Elizabeth Arden, Inc.

104 Pages·2008·3.3 MB·English

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CORPORATE AND INVESTOR INFORMATION
D i re c t o r s
E. Scott Beattie Corporate Offices Transfer Agent
Chairman, President 2400 S.W. 145 Avenue and Registrar
and Chief Executive Officer Miramar, Florida 33027 American Stock Transfer
Elizabeth Arden, Inc. 954-364-6900 and Trust Company
Fred Berens(1)Chairperson (2)Chairperson 200 Park Avenue South 59 Maiden Lane
New York, New York 10038
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President, Direct Energy Business Stamford, Connecticut 06902 Public Accounting Firm
Direct Energy Services, LLC 203-462-5700 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Richard C.W.Mauran(3)Chairperson 28, chemin de Joinville 300 Madison Avenue
1216 Cointrin-Geneva New York, New York 10017
Private Investor
NEW 41-22-791-8711
Common Stock
William M. Tatham(1, 2)
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President and Chief Executive Officer Securities and Exchange
Nevcorp Commission and other financial Annual Meeting
literature, please visit our website Our annual meeting of
Paul West
at www.elizabetharden.com shareholders will be held on
Vice Chairman
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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
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in thousands, except per share data Fiscal year ended Fiscal year ended monthsended(a)
All information audited unless otherwise noted June 30, 2008 June 30, 2007 June 30, 2006 June 30, 2005 June 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
Net sales $1,141,075 $1,127,476 $ 954,550 $ 920,538 $ 832,003
Gross profit 466,118 461,319 404,072 411,364 349,200
Net income, as reported 19,901 37,334 32,794 37,604 2,928
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Net income, as adjusted (unaudited) 38,119(b) 39,078(c) 34,231(d) 39,072(e) 27,922(f)
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as reported $ 0.68 $ 1.30 $ 1.10 $ 1.25 $ (1.66)
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as adjusted (unaudited) 1.31(b) 1.36(c) 1.15(d) 1.30(e) 1.01(f) h
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*Diluted earnings per share,
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as adjusted(unaudited) 1.44(b) 1.50(c) 1.29(d) 1.30(e) 1.01(f)
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Shareholders’ equity $ 336,601 $ 320,927 $ 277,847 $ 259,200 $ 202,060 n
EBITDA, as reported(g) $ 73,798 $ 98,524 $ 89,608 $ 100,038 $ 51,358
EBITDA, as adjusted(g) 103,798(b) 100,618(c) 91,539(d) 102,194(e) 93,702(f)
*EBITDA, as adjusted(g) 108,014(b) 105,333(c) 97,291(d) 102,194(e) 93,702(f)
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For additional detail and information, including a discussion of EBITDA, please refer to Part II, Item 6, Selected Financial Data in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, which is
included in this Annual Report.
(a)On June 2, 2004, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a fiscal year-end change from January 31 to June 30. The pro forma presentation reflects the unaudited
consolidated selected financial data for the equivalent prior-year period based on the new fiscal year end, consistent with the presentation on our corporate website at A
www.elizabetharden.com.
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(b)Adjusted to exclude expenses related to the Liz Claiborne license agreement, including product discontinuation charges, of $27.0 million and restructuring charges
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of $3.0 million.
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(c)Adusted to exclude restructuring charges of $2.1 million.
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(d)Adjusted to exclude debt extinguishment charges associated with long-term debt redemption and restructuring charges of $0.8 million and $1.2 million, respectively.
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(e)Adjusted to exclude impairment charge related to the sale of the Miami Lakes facility of $2.2 million. R
(f) Adjusted to exclude debt extinguishment charges associated with long-term debt redemption and restructuring charges of $38.8 million and $3.5 million, respectively,
and the accelerated accretion on converted preferred stock. e
(g)EBITDA (unaudited) is defined as net income plus the provision for income taxes, plus interest expense, plus depreciation and amortization. p
* Adjusted to exclude share-based payment expenses resulting from the application of SFAS 123R, which was adopted on July 1, 2005 for the year ended June 30, o
2006 and subsequent periods, of $4.2 million, $4.7 million and $5.8 million for the years ended June 30, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively. This information is being r
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NET SALES FISCAL 2008 NET SALES(1) 0
in millions By Reportable Segment 0
in millions 8
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Twelve months ended(a) (1)Excludes $3.2 million of unallocated
sales allowances related to the
Liz Claiborne license agreement.
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D E A R
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Elizabeth Arden – A Truly Global Beauty
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Brand with a Strong Heritage
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Sewing Machines, Coca-Cola and Elizabeth Arden.
deal in fiscal 2008, making
By the time of her death in 1966, the Elizabeth
significant progress towards
Arden brand had achieved gross sales estimated
many of our key corporate
at $60 million per year. Since that time, billions of
2 initiatives. We accelerated dollars in advertising and marketing support have
our extended supply chain
been spent on the Elizabeth Arden brand, and today,
and business processes re-engineering initiative,
Elizabeth Arden-branded products are sold in over
entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement for
90 countries with estimated annual global retail sales
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the Liz Claiborne fragrance portfolio, increased sales
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of Elizabeth Arden-branded products and expanded
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to our portfolio and provides the opportunity for
Arden brand name remains strong. In Europe’s
new brand launches associated with Claiborne
largest countries, Elizabeth Arden ranked 6th among
apparel brands. We are launching a number of new global beauty brands for brand-aided awareness,
brands in fall 2008 and spring 2009 to further expand and in Asia, Elizabeth Arden ranked 5th overall and
our fragrance business, including new fragrances ranked 4th among women 25 to 44 years old.(i)
under our licenses for Juicy Couture, Rocawear, Usher, Growth of the Elizabeth Arden skin care, color cos-
Mariah Carey andGiorgio Beverly Hills, amongothers, metics and fragrance business continues to outpace
as well as a new Elizabeth Arden fragrance. Our fiscal worldwide sales growth for this combined category.(ii)
2009 product launch plans also include a number
In fiscal 2008, global sales of Elizabeth Arden skin
of new Elizabeth Arden-branded skin care and color
care and color cosmetics products increased by 7%,
products, including a new PREVAGEproductand a
due in part to our strategic re-alignment and focus
mineral-based foundation. Finally, we anticipate
on three core pillars: PREVAGE, Ceramideand the
savings in fiscal 2009 and 2010 from our global supply
third pillar, a market-specific mix of Intervene, Eight
chain and business processes re-engineering project.
Hour Cream andElizabeth Arden White Glove,which
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Based on a study conducted for Elizabeth Arden by GfK, a global market research firm, in 2007.
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Euromonitor - fragrance, color and skin care sales: 2004-2007.
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allows us to maximize the strongest opportunities
in each market. PREVAGE, the ground-breaking cos-
meceuticalproduct incorporating idebenone, one
of the most powerful antioxidants on the market
today, is our premium anti-aging skin care line.
Ceramideincludes both a skin care and color founda-
tion business, and Intervene, our latest skin care and
color cosmetics line, targets a younger Elizabeth
Arden consumer. Each of the PREVAGE, Ceramide E
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markets in fiscal 2008, and we developed and n
launched the Elizabeth Arden White Gloveskin
care line specifically for the Asian markets. In fiscal
2009, we will be introducing Eight Hour Cream Sun
Defense for Face SPF 50and new Interveneand
Elizabeth ArdenWhite Gloveproducts.
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Launched just three years ago, PREVAGEis sold
in 55 countries and has garnered over 30 beauty
awards around the world, including in the United
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When introduced over 18 years ago, Ceramide
We have aligned our color cosmetics business with anti-aging capsules were the first single-application
these key skin care franchises to drive customersto skin care treatment. Since that initial product launch,
the Elizabeth Arden brand. Focusing on these core over 500 million Ceramidecapsules have been sold
pillars allows us to concentrate our innovation and globally, and the franchise has won over 30 awards.
investments in advertising, offers more consistent We have expanded the Ceramidefranchise greatly,
price positioning on a global basis and addresses growing sales by 30% over the past two years,
the need for market diversity. During the last two driven largely by new product innovations. In fiscal
fiscal years, we have eliminated non-performing 2008, we launched Ceramide Gold Ultra Restorative
items, improving the overall productivity of our Capsules, and we will be introducing a new Ceramide
sales associates and expanding gross margins. Goldeye product in fiscal 2009.
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Elizabeth Arden global flagship store, located at 691
5th Avenue in New York. In December 2007, we
proudlyunveiled the newly-renovated Elizabeth Arden
global flagshipstore that we now operate and which
features the best of our products.
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As a truly global beauty company, we believe we are
enjoys a strong following throughout Asia. The strong
well positioned to take advantage of a very exciting
brand equity of these fragrances allows us to launch
time for the beauty industry. Our global footprint,
new and exciting Elizabeth Arden fragrance brands,
through our 19 international affiliates, covers 80%
such as Elizabeth Arden Mediterranean, which we
of the world’s beauty market. Our international
launched in fiscal 2006, and our newest Elizabeth
business segment, which represented 35% of our
Arden fragrance, Pretty Elizabeth Arden, launching in
net sales in fiscal 2008, continued to show strong
spring 2009.
sales growth, with net sales increasing by 9% in fiscal
2008. Greater China, Travel Retail, other Asia Pacific
We’re very excited about Pretty Elizabeth Arden, which
territories and our distributor markets, including
will be the first fragrance launch in the Elizabeth Arden
Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and
portfolio in over two years. We believe it will have
India, represented over 50% of our international busi-
a positive impact on sales for the second half of fiscal
nesssegment sales in fiscal 2008. In total, net sales
2009, particularly for our international business, and
in these markets grew by nearly 15% in fiscal 2008,
should help drive the overall performance of the
and we are pursuing strategies to further develop
Elizabeth Arden brand during fiscal 2009.
these markets.
*SRI International: Global Spa Economy 2007.
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In Eastern Europe, for example, the sales responsibility Other initiatives to grow our European fragrance
for Poland and Hungary is now being managed by portfolio include expanding our GANTfragrance
our European team to more cohesively manage the franchise with the introduction of the new
large European perfumery chains, and we are planning fragrance GANT Silverand re-launching one of
to add resources to open other markets in Eastern our classic fragrances, Geoffrey Beene’s Grey Flannel
Europe. In Latin America, where the retail landscape in the fall of 2008. These initiatives complement
is less developed, we are exploring initiatives to our offerings of other designer fragrance brands,
more fully develop our fragrance business in several including the Badgley Mischkafragrance brand,
markets. While we currently operate in India with which we have licensed since June 2006, and the E
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due to a weakening of the economy. Nevertheless,
Europe continues to be one of the largest beauty
markets in the world, and we believe we are well
positioned to take a larger share of that market given
our sales and marketing infrastructure. With the
opening of an affiliate in France in fiscal 2008 ,we now 5
In fiscal 2008, 50% of the sales of Britney Spear’s
have sales offices in eight countries across Europe.
fragrances were in international markets. According
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expand the prestige fragrance category at those
retailers, which collectively encompass over 30,000
doors. Over the last 18 months, we have strength-
ened our category management and sales teams
to focus on our largest mass retail customers and
have been working with the management of those
We also are particularly focused on acquisitions and
retailers to more fully developthe fragrance category.
new brand licensing opportunities to fuel the growth
Specific initiatives include improved merchandising,
of our European fragrance business. In fiscal 2008,
category managementand sales analysis, better
we signeda license with the Italian designerAlberta
placement of holiday items and improved visuals,
Ferretti fora fragrance targeted for the European
signage and displays.
market, which we plan to launch in fiscal 2010.
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Curvebrand, came the #1 fragrance in U.S. mass
retail for men, which complements our extensive
fragrance portfolio that already includes the #1
fragrance for women in U.S. mass retail, Elizabeth Tay-
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Liz Claiborne license is strategically important for
us, allowing us to leverage our existing infrastructure
The biggest development with our fragrance and double the size of our U.S. department store
businessin fiscal 2008 was our exclusive global fragrance business, while keeping our overhead
license of the Liz Claiborne fragrance portfolio, structure relatively flat. Prior to entering into the
which includes the Juicy Couture, Usher, Lucky license agreement, we were the distributor of the
Brand andLiz Claibornefragrance brands. Juicy Liz Claiborne fragrance brands to U.S. mass retailers.
Coutureis a top 10 women’s fragrance in the As the licensee of these brands, we will now be
U.S. When introduced in 2006, the Juicy Couture able to improve our gross margins by converting
fragrance was the #1 launch in the history of those sales from a distributor margin to that of
Bloomingdale’s and has ranked in the top 10 of a brand licensee. We also believe that there is
women’s fragrance brands in U.S. department stores a meaningful opportunity for us to grow and
since its launch.* With the addition of the iconic develop these brands in international markets.
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The Juicy Coutureapparel brand, for example, has
a presence in numerous countries where we also
have affiliate offices, including across Europe, Asia
and the Middle East, and we are working closely
with the Juicy Coutureapparel team to grow the
fragrance business as they expand their apparel
business. We also are optimistic that the Usher
and Curvebrands will perform strongly in inter-
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which it was launched in fiscal 2008. From the
Liz Claiborne fragrance portfolio, we are excited
by the September 2008 launch of a new Juicy
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Launched in 1999, Rocawearhas expanded its
appeal beyond the U.S. and has become a global
fashion brand. Jay-Z’s vision resonates strongly with
the young male consumer, which provides us with
a unique opportunity to build a leading men’s fra-
grance business. We believe we set the standard in
fragrance innovation and led the industry with the
innovative viral marketing campaign for the curious
Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds fragrance
Britney Spearsfragrance. We believe the advertising
became the most successful celebrity fragrance of
campaign for the fall 2008 launch of 9IX Rocawear,
all time with more than $1 billion in retail sales.
which has been met with great excitement by
(Since its launch in 1991.)
retailers, will prove to be equally groundbreaking.
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Corporate Initiatives to Improve Return Looking Ahead
on Invested Capital
While we expect the retail environment to remain
We have made significant progress this year towards difficult in fiscal 2009, we are confident that our
the re-engineering of our extended supply chain, strategies will result in increased sales and earnings.
8 logistics and transaction processing systems, which For this fiscal year, our priorities are focused on:
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and growing that brand portfolio globally.
We are excited about our near and long-term
growth prospects and expect fiscal 2009 to be a
Selfridges-Oxford Street (London, England) year of significant accomplishments for our company.
8 After implementing various successful pilot pro- Thanks to our Stakeholders
grams in these functional areas, we accelerated this
and Employees
initiative earlier this year with the hiring of a senior
executive to lead our global supply chain and
n I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to
attracted additional personnel with extensive supply
e all of our employees and beauty advisors around
d chain experience to our organization. Our Global the world who work so hard every day to make
r Efficiency Re-engineering project remains on track,
Elizabeth Arden a success. Your dedication and
A and we currently anticipate savings of approximately passion inspire all of us and are instrumental to
h $10 million to $12 million by the end of fiscal 2009 our company’s success and future prospects.
t and additional savings of approximately $13 million
I also would like to thank our business partners
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to $15 million by the end of fiscal 2010.
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mented the same Oracle solution in our Greater
China business. This provides us confidence that we
will be able to complete the global implementation E. Scott Beattie
on schedule within the next 18 to 24 months.
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
With this new transaction processing system, we
expect to reduce, on a global basis, our general and
administrative overhead expenses, which should
help drive profitability and cash flows in fiscal 2010
and fiscal 2011.