UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C.   20549

_________________

 

FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

 

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019

or

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

Commission File Number 1-6682

_______________

 

HASBRO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Rhode Island

05-0155090

(State of Incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1027 Newport Avenue, Pawtucket, Rhode Island  02861

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

 

(401) 431-8697

(Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Indicate by check mark whether the 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 requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes [x]  No  [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes [x]  No  [ ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer  [x]

Accelerated filer  [ ]

Non-accelerated filer (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) [  ]

Smaller reporting Company  [  ]

Emerging growth Company [  ]

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  [ ]

 

 

 

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

 

The number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.50 per share, outstanding as of OctoberApril 22, 20182019 was 126,507,478.125,854,116.

 

 

 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

(Thousands of Dollars Except Share Data)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

September 30,March 31,

 

OctoberApril 1,

 

December 31,30,

 

 

 

 

2019

2018

 

2017

20172018

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Cash and cash equivalents

$

907,1071,196,634

 

 

1,244,7781,598,944

 

 

1,581,2341,182,371

 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $96,000$12,100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$33,90094,300 and $31,400$9,100

 

1,391,242638,417

 

 

1,655,752612,698

 

 

1,405,3991,188,052

  

Inventories

 

610,918491,751

 

 

629,120517,439

 

 

433,293443,383

  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

283,183305,056

 

 

232,590292,756

 

 

214,000268,698

  

  

  

Total current assets

 

3,192,4502,631,858

 

 

3,762,2403,021,837

 

 

3,633,9263,082,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, less accumulated depreciation of $452,000$484,200

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$417,000436,600 and $422,100$462,700

 

255,150395,624

 

 

263,862262,418

 

 

259,710256,473

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Goodwill

 

572,387485,528

 

 

572,762573,574

 

 

573,063485,881

  

Other intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $924,700$747,800

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 $898,300$911,300 and $904,900$721,700

 

732,235682,063

 

 

223,695210,904

 

 

217,382693,842

  

Other

 

743,107739,700

 

 

722,089660,339

 

 

605,902744,288

  

 

Total other assets

 

2,047,7291,907,291

 

 

1,518,5461,444,817

 

 

1,396,3471,924,011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Total assets

$

5,495,3294,934,773

 

 

5,544,6484,729,072

 

 

5,289,9835,262,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Short-term borrowings

$

20,30713,409

 

 

189,01221,611

 

 

154,9579,740

  

Accounts payable

 

458,808234,262

 

 

525,852256,433

 

 

348,476333,521

  

Accrued liabilities

 

842,808701,054

 

 

769,893574,482

 

 

748,264931,063

  

 

Total current liabilities

 

1,321,923948,725

 

 

1,484,757852,526

 

 

1,251,6971,274,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

1,694,7211,695,462

 

 

1,693,2611,693,977

 

 

1,693,6091,695,092

Other liabilities

 

591,404636,055

 

 

410,378611,210

 

 

514,720539,086

  

 

Total liabilities

 

3,608,0483,280,242

 

 

3,588,3963,157,713

 

 

3,460,0263,508,502

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Preference stock of $2.50 par value. Authorized 5,000,000 shares; none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

issued

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

  

Common stock of $0.50 par value. Authorized 600,000,000 shares; issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

209,694,630 at September 30,March 31, 2019, April 1, 2018, October 1, 2017,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and December 31, 201730, 2018

 

104,847

 

 

104,847

 

 

104,847

  

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,282,4051,269,230

 

 

1,043,9811,053,368

 

 

1,050,6051,275,059

  

Retained earnings

 

4,254,9194,125,686

 

 

4,336,4204,090,637

 

 

4,260,2224,184,374

  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(296,738)(282,339)

 

 

(234,792)(292,395)

 

 

(239,425)(294,514)

  

Treasury stock, at cost; 82,979,11983,830,809 shares at September 30, 2018; 85,139,302March 31, 2019; 84,706,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

shares at OctoberApril 1, 2017;2018; and 85,244,92383,565,598 shares at December 31, 201730, 2018

 

(3,458,152)(3,562,893)

 

 

(3,294,204)(3,385,098)

 

 

(3,346,292)(3,515,280)

  

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

1,887,2811,654,531

 

 

1,956,2521,571,359

 

 

1,829,9571,754,486

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$

5,495,3294,934,773

 

 

5,544,6484,729,072

 

 

5,289,9835,262,988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Data)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Net revenues

 

$

1,569,686

 

 

1,791,502

 

 

3,190,485

 

 

3,613,671

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

 

655,597

 

 

730,656

 

 

1,249,090

 

 

1,404,971

 

Royalties

 

 

105,265

 

 

139,222

 

 

240,962

 

 

282,754

 

Product development

 

 

65,807

 

 

67,386

 

 

183,050

 

 

192,765

 

Advertising

 

 

134,384

 

 

168,926

 

 

290,001

 

 

342,236

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

8,841

 

 

6,492

 

 

19,873

 

 

22,254

 

Program production cost amortization

 

 

14,088

 

 

5,394

 

 

33,419

 

 

16,152

 

Selling, distribution and administration

 

 

272,368

 

 

312,482

 

 

853,585

 

 

813,268

 

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

1,256,350

 

 

1,430,558

 

 

2,869,980

 

 

3,074,400

Operating profit

 

 

313,336

 

 

360,944

 

 

320,505

 

 

539,271

Non-operating (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

22,779

 

 

25,072

 

 

68,391

 

 

73,752

 

Interest income

 

 

(4,671)

 

 

(5,362)

 

 

(17,227)

 

 

(16,042)

 

Other income, net

 

 

(566)

 

 

(8,607)

 

 

(6,189)

 

 

(26,003)

 

 

Total non-operating expense, net

 

 

17,542

 

 

11,103

 

 

44,975

 

 

31,707

Earnings before income taxes

 

 

295,794

 

 

349,841

 

 

275,530

 

 

507,564

Income tax expense

 

 

31,933

 

 

84,258

 

 

63,862

 

 

105,659

Net earnings

 

$

263,861

 

 

265,583

 

 

211,668

 

 

401,905

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

2.08

 

 

2.12

 

 

1.68

 

 

3.21

 

Diluted

 

$

2.06

 

 

2.09

 

 

1.67

 

 

3.16

Cash dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.63

 

 

0.57

 

 

1.89

 

 

1.71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings

 

 

(Thousands of Dollars)

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Net earnings

 

$

263,861

 

 

265,583

 

 

211,668

 

 

401,905

Other comprehensive earnings (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

(6,762)

 

 

13,142

 

 

(44,560)

 

 

41,954

 

Unrealized holding losses on available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-for-sale securities, net of tax

 

 

(617)

 

 

(784)

 

 

(673)

 

 

(555)

 

Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedging activities,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

net of tax

 

 

5,323

 

 

(26,532)

 

 

23,765

 

 

(83,729)

 

 

Changes in unrecognized pension amounts, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(26,058)

 

 

-

 

Reclassifications to earnings, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (gains) losses on cash flow hedging activities

 

 

(1,672)

 

 

4,547

 

 

5,318

 

 

(2,237)

 

 

Amortization of unrecognized pension and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and postretirement amounts

 

 

2,066

 

 

1,448

 

 

6,398

 

 

4,345

Total other comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

 

(1,662)

 

 

(8,179)

 

 

(35,810)

 

 

(40,222)

Comprehensive earnings

 

$

262,199

 

 

257,404

 

 

175,858

 

 

361,683

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

(Thousands of Dollars Except Per Share Data)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

Net revenues

 

$

732,510

 

 

716,341

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Cost of sales

 

 

259,987

 

 

255,187

  

Royalties

 

 

59,888

 

 

69,652

  

Product development

 

 

56,260

 

 

57,384

  

Advertising

 

 

76,604

 

 

68,016

  

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

11,816

 

 

6,478

  

Program production cost amortization

 

 

6,575

 

 

12,034

  

Selling, distribution and administration

 

 

225,253

 

 

328,009

  

  

Total costs and expenses

 

 

696,383

 

 

796,760

Operating profit (loss)

 

 

36,127

 

 

(80,419)

Non-operating (income) expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Interest expense

 

 

22,314

 

 

22,809

  

Interest income

 

 

(7,682)

 

 

(6,248)

  

Other income, net

 

 

(8,100)

 

 

(8,592)

  

 

Total non-operating expense, net

 

 

6,532

 

 

7,969

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

 

 

29,595

 

 

(88,388)

Income tax expense

 

 

2,868

 

 

24,104

Net earnings (loss)

 

$

26,727

 

 

(112,492)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss) per common share:

 

 

 

 

 

  

Basic

 

$

0.21

 

 

(0.90)

  

Diluted

 

$

0.21

 

 

(0.90)

Cash dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.68

 

 

0.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

  

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

  

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Net earnings

 

$

211,668

 

 

401,905

  

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Depreciation of plant and equipment

 

 

104,915

 

 

107,853

 

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

19,873

 

 

22,254

  

 

Program production cost amortization

 

 

33,419

 

 

16,152

  

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

(7,189)

 

 

17,797

  

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

35,823

 

 

37,390

 

 

Other non-cash items

 

 

(12,124)

 

 

(16,033)

Change in operating assets and liabilities net of acquired balances:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Increase in accounts receivable

 

 

(9,252)

 

 

(300,693)

  

 

Increase in inventories

 

 

(197,253)

 

 

(222,546)

  

 

Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(52,005)

 

 

(4,437)

  

 

Program production costs

 

 

(95,724)

 

 

(25,309)

  

 

Increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

124,755

 

 

137,518

 

 

Changes in net deemed repatriation tax

 

 

18,074

 

 

-

  

 

Other

 

 

(234)

 

 

29,945

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

174,746

 

 

201,796

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

 

(104,015)

 

 

(102,512)

  

 

Acquisitions

 

 

(155,451)

 

 

-

  

 

Other

 

 

8,587

 

 

5,516

  

 

 

Net cash utilized by investing activities

 

 

(250,879)

 

 

(96,996)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Proceeds of borrowings with maturity greater than three months

 

 

-

 

 

493,878

  

 

Repayments of borrowings with maturity greater than three months

 

 

-

 

 

(350,000)

  

 

Net (repayments of) proceeds from other short-term borrowings

 

 

(131,629)

 

 

15,663

  

 

Purchases of common stock

 

 

(187,850)

 

 

(112,241)

  

 

Stock-based compensation transactions

 

 

28,827

 

 

29,432

  

 

Dividends paid

 

 

(229,562)

 

 

(206,012)

 

 

Payments related to tax withholding for share-based compensation

 

 

(58,336)

 

 

(31,973)

  

 

 

Net cash utilized by financing activities

 

 

(578,550)

 

 

(161,253)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

(19,444)

 

 

18,946

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(674,127)

 

 

(37,507)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

1,581,234

 

 

1,282,285

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

907,107

 

 

1,244,778

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental information

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Interest

 

$

69,603

 

 

75,567

  

 

Income taxes

 

$

87,704

 

 

86,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

 

(Thousands of Dollars)

 

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

Net earnings (loss)

 

$

26,727

 

 

(112,492)

Other comprehensive earnings (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Foreign currency translation adjustments

 

 

6,993

 

 

12,829

  

Unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities,

 

 

265

 

 

(143)

  

  

net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedging activities, net of tax

 

 

6,592

 

 

(25,270)

 

Changes in unrecognized pension amounts, net of tax

 

 

-

 

 

(26,058)

  

Reclassifications to earnings (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Net (gains) losses on cash flow hedging activities

 

 

(2,814)

 

 

5,355

  

 

Amortization of unrecognized pension and postretirement amounts

 

 

1,139

 

 

1,820

Total other comprehensive earnings (loss), net of tax

 

 

12,175

 

 

(31,467)

Comprehensive earnings (loss)

 

$

38,902

 

 

(143,959)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

  

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

  

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

  

(Thousands of Dollars)

  

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Net earnings (loss)

 

$

26,727

 

 

(112,492)

  

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Depreciation of plant and equipment

 

 

27,028

 

 

26,221

 

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

 

11,816

 

 

6,478

  

 

Program production cost amortization

 

 

6,575

 

 

12,034

  

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

11,795

 

 

(16,437)

  

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

5,285

 

 

10,291

 

 

Other non-cash items

 

 

(3,503)

 

 

(4,971)

Change in operating assets and liabilities net of acquired balances:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Decrease in accounts receivable

 

 

558,888

 

 

808,367

  

 

Increase in inventories

 

 

(50,109)

 

 

(76,516)

  

 

Increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(33,934)

 

 

(78,540)

  

 

Program production costs

 

 

(17,728)

 

 

(11,398)

  

 

Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

(273,955)

 

 

(297,669)

 

 

Net deemed repatriation tax

 

 

-

 

 

75,805

  

 

Other

 

 

(4,391)

 

 

(23,434)

  

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

264,494

 

 

317,739

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Additions to property, plant and equipment

 

 

(25,201)

 

 

(28,235)

  

 

Other

 

 

(1,800)

 

 

2,007

  

 

 

Net cash utilized by investing activities

 

 

(27,001)

 

 

(26,228)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Net proceeds from (repayments of) other short-term borrowings

 

 

3,419

 

 

(133,698)

  

 

Purchases of common stock

 

 

(47,479)

 

 

(38,126)

  

 

Stock-based compensation transactions

 

 

2,335

 

 

19,518

  

 

Dividends paid

 

 

(79,274)

 

 

(70,781)

 

 

Payments related to tax withholding for share-based compensation

 

 

(11,880)

 

 

(52,637)

 

 

Deferred acquisition payments

 

 

(87,500)

 

 

-

  

 

 

Net cash utilized by financing activities

 

 

(220,379)

 

 

(275,724)

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

 

(2,851)

 

 

1,923

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

14,263

 

 

17,710

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

 

1,182,371

 

 

1,581,234

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,196,634

 

 

1,598,944

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental information

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Interest

 

$

28,576

 

 

28,699

  

 

Income taxes

 

$

13,019

 

 

42,481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

See accompanying condensed notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity

(Thousands of Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Other

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Additional

 

Retained

 

 Comprehensive  

 

Treasury

 

Shareholders'

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock

 

Paid-in Capital

 

Earnings

 

Loss

 

Stock

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

$

104,847

 

 

1,050,605

 

 

4,260,222

 

 

(239,425)

 

 

(3,346,292)

 

$

1,829,957

 

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(112,492)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(112,492)

 

 

 

 

Impact of adoption of ASU 2018-02

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

21,503

 

 

(21,503)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(31,467)

 

 

-

 

 

(31,467)

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation transactions

 

-

 

 

(7,528)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(15)

 

 

(7,543)

 

 

 

 

Purchases of common stock

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(38,791)

 

 

(38,791)

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

-

 

 

10,291

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

10,291

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(78,596)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(78,596)

 

 

 

Balance, April 1, 2018

$

104,847

 

 

1,053,368

 

 

4,090,637

 

 

(292,395)

 

 

(3,385,098)

 

$

1,571,359

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 30, 2018

$

104,847

 

 

1,275,059

 

 

4,184,374

 

 

(294,514)

 

 

(3,515,280)

 

$

1,754,486

 

 

 

 

Net earnings

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

26,727

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

26,727

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive earnings

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

12,175

 

 

-

 

 

12,175

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation transactions

 

-

 

 

(11,114)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

1,569

 

 

(9,545)

 

 

 

 

Purchases of common stock

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(49,182)

 

 

(49,182)

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

-

 

 

5,285

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

5,285

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(85,415)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

(85,415)

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2019

$

104,847

 

 

1,269,230

 

 

4,125,686

 

 

(282,339)

 

 

(3,562,893)

 

$

1,654,531

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data)

(Unaudited)

 

 

(1) Basis of Presentation

 

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of Hasbro, Inc. and all majority-owned subsidiaries ("Hasbro" or the "Company") as of September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, and October 1, 2017, and the results of its operations and cash flows and shareholder’s equity for the periods then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The quarters ended September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 were each 13-week periods. The nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 was a 39-week period while the nine-month period ended October 1, 2017 was a 40-week period.

 

The results of operations for the quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year, nor were those of the comparable 2017 periods2018 period representative of those actually experienced for the full year 2017. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current period presentation.2018.

 

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Commission (“SEC”).  Certain information and disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.  The Company filed with the SEC audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 201730, 2018 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K (“20172018 Form 10-K”), which includes all such information and disclosures and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the financial information included herein.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

The Company's accounting policies are the same as those described in Note 1 to the Company's consolidated financial statements in its 20172018 Form 10-K with the exception of the accounting policies related to revenue recognition, reclassification of disproportionate tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) caused by the Tax Cutsleases and Jobs Act of 2017, the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Costderivatives and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost and Business Combinations, Clarifying the Definition of a Business.hedging.

 

On January 1, 2018,In February 2016, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606,Update 2016-02 (ASU 2016-02), Revenue from Contracts with CustomersLeases (Topic 842) (ASC 606, which requires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all leases. The liability is based on the present value of lease payments and the asset is based on the liability. For income statement purposes, a dual model was retained requiring leases to be either classified as operating or finance. Operating leases result in straight-line expense while finance leases result in a front-loaded expense pattern. Certain other quantitative and qualitative disclosures are also required. ASU 2016-02 is required for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. ASU 2016-02 as originally issued required modified retrospective adoption. In July 2018, the “New Revenue Standard”)FASB issued ASU 2018-11, which provides an alternative transition method in addition to the existing method by allowing entities to apply ASU 2016-02 as of the adoption date and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company adopted ASU-2016-02 on December 31, 2018 using the modified retrospective method. ASC 606 supersedesbasis as provided in ASU 2018-11. No cumulative effect was recorded to retained earnings. The Company also elected certain practical expedients as provided under the revenue recognition requirementsstandard. These included (i) the election not to reassess whether contracts existing at the adoption date contain a lease under the new definition of a lease under the standard; (ii) the election not to reassess the lease classification for existing leases as of the adoption date; (iii) the election not to reassess whether previously capitalized initial direct costs would qualify for capitalization under the standard; (iv) the election to use hindsight in ASC 605 – Revenue Recognitiondetermining the relevant lease terms for use in the capitalization of the lease liability; and most industry-specific guidance(v) the election to use hindsight in U.S. GAAP. The New Revenue Standard providesreviewing the right-of-use assets for impairment. For all leases, the terms were evaluated, including extension and renewal options as well as the lease payments associated with the leases. As a five-step model for analyzing contracts and transactions to determine when, how, and if revenue is recognized. Revenue should be recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The cumulative impactresult of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard was not material tostandard, in the first quarter of 2019, the Company therefore the Companyrecorded right-of-use assets of $121,230 and lease liabilities of $139,520. The Company’s results of operations were not impacted by this standard. The adoption of this standard did not record any adjustments to retained earnings. This was determined by analyzing contracts not completed as of January 1, 2018.  The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported underhave an impact on the accounting standards in effect for those periods.Company’s cash flows. For further details, see Note 2.10.

 

 

Revenue recognition from the sale of finished product to customers, which is the majority of the Company’s revenues, did not change under the new standard and the Company does not expect material changes in the future as a result of the New Revenue Standard related to the sale of finished product to its customers.  Within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment, the timing of revenue recognition for minimum guarantees that the Company receives from licensees is impacted by the New Revenue Standard.  Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, for licenses of the Company’s brands that are subject to minimum guaranteed license fees, the Company recognized the difference between the minimum guaranteed amount and the actual royalties earned from licensee merchandise sales (“shortfalls”) at the end of the contract period, which was in the fourth quarter for most of the Company’s licensee arrangements. In periods following January 1, 2018, minimum guaranteed amounts will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the license period. While the impact of this change will not be material to the year, it will impact the timing of revenue recognition within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment such that under ASC 606, less revenues will be recorded in the fourth quarter and more revenues will be recorded within the first, second, and third quarters. No other areas of the Company’s business were materially impacted by the New Revenue Standard.

In January 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01(“ASU 2017-01”),Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The standard clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of providing guidance when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. For further details, see Note 3.

In February 2018,August 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-02 (“ASU 2018-02”)2017-12 (ASU 2017-12), Income Statement -Reporting Comprehensive IncomeDerivatives and Hedging (Topic 220)815): ReclassificationTargeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities. The amendments expand and refine hedge accounting for both non-financial and financial risk components and align the recognition and presentation of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.the effects of the hedging instrument and the underlying hedged item in the financial statements. The standard provides for a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive earnings (“AOCE”) to retained earnings, of disproportionate income tax effects arising from the impact of the Tax Cutsstandard includes elimination of the requirement to separately measure and Jobs Actrecognize hedge ineffectiveness and requires the presentation of 2017.fair value adjustments to hedging instruments to be included in the same income statement line as the hedged item. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early2018, and early adoption is permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2018-022017-12 in the first quarter of 2018.  The impact of the adoption resulted in a one-time reclassification in the amount of $21,503 from AOCE with a corresponding credit to retained earnings. 

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-07 (ASU 2017-07), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.  The standard requires companies to present the service cost component of net benefit cost in the income statement line items where they report compensation cost. Companies will present all other components of net benefit cost outside operating income, if this subtotal is presented. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption was permitted. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 20182019 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements in the quarter or nine-months ended September 30, 2018.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (ASC 230) – Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The new guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice across all industries, in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 was effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard in 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Company’s statement of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017.statements.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2016,March 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-162019-02 (ASU 2016-16),2019-02) Entertainment—Films—Other Assets—Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment—Broadcasters—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 920-350) - Improvements to Accounting for Income Taxes: Intra-Entity TransfersCosts of Assets Other Than InventoryFilms and License Agreements for Program Materials.. The amendments in this update align cost capitalization of episodic television series production costs with that of film production cost capitalization. In addition, this update addresses impairment testing procedures with regard to film groups, when a film or license agreement is expected to be monetized with other films and/or license agreements.  The intention of this update is to align accounting treatment with changes in production and distribution models within the entertainment industry and to provide increased transparency of information provided to users of financial statements about produced and licensed content.  For public companies, this standard wasis effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017,2019, and early adoption is permitted. The standard requires thatCompany is currently evaluating the income tax impact of intra-entity sales and transfers of property, except for inventory, be recognized when the transfer occurs requiring any deferred taxes not yet recognized on intra-entity transfers to be recorded to retained earnings. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2018 and the adoption did not have an impact, on the Company’s results orif any, to its consolidated financial statements.

 

(2) Revenue Recognition

 

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is transferred to the customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those goods.  The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable.

Toy and Games

The majority of the Company’s revenues are derived from sales of finished products to customers.  Revenues from sales of finished products to customers accounted for 92% and 95% of the Company’s revenues for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017, respectively.  When determining whether control of the finished products has transferred to the customer, the Company considers any future performance obligations.  Generally, the Company has no post-shipment obligation on sales of finished products to customers and revenues from product sales are recognized upon passing of title to the customer, which is generally at the time of shipment. Any shipping and handling activities that are performed by the Company, whether before or after a customer has obtained control of the products, are considered activities to fulfill our obligation to transfer the products, and are recorded as incurred within selling, distribution, and administration expenses. For the quarters ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017 these costs were approximately $55,029 and $57,725, respectively, and for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017, these costs were approximately $138,916 and $131,809, respectively.  The Company offers various discounts, rebates, allowances, returns, and markdowns to its customers, (collectively, “allowances”), all of which are considered when determining the transaction price.  Certain allowances are fixed and determinable at the time of sale and are recorded at the time of sale as a reduction to revenues.  Other allowances can vary depending on future outcomes such as customer sales volume (“variable consideration”).  The Company estimates the amount of variable consideration using the expected value method.  In estimating the amount of variable consideration using the expected value method, the Company considers various factors including but not limited to: customer terms, historical experience, any expected deviations from historical experience, and existing or expected market conditions.  The Company then records an estimate of variable consideration as a reduction to revenues at the time of sale.  The Company adjusts its estimate of variable consideration at least quarterly or when facts and circumstances used in the estimation process may change.  Historically, adjustments to estimated variable consideration have not been material.

Entertainment and Licensing

Revenues within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment, which accounted for 6% and 5% of the Company’s revenues for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017, respectively, are recorded either over a period of time or at a point in time.  The Company enters into contracts to license its intellectual property, which consists of its brands, in various channels including but not limited to: consumer products such as apparel or home goods, within formats such as on-line games, within venues such as theme parks, or within formats such as motion picture films.  The licensees pay the Company either a sales-based or usage-based royalty, or a combination of both, for use of the brands, in some cases subject to minimum guaranteed amounts or fixed fees.  The license of the Company’s brands provide access to the intellectual property over the term of the license, generally without any other performance obligation of the Company other than keeping the intellectual property active, and is therefore considered a right-to-access license of symbolic intellectual property.  The Company records sales-based or usage-based royalty revenues for right-to-access licenses at the occurrence of the licensees’ subsequent sale or usage. When the arrangement includes a minimum guarantee, the Company records the minimum guarantee on a ratable basis over the term of the license period and does not record the sales-based or usage-based royalty revenues until they exceed the minimum guarantee.  The Company also produces television or streaming programming for licensing to third parties.  The licensees typically pay a fixed fee for the license of the produced content.  The content that the Company delivers to its licensees has stand-alone functionality, generally without any other performance obligation of the Company, and is therefore considered a right-to-use license of functional intellectual property.  The Company records revenues for right-to-use licenses once the license period has commenced and the licensee has the ability to use the delivered content.  In arrangements where the licensee pays the Company a fixed fee for multiple seasons or multiple series of programming, arrangement fees are recorded as revenues based upon their relative fair values.  As of September 30, 2018, the Company did not have any material future performance commitments for film streaming or television orders that have not yet been delivered. The Company also develops application based digital games featuring its brands within the games.  These games are hosted by third-party platform providers.  The Company does not charge a fee to the end users for the download of the games or the ability to play the games.  The end users make in-application purchases of digital currencies, via the Company’s platform providers, with such purchased digital currencies to be used in the games.  The Company records revenues from in-application purchases based on the usage patterns of the players.  For the majority of the Company’s digital games, players use their currencies in the month of purchase, and therefore revenues are recorded at the time of sale.  The Company has no additional performance obligations other than delivery of the currency via its platform providers.  The Company controls all aspects of the goods delivered to the consumer.  The third-party platform providers are providing only the service of hosting and administering receipt from the end users.  The Company is the principal in the arrangement and records the gross revenues within Net Revenues in our Consolidated Statements of Operations.  The fee charged by the third-party platform providers to the Company are recorded within cost of sales.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

A contract asset is defined as an entity's right to consideration for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer.  A contract liability is defined to occur if the customer's payment of consideration precedes the entity's performance and represents the entity's obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration.  The Company occasionally will require payment from customers for finished product in advance of the customer receiving control of the finished product.  In these situations, the Company defers revenue on the advanced payment until the customer has control of the finished product, generally within the next month.  Within our Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment, the Company may receive royalty payments from licensees in advance of the licensees’ subsequent sales to their customers, or in advance of the Company’s performance obligation being satisfied.  In addition, the Company may receive payments from its digital gaming business in advance of the recognition of the revenues. The Company defers revenues on these advanced payments until its performance obligation is satisfied.  The aggregate deferred revenues are recorded as liabilities and were $43,653$47,678, $7,940, and $10,261$50,759 as of September 30,March 31, 2019, April 1, 2018, and December 31, 2017,30, 2018, respectively, and the changes in deferred revenues are not material to the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the nine-monthsquarters ended September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, and October 1, 2017.respectively. The Company records contract assets in the case of minimum guarantees that are being recognized ratably over the term of the respective license periods.  At September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, and October 1, 2017, these contract assets were not material to the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company’s accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 are primarily from contracts with customers.  In the nine-months ended September 30, 2018, the Company recorded a bad debt charge of $59,115 related to a significant customer. In the quarter ended October 1, 2017, the Company recorded a bad debt charge of $18,000 related to a significant customer. The Company had no other material bad debt expense in the nine-month period ended October 1, 2017 or the quarter ended on September 30, 2018.

Disaggregation of revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenues from contracts with customers by segment: US and Canada, International, Entertainment, Licensing and Licensing,Digital, and Global Operations.  The Company further disaggregates revenues within its International segment by major geographic region: Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.  Finally, the Company disaggregates its revenues by brand portfolio into four brand categories: Franchise brands, Partner brands, Hasbro gaming, and Emerging brands.  We believe these collectively depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. See Note 11,12, Segment Reporting, for further information.

(3) Asset Acquisition

On June 12, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Saban Properties’ Power Rangers and other Entertainment Assets. The Company accounted for the acquisition as an asset acquisition based on the guidance in ASU 2017-01, which uses the cost accumulation and allocation method. As such, the Company included acquisition costs in its calculation of the purchase price to be allocated to the assets acquired.

The total purchase price for the assets was $535,850, consisting of the following:

 

 

 

Cash Consideration:

 

To seller (1)

$

152,000

Held in escrow (2)

 

25,000

Market value of stock issued to seller (3)

 

280,397

Deferred purchase price due in January 2019 (4)

 

75,000

 

 

532,397

Acquisition costs

 

1,973

Other adjustment

 

1,480

Total Purchase Price to be allocated

$

535,850

1.             The Company previously paid Saban Brands $22,250 for the Power Rangers master toy license agreement announced in February 2018 and those amounts were credited to, and included above, in the purchase price.

2.             The $25,000 was placed into an escrow account to support customary indemnification obligations of Saban Properties, and is considered restricted cash within cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet with an offsetting liability included in other current liabilities. One-half of the $25,000 in escrow is scheduled to be released on January 3, 2019, and the remaining half to be released on the one-year anniversary of the closing date, less any claim amounts deducted from the escrow prior to those dates.

3.             The Company issued 3,074,190 shares of Hasbro common stock to Saban Properties, valued at $280,397.

4.             An additional $75,000 will be paid in January 2019 with no contingencies.

The total purchase price was allocated on a relative fair value basis as follows:

•              $534,370 was recorded as an intangible asset – Power Rangers IP rights, which will be amortized over a period of 25 years;

•              $7,884 as current assets;

•              $325 as capitalized production costs; and

•              $6,729 as other current liabilities.

 

(4)(3) Earnings (Loss) Per Share

 

Net earnings (loss) per share data for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30,April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 were computed as follows:

 

 

2018

 

2017

Quarter

Basic

 

Diluted

 

Basic

 

Diluted

Net earnings

$

263,861

 

 

263,861

 

 

265,583

 

 

265,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average shares outstanding

 

127,161

 

 

127,161

 

 

125,170

 

 

125,170

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Options and other share-based awards

 

-

 

 

731

 

 

-

 

 

1,980

Equivalent Shares

 

127,161

 

 

127,892

 

 

125,170

 

 

127,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings per common share

$

2.08

 

 

2.06

 

 

2.12

 

 

2.09

2018

 

2017

2019

 

2018

Nine Months

Basic

 

Diluted

 

Basic

 

Diluted

Net earnings

$

211,668

 

 

211,668

 

 

401,905

 

 

401,905

Quarter

Basic

 

Diluted

 

Basic

 

Diluted

Net earnings (loss)

$

26,727

 

 

26,727

 

 

(112,492)

 

 

(112,492)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average shares outstanding

 

125,982

 

 

125,982

 

 

125,204

 

125,204

 

126,287

 

 

126,287

 

 

125,073

 

125,073

Effect of dilutive securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options and other share-based awards

 

-

 

 

792

 

 

-

 

 

2,044

 

-

 

 

529

 

 

-

 

 

-

Equivalent Shares

 

125,982

 

 

126,774

 

 

125,204

 

 

127,248

 

126,287

 

 

126,816

 

 

125,073

 

 

125,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings per common share

$

1.68

 

 

1.67

 

 

3.21

 

 

3.16

Net earnings (loss) per common share

$

0.21

 

 

0.21

 

 

(0.90)

 

 

(0.90)

 

For the quarters ended September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, and October 1, 2017, options and restricted stock units totaling 9491,693 and 450, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because to include them would have been antidilutive. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017, options and restricted stock units totaling 1,124 and 514,3,191, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because to include them would have been antidilutive.                       anti-dilutive. Of the 2018 amount 1,993 would have been included in the calculation of diluted shares had the Company not had a net loss in the first quarter of 2018. Assuming that these awards and options were included, under the treasury stock method, they would have resulted in an additional 1,022 shares being included in the diluted earnings per share calculation for the quarter ended April 1, 2018.            

 

(5)(4) Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

 

Components of other comprehensive earnings (loss) are presented within the consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings (loss). The following table presents the related tax effects on changes in other comprehensive earnings (loss) for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive earnings (loss), tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

Tax (expense) benefit on unrealized holding (gains) losses

$

(77)

 

 

41

Tax (expense) benefit on cash flow hedging activities

 

(3)

 

 

5,980

Tax benefit on changes in unrecognized pension amounts

 

-

 

 

7,565

Reclassifications to earnings, tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax expense (benefit) on cash flow hedging activities

 

346

 

 

(794)

 

Tax benefit on unrecognized pension and postretirement

 

 

 

 

 

  

amounts reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations

 

(331)

 

 

(528)

Total tax effect on other comprehensive earnings (loss)

$

(65)

 

 

12,264

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive earnings (loss), tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax benefit on unrealized holding losses

$

179

 

 

445

 

 

195

 

 

315

Tax (expense) benefit on cash flow hedging activities

  

(73)

 

 

1,700

 

 

238

 

 

5,936

Tax benefit on changes in unrecognized pension amounts

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

7,565

 

 

-

Reclassifications to earnings, tax effect:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax expense (benefit) on cash flow hedging activities

 

1,015

 

 

(1,875)

 

 

107

 

 

(2,884)

 

Tax benefit on unrecognized pension and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

postretirement amounts reclassified to the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

consolidated statements of operations

 

(600)

 

 

(822)

 

 

(1,857)

 

 

(2,466)

Total tax effect on other comprehensive earnings (loss)

$

521

 

 

(552)

 

 

6,248

 

 

901

Changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) for the ninethree months ended September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 are as follows:

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Gains

 

(Losses) on

 

Foreign

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

Gains

 

(Losses) on

 

Foreign

 

Accumulated

Pension and

 

(Losses) on

 

Available-

 

Currency

 

Other

Pension and

 

(Losses) on

 

Available-

 

Currency

 

Other

Postretirement

 

Derivative

 

for-Sale

 

Translation

 

Comprehensive

Postretirement

 

Derivative

 

for-Sale

 

Translation

 

Comprehensive

Amounts

 

Instruments

 

Securities

 

Adjustments

 

Loss

Amounts

 

Instruments

 

Securities

 

Adjustments

 

Loss

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 30, 2018

$

(143,134)

 

 

1,549

 

 

(744)

 

 

(152,185)

 

 

(294,514)

Current period other comprehensive earnings (loss)

 

1,139

 

 

3,778

 

 

265

 

 

6,993

 

 

12,175

Balance at March 31, 2019

$

(141,995)

 

 

5,327

 

 

(479)

 

 

(145,192)

 

 

(282,339)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

$

(110,971)

 

 

(32,827)

 

 

1,034

 

 

(96,661)

 

 

(239,425)

$

(110,971)

 

 

(32,827)

 

 

1,034

 

 

(96,661)

 

 

(239,425)

Adoption of ASU 2018-02

 

(18,065)

 

 

(3,660)

 

 

222

 

 

-

 

 

(21,503)

 

(18,065)

 

 

(3,660)

 

 

222

 

 

-

 

 

(21,503)

Current period other comprehensive earnings (loss)

 

(19,660)

 

 

29,083

 

 

(673)

 

 

(44,560)

 

 

(35,810)

 

(24,238)

 

 

(19,915)

 

 

(143)

 

 

12,829

 

 

(31,467)

Balance at September 30, 2018

$

(148,696)

 

 

(7,404)

 

 

583

 

 

(141,221)

 

 

(296,738)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at December 25, 2016

$

(118,401)

 

 

51,085

 

 

1,424

 

 

(128,678)

 

 

(194,570)

Current period other comprehensive earnings (loss)

 

4,345

 

 

(85,966)

 

 

(555)

 

 

41,954

 

 

(40,222)

Balance at October 1, 2017

$

(114,056)

 

 

(34,881)

 

 

869

 

 

(86,724)

 

 

(234,792)

Balance at April 1, 2018

$

(153,274)

 

 

(56,402)

 

 

1,113

 

 

(83,832)

 

 

(292,395)

 

Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments

At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company had remaining net deferred gains on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax, of $12,255$24,290 in accumulated other comprehensive loss ("AOCE"). These instruments hedge payments related to inventory purchased in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 or forecasted to be purchased during the remainder of 2018 and, to a lesser extent, 2019 through 2022, intercompany expenses expected to be paid or received during 2018 and 2019, television and movie production costs paid in 2018 or expected to be paid in 2018 or 2019, and cash receipts for sales made at the end of the thirdfirst quarter 2018of 2019 or forecasted to be made in the remainder of 20182019 and, to a lesser extent, 20192020 through 2020.2021. These amounts will be reclassified into the consolidated statements of operations upon the sale of the related inventory or recognition of the related sales or expenses. 

 

In addition to foreign currency forward contracts, the Company entered into hedging contracts on future interest payments related to the long-term notes due in 2021 and 2044.  At the date of debt issuance, these contracts were terminated and the fair value on the date of settlement was deferred in AOCE and is being amortized to interest expense over the life of the related notes using the effective interest rate method. At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, deferred losses, net of tax of $19,659$18,963 related to these instruments remained in AOCE. For the quarters ended September 30,March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018, and October 1, 2017, previously deferred losses of $450, were reclassified from AOCE to net earnings, respectively. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017, previously deferred losses of $1,349 and $1,384 were reclassified from AOCE to net earnings, respectively.earnings. 

 

Of the amount included in AOCE at September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company expects net gains of approximately $10,898$16,761 to be reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations within the next 12 months. However, the amount ultimately realized in earnings is dependent on the fair value of the hedging instruments on the settlement dates.

 

(6)(5) Financial Instruments

 

The Company's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities. At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the carrying cost of these instruments approximated their fair value. The Company's financial instruments at SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018 October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 also include certain assets and liabilities measured at fair value (see Notes 87 and 10)9) as well as long-term borrowings. The carrying costs, which are equal to the outstanding principal amounts, and fair values of the Company's long-term borrowings as of SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018 October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 are as follows:

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

October 1, 2017

 

December 31, 2017

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

6.35% Notes Due 2040

$

500,000

 

 

546,450

 

 

500,000

 

 

613,750

 

 

500,000

 

 

601,800

3.50% Notes Due 2027

 

500,000

 

 

466,350

 

 

500,000

 

 

496,850

 

 

500,000

 

 

488,300

5.10% Notes Due 2044

 

300,000

 

 

285,390

 

 

300,000

 

 

324,300

 

 

300,000

 

 

313,320

3.15% Notes Due 2021

 

300,000

 

 

297,720

 

 

300,000

 

 

306,840

 

 

300,000

 

 

302,640

6.60% Debentures Due 2028

 

109,895

 

 

124,698

 

 

109,895

 

 

132,830

 

 

109,895

 

 

131,390

Total long-term debt

$

1,709,895

 

 

1,720,608

 

 

1,709,895

 

 

1,874,570

 

 

1,709,895

 

 

1,837,450

Less: Deferred debt expenses

 

15,174

 

 

-

 

 

16,634

 

 

-

 

 

16,286

 

 

-

Long-term debt

$

1,694,721

 

 

1,720,608

 

 

1,693,261

 

 

1,874,570

 

 

1,693,609

 

 

1,837,450

 

March 31, 2019

 

April 1, 2018

 

December 30, 2018

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Carrying

 

Fair

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

 

Cost

 

Value

6.35% Notes Due 2040

$

500,000

 

 

548,200

 

 

500,000

 

 

585,400

 

 

500,000

 

 

535,000

3.50% Notes Due 2027

 

500,000

 

 

479,450

 

 

500,000

 

 

468,000

 

 

500,000

 

 

457,350

5.10% Notes Due 2044

 

300,000

 

 

285,990

 

 

300,000

 

 

299,460

 

 

300,000

 

 

272,640

3.15% Notes Due 2021

 

300,000

 

 

301,440

 

 

300,000

 

 

300,480

 

 

300,000

 

 

297,600

6.60% Debentures Due 2028

 

109,895

 

 

129,445

 

 

109,895

 

 

128,006

 

 

109,895

 

 

123,346

Total long-term debt

$

1,709,895

 

 

1,744,525

 

 

1,709,895

 

 

1,781,346

 

 

1,709,895

 

 

1,685,936

Less: Deferred debt expenses

 

14,433

 

 

-

 

 

15,918

 

 

-

 

 

14,803

 

 

-

Long-term debt

$

1,695,462

 

 

1,744,525

 

 

1,693,977

 

 

1,781,346

 

 

1,695,092

 

 

1,685,936

 

         

The fair values of the Company's long-term debt are considered Level 3 fair values (see Note 87 for further discussion of the fair value hierarchy) and are measured using the discounted future cash flows method. In addition to the debt terms, the valuation methodology includes an assumption of a discount rate that approximates the current yield on a similar debt security. This assumption is considered an unobservable input in that it reflects the Company's own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company believes that this is the best information available for use in the fair value measurement.

  

 

(7)(6) Income Taxes

 

The Company and its subsidiaries file income tax returns in the United States and various state and international jurisdictions. In the normal course of business, the Company is regularly audited by U.S. federal, state and local, and international tax authorities in various tax jurisdictions.

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”).  The Tax Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code which impacted 2017 including, but not limited to, reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate and requiring a one-time tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries.

On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) established a one-year measurement period to complete the accounting for the ASC 740 income tax effects of the Tax Act.  An entity recognizes the impact of those amounts for which the accounting is complete.  For matters that have not been completed, provisional amounts are recorded to the extent they can be reasonably estimated.  For amounts for which a reasonable estimate cannot be determined, no adjustment is made until such estimate can be completed.

As a result, the Company recorded a one-time tax expense of $47,800 in the first quarter of 2018 which reversed certain discrete benefits recorded in 2017 as well as increased our provisional deemed repatriation tax liability. In the third quarter, the estimate was further revised based on additional guidance and a one-time tax benefit of $17,336 was recorded.

Prior to the enactment of the Tax Act, the Company previously considered the earnings in non-U.S. subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested and, accordingly, recorded no deferred income taxes. The Tax Act eliminates the deferral of U.S. income tax on these foreign earnings by imposing a one-time mandatory deemed repatriation tax and as a result, the Company now intends to repatriate substantially all of the accumulated foreign earnings.  The Company still has significant cash needs outside the United States and we are currently analyzing our global working capital and cash requirements. However, tax reform gives the Company flexibility to manage cash globally. In 2017, the Company recorded $1,657 of non-US local country withholding taxes as part of the provisional repatriation tax amount, which will be incurred due to certain future cash distributions.  In the third quarter, the Company recorded an additional $2,412 of net tax that reflects the state and local impact of proposed dividends from non-US subsidiaries to the parent Company.   The Company will continue to record these additional tax effects, if any, in the period that the on-going distribution analysis is completed and is able to make reasonable estimates.

The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations for years before 2013. With few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. state or local and non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities in its major jurisdictions for years before 2012. The Company is currently under income tax examination in several U.S. state and local and non-U.S. jurisdictions.       

 

(8)(7) Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The Company measures certain financial instruments at fair value. The fair value hierarchy consists of three levels: Level 1 fair values are based on quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the entity has the ability to access; Level 2 fair values are those based on quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, quoted prices in markets that are not active, or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities; and Level 3 fair values are based on inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

 

Accounting standards permit entities to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value and establish presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar assets and liabilities. The Company has elected the fair value option for certain available-for-sale investments. At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, these investments totaled $24,201, $24,405$24,188, $24,584 and $24,436,$23,913, respectively, and are included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company recorded net (losses) gains of $(10)$550 and $96$448 on these investments in other (income) expense,income, net for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine months ended September 30,April 1, 2018, respectively, related to the change in fair value of such instruments. For the quarter and nine-month periods ended October 1, 2017, the Company recorded net gains of $446 and $1,461, respectively, in other (income) expense, net, related to the change in fair value of such instruments.

 

 

 

At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the Company had the following assets and liabilities measured at fair value in its consolidated balance sheets (excluding assets for which the fair value is measured using net asset value per share):

Fair Value Measurements Using:

Fair Value Measurements Using:

 

 

 

Quoted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prices in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prices in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

 

Markets

 

Significant

 

 

 

 

 

 

for

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

for

 

Other

 

Significant

 

 

 

Identical

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

 

 

 

Identical

 

Observable

 

Unobservable

Fair

 

Assets

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

Fair

 

Assets

 

Inputs

 

Inputs

Value

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

Value

 

(Level 1)

 

(Level 2)

 

(Level 3)

September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

$

2,346

 

 

2,346

 

 

-

 

-

$

975

 

 

975

 

 

-

 

-

Derivatives

 

20,079

 

 

-

 

 

20,079

 

 

-

 

32,296

 

 

-

 

 

32,296

 

 

-

Total assets

$

22,425

 

 

2,346

 

 

20,079

 

 

-

$

33,271

 

 

975

 

 

32,296

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

$

2,113

 

 

-

 

 

2,113

 

-

$

45

 

 

-

 

 

45

 

-

Option agreement

 

23,460

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

23,460

 

23,144

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

23,144

Total liabilities

$

25,573

 

 

-

 

 

2,113

 

 

23,460

$

23,189

 

 

-

 

 

45

 

 

23,144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 1, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 1, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

$

2,866

 

 

2,866

 

 

-

 

-

$

2,941

 

 

2,941

 

 

-

 

-

Derivatives

 

11,975

 

 

-

 

 

11,975

 

 

-

 

2,960

 

 

-

 

 

2,960

 

 

-

Total assets

$

14,841

 

 

2,866

 

 

11,975

 

 

-

$

5,901

 

 

2,941

 

 

2,960

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

$

22,671

 

 

-

 

 

22,671

 

-

$

39,428

 

 

-

 

 

39,428

 

-

Option agreement

 

28,510

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

28,510

 

23,665

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

23,665

Total liabilities

$

51,181

 

 

-

 

 

22,671

 

 

28,510

$

63,093

 

 

-

 

 

39,428

 

 

23,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available-for-sale securities

$

3,126

 

 

3,126

 

 

-

 

-

$

914

 

 

914

 

 

-

 

-

Derivatives

 

12,226

 

 

-

 

 

12,226

 

 

-

 

26,076

 

 

-

 

 

26,076

 

 

-

Total assets

$

15,352

 

 

3,126

 

 

12,226

 

 

-

$

26,990

 

 

914

 

 

26,076

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives

$

23,051

 

 

-

 

 

23,051

 

-

$

1,610

 

 

-

 

 

1,610

 

-

Option agreement

 

23,980

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

23,980

 

23,440

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

23,440

Total Liabilities

$

47,031

 

 

-

 

 

23,051

 

 

23,980

$

25,050

 

 

-

 

 

1,610

 

 

23,440

 

Available-for-sale securities include equity securities of one company quoted on an active public market.

 

 

 

The Company's derivatives consist of foreign currency forward contracts.contracts and zero-cost collar options. The Company used current forward rates of the respective foreign currencies to measure the fair value of these contracts. The Company’s option agreement relates to an equity method investment in Discovery Family Channel (“Discovery”). The option agreement is included in other liabilities at SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, and is valued using an option pricing model based on the fair value of the related investment.  Inputs used in the option pricing model include the volatility and fair value of the underlying company which are considered unobservable inputs as they reflect the Company's own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Company believes that this is the best information available for use in the fair value measurement. There were no changes in these valuation techniques during the nine-monththree-month period ended September 30, 2018.March 31, 2019.

 

The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the fair value measurements of the Company's financial instruments which use significant unobservable inputs (Level 3):

 

2018

 

2017

2019

 

2018

Balance at beginning of year

$

(23,980)

 

 

(28,770)

$

(23,440)

 

 

(23,980)

Gain from change in fair value

 

520

 

 

260

 

296

 

 

315

Balance at end of third quarter

$

(23,460)

 

 

(28,510)

Balance at end of first quarter

$

(23,144)

 

 

(23,665)

 

In addition to the above, the Company has three investments for which the fair value is measured using net asset value per share. At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, these investments had fair values of $24,201, $24,405$24,188, $24,584 and $24,436,$23,913, respectively. Two of the investments have net asset values that are predominantly based on underlying investments which are traded on an active market and are redeemable within 45 days. The third investment invests in hedge funds which are generally redeemable on a quarterly basis with 30 – 90 days’ notice.

 

(9)(8) Pension and Postretirement Benefits

 

The components of the net periodic cost of the Company's defined benefit pension and other postretirement plans for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30,April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 are as follows:

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Pension

 

Postretirement

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Service cost

$

678

 

 

925

 

 

189

 

 

172

Interest cost

 

3,997

 

 

4,443

 

 

292

 

 

295

Expected return on assets

 

(5,190)

 

 

(5,896)

 

 

-

 

 

-

Net amortization and deferrals

 

2,971

 

 

2,525

 

 

42

 

 

-

Net periodic benefit cost

$

2,456

 

 

1,997

 

 

523

 

 

467

Nine Months Ended

Quarter Ended

Pension

 

Postretirement

Pension

 

Postretirement

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

2019

 

2018

 

2019

 

2018

Service cost

$

2,030

 

 

2,798

 

 

566

 

 

517

$

1,037

 

 

685

 

 

178

 

 

188

Interest cost

 

11,993

 

 

13,598

 

 

877

 

885

 

2,205

 

 

4,016

 

 

316

 

292

Expected return on assets

 

(15,569)

 

 

(18,057)

 

 

-

 

-

 

(2,038)

 

 

(5,205)

 

 

-

 

-

Net amortization and deferrals

 

8,913

 

 

7,738

 

 

127

 

-

 

1,698

 

 

2,977

 

 

5

 

42

Net periodic benefit cost

$

7,367

 

 

6,077

 

 

1,570

 

 

1,402

$

2,902

 

 

2,473

 

 

499

 

 

522

 

During the ninethree months ended September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company made cash contributions of $770$230 to its defined benefit pension plans. During fiscal 2018,2019, the Company expects to make cash contributions to its defined benefit pension plans of approximately $1,300$1,600 in the aggregate.

 

In February 2018, the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors approved a resolution to terminate the Company’s U.S. defined benefit pension plan (“Plan”).  During the first quarter of 2018 the Company commenced the plan termination process and expects to complete the transfer of the Plan’s assets to a third-party administrator over a periodin the third quarter of eighteen months.2019.  The decision to terminate the Plan follows the 2015 decision to freeze benefits being accrued covering non-unionunion employees after the sale of the Company’s manufacturing facility in East Longmeadow, MA. Benefits covering non-union employees were frozen in December 2007. Upon settlement of the pension liability, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2019, the Company will reclassify the related pension losses currently recorded to accumulated other comprehensive loss, to the consolidated statements of operations. As of March 31, 2019, the Company had unrecognized losses related to the Plan of $141,578. The Company will recognize this loss upon termination of the Plan, adjusted for the total required payout to plan participants which will be determined based on employee elections and market conditions present at the time of termination.

 

In connection with the decision to terminate the Plan, the Company remeasured the projected benefit obligation in the first quarter of 2018 based on the expected Plan termination costs. This remeasurement utilized a discount rate of 3.2% compared to the discount rate of 3.7% utilized in the December 31, 2017 measurement and resulted in an increase in the projected benefit obligation of $35,192 with offsetting amounts recorded to accumulated other comprehensive losses and deferred taxes. Upon settlement of the pension liability, the Company will reclassify the related pension losses currently recorded to accumulated other comprehensive loss, to the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2018, the Company had unrecognized losses related to the Plan of $142,997. The Company will recognize this loss upon termination of the Plan, adjusted for year-end remeasurement, as well as the total required payout to plan participants which will be determined based on employee elections and market conditions present at the time of termination.

  

 

(10)(9) Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Hasbro uses foreign currency forward contracts to mitigate the impact of currency rate fluctuations on firmly committed and projected future foreign currency transactions. These over-the-counter contracts, which hedge future currency requirements related to purchases of inventory, product sales and other cross-border transactions not denominated in the functional currency of the business unit, are primarily denominated in United States and Hong Kong dollars, and Euros. All contracts are entered into with a number of counterparties, all of which are major financial institutions. The Company believes that a default by a single counterparty would not have a material adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company. Hasbro does not enter into derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes.

 

Cash Flow Hedges

 

The Company uses foreign currency forward contracts to reduce the impact of currency rate fluctuations on firmly committed and projected future foreign currency transactions. All of the Company's designated foreign currency forward contracts are considered to be cash flow hedges. These instruments hedge a portion of the Company's currency requirements associated with anticipated inventory purchases, product sales and other cross-border transactions in 20182019 through 2022.

 

At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the notional amounts and fair values of the Company's foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments were as follows:

  

September 30, 2018

 

October 1, 2017

 

December 31, 2017

March 31, 2019

 

April 1, 2018

 

December 30, 2018

Notional

 

Fair

 

Notional

 

Fair

 

Notional

 

Fair

Notional

 

Fair

 

Notional

 

Fair

 

Notional

 

Fair

Hedged transaction

Amount

 

Value

 

Amount

 

Value

 

Amount

 

Value

Amount

 

Value

 

Amount

 

Value

 

Amount

 

Value

Inventory purchases

$

555,661

 

 

6,827

 

 

894,529

 

 

(16,597)

 

 

756,673

 

 

(13,695)

$

486,999

 

 

21,649

 

 

718,925

 

 

(31,453)

 

 

468,305

 

 

15,089

Sales

 

319,421

 

 

13,027

 

 

579,421

 

 

17,215

 

 

423,315

 

16,144

 

263,221

 

 

8,358

 

 

375,441

 

 

7,323

 

 

298,194

 

11,232

Royalties and Other

 

117,534

 

 

(2,420)

 

 

266,670

 

 

(12,567)

 

 

196,889

 

 

(10,383)

 

26,422

 

 

190

 

 

178,896

 

 

(11,602)

 

 

26,341

 

 

(304)

Total

$

992,616

 

 

17,434

 

 

1,740,620

 

 

(11,949)

 

 

1,376,877

 

 

(7,934)

$

776,642

 

 

30,197

 

 

1,273,262

 

 

(35,732)

 

 

792,840

 

 

26,017

 

The Company has a master agreement with each of its counterparties that allows for the netting of outstanding forward contracts. The fair values of the Company's foreign currency forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets at SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018 October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 as follows:

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

December 31,

 

2018

 

2017

 

2017

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

15,414

 

 

10,207

 

 

13,666

Unrealized losses

 

(4,079)

 

 

(7,977)

 

 

(10,319)

Net unrealized gains

$

11,335

 

 

2,230

 

 

3,347

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

9,591

 

 

11,631

 

 

11,255

Unrealized losses

 

(1,455)

 

 

(3,139)

 

 

(2,376)

Net unrealized gains

$

8,136

 

 

8,492

 

 

8,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

596

 

 

5,354

 

 

4,215

Unrealized losses

 

(1,182)

 

 

(20,999)

 

 

(15,484)

Net unrealized losses

$

(586)

 

 

(15,645)

 

 

(11,269)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

1,035

 

 

8,325

 

 

4,546

Unrealized losses

 

(2,486)

 

 

(15,351)

 

 

(13,437)

Net unrealized losses

$

(1,451)

 

 

(7,026)

 

 

(8,891)

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

December 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2018

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

22,737

 

 

458

 

 

21,718

Unrealized losses

 

(2,008)

 

 

(405)

 

 

(972)

Net unrealized gains

$

20,729

 

 

53

 

 

20,746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

9,752

 

 

5,996

 

 

6,173

Unrealized losses

 

(239)

 

 

(3,089)

 

 

(843)

Net unrealized gains

$

9,513

 

 

2,907

 

 

5,330

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

-

 

 

8,218

 

 

77

Unrealized losses

 

(45)

 

 

(30,826)

 

 

(136)

Net unrealized losses

$

(45)

 

 

(22,608)

 

 

(59)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

-

 

 

2,846

 

 

-

Unrealized losses

 

-

 

 

(18,930)

 

 

-

Net unrealized losses

$

-

 

 

(16,084)

 

 

-

 

Net gains (losses) on cash flow hedging activities have been reclassified from other comprehensive earnings (loss) to net earnings for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30,April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 as follows:

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

March 31,

 

April 1,

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

2019

 

2018

Statements of Operations Classification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

$

3,358

 

 

(5,971)

 

 

(1,483)

 

 

6,614

$

2,614

 

 

(3,891)

Net revenues

 

1,328

 

 

2,316

 

 

2,090

 

 

3,332

 

878

 

 

332

Other

 

(17)

 

 

(2,311)

 

 

(101)

 

 

(2,716)

 

118

 

 

(1,423)

Net realized (losses) gains

$

4,669

 

 

(5,966)

 

 

506

 

 

7,230

Net realized gains (losses)

$

3,610

 

 

(4,982)

In addition, losses of $1,532 and $4,368 were reclassified to earnings as a result of hedge ineffectiveness for the quarter and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively. Net losses of $9 and $6,495 were reclassified to earnings as a result of hedge ineffectiveness for the quarter and nine-month periods ended October 1, 2017, respectively.

 

Undesignated Hedges

 

The Company also enters into foreign currency forward contracts to minimize the impact of changes in the fair value of intercompany loans due to foreign currency changes. The Company does not use hedge accounting for these contracts as changes in the fair values of these contracts are substantially offset by changes in the fair value of the intercompany loans.  As of SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018 October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017 the total notional amounts of the Company's undesignated derivative instruments were $311,331, $339,227$293,326, $132,945 and $418,471,$452,773, respectively.

 

At SeptemberMarch 31, 2019, April 1, 2018 and December 30, 2018, October 1, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the fair values of the Company's undesignated derivative financial instruments were recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as follows:

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

December 31,

 

2018

 

2017

 

2017

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

2,060

 

 

2,606

 

 

-

Unrealized losses

 

(1,452)

 

 

(1,353)

 

 

-

Net unrealized gains

$

608

 

 

1,253

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

12

 

 

-

 

 

1,793

Unrealized losses

 

(33)

 

 

-

 

 

(4,684)

Net unrealized losses

 

(21)

 

 

-

 

 

(2,891)

 

 

 

��

 

 

 

 

 

Other Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

30

 

 

-

 

 

-

Unrealized losses

 

(85)

 

 

-

 

 

-

Net unrealized losses

 

(55)

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total unrealized gains (losses), net

$

532

 

 

1,253

 

 

(2,891)

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

December 30,

 

2019

 

2018

 

2018

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

2,391

 

 

-

 

 

-

Unrealized losses

 

(337)

 

 

-

 

 

-

Net unrealized gains

$

2,054

 

 

-

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains

$

-

 

 

383

 

 

1,269

Unrealized losses

 

-

 

 

(1,119)

 

 

(2,820)

Net unrealized losses

 

-

 

 

(736)

 

 

(1,551)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total unrealized gains (losses), net

$

2,054

 

 

(736)

 

 

(1,551)

 

The Company recorded net gains (losses) of $5,030$4,809 and $8,781$(6,700) on these instruments to other (income) expense,income, net for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30,April 1, 2018, respectively, and net losses of $2,976 and $2,251 on these instruments to other (income) expense, net for the quarter and nine-month periods ended October 1, 2017, respectively, relating to the change in fair value of such derivatives, substantially offsetting gains and losses from the change in fair value of intercompany loans to which the contracts relate.

 

For additional information related to the Company's derivative financial instruments see Notes 65 and 8.7.

(10) Leases 

The Company occupies offices and uses certain equipment under various operating lease arrangements. The Company has no finance leases. These leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 19 years, some of which include either, options to extend lease terms while others include options to terminate current lease terms at certain times, subject to notice requirements set out in the lease agreement. Payments under certain of the lease agreements may be subject to adjustment based on a consumer price index or other inflationary indices. The lease liability for such lease agreements as of the adoption date was based on fixed payments as of the adoption date. Any adjustments to these payments based on the related indices will be recorded to expense as incurred.  Leases with an expected term of 12 months or less are not capitalized. Payments under such leases are expensed as incurred. The Company capitalizes non-lease components for equipment leases, but expenses non-lease components as incurred for real estate leases.

For the quarter ended March 31, 2019, operating lease expense was $8,942. Expense related to short-term leases (expected terms less than 12 months) and variable lease payments were not material in the first quarter of 2019.

Supplemental information related to the Company’s leases for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 is as follows:

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2019

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

  

  

      Operating cash flows from operating leases

 

 

$

9,574

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

 

  

      Operating leases

 

 

$

23,680

  

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

 

6.7 years

Weighted Average Discount Rate

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

 

4.5%

 

 

 

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of future undiscounted cash flows to the operating liabilities, and the related right of use assets, included in our Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2019:

 

March 31,

  

2019

2019 (excluding the three months ended March 31, 2019)

$

26,972

2020

 

33,756

2021

 

29,487

2022

 

27,260

2023

 

22,093

2024 and thereafter

 

46,277

Total future lease payments

 

185,845

Less imputed interest

 

26,968

Present value of future operating lease payments

 

158,877

Less current portion of operating lease liabilities (1)

 

29,534

Non-current operating lease liability (2)

 

129,343

Operating lease right-of-use assets, net (3)

$

141,075

(1) Included in Accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

(2) Included in Other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

(3) Included in Property, plant, and equipment on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

(11) Segment Reporting

 

Hasbro is a global play and entertainment company with a broad portfolio of brands and entertainment properties spanning toys, games, licensed products ranging from traditional to high-tech and digital, and film and television entertainment. The Company's segments are (i) U.S. and Canada, (ii) International, (iii) Entertainment, Licensing and Licensing,Digital and (iv) Global Operations.

 

The U.S. and Canada segment includes the marketing and selling of action figures, arts and crafts and creative play products, electronic toys and related electronic interactive products, fashion and other dolls, infant products, play sets, preschool toys, plush products, sports action blasters and accessories, vehicles and toy-related specialty products, as well as traditional board games, and trading card and role-playing games primarily within the United States and Canada. Within the International segment, the Company markets and sells both toy and game products in markets outside of the U.S. and Canada, primarily in the European, Asia Pacific, and Latin and South American regions. The Company's Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment includes the Company's consumer products licensing, digital licensing and gaming, and movie and television entertainment operations. The Global Operations segment is responsible for sourcing finished products for the Company's U.S. and Canada and International segments. During the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned its financial reporting segments to include all digital gaming businesses within the re-named Entertainment, Licensing and Digital reporting segment.  As a result of the realignment, U.S. and Canada and the former Entertainment and Licensing segment results for the first quarter of 2018 have been restated to reflect the change.

 

Segment performance is measured at the operating profit level. Included in Corporate and Eliminations are certain corporate expenses, including the elimination of intersegment transactions and certain assets benefiting more than one segment. Intersegment sales and transfers are reflected in management reports at amounts approximating cost. Certain shared costs, including global development and marketing expenses and corporate administration, are allocated to segments based upon expenses and foreign exchange rates fixed at the beginning of the year, with adjustments to actual expenses and foreign exchange rates included in Corporate and Eliminations. The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those referenced in note 1.

 

Results shown for the quarter and nine months are not necessarily representative of those which may be expected for the full year 2018,2019, nor were those of the comparable 20172018 period representative of those actually experienced for the full year 2017.2018. Similarly, such results are not necessarily those which would be achieved were each segment an unaffiliated business enterprise.

 

Information by segment and a reconciliation to reported amounts for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30,April 1, 2018 and October 1, 2017 are as follows:

 

Quarter Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30, 2018

 

October 1, 2017

March 31, 2019

 

April 1, 2018

Net revenues

External

 

Affiliate

 

External

 

Affiliate

External

 

Affiliate

 

External

 

Affiliate

U.S. and Canada

$

924,178

 

 

2,364

 

 

993,833

 

 

2,201

$

357,851

 

 

1,849

 

 

353,913

 

 

2,133

International

 

560,704

 

 

2

 

739,229

 

 

198

 

282,649

 

 

41

 

287,945

 

 

62

Entertainment and Licensing

 

84,804

 

 

4,712

 

58,440

 

 

7,714

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital

 

91,994

 

 

1,974

 

74,405

 

 

3,576

Global Operations (a)

 

-

 

 

557,049

 

-

 

 

665,746

 

16

 

 

229,425

 

78

 

 

253,320

Corporate and Eliminations(b)

 

-

 

 

(564,127)

 

 

-

 

 

(675,859)

Corporate and Eliminations (b)

 

-

 

 

(233,289)

 

 

-

 

 

(259,091)

$

1,569,686

 

 

-

 

 

1,791,502

 

 

-

$

732,510

 

 

-

 

 

716,341

 

 

-

 

As a result of the realignment of the Company’s financial reporting segments, revenues of $10,384 from the first quarter of 2018, were reclassified from the U.S. and Canada segment to the Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment to conform to current year presentation.

Nine Months Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30, 2018

 

October 1, 2017

March 31,

 

April 1,

Net revenues

External

 

Affiliate

 

External

 

Affiliate

Operating profit (loss)

2019

 

2018

U.S. and Canada

$

1,747,807

 

 

7,093

 

 

1,939,837

 

 

7,047

$

13,532

 

 

(26,620)

International

 

1,229,093

 

 

290

 

1,511,074

 

 

213

 

(30,411)

 

 

(56,088)

Entertainment and Licensing

 

213,476

 

 

11,378

 

162,663

 

 

14,727

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital

 

30,020

 

 

17,143

Global Operations (a)

 

109

 

 

1,152,851

 

97

 

 

1,329,516

 

1,254

 

 

2,176

Corporate and Eliminations(b)

 

-

 

 

(1,171,612)

 

 

-

 

 

(1,351,503)

Corporate and Eliminations (b)

 

21,732

 

 

(17,030)

$

3,190,485

 

 

-

 

 

3,613,671

 

 

-

$

36,127

 

 

(80,419)

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

Operating profit (loss)

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

U.S. and Canada

$

226,516

 

 

217,278

 

 

279,364

 

 

363,589

International

 

66,274

 

 

132,007

 

 

10,359

 

 

149,435

Entertainment and Licensing

 

33,658

 

 

16,910

 

 

66,191

 

 

39,580

Global Operations (a)

 

3,179

 

 

11,497

 

 

(4,623)

 

 

4,723

Corporate and Eliminations (b)

 

(16,291)

 

 

(16,748)

 

 

(30,786)

 

 

(18,056)

 

$

313,336

 

 

360,944

 

 

320,505

 

 

539,271

 

 

As a result of the realignment of the Company’s financial reporting segments, operating profit of $3,237 for the first quarter of 2018 was reclassified from the U.S. and Canada segment to the Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment to conform to current year presentation.

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

December 31,

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

December 30,

Total assets

2018

 

2017

 

2017

2019

 

2018

 

2018

U.S. and Canada

$

3,053,179

 

 

3,423,213

 

 

2,749,384

$

2,600,873

 

 

2,735,206

 

 

2,898,816

International

 

2,323,866

 

 

2,524,821

 

 

2,499,985

 

2,019,800

 

 

2,033,928

 

 

2,229,053

Entertainment and Licensing

 

865,638

 

 

884,014

 

 

626,193

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital

 

804,288

 

 

683,251

 

 

621,595

Global Operations(a)

 

4,306,291

 

 

3,080,573

 

 

2,819,768

 

706,701

 

 

3,293,265

 

 

3,197,847

Corporate and Eliminations (b)

 

(5,053,645)

 

 

(4,367,973)

 

 

(3,405,347)

 

(1,196,889)

 

 

(4,016,578)

 

 

(3,684,323)

$

5,495,329

 

 

5,544,648

 

 

5,289,983

$

4,934,773

 

 

4,729,072

 

 

5,262,988

 

(a) The Global Operations segment derives substantially all of its revenues, and thus its operating results, from intersegment activities.

 

(b) Certain long-term assets, including property, plant and equipment, goodwill and other intangibles, which benefit multiple operating segments, are included in Corporate and Eliminations. Allocations of certain expenses related to these assets to the individual operating segments are done at the beginning of the year based on budgeted amounts. Any differences between actual and budgeted amounts are reflected in Corporate and Eliminations because allocations are translated from the U.S. Dollar to local currency at budgeted rates when recorded. Corporate and Eliminations also includes the elimination of inter-company balance sheet amounts.

 

The following table represents consolidated International segment net revenues by major geographic region for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

March 31,

 

April 1,

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

2019

 

2018

Europe

$

331,353

 

 

467,740

 

 

686,490

 

 

921,467

$

153,379

 

 

155,562

Latin America

 

145,703

 

 

174,446

 

 

308,065

 

 

339,071

 

62,777

 

 

65,961

Asia Pacific

 

83,648

 

 

97,043

 

 

234,538

 

 

250,536

 

66,493

 

 

66,422

Net revenues

$

560,704

 

 

739,229

 

 

1,229,093

 

 

1,511,074

$

282,649

 

 

287,945

 

The following table presents consolidated net revenues by brand portfolio for the quarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

 

Quarter Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Franchise brands

$

847,745

 

 

892,546

 

 

1,715,986

 

 

1,894,140

Partner brands

 

305,827

 

 

485,747

 

 

714,424

 

 

928,724

Hasbro gaming

 

280,832

 

 

280,097

 

 

520,334

 

 

549,736

Emerging brands

 

135,282

 

 

133,112

 

 

239,741

 

 

241,071

Net revenues

$

1,569,686

 

 

1,791,502

 

 

3,190,485

 

 

3,613,671

 

Quarter Ended

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

2019

 

2018

Franchise Brands

$

393,574

 

 

361,706

Partner Brands

 

171,989

 

 

200,592

Hasbro Gaming

 

107,565

 

 

105,227

Emerging Brands

 

59,382

 

 

48,816

Total

$

732,510

 

 

716,341

 

For the quarter and nine-months ended October 1, 2017, revenues of $65,264 and $90,396, respectively, were reclassified from Emerging Brands to Franchise Brands to conform to the presentation for the quarter and nine-months ended September 30, 2018.

Hasbro's total gaming category, including all gaming net revenues, most notably MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY, totaled $447,844$243,390  and $964,159$203,542 for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019, and nine-months ended September 30,April 1, 2018, respectively. For the quarter and nine-months ended October 1, 2017, total gaming net revenues were $424,847 and $951,397, respectively. 

 

 

(12) Commercial ReorganizationRestructuring Actions

In the first quarter ofDuring 2018, the Company recordedannounced a pre-tax severance expensecomprehensive restructuring plan which consists of $17,349 associated with acceleratingre-designing its commercialgo-to market strategy and re-shaping its organization transformation. The charge was included within selling, distributionto become a more responsive, innovative and administration costs on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the nine-months ended September 30, 2018digitally-driven play and reported within Corporate and Eliminations in Note 11. Over the past several years, the Company has invested in developing an omni-channel retail presence, and in 2018 is bringing onboard new skill sets and talent to lead in today’s converged retail environment. The expense represents the total cost of this commercial reorganization for which the Company has a liability of $10,820 remaining on its Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.   

(13) Subsequent Event

On October 22, 2018, the Company announced that it will incur restructuring charges in the fourth quarter of 2018.entertainment company. As the global consumer landscape, shopping behaviors and the retail environment continue to evolve, the Company continues to transform and reimagine its business to make sure it has the right talent and capabilities to stay competitive. This includes adding new capabilities based on our understanding of the consumer and how our retailers are going to market, while also changing many of the ways we organize across our Brand Blueprint. As part of this process the Company is takingtook certain actions, which began on October 17, 2018 and will continue through 2019. The actions primarily includeincluded headcount reduction aimed at right-sizing the Company’s cost-structure and giving it the ability to add required new talent in the future.  Under

In the plan,first quarter of 2018, the Company expects to incurrecorded a pre-tax restructuring charges relating to severance and other employee costsexpense of approximately $50,000$17,349, primarily outside of the U.S., related to $60,000 inthis 2018 restructuring program. During the fourth quarter of 2018. This cash charge2018, the Company recorded an additional $72,000 of pre-tax severance charges related to the program. These charges were included within selling, distribution and administration costs on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 30, 2018 and reported within Corporate and Eliminations. No additional charges were taken in the first quarter of 2019. The detail of activity related to the program is expected to be paid from October 2018 through December 2019.as follows:

Remaining amounts to be paid as of December 30, 2018

$

 69,192  

Payments made in first quarter of 2019

 

(7,620)

Remaining amounts as of March 31, 2019

$

61,572

 

Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the following section entitled Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains forward-looking statements expressing management's current expectations, goals, objectives and similar matters. These forward-looking statements may include statements concerning the Company's product and entertainment plans, anticipated product and entertainment performance, business opportunities plans and strategies, financial and business goals, expectations for achieving the Company’s goals and objectives, cost savings and efficiency enhancing initiatives and expectations for achievingother objectives, anticipated uses of cash, and the Company's financial goals and other objectives.timing of the completion of the termination of the Company’s pension plan. See Item 1A, in Part II of this report and Item 1A, in Part I of the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 201730, 2018 (“20172018 Form 10-K”), for a discussion of factors which may cause the Company's actual results or experience to differ materially from that anticipated in these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to revise the forward-looking statements in this report after the date of the filing. Unless otherwise specifically indicated, all dollar or share amounts herein are expressed in millions of dollars or shares, except for per share amounts.

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

Hasbro, Inc. ("Hasbro" or the "Company") is a global play and entertainment company dedicated to Creating the World's Best Play Experiences. The Company strives to do this through deep consumer engagement and the application of consumer insights, the use of immersive storytelling to build brands, product innovation and development of global business reach. Hasbro applies these principles to leverage its beloved owned and controlled brands, including Franchise Brands BABY ALIVE, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, MONOPOLY, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, PLAY-DOH and TRANSFORMERS, Emerging Brands POWER RANGERS and LITTLEST PET SHOP as well as the brands of our partners included in our Partner Brands.Brands portfolio. From toys and games, to television, motion pictures,movies, digital gaming and other forms of digital entertainment and a comprehensive consumer products licensing program, Hasbro fulfills the fundamental need for play and connection for children and families around the world. The Company's wholly-owned Hasbro Studios and its filmentertainment labels, Allspark Pictures and Allspark Animation, create entertainment brand-drivenentertainment-driven brand storytelling across mediums, including television, film, digital and more.

 

 

 

Each of these principles is executed globally in alignment with Hasbro's strategic plan, its brand blueprint.  At the center of this blueprint, Hasbro re-imagines, re-invents and re-ignites its owned and controlled brands and imagines, invents and ignites new brands, through product innovation, immersive entertainment offerings, including television and motion pictures, digital gaming and a broad range of consumer products. As the global consumer landscape, shopping behaviors and the retail environment continue to evolve, we continue to transform and reimagine our business strategy. This transformation includes changing many of the ways we organize across our brand blueprint, re-shaping us to become a better equipped and adaptive, digitally-driven organization, including investing in the development of an omni-channel retail presence.  More recently the Company has also focused on adding new capabilities through the on-boarding of new skill sets and talent to lead in today’s converged retail environment based on Hasbro’s understanding of the consumer and how its retailers are going to market.  

Hasbro generates revenue and earns cash by developing, marketing and selling products based on global brands in a broad variety of consumer goods categories and distribution of television programming based on the Company's properties, as well as through the out-licensing of rights for third parties to use its properties in connection with products, including digital media and games and other consumer products. Hasbro also leverages its competencies to develop and market products based on well-known licensed brands including, but not limited to, BEYBLADE, DISNEY PRINCESS and DISNEY FROZEN, DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS, MARVEL, SESAME STREET, STAR WARS, and DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS. MARVEL, STAR WARS, DISNEY PRINCESS, DISNEY FROZEN and DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS are owned by The Walt Disney Company.

 

The Company's business is separated into three principal business segments: U.S. and Canada, International and Entertainment, Licensing and Licensing.Digital. The U.S. and Canada segment markets and sells both toy and game products primarily in the United States and Canada. The International segment consists of the Company's European, Asia Pacific and Latin and South American toy and game marketing and sales operations. The Company's Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment includes the Company's consumer products licensing, owned and licensed digital licensing and gaming, and movie and television entertainment operations. During the first quarter of 2019, the Company realigned its financial reporting segments to include all digital gaming businesses within the re-named Entertainment, Licensing and Digital reporting segment.  As a result of the realignment, U.S. and Canada and the former Entertainment and Licensing segment results for the first quarter of 2018 have been restated to reflect the change. In addition to these three primary segments, the Company's product sourcing operations are managed through its Global Operations segment.

 

ThirdFirst quarter 20182019 highlights:

·           ThirdFirst quarter net revenues declined 12%increased 2% to $1,569.7$732.5 million from $1,791.5$716.3 million in the thirdfirst quarter of 2017. The lower revenues reflect lost Toys“R”Us revenues in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific. In addition, revenues declined internationally, most notably in Europe, as the Company addresses changing consumer shopping behaviors, a rapidly evolving retail landscape and clearing through retail inventory.2018.

·           Net revenues in the U.S. and Canada and InternationalEntertainment, Licensing and Digital segments declined 7%increased 1% and 24%, respectively, while the Entertainment and LicensingInternational segment net revenues increased 45%.decreased 2% during the first quarter of 2019 compared to the first quarter of 2018. International segment net revenues were unfavorably impacted by $30.3$23.4 million in foreign currency translation.

·           Net revenues from Franchise Brands andincreased 9%, Hasbro Gaming net revenues increased 2%, Emerging Brands grew 22%, while Partner Brands net revenues declined by 5% and 37%14%, respectively, Emerging Brands revenues increased 2% and Hasbro Gaming revenues increased slightly during the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.

·           Operating profit was $313.3 million, 20.0% of net revenues, in the third quarter of 2018 comparedincreased to operating profit of $360.9 million, 20.1% of net revenues, in third quarter of 2017. The decline in net sales was partially offset by lower royalty, advertising and administrative costs. In the third quarter of 2017, the Company recorded $18 million for Toys“R”Us bad debt.

·           Net earnings of $263.9$36.1 million, or $2.06 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2018 compared to net earnings of $265.6 million, or $2.09 per diluted share, in the third quarter of 2017. In the third quarter of 2018, the Company recognized a $17.3 million, or $0.14 per share tax benefit within income tax expense, from the interpretation of additional guidance released during the quarter related to U.S. tax reform.

First nine months 2018 highlights:

·           Net revenues decreased 12% to $3,190.5 million in first nine months of 2018 compared to $3,613.7 million in the first nine months of 2017 driven by the loss of revenues from Toys“R”Us in the U.S., Europe and Asia Pacific, as well as higher retail inventory at year-end, primarily in Europe, which carried into 2018.

·           In the first quarter of 2018, Toys“R”Us announced its plan to liquidate its stores in the United States and the United Kingdom.

·           Net revenues in the U.S. and Canada and International segments declined 10% and 19%, respectively, while the Entertainment and Licensing segment net revenues increased 31%. International segment net revenues were unfavorably impacted by $8.1 million in foreign currency translation.

·           Net revenues declined in Franchise Brands by 9%, Partner Brands by 23%, Hasbro Gaming by 5% and Emerging Brands by 1% during the first nine months of 2018 compared to the first nine months of 2017.

·           Operating profit was $320.5 million, or 10%4.9% of net revenues, in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to an operating profitloss of $539.3$80.4 million or 14.9% of net revenues, in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018.

·           OperatingFirst quarter 2018 operating profit for the first nine months of 2018 was negatively impacted by pre-tax expenses$70.4 million of $87.7 millioncosts related to the Toys“R”Us liquidationbankruptcy and severance costs of $17.3 million associated with the reorganization of the Company’s commercial organization during the first quarter of 2018. See “2018 Events” below for further discussion. In the first nine months of 2017, the Company recorded $18 million for Toys“R”Us bad debt.an organizational restructuring.

·           Net earnings of $211.7were $26.7 million, or $1.67$0.21 per diluted share, in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to a net earningsloss of $401.9$112.5 million, or $3.16$0.90 per diluted share, in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018.

·         In addition to the pre-tax expenses of $87.7 million described above ($77.1 million after-tax), net income for theThe first nine monthsquarter of 2018 included a net income tax expense of $30.5 million related to guidance issued onwas impacted by U.S. tax reform, resulting in 2018. See “2018 Events” below for further discussion.

The impacta net charge of changes$47.8 million based on additional guidance and regulations issued in foreign currency exchange rates used to translate the consolidated statements of operations is quantified by translating the current period revenues at the prior period exchange rates and comparing this amount to the prior period reported revenues. The Company believes that the presentation of the impact of changes in exchange rates, which are beyond the Company’s control, is helpful to an investor’s understanding of the performance of the underlying business.

2018 Events

Power Rangers Acquisition

During the second quarter of 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Power Rangers and other Entertainment Assets (“Power Rangers Acquisition”) from Saban Properties.  The transaction was funded through a combination of cash and stock valued at $535.9 million. See Footnote 3, “Asset Acquisition,” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.

Toys“R”Us

During the first quarter of 2018, Toys“R”Us went into liquidation in the U.S. and the U.K.. As a result, the Company recorded lower revenues in part due to the loss of revenues from Toys“R”Us in the U.S. and Europe, as a result of the related liquidations, as well as uncertainty in the other Toys“R”Us operations. In association with this, the Company recorded pre-tax expenses of $70.4 million ($61.4 million after-tax) consisting of bad debt expense of $59.1 million, accelerated royalty expense of $7 million and other charges of $4.3 million.

Commercial Reorganization

In the first quarter of 2018, the Company recorded pre-tax severance expense of $17.3 million ($15.7 million after-tax) associated with accelerating its commercial organization transformation. Over the past several years, the Company has invested in developing an omni-channel retail presence, and in 2018 is bringing onboard new skill sets and talent to lead in today’s converged retail environment.

U.S. Tax Reform Update2018.

 

 

In the fourth quarter of 2017, the Company recognized a provisional net charge of $296.5 million from the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  In 2018, the Company obtained additional information affecting the provisional amount initially recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017.  As a result, the Company recorded a one-time tax expense of $47.8 million during the first quarter of 2018 which reversed certain discrete benefits recorded in 2017 as well as increased our provisional deemed repatriation tax liability.  In the third quarter of 2018, as a result of new tax guidance released, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $17.3 million which offset the charge recorded in the first quarter of 2018, totaling $30.5 million of one-time expense for the nine-months ended September 30, 2018.  

 

Amounts Returned to Shareholders

The Company is committed to returning excess cash to its shareholders through quarterly dividends and share repurchases. Hasbro increased the quarterly dividend rate from $0.57$0.63 per share to $0.63$0.68 per share effective for the dividend paidpayable in May 2018.2019.  In addition to the dividend, the Company returns cash through its share repurchase program. As part of this initiative, from 2005 to 2018, the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") adopted nine successive share repurchase authorizations with a cumulative authorized repurchase amount of $4,325$4,325.0 million. The ninth authorization was approved in May 2018 for $500 million. During the first nine monthsquarter of 2018,2019, Hasbro repurchased approximately 2.00.6 million shares at a total cost of $192.3$49.2 million and at an average price of $93.88$84.90 per share. As of September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company had $485.7$378.8 million remaining under these authorizations. Share repurchases are subject to market conditions, the availability of funds and other uses of funds.

  

 

 

SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE

 

The components of the results of operations, stated as a percentpercentage of net revenues, are illustrated below for the quarterquarters ended March 31, 2019 and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

 

March 31,

 

April 1,

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2019

 

2018

Net revenues

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of sales

 

41.8

 

 

40.8

 

 

39.2

 

 

38.9

 

 

35.5

 

 

 

35.6

 

Royalties

 

6.7

 

 

7.8

 

 

7.6

 

 

7.8

 

 

8.2

 

 

 

9.7

 

Product development

 

4.2

 

 

3.8

 

 

5.7

 

 

5.3

 

 

7.7

 

 

 

8.0

 

Advertising

 

8.6

 

 

9.4

 

 

9.1

 

 

9.5

 

 

10.5

 

 

 

9.5

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

0.6

 

 

0.4

 

 

0.6

 

 

0.6

 

 

1.6

 

 

 

0.9

 

Program production cost amortization

 

0.9

 

 

0.3

 

 

1.0

 

 

0.4

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

1.7

 

Selling, distribution and administration

 

17.4

 

 

 

17.4

 

 

 

26.8

 

 

 

22.5

 

 

 

30.8

 

 

 

45.8

 

Operating profit

 

20.0

 

 

 

20.1

 

 

 

10.0

 

 

 

14.9

 

 

Operating profit (loss)

 

4.9

 

 

 

(11.2)

 

Interest expense

 

1.5

 

 

1.4

 

 

2.1

 

 

2.0

 

 

3.0

 

 

 

3.2

 

Interest income

 

(0.3)

 

 

(0.3)

 

 

(0.5)

 

 

(0.4)

 

 

(1.0)

 

 

 

(0.9)

 

Other income, net

 

-

 

 

 

(0.5)

 

 

 

(0.2)

 

 

 

(0.7)

 

 

 

(1.2)

 

 

 

(1.2)

 

Earnings before income taxes

 

18.8

 

 

 

19.5

 

 

 

8.6

 

 

 

14.0

 

 

Earnings (loss) before income taxes

 

4.0

 

 

 

(12.3)

 

Income tax expense

 

2.0

 

 

 

4.7

 

 

 

2.0

 

 

 

2.9

 

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

3.4

 

Net earnings

 

16.8

%

 

 

14.8

%

 

 

6.6

%

 

 

11.1

%

 

Net earnings (loss)

 

3.6

%

 

 

(15.7)

%

 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS – CONSOLIDATED

 

Third Quarter of 2018

The quarters ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017 were each 13-week periods. Net earnings decreased to $263.9 million for the third quarter of 2018 compared to net earnings of $265.6 million for the third quarter of 2017.  Diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2018 was $2.06, down from diluted earnings per share of $2.09 in the third quarter of 2017.

Consolidated net revenues for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 decreased 12%2019 increased 2% compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 20172018 and included the impact of an unfavorable $32.0$24.3 million foreign currency translation as a result of weaker currencies in the European, Latin American European and Asia Pacific markets in 2019 compared to 2018.

Operating profit for the first quarter of 2019 was $36.1 million, or 4.9% of net revenues, compared to an operating loss of $80.4 million for the first quarter of 2018.  Operating profit results during the first quarter of 2019 included an unfavorable $2.9 million impact from foreign exchange translation. Operating profit in the first quarter of 2018 was negatively impacted by the loss of revenues and incremental bad debt expense associated with the Toys“R”Us liquidations in the U.S. and U.K., as well as severance costs associated with the Company’s 2018 restructuring program.

The quarters ended March 31, 2019 and April 1, 2018 were each 13-week periods. Net earnings increased to $26.7 million for the first quarter of 2019 compared to a lesser extent, Asia Pacificnet loss of $112.5 million for the first quarter of 2018.  Diluted earnings per share increased to $0.21 for the first quarter of 2019, from a diluted loss per share of $0.90 in the first quarter of 2018. The net loss for the quarter ended April 1, 2018 included incremental bad debt expense and Canada marketsother costs, net of tax, of $61.4 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, related to Toys“R”Us, $15.7 million net of tax, or $0.12 per diluted share, of severance costs related to the Company’s 2018 restructuring program, and net tax expense of $47.8 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, related to U.S. tax reform and additional guidance issued in 2018 compared to 2017.the first quarter of 2018.

 

 

 

The following table presents net revenues by brand portfolio for the quarters ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

  

Quarter Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

%

2018

 

2017

 

Change

2019

 

2018

 

Change

Franchise Brands

$

847.7

 

 

892.5

 

-5

%

$

393.6

 

 

361.7

 

9

%

Partner Brands

 

305.8

 

 

485.7

 

-37

%

 

172.0

 

 

200.6

 

-14

%

Hasbro Gaming

 

280.8

 

 

280.1

 

0

%

 

107.6

 

 

105.2

 

2

%

Emerging Brands

 

135.3

 

 

133.1

 

2

%

 

59.4

 

 

48.8

 

22

%

Total

$

1,569.7

 

 

1,791.5

 

-12

%

$

732.5

 

 

716.3

 

2

%

 

Franchise and Emerging Brands net revenues for the third quarter of 2017 have been restated to reflect the move of BABY ALIVE from Emerging Brands to Franchise Brands and the move of LITTLEST PET SHOP from Franchise Brands to Emerging Brands.

FRANCHISE BRANDS: Net revenues in the Franchise Brands portfolio decreased 5%increased 9% in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017 due to2018. Higher net revenues declines from NERFMAGIC: THE GATHERING, PLAY-DOH, TRANSFORMERS and MONOPOLY products and declines from MY LITTLE PONY and TRANSFORMERS products as a result of the positive impact in the prior year from the release of MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE, in September 2017 and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, in June 2017.  These net revenue declines were partially offset by higherlower net revenue contributionsrevenues from MONOPOLY, PLAY-DOH, MAGIC: THE GATHERINGNERF and BABY ALIVEMY LITTLE PONY products during the thirdfirst quarter of 2018.2019.

 

PARTNER BRANDS: Net revenues from the Partner Brands portfolio decreased 37%14% in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.  Partner Brands net revenues are reliant on related entertainment, including television and movie releases. Several of the Company’s Partner Brands have theatrical releases debuting throughout 2019, including MARVEL’S AVENGERS:END GAME in April, DISNEY’S ALADDIN expected in May, FROZEN II expected in November, as well as STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER expected in December.  During the thirdfirst quarter of 2018,2019, net revenue declines from MARVEL and STAR WARS products and to a lesser extent, DISNEY PRINCESSFROZEN and DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS products, as well as declines from DISNEY FROZEN and DISNEY DESCENDANTS products, were partially offset by net revenue increases from BEYBLADE and to a lesser extent, MARVEL products.products as well as net revenue from the introduction of the Company’s UGLYDOLLS product line ahead of the planned second quarter 2019 theatrical release, UGLYDOLLS. 

 

HASBRO GAMING: Net revenues in the Hasbro Gaming portfolio increased slightly2% in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.  Higher net revenues from DUNGEONS & DRAGONS,DUEL MASTERS, CONNECT 4, and JENGATWISTER products as well as new social and preschool games, such as CHOW CROWN, DON’T LOSE YOUR COOL and DON’T STEP IN IT, were partially offset by declines in PIE FACE, SPEAK OUT, BOP-ITSPEAKOUT and certain other Hasbro Gaming products in the thirdfirst quarter of 2018.2019.

 

Net revenues for Hasbro’s total gaming category, including the Hasbro Gaming portfolio as reported above and all other gaming revenue, most notably MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY, which are included in the Franchise Brands portfolio, totaled $447.8$243.4 million for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018,2019, an increase of 5%20%, as compared to $424.8$203.5 million in the thirdfirst quarter 2017.of 2018. 

 

EMERGING BRANDS: Net revenues from the Emerging Brands portfolio increased 2%22% during the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017. Net revenues from2018. Contributing to net revenue increases during the first quarter of 2019 were the introduction of LOST KITTIES, LOCK STARS, and YELLIESthe Company’s POWER RANGERS product line, contributions from certain quick strike initiative products, in 2018, as well as the addition of licensing revenues under the POWER RANGERS brand,net revenue increases from FURREAL FRIENDS and SUPER SOAKER products. These increases were only partially offset by declines in FURREAL FRIENDSLITTLEST PET SHOP and certain other Emerging Brands products during the third quarter of 2018.

Operating profit for the third quarter of 2018 was $313.3 million, or 20.0% of net revenues, compared to operating profit of $360.9 million, or 20.1% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2017.  Included in the third quarter of 2017 operating profit was a bad debt charge of $18.0 million relating to Toys “R” Us’ initial bankruptcy filing in September 2017. The decline in operating profit was driven by lower net revenues, as well as higher program production amortization and intangible asset amortization costs during the third quarter of 2018.  These declines were partially offset by lower royalty, advertising and marketing and sales costs, as well as lower administrative costs during the third quarter of 2018.

First Nine Months of 2018

The nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 was a 39-week period while the nine-month period ended October 1, 2017 was a 40-week period. Net earnings for the first nine months of 2018 were $211.7 million compared to net earnings of $401.9 million for the first nine months of 2017. Diluted earnings per share was $1.67 in the first nine months of 2018, down from diluted earnings per share of $3.16 in 2017.   Net earnings for the first nine months of 2018 includes bad debt expense and other costs, net of tax, of $61.4 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, related to Toys“R”Us, $15.7 million net of tax, or $0.12 per diluted share, of severance costs related to a commercial reorganization, and tax expense of $30.5 million, or $0.24 per diluted share, related to U.S. tax reform and additional guidance issued in 2018. The nine-month period ended October 1, 2017 includes a bad debt expense of $18.0 million related to Toys “R” Us’ initial bankruptcy filing in September 2017.

For the first nine months of 2018, consolidated net revenues decreased 12% compared to the first nine months of 2017 and included an unfavorable variance of $7.9 million as a result of foreign currency translation due to weaker currencies, primarily in the Latin American markets, partially offset by foreign currency translation benefits in the European and Asia Pacific markets during the first nine months of 2018 compared to 2017.

The following table presents net revenues by product category for the first nine months of 2018 and 2017.

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

 

2018

 

2017

 

Change

Franchise Brands

$

1,716.0

 

 

1,894.1

 

-9

%

Partner Brands

 

714.4

 

 

928.7

 

-23

%

Hasbro Gaming

 

520.3

 

 

549.7

 

-5

%

Emerging Brands

 

239.7

 

 

241.1

 

-1

%

Total

$

3,190.5

 

 

3,613.7

 

-12

%

FRANCHISE BRANDS:Net revenues in the Franchise Brands portfolio decreased 9% in the first nine months of 2018 compared to 2017.  Higher net revenues from MONOPOLY and MAGIC: THE GATHERING products were more than offset by lower net revenues from NERF products, as well as TRANSFORMERS and MY LITTLE PONY products as a result of the positive impact in 2017 from the release of MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE, in September 2017 and TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, in June 2017, and to a lesser extent, declines in PLAY-DOH product net revenues.

PARTNER BRANDS: Net revenues from the Partner Brands portfolio declined 23% during the first nine months of 2018 compared to 2017.  Partner Brands net revenues are reliant on related entertainment, including television and movie releases. During the first nine months of 2018, the decrease was driven by lower net revenues from STAR WARS, DISNEY PRINCESS and DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS products and to a lesser extent, DISNEY FROZEN, YOKAI WATCH and DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS products.  These declines were partially offset by higher net revenues from BEYBLADE and MARVEL products in the first nine months of 2018 compared to the same period in 2017.

HASBRO GAMING: Net revenues in the Hasbro Gaming portfolio decreased 5% in the first nine months of 2018 compared to the first nine months of 2017.  Increased net revenues from new social gaming products, as well as higher net sales of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, JENGA and CONNECT 4 products, were more than offset by lower net revenues from PIE FACE, SPEAK OUT, BOP-IT and certain other Hasbro Gaming products.

Net revenues for Hasbro’s total gaming category, including the Hasbro Gaming portfolio as reported above and all other gaming revenue, most notably from MAGIC: THE GATHERING and MONOPOLY products, which are included in the Franchise Brands portfolio, increased to $964.2 million in the first nine months of 2018 versus $951.4 million in the first nine months of 2017.

EMERGING BRANDS: Net revenues from theEmerging Brands portfolio remained relatively flat for the first nine months of 2018 compared to the first nine months of 2017.Net revenues from the introduction of new Emerging Brands, including LOST KITTIES and LOCK STARS products, as well as the addition of entertainment and licensing revenues under the POWER RANGERS and STRETCH ARMSTRONG brands, were wholly offset by lower net revenues from FURREAL FRIENDS, core PLAYSKOOL and FURBY products.

Operating profit for the first nine months of 2018 decreased to $320.5 million, or 10.0% of net revenues, from $539.3 million, or 14.9% of net revenues, for the first nine months of 2017. Operating profit was negatively impacted by the loss of revenues and incremental bad debt expense associated with the Toys“R”Us liquidations in the U.S. and U.K. and uncertainty related to other Toys“R”Us operations, as well as severance costs associated with the reorganization of the Company’s commercial organization during the first quarter of 2018.2019.

 

SEGMENT RESULTS

 

Most of the Company's net revenues and operating profit are derived from its three principal business segments: the U.S. and Canada segment, the International segment and the Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment.  The results of these operations are discussed in detail below.

 

The Company adopted ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC-606), on January 1, 2018. Prior toAs a result of the adoption of ASC 606, for licensesrealignment of the Company’s brands that are subjectfinancial reporting segments, 2018 net revenues and operating profit were reclassified from the U.S. and Canada segment to minimum guaranteed license fees, the Company recognizedEntertainment, Licensing and Digital segment to conform to current year presentation.

The table below presents net external revenues and operating profit for the difference between the minimum guaranteed amountCompany’s U.S. and Canada segment and Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment for each 2018 quarter and the actual royalties earned from licensee merchandise sales (“shortfalls”) at2018 fiscal year, restated for the end of the contract period, which was in the fourth quarter for most of the Company’s licensee arrangements. In periods following January 1, 2018, minimum guaranteed amounts will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the license period. While the impact of this change will not be material to the year, it will impact the timing of revenue recognition within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment such that under ASC 606, less revenues will be recorded in the fourth quarter and more revenues will be recorded within the first, second, and third quarters.reclassification.

  

 

Third Quarter of 2018      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year

 

Quarter Ended

 

 

Ended

 

April 1,

 

July 1,

 

 

Sept. 30,

 

Dec. 30,

 

 

Dec. 30,

 

2018

 

2018

 

 

2018

 

2018

 

 

2018

Net Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

353.9

 

$

448.4

 

$

912.2

 

$

661.1

 

$

2,375.7

  

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment

 

74.4

 

 

75.5

 

 

96.8

 

 

109.6

 

 

356.3

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

(26.6)

 

$

73.1

 

$

223.1

 

$

100.7

 

$

370.2

  

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment

 

17.1

 

 

21.8

 

 

37.1

 

 

(46.9)

 

 

29.1

  

 

The following table presents net external revenues and operating profit data for the Company's three principal segments for the quarters ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018:

 

Quarter Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

%

2018

 

2017

 

Change

2019

 

2018

 

Change

Net Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Revenues*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

924.2

 

$

993.8

 

-7

%

$

357.9

 

$

353.9

 

1

%

International segment

 

560.7

 

 

739.2

 

-24

%

 

282.6

 

 

287.9

 

-2

%

Entertainment and Licensing segment

 

84.8

 

 

58.4

 

45

%

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment

 

92.0

 

 

74.4

 

24

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit (Loss)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

226.5

 

$

217.3

 

4

%

$

13.5

 

$

(26.6)

 

151

%

International segment

 

66.3

 

 

132.0

 

-50

%

 

(30.4)

 

 

(56.1)

 

46

%

Entertainment and Licensing segment

 

33.7

 

 

16.9

 

99

%

Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment

 

30.0

 

 

17.1

 

75

%

*For the quarter ended April 1, 2018, revenues of $10.4 million, and operating profit of $3.2 million, were reclassified from the U.S. and Canada segment to the Entertainment, Licensing and Digital segment.

U.S. and Canada Segment

The U.S. and Canada segment net revenues for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 decreased 7%2019 increased 1% compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.  Foreign currency translation did not have a significant impact on this segment's net revenues. Net revenues declinedgrew in the PartnerFranchise Brands, portfolioEmerging Brands and to a lesser extent, the EmergingHasbro Gaming portfolio. These increases were partially offset by net revenue declines in the Partner Brands portfolio whichduring the first quarter of 2019.

In the Franchise Brands portfolio, net revenue increases from PLAY-DOH, MAGIC: THE GATHERING, TRANSFORMERS and MONOPOLY products were partially offset by lower net revenues from NERF, MY LITTLE PONY and BABY ALIVE products.  In the Partner Brands portfolio, lower net revenues from STAR WARS, MARVEL, DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS and DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS products were partially offset by net revenue increases in the Hasbro Gaming portfolio and a slight increase in Franchise Brands portfolio during the third quarter of 2018.

In the Franchise Brands portfolio, increases in net revenues from PLAY-DOH, TRANSFORMERS, MONOPOLY, and to a lesser extent, MAGIC: THE GATHERING and BABY ALIVE products were mostly offset by lower net revenues from MY LITTLE PONY and NERF products.  In the Partner Brands portfolio, higher net revenues from BEYBLADE and MARVEL products were more than offset by lower net revenues from STAR WARS, DISNEY PRINCESS, DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS and DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS products as well as DISNEY FROZEN, and SESAME STREET products.net revenues from the introduction of UGLYDOLLS products during the first quarter of 2019. In the Hasbro Gaming portfolio, higher net revenues from new social games as well DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, CONNECT 4 and certain other Hasbro GamingDUEL MASTERS products were partially offset by decreased net revenues from PIE FACESPEAK OUT, as well as other Hasbro Gaming brands products. In the Emerging Brands portfolio, the addition of net revenues from the Company’s POWER RANGERS and certain quick strike initiative products, as well as net revenue increases from FURREAL FRIENDS and SUPERSOAKER products, contributed to net revenue increases during the introductionfirst quarter of the Company’s line of LOST KITTIES, LOCK STARS and YELLIES products as well higher net revenues from EASY-BAKE products2019. These increases were partially offset by declines in LITTLEST PET SHOP and certain other Emerging Brands products were more than offset by lower net revenues from FURREAL FRIENDS, core PLAYSKOOL and LITTLEST PET SHOP products.during the first quarter of 2019.

 

U.S. and Canada segment operating profit for the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 was $226.5$13.5 million, compared to segment operating profitlosses of $217.3$26.6 million, for the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.  The increaseoperating loss for the first quarter of 2018 included expenses of $52.3 million related to the Toys“R”Us liquidation in the U.S. Absent these 2018 expenses, first quarter 2019 operating profit wasdeclined $12.2 million due to favorableunfavorable product mix, higher intangible asset amortization associated with the POWER RANGERS acquisition and start-up expenses associated with a new U.S. warehouse, as well as lower royalty, advertising and administrative expenseshigher product development costs during the thirdfirst quarter of 2018. In the third quarter of 2017, the Company recognized $18 million of bad debt expense related to Toys“R”Us.

2019.

 

International Segment

International segment net revenues declined 24%2% to $560.7$282.6 million in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 from $739.2$287.9 million in the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018. The following table presents net revenues by geographic region for the Company's International segment for the quarters ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

Quarter Ended

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

%

2018

 

2017

 

Change

2019

 

2018

 

Change

Europe

$

331.4

 

 

467.7

 

-29

%

$

153.4

 

 

155.5

 

-1

%

Latin America

 

145.7

 

 

174.5

 

-16

%

 

62.8

 

 

66.0

 

-5

%

Asia Pacific

 

83.6

 

 

97.0

 

-14

%

 

66.5

 

 

66.4

 

0

%

Net revenues

$

560.7

 

 

739.2

 

-24

%

$

282.6

 

 

287.9

 

-2

%

 

The variancedecline in International segment net revenues during the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 includes2019 was driven by an unfavorable foreign currency translation of $30.3$23.4 million related to the Company’s European, Latin American and to a lesser extent, Asia Pacific regions. The declines inAbsent the impact of foreign exchange, International segment net revenues inincreased $18.1 million or 6% during the first quarter of 2019.  International segment were driven by a challenging retail environment including the loss of Toys“R”Usnet revenues in several Europeanfrom Hasbro Gaming and Asia Pacific marketsEmerging Brands grew, Franchise Brands net revenues remained flat, while net revenues from Partner Brands declined during the first quarter combined withof 2019 compared to the Company’s efforts to clear excess retail inventory, primarily in Europe, during the thirdfirst quarter of 2018.  In the International segment, net revenues declined in the Franchise Brands Partner Brands and Hasbro Gaming portfolios whileportfolio, higher net revenues from the Emerging Brands portfolio remained essentially flat during the third quarter of 2018 compared to the third quarter of 2017.  In the Franchise Brands portfolio,MONOPOLY, TRANSFORMERS and MAGIC: THE GATHERING products were offset by lower net revenues from NERF and MY LITTLE PONY NERF and TRANSFORMERS products were partially offset by higher net revenues from MAGIC: THE GATHERING products.  The primary drivers of the net revenue declines from thein Partner Brands portfolio includewere driven by lower sales of MARVEL and STAR WARS products as well as lower sales of DISNEY PRINCESS and DISNEY PRINCESS products and to a lesser extent, DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS, MARVEL, DISNEY FROZEN and BEYBLADE products.  In the Hasbro Gaming portfolio, lowerhigher net revenues from PIE FACETWISTER and other Hasbro GamingCONNECT 4 products were partially offset by contributionslower net revenues from new social games.certain other Hasbro Gaming brands. In the Emerging Brands portfolio, contributions from new brands such as LOST KITTIES and LOCK STARScertain quick strike initiative products were mostlypartially offset by net revenue declines from FURREAL FRIENDS and core PLAYSKOOL products in the third quarter of 2018.

International segment operating profit was $66.3 million for the third quarter of 2018, down from operating profit of $132.0 million for the third quarter of 2017. The operating profit decrease in the third quarter of 2018 was driven by lower net revenues from LITTLEST PET SHOP products in the first quarter of 2019.

International segment operating losses were $30.4 million for the first quarter of 2019, compared to operating losses of $56.1 million for the first quarter of 2018. The 2018 operating loss for the first quarter of 2018 included expenses of $11.2 million related to the Toys“R”Us liquidation in the United Kingdom. Absent these 2018 expenses, first quarter 2019 operating profit improved $14.5 million, driven by higher sales volume, cost-saving initiatives, lower royalty costs as well as higher obsolescence chargesa result of decreased revenues from Partner Brands, and favorable cost translation rates, all partially offset by lower royalty, advertising and marketing and sales costs.higher intangible amortization associated with the POWER RANGERS acquisition.

 

Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital Segment

Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment net revenues increased 45% for the third quarter of 201824% to $84.8 million compared to $58.4$92.0 million for the thirdfirst quarter of 2017. During2019, compared to $74.4 million for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018, Hasbro entered into a multi-year agreement for digital distribution of Hasbro television programming, which contributed to the revenue growth. In addition,2018. Revenue growth was driven by MAGIC: THE GATHERING ARENA and higher revenues from consumer products and digital game licensing primarily due to the timing of revenue recognition under ASC 606 as discussed above, as well as movie revenues from MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE, contributed to the increase in the third quarter of 2018.revenues.

 

Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment operating profit increased to $33.7$30 million or 39.7% of segment net revenues for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018,2019, from $16.9$17.1 million or 28.9% of segment net revenues, for the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018. Overall, the increase in Entertainment, Licensing and LicensingDigital segment operating profit was primarily due to increased revenues noted above as well as lower program amortization costs, partially offset by higher programing amortizationadvertising, development and administration costs related to MY LITTLE PONY:for MAGIC: THE MOVIE in the third quarter of 2018.GATHERING digital gaming initiatives.

 

Global Operations

The Global Operations segment operating profit of $3.2$1.3 million for the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to an operating profit of $11.5$2.2 million for the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018.  The decrease in operating profit is primarily attributable to lower sourcing volume in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.

Corporate and Eliminations

The operating loss in Corporate and eliminations totaled $16.3 million for the third quarter of 2018 compared to an operating loss of $16.7 million for the third quarter of 2017.

First Nine Months of 2018

The following table presents net revenues and operating profit for the Company's three principal segments for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017.

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

 

2018

 

2017

 

Change

Net Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

1,747.8

 

 

1,939.8

 

-10

%

International segment

 

1,229.1

 

 

1,511.1

 

-19

%

Entertainment and Licensing segment

 

213.5

 

 

162.7

 

31

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada segment

$

279.4

 

 

363.6

 

-23

%

International segment

 

10.4

 

 

149.4

 

-93

%

Entertainment and Licensing segment

 

66.2

 

 

39.6

 

67

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. and Canada Segment

The U.S. and Canada segment net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased 10% compared to 2017.  Foreign currency translation did not have a significant impact on this segment’s net revenues. In the first nine months of 2018, net revenue declines in the Franchise Brands, Partner Brands and Emerging Brands portfolios were partially off-set by higher net revenues in the Hasbro Gaming portfolio.

In the Franchise Brands portfolio, increases in net revenues from MONOPOLY and MAGIC: THE GATHERING products were more than offset by lower net revenues from NERF, MY LITTLE PONY and TRANSFORMERS products.  In the Partner Brands portfolio, higher net revenues from BEYBLADE and MARVEL products were more than offset by lower net revenues from STAR WARS, DISNEY PRINCESS and DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS products, as well as declines from DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS and DISNEY FROZEN products. In the Hasbro Gaming portfolio, higher net revenues from DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, CONNECT 4 and JENGA products and higher net revenues from new social and preschool games, were partially offset by lower net revenues from PIE FACE, SPEAK OUT and certain other Hasbro Gaming products. In the Emerging Brands portfolio, decreased net revenues from FURREAL FRIENDS, core PLAYSKOOL and LITTLEST PET SHOP products and certain other Emerging Brands were partially offset by net revenues from the introduction of the Company’s line of LOST KITTIES and YELLIES products.

U.S. and Canada segment operating profit for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased to $279.4 million, or 16.0% of segment net revenues, compared to $363.6 million, or 18.7% of segment net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017. The operating profit in the first nine months of 2017 included expenses of $52.3 million related to the Toys“R”Us liquidation in the U.S. The operating profit in the first nine months of 2017 included bad debt expense of $18.0 million related the Toys “R” Us initial bankruptcy filing in September 2017. The remaining decline in operating profit was due to lower sales and unfavorable product mix, as well as higher freight costs in the U.S., partially offset by lower royalty expenses due to lower revenues from Partner Brands products in 2018, as well as lower product development and advertising costs in 2018.

International Segment

International segment net revenues decreased 19% to $1,229.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from $1,511.1 million for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.  The following table presents net revenues by geographic region for the Company's International segment for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017.

 

Nine Months Ended

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

 

2018

 

2017

 

Change

Europe

$

686.5

 

 

921.5

 

-26

%

Latin America

 

308.1

 

 

339.1

 

-9

%

Asia Pacific

 

234.5

 

 

250.5

 

-6

%

Net revenues

$

1,229.1

 

 

1,511.1

 

-19

%

International segment net revenues were negatively impacted by foreign currency translation of approximately $8.1 million relating to the Company’s Latin American region, offset by foreign currency translation benefits from the European region, and to lesser extent, the Asia Pacific region. The declines in net revenues in the International segment were driven by decreases in the European and Asia Pacific regions due to lost Toys“R”Us revenues, and a challenging retail environment combined with excess retail inventory, primarily in Europe, during the first nine months of 2018. Net revenues declined in the Franchise Brands, Partner Brands and Hasbro Gaming portfolios during the first nine months of 2018, while net revenues from the Emerging Brands portfolio grew compared to the same period in 2017.  In the Franchise Brands category, growth in MAGIC: THE GATHERING and BABY ALIVE products, were more than offset by net revenue decreases from TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY, NERF, and PLAY-DOH products.  Partner Brand portfolio net revenues decreased due to lower net revenues from STAR WARS, DISNEY PRINCESS, YOKAI WATCH, DREAMWORKS’ TROLLS and DISNEY FROZEN products, partially offset by higher net revenues from BEYBLADE and MARVEL products.  In the Hasbro Gaming portfolio, lower net revenues from PIE FACE and certain other Hasbro Gaming products were partially offset by higher net revenues from social gaming products such as DON’T STEP IN IT and CHOW CROWN, as well as higher net revenues from JENGA products. In the Emerging Brands portfolio, contributions from new brands such as LOST KITTIES, LOCK STARS and CHOMP SQUAD products, as well as net revenue increases from LITTLEST PET SHOP products, were partially offset by declines from FURREAL FRIENDS, core PLAYSKOOL and FURBY products in the first nine months of 2018.

International segment operating profit was $10.4 million for the first nine months of 2018, compared to operating profit of $149.4 million for the first nine months of 2017.  Operating profit for the first nine months of 2018 includes $11.2 million of expenses related to the Toys“R”Us liquidation in the United Kingdom and impacts to other European countries. The remaining decline in operating profit was driven by the lower net revenues and increased obsolescence expense partially offset by lower royalty and product development expenses. 

Entertainment and Licensing Segment

Entertainment and Licensing segment net revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 increased 31% to $213.5 million from $162.7 million for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.  Increased television programming and movie revenues, primarily recognized for content delivered under the multi-year digital streaming deal signed in the third quarter of 2018, as well as higher revenues from consumer products and digital game licensing, primarily due to the adoption of ASC 606 as discussed above, drove the increase in the first nine months of 2018.

Entertainment and Licensing segment operating profit increased to $66.2 million, or 31.0% of net revenues, for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 from $39.6 million, or 24.3% of segment net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.  Overall, the increase in Entertainment and Licensing segment operating profit and operating profit margin reflects the higher revenues noted above, as well as lower advertising and marketing and sales costs, partially offset by higher programing amortization costs related to MY LITTLE PONY:THE MOVIE.

Global Operations

The Global Operations segment operating losses of $4.6 million for the first nine months of 2018 compares to operating profit of $4.7 million for the first nine months of 2017. The loss in 2018 was the result of lower sourcing volume and, to a lesser extent, increased operating expenses in 2018.

 

Corporate and Eliminations

Operating lossThe operating profit in Corporate and Eliminations for the first nine months of 2018 was $30.8 million, compared to a loss of $18.1totaled $21.7 million for the first nine monthsquarter of 2017. Included in2019 compared to an operating loss of $17.0 million for the Corporate and eliminations operating lossfirst quarter of 2018. Operating costs in the first nine monthsquarter of 2018 was $7included severance charges of $17.3 million of expenses associated with theand Toys“R”Us liquidationrelated costs of $7.0 million. The increase in operating profit was driven by cost-saving initiatives and $17.3 million of severance for the reorganization of the Company’s commercial organization.lower stock compensation expense.

 

OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

Third Quarter 2018

The Company's costs and expenses, stated as percentages of net revenues, are illustrated below for the quarters ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 and OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018.

 

Quarter Ended

 

Quarter Ended

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

March 31,

 

 

April 1,

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

Cost of sales

41.8

%

 

40.8

%

35.5

%

 

35.6

%

Royalties

6.7

 

 

7.8

 

8.2

 

 

9.7

 

Product development

4.2

 

 

3.8

 

7.7

 

 

8.0

 

Advertising

8.6

 

 

9.4

 

10.5

 

 

9.5

 

Amortization of intangibles

0.6

 

 

0.4

 

1.6

 

 

0.9

 

Program production cost amortization

0.9

 

 

0.3

 

0.9

 

 

1.7

 

Selling, distribution and administration

17.4

 

 

17.4

 

30.8

 

 

45.8

 

 

Cost of sales decreased 10%increased 2% from $730.7$255.2 million, or 40.8%35.6% of net revenues, for the thirdfirst quarter of 20172018 to $655.6$260.0 million, or 41.8%35.5% of net revenues for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018.2019.  Costs of sales decreasedincreased in dollars primarily due to lowerhigher sales volumes compared to the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.2018. As a percent of net revenues, the cost of sales increase was driven by a shift in product mix inconsistent with the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 compared to 2017 as well as higher costs associated with clearing excess retail inventories.

Royalty expense for the third quarter of 2018 was $105.3 million, or 6.7% of net revenues, compared to $139.2 million, or 7.8% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2017.  Fluctuations in royalty expense are generally related to the volume of entertainment-driven products sold in a given period, especially if there is a major motion picture release. In the third quarter of 2018, the decrease in royalty expense both in dollars and as a percentage of revenues was driven primarily by declines in partner brand net revenues, and to a lesser extent, declines in TRANSFORMERS products related to the 2017 theatrical release TRANSFORMERS:THE LAST KNIGHT.

2018.

 

 

Product development

Royalty expense for the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 was $65.8$59.9 million, or 4.2%8.2% of net revenues, compared to $67.4$69.7 million, or 3.8%9.7% of net revenues, for the thirdfirst quarter of 2017.  The decline in dollars was driven by2018.  In the capitalization of certain costs of the digital version of MAGIC: THE GATHERING in 2018 as it has reached the later stages of its development and has been launched in open beta format, as compared to costs that were expensed in 2017 based on the fact that the game was in its earlier stages of development. The increase as a percentage of sales reflects the lower revenue base in the third quarter of 2018.

Advertising expense for the thirdfirst quarter of 2018, royalty expense included accelerated royalty charges incurred as a result of the loss of Toys“R”Us product sales.  Absent these charges 2018 royalty expense was $134.4$62.7 million or 8.6%8.7% of net revenues, compared to $168.9 million, or 9.4% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2017.  The lower spend in advertising expense was primarily due to lower revenues in the third quarter of 2018.

Amortization of intangibles was $8.8 million, or 0.6% of net revenues for the third quarter of 2018 compared to $6.5 million, or 0.4% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2017.  The increase reflects amortization related to the POWER RANGERS acquisition partially offset by the full amortization of property rights related to Backflip and other intangible assets during 2017.

Program production cost amortization increased to $14.1 million or 0.9% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2018 from $5.4 million, or 0.3% of net revenues, for the third quarter of 2017. Program production costs are capitalized as incurred and amortized using the individual-film-forecast method.  The increase in dollars, and as a percent of net revenues, reflects amortization of production expense related to MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE and higher television programming amortization in the third quarter of 2018.

For the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the Company's selling, distribution and administration expenses decreased to $272.4 million, or 17.4% of net revenues, from $312.5 million, also 17.4% of net revenues, for the quarter ended October 1, 2017. The decrease in dollars was driven by $18.0 million of bad debt expense recorded in the third quarter of 2017 related to Toys“R”Us, as well as lower marketing and sales costs in line with the reduction in sales volume.

First Nine Months of 2018

The Company's costs and expenses, stated as percentages of net revenues, are illustrated below for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017.

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Cost of sales

39.2

%

 

38.9

%

Royalties

7.6

 

 

7.8

 

Product development

5.7

 

 

5.3

 

Advertising

9.1

 

 

9.5

 

Amortization of intangibles

0.6

 

 

0.6

 

Program production cost amortization

1.0

 

 

0.4

 

Selling, distribution and administration

26.8

 

 

22.5

 

Cost of sales for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased to $1,249.1 million, or 39.2% of net revenues, from $1,405.0 million, or 38.9% of net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.Costs of sales decreased in dollars primarily due to lower sales volumes compared to the third quarter of 2017. As a percent of net revenues, the cost of sales was slightly higher due to the mix of products sold in 2018 as well as higher costs related to excess inventories in 2018.

Royalty expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 was $241.0 million, or 7.6% of net revenues, compared to $282.8 million, or 7.8% of net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.revenues. Fluctuations in royalty expense are generally related to the volume of entertainment-driven products sold in a given period, especially if there is a major motion picture release. In the first nine monthsquarter of 2018,2019, the decrease in royalty expense both in dollars and as a percentage of revenues was driven primarily by overall declines in partner brandPartner Brand net revenues as well as decreases in revenues from movie-related TRANSFORMERS products, partially offset by accelerated royalty charges incurred as a result of the loss of Toys“R”Us product sales.revenues.

 

Product development expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 decreased to $183.1first quarter of 2019 was $56.3 million, or 5.7%7.7% of net revenues, from $192.8compared to $57.4 million, or 5.3%8.0% of net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017. Product development expenditures reflectfirst quarter of 2018.  The decline in dollars, and as a percent of sales, was driven by lower global spending offset by increased investment in the Company’s continued investment in innovation across our brand portfolio.  The decline was partially the resultWizards of the capitalization of certain costs of the digital version of MAGIC: THE GATHERING in 2018 as it has been launched in open beta format, as compared to costs that were expensed in 2017 based on the fact that the game was in its earlier stages of development. The increase as a percentage of revenue reflects the lower revenue base in 2018.Coast business.

  

Advertising expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2018first quarter of 2019 was $290.0$76.6 million, or 9.1%10.5% of net revenues, compared to $342.2$68.0 million, or 9.5% of net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.first quarter of 2018.  The decrease in advertising expense was primarily due to lower revenuesincrease in the first nine months of 2018.  Advertising expense was relatively consistentboth dollars, and as a percent of net revenues.revenues, was driven by higher costs associated with the launch of the Company’s digital and e-sports initiatives, primarily MAGIC: THE GATHERING ARENA. 

 

Amortization of intangibles was $19.9$11.8 million, or 0.6%1.6% of net revenues infor the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $22.3$6.5 million, or 0.6%0.9% of net revenues, infor the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018.  The decreaseincrease reflects the full amortization of property rights related to Backflip and other intangible assets during 2017, partially offset by the addition of amortization related to the acquisitionPOWER RANGERS property rights acquired during the second quarter of the Power Rangers brand in June 2018.

 

Program production cost amortization increased in the first nine months of 2018decreased to $33.4$6.6 million or 1.0%0.9% of net revenues, for the first quarter of 2019 from $16.2$12.0 million, or 0.4%1.7% of net revenues, infor the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018. Program production costs are capitalized as incurred and amortized using the individual-film-forecast method.  The increasedecrease in dollars, and as a percent of net revenues, reflects amortization of production expenses related to MY LITTLE PONY: THE MOVIE and higherlower television programming cost amortization from lower television programing revenues during the first nine monthsquarter of 2018.2019 as well as lower amortization expense of MY LITTLE PONY movie production costs.

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2018,first quarter of 2019, the Company's selling, distribution and administration expenses increaseddecreased to $853.6$225.3 million, or 26.8%30.8% of net revenues, from $813.3$328.0 million, or 22.5%45.8% of net revenues, for the nine months ended October 1, 2017.  The higher costs infirst quarter of 2018. In the first quarter of 2018, were primarily driven bythe Company’s selling, distribution and administration expenses included $60.3 million of bad debt and other expenses related to Toys“R”Us, as well as $17.3 million of severance costs related to the reorganizationCompany’s 2018 restructuring program. Absent these expenses, selling, distribution and administration expenses in the first quarter of 2018 were $250.4 million or 35.0% of net revenues. The remainder of the decrease was driven by cost-savings initiatives, lower stock compensation expense as well as other general cost decreases in the first quarter of 2019.  These decreases were partially offset by increased expenses related to the Company’s start-up of a new Midwestern U.S. warehouse, as well as expense increases in support of the Company’s commercial organization. Administration expense inWizards of the nine months ended October 1, 2017 included an $18.0 million bad debt expense related to Toys “R” Us initial bankruptcy filing in September 2017. In addition to these expenses, the increase was also due to higher bad debt expense in the International segment and higher freight and warehousing expenses.Coast business.

 

NON-OPERATING (INCOME) EXPENSE

 

Interest expense forin the thirdfirst quarter and first nine months of 20182019 totaled $22.8$22.3 million and $68.4 million, respectively, compared to $25.1 million and $73.8$22.8 million in the third quarter and first nine months of 2017, respectively. In the third quarter of 2017,2018 driven by lower levels of short-term borrowing in 2019 compared to 2018.

Interest income was $7.6 million in the Company refinanced $350first quarter of 2019 compared to $6.2 million in the first quarter of 6.3% notes that matured2018. Higher average interest rates in September 2017 by issuing $500 million of 3.5% notes.  The decrease in interest expense for2019 compared to 2018 contributed to the quarter and nine months primarily reflects the impact of the above refinancing and, to a lesser extent, lower short-term borrowings in 2018.increase.

 

 

 

InterestOther income, was $4.7 million and $17.2net of $8.1 million for the thirdfirst quarter and first nine months of 2018, respectively,2019 compared to $5.4 million and $16.0$8.6 million in the thirdfirst quarter and first nine months of 2017, respectively.2018.  The decrease in the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 reflects lower invested cash balances compared to 2017.  The increase during the first nine months of 2018 reflects higher levels of invested cash and higher average interest rates in 2018 compared to 2017.

Other income, net of $0.6 million for the third quarter of 2018, compared to other income, net, of $8.6 million for the third quarter of 2017.  Other income, net, of $6.2 million for the first nine months of 2018, compared to other income, net, of $26.0 million for same period in 2017.  The decrease in other income, net in the third quarter and first nine months of 2018 was primarily driven by lower earnings from the Company’s joint venture with Discovery as well as higher pension expense, partially offset by higher foreign currency exchange losses in 2018 compared to foreign currency exchange gains in 2017. In addition, the adoption of a new pension accounting standard in 2018 resulted in pension expense recorded2019 compared to other expense in 2018, that was previously reflected as administrative expense in 2017 and prior.

2018.

 

INCOME TAXES  

On December 22, 2017, the U.S. government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”).  The Tax Act made broad and complex changes to the U.S. tax code which impacted 2017 including, but not limited to, reducing the U.S. federal corporate tax rate and requiring a one-time tax on certain unrepatriated earnings of foreign subsidiaries.

 

On December 22, 2017, Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (“SAB 118”) established a one-year measurement period to complete the accounting for the income tax effects of the Tax Act according to standards provided by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (ASC 740). An entity recognizes the impact of those amounts for which the accounting is complete. For matters that have not been completed, provisional amounts are recorded to the extent they can be reasonably estimated. For amounts for which a reasonable estimate cannot be determined, no adjustment is made until such estimate can be completed. For the first quarter of 2018, the Company obtained additional information affecting the provisional amount initially recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017. As a result, the Company recorded a one-time tax expense of $47.8 million which reversed certain discrete benefits recorded in 2017 as well as increased our provisional deemed repatriation tax liability.

 

Income tax expense totaled $31.9$2.9 million on pre-tax earnings of $295.8$29.6 million in the thirdfirst quarter of 20182019 compared to income tax expense of $84.3$24.1 million on pre-tax earningsloss of $349.8$88.4 million in the thirdfirst quarter of 2017. For the nine-month period, income tax expense totaled $63.9 million on pre-tax earnings of $275.5 million in 2018 compared to income tax expense of $105.7 million on pre-tax earnings of $507.6 million in 2017.2018. Both periods as well as the full year 2017, were impacted by discrete tax events including the accrual of potential interest and penalties on uncertain tax positions. During the first nine monthsquarter of 2018, unfavorable2019, favorable discrete tax adjustments were a net expensebenefit of $10.6$2.6 million compared to a net benefitexpense of $15.6$34.9 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018. The unfavorablefavorable discrete tax adjustments for the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 primarily relate to changes in guidance on U.S.expiration of statutes of limitations for uncertain tax reform, which resulted in the reversal of a tax benefit recorded in 2017 and additional repatriation tax liability, partially offset by excess tax benefits on share-based payments and audit settlements.positions.  Absent discrete items, the underlying tax ratesrate for the first nine monthsquarters of 2019 and 2018 were 18.5% and 2017 were 17.6% and 23.9%16.5%, respectively. The decreaseincrease in the underlying tax rate of 17.6%18.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2018first quarter of 2019 is primarily due to the tax impactmix of the lower U.S. corporate tax rate.

Prior to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,jurisdictions where the Company previously considered the earnings in non-U.S. subsidiaries to be indefinitely reinvested and, accordingly, recorded no deferred income taxes. The Tax Act eliminates the deferral of U.S. income tax on these foreign earnings by imposing a transition tax which is a one-time mandatory deemed repatriation tax. As a result, the Company now intends to repatriate substantially all of the accumulated foreign earnings.  The Company still has significant cash needs outside the United States and we are currently analyzing our global working capital and cash requirements. However, tax reform gives the Company flexibility to manage cash globally. In 2017, the Company recorded $1,657 of non-US local country withholding taxes as part of the provisional repatriation tax amount, which will be incurred due to certain future cash distributions.  In the third quarter, the Company recorded an additional $2,412 of net tax that reflects the state and local impact of proposed dividends from non-US subsidiaries to the parent Company.   The Company will continue to record these additional tax effects, if any, in the period that the on-going distribution analysis is completed and is able to make reasonable estimates.earned its profits.

 

OTHER INFORMATION

 

Business Seasonality and Shipments

Historically, the Company's revenue pattern has shown the second half of the year to be more significant to its overall business than the first half. The Company expects that this concentration will continue, particularly as more of its business has shifted to larger customers with order patterns concentrated in the second half of the year around the holiday season. The concentration of sales in the second half of the year increases the risk of (a) underproduction of popular items, (b) overproduction of less popular items, and (c) failure to achieve tight and compressed shipping schedules.

 

The toy and gameCompany’s business is characterized by customer order patterns which vary from year to year largely because of differences each year in the degree of consumer acceptance of product lines, product availability, marketing strategies and inventory policies of retailers, the dates of theatrical releases of major motion pictures for which the Company sells products, and changes in overall economic conditions. As a result, comparisons of the Company's unshipped orders on any date with those at the same date in a prior year are not necessarily indicative of the Company's expected sales for the year. Moreover, quick response inventory management practices result in fewer orders being placed significantly in advance of shipment and more orders being placed for immediate delivery. Although the Company may receive orders from customers in advance, it is a general industry practice that these orders are subject to amendment or cancellation by customers prior to shipment and, as such, the Company does not believe that these unshipped orders, at any given date, are indicative of future sales.

 

Accounting Pronouncement Updates

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606 or the New Revenue Standard) using the modified retrospective method. ASC 606 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605 – Revenue Recognition and most industry-specific guidance in U.S. GAAP. The New Revenue Standard provides a five-step model for analyzing contracts and transactions to determine when, how, and if revenue is recognized. Revenue should be recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The cumulative impact of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard was not material to the Company therefore the Company did not record any adjustments to retained earnings. This was determined by analyzing contracts not completed as of January 1, 2018. The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods.

 

 

Revenue recognition from the sale of finished product to customers, which is the majority of the Company’s revenues, did not change under the new standard and the Company does not expect material changes in the future as a result of the New Revenue Standard related to the sale of finished product to its customers.  Within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment, the timing of revenue recognition for minimum guarantees that the Company receives from licensees is impacted by the New Revenue Standard.  Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, for licenses of the Company’s brands that are subject to minimum guaranteed license fees, the Company recognized the difference between the minimum guaranteed amount and the actual royalties earned from licensee merchandise sales (“shortfalls”) at the end of the contract period, which was in the fourth quarter for most of the Company’s licensee arrangements. In periods following January 1, 2018, minimum guaranteed amounts will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the license period. While the impact of this change will not be material to the year, it will impact the timing of revenue recognition within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment such that under ASC 606, less revenues will be recorded in the fourth quarter and more revenues will be recorded within the first, second, and third quarters. No other areas of the Company’s business were materially impacted by the New Revenue Standard. Refer to Notes 1 and 2 of our Consolidated Financial Statements for further information.

In February 2016, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASUAccounting Standards Update 2016-02 (ASU 2016-02), Leases (Topic 842)(Topic 842) (ASU 2016-02), which will requirerequires lessees to recognize a right-of-use asset and a lease liability for virtually all leases. The liability will beis based on the present value of lease payments and the asset will beis based on the liability. For income statement purposes, a dual model was retained requiring leases to be either classified as operating or finance. Operating leases will result in straight-line expense while finance leases will result in a front-loaded expense pattern. AdditionalCertain other quantitative and qualitative disclosures will beare also required. ASU 2016-02 is required for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. ASU 2016-02 as originally issued required modified retrospective adoption. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, which provides an alternative transition method in addition to the existing method by allowing entities to apply ASU 2016-02 as of the adoption date and recognize a cumulative effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings in the period of adoption. The Company has evaluatedadopted ASU-2016-02 on December 31, 2018 using the requirements ofretrospective basis as provided in ASU 2016-02, including updates issued2018-11. No cumulative effect was recorded to the standard in 2018, and is continuing to assess its potential impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.retained earnings. The Company expectsalso elected certain practical expedients as provided under the standard. These included (i) the election not to adoptreassess whether contracts existing at the adoption date contain a lease under the new standard on its effective date atdefinition of a lease under the startstandard; (ii) the election not to reassess the lease classification for existing leases as of fiscal year 2019. The Company has a significant number of leases globally, primarilythe adoption date; (iii) the election not to reassess whether previously capitalized initial direct costs would qualify for property and office equipment, and iscapitalization under the standard; (iv) the election to use hindsight in determining the relevant lease terms for use in the processcapitalization of identifyingthe lease liability; and evaluating these leases as well as designing systems and processes(v) the election to properly record these leasesuse hindsight in relation toreviewing the requirements of ASU 2016-02.right-of-use assets for impairment. For each of theseall leases, the term will beterms were evaluated, including extension and renewal options as well as the lease payments associated with the leases. The standard also includes certain practical expedients that may be used inAs a result of the adoption of the standard. These practical expedients whichstandard, in the first quarter of 2019, the Company expects to use in the adoption include the election not to reassess: (i) whether expired or existing contracts contain arecorded right-of-use assets of $121.2 million and lease under the new definitionliabilities of a lease under the standard; (ii) lease classification for expired or existing leases; and (iii) whether previously capitalized initial direct costs would qualify for capitalization under the standard.$139.5 million. The Company is in the process of evaluating which of the other practical expedients it will use when adopting the standard. The Company does not expect that itsCompany’s results of operations will be materiallywere not impacted by this standard. Currently under provisions of an operating lease, neither an obligation nor an asset is recorded and lease payments are expensed when incurred.  The Company expects to record right-of-use assets and liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets upon the adoption of this standard, which may be material.  The adoption of this standard will not have an impact on the Company’s cash flows.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (ASC 230) – Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The new guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice across all industries, in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 was effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard in 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Company’s statement of cash flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and October 1, 2017.

In October 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-16 (ASU 2016-16), Accounting for Income Taxes: Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted. The standard requires that the income tax impact of intra-entity sales and transfers of property, except for inventory, be recognized when the transfer occurs requiring any deferred taxes not yet recognized on intra-entity transfers to be recorded to retained earnings. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2018 and the adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements. 

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-07 (ASU 2017-07), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.  The standard requires companies to present the service cost component of net benefit cost in the income statement line items where they report compensation cost. Companies will present all other components of net benefit cost outside operating income, if this subtotal is presented. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption was permitted. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements in the quarter or nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.

In January 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01(“ASU 2017-01”), Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The standard clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of providing guidance when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017.flows. For further details, see Note 310 to the consolidated financial statements.statements, which are included in Part I of this Form 10-Q.

In February 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-02 (ASU 2018-02), Income Statement -Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220):Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The standard provides for a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings, of disproportionate income tax effects (“stranded tax effects”) arising from the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted.  The Company adopted ASU 2018-02 in the first quarter of 2018.  The impact of the adoption resulted in a decrease to AOCI in the amount of $21.5 million with a corresponding increase to retained earnings.  

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In January 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017- 04 (ASU 2017-04), Intangibles -Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment. The standard eliminates the requirement to measure the implied fair value of goodwill by assigning the fair value of a reporting unit to all assets and liabilities within that unit (“the Step 2 test”) from the goodwill impairment test. Instead, if the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess, limited by the amount of goodwill in that reporting unit. For public companies, this standard is effective and must be applied to annual or any interim goodwill impairment tests beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard, but expects that it will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In August 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-12 (ASU 2017-12), Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities.Activities. The amendments expand and refine hedge accounting for both nonfinancial and financial risk components and align the recognition and presentation of the effects of the hedging instrument and the underlying hedged item in the financial statements. The impact of the standard includes elimination of the requirement to separately measure and recognize hedge ineffectiveness and requires the presentation of fair value adjustments to hedging instruments to be included in the same income statement line as the hedged item. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluatingadopted ASU 2017-12 in the first quarter of 2019 and the adoption of this standard but doesdid not expect the standard to have a material impact on its the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In August 2018,March 2019, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-132019-02 (ASU 2018-13),2019-02) Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure FrameworkEntertainment—Films—Other Assets—Film Costs (Subtopic 926-20) and Entertainment—Broadcasters—Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (Subtopic 920-350) - ChangesImprovements to the Disclosure RequirementsAccounting for Fair Value Measurement. Costs of Films and License Agreements for Program Materials.The amendments in this update modifyalign cost capitalization of episodic television series production costs with that of film production cost capitalization. In addition, this update addresses impairment testing procedures with regard to film groups, when a film or license agreement is expected to be monetized with other films and/or license agreements.  The intention of this update is to align accounting treatment with changes in production and distribution models within the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements in Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement, specifically relatedentertainment industry and to disclosures surrounding Level 3 asset balances, fair value measurement methods, related gainsprovide increased transparency of information provided to users of financial statements about produced and losses and fair value hierarchy transfers.licensed content.  For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard but does not expectand the standardimpact, if any, to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-14 (ASU 2018-14) Compensation—Retirement Benefits—Defined Benefit Plans—General (Subtopic 715-20)-Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans. The amendments in this update modify the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the standard but does not expect the standard to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Recent Securities and Exchange Commission Rulings

In August 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a final ruling amending numerous SEC rules covering a diverse group of topics. One noteworthy rule change expands disclosure requirements related to changes in shareholders’ equity by extending to interim periods, the annual requirement of SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 3-04, of presenting changes in stockholders’ equity. An analysis of changes in stockholders’ equity in the form of a reconciliation will beis required for the current and comparative year-to-date interim periods effective for all filings submitted on or after November 5, 2018. TheAs a result of the adoption of this ruling, the Company is currently evaluating the ruling and expects to includehas included a statement of stockholders’ equity for the current quarter and comparative prior quarter, in its interim reports beginning with the first quarter 2019, similar to the statement included annually in the Company’s 10-k report.Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

 

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

 

The Company has historically generated a significant amount of cash from operations. In the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 and 20172018 the Company funded its operations and liquidity needs primarily through cash flows from operations, and, when needed, used borrowings under its available lines of credit and commercial paper program.credit.

 

The Company believes that the funds available to it, including cash expected to be generated from operations and funds available through its available lines of credit and commercial paper program, are adequate to meet its working capital needs for the remainder of 2018 and through 2019. However, unexpected events or circumstances such as material operating losses or increased capital or other expenditures or inability to otherwise access the commercial paper market, may reduce or eliminate the availability of external financial resources. In addition, significant disruptions to credit markets may also reduce or eliminate the availability of external financial resources. Although management believes the risk of nonperformance by the counterparties to the Company's financial facilities is not significant, in times of severe economic downturn in the credit markets it is possible that one or more sources of external financing may be unable or unwilling to provide funding to the Company.

 

In September 2017, the Company issued $500.0 million in principal amount of Notes Due 2027 that bear interest at a rate of 3.50%. Net proceeds of the Notes offering, after deduction of the underwriting discount and debt issuance expenses, totaled approximately $493.9 million. The Company may redeem the Notes at its option at the greater of the principal amount of the Notes or the present value of the remaining scheduled payments using the effective interest rate on applicable U.S. Treasury bills plus 25 basis points.  In addition, on or after June 15, 2027, the Company may redeem at its option, any portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed.  The proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were used, primarily, to repay $350 million aggregate principal amount of the 6.30% Notes Due 2017 upon maturity, including accrued and unpaid interest.  The remaining net proceeds were utilized for general corporate and working capital purposes.

As of September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company's cash and cash equivalents totaled $907.1 million, the majority of which is currently held outside of the United States.$1,196.6 million. Prior to 2017, deferred income taxes had not been provided on the majority of undistributed earnings of international subsidiaries as such earnings were considered indefinitely reinvested by the Company. Accordingly, such international cash balances were not available to fund cash requirements in the United States unless the Company was to change its reinvestment policy. The Company has maintained sufficient sources of cash in the United States to fund cash requirements without the need to repatriate any funds. On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law which providesprovided significant changes to the U.S. tax system including the elimination of the ability to defer U.S. income tax on unrepatriated earnings by imposing a one-time mandatory deemed repatriation tax on undistributed foreign earnings, estimatedearnings. As of March 31, 2019, the Company has recorded a total liability of $273.2 million related to be $299.9this tax, $14.5 million asis reflected in current liabilities while the remaining long-term payable related to the Tax Act of September 30, 2018.$258.7 million is presented within other liabilities, non-current on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As permitted by the Tax Act, the Company will pay the transition tax in annual interest-free installments through 2025. As a result, in the future, the related earnings in foreign jurisdictions will be madeare available with greater investment flexibility. The majority of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents held outside of the United States as of September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 is denominated in the U.S. dollar.

 

Because of the seasonality in the Company's cash flow, management believes that on an interim basis, rather than discussing only its cash flows, a better understanding of its liquidity and capital resources can be obtained through a discussion of the various balance sheet categories as well. Also, as several of the major categories, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, inventories and short-term borrowings, fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter, due to the seasonality of its business, management believes that a comparison to the comparable period in the prior year is generally more meaningful than a comparison to the prior quarter or prior year-end.

 

The table below outlines key financial information pertaining to our consolidated balance sheets including the period-over-period changes.

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

October 1,

 

%

March 31,

 

April 1,

 

%

2018

 

2017

 

Change

2019

 

2018

 

Change

Cash and cash equivalents

$

907.1

 

 

1,244.8

 

-27

%

$

1,196.6

 

 

1,598.9

 

-25

%

Accounts receivable, net

 

1,391.2

 

 

1,655.8

 

-16

%

 

638.4

 

 

612.7

 

4

%

Inventories

 

610.9

 

 

629.1

 

-3

%

 

491.8

 

 

517.4

 

-5

%

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

283.2

 

 

232.6

 

22

%

 

305.1

 

 

292.8

 

4

%

Other assets

 

743.1

 

 

722.1

 

3

%

 

739.7

 

 

660.3

 

12

%

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

1,301.6

 

 

1,295.7

 

0

%

 

935.3

 

 

830.9

 

13

%

Other liabilities

 

591.4

 

 

410.4

 

44

%

 

636.1

 

 

611.2

 

4

%

 

Accounts receivable decreased 16%increased 4% to $1,391.2$638.4 million at September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, compared to $1,655.8$612.7 million at OctoberApril 1, 2017. The decrease reflects2018. Absent the $37.3 million impact of a $48.8 million decline from foreign exchangecurrency translation, and a decrease resulting from the 12% decrease in net revenuesaccounts receivable increased approximately 10% compared to revenue growth, absent foreign currency, of 6% in the thirdfirst quarter of 2018 as2019 compared to the third quarter of 2017. The balance2018.  Accounts receivable, net at September 30,April 1, 2018 includesincluded a $77.0 million allowance for doubtful accounts related to Toys“R”Us.Us, which was settled and written-off in the fourth quarter of 2018.  Days sales outstanding decreasedincreased to 8179 days at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from 8478 days at OctoberApril 1, 2017 primarily reflecting improved2018, as a result of the timing of collections.

 

Inventories decreased 3%5% to $610.9$491.8 million at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from $629.1$517.4 million at OctoberApril 1, 2017. The decrease relates primarily to unfavorable foreign currency translation of $23.7 million in 2018. Absent thisthe $28.4 million impact of foreign exchange, inventories at September 30,March 31, 2019 increased slightly as a result of higher inventories in the U.S. as the Company continues to clear though higher than normal inventories levels remaining from the fourth quarter of 2018, were consistent with inventories at October 1, 2017.offset by inventory reductions in the Company’s European and Latin America markets.

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets increased 22%4% to $283.2$305.1 million at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from $232.6$292.8 million at OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018. Absent the $9.3 million impact of foreign currency translation, prepaid expenses increased approximately 7%. The increase was relateddue to higher accrued royalty income, related to the adoption of ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC-606) and higher unrealized gains on foreign exchange contracts.contracts and accrued foreign tax credits related to certain television and movie productions costs.  These increases were partially offset by lower prepaid advertising balances as a resultdue to the timing of payments in 2019 compared to 2018 and, lower advertising spending in 2018.prepaid taxes, both value-added taxes and income taxes.

 

Other assets increased approximately 3%12% to $743.1$739.7 million at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 from $722.1$660.3 million at OctoberApril 1, 2017.2018. The increase was primarily related to higher capitalized movie and television production costs, net of related production rebates, primarily for the Company’s share of costs related to BUMBLEBEE, the 2018 theatrical release to be produced jointly with Paramount Pictures, expected in December of 2018, as well as higher long-term receivable balances related to third-party production studio rebates and the long-term portion of a multi-year digital distribution agreement for Hasbro television programming.programming entered into in the third quarter of 2018. These increases were partially offset by a lower balance in the Company’s investment in Discovery Family Channel as a result of dividend distributions and lower long-term royalty advance balances. 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities increased 13% to $935.3 million at March 31, 2019 from $830.9 million at April 1, 2018. Increases include higher severance charges related to the Company’s 2018 restructuring program, higher deferred revenue balances primarily related to MAGIC: THE GATHERING ARENA and other digital gaming initiatives, as well as  the Company’s current lease liability balance of $29.5 million included in accrued liabilities beginning in the first quarter of 2019 as the result of the adoption of ASU 2016-02, and the $12.5 million remaining liability due to Saban Properties related to the Power Rangers acquisition.  These increases were partially offset by lower deferred tax assetaccounts payable balances reflecting the decrease in the Company’s U.S. tax rate as a result of tax reform enacted in the fourth quarter of 2017, lower long-term royalty advances and a lower long-term note receivable balance at September 30, 2018 due to scheduled payments. 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities remained flat at $1,301.6 million at September 30, 2018 from $1,295.7 million at October 1, 2017. Contributing to the balance at September 30, 2018 were accrued liabilities related to the remaining amounts due for the Power Rangers acquisition, higher deferred revenue balances related to the launch of the online version of MAGIC: THE GATHERING and the licensing of other digital assets, severance charges accrued during the first quarter of 2018 in addition to higher accrued dividends due to a higher dividend rate in 2018 and higher accrued tax balances related to value added taxes, primarily in Europe.  These increases were partially offset by lower accrued advertising reflecting the lower level of expense in 2018, a lower liability for foreign currency forward contracts as the result of a strengthening U.S. dollar against certain foreign currencies and lower accrued employee compensation balances.in 2019.

  

Other liabilities increased 44% to $591.4 million at September 30, 2018 from $410.4 million at October 1, 2017. The increase is primarily due to the $249.8 million estimated long-term portion of the repatriation tax liability related to U.S. Tax Reform passed in the fourth quarter of 2017. This increase is partially offset by a decrease in the tax liability owed to Discovery Communications Inc. as the result of re-measurement based on new U.S. tax rates in 2018, as well as a decrease in the Company’s reserves for uncertain tax positions.

 

 

Other liabilities increased 4% to $636.1 million at March 31, 2019 from $611.2 million at April 1, 2018. The increase is primarily due to the adoption of ASU 2016-02 in 2019 which requires the recognition of the long-term lease liability balance, which was $129.3 million as of March 31, 2019. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the liability for uncertain tax positions reflecting changes in management judgement and lower long-term pension balances.

 

Cash Flow

Net cash provided by operating activities in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 was $174.7$264.5 million compared to $201.8$317.7 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018.  The reduction in cash flow from operations primarily reflects lower earningshigher collections of accounts receivable balances in the first nine monthsquarter of 2018 as compareddue to the first nine months of 2017 as well as higher film production costsending balances in 2018 relating to the production of the BUMBLEBEE film, which is scheduled to be released in theaters in December 2018. For theprior fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, net cash provided by operating activities was $724.4 million.year-end period.

 

Net cash utilized by investing activities was $250.9$27.0 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $97.0$26.2 million in the first nine months of 2017. The increase in cash used reflects cash payments of $155.5 million related to the acquisition of Power Rangers during the second quarter of 2018. The Company has a remaining payment of $75 million related to the acquisition that is due in January 2019 and is scheduled to release the $25 million escrow payment by June 2019.  Additions to property, plant and equipment were $104.0$25.2 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $102.5$28.2 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018.

 

Net cash utilized by financing activities was $578.6$220.4 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $161.3$275.7 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.  Financing activities2018.  Net proceeds from short-term borrowings were $3.4 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017 reflect the proceeds from the issuance2019 compared to net repayments of $500.0short-term borrowings of $133.7 million in principal amountthe first quarter of Notes Due 2027 that bear interest at a rate of 3.50%. Net proceeds of the Notes offering, after deduction of the underwriting discount and debt issuance expenses, totaled approximately $493.9 million. In addition, financing activities in the nine months ended October 1, 2017 include the repayment of $350 million aggregate principal amount of the 6.30% Notes Due 2017 upon maturity.2018. Cash payments related to purchases of the Company's common stock were $187.9$47.5 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 compared to $112.2$38.1 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 2017.2018. At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company had $485.7$378.8 million remaining available under its current share repurchase authorization approved by the Board of Directors. Dividends paid in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 totaled $229.6$79.3 million compared to $206.0$70.8 million in the first nine monthsquarter of 20172018 reflecting a higher dividend rate commencing withon the MayFebruary 2019 dividend payment compared to the February 2018 dividend payments. Net repayments of short-term borrowings were $131.6 million inpayment. During the first nine monthsquarter of 2019, related to the 2018 comparedPOWER RANGERS acquisition, the Company paid $87.5 million to net proceedsSaban Properties which consisted of a $75.0 million deferred purchase price payment and $12.5 million released from short-term borrowingsescrow. As of $15.7March 31, 2019, $12.5 million remains held in the first nine months of 2017 reflecting lower short-term borrowingsescrow and is scheduled to be paid to Saban Properties in 2018.June 2019.  Financing activities in the first nine monthsquarter of 20182019 and 20172018 include payments of $58.3$11.9 million and $32.0$52.6 million, respectively, relating to tax payments made to tax authorities for which shares were withheld from employees’ share-based payment awards.

Sources and Uses of Cash

The Company has an agreement with a group of banks for a commercial paper program (the "Program"). Under the Program, at the request of the Company and subject to market conditions, the banks may either purchase from the Company, or arrange for the sale by the Company, of unsecured commercial paper notes.  Under the Program the Company may issue notes from time to time up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any given time of $1,000.0 million. The maturities of the notes may vary but may not exceed 397 days.  The notes are sold under customary terms in the commercial paper market and are issued at a discount orto par, or alternatively, sold at par and bear varying interest rates based on a fixed or floating rate basis.  The interest rates vary based on market conditions and the ratings assigned to the notes by the credit rating agencies at the time of issuance.  Subject to market conditions, the Company intends to utilize the Program as its primary short-term borrowing facility and does not intend to sell unsecured commercial paper notes in excess of the available amount under the revolving credit agreement discussed below.  If, for any reason, the Company is unable to access the commercial paper market, the Company intends to use the revolving credit agreement to meet the Company's short-term liquidity needs.  At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company had no outstanding borrowings related to the Program.

 

 

 

The Company has a revolving credit agreement (the "Agreement"), which provides it with a $1,000.0$1,100.0 million committed borrowing facility. The Agreement contains certain financial covenants setting forth leverage and coverage requirements, and certain other limitations typical of an investment grade facility, including with respect to liens, mergers and incurrence of indebtedness. Prior to September 2017, theThe Agreement providedalso provides for a $700.0 million revolving credit facility.  During the third quarterpotential additional incremental commitment increase of 2017 and pursuantup to the Agreement, the Company proposed and the Lenders agreed to increase the committed borrowing facility from $700.0 million to $1,000.0$500.0 million. The Company was in compliance with all covenants as of and for the quarter ended September 30, 2018.March 31, 2019. The Company had no borrowings outstanding under its committed revolving credit facility at September 30, 2018.March 31, 2019. However, the Company had letters of credit outstanding under this facility as of September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 of approximately $1.5 million. Amounts available and unused under the committed line, less outstanding balances under the commercial paper program, as of September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 were approximately $998.5$1,098.5 million. The Company also has other uncommitted lines from various banks, of which approximately $59.1$26.0 million was utilized at September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, including $38.8$12.6 million of outstanding letters of credit and $20.3$13.4 million of outstanding borrowings.

 

The Company has principal amounts of long-term debt at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 of $1,709.9 million, due at varying times from 2021 through 2044. The Company also had letters of credit of approximately $40.3$14.0 million and purchase commitments of approximately $326.5$496.1 million outstanding at September 30, 2018.March 31, 2019.

 

Other contractual obligations and commercial commitments, as detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, were impacted by the Power Rangers acquisition. The Company has a remaining payment of $75 million on the acquisition that is due in January 2019 as well as the balance of a $25 million escrow account, subject to adjustment,scheduled to release by June 2019. Outside of these changes, the other contractual obligations and commercial commitments as detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 201730, 2018, did not materially change outside of payments made in the normal course of business and as otherwise set forth in this report. The table of contractual obligations and commercial commitments, as detailed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017,30, 2018 does not include certain tax liabilities recorded related to uncertain tax positions. These liabilities were $84.4 million at September 30, 2018, and are included as a component of other liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.positions

The Company believes that cash from operations, and, if necessary, its committed line of credit and other borrowing facilities, will allow the Company to meet its obligations over the next twelve months.

 

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND SIGNIFICANT ESTIMATES

 

The Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  As such, management is required to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that it believes are reasonable based on the information available.  These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the periods presented.  The significant accounting policies which management believes are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating the Company's reported financial results include recoverability of goodwill and income taxes. These critical accounting policies are the same as those detailed in the 20172018 Form 10-K.

 

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT

 

The Company is exposed to market risks attributable to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, primarily as the result of sourcing products priced in U.S. dollars, Hong Kong dollars and Euros while marketing those products in more than twenty currencies. Results of operations may be affected primarily by changes in the value of the U.S. dollar, Hong Kong dollar, Euro, British pound sterling, Brazilian real, Russian ruble and Mexican peso and, to a lesser extent, other currencies in Latin American and Asia Pacific countries.

 

 

 

To manage this exposure, the Company has hedged a portion of its forecasted foreign currency transactions for fiscal years 20182019 through 2022 using foreign exchange forward contracts.contracts and zero-cost collar options. The Company is also exposed to foreign currency risk with respect to its net cash and cash equivalents or short-term borrowing positions in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. The Company believes, however, that the on-going risk on the net exposure should not be material to its financial condition. In addition, the Company's revenues and costs have been, and will likely continue to be, affected by changes in foreign currency rates. A significant change in foreign exchange rates can materially impact the Company's revenues and earnings due to translation of foreign-denominated revenues and expenses. The Company does not hedge against translation impacts of foreign exchange. From time to time, affiliates of the Company may make or receive intercompany loans in currencies other than their functional currency. The Company manages this exposure at the time the loan is made by using foreign exchange contracts.  Other than as set forth above, the Company does not hedge foreign currency exposures.

 

The Company reflects all forward and option contracts at their fair value as an asset or liability on the consolidated balance sheets. The Company does not speculate in foreign currency exchange contracts. At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, these contracts had net unrealized gains of $17.9$32.3 million, of which $11.9$22.8 million of unrealized gains are recorded in prepaid expenses and other current assets, $8.1and $9.5 million of unrealized gains are recorded in other assets, $0.6 million of unrealized losses are recorded in accrued liabilities and $1.5 million of unrealized losses are recorded in other liabilities.assets. Included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 are deferred gains, net of tax, of $12.3$24.3 million, related to these derivatives.

 

At September 30, 2018,March 31, 2019, the Company had fixed rate long-term debt of $1,709.9 million. Of this long-term debt, $600 million represents the aggregate issuance of long-term debt in May 2014 which consists of $300 million of 3.15% Notes Due 2021 and $300 million of 5.10% Notes Due 2044.  Prior to the May 2014 debt issuance, the Company entered into forward-starting interest rate swap agreements with a total notional value of $500 million to hedge the anticipated underlying U.S. Treasury interest rate. These interest rate swaps were matched with this debt issuance and were designated and effective as hedges of the change in future interest payments. At the date of debt issuance, the Company terminated these interest rate swap agreements and their fair value at the date of issuance was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss and is being amortized through the consolidated statements of operations using an effective interest rate method over the life of the related debt. Included in accumulated other comprehensive loss at September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 are deferred losses, net of tax, of $19.7$19.0 million related to these derivatives.

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The information required by this item is included in Part I, Item 2. "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2018.March 31, 2019. Based on the evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

There were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) promulgated under the Exchange Act, during the quarter ended September 30, 2018March 31, 2019 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

PART II.  OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

 

On or about September 28, 2018, a putative securities class action complaint was filed against the Company and certain of our officers and/or directors (the “Defendants”) in the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, on behalf of all purchasers of Hasbro common stock between April 24, 2017 and October 23, 2017, inclusive. The complaint alleges violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, alleging that Defendants purportedly made materially false and misleading statements in connection with the financial condition of Toys "R" Toys“R”Us, Inc. and its impact on the Company, as well as the financial impact on the Company’s business of economic conditions in the United Kingdom and Brazil. Defendants deny liability and intend to vigorously defend the action.

The Company is currently party to certain other legal proceedings, none of which it believes to be material to its business or financial condition.

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains "forward-looking statements," within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, concerning management's expectations, goals, objectives, and similar matters. These forward-looking statements may include statements concerning the Company's product and entertainment plans, anticipated product and entertainment performance, business opportunities and strategies, financial and business goals, expectations for achieving the Company's goals and objectives, cost savings and efficiency enhancing initiatives and other objectives, and anticipated uses of cash, and the timing of the completion of the termination of the Company’s pension plan.  These statements may be identified by the use of forward-looking words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "could," "expect," "intend," "look forward," "may," "planned," "potential," "should," "will," and "would" or any variations of words with similar meanings. These forward-looking statements are inherently subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties.

 

The Company's actual results or experience may differ materially from those expected or anticipated in the forward-looking statements. The Company has included, under Item 1A.1A, Part I of its Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended December 31, 201730, 2018 (the "Annual Report"), a discussion of factors which may impact these forward-looking statements. In furtherance, and not in limitation, of the more detailed discussion set forth in the Annual Report, specific factors that might cause such a difference include, but are not limited to:

 

·           the Company’s ability to successfully develop and grow its franchise and key partner brands, which constitute a substantial majority of the Company’s total revenues;

·           the Company's ability to successfully re-imagine, re-invent and re-ignite its existing brands, products and product lines, including through the use of immersive entertainment experiences and progressive technology integrating digital and analog play, to keep them fresh and relevant and to maintain and further their success;

·           the Company's ability to successfully design, develop, produce, introduce, market and sell innovative new brands, products, and product lines and entertainment offerings in a timely and cost-effective manner, which achieve and sustain interest from retailers and consumers and keep pace with changes in consumer preferences and technology;technology and the increasing sophistication of today’s children;

·           the Company's ability to offer products that (i) expand consumer demand for its product offerings and do not significantly compete with the Company's other existing product offerings and (ii) consumers want to purchase and select over competitors' products;

·           the success of the Company’s key partner brands, and the Company’s ability to maintain and extend solid relationships with its key partners;

·           successful brand and/or product introductions from competitors that capture market share and sales from the Company;

·           the Company's ability to source and ship products in a timely and cost-effective manner and customers' and consumers' acceptance and purchase of those products in quantities and at prices that will be sufficient to profitably recover the Company's costs for developing, marketing and selling those products;

·           the Company’s ability to successfully evolve and transform its business to address a changing global consumer landscape and retail environment, one in which online shopping and digital first marketing are becoming more and more critical and traditional retailers face challenges from disintermediation, and difficulties or delays the Company may experience in successfully implementing and developing new capabilities and making the changes to its business that are required to be successful under these changing marketplace conditions;

·           recessions, other economic downturns, challenging economic conditions, unfavorable changes in exchange rates or economic uncertainty affecting one or more of the Company's significant markets including, without limitation, the United Kingdom, Brazil and Russia, which can negatively impact the financial health of the Company's customers and consumers, and which can result in lower employment levels, lower consumer disposable income and lower consumer spending, including lower retailer inventories and spending on purchases of the Company's products;

·           currency fluctuations, including movements in foreign exchange rates, which can lower the Company's net revenues and earnings, and significantly impact the Company's costs;

·           other economic and public health conditions or regulatory changes in the markets in which the Company and its customers and suppliers operate, which could create delays or increase the Company's costs, such as higher commodity prices, labor costs or higher transportation costs, or outbreaks of diseases;

·           other risks associated with international operations, including in emerging markets which have unique consumer preferences and business climates;

·           delays, increased costs, lack of consumer acceptance or other difficulties associated with the development and offering of our or our partners' entertainment, anddigital or media initiatives related to products offered by the Company;initiatives;

·           the risk that the market appeal of the Company's licensed products will be less than expected or that sales revenue generated by these products will be insufficient to cover the minimum guaranteed royalties or other commitments;

·           the concentration of the Company's retail customers, potentially increasing the negative impact to the Company of difficulties, including bankruptcies, experienced by any of the Company's retail customers or changes in their purchasing or selling patterns;

·           an adverse change in purchasing policies or promotional programs, or the bankruptcy or other economic difficulties or lack of success, of one or more of the Company's significant retailers comprising its relatively concentrated retail customer base, which could negatively impact the Company's revenues or bad debt exposure;

·           the impact of the bankruptcy of Toys“R”Us in the United States,U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom, and the subsequent liquidation of the Toys“R”Us business in the U.S. and the United Kingdom, as well as the economic difficulty of Toys“R”Us in other markets, or the bankruptcy or lack of success of a smaller retail customer of the Company, such as Sears Holdings Corporation, any of which could negatively impact the Company’s revenues, result in lost sales to customers, create bad debt expense and create other challenges for the Company and its financial performance as the Company attempts to recapture this lost business through other customers or channels, and any inability or delay of the Company in recapturing all of the lost business;

·           uncertainty as to the future of the Toys“R”Us business elsewhere in the world, and associated reductions in sales to Toys“R”Us or bad debt expenses;

·           the Company's ability to generate sales during the second half of the year, particularly during the relatively brief holiday shopping season, which is the period in which the Company derives a substantial portion of its revenues and earnings;

·           the inventory policies of the Company's retail and e-commerce customers, including potential decisions to lower their inventories, even if it results in lost sales, as well as the concentration of the Company's revenues in the second half of the year, which coupled with reliance by retailers on quick response inventory management techniques, increases the risk of underproduction of popular items, overproduction of less popular items and failure to achieve compressed shipping schedules;

·           the impact of retail inventory overhang in one or more of our key markets, which can reduce purchases of our products from our customers and lower our revenues and profitability;

·           our ability to evolve our business quickly and efficiently to respond to the challenges of today’s converged retail environment;

·           work stoppages or disruptions which may impact the Company's ability to manufacture or deliver products in a timely and cost-effective manner;

·           concentration of manufacturing of the substantial majority of the Company's products by third party vendors in the People's Republic of China and the associated impact to the Company of social, economic or public health conditions and other factors affecting China, the movement of people and products into and out of China, the cost of producing products in China and the cost of exporting them to the Company's other markets or affecting the exchange rates for the Chinese Renminbi, including, without limitation, the impactpotential application of tariffs or other trade restrictions being imposed uponto some or all of the goods manufactured for the Company in China and exported to other markets, which could significantly increase the price of the Company’s products and substantially harm sales if applied to any significant amount of the Company’s products;

·           the ability of the Company to successfully diversify sourcing of its products to reduce reliance on sources of supply in China;

·           the application of tariffs and other trade restrictions impacting the cost of producing our products and importing them into markets around the world for sale, which could significantly increase the price of the Company’s products and substantially harm sales;

·           the ability of the Company to successfully develop, produce and distribute motion picturesmovies under its relationship with Paramount Pictures Corporation, and consumer interest in those motion picturesmovies and related merchandise;

·           consumer interest in and acceptance of programming and entertainment created by Hasbro Studios and/or Allspark Pictures, as well as products related to such programming and entertainment, and other factors impacting the financial performance of Hasbro Studios, Allspark Pictures and the Discovery Family Channel;

·           the ability to develop and distribute compelling entertainment, including television, motion picturesmovies and digital content, based on our brands, in a timely and financially profitable manner, and the success of that entertainment in driving consumer interest in and engagement with our brands;

·           the ability of the Company to hire and retain key officers and employees who are critical to the Company's success;

·           the ability of the Company to successfully protect its intellectual property rights;

·           the costs of complying with product safety and consumer protection requirements worldwide, including the risk that greater regulation in the future may increase such costs, may require changes in the Company's products and/or may impact the Company's ability to sell some products in particular markets in the absence of making changes to such products;

·           the risk that one of the Company's third-party manufacturers will not comply with applicable labor, consumer protection, product safety or other laws or regulations, or with aspects of the Company's Global Business Ethics Principles, and that such noncompliance will not be promptly detected, either of which could cause damage to the Company's reputation, harm sales of its products, result in product recalls and potentially create other liabilities for the Company;

·           the risk the Company will lose rights to a significant licensed property or properties, which will harm the Company's revenues and earnings;

·           the risk that the Company may face product recalls or product liability suits relating to products it manufactures or distributes which may have significant direct costs to the Company and which may also harm the reputation of the Company and its products, potentially harming future product sales;

·           the impact of competition on revenues, margins and other aspects of the Company's business, including the ability to offer Company products which consumers choose to buy instead of competitor’s products, the ability to secure, maintain and renew popular licenses and the ability to attract and retain employees;

·           the risk that anticipated benefits of acquisitions or investments may not occur or be delayed or reduced in their realization;

·           the risk that any litigation or arbitration disputes or government and regulatory investigations could entail significant resources and expense and result in significant fines or other harm to the Company's business or reputation;

·           the Company's ability to maintain or obtain external financing on terms acceptable to it in order to meet working capital needs;

·           the risk that one or more of the counterparties to the Company's financing arrangements may experience financial difficulties or otherwise be unable or unwilling to allow the Company to access financing under such arrangements;

·           unforeseen circumstances, such as severe softness in or collapse of the retail and/or banking environment that may result in a significant decline in revenues and operating results of the Company, thereby causing the Company to be in non-compliance with its debt covenants and the Company being unable to utilize borrowings under its revolving credit facility, a circumstance likely to occur when operating shortfalls would result in the Company being in the greatest need of such supplementary borrowings;

·           market conditions, third party actions or approvals, the impact of competition and other factors that could delay or increase the cost of implementation of the Company's programs, or alter the Company's actions and reduce actual results;

·           the risk that the Company may be subject to governmental penalties, fines, sanctions or additional taxes for failure to comply with applicable laws or regulations in any of the markets in which it operates, or that governmental regulations or requirements will require changes in the manner in which the Company does business and/or increase the costs of doing business;

·           failure to operate our information systems and implement new technology effectively, as well as maintain the systems and processes designed to protect our electronic data and the data of our customers, consumers and employees, including the damage that could result from a breach of any of that data;

·           changes in, or different interpretations of, income tax laws and rules, and changes in our geographic operating results, may impact our effective tax rate;

·           the risk that the Company's reported goodwill may become impaired, requiring the Company to take a charge against its income;

·           changes in foreign exchange rates and other potential regulations, increased costs and/or economic uncertainty associated with the United Kingdom (“UK”) vote to leave the European Union (“EU”), commonly referred to as Brexit, may harm our sales and the profitability of our business in the UK and the EU; or

·           other risks and uncertainties as are or may be detailed from time to time in the Company's public announcements and filings with the SEC, such as filings on Forms 8-K, 10-Q and 10-K.

 

The Company undertakes no obligation to revise the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of the filing of this report.

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Repurchases Made in the Quarter (in whole dollars and number of shares)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number (or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Total

 

Approximate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

Dollar 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares (or

 

Value) of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units)

 

Shares (or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

Units) that

 

(a) Total

 

(b)

 

as Part of

 

May Yet Be 

 

Number of

 

Average

 

Publicly

 

Purchased

 

Shares (or

 

Price Paid

 

Announced

 

Under the

Period

Units)

 

per Share

 

Plans or

 

Plans or

 

Purchased

 

(or Unit)

 

Programs

 

Programs

July 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/2/18 – 7/29/18

  

397,964

 

$

95.43

 

 

397,964

 

$

527,122,037

August 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/30/18 – 9/2/18

 

125,754

 

$

99.38

 

 

125,754

 

$

514,624,424

September 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/3/18 – 9/30/18

 

277,748

 

$

104.29

 

 

277,748

 

$

485,659,275

Total

 

801,466

 

$

99.12

 

 

801,466

 

$

485,659,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number (or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) Total

 

Approximate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

Dollar 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares (or

 

Value) of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units)

 

Shares (or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased

 

Units) that

 

(a) Total

 

(b)

 

as Part of

 

May Yet Be 

 

Number of

 

Average

 

Publicly

 

Purchased

 

Shares (or

 

Price Paid

 

Announced

 

Under the

Period

Units)

 

per Share

 

Plans or

 

Plans or

 

Purchased

 

(or Unit)

 

Programs

 

Programs

January 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/31/18 – 1/27/19

  

298,064

 

$

83.87

 

 

298,064

 

$

402,965,920

February 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/19 – 3/3/19

 

-

 

$

-

 

 

-

 

$

402,965,920

March 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/4/19 – 3/31/19

 

281,110

 

$

85.98

 

 

281,110

 

$

378,795,443

Total

 

579,174

 

$

84.90

 

 

579,174

 

$

378,795,443

 

In May 2018, the Company announced that its Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of an additional $500 million of common stock. Purchases of the Company's common stock may be made from time to time, subject to market conditions. These shares may be repurchased in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions. The Company has no obligation to repurchase shares under this authorization, and the timing, actual number, and value of the shares that are repurchased will depend on a number of factors, including the price of the Company's stock and the Company’s generation of, and uses for, cash. The Company may suspend or discontinue the program at any time and there is no expiration date.

  

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Other Information.

None.

 

Item 6.

Exhibits.

 

3.1      Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.2      Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated June 28, 2000. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)

 

 

 

3.3      Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, dated May 19, 2003.  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 29, 2003, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.4      Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3(d) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.5      Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 6, 2014, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.6      Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 5, 2015, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.7      Amendment to Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, as amended. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 10, 2015, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.8      Certificate of Designations of Series C Junior Participating Preference Stock of Hasbro, Inc. dated June 29, 1999. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No. 1-6682.)

 

3.9      Certificate of Vote(s) authorizing a decrease of class or series of any class of shares. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended July 2, 2000, File No 1-6682.)

 

4.1      Indenture, dated as of July 17, 1998, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to Citibank, N.A. as Trustee. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 14, 1998, File No. 1-6682.)

 

4.2      Indenture, dated as of March 15, 2000, by and between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4(b)(i) to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 26, 1999, File No. 1-6682.)

 

4.3      First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 17, 2007, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 17, 2007, File No. 1-6682.)

 

4.4      Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2009, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 13, 2009, File No. 1-6682.)

 

4.5      Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2010, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York.  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 11, 2010, File No. 1-6682.)

 

4.6      Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated May 13, 2014, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York.  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 13, 2014, file No. 1-6682.)

 

 

 

4.7      Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 13, 2017, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee to the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company of New York.  (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 13, 2017, file No. 1-6682.)

 

10.1    August 1, 2018 Amendment toForm of 2019 Stock Option Agreement under the Employment Agreement, between Mr. GoldnerHasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.  (Applicable for Deborah Thomas, Steve Davis and the Company. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 1, 2018, File No. 1-6682.)Wiebe Tinga).

 

10.2    EmploymentForm of 2019 Stock Option Agreement between Mr. Frascottiunder the Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan for Brian Goldner.

10.3    Form of 2019 Stock Option Agreement under the Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan for John Frascotti.

10.4    Form of 2019 Contingent Stock Performance Award under the Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.  (Applicable for Deborah Thomas, Steve Davis and Wiebe Tinga).

10.5    Form of 2019 Contingent Stock Performance Award under the Company, dated August 1, 2018. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 toHasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan for Brian Goldner.

10.6    Form of 2019 Contingent Stock Performance Award under the Company's Current Report on Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan for John Frascotti.

10.7    Form 8-K dated August 1, 2018, File No. 1-6682.)of 2019 Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan.  (Applicable for Deborah Thomas, Steve Davis and Wiebe Tinga).

10.8    Form of 2019 Restricted Stock Unit Award under the Hasbro, Inc. Restated 2003 Stock Incentive Performance Plan for John Frascotti.

10.9    Form of 2019 Non-Competition, Non-Solicitation and Confidentiality Agreement.  (Applicable for Deborah Thomas and Wiebe Tinga).

10.10  Hasbro, Inc. 2019 Performance Rewards Program.

 

31.1    Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

31.2    Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

32.1*  Certification of the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

32.2*  Certification of the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

101.INS        XBRL Instance Document

 

101.SCH      XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

101.CAL      XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

101.LAB      XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

 

101.PRE       XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

101.DEF       XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

            * Furnished herewith.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements 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.

 

 

 HASBRO, INC.

 

 (Registrant)

 

Date: NovemberMay 1, 20182019

By:  /s/ Deborah Thomas

 

Deborah Thomas

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

(Duly Authorized Officer and

 

Principal Financial Officer)