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Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Mar. 28, 2015
Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

19. Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions

On October 24, 2014, the Company purchased an aircraft from a former board member (who resigned on September 10, 2014) in the amount of $16.5 million. The purchase price was the fair market value of the aircraft at the purchase date and was no less favorable to the Company than it would have received in an arm’s-length transaction. The aircraft was purchased for purposes of business travel for the Company’s executives, and was recorded as a fixed asset in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets. Prior to the purchase of this plane, the Company or its Chief Executive Officer arranged for a plane owned by Sportswear Holdings Limited or its affiliates, which was used for the Company’s directors and senior management for purposes of business travel on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company than it would receive in an arm’s-length transaction with a third party. To the extent the Company’s Chief Executive Officer entered into such an arrangement for business travel, the Company reimbursed him for the actual market price paid for the use of such plane. The Company chartered this plane from Sportswear Holdings Limited for business purposes, the amounts of which were paid in cash and charged to operating expenses. Amounts charged to the Company in connection with these services were approximately $1.4 million during each of Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014. During Fiscal 2013, $0.3 million, representing the estimated costs of these services, which are based on allocated or incremental cost, was charged to selling, general and administrative expenses as an offset to contributed capital (additional paid-in capital). There were no amounts recorded to contributed capital related to these services during Fiscal 2015 or Fiscal 2014.

The Company’s Chief Creative Officer, Michael Kors, and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, John Idol, and certain of the Company’s former shareholders, including Sportswear Holdings Limited, jointly own Michael Kors Far East Holdings Limited, a BVI company. On April 1, 2011, the Company entered into certain licensing agreements with certain subsidiaries of Michael Kors Far East Holdings Limited (the “Licensees”) which provide the Licensees with certain exclusive rights for use of the Company’s trademarks within China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and to import, sell, advertise and promote certain of the Company’s products in these regions, as well as to own and operate stores which bear the Company’s tradenames. The agreements between the Company and subsidiaries of Michael Kors Far East Holdings Limited expire on March 31, 2041, and may be terminated by the Company at certain intervals if certain minimum sales benchmarks are not met. During Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, there were approximately $4.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of royalties earned under these agreements. There were no royalties earned during Fiscal 2013, as the Company was not entitled to royalties under this agreement until the start of Fiscal 2014. These royalties were driven by Licensee sales (of the Company’s goods) to their customers of approximately $103.7 million and $36.5 million in Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, respectively. In addition, the Company sells certain inventory items to the Licensees through its wholesale segment at terms consistent with those of similar licensees in the region. During Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, amounts recognized as net sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations related to these sales, were approximately $35.3 million and $12.9 million, respectively. As of March 28, 2015 and March 29, 2014, the Company’s total accounts receivable from this related party were $6.5 million and $4.5 million, respectively. The Company also previously provided the Licensees with certain services, including, but not limited to, supply chain and logistics support, and management information system support at the request of the Licensees, for which the Company charged a service fee based on costs incurred in delivering the services, and includes a contractually agreed upon markup. These services were discontinued during Fiscal 2014, where a nominal amount of fees were charged. During Fiscal 2013, amounts charged to the Licensees for these services totaled $0.3 million, which was recorded in other selling, general and administrative expenses.

The Company routinely purchases certain inventory from a manufacturer owned by one of its former directors. Amounts purchased during Fiscal 2015, Fiscal 2014 and Fiscal 2013, were approximately $9.1 million, $8.1 million and $5.7 million, respectively. As of March 28, 2015 and March 29, 2014, the related accounts payable balances were immaterial.