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Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
12 Months Ended
Apr. 02, 2016
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
Agreements with Shareholders and Related Party Transactions
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, including Michael Kors (HK) 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 the Licensees 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 2016, Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, there were approximately $7.6 million, $4.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of royalties earned under these agreements. These royalties were driven by Licensee adjusted net sales (of the Company’s goods) to their customers of approximately $169.8 million, $103.7 million and $36.5 million in Fiscal 2016, Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, respectively, as defined in the licensing agreement. 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 2016, Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, amounts recognized as net sales in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations related to these sales, were approximately $62.8 million, $35.3 million and $12.9 million, respectively. As of April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, the Company’s total accounts receivable from this related party were $16.1 million and $6.5 million, respectively. See Note 21 for information relating to the Company's acquisition of Michael Kors (HK) Limited on May 31, 2016.
Due to the consolidation of MK Panama during the second quarter of Fiscal 2016, the Company’s balance sheet as of April 2, 2016 reflects a $1.0 million long-term loan between EBISA, the Company’s partner in the MK Panama joint venture, and Rosales Development Corp. There is a family relationship between EBISA and Rosales Development Corp. The loan was initiated on November 25, 2014 and bears interest at an annual rate of interest of 5%.
Beginning in the third quarter of Fiscal 2016, an executive officer of our Company shares a household with an employee of one of our suppliers of fixtures for our shop-in-shops, retail stores and showrooms, and therefore, such employee may be deemed to be an immediate family member of the executive officer for purposes of federal securities laws. During Fiscal 2016, Fiscal 2015, and Fiscal 2014, purchases from this supplier reflected in the Company's consolidated financial statements were $3.4 million, $1.5 million and $1.0 million respectively. As of April 2, 2016 and March 28, 2015, the accounts payable to this supplier were immaterial.
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. The Company was charged $1.4 million in connection with these services during each of Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014.
The Company purchases certain inventory from a manufacturer owned by one of its former directors (who resigned on September 10, 2014). Amounts purchased from this manufacturer during Fiscal 2015 and Fiscal 2014, were approximately $9.1 million and $8.1 million, respectively.