Savings Plans

12 Months Ended

Jan. 28, 2023

Retirement Benefits [Abstract]

Savings Plans

Savings Plans

The Company has established the Guess?, Inc. Savings Plan (the “Savings Plan”) under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the Savings Plan, employees (“associates”) may contribute up to 100% of their compensation per year subject to the elective limits as defined by IRS guidelines, and the Company may make matching contributions in amounts not to exceed 3.0% of the associates’ annual compensation. Investment selections consist of mutual funds and do not include any Company common stock. The Company’s contributions to the Savings Plan amounted to $2.0 million, $1.7 million and $1.4 million for fiscal 2023, fiscal 2022 and fiscal 2021, respectively.

Effective January 1, 2006, the Company adopted a Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “DCP”). Under the DCP, select employees who satisfy certain eligibility requirements and members of the Board of Directors may make annual irrevocable elections to defer a portion of their base compensation and/or bonuses.

The deferred amounts and earnings thereon are payable to participants at specified future distribution dates, upon termination of employment, retirement, disability, death or change in control of the Company, in a lump sum or installments, pursuant to elections under the rules of the DCP. The participants to the DCP have an unsecured contractual commitment by the Company to pay the amounts due under the DCP. The deferred compensation liability as of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022 was $15.2 million and $15.8 million, respectively, and was included in accrued expenses and other long-term liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets depending on the expected timing of payments. The Company has purchased corporate-owned life insurance, which is held in a rabbi trust, to offset this liability. The assets held in the rabbi trust are not available for general corporate purposes except in the event of bankruptcy of the Company. As of January 28, 2023 and January 29, 2022, the long-term asset was $16.2 million and $16.6 million, respectively. All earnings and expenses of the rabbi trust are reported in the Company’s consolidated statements of income (loss) in other income (expense). The Company incurred unrealized losses of $0.4 million for fiscal 2023 related to the change in the value of the insurance policy investments. The Company incurred unrealized gains of $0.8 million and $1.8 million, for fiscal 2022 and 2021, respectively, related to the change in the value of the insurance policy investments.