporting purposes is as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Federal tax at statutory rate

   $ 44,767     35.0 %   $ 34,309     35.0 %   $ 16,222     35.0 %

State tax, net of federal tax benefit

     4,537     3.5 %     2,172     2.2 %     1,674     3.6 %

State deferred tax rate change, net of federal
benefit

     1,535     1.2 %     (3,347 )   (3.4 %)     —       —    

Foreign tax credits (generated) used, net

     (1,996 )   (1.5 %)     957     1.0 %     (1,049 )   (2.3 %)

Foreign earnings repatriation, net

     1,926     1.5 %     1,679     1.7 %     (480 )   (1.0 %)

Domestic manufacturing deduction

     (2,667 )   (2.1 %)     (1,373 )   (1.4 %)     (378 )   (0.8 %)

Increase (decrease) in deferred tax valuation allowance

     1,432     1.1 %     (2,743 )   (2.8 %)     850     1.8 %

Other differences, net

     208     0.2 %     (440 )   (0.5 %)     410     0.9 %
                                          

Provision for income taxes

   $ 49,742     38.9 %   $ 31,214     31.8 %   $ 17,249     37.2 %
                                          

The tax effect of temporary differences which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities from continuing operations are:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Tax depreciation in excess of book

   $ (11,825 )   $ (12,023 )

Basis difference on property, plant and equipment

     (5,430 )     (5,530 )

Capitalized software development costs

     (2,724 )     (1,896 )

Pension benefits

     (42,798 )     (24,038 )

Basis difference on intangible assets

     (180,701 )     (188,610 )

Other

     (3,824 )     (4,509 )
                

Deferred tax liabilities

     (247,302 )     (236,606 )
                

Reserves for accounts receivable and salespersons overdrafts

     7,972       8,126  

Reserves for employee benefits

     16,191       15,790  

Other reserves not recognized for tax purposes

     4,187       4,135  

Foreign tax credit carryforwards

     14,833       13,401  

Basis difference on pension liabilities

     19,128       20,978  

Other

     6,284       4,502  
                

Deferred tax assets

     68,595       66,932  

Valuation allowance

     (14,833 )     (13,401 )
                

Deferred tax assets, net

     53,762       53,531  
                

Net deferred tax liability

   $ (193,540 )   $ (183,075 )
                

Effective at the beginning of 2007, the Company adopted FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 requires applying a “more likely than not” threshold to the recognition and derecognition of tax positions. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Company made a change in accounting principle for the classification of interest income on tax refunds. Under the previous policy, the Company recorded interest income on tax refunds as interest income. Under the new policy, any interest income in connection with income tax refunds is recorded as a reduction of income tax expense. In addition, since the adoption of FIN 48, all interest and penalties on income tax assessments have been recorded as income tax expense and included as part of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability.

 

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The unrecognized tax benefit liability at December 31, 2006, the date of the Company’s adoption of FIN 48, was $12.4 million including $1.9 million of gross interest and penalty accruals. In connection with the adoption, the Company recorded a $1.4 million increase to beginning retained earnings and a $2.3 million decrease to goodwill, with a corresponding reduction of $3.7 million in the existing reserve balance for uncertain tax positions. These adjustments were required to adjust from the Company’s previous method of accounting for income tax loss contingencies under SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, to the method prescribed under FIN 48. The adjustment to goodwill related to a pre-acquisition tax uncertainty in connection with the Jostens merger transaction in July 2003. As of the date of adoption of FIN 48 and as of December 29, 2007, the amount of the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate was, respectively, $4.9 million and $5.2 million, excluding gross interest and penalty accruals of $1.9 million and $1.7 million. During 2007, the Company reduced its unrecognized tax benefit liability by $5.5 million because a tax position from 2003 is no longer subject to examination by taxing authorities. Approximately $4.3 million of the decrease reduced goodwill because the tax position related to a pre-acquisition contingency in connection with the Jostens merger transaction in July 2003. Included in the results of operations for 2007 is $0.4 million of net gross tax accruals, $0.1 million of net gross interest and penalty reductions, and $0.2 million of net deferred tax credits. The Company’s unrecognized tax benefit liability is included in other noncurrent liabilities and at December 29, 2007 totaled $8.8 million including interest and penalty accruals of $1.7 million.

The reconciliation of the total gross amount recorded for unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of 2007 for Holdings and Visant is as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007  

Balance at December 31, 2006

   $ 10,520  

Gross increases—tax positions in prior periods

     —    

Gross decreases—tax position in prior periods

     (391 )

Gross increases—current period tax positions

     1,635  

Settlements

     (199 )

Lapse of statute of limitations

     (4,481 )
        

Balance at December 29, 2007

   $ 7,084  
        

The Company’s income tax filings for 2004 to 2006 are subject to examination in the U.S federal tax jurisdiction. The Internal Revenue Service is examining two pre-acquisition tax filings for one of the Company’s subsidiaries for periods in 2004 and the Company’s tax filing for 2005. The Company is also subject to examination in state and foreign tax jurisdictions for the 2002 to 2006 periods, none of which was individually material. The Company has filed appeals for a Canadian federal examination of tax years 1996 and 1997. Though subject to uncertainty, the Company believes it has made appropriate provisions for all outstanding issues for all open years and in all applicable jurisdictions. During the next twelve months, the Company does not expect that there will be a significant change in the unrecognized tax benefit liability.

During 2007, the Company repatriated $5.1 million of earnings from its foreign subsidiaries. In connection with the repatriation, the Company concluded that approximately $10.0 million of undistributed foreign earnings are indefinitely invested in its foreign businesses. At the end of 2007, the Company had foreign tax credit carryforwards totaling $14.8 million of which approximately $11.4 million expire in 2012 and the remaining $3.4 million expire in years 2013 through 2017. For 2007 and 2006, the Company has provided a valuation allowance for the entire related deferred tax asset because the tax benefit related to the foreign tax credits may not be realized.

During 2007 and 2006, the Company adjusted the effective tax rate at which it expects deferred tax assets and liabilities to be realized or settled in the future. The effect of the adjustment for 2007 was to increase income tax expense from continuing operations by $1.2 million and $1.5 million for Holdings and Visant, respectively.

 

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The effect of the adjustment for 2006 was to decrease income tax expense from continuing operations by $2.9 million and $3.3 million for Holdings and Visant, respectively. The change in effective tax rates was required to reflect the effect of the Company’s 2006 and 2005 state income tax returns.

During 2006, Holdings was notified by the Internal Revenue Service that the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation had approved a claim for refund by Jostens for the taxable years 2000 and 2001. The Company received a federal refund of approximately $7.6 million, including $1.2 million of interest. A substantial portion of the tax refund was recorded as a reduction of goodwill of $4.9 million and was attributable to the resolution of an income tax uncertainty that arose in connection with a purchase business combination completed by Jostens in May 2000.

As described in Note 5, Discontinued Operations, during 2006 the Company completed the sale of its Jostens Photography businesses, which previously comprised a reportable segment. The tax effects of the sale and the related results of operations have been reported as loss from discontinued operations in 2006.

During 2006, the Canadian subsidiary of Holdings repatriated $31.5 million of earnings attributed primarily to the gain on sale of the Jostens Photography businesses. Another foreign subsidiary of Holdings repatriated $1.6 million of earnings during 2006. The tax effects of the Canadian distribution are reflected in the results from discontinued operations. Foreign tax credit carryforwards and the related valuation allowance are reflected in the continuing operations balance sheet. As a result of the sale of the Jostens Photography businesses, the Company realized approximately $2.1 million of tax benefit attributable to foreign tax credit carryforwards which resulted in a decrease in the Company’s valuation allowance. In connection with the repatriation, the Company concluded that approximately $7.3 million of undistributed foreign earnings are indefinitely invested in its foreign businesses.

During 2006, the Company determined that its $0.7 million valuation allowance for capital loss carryovers was no longer required because the Company generated capital gains in connection with the sale of property used in continuing operations.

During 2005, two foreign subsidiaries of Holdings repatriated a total of $12.6 million of earnings that were eligible for the favorable rate of tax provided under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004. The benefit of the repatriation in relation to the tax that would otherwise have been payable was approximately $2.7 million. In connection with the repatriation, the Company concluded that approximately $6.0 million of undistributed foreign earnings were indefinitely invested in its foreign businesses. Consistent with the provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 23, “Accounting for Income Taxes—Special Areas”, the Company reduced income tax expense from continuing operations by $1.1 million to reverse deferred income taxes that had been accrued at December 2004. The overall tax effect of the repatriation in December 2005, including the effect of reducing accrued deferred income taxes, was to decrease income tax expense from continuing operations by approximately $0.7 million. The overall effect of the repatriation on discontinued operations was to increase income tax expense by approximately $1.2 million

As described in Note 10, Debt, during December 2003, Holdings issued $150 million of senior discount notes due 2013. The notes have significant original issue discount (“OID”) and are considered applicable high yield discount obligations because the yield to maturity of the notes exceeds the sum of the applicable federal rate in effect for the month the notes were issued and five percentage points. As a result, Holdings will not be allowed a deduction for interest (including OID) accrued on the notes until such time as it actually pays such interest (including OID) in cash or other property. Holdings has provided deferred income taxes of approximately $27.9 million on $75.6 million of OID accrued through December 2007.

 

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14. Benefit Plans

Pension and Other Postretirement Benefits

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, which requires companies to fully recognize the funded status of each pension and other postretirement benefit plan as a liability or asset on their balance sheets with all unrecognized amounts to be recorded in other comprehensive income. The following table shows the impact of the implementation on the consolidated statement of financial position on the combined pension, non-qualified and postretirement medical plans.

 

In thousands

   Pre-SFAS
No. 158
   SFAS No. 158
Adjustment
   After SFAS
No. 158
        

Assets

        

Current assets

   $ —      $ —      $ —  

Prepaid pension cost

     —        64,579      64,579
                    

Total assets

   $ —      $ 64,579    $ 64,579

Liabilities

        

Other accrued liabilities

   $ 27,788    $ 2,318    $ 30,106

Pension liabilities, net

     15,956      9,055      25,011

Other noncurrent liability (deferred tax liability)

     8,933      20,815      29,748
                    

Total liabilities

   $ 52,677    $ 32,188    $ 84,865

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax

   $ 1,019    $ 32,387    $ 33,406

Jostens has noncontributory defined benefit pension plans that cover nearly all employees hired prior to December 31, 2005. The benefits provided under the plans are based on years of service, age eligibility and employee compensation. The benefits for Jostens’ qualified pension plans have been funded through pension trusts, the objective being to accumulate sufficient funds to provide for future benefits. In addition to qualified pension plans, Jostens has unfunded, non-qualified pension plans covering certain employees, which provide for benefits in addition to those provided by the qualified plans.

Effective December 31, 2005, the pension plans were closed to newly hired nonunion employees. Pension benefits for current salaried nonunion employees were modified to provide a percentage of career average earnings, rather than final average earnings for service after January 1, 2006 except for certain grandfathered employees who met specified age and service requirements as of December 31, 2005. Effective July 1, 2007 and January 1, 2008 the pension plans covering Jostens’ employees covered under respective collective bargaining agreements were closed to new hires.

Jostens also provides certain medical benefits for eligible retirees, including their spouses and dependents. Generally, the postretirement benefits require contributions from retirees. Effective January 1, 2006, the retiree medical plan was closed to active employees who were not yet age 50 with at least 10 years of service. Prescription drug coverage for Medicare eligible retirees was also eliminated from the program as of January 1, 2006 in connection with coverage under Medicare Part D. Visant is obligated for certain post-retirement benefits under the employment agreement with its Chief Executive Officer.

Eligible employees from Lehigh participate in a noncontributory defined benefit pension plan, which was merged with a Jostens plan effective December 31, 2004. The plan provides benefits based on years of service and final average compensation. Effective December 31, 2006 the pension plan was closed to hourly nonunion employees hired after December 31, 2006 and benefit accruals were frozen for all salaried nonunion employees.

 

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In addition, Lehigh maintains an unfunded supplemental retirement plan (SERP) for certain key executives of Lehigh. This SERP no longer has any active participants accruing benefits under it. Based on an announcement made prior to holding the Von Hoffmann businesses as discontinued operations, effective January 1, 2007, eligible plant hourly employees from Von Hoffmann’s Jefferson City location employed as of December 31, 2006 were added to the Jostens defined pension plan, Plan C. This closed group of employees began accruing benefits on January 1, 2007. These employees no longer participate in the plan following the disposition of the Von Hoffmann businesses. Lehigh and Arcade also contribute to multi-employer pension plans for certain employees covered by collective bargaining agreements. Contribution amounts are determined by the respective collective bargaining agreement and we do not administer or control the funds in any way.

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

The following tables set forth the components of the changes in benefit obligations and fair value of plan assets during 2007 and 2006 as well as the funded status and amounts both recognized in the balance sheets as of December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, for all defined benefit plans combined and retiree welfare plans. The information presented for all the plans is based on a measurement date of September 30. Furthermore, the Jostens plans represent 86% of the aggregate benefit obligation and 90% of the aggregate plan assets as of the end of 2007, with benefits for Lehigh representing 14% of the liability and 10% of the assets.

 

     Pension benefits     Postretirement benefits  

In thousands

   2007     2006     2007     2006  

Change in benefit obligation

        

Benefit obligation, beginning of period

   $ 266,389     $ 266,529     $ 2,761     $ 3,607  

Service cost

     6,410       6,603       12       20  

Interest cost

     15,611       14,988       154       195  

Plan amendments

     449       (2,994 )     —         42  

Actuarial gain

     (14,911 )     (6,201 )     (253 )     (809 )

Benefit payments and administrative expenses

     (13,509 )     (12,536 )     (296 )     (294 )
                                

Benefit obligation, end of period

   $ 260,439     $ 266,389     $ 2,378     $ 2,761  
                                

Change in plan assets

        

Fair value of plan assets, beginning of period

   $ 268,545     $ 255,892     $ —       $ —    

Actual return on plan assets

     42,965       23,125       —         —    

Company contributions

     2,062       2,064       296       294  

Benefit payments and administrative expenses

     (13,509 )     (12,536 )     (296 )     (294 )
                                

Fair value of plan assets, end of period

   $ 300,063     $ 268,545     $ —       $ —    
                                

Funded status, over-funded plans

   $ 64,579     $ 28,886     $ —       $ —    

Funded status, under-funded plans

     (24,951 )     (26,730 )     (2,378 )     (2,761 )
                                

Net funded status

   $ 39,628     $ 2,156     $ (2,378 )   $ (2,761 )
                                

Amounts recognized in the balance sheets:

        

Non-current assets

   $ 64,579     $ 9,088     $ —       $ —    

Current liabilities

     (1,995 )     —         (324 )     —    

Non-current liabilities

     (22,957 )     (25,379 )     (2,054 )     (5,193 )
                                

Net pension amounts recognized on Consolidated Balance Sheets

   $ 39,628     $ (16,100 )   $ (2,378 )   $ (5,193 )
                                

Amounts in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

        

Net (gain)/loss

   $ (45,714 )   $ —       $ 377       N/A  

Prior service cost (credits)

     (4,997 )     —         (2,821 )     N/A  
                                

Other comprehensive income—total

   $ (50,711 )   $ —       $ (2,444 )     N/A  
                                

Amortization Expense Expected to be Recognized During Next Fiscal Year

        

Net (gain)/loss

   $ (23 )   $ —       $ 13     $ 36  

Prior service cost (credits)

     (744 )     (796 )     (277 )     (277 )
                                

Other comprehensive income—total

   $ (767 )   $ (796 )   $ (264 )   $ (241 )
                                

During 2007, the discount rate assumption changed from 6.00% to 6.50% for the pension plans and from 6.00% to 6.25% for the postretirement plans which resulted in a decrease in liability. Asset returns in 2007 were

 

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slightly above assumption, salary increases were lower than expected and retiree medical inflation was lower than expected. The plans’ demographic and asset experience combined with changes in assumptions resulted in a net gain for 2007.

The accumulated benefit obligation (ABO) for all defined benefit pension plans was $253.4 million and $257.4 million at the end of 2007 and 2006, respectively. The ABO differs from the projected benefit obligation shown in the table in that it includes no assumption about future compensation levels.

Non-qualified retirement benefits, included in the tables above, with obligations in excess of plan assets were as follows:

 

In thousands

   2007    2006

Projected benefit obligation

   $ 24,951    $ 26,730

Accumulated benefit obligation

   $ 23,678    $ 25,291

Fair value of plan assets

   $ —      $ —  

All of the qualified pension plans have fair value in excess of the projected benefit obligation and accumulated benefit obligation as of year-end 2007.

Net periodic benefit (income) expense of the pension and other postretirement benefit plans included the following components:

 

     Pension benefits  

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Service cost

   $ 6,410     $ 6,603  

Interest cost

     15,612       14,989  

Expected return on plan assets

     (24,177 )     (22,611 )

Amortization of prior year service cost

     (796 )     (478 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     —         3  
                

Net periodic benefit income

   $ (2,951 )   $ (1,494 )
                
      Postretirement benefits  

In thousands

   2007     2006  

Service cost

   $ 12     $ 20  

Interest cost

     154       194  

Amortization of prior year service cost

     (277 )     (280 )

Amortization of net actuarial loss

     36       99  
                

Net periodic benefit (income) expense

   $ (75 )   $ 33  
                

 

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Assumptions

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine end of year benefit obligations are as follows:

 

     Pension
benefits
    Postretirement
benefits
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Discount rate:

        

Jostens

   6.50 %   6.00 %   6.25 %   6.00 %

Lehigh

   6.50 %   6.00 %   N/A     N/A  

Rate of compensation increase:

        

Jostens

   5.75 %   6.30 %   N/A     N/A  

Lehigh

   2.50 %   3.00 %   N/A     N/A  

Weighted-average assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost for the year are as follows:

 

     Pension
benefits
    Postretirement
benefits
 
     2007     2006     2007     2006  

Discount rate:

        

Jostens

   6.00 %   5.75 %   6.00 %   5.75 %

Lehigh

   6.00 %   5.75 %   N/A     N/A  

Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets:

        

Jostens

   9.50 %   9.50 %   N/A     N/A  

Lehigh

   9.50 %   9.50 %   N/A     N/A  

Rate of compensation increase:

        

Jostens

   6.30 %   6.30 %   N/A     N/A  

Lehigh

   3.00 %   3.00 %   N/A     N/A  

We employ a building block approach in determining the long-term rate of return for plan assets. Historical markets are studied and long-term historical relationships between equities and fixed income are preserved congruent with the widely accepted capital market principle that assets with higher volatility generate a greater return over the long run. Current market factors such as inflation and interest rates are evaluated before long-term capital market assumptions are determined. The long-term portfolio return is established with a proper consideration of diversification and rebalancing. Peer data and historical returns are reviewed to check for reasonability and appropriateness.

Assumed health care cost trend rates are as follows:

 

     Postretirement
benefits
 
     2007     2006  

Health care cost trend rate assumed for next year

   7.00 %   7.00 %

Rate to which the cost trend rate is assumed to decline (the ultimate trend rate)

   5.00 %   5.00 %

Year that the rate reaches the ultimate trend rate

   2010     2008  

 

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Assumed health care cost trend rates have some effect on the amounts reported for health care plans. For 2007, a one percentage point change in the assumed health care cost trend rates would have the following effects:

 

In thousands

   Impact of
1%
Increase
   Impact of
1%
Decrease
 

Effect on total of service and interest cost components

   $ 9    $ (8 )

Effect on postretirement benefit obligation

   $ 123    $ (112 )

Plan Assets

Our weighted-average asset allocations for the pension plans as of the measurement dates of September 30, 2006 and September 29, 2007, by asset category, are as follows:

 

Asset Category

   2007     2006  

Equity securities

   80.0 %   79.7 %

Debt securities

   20.0 %   19.7 %

Real estate

   —   %   —   %

Other

   —   %   0.6 %
            

Total

   100 %   100 %
            

As of July 31, 2007 the Company’s pension plan assets were transferred to SEI, a portfolio manager, in order to deploy a modified investment strategy. In October 2007 the assets were reinvested according to the preferred ongoing asset allocation target- 58% equity securities and 42% debt securities. We employ a total return investment approach whereby a mix of equities and fixed income investments are used to maximize the long-term return of plan assets for a prudent level of risk. The intent of this strategy is to minimize plan expenses by outperforming plan liabilities over the long term. Risk tolerance is established through careful consideration of plan liabilities, plan funded status, and corporate financial condition. The investment portfolio contains a diversified blend of equity and fixed income investments. Furthermore, equity investments are diversified across U.S. and non-U.S. stocks as well as growth, value, and small and large capitalizations.

Contributions

The Pension Protection Act changed the minimum funding requirements for defined benefit pension plans beginning in 2008. Due to the funded status of the qualified plans, there are no projected contributions for 2007 or 2008. The total contributions include $2.1 million to the nonqualified pension plans and $0.3 million to the postretirement benefit plans. The actual amount of contributions is dependent upon the actual return on plan assets and actual disbursements from the postretirement benefit and nonqualified pension plans.

Benefit Payments

Estimated benefit payments under the pension and postretirement benefit plans are as follows:

 

In thousands

   Pension
benefits
   Postretirement
benefits

2008

   $ 13,799    $ 334

2009

     14,479      317

2010

     15,189      301

2011

     16,070      280

2012

     16,853      263

2013 through 2017

     99,092      1,061
             

Total estimated payments

   $ 175,482    $ 2,556
             

 

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401(k) Plans

We have 401(k) savings plans, which cover substantially all salaried and hourly employees who have met the plans’ eligibility requirements. Under certain of the plans we provide a matching contribution on amounts contributed by employees, limited to a specific amount of compensation that varies among the plans. In some instances, we have provided discretionary profit sharing contributions and we may do so in the future. The aggregate matching and other contributions for the continuing operations were $5.7 million for 2007, $4.2 million for 2006 and $4.8 million for 2005. The aggregate matching contributions for the discontinued operations 401(k) savings plans that we disposed of were $0.9 million for 2007, $4.7 million for 2006 and $4.7 million for 2005.

On December 15, 2006, we merged the Jostens, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and the Jostens, Inc. Topeka Union 401(k) Pre-Tax Retirement Savings Plan into the Von Hoffmann Corporation and Arcade Marketing, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan and renamed the Plan the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan. On January 1, 2007, Lehigh salaried, office administrative and newly hired Lehigh Lithographers Division hourly employees became eligible for the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan. Employees who had been participating in the Lehigh Press, Inc. Investment Opportunity Plan had their account balances transferred to the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan on December 29, 2006.

On October 1, 2007, the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan was amended to allow for the participation of individuals employed by Memory Book Acquisition LLC. On December 29, 2007, we merged the Visual Systems, Inc. Profit Sharing & 401(k) Plan into the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan. In addition on December 29, 2007, we merged the Neff Company 401(k) Plan & Trust into the Lehigh Press Investment Opportunity Plan and renamed the Plan the Lehigh & Neff 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan.

 

15. Stock-based Compensation

The 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”) was approved by the Board of Directors and effective as of October 30, 2003. The 2003 Plan permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons stock options and stock awards and provides for a total of 288,023 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to employees of the Company and a total of 10,000 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to directors and other persons providing services to the Company. The maximum grant to any one person shall not exceed in the aggregate 70,400 shares. We do not currently intend to make any additional grants under the 2003 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments over the first five years following the date of grant and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable over the first five years following the date of grant at varying levels based on the achievement of certain EBITDA targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets, subject to certain conditions. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined in the 2003 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate depending on the timing of the change of control and return on the equity investment by DLJMBP III in the Company as provided under the 2003 Plan. A “change in control” under the 2003 Plan is defined as: (i) any person or other entity (other than any of Holdings’ subsidiaries), including any “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than certain of the DLJMBP Funds or affiliated parties thereof becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination, securities of Holdings representing more than 51% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of Holdings (or its successor) normally entitled to vote for the election of directors of Holdings or (ii) the sale of all or substantially

 

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all of the property or assets of Holdings to any unaffiliated person or entity other than one of Holdings’ subsidiaries is consummated. The Transactions did not constitute a change of control under the 2003 Plan. Options issued under the 2003 Plan expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. The shares underlying the options are subject to certain transfer and other restrictions set forth in that certain Stockholders Agreement dated July 29, 2003, by and among the Company and certain holders of the capital stock of the Company. Participants under the 2003 Plan also agree to certain restrictive covenants with respect to confidential information of the Company and non-competition in connection with their receipt of options.

All outstanding options to purchase Holdings common stock continued following the closing of the Transactions. In connection with the Transactions, all outstanding options to purchase Von Hoffmann and Arcade common stock were cancelled and extinguished. Consideration paid in respect of the Von Hoffmann options was an amount equal to the difference between the per share merger consideration in the Transactions and the exercise price therefor. No consideration was paid in respect of the Arcade options.

In connection with the closing of the Transactions, we established the 2004 Stock Option Plan, which permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons of the Company and its subsidiaries various equity-based awards, including stock options and restricted stock. The plan, currently known as the Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries (the “2004 Plan”), provides for issuance of a total of 510,230 shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock. As of December 29, 2007 there were 58,476 shares available for grant under the 2004 Plan. Shares related to grants that are forfeited, terminated, cancelled or expire unexercised become available for new grants. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Marc L. Reisch, the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer and President, received awards of stock options and restricted stock under the 2004 Plan. Additional members of management have also received grants under the 2004 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments through 2009, and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable following the date of grant based upon the achievement of certain EBITDA and other performance targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined under the 2004 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate if certain EBITDA or other performance measures have been satisfied. A “change in control” under the 2004 Plan is defined as: (i) the sale (in one or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings to an unaffiliated person; (ii) a sale (in one transaction or a series of transactions) resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of Holdings being held by an unaffiliated person; (iii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of Holdings with or into an unaffiliated person; if and only if any such event listed in (i) through (iii) above results in the inability of the Sponsors, or any member of members of the Sponsors, to designate or elect a majority of the Board (or the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). The option exercise period is determined at the time of grant of the option but may not extend beyond the end of the calendar year that is ten calendar years after the date of the option is granted. All options, restricted shares and any common stock for which such equity awards are exercised or with respect to which restrictions lapse are governed by a management stockholders’ agreement and sale participation agreement. As of December 29, 2007, there were 255,043 options vested under the 2004 Plan and 84,113 unvested and subject to vesting.

Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company applied the intrinsic method under Accounting Principles Board Opinion (“APB”) No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees. Since all options previously granted to employees were “at the money”, no compensation cost was reflected in net income (loss). For the year ended

 

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December 31, 2005 the Company’s pro forma net income (loss) incorporating the stock-based compensation expense provisions under SFAS No. 123, Share-based Payment, would not have been materially different than reported net income.

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123R, which requires the recognition of compensation expense related to all equity awards based on the fair values of the awards at the grant date. Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123R, the Company used the minimum value method in its SFAS No. 123 pro forma disclosure and therefore applied the prospective transition method as of the effective date. Under the prospective transition method, the Company would recognize compensation expense for equity awards granted, modified and canceled subsequent to the date of adoption.

On April 4, 2006, the Company declared and paid a special cash dividend of $57.03 per share to the common stockholders of Holdings. In connection with the special cash dividend, on April 4, 2006, the exercise prices of issued and outstanding options as of April 4, 2006 under the 2003 Plan and the 2004 Plan were reduced by an amount equal to the dividend. The 2003 and 2004 Plans and underlying stock option agreements contain provisions that provide for anti-dilutive protection in the case of certain extraordinary corporate transactions, such as the special dividend, and the incremental compensation cost, defined as the difference in the fair value of the modified award immediately before and after the modification, was calculated as zero. As a result of the above modification, all stock option awards previously accounted for under APB No. 25 will be prospectively accounted for under SFAS No. 123R. Accordingly, no incremental compensation cost was recognized as a result of the modification.

The Company had granted non-employee awards to the Company’s directors and to certain related parties, as disclosed in Note 18, Related Party Transactions, prior to January 1, 2006, for which compensation expense has been recorded in 2007, 2006 and 2005.

For the year ended December 29, 2007 and December 30, 2006, the Company recognized total compensation expense related to stock options of approximately $1.0 million and $0.2 million, respectively, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses. For the year ended December 29, 2007, 86,512 options had vested. During the year ended December 29, 2007, no stock options were exercised.

For the year ended December 29, 2007, the Company granted 5,546 options under the 2004 Plan to certain employees of the Company or its subsidiaries. The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2006 was $40.73 and $33.12, respectively, using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In accordance with SAB No. 107, Share-Based Payment, as amended by SAB No. 110, the Company employs the simplified method in order to calculate the term that an option is expected to be outstanding. The simplified method is employed as the Company does not have sufficient historical exercise data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected term due to the limited period of time its equity shares have been outstanding.

The following key assumptions were used to value options issued:

 

     2007     2006  

Expected Life

   6.0     6.3  

Expected Volatility

   29.7 %   30.8 %

Dividend Yield

   —       —    

Risk-free Interest Rate

   4.6 %   4.7 %

 

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The following table summarizes stock option activity for Holdings:

 

Options in thousands

   Options     Weighted-
average
exercise price

Outstanding at December 30, 2006

   397     $ 41.21

Granted

   6     $ 169.15

Forfeited

   (4 )   $ 56.35

Cancelled

   (5 )   $ 41.17
        

Outstanding at December 29, 2007

   394     $ 42.84
        

Vested or expected to vest at December 29, 2007

   394     $ 42.84
        

Exercisable at December 29, 2007

   310     $ 39.85
        

The exercise prices for options granted prior to April 2006 have been adjusted to reflect the special dividend declared in April 2006.

The weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding options at December 29, 2007 was approximately 7.5 years.

 

16. Business Segments

On March 16, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Neff Holding Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Neff Motivation, Inc. Neff is a single source provider of custom award programs and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment. The results of Neff are reported together with the results of Jostens scholastic operations as part of the renamed Scholastic segment.

In May 2007, the Company completed its sale of its Von Hoffmann businesses to R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement entered into in January 2007. The Von Hoffmann businesses, which had previously comprised the Educational Textbook segment and a portion of the Marketing and Publishing Services segment, had been classified as assets for sale since December 2006. The operations of the Von Hoffmann businesses are reported as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for all periods presented. Refer to Note 5, Discontinued Operations, for further details.

On June 14, 2007, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Visual Systems Inc. VSI is a supplier in the overhead transparency and book component business. VSI does business under the name of Lehigh Milwaukee. Results of VSI are included in the Marketing and Publishing services segment from the date of acquisition.

On October 1, 2007, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Memory Book Acquisition LLC, acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Publishing Enterprises, Incorporated, a producer of school memory books and student planners. Results of Memory Book Acquisition LLC are reported as part of the Memory Book segment from the date of acquisition.

In 2007 we changed the name of our Yearbook segment to Memory Book to reflect our diversified offering of custom yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events.

 

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Our three reportable segments consist of:

 

   

Scholastic—provides services related to the marketing, sale and production of class rings and an array of graduation products and other scholastic products to students and administrators primarily in high schools, colleges and other post-secondary institutions;

 

   

Memory Book—provides services related to the publication, marketing, sale and production of school yearbooks, memory books and related products that help people tell their stories and chronicle important events; and

 

   

Marketing and Publishing Services—produces multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling systems, primarily for the fragrance, cosmetics and personal care market segments, and provides innovative products and services to the direct marketing sector. The group also produces covers components and overhead transparencies primarily for educational publishers.

Jostens

Jostens provides school-related affinity products and services that help people celebrate important moments, recognize achievements and build affiliation. Jostens’ products and services are predominantly offered to North American high school and college students, through a national network of primarily independent sales representatives and associates.

Jostens’ operations are reported in two segments: a) Scholastic and b) Memory Book.

Scholastic.    Jostens provides services related to the marketing, sale and production of class rings and an array of graduation products, such as caps, gowns, diplomas and announcements and graduation-related accessories. Scholastic serves U.S. high schools, colleges, universities and other specialty markets, marketing and selling scholastic products to students and administrators through independent sales representatives. Jostens provides customer service in the marketing and sale of class rings and certain other graduation products, which often involves customization. Jostens also provides ongoing warranty service on its class and affiliation rings. Jostens maintains product-specific tooling as well as a library of school logos and mascots that can be used repeatedly for specific school accounts over time. In addition to its class ring offerings, Jostens also designs, manufactures, markets and sells championship rings for professional sports and affinity rings for a variety of specialty markets. The operations of Neff are also included in this segment. Neff provides custom awards and apparel, including chenille letters and letter jackets, to the scholastic market segment.

Memory Book.    Jostens provides services related to the publication, marketing, sale and production of memory books, serving U.S. high schools, colleges, universities, elementary and middle schools. Jostens generates the majority of its revenues from high school accounts. Jostens’ sales representatives and technical support employees assist students and faculty advisers with the planning and layout of yearbooks, including through the provision of on-line layout and editorial tools to assist in the publication of the yearbook. With a new class of students each year and periodic faculty advisor turnover, Jostens’ independent sales representatives and customer service employees are the main point of continuity for the yearbook production process on a year-to-year basis. Jostens also offers Memory Book products through its OurHubbub.comTM online personal memory book offerings, including under which Jostens partners with local and national organizations and teams to create hard cover memory books to chronicle important events and memories.

Marketing and Publishing Services

The Marketing and Publishing Services segment produces multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling systems, primarily for the fragrance, cosmetics and personal care market segments, and innovative,

 

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highly personalized products primarily targeted to the direct marketing sector. The Marketing and Publishing Services segment is also a producer of supplemental materials and related components such as decorative covers and plastic transparencies for educational publishers. The Marketing and Publishing Services segment offers a portfolio of proprietary, patented and patent-pending technologies that can be incorporated into various marketing programs designed to reach the consumer at home or in-store, including magazine and catalog inserts, remittance envelopes, statement enclosures, blow-ins, direct mail, direct sell and point-of-sale materials and gift-with-purchase/purchase-with-purchase programs. The Company also specializes in higher quality in-line finished products and can accommodate large marketing projects with a wide range of dimensional products and in-line finishing production, data processing and mailing services. The personalized imaging capabilities offer individualized messages to each recipient within a geographical area or demographic group for targeted marketing efforts. This group also produces components for educational publishers.

The following table presents information of Holdings by business segment:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net sales

      

Scholastic

   $ 465,439     $ 437,630     $ 424,984  

Memory Book

     372,063       358,687       348,512  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     434,057       390,396       337,388  

Inter-segment eliminations

     (1,349 )     (109 )     (211 )
                        
   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673  
                        

Operating income

      

Scholastic

   $ 51,312     $ 51,189     $ 27,069  

Memory Book

     89,108       82,235       66,700  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     76,453       69,665       59,197  
                        
   $ 216,873     $ 203,089     $ 152,966  
                        

Interest, net

      

Scholastic

   $ 54,095     $ 55,682     $ 48,224  

Memory Book

     42,729       45,191       39,351  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     47,180       48,127       37,219  
                        
   $ 144,004     $ 149,000     $ 124,794  
                        

Depreciation and Amortization

      

Scholastic

   $ 26,794     $ 27,332     $ 31,121  

Memory Book

     36,330       35,580       38,757  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     23,832       18,685       17,672  
                        
   $ 86,956     $ 81,597     $ 87,550  
                        

Capital expenditures

      

Scholastic

   $ 10,117     $ 4,477     $ 3,941  

Memory Book

     17,253       27,267       15,435  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     29,000       20,130       9,327  
                        
   $ 56,370     $ 51,874     $ 28,703  
                        

 

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In thousands

   2007    2006

Goodwill

     

Scholastic

   $ 305,438    $ 294,240

Memory Book

     391,119      393,144

Marketing and Publishing Services

     239,012      232,254
             
   $ 935,569    $ 919,638
             

Intangible assets

     

Scholastic

   $ 231,251    $ 231,910

Memory Book

     223,265      239,567

Marketing and Publishing Services

     60,827      59,192
             
   $ 515,343    $ 530,669
             

Assets

     

Scholastic

   $ 804,514    $ 709,770

Memory Book

     793,075      811,352

Marketing and Publishing Services

     514,085      479,454
             
   $ 2,111,674    $ 2,000,576
             

Net sales are reported in the geographic area where the final sales to customers are made, rather than where the transaction originates. No single customer accounted for more than 10% of revenue in 2007, 2006, and 2005.

The following table presents net sales by class of similar products and certain geographic information:

 

In thousands

   2007     2006     2005  

Net sales by classes of similar products

 

   

Scholastic

   $ 465,439     $ 437,630     $ 424,984  

Memory Book

     372,063       358,687       348,512  

Marketing and Publishing Services

     434,057       390,396       337,388  

Inter-segment eliminations

     (1,349 )     (109 )     (211 )
                        
   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673  
                        

Net sales by geographic area

      

United States

   $ 1,187,204     $ 1,125,201     $ 1,046,141  

France

     17,052       8,760       7,270  

Other, primarily Canada

     65,954       52,643       57,262  
                        
   $ 1,270,210     $ 1,186,604     $ 1,110,673  
                        

Net property, plant and equipment and intangible assets by geographic area

      

United States

   $ 1,630,532     $ 1,609,773     $ 1,601,099  

Other, primarily Canada

     1,491       1,115       1,137  
                        
   $ 1,632,023     $ 1,610,888     $ 1,602,236  
                        

 

17. Common Stock

Holdings’ common stock, $0.01 par value per share, consists of Class A and Class C common stock. Holdings’ charter also authorizes the issuance of non-voting Class B common stock, but currently no such shares

 

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are outstanding. Holders of Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings. The holder of the share of Class C common stock is entitled to a number of votes for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings equal to:

 

  (i) initially, the excess of (x) 50% percent of all votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding common stock for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings, over (y) the percentage of all votes entitled to be cast by the initial holder of the share of Class C common stock together with any permitted transferees of the initial holder, for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings by virtue of the shares of Class A common stock acquired by the initial holder pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, dated July 21, 2004, between Holdings and the initial holder, such excess determined based on the shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to October 4, 2004, giving effect to any shares of common stock acquired by the initial holder pursuant to the Contribution Agreement at the closing thereunder; and

 

  (ii) thereafter, the number of votes will be permanently reduced to an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (x) 50% percent of all votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding common stock for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings (as reduced by any shares of Class A common stock of Holdings issued on the date of the closing under the Contribution Agreement or thereafter to any person other than the initial holder), over (y) the percentage of all votes entitled to be cast by the initial holder, together with its transferees, for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings by virtue of the shares of Class A common stock then held by the initial holder, together with its transferees, not to exceed the percentage voting interest attributed to such share pursuant to clause (i) above; and

 

  (iii) if the share of Class C common stock is transferred by the initial holder (or its permitted transferee) to any person other than a permitted transferee of the initial holder, the share of Class C Common Stock will entitle the holder to the same voting rights as the share of Class C common stock entitled the holder immediately prior to the transfer.

The share of Class C common stock will at all times entitle the holder to at least one vote on any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings. In addition, the share of Class C common stock will automatically convert into one fully-paid and non-assessable share of Class A common stock (1) upon the consummation of an initial public offering or (2) upon the first occurrence that the share of Class C common stock is entitled to only one vote for any matter coming before the stockholders of Holdings, as more fully provided by the certificate of incorporation.

 

18. Related Party Transactions

Transactions with Sponsors

Stockholders Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a stockholders agreement (the “2004 Stockholders Agreement”) with an entity affiliated with KKR and entities affiliated with DLJMBP III (each an “Investor Entity” and together the “Investor Entities”) that provides for, among other things,

 

   

a right of each of the Investor Entities to designate a certain number of directors to our board of directors for so long as they hold a certain amount of our common stock. KKR and DLJMBP III each has the right to designate up to four directors to our board of directors (and currently three KKR and two DLJMP III designees serve on our board) with our Chief Executive Officer and President, Marc L. Reisch, as chairman;

 

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certain limitations on transfer of our common stock held by the Investor Entities for a period of four years after the completion of the Transactions, after which, if we have not completed an initial public offering, any Investor Entity wishing to sell any of our common stock held by it must first offer to sell such stock to us and the other Investor Entities, provided that, if we complete an initial public offering during the four years after the completion of the Transactions, any Investor Entity may sell pursuant to its registration rights as described below;

 

   

a consent right for the Investor Entities with respect to certain corporate actions;

 

   

the ability of the Investor Entities to “tag-along” their shares of our common stock to sales by any other Investor Entity, and the ability of the Investor Entities to “drag-along” our common stock held by the other Investor Entities under certain circumstances;

 

   

the right of the Investor Entities to purchase a pro rata portion of all or any part of any new securities offered by us; and

 

   

a restriction on the ability of the Investor Entities and certain of their affiliates to own, operate or control a business that competes with us, subject to certain exceptions.

Pursuant to the 2004 Stockholders Agreement, an aggregate transaction fee of $25.0 million was paid to the Sponsors upon the closing of the Transactions.

Management Services Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a management services agreement with the Sponsors pursuant to which the Sponsors provide certain structuring, consulting and management advisory services to us. Under the Agreement, during the term the Sponsors receive an annual advisory fee of $3.0 million, that is payable quarterly and which increases by 3% per year. We paid $3.2 million, 3.1 million and $3.0 million as advisory fees to the Sponsors for years ended December 29, 2007, December 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. The management services agreement also provides that we will indemnify the Sponsors and their affiliates, directors, officers and representatives for losses relating to the services contemplated by the management services agreement and the engagement of the Sponsors pursuant to, and the performance by the Sponsors of the services contemplated by, the management services agreement.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, we entered into a registration rights agreement with the Investor Entities pursuant to which the Investor Entities are entitled to certain demand and piggyback rights with respect to the registration and sale of our common stock held by them.

Other

We retain Capstone Consulting from time to time to provide certain of our businesses with consulting services primarily to identify and advise on potential opportunities to improve operating efficiencies and other strategic efforts within the businesses. Capstone Consulting did not receive any amounts in either 2007 and 2006, and in 2005 amounts paid totaled $2.1 million for the services provided by them. Although neither KKR nor any entity affiliated with KKR owns any of the equity of Capstone Consulting, KKR has provided financing to Capstone Consulting. In March 2005, an affiliate of Capstone Consulting invested $1.3 million in our parent’s Class A Common Stock and has been granted 13,527 options to purchase our parent’s Class A Common Stock, with an exercise price of $96.10401 per share under the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the exercise price was reduced in connection with the dividend paid by Holdings to its stockholders on April 4, 2006, to $39.07 per share).

 

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We from time to time use the services of Merrill Corporation for financial printing. During 2007, we paid Merrill $0.1 million for printing services. During 2006, we paid Merrill $0.3 million for services provided. Also, from time to time we provide printing services to Merrill Corporation. During 2006 we received $0.6 million for services provided to Merrill. DLJMBP has an ownership interest in Merrill. Additionally, Mr. John Castro, President and Chief Executive Officer of Merrill, is a former director of Holdings, and retains certain equity in the form of stock options under the 2003 Plan. Further, Mr. Thompson Dean, who served as a member of our Board until January 16, 2007, also served on the board of directors of Merrill while he was a member of our Board.

We are party to an agreement with CoreTrust Purchasing Group (“CoreTrust”), a group purchasing organization, pursuant to which we may purchase products and services from certain vendors through CoreTrust on the terms established between CoreTrust and each vendor. A KKR affiliate is party to an agreement with CoreTrust which permits certain KKR affiliates, including us, access to CoreTrust’s group purchasing program. CoreTrust receives payment of fees for administrative and other services provided by CoreTrust from certain vendors based on products and services purchased by us and CoreTrust shares a portion of such fees with the KKR affiliate. During 2007, we purchased $0.3 million for computer and office supply products through this arrangement.

Transactions with Other Co-Investors and Management

Syndicate Stockholders Agreement

In September 2003, Visant Holding, Visant, DLJMBP III and certain of its affiliated funds (collectively, the “DLJMB Funds”) and certain of the DLJMB Funds’ co-investors entered into a stock purchase and stockholders’ agreement, or the Syndicate Stockholders Agreement, pursuant to which the DLJMB Funds sold to the co-investors shares of: (1) our Class A Common Stock, (2) our Class B Non-Voting Common Stock (which have since been converted into shares of Class A Common Stock) and (3) Visant’s 8% Senior Redeemable Preferred Stock, which have since been repurchased.

The Syndicate Stockholders Agreement contains provisions which, among other things:

 

   

restrict the ability of the syndicate stockholders to make certain transfers;

 

   

grant the co-investors certain board observation and information rights;

 

   

provide for certain tag-along and drag-along rights;

 

   

grant preemptive rights to the co-investors to purchase a pro rata share of any new shares of common stock issued by Visant Holding, Visant or Jostens to any of the DLJMB Funds or their successors prior to an initial public offering; and

 

   

give the stockholders piggyback registration rights in the event of a public offering in which the DLJMB Funds sell shares.

Equity Incentive Plans and Management Stockholders Agreement

The 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Plan”) was approved by the Board of Directors and effective as of October 30, 2003. The 2003 Plan permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons stock options and stock awards and provides for a total of 288,023 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to employees of the Company and a total of 10,000 shares of common stock for issuance of options and awards to directors and other persons providing services to the Company. The maximum grant to any one person shall not exceed in the aggregate 70,400 shares. We do not currently intend to make any additional grants under the 2003 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments over the

 

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first five years following the date of grant and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable over the first five years following the date of grant at varying levels based on the achievement of certain EBITDA targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets, subject to certain conditions. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined in the 2003 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate depending on the timing of the change of control and return on the equity investment by DLJMBP III in the Company as provided under the 2003 Plan. A “change in control” under the 2003 Plan is defined as: (i) any person or other entity (other than any of Holdings’ subsidiaries), including any “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than certain of the DLJMBP Funds or affiliated parties thereof becoming the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination, securities of Holdings representing more than 51% of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock of Holdings (or its successor) normally entitled to vote for the election of directors of Holdings or (ii) the sale of all or substantially all of the property or assets of Holdings to any unaffiliated person or entity other than one of Holdings’ subsidiaries is consummated. The Transactions did not constitute a change of control under the 2003 Plan. Options issued under the 2003 Plan expire on the tenth anniversary of the grant date. The shares underlying the options are subject to certain transfer and other restrictions set forth in that certain Stockholders Agreement dated July 29, 2003, by and among the Company and certain holders of the capital stock of the Company. Participants under the 2003 Plan also agree to certain restrictive covenants with respect to confidential information of the Company and non-competition in connection with their receipt of options.

All outstanding options to purchase Holdings common stock continued following the closing of the Transactions. In connection with the Transactions, all outstanding options to purchase Von Hoffmann and Arcade common stock were cancelled and extinguished. Consideration paid in respect of the Von Hoffmann options was an amount equal to the difference between the per share merger consideration in the Transactions and the exercise price therefor. No consideration was paid in respect of the Arcade options.

In connection with the closing of the Transactions, we established the 2004 Stock Option Plan, which permits us to grant key employees and certain other persons of the Company and its subsidiaries various equity-based awards, including stock options and restricted stock. The plan, currently known as the Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and Subsidiaries (the “2004 Plan”), provides for issuance of a total of 510,230 shares of Holdings Class A Common Stock. As of December 29, 2007 there were 58,476 shares available for grant under the 2004 Plan. Shares related to grants that are forfeited, terminated, cancelled or expire unexercised become available for new grants. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Marc L. Reisch, the Chairman of our Board of Directors and our Chief Executive Officer and President, received awards of stock options and restricted stock under the 2004 Plan. Additional members of management have also received grants under the 2004 Plan. Option grants consist of “time options”, which vest and become exercisable in annual installments through 2009, and/or “performance options”, which vest and become exercisable following the date of grant based upon the achievement of certain EBITDA and other performance targets, and in any event by the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. The performance vesting includes certain carryforward provisions if targets are not achieved in a particular fiscal year and performance in a subsequent fiscal year satisfies cumulative performance targets. Upon the occurrence of a “change in control” (as defined under the 2004 Plan), the unvested portion of any time option will immediately become vested and exercisable, and the vesting and exercisability of the unvested portion of any performance option may accelerate if certain EBITDA or other performance measures have been satisfied. A “change in control” under the 2004 Plan is defined as: (i) the sale (in one or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all

 

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of the assets of Holdings to an unaffiliated person; (ii) a sale (in one transaction or a series of transactions) resulting in more than 50% of the voting stock of Holdings being held by an unaffiliated person; (iii) a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of Holdings with or into an unaffiliated person; if and only if any such event listed in (i) through (iii) above results in the inability of the Sponsors, or any member of members of the Sponsors, to designate or elect a majority of the Board (or the board of directors of the resulting entity or its parent company). The option exercise period is determined at the time of grant of the option but may not extend beyond the end of the calendar year that is ten calendar years after the date of the option is granted.

All options, restricted shares and any common stock for which such equity awards are exercised or with respect to which restrictions lapse are governed by a management stockholders’ agreement and a sale participation agreement, which together generally provide for the following:

 

   

transfer restrictions until the fifth anniversary of purchase/ grant, subject to certain exceptions;

 

   

a right of first refusal by Holdings at any time after the fifth anniversary of purchase but prior to a registered public offering of the Class A Common Stock meeting certain specified criteria;

 

   

in the event of termination of employment for death or disability (as defined), if prior to the later of the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase/grant and a registered public offering, put rights by the stockholder with respect to Holdings stock and outstanding and exercisable options;

 

   

in the event of termination of employment other than for death or disability, if prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase/grant, call rights by the Company with respect to Holdings stock and outstanding and exercisable options;

 

   

“piggyback” registration rights on behalf of the members of management;

 

   

“tag-along” rights in connection with transfers by Fusion Acquisition LLC (“Fusion”), an entity controlled by investment funds affiliated with KKR, on behalf of the members of management and “drag-along” rights for Fusion and DLJMBP III; and

 

   

a confidentiality provision and noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions that apply for two years following termination of employment.

 

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19. Condensed Consolidating Guarantor Information

As discussed in Note 10, Debt, Visant’s obligations under the senior secured credit facilities and the 7.625% senior subordinated notes are guaranteed by certain of its wholly-owned subsidiaries on a full, unconditional and joint and several basis. The following tables present condensed consolidating financial information for Visant, as issuer, and its guarantor and non-guarantor subsidiaries.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

2007

 

In Thousands

  Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total

Net sales

  $ —       $ 1,233,445     $ 63,151     $ (26,386 )   $ 1,270,210

Cost of products sold

    (10,897 )     621,023       39,328       (26,408 )     623,046
                                     

Gross profit

    10,897       612,422       23,823       22       647,164

Selling and administrative expenses

    10,174       398,315       17,032         425,521

Loss on sale of assets

    —         629       —           629

Special charges

    237       2,685       —           2,922
                                     

Operating income

    486       210,793       6,791       22       218,092

Net interest expense

    85,006       81,282       7       (76,110 )     90,185
                                     

(Loss) income before income taxes

    (84,520 )     129,511       6,784       76,132       127,907

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

    (3,106 )     50,272       2,567       9       49,742
                                     

(Loss) income from continuing operations

    (81,414 )     79,239       4,217       76,123       78,165

Equity (earnings) in subsidiary, net of tax

    (95,928 )     (4,194 )     —         100,122       —  

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net

    98,260       12,495       (23 )       110,732
                                     

Net income

  $ 112,774     $ 95,928     $ 4,194     $ (23,999 )   $ 188,897
                                     

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

2006

 

In Thousands

  Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total  

Net sales

  $ —       $ 1,163,949     $ 43,981     $ (21,326 )   $ 1,186,604  

Cost of products sold

    (4,711 )     592,483       21,003       (21,220 )     587,555  
                                       

Gross profit

    4,711       571,466       22,978       (106 )     599,049  

Selling and administrative expenses

    4,142       374,512       15,712         394,366  

Loss (gain) on sale of assets

    68       (1,280 )     —           (1,212 )

Special charges

    —         2,446       —           2,446  
                                       

Operating income

    501       195,788       7,266       (106 )     203,449  

Net interest expense

    99,987       110,629       (116 )     (105,078 )     105,422  
                                       

(Loss) income before income taxes

    (99,486 )     85,159       7,382       104,972       98,027  

Provision for income taxes

    362       29,557       1,336       (41 )     31,214  
                                       

(Loss) income from continuing operations

    (99,848 )     55,602       6,046       105,013       66,813  

Equity (earnings) in subsidiary, net of tax

    (71,042 )     (2,426 )     —         73,468       —    

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net

    167       13,014       (3,620 )     —         9,561  
                                       

Net (loss) income

  $ (28,639 )   $ 71,042     $ 2,426     $ 31,545     $ 76,374  
                                       

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

2005

 

    Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total  

Net sales

  $ —       $ 1,078,899     $ 56,759     $ (24,985 )   $ 1,110,673  

Cost of products sold

    (12,454 )     564,559       34,961       (24,931 )     562,135  
                                       

Gross profit

    12,454       514,340       21,798       (54 )     548,538  

Selling and administrative expenses

    11,249       361,762       16,160       —         389,171  

Gain on sale of assets

    —         (377 )     (10 )     —         (387 )

Transaction costs

    539       633       —         —         1,172  

Special charges

    —         5,339       50       —         5,389  
                                       

Operating income

    666       146,983       5,598       (54 )     153,193  

Net interest expense

    94,420       113,255       460       (101,290 )     106,845  
                                       

(Loss) income before income taxes

    (93,754 )     33,728       5,138       101,236       46,348  

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

    2,802       14,553       (85 )     (21 )     17,249  
                                       

(Loss) income from continuing operations

    (96,556 )     19,175       5,223       101,257       29,099  

Equity (earnings) loss in subsidiary, net of tax

    (43,399 )     (6,348 )     —         49,747       —    

Income from discontinued operations, net

    —         17,876       1,125       —         19,001  
                                       

Net (loss) income

  $ (53,157 )   $ 43,399     $ 6,348     $ 51,510     $ 48,100  
                                       

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

2007

 

    Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total

ASSETS

         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 40,727     $ 10,815     $ 7,600     $ —       $ 59,142

Accounts receivable, net

    2,119       122,342       14,435       —         138,896

Inventories, net

    —         101,879       2,212       (167 )     103,924

Salespersons overdrafts, net

    —         27,663       1,067         28,730

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    916       17,438       992         19,346

Intercompany receivable (payable)

    16,703       61,558       256       (78,443 )     74

Deferred income taxes

    95       12,566       —         —         12,661
                                     

Total current assets

    60,560       354,261       26,562       (78,610 )     362,773

Property, plant and equipment, net

    1,009       179,965       137       —         181,111

Goodwill

    —         913,379       22,190       —         935,569

Intangibles, net

    —         505,729       9,614       —         515,343

Deferred financing costs, net

    21,272       —         —         —         21,272

Intercompany receivable (payable)

    691,331       86,542       —         (777,873 )     —  

Other assets

    40       12,061       79         12,180

Investment in subsidiaries

    600,186       76,715       —         (676,901 )     —  

Prepaid pension costs

    —         64,579       —         —         64,579
                                     
  $ 1,374,398     $ 2,193,231     $ 58,582     $ (1,533,384 )   $ 2,092,827
                                     

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

         

Short-term borrowings

  $ —       $ —       $ 714     $ —       $ 714

Accounts payable

    2,847       37,518       6,382       (12 )     46,735

Accrued employee compensation

    6,819       28,312       2,114       —         37,245

Customer deposits

    —         177,934       6,527       —         184,461

Commissions payable

    —         22,221       1,247       —         23,468

Income taxes payable

    1,711       (3,398 )     2,887       (65 )     1,135

Interest payable

    9,742       37       2         9,781

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    1,155       78,444       —         (79,599 )     —  

Other accrued liabilities

    2,853       23,810       3,443         30,106
                                     

Total current liabilities

    25,127       364,878       23,316       (79,676 )     333,645

Long-term debt, less current maturities

    816,500       —         —         —         816,500

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    155,973       974,657       (41,175 )     (1,089,455 )     —  

Deferred income taxes

    (2,310 )     208,785       (274 )     —         206,201

Pension liabilities, net

    67       24,944       —         —         25,011

Other noncurrent liabilities

    9,967       19,781       —         —         29,748
                                     

Total liabilities

    1,005,324       1,593,045       (18,133 )     (1,169,131 )     1,411,105

Stockholder’s equity

    369,074       600,186       76,715       (364,253 )     681,722
                                     
  $ 1,374,398     $ 2,193,231     $ 58,582     $ (1,533,384 )   $ 2,092,827
                                     

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEET

2006

 

    Visant     Guarantors   Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total

ASSETS

         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 1,707     $ 4,275   $ 12,061     $ —       $ 18,043

Accounts receivable, net

    1,943       128,162     14,576       —         144,681

Inventories, net

    —         103,411     2,111       (189 )     105,333

Salespersons overdrafts, net

    —         26,431     861       —         27,292

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

    2,697       15,814     1,280       —         19,791

Intercompany receivable (payable)

    36,180       9,881     —         (45,543 )     518

Deferred income taxes

    (963 )     12,738     75       —         11,850

Current assets of discontinued operations

    —         56,649     —         —         56,649
                                   

Total current assets

    41,564       357,361     30,964       (45,732 )     384,157

Property, plant and equipment, net

    1,279       159,227     75       —         160,581

Goodwill

    —         897,642     21,996       —         919,638

Intangibles, net

    —         520,713     9,956       —         530,669

Deferred financing costs, net

    35,557       —       —         —         35,557

Intercompany receivable (payable)

    1,256,090       106,377     —         (1,362,467 )     —  

Other assets

    40       13,065     76       —         13,181

Investment in subsidiaries

    489,114       72,521     —         (561,635 )     —  

Long-term assets of discontinued operations

    (80 )     265,599     —         —         265,519
                                   
  $ 1,823,564     $ 2,392,505   $ 63,067     $ (1,969,834 )   $ 2,309,302
                                   

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

         

Accounts payable

  $ 2,562     $ 48,249   $ 5,390     $ 235     $ 56,436

Accrued employee compensation

    6,759       32,931     1,566       —         41,256

Customer deposits

    —         166,250     5,008       —         171,258

Commissions payable

    —         20,605     1,066       —         21,671

Income taxes payable

    6,100       5,668     3,069       (73 )     14,764

Interest payable

    9,987       663     —         —         10,650

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    17,787       23,242     4,749       (45,778 )     —  

Other accrued liabilities

    2,025       18,497     3,115       —         23,637

Current liabilities of discontinued operations

    955       28,301     5,593       —         34,849
                                   

Total current liabilities

    46,175       344,406     29,556       (45,616 )     374,521

Long-term debt, less current maturities

    1,216,500       —       —         —         1,216,500

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    305,332       1,317,506     (38,874 )     (1,583,964 )     —  

Deferred income taxes

    (988 )     196,195     (282 )     —         194,925

Pension liabilities, net

    —         21,484     —         —         21,484

Other noncurrent liabilities

    245       17,104     146       —         17,495

Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations

    —         6,696     —         —         6,696
                                   

Total liabilities

    1,567,264       1,903,391     (9,454 )     (1,629,580 )     1,831,621

Stockholder’s equity

    256,300       489,114     72,521       (340,254 )     477,681
                                   
  $ 1,823,564     $ 2,392,505   $ 63,067     $ (1,969,834 )   $ 2,309,302
                                   

 

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VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

2007

 

    Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total  

Net income

  $ 112,774     $ 95,928     $ 4,194     $ (23,999 )   $ 188,897  

Other cash (used in) provided by operating activities

    (107,731 )     88,619       (9,189 )     21,894       (6,407 )

Net cash used in discontinued operations

    (1,205 )     (3,942 )     —         —         (5,147 )
                                       

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

    3,838       180,605       (4,995 )     (2,105 )     177,343  

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

    (31 )     (56,273 )     (66 )     —         (56,370 )

Additions to intangibles

    —         (2,224 )     —         —         (2,224 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    —         1,936       —         —         1,936  

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

    (61,361 )     3,033       —         —         (58,328 )

Other investing activities, net

    —         (461 )     —         —         (461 )

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

    401,781       (5,691 )     —         —         396,090  
                                       

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    340,389       (59,680 )     (66 )     —         280,643  

Net short-term borrowings

    —         —         714       —         714  

Principal payments on long-term debt

    (400,000 )     —         —         —         (400,000 )

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    113,414       (115,509 )     —         2,095       —    

Distribution to stockholder

    (18,621 )     —         —         —         (18,621 )

Other financing activities, net

    —         1,144       (1,144 )     —         —    
                                       

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (305,207 )     (114,365 )     (430 )     2,095       (417,907 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    —         (20 )     1,030       10       1,020  
                                       

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

    39,020       6,540       (4,461 )     —         41,099  

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    1,707       4,275       12,061       —         18,043  
                                       

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 40,727     $ 10,815     $ 7,600     $ —       $ 59,142  
                                       

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

2006

 

    Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total  

Net (loss) income

  $ (28,639 )   $ 71,042     $ 2,426     $ 31,545     $ 76,374  

Other cash provided by operating activities

    9,602       74,222       18,003       (31,091 )     70,736  

Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

    1,232       52,932       (18,809 )     —         35,355  
                                       

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

    (17,805 )     198,196       1,620       454       182,465  

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

    (1,028 )     (50,846 )     —         —         (51,874 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    3       10,523       —         —         10,526  

Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired

    (54,792 )     (1,000 )     —         —         (55,792 )

Other investing activities, net

    —         (413 )     —         —         (413 )

Net cash (used in) provided by discontinued operations

    —         (2,245 )     47,231       —         44,986  
                                       

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

    (55,817 )     (43,981 )     47,231       —         (52,567 )

Net short-term borrowings

    —         414       (11,868 )     —         (11,454 )

Principal payments on long-term debt

    (100,000 )     —         —         —         (100,000 )

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    182,461       (182,007 )     —         (454 )     —    

Distribution to stockholders

    (20,161 )     —         —         —         (20,161 )

Other financing activities, net

    —         33,107       (33,107 )     —         —    
                                       

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

    62,300       (148,486 )     (44,975 )     (454 )     (131,615 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    —         —         (114 )     —         (114 )
                                       

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (11,322 )     5,729       3,762       —         (1,831 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    13,029       (1,454 )     8,299       —         19,874  
                                       

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 1,707     $ 4,275     $ 12,061     $ —       $ 18,043  
                                       

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Continued)

 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

2005

 

    Visant     Guarantors     Non-
Guarantors
    Eliminations     Total  

Net (loss) income

  $ (53,157 )   $ 43,399     $ 6,348     $ 51,510     $ 48,100  

Other cash provided by operating activities

    87,703       33,381       7,544       (51,511 )     77,117  

Net cash provided by discontinued operations

    —         38,643       3,605       —         42,248  
                                       

Net cash provided by operating activities

    34,546       115,423       17,497       (1 )     167,465  

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

    (502 )     (28,192 )     (9 )     —         (28,703 )

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

    —         1,279       10       —         1,289  

Other investing activities, net

    —         (259 )     (22 )     —         (281 )

Net cash used in discontinued operations

    —         (10,624 )     (782 )     —         (11,406 )
                                       

Net cash used in investing activities

    (502 )     (37,796 )     (803 )     —         (39,101 )

Net short-term borrowings

    —         —         3,080       —         3,080  

Principal payments on long-term debt

    (203,500 )     —         —         —         (203,500 )

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt

    —         —         —         —         —    

Intercompany payable (receivable)

    91,619       (91,620 )     —         1       —    

Net contribution from Visant Holding Corp

    9,000       —         —         —         9,000  

Debt financing costs

    13       (231 )     —         —         (218 )

Other financing activities, net

    920       15,119       (15,119 )     —         920  

Net cash used in discontinued operations

    —         (108 )     —         —         (108 )
                                       

Net cash used in financing activities

    (101,948 )     (76,840 )     (12,039 )     1       (190,826 )

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    —         —         67       —         67  
                                       

(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (67,904 )     787       4,722       —         (62,395 )

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

    80,933       (2,241 )     3,577       —         82,269  
                                       

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $ 13,029     $ (1,454 )   $ 8,299     $ —       $ 19,874  
                                       

 

20. Subsequent Event

On February 11, 2008, Visant entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Phoenix Color Corp. (“Phoenix Color”), a leading book component manufacturer. Phoenix Color will operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant upon the closing of the proposed merger. The total purchase consideration is $219.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, is anticipated to close by the end of the first calendar quarter of 2008.

 

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Schedule II—Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

Visant Holding, Corp. and subsidiaries and Visant Corporation and subsidiaries

 

     Allowance for
uncollectible
accounts (1)
   Allowance for
sales returns (2)
   Salesperson
overdraft reserve (1)

Balance, January 1, 2005

   $ 3,178    $ 5,799    $ 10,861
                    

Charged to expense

     1,972      22,247      4,419

Net cash outflows

     1,465      22,112      2,763
                    

Balance, December 31, 2005

     3,685      5,934      12,517
                    

Charged to expense

     1,012      24,512      6,672

Net cash outflows

     1,971      23,168      6,568
                    

Balance, December 30, 2006

     2,726      7,278      12,621
                    

Charged to expense

     1,626      24,281      1,541

Net cash outflows

     1,048      24,679      4,193
                    

Balance, December 29, 2007

   $ 3,304    $ 6,880    $ 9,969
                    

 

(1) Net cash outflows represent uncollectible accounts written off, net of recoveries
(2) Net cash outflows represent returns processed against reserve
EX-10.39 2 dex1039.htm SEPARATION AGREEMENT - MICHAEL L. BAILEY Separation Agreement - Michael L. Bailey

EXHIBIT 10.39

December 28, 2007

Mr. Michael Bailey

1655 Mallard Drive

Eagan, MN 55122

Re: Separation Agreement

Dear Mike:

This letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) will confirm our agreement regarding your separation from service with Visant Corporation (“VC”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”) (together with VC, “Visant”). You will separate from employment with Visant, and resign from any officer or director positions you may hold with Visant, effective January 7, 2008 (the “Effective Date of Separation”), so long as your employment is not terminated for Cause by Visant or Jostens prior to such date. Any capitalized terms used but not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. (f/k/a Jostens Holding Corp.) and Its Subsidiaries, that certain Management Stockholder’s Agreement entered into by and between you and Jostens Holding Corp. dated March 17, 2005 (the “Management Stockholder’s Agreement”), and/or those certain Stock Option Agreements entered into by and between you and Visant Holding Corp. dated March 17, 2005, as applicable (collectively, the “Equity Documents”). In consideration for the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, each of you and VC agree to the following:

1. Part-Time Employment and Release:

(a) For the period commencing on the Effective Date of Termination and ending on June 30, 2009, you will be employed by VC as a non-executive, part-time employee of VC, subject to earlier termination by VC for Cause or by you for any reason. As such a part-time employee, you will provide such services to VC as may reasonably be requested by Marc Reisch (or such other person as he may designate) from time to time and will report to Marc Reisch (or such other person as he may designate). You and VC each acknowledge that your role as a part-time employee is contemplated to require only that you perform services from time to time, that such services as you may perform will be provided primarily by you from locations other than any Visant property (and that in fact you will not be provided with any office space at any Visant property) and that such part-time employment does not constitute employment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. However, you shall devote your full time business efforts to VC during the period of time you remain employed by VC hereunder.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 1(c) below, VC will pay you, beginning on Visant’s first payroll date occurring in calendar year 2008 following your Effective Date of Separation and execution and non-revocation of the Release (as defined below) and ending on VC’s last payroll date occurring in June of 2009, an aggregate amount equal to $600,000.00, payable as follows: (i) $500,000.00 shall be paid in substantially equal installments, on a bi-monthly basis, during the calendar year 2008 and (ii) the remaining


$100,000.00 shall be paid in substantially equal installments, on a bi-monthly basis, between January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2009 (each such installment payment, a “Severance Payment”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will forfeit any unpaid Severance Payments if your part-time employment with VC is terminated for Cause by VC or by you for any reason other than due to your Permanent Disability or death at such time as such employment ceases for any such reason.

(c) Payment to you of the Severance Payments provided for in Paragraph 1(b) above shall be conditioned on your execution of: first, on the Effective Date of Separation, a Release and Waiver of Claims in the form attached hereto on Appendix A (the “Release”), and second, the non-revocation of such Release within the time period described in paragraph 7 of such Release. Please do not sign this Letter Agreement or the Release until your last date of employment with Jostens.

(d) From January 7, 2008 through the earlier of (x) the date your part-time employment with VC provided for above is terminated by VC for Cause or by you for any reason (including due to your death or Permanent Disability) or (y) June 30, 2009, you will continue to be eligible to participate in the group medical, dental and vision plans provided to other employees of VC, as they may change from time to time; except that you will be required to pay the full cost of the premiums (which includes both the employer and employee portion) payable in respect of such coverage. Upon expiration of your services to VC as a part-time employee on June 30, 2009 (or such earlier date of termination or resignation, as applicable), you will be entitled to commence receiving such health insurance benefits as VC may, pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), be required to provide to you (upon your election to receive them), for the full length of the period that you (and your dependents, as applicable) are eligible under COBRA to receive such benefits and subject to your payment of the COBRA premiums. (You hereby acknowledge that you understand, as of the date hereof, that COBRA permits VC to require you to pay up to 102% of the cost to VC of providing such benefits to similarly situated employees of VC). You will be advised separately of coverage continuation rights under COBRA by Acclaim Benefits, the COBRA administrator, or its successor. The benefit election form must be returned to Acclaim Benefits or its successor along with your premium payments before benefits will be continued. In all cases, benefits under this paragraph (d) will be subject to the same terms and conditions of the group benefits plan as apply to active VC employees (including Visant’s right to modify or terminate such benefits). In addition to the foregoing, VC hereby acknowledges and agrees that you will become eligible to participate in the applicable Jostens’ retiree medical plan on such date as you achieve age 55, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plan, as the same may be in effect from time to time, taking into account your service with Jostens.

(e) For so long as you remain a part-time employee as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above: (i) subject to the terms and conditions of the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and applicable law, you will remain eligible to participate in such plan and (ii) you will only be permitted to continue to participate in (and become vested under) any other tax-qualified or non-qualified retirement plans in which you participated prior to the Effective Date of Separation to the extent permitted under the terms of such plans and applicable law; provided that, for clarity, commencement of your benefits under your Executive Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated April 23, 1998, as amended, will be triggered by your separation from employment with Jostens on January 7, 2008, and you will not be eligible to earn or accrue any additional benefits thereunder.

 

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(f) At all times during the period that you are employed by VC as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above, you will be reimbursed for all reasonable business expenses that you incur in performing any services under this Letter Agreement (provided this shall not include auto or gas expenses). Such expenses will be reimbursed upon presentation by you from time to time of a documented expense report in the manner required and otherwise pursuant to applicable business expense reimbursement policies maintained by VC during your period of part-time employment with Visant for executive-level employees.

(g) Except as expressly provided as set forth in this Paragraph 1 above or Paragraph 2 below or as may be required by applicable law, you hereby acknowledge and agree that at no time while you are employed as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above will you be eligible or entitled to participate in any bonus or other incentive compensation plan or program, retirement, severance, perquisite, fringe benefit or other employee benefit plan, program or policy maintained by Visant.

2. Treatment of Equity:

(a) Effective as of the Effective Date of Separation: (i) all then unvested options that you hold (“Options”) to purchase Visant Holding Corp. Class A Common Stock (“Visant Stock”) will expire and be cancelled without payment; and (ii) all then vested Options to purchase Visant Stock (including any such Options that vest based on the performance of Visant and/or its any of its subsidiaries as of the end of fiscal year 2007, even if such determination will not be made until the availability of the VC’s consolidated audit results on or about March 15, 2008) will remain exercisable through December 31, 2008, so long as you continue to be employed as a part-time employee under Paragraph 1(a) until such date (or if such part-time employment is terminated by VC without Cause or due to your resignation, death or Permanent Disability, prior to such date).

(b) In exchange for the cancellation, on January 1, 2009, of all Options to purchase Visant Stock that are, as of January 1, 2009, outstanding, Visant Holding Corp. will pay to you an amount equal to the product of (x) the excess, if any, of the Fair Market Value (as determined under the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and approved by the Visant Holding Corp. Board of Directors or the compensation committee thereof) of one share of Visant Stock on December 31, 2008, over the per share exercise price of such cancelled Options, and (y) the number of shares of Visant Stock that were subject to such cancelled Options. Such payment will be made to you following the availability of such Fair Market Value valuation, on or about April 1, 2009, so long as you continue to be employed as a part-time employee under Paragraph 1(a) until such date (or if such part-time employment is terminated by VC without Cause or due to your resignation, death or Permanent Disability, prior to such date of payment based on the Fair Market Value of the Visant Stock as of such date of separation of service).

 

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(c) On or about April 1, 2009, Visant Holding Corp. will purchase all shares of Visant Stock then held by you, at a per share purchase price equal to the Fair Market Value (determined as provided in Paragraph 2(b) above) of such shares as of December 31, 2008, so long as you continue to be employed as a part-time employee under Paragraph 1(a) until such date (or if such part-time employment is terminated by VC without Cause or due to your resignation, death or Permanent Disability, prior to such date of payment based on the Fair Market Value of the Visant Stock as of such date of separation of service).

(d) Until the applicable dates of the payments provided for in Paragraph 2(b) and (c), above, respectively, you hereby agree and acknowledge that you will continue to hold all of your shares of Visant Stock pursuant to the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and other Equity Documents and to hold all of your Options to purchase Visant Stock pursuant to the Equity Documents under which such Options were granted (subject to the extension of the exercise term of vested Options as set forth in Paragraph 2(a) above).

3. Accrued Rights upon Effective Date of Separation: Visant shall pay you, in a lump sum, all unpaid base salary you earned through the Effective Date of Separation while still employed as a full-time employee of Visant, promptly after the Effective Date of Separation. For the avoidance of doubt, you will not accrue any vacation days for 2008.

4. Withholding; Set-Off: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter Agreement, Visant may, to the extent permitted by law, withhold applicable federal, state and local income and other taxes from any payments due to you hereunder in respect of any payments and benefits provided to you hereunder in respect of which there exists an obligation of Visant to withhold taxes or other amounts.

5. Return of Visant Property; Expense Reports: On or before the Effective Date of Separation, you shall return to Visant all documents, manuals, computers, computer programs, CDs and/or diskettes, customer lists, notebooks, reports and other written or graphic materials, including all copies thereof, relating in any way to Visant’s business and prepared by you or obtained by you from Visant, its affiliates, clients or its suppliers during the course of your employment with Visant, as well as all expense reimbursement requests and reports, prepared and provided in accordance with the terms of Jostens’ expense reimbursement policy to which you are currently subject.

6. Entire Agreement; Restrictive Covenants: This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties on the subject of payments and benefits due to you from Visant and its affiliates and supersedes all other prior agreements concerning the terms of any and all payments and benefits to which you may be entitled upon termination of employment (including, without limitation, that certain Summary of Executive Arrangements previously provided to you by VC), except that (a) to the extent required to give full effect to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, the applicable provisions of the Equity Documents shall remain in effect and (b) the provisions of Section 24 (Confidential Information; Covenant Not to Compete) of your Management Stockholder’s Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenants”) shall continue to apply and are hereby made a part of this Letter Agreement by reference, except that (i) in consideration of the payments and benefits hereunder to which you would not otherwise have

 

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been entitled, for purposes of the periods during which you are to be subject to the Restrictive Covenants, your employment will be deemed terminated as of January 11, 2011, and shall not be considered to have terminated on the Effective Date of Separation and (ii) all references to payments contained in Section 24(c) of your Management Stockholder’s Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the payments provided for in Paragraph 2 above.

7. Deferred Compensation Tax Rules: The arrangements contemplated under this Letter Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury Regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date of Separation. In the event that VC determines that any amounts payable or benefits provided hereunder will be immediately taxable to you under Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, VC may (a) adopt such amendments to this Letter Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that VC determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by the contemplated agreement and/or (b) take such other actions as VC determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, including such Department of Treasury guidance and other interpretive materials as may be issued after the date hereof. Nothing herein or contemplated hereby shall be deemed tax advice by VC.

8. No Mitigation; Offset: You shall have no duty to mitigate or to seek or accept employment or work elsewhere following the Effective Date of Separation; provided, however, if you do become employed or engaged elsewhere, the payments and benefits set forth in this Letter Agreement shall be offset or reduced, as applicable, by any compensation or benefits you may receive from such other source.

9. Severability: The provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. In the event that the provisions of Section 6 (including, by incorporation by reference, any provisions of Section 24 of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement), or any portion thereof, should ever be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings to which you or any Visant party is a proper party to exceed the time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed to the maximum time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, as determined by such court in such action, the parties hereby acknowledging their desire that in such event such action be taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you affirmatively represent, acknowledge and agree that this Letter Agreement and each of its provisions are enforceable in accordance with their terms, and expressly agree not to challenge the validity or enforceability of this Letter Agreement or any of its provisions, or portions or aspects thereof, in the future. Visant is expressly relying upon this representation, acknowledgement and agreement in determining to enter into this Letter Agreement and provide you with the payments and benefits hereunder.

 

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10. Applicable Law; Arbitration: This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. In the event of any controversy among the parties hereto arising out of, or relating to, this Letter Agreement which cannot be settled amicably by the parties, such controversy shall be finally, exclusively and conclusively settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the American Arbitration Association rules by a single independent arbitrator, except that each of VC and Visant Holding Corp. may seek injunctive or other relief in order to enforce the Restrictive Covenants incorporated by reference herein. Such arbitration process shall take place within the New York City-metropolitan area. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties hereto and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

11. Amendment; No Waiver: This Letter Agreement may only be amended or modified by a written agreement executed by you, Visant Holding Corp. and Visant Corporation (or any respective successor to Visant Holding Corp. and/or Visant Corporation). As an exception to the foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that an executive officer of Visant Holding Corp. shall have the right, in his or her sole discretion, to reduce the scope of any covenant set forth in this Letter Agreement or any portion thereof, effective as to you immediately upon receipt by you of written notice thereof from Visant. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Letter Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any or more instances, shall be deemed or construed as a further, continuing or subsequent waiver of any such provision or as a waiver of any other provision of this Letter Agreement. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

12. Assignment: Neither this Letter Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by you without the prior written consent of the other parties of this Letter Agreement. Visant’s obligations and rights hereunder may be assigned to any of its successor or assigns.

13. Notice: For the purpose of this Letter Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Letter Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

If to Visant (including any of Jostens, VC or Visant Holding Corp.):

Visant Corporation

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

Attention: General Counsel

 

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If to Executive:

To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.

14. Counterparts: This Letter Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, which shall, collectively or separately, constitute one agreement.

Please sign the enclosed copy of this Letter Agreement to signify your understanding and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein and return a copy to Marie Hlavaty by no later than January 28, 2008.

Mike, let me extend my thanks to you for your longstanding services to Jostens.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Marc Reisch

Marc Reisch
Chief Executive Officer
Visant Corporation

Agreed this 21st day of December, 2007.

 

VISANT HOLDING CORP.
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:  
VISANT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:  
JOSTENS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:  

 

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The foregoing Letter Agreement has been read and accepted as a binding agreement between Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation, Jostens, Inc. and me, Michael Bailey as the undersigned, this 7th day of January, 2008.

 

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

 

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APPENDIX A

Release and Waiver of Claims

1. In consideration for the payments provided for under the letter agreement between me, Michael Bailey, and Visant Corporation dated December 28, 2007 (the “Letter Agreement”), and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, I hereby enter into this Release and Waiver of Claims (the “Release”) and agree on behalf of myself, my spouse, agents, assignees, attorneys, successors, assigns, heirs and executors, to fully and completely release Visant (which term shall be deemed to include Visant Holding Corp. and all subsidiary and affiliated and successor companies and persons of Visant Holding Corp. or other entity in which Visant Holding Corp. or its subsidiaries or affiliates has an equity interest in excess of ten percent (10%)), its predecessors and successors and all of their respective past and/or present officers, directors, partners, members, managing members, managers, employees, agents, representatives, administrators, attorneys, insurers and fiduciaries in their individual and/or representative capacities (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Company Releasees”), from any and all causes of action and claims whatsoever, which I or my heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns ever had, now have or may have against the Company Releasees or any of them, in law, admiralty or equity, whether known or unknown to me, for, upon, or by reason of, any matter, action, omission, course or thing in connection with or in relationship to: (a) my employment or other service relationship with Visant; (b) the termination of any such employment or service relationship; (c) any applicable employment, benefit, compensatory or equity arrangement with Visant occurring or existing up to the date this Release is signed; and (d) any equity or stock plans of Visant, subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 of this Release, below (such released claims are collectively referred to herein as the “Released Claims”).

2. The Released Claims include, without limitation of the language of paragraph 1, (i) any and all claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act, The Equal Pay Act, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Minnesota Human Rights Act, Minn. Stat. Ch. 363, and any and all other federal, state or local laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining to employment, discrimination in employment, the payment of wages and benefits or otherwise and (ii) any claims for wrongful discharge, breach of contract or public policy, fraud, misrepresentation or any claims relating to benefits, compensation or equity, or any other claims under any statute, rule or regulation or under the common law, including compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney’s fees, costs, expenses and all claims for any other type of damage or relief.

3. The Released Claims shall not include any vested benefits which I hold under any Visant pension or welfare benefit plan nor any rights to receive the payments and benefits promised me under the Letter Agreement (which are inclusive of any rights I would have had under the Equity Documents with respect to the equity retained by me by the terms of the Letter Agreement), unless and until such payments and benefits are provided to the full extent set forth in the Letter Agreement. In addition, I affirm that I have been paid and/or received all leave

 

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(paid or unpaid), compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions , vacation pay and/or benefits to which I may be entitled and that no other leave (paid or unpaid), compensation, wages, bonuses, commissions, vacation pay, severance and/or benefits are due to me, except as provided in the Letter Agreement. I affirm I have not filed, caused to be filed, or presently are a party to a claim or cause of action against any of the Company Releasees. I further affirm that I have no known workplace injuries or occupation diseases, and have been granted and/or not denied any leave to which I was entitled under the Family Medical Leave Act or any related state or local leave or disability accommodation laws. I acknowledge that I have not been retaliated against for reporting any allegation of corporate fraud or other wrongdoing by any of the Company Releasees, or for exercising any rights protected by law, including any rights protected by the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family Medical Leave Act, or the Minnesota worker’s compensation laws.

I acknowledge and agree that the waiver and release is given in exchange for fair and adequate consideration.

Both I and Visant acknowledge that this Letter Agreement does not limit my right or Visant’s right, where applicable, to file or participate in an investigation or proceeding of any federal, state or local governmental agency.

4. I expressly understand and agree that the obligations of Visant as set forth in the Letter Agreement are in lieu of any and all other amounts which I might be, are now, or may become, entitled to receive from Visant upon any claim released herein and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing (and except as otherwise provided in paragraph 3 of this Release), I expressly waive any right or claim that I may have or assert with respect to any employment, benefit, compensatory or equity arrangement with Visant, and any damages and/or attorney’s fees and costs.

5. To ensure that the provisions of this Release are fully enforceable in accordance with its terms, I agree to waive any and all rights of Section 1542 of the California Civil Code (to the extent applicable) as it exists from time to time or a successor provision thereto, which provides:

“A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him must have materially affected his settlement with the debtor.”

In addition, to ensure that the provisions of this Release are fully enforceable in accordance with its terms, I agree to waive any protection that may exist under any comparable or similar statute and under any principle of common law of the Untied States or any and all states, or any foreign jurisdiction.

6. I represent that I have read carefully and fully understand the terms of this Release and that I have been advised by this writing to consult with an attorney and further have had the opportunity to consult with an attorney prior to signing this Release. I further acknowledge that I fully understand the Release that I am signing. I acknowledge that I am

 

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signing this Release voluntarily and knowingly and that I have not relied on any representations, promises or agreements of any kind made to me in connection with my decision to accept the terms of this Release, other than those set forth in this Release. I acknowledge that I have been given at least twenty-one (21) days to consider whether I want to sign this Release.

7. I acknowledge that the (a) federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act gives me the right to revoke this Release within seven (7) days after it is signed by me and (b) applicable Minnesota law gives me the right to revoke this Release for a period of fifteen (15) days after it is signed by me by mailing or delivering a written notice of revocation stating that “I hereby revoke my acceptance of the agreement with Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation and Jostens, Inc. dated December 28, 2007” to Marie D. Hlavaty, at Visant Holding Corp., 357 Main Street, Armonk, New York 10504, by means of certified mail, return receipt requested or hand delivery, no later than the close of business on the fifteenth day after the day on which I signed this agreement.

8. I further acknowledge that I will not receive any payments or benefits due to me under the Letter Agreement before the fifteen (15) day revocation period under the Minnesota law (the “Revocation Period”) has passed and then, only if I have not revoked this Release. To the extent I have executed this Release within less than twenty-one (21) days after its delivery to me, I hereby acknowledge that my decision to execute this Release prior to the expiration of such twenty-one (21) day period was entirely voluntary.

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This Release shall take effect on the first business day following the expiration of the Revocation Period, provided this Release has not been revoked by me as provided above, during such Revocation Period.

 

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

Date: January 7, 2008

 

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RECEIPT

On this 28th day of December, 2007, I, Michael Bailey, was personally given a copy of the Separation Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2007.

 

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

Date: 12/28/07

 

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EX-10.40 3 dex1040.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED SEPARATION AGREEMENT - MICHAEL L. BAILEY Amended and Restated separation agreement - Michael L. Bailey

EXHIBIT 10.40

March 20, 2008

Mr. Michael Bailey

1655 Mallard Drive

Eagan, MN 55122

Re: Amended and Restated Separation Agreement

Dear Mike:

This letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) will confirm our agreement regarding your separation from service with Visant Corporation (“VC”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”) (together with VC, “Visant”). This Letter Agreement amends and restates the original copy of this agreement dated December 28, 2007 (the “December 2007 Agreement”), solely for purposes of clarifying the circumstances under which you will be deemed in breach of this Letter Agreement, and addressing the disposition of your equity. Nothing herein modifies the release and waiver of claims given by you pursuant to the December 2007 Agreement (the “Release and Waiver of Claims”). You will separate from employment with Visant, and resign from any officer or director positions you may hold with Visant, effective January 7, 2008 (the “Effective Date of Separation”), so long as your employment is not terminated for by Visant or Jostens for your Breach prior to such date. Any capitalized terms used but not defined herein will have the meaning set forth in the 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. (f/k/a Jostens Holding Corp.) and Its Subsidiaries, that certain Management Stockholder’s Agreement entered into by and between you and Jostens Holding Corp. dated March 17, 2005 (the “Management Stockholder’s Agreement”), and/or those certain Stock Option Agreements entered into by and between you and Visant Holding Corp. dated March 17, 2005, as applicable (collectively, the “Equity Documents”). In consideration for the promises and mutual covenants contained herein, each of you and VC agree to the following:


1. Part-Time Employment and Release:

(a) For the period commencing on the Effective Date of Termination and ending on June 30, 2009, you will be employed by VC as a non-executive, part-time employee of VC, subject to earlier termination by VC for your Breach (as defined below) or by you for any reason. As such a part-time employee, you will provide such services to VC as may reasonably be requested by Marc Reisch (or such other person as he may designate) from time to time and will report to Marc Reisch (or such other person as he may designate). You and VC each acknowledge that your role as a part-time employee is contemplated to require only that you perform services from time to time, that such services as you may perform will be provided primarily by you from locations other than any Visant property (and that in fact you will not be provided with any office space at any Visant property) and that such part-time employment does not constitute employment for purposes of Section 409A of the Code. However, you shall devote your full time business efforts to VC during the period of time you remain employed by VC hereunder.

(b) Subject to the provisions of Paragraph 1(c) below, VC will pay you, beginning on Visant’s first payroll date occurring in calendar year 2008 following your Effective Date of Separation and execution and non-revocation of the Release and Waiver of Claims and ending on VC’s last payroll date occurring in June of 2009, an aggregate amount equal to $600,000.00, payable as follows: (i) $500,000.00 shall be paid in substantially equal installments, on a bi-monthly basis, during the calendar year 2008 and (ii) the remaining $100,000.00 shall be paid in substantially equal installments, on a bi-monthly basis, between January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2009 (each such installment payment, a “Severance Payment”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, you will forfeit any unpaid Severance Payments if this Letter Agreement is terminated by VC for your Breach.

(c) Payment to you of the Severance Payments provided for in Paragraph 1(b) above shall be conditioned on your execution of: first, on the Effective Date of Separation, the Release and Waiver of Claims, and second, the non-revocation of such Release and Waiver of Claims within the time period described in paragraph 7 of such Release and Waiver of Claims. Please do not sign this Letter Agreement or the Release and Waiver of Claims until your last date of employment with Jostens.

(d) From January 7, 2008 through the earlier of (x) the date this Letter Agreement is terminated by VC for your Breach or by you for any reason (including due to your death or Permanent Disability) or (y) June 30, 2009, you will continue to be eligible to participate in the group medical, dental and vision plans provided to other employees of VC, as they may change from time to time; except that you will be required to pay the full cost of the premiums (which includes both the employer and employee portion) payable in respect of such coverage. Upon expiration of your services to VC as a part-time employee on June 30, 2009 (or such earlier date of termination or resignation, as applicable), you will be entitled to commence receiving such health insurance benefits as VC may, pursuant to the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), be required to provide to you (upon your election to receive them), for the full length of the period that you (and your dependents, as applicable) are eligible under COBRA to receive such benefits and subject to your payment of the COBRA premiums. (You hereby acknowledge that you understand, as of the date hereof,

 

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that COBRA permits VC to require you to pay up to 102% of the cost to VC of providing such benefits to similarly situated employees of VC). You will be advised separately of coverage continuation rights under COBRA by Acclaim Benefits, the COBRA administrator, or its successor. The benefit election form must be returned to Acclaim Benefits or its successor along with your premium payments before benefits will be continued. In all cases, benefits under this paragraph (d) will be subject to the same terms and conditions of the group benefits plan as apply to active VC employees (including Visant’s right to modify or terminate such benefits). In addition to the foregoing, VC hereby acknowledges and agrees that you will become eligible to participate in the applicable Jostens’ retiree medical plan on such date as you achieve age 55, subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions of such plan, as the same may be in effect from time to time, taking into account your service with Jostens.

(e) For so long as you remain a part-time employee as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above: (i) subject to the terms and conditions of the Visant 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan and applicable law, you will remain eligible to participate in such plan and (ii) you will only be permitted to continue to participate in (and become vested under) any other tax-qualified or non-qualified retirement plans in which you participated prior to the Effective Date of Separation to the extent permitted under the terms of such plans and applicable law; provided that, for clarity, commencement of your benefits under your Executive Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated April 23, 1998, as amended, will be triggered by your separation from employment with Jostens on January 7, 2008, and you will not be eligible to earn or accrue any additional benefits thereunder.

(f) At all times during the period that you are employed by VC as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above, you will be reimbursed for all reasonable business expenses that you incur in performing any services under this Letter Agreement (provided this shall not include auto or gas expenses). Such expenses will be reimbursed upon presentation by you from time to time of a documented expense report in the manner required and otherwise pursuant to applicable business expense reimbursement policies maintained by VC during your period of part-time employment with Visant for executive-level employees.

(g) Except as expressly provided as set forth in this Paragraph 1 above or Paragraph 2 below or as may be required by applicable law, you hereby acknowledge and agree that at no time while you are employed as provided in Paragraph 1(a) above will you be eligible or entitled to participate in any bonus or other incentive compensation plan or program, retirement, severance, perquisite, fringe benefit or other employee benefit plan, program or policy maintained by Visant.

(h) You will be deemed in “Breach” of this Letter Agreement in the event of (i) the willful or intentional engaging by you in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to Visant, the Investors or their respective Rule 405 Affiliates, (ii) commission by you of a crime constituting (A) a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or (iii) a material breach of by you of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement or other agreements, including, without limitation, engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants, herein or therein, that continues beyond ten (10) days after a written demand for performance is delivered to you by VC (to the extent that, in the VHC Board of Directors’ reasonable judgment, such breach can be cured).

 

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2. Treatment of Equity:

(a) Effective as of the Effective Date of Separation: (i) all then unvested options that you hold (“Options”) to purchase Visant Holding Corp. Class A Common Stock (“Visant Stock”) will expire and be cancelled without payment; and (ii) all then vested Options to purchase Visant Stock (including any such Options that vest based on the performance of Visant and/or its any of its subsidiaries as of the end of fiscal year 2007, even if such determination will not be made until the availability of the VC’s consolidated audit results on or about March 15, 2008) will remain exercisable through January 1, 2009, so long as you continue to be employed as a part-time employee under Paragraph 1(a) until such date (or if such part-time employment is terminated by VC other than due to your Breach or due to your resignation, death or Permanent Disability, prior to such date).

(b) In exchange for the cancellation, you agree to the terms of that certain letter agreement dated as of March 20, 2008 between you and Visant Holding Corp. with respect to the disposition of the Options.

(c) On or about April 1, 2009, Visant Holding Corp. will purchase all shares of Visant Stock then held by you (10,406 shares), at a per share purchase price equal to the Fair Market Value (determined as provided in Paragraph 2(b) above) of such shares as of December 31, 2008, so long as you continue to be employed as a part-time employee under Paragraph 1(a) until such date (or if such part-time employment is terminated by VC other than for your Breach or due to your resignation, death or Permanent Disability, prior to such date of payment based on the Fair Market Value of the Visant Stock as of such date of separation of service).

(d) Until the applicable dates of the payments provided for in Paragraph 2(b) and (c), above, respectively, you hereby agree and acknowledge that you will continue to hold all of your shares of Visant Stock pursuant to the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and other Equity Documents and to hold all of your Options to purchase Visant Stock pursuant to the Equity Documents under which such Options were granted (subject to the extension of the exercise term of vested Options as set forth in Paragraph 2(a) above).

3. Accrued Rights upon Effective Date of Separation: Visant shall pay you, in a lump sum, all unpaid base salary you earned through the Effective Date of Separation while still employed as a full-time employee of Visant, promptly after the Effective Date of Separation. For the avoidance of doubt, you will not accrue any vacation days for 2008.

4. Withholding; Set-Off: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Letter Agreement, Visant may, to the extent permitted by law, withhold applicable federal, state and local income and other taxes from any payments due to you hereunder in respect of any payments and benefits provided to you hereunder in respect of which there exists an obligation of Visant to withhold taxes or other amounts.

 

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5. Return of Visant Property; Expense Reports: On or before the Effective Date of Separation, you shall return to Visant all documents, manuals, computers, computer programs, CDs and/or diskettes, customer lists, notebooks, reports and other written or graphic materials, including all copies thereof, relating in any way to Visant’s business and prepared by you or obtained by you from Visant, its affiliates, clients or its suppliers during the course of your employment with Visant, as well as all expense reimbursement requests and reports, prepared and provided in accordance with the terms of Jostens’ expense reimbursement policy to which you are currently subject.

6. Entire Agreement; Restrictive Covenants: This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties on the subject of payments and benefits due to you from Visant and its affiliates and supersedes all other prior agreements concerning the terms of any and all payments and benefits to which you may be entitled upon termination of employment (including, without limitation, that certain Summary of Executive Arrangements previously provided to you by VC and the December 2007 Agreement prior to modification hereunder other than the Release and Waiver of Claims executed by you pursuant to the December 2007 Agreement), except that (a) to the extent required to give full effect to the provisions of Paragraph 2 above, the applicable provisions of the Equity Documents shall remain in effect and (b) the provisions of Section 24 (Confidential Information; Covenant Not to Compete) of your Management Stockholder’s Agreement (the “Restrictive Covenants”) shall continue to apply and are hereby made a part of this Letter Agreement by reference, except that (i) in consideration of the payments and benefits hereunder to which you would not otherwise have been entitled, for purposes of the periods during which you are to be subject to the Restrictive Covenants, your employment will be deemed terminated as of January 11, 2011, and shall not be considered to have terminated on the Effective Date of Separation and (ii) all references to payments contained in Section 24(c) of your Management Stockholder’s Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the payments provided for in Paragraph 2 above.

7. Deferred Compensation Tax Rules: The arrangements contemplated under this Letter Agreement shall be interpreted in accordance with Section 409A of the Code and Department of Treasury Regulations and other interpretive guidance issued thereunder, including, without limitation, any such regulations or other guidance that may be issued after the Effective Date of Separation. In the event that VC determines that any amounts payable or benefits provided hereunder will be immediately taxable to you under Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, VC may (a) adopt such amendments to this Letter Agreement and appropriate policies and procedures, including amendments and policies with retroactive effect, that VC determines necessary or appropriate to preserve the intended tax treatment of the benefits provided by the contemplated agreement and/or (b) take such other actions as VC determines necessary or appropriate to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance, including such Department of Treasury guidance and other interpretive materials as may be issued after the date hereof. Nothing herein or contemplated hereby shall be deemed tax advice by VC.

8. No Mitigation; Offset: You shall have no duty to mitigate or to seek or accept employment or work elsewhere following the Effective Date of Separation; provided, however, if you do become employed or engaged elsewhere, the payments and benefits set forth in this Letter Agreement shall be offset or reduced, as applicable, by any compensation or benefits you may receive from such other source.

 

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9. Severability: The provisions of this Letter Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. In the event that the provisions of Section 6 (including, by incorporation by reference, any provisions of Section 24 of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement), or any portion thereof, should ever be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings to which you or any Visant party is a proper party to exceed the time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed to the maximum time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, as determined by such court in such action, the parties hereby acknowledging their desire that in such event such action be taken. Notwithstanding the foregoing, you affirmatively represent, acknowledge and agree that this Letter Agreement and each of its provisions are enforceable in accordance with their terms, and expressly agree not to challenge the validity or enforceability of this Letter Agreement or any of its provisions, or portions or aspects thereof, in the future. Visant is expressly relying upon this representation, acknowledgement and agreement in determining to enter into this Letter Agreement and provide you with the payments and benefits hereunder.

10. Applicable Law; Arbitration: This Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof. In the event of any controversy among the parties hereto arising out of, or relating to, this Letter Agreement which cannot be settled amicably by the parties, such controversy shall be finally, exclusively and conclusively settled by mandatory arbitration conducted expeditiously in accordance with the American Arbitration Association rules by a single independent arbitrator, except that each of VC and Visant Holding Corp. may seek injunctive or other relief in order to enforce the Restrictive Covenants incorporated by reference herein. Such arbitration process shall take place within the New York City-metropolitan area. The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding upon all parties hereto and shall be rendered pursuant to a written decision, which contains a detailed recital of the arbitrator’s reasoning. Judgment upon the award rendered may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

11. Amendment; No Waiver: This Letter Agreement may only be amended or modified by a written agreement executed by you, Visant Holding Corp. and Visant Corporation (or any respective successor to Visant Holding Corp. and/or Visant Corporation). As an exception to the foregoing, the parties acknowledge and agree that an executive officer of Visant Holding Corp. shall have the right, in his or her sole discretion, to reduce the scope of any covenant set forth in this Letter Agreement or any portion thereof, effective as to you immediately upon receipt by you of written notice thereof from Visant. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Letter Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any or more instances, shall be deemed or construed as a further, continuing or subsequent waiver of any such provision or as a waiver of any other provision of this Letter Agreement. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

 

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12. Assignment: Neither this Letter Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder may be assigned or delegated by you without the prior written consent of the other parties of this Letter Agreement. Visant’s obligations and rights hereunder may be assigned to any of its successor or assigns.

13. Notice: For the purpose of this Letter Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in this Letter Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Letter Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

If to Visant (including any of Jostens, VC or Visant Holding Corp.):

Visant Corporation

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

Attention: General Counsel

If to Executive:

To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.

 

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14. Counterparts: This Letter Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, which shall, collectively or separately, constitute one agreement.

Please sign the enclosed copy of this Letter Agreement to signify your understanding and acceptance of the terms and conditions contained herein and return a copy to Marie Hlavaty by no later than March 25, 2008.

Mike, let me extend my thanks to you for your longstanding services to Jostens.

 

Sincerely,

/s/ Marc Reisch

Marc Reisch
Chief Executive Officer
Visant Corporation

Agreed this 25th day of March, 2008.

 

VISANT HOLDING CORP.
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:   CEO
VISANT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:   CEO
JOSTENS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Title:   Chairman

The foregoing Letter Agreement has been read and accepted as a binding agreement between Visant Holding Corp., Visant Corporation, Jostens, Inc. and me, Michael Bailey as the undersigned, this 25th day of March, 2008.

 

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey

 

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EX-10.41 4 dex1041.htm LETTER AGREEMENT - TIM LARSON Letter Agreement - Tim Larson

EXHIBIT 10.41

October 2, 2006

Mr. Tim Larson

15271 Wilds Parkway NW

Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372

Dear Tim:

In consideration of your (“Executive”) ongoing extraordinary efforts to and achievement on behalf of Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Compensation Committee”) of Visant Corporation (“Visant” and together with Jostens, “Employer”) has approved the payment of extraordinary bonuses to you, to be paid as follows:

For services rendered for the period prior to October 31, 2006, $600,000 payable on October 31, 2006.

For services rendered for the period January 1, 2007 through October 31, 2007, $500,000 payable on October 31, 2007.

For services rendered for the period January 1, 2008 through October 31, 2008, $500,000 payable on October 31, 2008.

The foregoing payments shall be made on and subject to the other terms and conditions of this letter agreement (“Agreement”).

Executive shall be entitled to receive such payments so long as he remains in the active employment of Jostens as of the respective date of payment, provided that solely (x) in the event Executive’s employment is terminated by Employer without Cause (as Cause is defined in those certain Stock Option Agreements dated March 17, 2005 by and between Executive and Visant Holding Corp., the “Option Agreement”, and as set forth in Appendix I to this Agreement) prior to October 31, 2008, any amount not yet paid under this Agreement will be paid to Executive upon the date of termination, or (y) in the event of Executive’s death prior to October 31, 2008, Executive’s estate shall be paid an amount equal to the next payment otherwise due hereunder upon the date the payment otherwise would have been made to Executive and thereafter no further payment(s) shall be due hereunder. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall terminate upon any termination of employment of Executive. Nothing herein shall confer upon you the right to continued employment with Employer or change the terms of your employment as an “at will” employee.

Employer shall withhold from any amount payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes or withholding as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment by Employer without Cause or upon Executive’s death, Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the deferral of the commencement of any payment otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Employer will defer the commencement of the payment of any such amount hereunder (without any reduction in such payment ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is six months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Employer (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (ii) if any other payment of money due to Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payment shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment compliant under Section


409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Compensation Committee, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. Visant shall consult with Executive in good faith regarding the implementation of the provisions of this paragraph; provided that none of Jostens, Visant or any of its employees or representatives shall have any liability to Executive with respect thereto.

This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

Except for the term incorporated by reference from the Option Agreement, this Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the express subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by an authorized officer of Visant and Jostens and Executive.

The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of such party’s rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights hereunder, shall not be assignable or transferable or subjected to any lien or encumbrance by Executive. Any purported assignment, transfer, lien or encumbrance hereof by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement may be assigned by the Employer to a person or entity which is an Affiliate, and shall be assigned to and assumed by any successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Employer. Subject to such assumption, as of the date such successor so assumes this Agreement, Jostens or Visant, as the case may be, shall cease to be liable for any of the obligations contained in this Agreement.

For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

If to the Employer:

Visant Corporation

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

Attention: General Counsel

If to Executive:

To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Employer.


This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

 

Very truly yours,
Jostens, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Michael Bailey

Name:   Michael Bailey
Title:   CEO
Visant Corporation
By:  

/s/ Marc Reisch

Name:   Marc Reisch
Title:   CEO
Acknowledged and Agreed:

/s/ Tim Larson

Tim Larson


Appendix I

“Cause” shall mean (i) Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform his material duties with respect to the Visant Holding Corp. (“VHC”) or it subsidiaries which continues beyond ten (10) days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Executive by VHC (the “Cure Period”), (ii) the willful or intentional engaging by Executive in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to VHC, the Investors (as defined in the Option Agreement) or their respective Affiliates (as defined in the Option Agreement), (iii) the commission by Executive of a crime constituting (A) a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (B) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, or (iv) a material breach of by Executive of the Option Agreement or other agreements to which he is bound, including, without limitation, engaging in any action in breach of restrictive covenants that continues beyond the Cure Period (to the extent that, in the VHC Board of Director’s reasonable judgment, such breach can be cured).

EX-10.42 5 dex1042.htm EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT - TIMOTHY LARSON Employment Agreement - Timothy Larson

EXHIBIT 10.42

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Timothy M. Larson

This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of January 7, 2008 (the “Effective Date”) by and between Jostens, Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Visant Corporation (“Visant”) and Timothy M. Larson (the “Executive”).

WHEREAS, as of the Effective Date, the Company desires to employ Executive and to enter into an agreement embodying the terms of such employment and Executive desires to accept such employment and enter into such an agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties agree as follows:

1. Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions of Section 7 of this Agreement, Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date (the “Initial Term”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. Following the Initial Term, the term of Executive’s employment hereunder shall automatically be renewed on the terms and conditions hereunder for additional one-year periods commencing on each anniversary of the last day of the Initial Term (the Initial Term and any annual extensions of the term of this Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 7 hereof, together, the “Employment Term”), unless either party gives written notice of non-renewal at least sixty (60) days prior to such anniversary. Any such written notice by the Company of non-renewal shall be deemed to constitute a termination by the Company without Cause under Section 7(c) of this Agreement.

2. Position.

a. During the Employment Term, Executive shall serve as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In such position, Executive shall have such duties and authority as determined by the Chief Executive Officer of Visant, or such other party as he or the Board of Directors of Visant (the “Board”) shall designate from time to time and commensurate with the position of president of a company of similar size, structure and nature to that of the Company. During the Employment Term, the Executive shall report to the Chief Executive Officer of Visant or such other party as he or the Board shall designate from time to time.

b. During the Employment Term, Executive will devote Executive’s full business time and reasonable best efforts to the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business, profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict or interfere in any material respect with the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Board; provided that nothing herein shall preclude Executive, subject to the prior approval of the Board, from accepting appointment to or continue to serve on any board of directors or trustees of any business corporation or any charitable organization; provided, further, in each case in the aggregate, that such activities do not conflict or interfere with the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder or conflict with Section 8.

 

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3. Base Salary. During the Employment Term, the Company shall pay Executive a base salary at the annual rate of $650,000, payable in substantially equal periodic payments in accordance with the Company’s practices for other executive employees, as such practices may be determined from time to time. Executive shall be entitled to such increases in Executive’s base salary, if any, as may be determined from time to time in the sole discretion of the Board, which shall at least annually following June 2009 review Executive’s rate of base salary to determine if any such increase shall be made. Executive’s annual base salary, as in effect from time to time hereunder, is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Salary.”

4. Annual Bonus. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be eligible to earn an annual bonus award between 0% and up to 127% of Executive’s Base Salary in respect of each fiscal year of the Company (an “Annual Bonus”), with a target amount equal to 85% of Executive’s Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”) (with a maximum opportunity equal to 127% of Executive’s Base Salary (increasing in linear progression for performance above 100% and up to 150% of the performance targets) based upon achievement of certain “stretch” targets to be established by the Board annually in consultation with the Executive), payable upon the Company’s achievement of certain performance targets (of which no less than 67% shall be weighted based on EBITDA (as such term is defined in that certain Stock Option Agreement dated March 17, 2005 (covering Executive’s stock options that vest based on Company performance) (the “Option Agreement”)) for each fiscal year of the Company (each, a “Fiscal Year”), with the balance of such performance targets to be based on other metrics established by the Board from year to year. The Annual Bonus shall be payable under the Company’s management incentive compensation plan, or any successor thereto (the “Incentive Plan”), on such terms and at such time(s) as annual bonuses are otherwise payable thereunder. In addition to the foregoing, Executive shall continue to be eligible for the extraordinary bonuses as set forth in, and subject to the terms of, that certain letter agreement (the Letter Agreement”) entered into between Visant Corporation (“Visant”) and Executive, dated October 2, 2006.

5. Employee Benefits; Business Expenses.

a. Employee Benefits. During the Employment Term, Executive and his dependents shall be entitled to participate in the Company’s welfare benefit plans, fringe benefit plans and qualified and nonqualified retirement plans (the “Company Plans”) as in effect from time to time as determined by the Board (collectively, the “Employee Benefits”), on the same basis as those benefits are made available to the other senior executives of the Company, in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time, including the senior executive medical allowance and physical exam program on the same terms as offered to other senior executives of Visant from time to time. In addition, Executive shall continue to be entitled to benefits under Executive’s Executive Supplemental Retirement Agreement dated March 25, 2004, subject to and in accordance with its terms.

b. Perquisites. During the Employment Term, Executive shall be entitled to receive such perquisites as are made available to other senior executives of the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time as determined by the

 

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Board; provided that Executive shall be entitled to (i) not less than four weeks of paid vacation per annum, which shall be subject to the Company’s vacation policy applicable to the other senior executives of the Company and in accordance with the Company’s policies as in effect from time to time, (ii) reimbursement for financial counseling services (including financial planning, tax preparation, estate planning, and tax and investment planning software) in an amount not to exceed $1,500 annually and (iii) a monthly car allowance of $1,800 to commence May 1, 2008 (until such time as this allowance shall commence, Executive shall continue to have the use of Executive’s Company-leased vehicle).

c. Business Expenses. During the Employment Term, reasonable business expenses incurred by Executive in the performance of Executive’s duties hereunder shall be reimbursed by the Company in accordance with the Company’s policies applicable to senior executive officers of the Company.

6. Phantom Stock Award. Executive shall be granted, promptly following the Effective Date, a target award of up to 5,000 shares of phantom stock (a threshold opportunity of 2,500 phantom shares and a stretch maximum amount of up to 10,000 phantom shares) (the “Award”), payable in cash on or about March 15, 2010, subject to the achievement of performance targets established by the Board relating to the compounded annual growth rate of the Company’s adjusted EBITDA between December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2009, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the award letter and the Visant Holding Corp. Long Term Incentive Plan (the “LTIP”) to be provided to you.

7. Termination. Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated based on the terms and conditions of this Section and as described in subsections 7(a), 7(b) and 7(c), as the case may be; provided that Executive will be required to give the Company at least 60 days advance written notice of any resignation of Executive’s employment (other than due to Executive’s death or Disability). In the event that the Company terminates Executive’s employment in accordance with the foregoing sentence the Company may, in its sole discretion, prohibit Executive from entering the premises of the Company for all or any portion of the period after giving him notice of such termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 7 shall exclusively govern Executive’s rights upon termination of employment with the Company; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 7 shall diminish Executive’s rights with respect to the Equity Documents, which shall continue to govern Executive’s equity holdings following any termination in accordance therewith.

a. By the Company For Cause or By Executive Without Good Reason.

(i) The Employment Term and Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company for Cause (as defined below) and shall terminate automatically upon Executive’s resignation (other than for Good Reason or due to Executive’s death or Disability); provided that Executive will be required to give the Company at least 60 days advance written notice of such resignation.

(ii) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean (A) Executive’s willful and continued failure to perform his material duties with respect to the Company or its

 

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subsidiaries as provided hereunder which continues beyond ten (10) days after a written demand for substantial performance is delivered to Executive by the Company (the “Cure Period”); (B) the willful or intentional engaging by Executive in conduct that causes material and demonstrable injury, monetarily or otherwise, to the Company, the Investors or their respective Affiliates (each as defined in the Third Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. (“VHC”) and Its Subsidiaries (the “Plan”); (C) the commission by Executive of a crime constituting (x) a felony under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or (y) a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; or (D) a material breach of this Agreement or any of the Equity Documents by Executive, including, without limitation, engaging in any action in breach of the restrictive covenants set forth in Section 8 of this Agreement or the Equity Documents, that continues beyond the Cure Period (to the extent that, in the Board’s reasonable judgment, such breach can be cured). In addition, “Good Reason” shall mean (i) a reduction in the Executive’s base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunity (other than a general reduction in base salary or annual incentive compensation opportunity that affects all members of senior management in substantially the same proportions, provided that the Executive’s base salary is not reduced by more than 10%); (ii) a substantial reduction in the Executive’s duties and responsibilities, an adverse change in Executive’s titles as set forth in Section 2 above or the assignment to Executive of duties or responsibilities substantially inconsistent with such titles; or (iii) a transfer of the Executive’s primary workplace by more than fifty miles outside of Bloomington, Minnesota.

(iii) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company for Cause, or if Executive resigns other than for Good Reason or as a result of Executive’s death or Disability, Executive shall be entitled to receive:

(A) a lump-sum payment of the Base Salary that is earned by Executive but unpaid as of the Date of Termination (as such term is defined in Section 7(d) below), paid within ten (10) business days after the Date of Termination;

(B) a lump-sum payment of any Annual Bonus that is earned by Executive in respect of the Fiscal Year immediately prior to the Fiscal Year in which the Date of Termination occurs, but unpaid as of the Date of Termination, paid within ten (10) business days after the Date of Termination;

(C) a lump-sum payment equal to all vacation pay that is accrued in respect of Executive’s unused vacation days as of the Date of Termination, paid within ten (10) business days after the Date of Termination;

(D) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses incurred by Executive in accordance with Company policy referenced in Section 5(c) above prior to the Date of Termination (with such reimbursements to be paid promptly after Executive provides the Company with the necessary documentation of such expenses to the extent required by such policy);

(E) such Employee Benefits, if any, as to which Executive may be entitled under the applicable Company Plans upon termination of employment hereunder, and any rights under the Letter Agreement, to the extent provided therein (the payments and benefits described clauses (A) through (E) hereof being referred to, collectively, as the “Accrued Rights).

 

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Following such termination of Executive’s employment by the Company for Cause or resignation by Executive other than for Good Reason or as a result of Executive’s death or Disability, except as set forth in this Section 7(a)(iii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

b. Disability or Death.

(i) Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon Executive’s death and may be terminated by the Company if Executive becomes physically or mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of six (6) consecutive months or for an aggregate of nine (9) months in any eighteen (18) consecutive month period to perform Executive’s duties (such incapacity is hereinafter referred to as “Disability”). Any question as to the existence of the Disability of Executive as to which Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to Executive (or to the Executive’s representative, if Executive is not capable of acting on own his behalf) and the Company. If Executive (or to the Executive’s representative, if Executive is not capable of acting on his own behalf) and the Company cannot agree as to a qualified independent physician, each shall appoint such a physician and those two physicians shall select a third who shall make such determination in writing. The determination of Disability hereunder shall be made in a writing that is promptly provided to the Company and Executive (or his representative, if Executive is not capable of acting on his own behalf) shall be final and conclusive for all purposes of the Agreement.

(ii) Upon termination of Executive’s employment hereunder for either Disability or death, Executive or Executive’s estate (as the case may be) shall be entitled to receive:

(A) the Accrued Rights; and

(B) a lump-sum payment of the pro rata portion (based upon the number of days in the applicable Fiscal Year during which Executive was employed with the Company through the Date of Termination, relative to the number of days in the applicable Fiscal Year) of the Annual Bonus, if any, that Executive would have been entitled to receive pursuant to the Incentive Plan had Executive remained employed through the date that bonuses are paid to other executives under the Incentive Plan in respect of the Fiscal Year in which the Date of Termination occurs, paid when such bonuses are otherwise paid to active participants under the Incentive Plan (the “Pro Rata Bonus”).

Following Executive’s termination of employment due to Executive’s death or Disability, except as set forth in this Section 7(b)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement.

 

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c. By the Company Without Cause; By Executive for Good Reason.

(i) Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated by the Company without Cause or by Executive for Good Reason.

(ii) If Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company without Cause (including by virtue of the Company’s failure to renew the Employment Term at any time but excluding by reason of his death or Disability) or by Executive for Good Reason, Executive shall be entitled to receive:

(A) the Accrued Rights and Pro Rata Bonus;

(B) subject to Executive’s continued compliance with the provisions of Section 8 and subject to Executive’s execution (without revocation) of a release of claims (the form of which shall be that customarily provided by the Company to terminating employees), an amount equal to the sum of (x) twenty-four months’ Base Salary at the rate in effect immediately prior to the Date of Termination and (y) the product of (I) 2.0 and (II) the Target Bonus for the year in which the Date of Termination occurs, payable in equal monthly installments over the twenty-four (24) month period commencing on such Date of Termination (the “Severance Period”); and

(C) continuation of health and welfare benefits (pursuant to the same benefit plans as in effect for active employees of the Company) until the earlier to occur of (x) twenty-four months from the Date of Termination and (y) the date on which Executive commences to be eligible for comparable coverage from any subsequent employer.

Following Executive’s termination of employment by the Company without Cause (including by virtue of the Company’s failure to renew the Employment Term at any time) or by Executive for Good Reason, except as set forth in this Section 7(c)(ii), Executive shall have no further rights to any compensation or any other benefits under this Agreement or any other severance plan or arrangement of Visant or any of its subsidiaries.

d. Notice of Termination. Any purported termination of employment by the Company or by Executive (other than due to Executive’s death) shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(h)) hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so indicated. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Date of Termination” shall mean the date the Notice of Termination is given to the respective party; provided, however, that (i) with respect to a termination for Cause by the Company, the Date of Termination shall not occur prior to the expiration of any applicable Cure Period and (ii) upon a nonrenewal of the Employment Term by either party, the date the Employment Term expires, and not the date of the notice itself, shall constitute the applicable Date of Termination.

 

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e. Board/Committee Resignation. Upon termination of Executive’s employment for any reason, Executive agrees to resign, as of the date of such termination and to the extent applicable, from the Board (and any committees thereof) and the board of directors (and any committees thereof) of any of the Company’s Affiliates (as defined in the Plan).

8. Confidential Information; Covenant Not to Compete; Non-Solicit.

a. Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of Visant and its Affiliates and accordingly agrees as follows:

(i) In consideration of the Company entering into this Agreement with the Executive and without limitation of any prior agreement made with respect to confidentiality or other restrictive covenants made by Executive in the favor of VHC or any of its Affiliates prior to the date hereof, the Executive hereby agrees effective as of the date of the Executive’s commencement of employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, without the Company’s prior written consent, the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, (x) at any time during or after the Executive’s employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, disclose any Confidential Information (as such term is defined in that certain Management Stockholder’s Agreement dated March 17, 2005 previously entered by Executive) pertaining to the business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, except when required to perform his or her duties to the Company or one of its subsidiaries, by law or judicial process; or (y) at any time during the Executive’s employment with the Company or its subsidiaries and for a period of two years thereafter, directly or indirectly (A) act as a proprietor, investor, director, officer, employee, substantial stockholder, consultant, or partner in any business that directly or indirectly competes, at the relevant determination date, with the business of the Company in, (1) school photography services or school-related clothing, affinity products and services, including yearbooks, (2) memory books, (3) commercial printing and binding, (4) printing services to companies engaged in direct marketing, (5) fragrance, cosmetics and toiletries-related sampling or (6) single use packaging for fragrances, cosmetics and toiletries, in North America in the case of clauses (1) through (4) and in North America and Europe in the case of clauses (5) and (6), (B) solicit customers or clients of the Company or any of its subsidiaries to terminate their relationship with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or otherwise solicit such customers or clients to compete with any business of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (C) solicit or offer employment to any person who has been employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries at any time during the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the termination of the Executive’s employment. If the Executive is bound by any other agreement with the Company regarding the use or disclosure of Confidential Information, the provisions of this Agreement shall be read in such a way as to further restrict and not to permit any more extensive use or disclosure of Confidential Information.

b. Notwithstanding clause (a) above, if at any time a court holds that the restrictions stated in such clause (a) are unreasonable or otherwise unenforceable under circumstances then existing, the parties hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographic area determined to be reasonable under such circumstances by such court will be substituted for the stated period, scope or area. In the event that the provisions of this Section 8, or any portion thereof, should ever be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction in proceedings to which Executive, Visant or any of its subsidiaries is a proper party to exceed the

 

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time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, then such provisions shall be deemed reformed to the maximum time or geographic or other limitations permitted by applicable law, as determined by such court in such action, the parties hereby acknowledging their desire that in such event such action be taken.

Because the Executive’s services are unique and because the Executive has had access to Confidential Information, the parties hereto agree that money damages will be an inadequate remedy for any breach of this Agreement. In the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, the Company or its successors or assigns may, in addition to other rights and remedies existing in their favor, apply to any court of competent jurisdiction for specific performance and/or injunctive relief in order to enforce, or prevent any violations of, the provisions hereof (without the posting of a bond or other security).

9. Specific Performance. Executive acknowledges and agrees that the Company’s remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach of any of the provisions of Section 8 would be inadequate and the Company would suffer irreparable damages as a result of such breach or threatened breach. In recognition of this fact, Executive agrees that, in the event of such a breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company, without posting any bond, shall be entitled to cease making any payments or providing any benefit otherwise required by this Agreement and obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.

10. Arbitration. Except as provided in Section 9, any other dispute arising out of or asserting breach of this Agreement, or any statutory or common law claim by Executive relating to his employment under this Agreement or the termination thereof (including any tort or discrimination claim), shall be exclusively resolved by binding statutory arbitration in accordance with the Employment Dispute Resolution Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Such arbitration process shall take place in New York, New York. A court of competent jurisdiction may enter judgment upon the arbitrator’s award. Each party shall pay the costs and expenses of arbitration (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by such party in connection with any dispute arising out of or asserting breach of this Agreement.

11. Miscellaneous.

a. Reserved.

b. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.

c. Entire Agreement/Amendments. This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the employment of Executive by the Company. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those expressly set forth herein. This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto; provided, however, that the parties hereto acknowledge that an executive

 

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officer of VHC shall have the right, in his or her sole discretion, to reduce the scope of any covenant set forth in this Agreement or any portion thereof, effective as to Executive immediately upon receipt by Executive of written notice thereof from VHC.

d. No Waiver. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed or be construed as a further, continuing or subsequent waiver of any such provision or as a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising any right, remedy or power hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise of any other right, remedy or power provided herein or by law or in equity.

e. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

f. Assignment. This Agreement, and all of Executive’s rights and duties hereunder, shall not be assignable or delegable by Executive; provided, however, that if Executive shall die, all amounts then payable to Executive hereunder shall be paid in accordance with the terms of this Agreement to Executive’s devisee, legatee or other designee or, if there be no such devisee, legatee or designee, to Executive’s estate. Any purported assignment or delegation by Executive in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio and of no force and effect. This Agreement may be assigned by the Company to a person or entity which is an Affiliate, and shall be assigned to any successor in interest to substantially all of the business operations of the Company. Upon such assignment, the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder shall become the rights and obligations of such Affiliate or successor person or entity. Further, the Company will require any successor (whether, direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company to assume expressly and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no such succession had taken place. As used in this Agreement, “Company” shall mean the Company and any successor to its business and/or assets which is required by this Section 11(f) to assume and agree to perform this Agreement or which otherwise assumes and agrees to perform this Agreement; provided, however, in the event that any successor, as described above, agrees to assume this Agreement in accordance with the preceding sentence, as of the date such successor so assumes this Agreement, the Company shall cease to be liable for any of the obligations contained in this Agreement.

g. Set Off; Mitigation. The Company’s obligation to pay Executive the amounts provided and to make the arrangements provided hereunder shall not be subject to set-off, counterclaim or recoupment, other than amounts loaned or advanced to Executive by the Company or its Affiliates or otherwise as provided in Section 7(c)(ii)(C) hereof. Executive shall not be required to mitigate the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise and the amount of any payment provided for pursuant to this Agreement shall not be reduced by any compensation earned as a result of Executive’s other employment or otherwise.

 

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h. Notice. For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three days after it has been mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the respective addresses set forth below in this Agreement, or to such other address as either party may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

 

If to the Company:
Jostens, Inc.   
c/o Visant Corporation   
357 Main Street   
Armonk, New York 10504   
Attention: General Counsel   
With a copy to:   
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP   
425 Lexington Avenue   
New York, New York 10017   
Attention: Andrea K. Wahlquist, Esq.   
If to Executive:   
To the most recent address of Executive set forth in the personnel records of the Company.

i. Prior Agreements. Except as set forth in Section 4 with regards to the Letter Agreement, this Agreement supercedes all prior agreements and understandings (including verbal agreements) between Executive and the Company and/or its Affiliates regarding the terms and conditions of Executive’s employment with the Company and/or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the Equity Documents (as defined hereafter) shall govern the terms and conditions of Executive’s equity holdings in the Company and the terms and conditions thereof, and the Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan shall govern the terms and conditions of Executive’s benefits thereunder. For purposes of this Agreement, “Equity Documents” shall mean each of the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and the Sale Participation Agreement previously entered into by Executive, and the LTIP (and any award letter granted thereunder).

j. Cooperation. Executive shall provide Executive’s reasonable cooperation in connection with any action or proceeding (or any appeal from any action or proceeding) which relates to events occurring during Executive’s employment hereunder, but only to the extent the Company requests such cooperation with reasonable advance notice to Executive and in respect of such periods of time as shall not unreasonably interfere with Executive’s ability to perform his duties with any subsequent employer; provided, however, that the Company shall pay any reasonable travel, lodging and related expenses that Executive may incur in connection with providing all such cooperation, to the extent approved by the Company prior to incurring such expenses.

 

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k. Withholding Taxes. The Company may withhold from any amounts payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

l. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

12. Compliance with IRC Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) if at the time of Executive’s termination of employment with the Company Executive is a “specified employee” as defined in Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the deferral of the commencement of any payments or benefits otherwise payable hereunder as a result of such termination of employment is necessary in order to prevent any accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, then the Company will defer the commencement of the payment of any such payments or benefits hereunder (without any reduction in such payments or benefits ultimately paid or provided to Executive) until the date that is six months following Executive’s termination of employment with the Company (or the earliest date as is permitted under Section 409A of the Code) and (b) if any other payments of money or other benefits due to Executive hereunder could cause the application of an accelerated or additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, such payments or other benefits shall be deferred if deferral will make such payment or other benefits compliant under Section 409A of the Code, or otherwise such payment or other benefits shall be restructured, to the extent possible, in a manner, determined by the Board, that does not cause such an accelerated or additional tax. The Company shall consult with Executive in good faith regarding the implementation of the provisions of this Section 12; provided that neither the Company nor any of its employees or representatives shall have any liability to Executive with respect to thereto.

[Signatures on next page.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

VISANT CORPORATION:     EXECUTIVE:
 

/s/ Marc L. Reisch

   

/s/ Timothy M. Larson

By:   Marc L. Reisch, CEO     Timothy M. Larson
JOSTENS, INC.:    
 

/s/ Marc L. Reisch

   
By:   Marc L. Reisch, Chairman    

 

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EX-10.43 6 dex1043.htm LETTER AGREEMENT - MICHAEL BAILEY Letter Agreement - Michael Bailey

EXHIBIT 10.43

Visant Holding Corp.

357 Main Street

Armonk, New York 10504

March 20, 2008

Mr. Michael Bailey

1655 Mallard Drive

Eagan, MN 55122

Dear Mike:

This letter is a follow-up to the separation agreement between Visant Corporation (the “Company”) and you dated December 28, 2007 (as amended by letter agreement dated March 20, 2008, the “Separation Agreement”). This letter agreement confirms Visant Holding Corp.’s (“VHC”) agreement to repurchase your Vested Options (as defined below), subject to the terms and conditions of the Equity Agreements (as defined below) as modified herein. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the respective Management Stockholders Agreement between VHC and you, dated March 17, 2005 (in the case of the Vested Options granted pursuant to the 2004 Stock Option Plan) (the “Management Stockholders Agreement”) and the Stockholders’ Agreement dated as of July 29, 2003 among Jostens Holding Corp. (nka, Visant Holding Corp.) and the stockholders parties thereto (in the case of the Vested Options granted pursuant to the 2003 Stock Option Plan) (the “2003 Stockholders Agreement”), unless otherwise stated. “Equity Agreements” as used herein shall mean the Management Stockholders Agreement, Sale Participation Agreement dated as of March 17, 2005 to which you are a party, the Stock Option Agreements dated as of March 17, 2005, the 2003 Stockholders Agreement and the Stock Option Agreements dated as of January 20, 2004.

Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Agreements and Paragraph 2 of the Separation Agreement, the Company and VHC had previously agreed to repurchase all of your Options that were vested and exercisable as of January 1, 2009 (as defined in the Separation Agreement), (the “Vested Options”), which consist of a total of 36,701 options (9,387 under the 2003 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2003 Stock Option Plan”); 27,314 under the Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. (the “2004 Stock Option Plan”)). This letter agreement is intended to amend the terms and conditions pursuant to which the Company and VHC have agreed to repurchase your Vested Options. As a result, VHC proposes the following:


Mr. Michael Bailey   -2-   March 20, 2008

(i) you will exercise all of your Vested Options prior to the expiration of the Vested Options on January 1, 2009 (the “Expiration Date”) in accordance with the cashless exercise provisions of the Notice of Exercise of Option, attached hereto as Appendix A, and VHC shall deliver the corresponding number of shares of common stock of VHC in satisfaction thereof (the “Option Stock” and the date of issuance of the Option Stock, the “Issuance Date”), and

(ii) VHC will purchase such Option Stock no later than the earlier to occur of (x) a Change in Control and (y) the date which is three (3) Business Days following the date which is six months and two (2) days after the Issuance Date, (each of (x) and (y), the “Repurchase Date”) in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value (as defined in the 2004 Stock Option Plan) of the Option Stock as of the Repurchase Date (or in the case of a Change of Control, the amount per share received by all other holders of the Class A Common Stock in the relevant transaction).

If you agree to the terms proposed in this letter agreement, then please (i) date and sign this letter agreement as indicated below, and return that copy to the undersigned by March 25, 2008 and (ii) complete the Notice of Exercise of Option, attached hereto as Appendix A by indicating the method by which you wish to exercise your Vested Options and return such completed notice to the undersigned by December 20, 2008.

By signing below, you, VHC and the Company agree to recognize your entitlement to the rights hereunder and that the Equity Agreements and Separation Agreement referenced above are deemed amended to incorporate the terms of this letter agreement solely to the extent of the subject matter contained herein.

This letter agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any person that is not a party hereto (or its successors, permitted transferees, estate, designated beneficiaries or assigns) nor create any or establish any third party beneficiary hereto. To the extent that the terms of this letter agreement conflict with the terms contained in the Equity Agreements and Separation Agreement, the terms of this letter agreement shall supersede the terms of the Equity Agreements and Separation Agreement.


Mr. Michael Bailey   -3-   March 20, 2008

In the event of any dispute regarding this letter agreement, Section 19 of the Management Stockholders Agreement shall govern. The laws of the State of Delaware will govern.

This letter agreement may be executed in counterparts.

 

Sincerely,
Visant Holding Corp.
Visant Corporation
By:  

/s/ Marie Hlavaty

  Marie Hlavaty

Accepted and agreed to this 25th day of March 2008.

 

/s/ Michael Bailey

Michael Bailey


Appendix A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF OPTION

 

To: Visant Holding Corp.

Attn: General Counsel

357 Main Street, First Floor

Armonk, NY 10504

I,                                                      , as of the date set forth below, hereby give notice to Visant Holding Corp. (the “Company”) of my exercise of the options to purchase shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company described below (the “Exercised Options”), pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the agreements or instruments evidencing such awards, including the Stock Option Agreements dated as of January 20, 2004 and the Stock Option Agreements dated as of March 17, 2005, in each case between me and the Company. I understand and agree that the Option Stock issued to me as a result of my exercise of the Exercised Options shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Stockholders Agreement dated as of July 29, 2003 and the Management Stockholder’s Agreement and the Sale Participation Agreement, each dated as of March 17, 2005, between me and the Company.

Description of Exercised Options:

 

Option Price per Share

   Number of Options   

Expiration Date

$39.07

      January 1, 2009

$30.09

      January 1, 2009

Method of Exercise (please check one):

 

  ¨ This is an all cash exercise. Enclosed is my check for $            , which is the sum of $             (the number of options multiplied by the exercise price of the options) and $            , my portion of the withholding taxes due upon exercise of the options (which amount has been confirmed with the Visant Payroll Department).

 

  ¨ This is a partial (withholding taxes only) cash exercise. As my payment of the exercise price due in connection with the exercise of the Exercised Options, please reduce the number of shares of Option Stock that would otherwise be issued to me as a result of this exercise by a number of shares having an equivalent Fair Market Value (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated 2004 Stock Option Plan for Key Employees of Visant Holding Corp. and its Subsidiaries) to the payment that would otherwise be made by me as payment of such exercise price. Enclosed is my check for $            , my portion of the withholding taxes due upon exercise of the options (which amount has been confirmed with the Visant Payroll Department).

 

  ¨ This is a partial (exercise price only) cash exercise. As my payment of the minimum withholding taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Exercised Options, please reduce the number of shares of Option Stock that would otherwise be issued to me as a result of this exercise by a number of shares having an equivalent Fair Market Value, on the date of such exercise, to the payment that would otherwise be made by me as payment of such taxes. Enclosed is my check for $             (the number of options multiplied by the exercise price of the options).

 

  x This is a cashless exercise. As my payment of the exercise price and minimum withholding taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Exercised Options, please reduce the number of shares of Option Stock that would otherwise be issued to me as a result of this exercise by a number of shares having an equivalent Fair Market Value to the payments that would otherwise be made by me as payment of such exercise price and taxes. I understand that I will be liable for the payment of any additional tax (and any interest and penalty arising in connection therewith).


Representation and Agreement:

The Option Stock acquired by this exercise is for my own account, for investment and without any present intention of distributing or reselling said shares or any of them except as may be permitted under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and then applicable rules and regulations thereunder. I am entitled to exercise such options or portion thereof and will indemnify the Company against and hold it free and harmless from any loss, damage, expense or liability resulting to the Company if any sale or distribution of the Option Stock by me is contrary to this representation and agreement.

Signature:                                                                          

Name:                                                                                  

Social Security No.:                                                         

Date:                                                                                   

EX-12.1 7 dex121.htm COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

EXHIBIT 12.1

VISANT HOLDING CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (UNAUDITED)

 

                      Jostens, Inc.
    (Successor)     (Predecessor)
                      Five Months     Seven Months

In thousands

  2007   2006   2005   2004     2003     2003

Earnings

           

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

  $ 72,869   $ 54,089   $ 28,172   $ (94,936 )   $ (71,384 )   $ 17,900

Interest expense (excluding capitalized interest)

    145,126     151,484     126,085     125,569       51,305       32,083

Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor

    2,402     2,109     2,056     2,356       1,118       640
                                       

Total earnings (loss)

  $ 220,397   $ 207,682   $ 156,313   $ 32,989     $ (18,961 )   $ 50,623
                                       

Fixed charges

           

Interest expense (including capitalized interest)

  $ 145,126   $ 151,484   $ 126,085   $ 125,569     $ 51,305     $ 32,083

Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor

    2,402     2,109     2,056     2,356       1,118       640
                                       

Total fixed charges

  $ 147,528   $ 153,593   $ 128,141   $ 127,925     $ 52,423     $ 32,723
                                       

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)

    1.5x     1.4x     1.2x     —         —         1.5x

 

(1) For the 2004 and the five month successor period in 2003, earnings did not cover fixed charges by $94.9 million and $71.4 million, respectively.


VISANT CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (UNAUDITED)

 

    (Successor)     Jostens, Inc.
(Predecessor)

In thousands

  2007   2006   2005   2004     Five Months
2003
    Seven Months
2003

Earnings

           

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

  $ 127,907   $ 98,027   $ 46,348   $ (78,603 )   $ (70,085 )   $ 17,900

Interest expense (excluding capitalized interest)

    91,303     107,871     108,040     109,079       49,990       32,083

Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor

    2,402     2,109     2,056     2,356       1,118       640
                                       

Total earnings (loss)

  $ 221,612   $ 208,007   $ 156,444   $ 32,832     $ (18,977 )   $ 50,623
                                       

Fixed charges

           

Interest expense (including capitalized interest)

  $ 91,303   $ 107,871   $ 108,040   $ 109,079     $ 49,990     $ 32,083

Portion of rent expense under long-term operating leases representative of an interest factor

    2,402     2,109     2,056     2,356       1,118       640
                                       

Total fixed charges

  $ 93,705   $ 109,980   $ 110,096   $ 111,435     $ 51,108     $ 32,723
                                       

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (1)

    2.4x     1.9x     1.4x     —         —         1.5x

 

(1) For the 2004 and the five month successor period in 2003, earnings did not cover fixed charges by $78.6 million and $70.1 million, respectively.
EX-21 8 dex21.htm SUBSIDIARIES OF VISANT HOLDINGS CORP. Subsidiaries of Visant Holdings Corp.

EXHIBIT 21

Subsidiaries of Visant Holding Corp.

 

Name of Subsidiary

  

Other Names Under Which
Subsidiary Does Business

   Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization

AKI, Inc.

   Arcade Marketing, Inc.    Delaware

Arcade Europe, S.a.r.l.

      France

Dixon Direct Corp.

      Delaware

IST, Corp.

   Arcade Marketing, Inc.    Delaware

Jostens Canada, Ltd.

      Canada

Jostens, Inc.

      Minnesota

Neff Holding Company

      Delaware

Neff Motivation, Inc.

      Ohio

Spice Acquisition Corp.

      Delaware

The Lehigh Press, Inc.

   Lehigh Direct    Pennsylvania
   Lehigh Lithographers   
   Lehigh Pennsauken   

Visant Corporation

      Delaware

Visant Secondary Holdings Corp.

      Delaware

Visual Systems, Inc.

   Lehigh Milwaukee    Wisconsin
EX-31.1 9 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 302 - VISANT HOLDING CORP. Certification of Chief Executive Officer - Section 302 - Visant Holding Corp.

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Marc L. Reisch, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Visant Holding Corp.;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    MARC L. REISCH        
   

Marc L. Reisch

President and

Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

EX-31.2 10 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE - SECTION 302 - VISANT HOLDING CORP. Certification of Vice President, FInance - Section 302 - Visant Holding Corp.

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Paul B. Carousso, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Visant Holding Corp;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    PAUL B. CAROUSSO        
   

Paul B. Carousso

Vice President, Finance

(principal financial officer)

EX-31.3 11 dex313.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 302 - VISANT CORPORATION Certification of Chief Executive Officer - Section 302 - Visant Corporation

EXHIBIT 31.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Marc L. Reisch, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Visant Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to such the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    MARC L. REISCH        
   

Marc L. Reisch

President and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

EX-31.4 12 dex314.htm CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE - SECTION 302 - VISANT CORPORATION Certification of Vice President, Finance - Section 302 - Visant Corporation

EXHIBIT 31.4

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 302

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Paul B. Carousso, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Visant Corporation;

 

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, 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;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrants’ auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    PAUL B. CAROUSSO        
   

Paul B. Carousso

Vice President, Finance

(principal financial officer)

EX-32.1 13 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 906 - VISANT HOLDING CORP. Certification of Chief Executive Officer - Section 906 - Visant Holding Corp.

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Visant Holding Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Marc L. Reisch, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    MARC L. REISCH        
   

Marc L. Reisch

President and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

EX-32.2 14 dex322.htm CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE - SECTION 906 - VISANT HOLDING CORP. Certification of Vice President, Finance - Section 906 - Visant Holding Corp.

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION BY THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Visant Holding Corp. (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul B. Carousso, Vice President, Finance of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    PAUL B. CAROUSSO        
   

Paul B. Carousso

Vice President, Finance

(principal financial officer)

EX-32.3 15 dex323.htm CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER - SECTION 906 - VISANT CORPORATION Certification of Chief Executive Officer - Section 906 - Visant Corporation

EXHIBIT 32.3

CERTIFICATION BY THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Visant Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Marc L. Reisch, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    MARC L. REISCH        
   

Marc L. Reisch

President and Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

EX-32.4 16 dex324.htm CERTIFICATION OF VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE - SECTION 906 - VISANT CORPORATION Certification of Vice President, Finance - Section 906 - Visant Corporation

EXHIBIT 32.4

CERTIFICATION BY THE PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Visant Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the period ended December 29, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Paul B. Carousso, Vice President, Finance of the Company, certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

Date: March 26, 2008     /s/    PAUL B. CAROUSSO        
   

Paul B. Carousso

Vice President, Finance

(principal financial officer)

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