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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

þ

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

For the quarterly period ended December 30, 2017

January 2, 2021

OR

o

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

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 1-15583

DELTA APPAREL, INC.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia

58-2508794

GEORGIA58-2508794

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

Incorporation or Organization)

Identification No.)

322 South Main Street

Greenville, SC

29601

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(864) 232-5200


(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report.)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.01

DLA

NYSE American

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 þ No o

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 þ No o

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

Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer þ

Non-accelerated filer o

Smaller reporting company o

Emerging growth company o

(Do not check if a smaller reporting 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 o

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


As of January 24, 2018,27, 2021, there were outstanding 7,211,3746,974,660 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, which is the only class of outstanding common or voting stock of the registrant.





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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — Three months ended December 30, 2017,2020 and December 31, 20162019

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

Note A—Basis of Presentation and Description of Business

8

Note B—Accounting Policies8
Note C—New Accounting Standards8
Note D—Revenue Recognition9
Note E—Inventories9
Note F—Debt10
Note G—Selling, General and Administrative Expense10
Note H—Stock-Based Compensation10
Note I—Purchase Contracts10
Note J—Business Segments11
Note K—Income Taxes11
Note L—Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements12
Note M—Legal Proceedings12
Note N—Repurchase of Common Stock13
Note O—Goodwill and Intangible Assets13
Note P—Subsequent Events13
   

   
4.

PART II.

Other Information

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

15

Item 1A.Risk Factors15
   

5.

Item 6.

Exhibits

Exhibits

Signatures

16

     EX-31.1

     EX-31.2

Exhibits

EX-32.1

EX-31.1

EX-32.2

EX-31.2




EX-32.1

EX-32.2


PART 1.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements

Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts and per share data)

(Unaudited)

  

December 2020

  

September 2020

 
Assets        

Current Assets:

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 $10,255  $16,458 

Accounts receivable, less allowances of $854 and $684, respectively

  62,592   60,146 

Other receivables

  1,054   854 
Income tax receivable  1,180   983 

Inventories, net

  148,521   145,515 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  3,609   2,812 

Total current assets

  227,211   226,768 
         

Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $93,283 and $92,123, respectively

  67,779   63,950 

Goodwill

  37,897   37,897 

Intangibles, net

  19,555   19,948 

Deferred income taxes

  3,313   4,052 

Operating lease assets

  52,171   54,645 

Equity method investment

  10,462   10,573 

Other assets

  2,233   2,398 

Total assets

 $420,621  $420,231 
         
Liabilities and Equity        

Current liabilities:

        

Accounts payable

 $55,023  $49,800 

Accrued expenses

  18,130   20,174 
Income taxes payable  383   379 

Current portion of finance leases

  6,915   6,956 
Current portion of operating leases  8,892   9,039 

Current portion of long-term debt

  7,112   7,559 

Current portion of contingent consideration

  0   2,120 

Total current liabilities

  96,455   96,027 
         

Long-term income taxes payable

  3,599   3,599 

Long-term finance leases, less current maturities

  13,409   11,328 

Long-term operating leases, less current maturities

  44,522   46,570 

Long-term debt, less current maturities

  112,595   112,782 

Long-term contingent consideration

  4,310   4,300 

Other non-current liabilities

  2,534   2,939 

Total liabilities

 $277,424  $277,545 
         

Shareholder's equity:

        

Preferred stock - $0.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding

  0   0 

Common stock - $0.01 par value, 15,000,000 authorized, 9,646,972 shares issued, and 6,974,660 and 6,890,118 shares outstanding as of December 2020 and September 2020, respectively

  96   96 

Additional paid-in capital

  59,564   61,005 

Retained earnings

  127,447   126,564 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

  (1,197)  (1,322)

Treasury stock - 2,672,312 and 2,756,854 shares as of December 2020, and September 2020, respectively

  (42,149)  (43,133)

Equity attributable to Delta Apparel, Inc.

  143,761   143,210 

Equity attributable to non-controlling interest

  (564)  (524)

Total equity

  143,197   142,686 

Total liabilities and equity

 $420,621  $420,231 
(Unaudited)
 December 30,
2017
 September 30,
2017
Assets   
Current assets: 
  
  Cash and cash equivalents$603
 $572
  Accounts receivable, less allowances of $1,502 and $1,433, respectively51,010
 47,557
  Income tax receivable404
 352
  Inventories, net174,505
 174,551
  Note receivable1,031
 2,016
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets3,885
 2,646
Total current assets231,438
 227,694
    
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $69,320 and $67,780, respectively45,449
 42,706
  Goodwill19,917
 19,917
  Intangibles, net15,925
 16,151
  Deferred income taxes2,656
 5,002
  Other assets6,277
 6,332
Total assets$321,662
 $317,802
    
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity   
Current liabilities: 
  
Accounts payable$45,597
 $47,183
Accrued expenses13,503
 17,704
Current portion of long-term debt6,600
 7,548
Total current liabilities65,700
 72,435
    
Long-term debt, less current maturities99,360
 85,306
Income tax payable8,058
 
Other liabilities4,734
 2,574
Contingent consideration1,300
 1,600
Total liabilities$179,152
 $161,915
    
Shareholders’ equity:   
Preferred stock—$0.01 par value, 2,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
 
Common stock —$0.01 par value, 15,000,000 shares authorized, 9,646,972 shares issued, and 7,227,374 and 7,300,297 shares outstanding as of December 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, respectively96
 96
Additional paid-in capital59,856
 61,065
Retained earnings117,402
 127,358
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)51
 (35)
Treasury stock —2,419,598 and 2,346,675 shares as of December 30, 2017, and September 30, 2016, respectively(34,895) (32,597)
Total shareholders’ equity142,510
 155,887
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$321,662
 $317,802

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 
         

Net sales

 $94,723  $95,889 

Cost of goods sold

  74,434   75,996 

Gross profit

  20,289   19,893 
         

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  16,030   18,073 

Other loss (income), net

  1,190   (817)

Operating income

  3,069   2,637 
         

Interest expense, net

  1,654   1,802 

Earnings before provision for income taxes

  1,415   835 

Provision for income taxes

  572   44 

Consolidated net earnings

  843   791 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

  40   132 

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

 $883  $923 
         

Basic earnings per share

 $0.13  $0.13 

Diluted earnings per share

 $0.13  $0.13 
         

Weighted average number of shares outstanding

  6,920   6,950 

Dilutive effect of stock awards

  80   122 

Weighted average number of shares assuming dilution

  7,000   7,072 
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
 December 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
Net sales$90,342
 $85,335
Cost of goods sold73,972
 67,777
Gross profit16,370
 17,558
    
Selling, general and administrative expenses14,979
 17,311
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(300) (100)
Other income, net(47) (122)
Operating income1,738
 469
    
Interest expense, net1,334
 1,301
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes404
 (832)
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes10,356
 (225)
Net loss$(9,952) $(607)
    
Basic loss per share$(1.37) $(0.08)
Diluted loss per share$(1.37) $(0.08)
    
Weighted average number of shares outstanding7,268
 7,598
Dilutive effect of stock options and awards
 
Weighted average number of shares assuming dilution7,268
 7,598

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.



Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

Income

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 
         

Net earnings attributable to shareholders

 $883  $923 

Other comprehensive income related to unrealized gain on derivatives, net of income tax

  125   131 

Consolidated comprehensive income

 $1,008  $1,054 
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
 December 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
Net loss$(9,952) $(607)
Other comprehensive income related to unrealized gain on derivatives, net of income tax85
 49
Comprehensive loss$(9,867) $(558)

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

Shareholders’ Equity

(Amounts in thousands)thousands, except share amounts)

(Unaudited)

                  

Accumulated

                 
          

Additional

      

Other

          

Non-

     
  Common Stock  Paid-In  Retained  Comprehensive  Treasury Stock  Controlling     
  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Capital

  

Earnings

  

Income (Loss)

  

Shares

  

Amount

  

Interest

  

Total

 

Balance as of September 2019

  9,646,972  $96  $59,855  $136,937  $(969)  2,725,555  $(41,750) $(281) $153,888 
                                     

Net earnings

  -   0   0   923   0   -   0   0   923 

Other comprehensive income

  -   0   0   0   131   -   0   0   131 

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest

  -   0   0   0   0   -   0   (132)  (132)

Vested stock awards

  0   0   (1,615)  0   0   (67,406)  631   0   (984)
Stock based compensation  -   0   585   0   0   -   0   0   585 
Balance as of December 2019  9,646,972  $96  $58,825  $137,860  $(838)  2,658,149  $(41,119) $(413) $154,411 
                                     
                  Accumulated                 
          Additional      Other          Non-     
  Common Stock  Paid-In  Retained  Comprehensive  Treasury Stock  Controlling     
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Earnings  Income (Loss)  Shares  Amount  Interest  Total 
Balance as of September 2020  9,646,972  $96  $61,005  $126,564  $(1,322)  2,756,854  $(43,133) $(524) $142,686 
                                     
Net earnings  -   0   0   883   0   -   0   0   883 
Other comprehensive income  -   0   0   0   125   -   0   0   125 
Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  -   0   0   0   0   -   0   (40)  (40)
Vested stock awards  0   0   (2,117)  0   0   (84,542)  984   0   (1,133)
Stock based compensation  -   0   676   0   0   -   0   0   676 
Balance as of December 2020  9,646,972  $96  $59,564  $127,447  $(1,197)  2,672,312  $(42,149) $(564) $143,197 
(Unaudited)
 Three Months Ended
 December 30,
2017
 December 31,
2016
Operating activities:   
Net loss$(9,952) $(607)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:   
Depreciation and amortization2,433
 2,415
Amortization of deferred financing fees76
 78
Provision for deferred income taxes2,346
 (194)
Non-cash stock compensation437
 369
Change in the fair value of contingent consideration(300) (100)
Loss on disposal of equipment
 5
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:   
Accounts receivable, net(3,453) 15,448
Inventories, net46
 (14,791)
Prepaid expenses and other assets(1,252) (770)
Other non-current assets61
 
Accounts payable(1,902) 3,063
Accrued expenses(4,290) (5,264)
Income taxes8,007
 (150)
Other liabilities(71) 44
Net cash used in operating activities(7,814) (454)
    
Investing activities:   
Purchases of property and equipment, net(2,162) (1,883)
Proceeds from sale of Junkfood assets1,000
 
Proceeds from sale of fixed assets1
 
Net cash used in investing activities(1,161) (1,883)
    
Financing activities:   
Proceeds from long-term debt119,529
 115,707
Repayment of long-term debt(106,424) (111,749)
Repayment of capital financing(257) (101)
Repurchase of common stock(2,897) (965)
Payment of withholding taxes on stock awards(945) (542)
Net cash provided by financing activities9,006
 2,350
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents31
 13
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period572
 397
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$603
 $410
    
Supplemental cash flow information:   
Cash paid during the period for interest$1,094
 $1,209
Cash paid during the period for income taxes$19
 $94
Non-cash financing activity - capital lease agreements$3,050
 $1,619

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.


Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in thousands)

(Unaudited)

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 

Operating activities:

        
Consolidated net earnings $843  $791 

Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash used in operating activities:

        

Depreciation and amortization

  3,368   3,161 

Amortization of deferred financing fees

  81   73 
Provision for inventory market reserves  (405)  (385)

Provision for deferred income taxes

  740   0 

Non-cash stock compensation

  676   601 

Loss (gain) on disposal of equipment

  30   (37)

Other, net

  (200)  (725)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

        

Accounts receivable, net

  (2,598)  5,410 

Inventories, net

  (2,601)  (17,823)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

  (797)  70 

Other non-current assets

  394   (1,004)

Accounts payable

  387   7,985 

Accrued expenses

  (2,044)  (3,920)
Net operating lease liabilities  279   931 

Income taxes

  (193)  16 

Other liabilities

  (447)  (1)
Net cash used in operating activities  (2,487)  (4,857)

Investing activities:

        

Purchases of property and equipment, net

  (408)  (3,747)
Proceeds from equipment under financed leases  2,312   0 

Proceeds from sale of equipment

  196   0 

Cash paid for business

  (838)  (828)

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

  1,262   (4,575)

Financing activities:

        

Proceeds from long-term debt

  112,506   117,763 

Repayment of long-term debt

  (112,557)  (105,211)

Repayment of capital financing

  (1,684)  (1,259)
Payment of contingent consideration  (2,110)  0 

Payment of deferred financing costs

  0   (1,079)

Payment of withholding taxes on stock awards

  (1,133)  (954)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

  (4,978)  9,260 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents  (6,203)  (172)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

  16,458   605 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $10,255  $433 
         
Supplemental cash flow information        
Finance lease assets exchanged for finance lease liabilities $3,976  $3,037 
Operating lease assets exchanged for operating lease liabilities $0  $531 
         
         
         

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Delta Apparel, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)


Note A— Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Delta Apparel, Inc. (collectively with DTG2Go, LLC, Salt Life, LLC, M.J. Soffe, LLC, and Descriptionother subsidiaries, "Delta Apparel," "we," "us," "our," or the "Company") is a vertically-integrated, international apparel company. With approximately 7,700 employees worldwide, we design, manufacture, source, and market a diverse portfolio of Business

core activewear and lifestyle apparel products under our primary brands of Salt Life®, COAST®, Soffe®, and Delta. We are a market leader in the on-demand, digital print and fulfillment industry, bringing DTG2Go's proprietary technology and innovation to the supply chain of our customers. We specialize in selling casual and athletic products through a variety of distribution channels and tiers, including outdoor and sporting goods retailers, independent and specialty stores, better department stores and mid-tier retailers, mass merchants and e-retailers, the U.S. military, and through our business-to-business digital platform. Our products are also made available direct-to-consumer on our ecommerce sites and in our branded retail stores. Our diversified distribution model allows us to capitalize on our strengths to provide our activewear and lifestyle apparel products to a broad and evolving customer base whose shopping preferences may span multiple retail channels. 

We design and internally manufacture the majority of our products. More than 90% of the apparel garments that we sell are sewn in our owned or leased facilities. This allows us to offer a high degree of consistency and quality, leverage scale efficiencies, and react quickly to changes in trends within the marketplace. We have manufacturing operations located in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico, and we use domestic and foreign contractors as additional sources of production. Our distribution facilities are strategically located throughout the United States to better serve our customers with same-day shipping on our catalog products and weekly replenishments to retailers.  We were incorporated in Georgia in 1999, and our headquarters is located in Greenville, South Carolina. Our common stock trades on the NYSE American under the symbol “DLA."

We operate on a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest to September 30.  Our 2021 fiscal year is a 52-week year and will end on October 2, 2021, ("fiscal 2021"). Accordingly, this Form 10-Q presents our first quarter of fiscal 2021. Our 2020 fiscal year was a 53-week year and ended on October 3, 2020, ("fiscal 2020").  For presentation purposes herein, all references to periods ended December 2020 and December 2019 relate to the fiscal periods ended on January 2, 2021, and December 28, 2019, respectively.  References to September 2020 and September 2021 relate to information as of October 3, 2020 and October 2, 2021, respectively.

We prepared the accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statementsCondensed Consolidated Financial Statements in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") for complete financial statements. We believe these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation. Operating results for the three-month periodthree-month periods ended December 30, 2017, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for our fiscal year ending September 29, 2018.2021. Although our various product lines are sold on a year-round basis, the demand for specific products or styles reflects some seasonality, with sales in our June quarter generally being the highest and sales in our December quarter generally being the lowest. For more information regarding our results of operations and financial position, refer toThese Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K for our fiscal year ended September 30, 2017, 2020, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

“Delta Apparel”,

Our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the “Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” are used interchangeably to refer toaccounts of Delta Apparel Inc. together with our domesticand its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including M.J. Soffe, LLC (“Soffe”), Culver City Clothing Company (f/k/a Junkfood Clothing Company) (“Junkfood”), Salt Life, LLC (“Salt Life”), and Art Gun, LLC (“Art Gun”), and other international subsidiaries, as appropriate to the context. On March 31, 2017, we sold substantially all of the assets comprising our Junkfood business to JMJD Ventures, LLC. See Note D—Divestitures, for further information on this transaction.

Delta Apparel, Inc. is an international apparel design, marketing, manufacturing and sourcing company that features a diverse portfolio of lifestyle basics and branded activewear apparel, headwear and related accessory products. We specialize in selling casual and athletic products through a variety of distribution channels and distribution tiers, including department stores, mid and mass channels, e-retailers, sporting goods and outdoor retailers, independent and specialty stores, and the U.S. military. Our products are also made available direct-to-consumer on our websites and in our branded retail stores. We believe this diversified distribution allows us to capitalize on our strengths to provide casual activewear to consumers purchasing from most types of retailers.
We design and internally manufacture the majority of our products, which allows us to offer a high degree of consistency and quality controls as well as leverage scale efficiencies. One of our strengths is the speed with which we can reach the market from design to delivery. We have manufacturing operations located in the United States, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico, and usemajority-owned domestic and foreign contractors as additional sourcessubsidiaries. We apply the equity method of production.accounting for our investment in 31% of the outstanding capital stock of a Honduran company. During the December 2020 quarter, we received dividends from the investment of $0.3 million. Our distribution facilities are strategically located throughoutCeiba Textiles manufacturing facility is leased under an operating lease arrangement with this Honduran company. During the United StatesDecember 2020 quarter, we paid approximately $0.8 million under this arrangement which included repayment of rent deferrals related to better serve our customersthe June 2020 quarter. Payments of approximately $0.4 million were made during the December 2019 quarter.

We make available copies of materials we file with, same-day shippingor furnish to, the SEC free of charge at https://ir.deltaapparelinc.com. The information found on our catalog productswebsite is not part of this, or any other, report that we file with, or furnish to, the SEC. In addition, we will provide upon request, at no cost, paper or electronic copies of our reports and weekly replenishments to retailers.

We were incorporated in Georgia in 1999 and our headquarters is located at other filings made with the SEC. Requests should be directed to: Investor Relations Department, Delta Apparel, Inc., 322 South Main Street, Greenville, South Carolina 29601 (telephone number: 864-232-5200). Our common stock trades on the NYSE American exchange under the symbol “DLA”. We operate on a 52-53 week fiscal year ending on the Saturday closest29601. Requests can also be made by telephone to September 30. Our 2018 fiscal year is a 52-week year and will end on September 29, 2018. Our 2017 fiscal year was a 52-week year and ended on September 30, 2017.864-232-5200, or via email at investor.relations@deltaapparel.com.


Note B—Accounting Policies

Our accounting policies are consistent with those described in our Significant Accounting Policies in our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2020, filed with the SEC. See Note C for consideration of recently issued accounting standards.


Note C—New Accounting Standards

Recently Adopted Standards

In July 2015, August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") No. 2015-11, 2018-15,Customer's Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a Cloud Computing Arrangement that is a Service Contract (“ASU 2018-15”), which requires customers to apply internal-use software guidance to determine the implementation costs that are able to be capitalized. Capitalized implementation costs are required to be amortized over the term of the arrangement, beginning when the cloud computing arrangement is ready for its intended use. We adopted ASU 2018-15 prospectively as of the beginning of fiscal 2021, and the provisions did not have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, or disclosures.

Standards Not Yet Adopted

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No.2019-12,Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which simplifies the accounting for income taxes, eliminates certain exceptions within Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 740,Income Taxes, and clarifies certain aspects of the current guidance to promote consistency among reporting entities. ASU 2019-12 is effective as of the beginning of our fiscal year 2022. Most amendments within the standard are required to be applied on a prospective basis, while certain amendments must be applied on a retrospective or modified retrospective basis. We are currently evaluating the impacts of the provisions of ASU 2019-12 on our financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and disclosures.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No.2016-13,Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of InventoryCredit Losses on Financial Instruments (“ASU 2016-13”), ("ASU 2015-11").  This new guidancewhich requires an entity to measure inventory atassess impairment of its financial instruments based on the lowerentity's estimate of costexpected credit losses. Since the issuance of ASU 2016-13, the FASB released several amendments to improve and net realizable value. Currently, entities measure inventory atclarify the lowerimplementation guidance. These standards have been collectively codified within ASC Topic 326,Credit Losses (“ASC 326”). As a smaller reporting company as defined by the SEC, the provisions of cost or market. ASU 2015-11 replaces market with net realizable value. Net realizable value isASC 326 are effective as of the estimated selling price in the ordinary coursebeginning of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.  Subsequent measurement is unchanged for inventory measured under last-in, first-out or the retail inventory method.  ASU 2015-11 requires prospective adoption for inventory measurements for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those years for public business entities.  Early application is permitted.  ASU 2015-11 was adopted in our fiscal year beginning October 1, 2017. The adoption2024. We are currently evaluating the impacts of this standard did not have a material impactthe provisions of ASC 326 on our consolidated financial statementscondition, results of operations, cash flows, and disclosures.

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Standards Not Yet Adopted

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09,

Note D—Revenue from Contracts with Customers, ("ASU 2014-09"). This new guidance requires an entity to recognizeRecognition

Our revenue streams consist of retail stores, direct-to-consumer ecommerce, and wholesale channels which are included in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The table below identifies the amount and percentage of revenue to which it expects to be entitlednet sales by distribution channel (in thousands):

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 
  $  

%

  $  

%

 

Retail

 $2,438   3% $1,234   1%

Direct-to-consumer ecommerce

  1,809   2%  1,683   2%

Wholesale

  90,476   95%  92,972   97%

Net sales

 $94,723   100% $95,889   100%

The table below provides net sales by reportable segment (in thousands) and the percentage of net sales by distribution channel for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. ASU 2014-09 will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. ASU 2014-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017, for public business entities and permits the use of either the retrospectiveeach reportable segment:

  

December 2020 Quarter

 
  

Net Sales

  

Retail

  

Direct-to-consumer ecommerce

  

Wholesale

 

Delta Group

 $87,624   0.2%  0.4%  99.4%

Salt Life Group

  7,099   31.4%  21.1%  47.5%

Total

 $94,723             

  

December 2019 Quarter

 
  

Net Sales

  

Retail

  

Direct-to-consumer ecommerce

  

Wholesale

 

Delta Group

 $88,950   0.3%  0.3%  99.4%

Salt Life Group

  6,939   13.5%  20.7%  65.8%

Total

 $95,889             


or cumulative effect transition method. Early application is permitted only for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. ASU 2014-09 will therefore be effective in our fiscal year beginning September 30, 2018. Although we have not yet determined our adoption method, we have identified a committee, agreed on a methodology for review of our revenue arrangements and initiated the review process for adoption of this ASU, and are evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases, ("ASU 2016-02"). ASU 2016-02 requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities for most leases. All leases will be required to be recorded on the balance sheet with the exception of short-term leases. Early application is permitted. The guidance must be adopted using a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements. ASU 2016-02 is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those annual periods. ASU 2016-02 will therefore be effective in our fiscal year beginning September 29, 2019. We are evaluating the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.

Note D—Divestitures
On March 31, 2017, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets comprising our Junkfood business to JMJD Ventures, LLC for $27.9 million. The business sold consisted of vintage-inspired Junk Food branded and private label products sold in the United States and internationally. We received cash at closing of $25.0 million and recorded a $2.9 million note receivable with payments due between June 30, 2017, and March 30, 2018. The note receivable was amended on June 29, 2017, to revise the repayment schedule for payments to be made between September 29, 2017, and March 30, 2018.
We realized a $1.3 million pre-tax gain on the sale of the Junkfood business resulting from the proceeds of $27.9 million less the costs of assets sold and other expenses, and less direct selling costs associated with the transaction. The pre-tax gain was recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations as a Gain on sale of business in our 2017 second fiscal quarter as a Gain on sale of business.

Note E—Inventories

Inventories, net of $9.9reserves of $14.6 million and $9.8$15.0 million, in reserves, as of December 30, 2017, 2020 and September 30, 2017, 2020, respectively, consisted of the following (in thousands):

  

December 2020

  

September 2020

 

Raw materials

 $15,047  $13,571 

Work in process

  12,415   13,984 

Finished goods

  121,059   117,960 
  $148,521  $145,515 

Raw materials include finished yarn and direct materials for the Delta Group, undecorated garments for the DTG2Go business, and direct embellishment materials for the Salt Life Group.

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 December 30,
2017
 September 30,
2017
Raw materials$8,639
 $8,973
Work in process16,179
 18,543
Finished goods149,687
 147,035
 $174,505
 $174,551

Note F—Debt

Credit Facility

On May 10, 2016, we entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the(as further amended, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as Administrative Agent, the Sole Lead Arranger and the Sole Book Runner, and the financial institutions named therein as Lenders, which are Wells Fargo, PNC Bank, National Association and Regions Bank. Our subsidiaries M.J. Soffe, LLC, Culver City Clothing Company (f/k/a Junkfood Clothing Company), Salt Life, LLC, and DTG2Go, LLC (f/k/a Art Gun, LLC (together withLLC) (collectively, the Company, the “Companies”"Borrowers"), are co-borrowers under the Amended Credit Agreement.

On November 27, 2017, Delta Apparel, Soffe, Junkfood, Salt Life, and Art Gun (collectively, the “Borrowers”) The Borrowers entered into a First Amendmentamendments to the Fifth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo and the other lenders set forth therein (the “First Amendment”).
The First Amendment amends the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio within the Amended Credit Agreement to permit up to $10 million of the proceeds received from the on November 27, 2017, March 31, 2017, sale of certain assets of the Junkfood business to be used towards share repurchases for up to one year from the date of that transaction. In addition, the definition of Permitted Purchase Money Indebtedness is amended to extend the time period within which the Borrowers may enter into capital leases 9, 2018, October 8, 2018, November 19, 2019, April 27, 2020, and to increase the aggregate principal amount of such leases into which the Borrowers may enter to up to $15 million. The definition of Permitted Investments is also amended to permit the Borrowers to make investments in entities that are not a party to the Amended Credit Agreement in an aggregate amount of up to $2 million. The First Amendment also allows the change in the name of our Junkfood Clothing Company subsidiary to Culver City Clothing Company. There were no changes to the Agreement related to interest rate, borrowing capacity, or maturity.
August 28, 2020.

The Amended Credit Agreement allows us to borrow up to $145$170 million (subject to borrowing base limitations), including a maximum of $25 million in letters of credit. Provided that no event of default exists, we have the option to increase the maximum credit to $200


million (subject to borrowing base limitations), conditioned upon the Administrative Agent's ability to secure additional commitments and customary closing conditions. The credit facility matures on May 10, 2021. In fiscal year 2016, we paid $1.0 million in financing costs associated with the Amended Credit Agreement.
As of December 30, 2017, there was $90.1 million outstanding under our U.S. revolving credit facility at an average interest rate of 3.3% and additional borrowing availability of $26.6 million. This credit facility includes a financial covenant requiring that if the amount of availability falls below the threshold amounts set forth in the Amended Credit Agreement, our Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (“FCCR”) (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) for the preceding 12-month period must not be less than 1.1 to 1.0. We were not subject to the FCCR covenant at December 30, 2017, because our availability was above the minimum required under the Amended Credit Agreement, and we would have satisfied our financial covenant had we been subject to it. At December 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017, there was $9.0 million and $7.7 million, respectively, of retained earnings free of restrictions to make cash dividends or stock repurchases.
The Amended Credit Agreement contains a subjective acceleration clause and a “springing” lockbox arrangement (as defined in FASB Codification No. ASC 470,Debt ("ASC 470")) whereby remittances from customers will be forwarded to our general bank account and will not reduce the outstanding debt until and unless a specified event or an event of default occurs. Pursuant to ASC 470, weWe classify borrowings under the Amended Credit Agreement as long-term debt.
In August 2013, debt with consideration of current maturities.

As of December 2020, we had $107.1 million outstanding under our U.S. revolving credit facility at an average interest rate of 3.4%. Our cash on hand combined with the availability under the U.S. credit facility totaled $43.7 million. At December 2020 and September 2020 there was $9.2 million and $8.8 million, respectively, of retained earnings free of restrictions to make cash dividends or stock repurchases.

Promissory Note

On October 8, 2018, we acquired Salt Life andsubstantially all of the assets of Silk Screen Ink, Ltd. d/b/a SSI Digital Print Services. In conjunction with the acquisition, we issued twoa promissory notesnote in the aggregate principal amount of $22.0 million, which included a one-time installment of $9.0 million that was due and paid as required on September 30, 2014, and$7.0 million. The promissory note bears interest at 6% with quarterly installments commencing on March 31, 2015, which began January 2, 2019, with the final installment due on June 30, 2019. The promissory notes are zero-interest notes and state that interest will be imputed as required under Section 1274October 1, 2021. As of the Internal Revenue Code. We imputed interest at 1.92%December 2020 there was $2.3 million outstanding on the promissory note that matured June 30, 2016, and was paid in full as required. We impute interest at 3.62% on the promissory note that matures on June 30, 2019. At December 30, 2017, the discounted value of the promissory note outstanding was $3.9 million.

note.

Honduran Debt

Since March 2011, we have entered into term loans and a revolving credit facility with Banco Ficohsa, a Honduran bank, to finance both the operations and capital expansion of our Honduran facilities. In December 2020, we entered into a new term loan and revolving credit facility with Banco Ficohsa, both with five-year terms, and simultaneously settled the prior term loans and revolving credit facility with outstanding balances of $1.1 million and $9.5 million, respectively. Each of these new loans is secured by a first-priorityfirst-priority lien on the assets of our Honduran operations and is not guaranteed by our U.S. entities. These loans are denominated in U.S. dollars, and the carrying value of the debt approximates its fair value. TheAs the revolving credit facility requires minimum payments during each six-month period of the 18-month term; however, the loan agreement permits additional drawdowns to the extent payments are made and certain objective covenants are met. The current revolving Honduran debt, by its nature, is not long-term, as it requires scheduled payments each six months. However, as the loan permits us to re-borrow funds up to the amount repaid, subject to certain objective covenants, and we intend to re-borrow funds, subject to those covenants, the amounts have been classified as long-term debt.

Additional information about these loans and the outstanding balances as of December 30, 2017, 2020 is as follows (in thousands):

    
  

December 2020

 

Revolving credit facility established December 2020, interest at 7.25%, due August 2025

 $1,000 

Term loan established December 2020, interest at 7.5%, quarterly installments beginning September 2021 through December 2025

  9,128 

 December 30,
2017
Revolving credit facility established March 2011, interest at 8.0% due March 2019$4,804
Term loan established March 2011, interest at 7.0%, payable monthly with a seven-year term243
Term loan established November 2014, interest at 7.5%, payable monthly with a six-year term1,850
Term loan established June 2016, interest at 8.0%, payable monthly with a six-year term1,286
Term loan established September 2017, interest at 8.0%, payable monthly with a six-year term3,817

Note G—Selling, General and Administrative Expense

We include in selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses the costs incurred subsequent to the receipt of finished goods at our distribution facilities, such as the cost of stocking, warehousing, picking, packing, and shipping goods for delivery to our customers. Distribution costs included in SG&A expenses totaled $3.9$5.2 million and $3.5$4.9 million for the three-month periods ended December 30, 2017, 2020 and December 31, 2016,2019 quarters, respectively. In addition, SG&A expenses include costs related to sales associates, administrative personnel, advertising and marketing expenses royalty payments on licensed products and other general and administrative expenses.


Note H—Stock-Based Compensation

On February 4, 2015, 6, 2020, our shareholders re-approvedapproved the Delta Apparel, Inc. 20102020 Stock Plan ("2010("2020 Stock Plan") thatto replace the 2010 Stock Plan, which was originally approvedpreviously re-approved by our shareholders on November 11, 2010. Since November 2010, no additional awards have been or will be granted under eitherFebruary 4, 2015 and was scheduled to expire by its terms on September 14, 2020. The 2020 Stock Plan is substantially similar in both form and substance to the Delta Apparel2010 Stock OptionPlan. The purpose of the 2020 Stock Plan ("Option Plan") or the Delta Apparel Incentive Stock Award Plan ("Award Plan") and, instead, all stock awards have been and willis to continue to be granted undergive our Board of Directors and its Compensation Committee the 2010 Stock Plan.

We account for these plans pursuantability to ASC 718, SAB 107, SAB 110,offer a variety of compensatory awards designed to enhance the Company’s long-term success by encouraging stock ownership among its executives, key employees and ASU 2016-09. Shares are generally issued from treasury stock upon exercise of the options or the vesting of the restricted stock units and performance units.

Compensation expense is recorded on the SG&A expense line item in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations over the vesting periods. During the three-month periods ended December 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016, we recognized $0.5 million and $0.6 million, respectively, in stock-based compensation expense.
2010 Stock Plan
directors. Under the 20102020 Stock Plan, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors has the authority to determine the employees and directors to whom awards may be granted, and the size and type of each award and manner in which such awards will vest. The awards available under the plan consist of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, performance stock, performance units, and other stock and cash awards. The aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be delivered under the 2010 Stock Plan is 500,000 plus any shares of common stock subject to outstanding awards under the Option Plan or Award Plan that are subsequently forfeited or terminated for any reason before being exercised. The 2010 Stock Plan limits the number of shares that may be covered by awards to any participant in a given calendar year and also limits the aggregate awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock granted in a given calendar year. If a participant dies or becomes disabled (as defined in the 20102020 Stock Plan) while employed by the Company or serving as a director, all unvested awards become fully vested. The Compensation Committee is authorized to establish the terms and conditions of awards granted under the 20102020 Stock Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the 20102020 Stock Plan, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary.
During Similar to the three-month period ended December 30, 2017,2010 Stock Plan, the 2020 Stock Plan limits the number of shares that may be covered by awards to any participant in a given calendar year and also limits the aggregate awards of restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance stock granted in a given calendar year. Shares are generally issued from treasury stock upon the vesting of the restricted stock units, performance units or other awards under the 2020 Stock Plan.

Compensation expense is recorded within SG&A in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations over the vesting periods. During both the December 2020 and 2019 quarters, we recognized $0.9 million in stock-based compensation expense.  Associated with the compensation cost are income tax benefits recognized of $0.3 million and $0.4 million for the December 2020 and 2019 quarters, respectively.

During the December 2020 quarter, performance stock units and restricted stock units representing 54,60242,000 and 92,06874,000 shares of our common stock, respectively, vested uponwith the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2020, and were issued in accordance with their respective agreements. One-half of the restricted stock unitsAll vested awards were payablepaid in common stock and one-half were payable in cash. Of the performance units, 72,138 were payable in common stock and 19,930 were payable in cash.

During the three-month period ended December 30, 2017, restricted stock units and performance stock units, each consisting of 55,750 shares of our common stock, were issued and are eligible to vest upon the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 28, 2019. One-half of the restricted stock units and one-half of the performance units are payable in common stock and one-half are payable in cash.
During the three-month period ended December 31, 2016, restricted stock units and performance units representing 8,438 and 53,248 shares of our common stock, respectively, vested upon the filing of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 1, 2016, and were issued in accordance with their respective agreements. The restricted stock units and performance units are payable one-half in common stock and one-half in cash.
stock.

As of December 30, 2017, 2020, there was $4.1$3.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested awards granted under the 20102020 Stock Plan. This cost is expected to be recognized over a period of 31.9 years.

Option Plan
All options granted under the Option Plan vested prior to October 3, 2015. As such, no expense was recognized during each of the three-month periods ended December 30, 2017, and December 31, 2016. No options were exercised during the three-month period ended December 30, 2017.

Note I—Purchase Contracts

We have entered into agreements, and have fixed prices, to purchase yarn, finished fabric, and finished apparel and headwear products. At December 30, 2017, 2020, minimum payments under these contracts were as follows (in thousands):

Yarn

 $12,878 

Finished fabric

  2,955 

Finished products

  16,420 
  $32,253 


Yarn$3,252
Finished fabric2,271
Finished products21,995
 $27,518

Note J—Business Segments
We operate

Our operations are managed and reported in two segments, Delta Group and Salt Life Group, which reflect the manner in which the business is managed and results are reviewed by the Chief Executive Officer, who is our business in two distinct segments: branded and basics.Although the two segments are similar in their production processes and regulatory environments, they are distinct in their economic characteristics, products, marketing, and distribution methods.

chief operating decision maker. 

The basics segmentDelta Group is comprised of our business units primarily focused on garmentcore activewear styles, characterized by low fashion risk, and includes our DTG2Go,Delta Activewear, (which includes Delta Catalog and FunTees) and Art GunSoffe business units. We are a market distributeleader in the on-demand, digital print and manufacture unembellished knitfulfillment industry, bringing DTG2Go's proprietary technology and innovation to the supply chain of our customers. Delta Activewear is a preferred supplier of activewear apparel to the wholesale and private label markets. We offer a broad range of apparel and accessories through our catalog business under the mainDelta and Soffe brands as well as other brands that we distribute utilizing our digital platform and network of Delta Platinum™, Delta Dri®, Delta Magnum Weight®, and Delta Pro Weight® for salefulfillment centers. In addition to a diversified audience rangingour catalog business, we serve our customers as their supply chain partner, from large licensed screen printersproduct development to small independent businesses. We also manufacture private labelshipment of their branded products, for major branded sportswear companies, trendy regional brands, retailers, and sports-licensed apparel marketers. Typically our private labelwith the majority of products arebeing sold with value-added services such asincluding embellishment, hangtags, ticketing, hangers, and embellishmentticketing, so that


they are fully ready for retail. Using digital print equipment and proprietary technology, Art Gun embellishes garmentsretail sale to create private label, custom-decorated apparel servicing the fast-growing e-retailer channels as well as the ad-specialty, promotional products and retail marketplaces.
end consumers.

The branded segmentSalt Life Group is comprised of our business unitslifestyle brands focused on specializeda broad range of apparel garments, headwear and related accessories to meet consumer preferences and fashion trends, and includes our Salt Life Soffe, and Coast business units. Our branded segment also included our Junkfood business unit prior to its disposition on March 31, 2017. These branded products are sold through specialty and boutique shops, outdoor retailers and traditional department stores, and mid-tier retailers, sporting goods stores, e-retailers and the U.S. military, as well as direct-to-consumer through branded ecommerce sites and "brick and mortar"branded retail stores. Products in this segment are marketed under our lifestyle brands of Salt Life®, Soffe®, and COAST®, as well as other labels.

Our Chief Operating Decision Maker and management evaluate performance and allocate resources based on profit or loss from operations before interest, and income taxes and special charges ("segment operating earnings"). Our segment operating earnings may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2020, filed with the SEC.

Intercompany transfers between operating segments are transacted at cost and have been eliminated within the segment amounts shown in the following table (in thousands).
 Three Months Ended
 December 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Segment net sales:   
Basics$73,176
 $60,838
Branded17,166
 24,497
Total net sales$90,342
 $85,335
    
Segment operating income (loss):   
Basics$4,189
 $4,684
Branded458
 (1,000)
Total segment operating income$4,647
 $3,684

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 

Segment net sales:

        

Delta Group

 $87,624  $88,950 

Salt Life Group

  7,099   6,939 

Total net sales

 $94,723  $95,889 
         

Segment operating income (loss):

        

Delta Group (1)

 $6,276  $7,266 

Salt Life Group

  (136)  (668)

Total segment operating income

 $6,140  $6,598 

(1) In fiscal 2021, the Delta Group operating income included $1.3 million of expense, reported within "Other loss/(income), net", related to two hurricanes that disrupted operations during the December 2020 quarter.

The following table reconciles the segment operating income to the consolidated income (loss)earnings before provision for (benefit from) income taxes (in thousands):

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

December 2020

  

December 2019

 

Segment operating income

 $6,140  $6,598 

Unallocated corporate expenses

  3,071   3,961 

Unallocated interest expense

  1,654   1,802 

Consolidated earnings before provision for income taxes

 $1,415  $835 

 Three Months Ended
 December 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
Segment operating income$4,647
 $3,684
Unallocated corporate expenses2,909
 3,215
Unallocated interest expense1,334
 1,301
Consolidated income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes$404
 $(832)

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Note K—Income Taxes
On December 22, 2017, the

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “New Tax Legislation”) was enacted. The New Tax Legislationenacted on December 22, 2017, which significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax code by, among other things, lowering federal corporate income tax rates, implementing a modified territorial tax system and imposing a repatriation tax ("transition tax") on deemed repatriated cumulative earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Duringsubsidiaries which will be paid over eight years. In addition, new taxes were imposed related to foreign income, including a tax on global intangible low-taxed income (“GILTI”) as well as a limitation on the three-month period ended December 30, 2017, we recognized provisional amounts totaling $10.6 milliondeduction for business interest expense (“Section 163(j)"). GILTI is the excess of tax expense.the shareholder’s net controlled foreign corporations ("CFC") net tested income over the net deemed tangible income.  GILTI income is eligible for a deduction of up to 50% of the income inclusion, but the deduction is limited to the amount of U.S. adjusted taxable income.  The Section 163(j) limitation does not allow the amount of deductible interest to exceed the sum of the taxpayer's business interest income and 30% of the taxpayer’s adjusted taxable income. We have made reasonable estimatesincluded in our calculation of our effective tax rate the effectsestimated impact of GILTI and Section 163(j). We have elected to account for the tax on GILTI as a period cost and, therefore, do not record deferred taxes related to GILTI on our existing deferredforeign subsidiaries.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES Act”), which was enacted on March 27, 2020, provided temporary changes to income and non-income-based tax balances and the one-time transition tax; however, these amounts may change as more information becomes available. We accounted for the $10.6 million provisional amount as a discrete item for tax provision purposes, recording tax expense on our best estimate of the effect oflaws, including some provisions which were previously enacted under the New Tax Legislation. ExcludingThe CARES Act revised the effectU.S. corporate income tax code on a temporary basis by, among other things, eliminating the 80% of this discrete item,taxable income limitation on net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards, allowing NOL carrybacks, and increasing the Section 163(j) interest limitation deduction from 30% to 50% of adjusted taxable income. We have included the estimated impact of these provisions in our effective tax rate calculation.

Our effective income tax rate on operations for the three-month period ended December 30, 2017,2020 quarter was (46.4%). This tax benefit relates39.3% compared to stock option excess benefits as a result from our adoption of ASU 2016-09. This compares to an effective income tax rate of 27.0% for4.6% in the same period inof the prior year, and 5.9%an effective rate of 23.6% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.

2020.We generally benefit from having income in foreign jurisdictions that are either exempt from income taxes or have tax rates that are lower than those in the United States. Based on our current projected pre-tax income and the anticipated amount of U.S. taxable income compared

to profits in the offshore taxable and tax-free jurisdictions in which we operate, our estimated annual income tax rate for the fiscal year ending September 29, 2018, excluding the discrete tax expense associated with the New Tax Legislation, is currently expected to be approximately 12%-13%. The change in the federal statutory rate from 34% to 21% as a result of the New Tax Legislation is effective at the beginning of our fiscal year. As such, the blended federal statutory tax rate for the fiscal year is anticipated to be approximately 24.3%. However, changes in the mix of U.S. taxable income compared to profits in tax-free or lower-tax jurisdictions can have a significant impact on our overall effective tax rate. Furthermore, we may be limited in our ability to deduct 50% of applicable foreign earnings under the GILTI income inclusion or to deduct U.S. interest expense based on our U.S. taxable income. In addition, the future impact of the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation may differ from our initial provisional estimates,historical amounts, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions made regarding the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation, guidance that may be issued, and actions we may take as a result of the CARES Act and New Tax Legislation.

Provisional amounts
As noted above we consider the estimate of the effects on our existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax to be provisional.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities: We remeasured our deferred tax assets and liabilities based on an estimated scheduling of when we anticipate these amounts will reverse and by applying estimated rates based on the period we believe they will reverse. However, we are still analyzing certain aspects of the New Tax Legislation and refining our scheduling and calculations, which could potentially affect the remeasurement of these balances. The provisional amount of expense related to the remeasurement of our deferred tax balance was approximately $1.1 million which was recognized during the quarter.
Transition tax: Our current estimate of the one-time transition tax is based on an estimate of our total earnings and profits (E&P) from our foreign subsidiaries which were previously deferred from US income taxes. A deferred tax liability for such undistributed earnings was not previously recognized since the earnings are considered to be permanently reinvested. We recorded a provisional amount related to this one-time transition tax of $9.5 million during the quarter which will be paid over eight years. We anticipate that the benefit resulting from the reduction of the federal tax rate from 34% to 21% will offset the future payments of the transition tax, resulting in minimal cash flow impact. We have not completed our analysis of the total E&P or the split between liquid and illiquid assets for our foreign subsidiaries. As such this amount may change when we finalize our analysis.
State tax effect: We continued to apply ASC 740 based on the provisions of the state tax laws that were in effect immediately prior to the New Tax Legislation being enacted. It is currently impractical to determine the changes to our state provision resulting from the New Tax Legislation; however, we believe the impact will not be material.
We file income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. Tax years 2014, 2015 and 2016, according to statute and with few exceptions, remain open to examination by various federal, state, local and foreign jurisdictions.

Note L—Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements

From time to time, we may use interest rate swaps or other instruments to manage our interest rate exposure and reduce the impact of future interest rate changes. These financial instruments are not used for trading or speculative purposes. We have designated our interest rate swap contracts as cash flow hedges of our future interest payments. As a result, the gains and losses on the swap contracts are reported as a component of other comprehensive income and are reclassified into interest expense as the related interest payments are made. As of December 2020, all of our other comprehensive income was attributable to shareholders; none related to the non-controlling interest.  Outstanding instruments as of December 30, 2017, 2020 are as follows:

Notional

 

Effective Date

 
Notational

Amount

 

Fixed LIBOR Rate

 

Maturity Date

Interest Rate Swap

July 19, 2017

 

$1010.0 million

 1.74%July 19, 2019
Interest Rate SwapJuly 19, 2017$10 million 1.99% 

May 10, 2021

Interest Rate Swap

July 25, 2018

$20.0 million

3.18%

July 25, 2023

The following table summarizes the fair value and presentation in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for derivatives related to our interest swap agreements as of December 2020 and September 2020 (in thousands):

  

December 2020

  

September 2020

 

Deferred tax assets

 

$

401

  

$

442

 
Accrued expenses  (65)   (108)

Other non-current liabilities

  

(1,533

)

  

(1,656

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

$

(1,197

)

 

$

(1,322

)

From time to time, we may purchase cotton option contracts to economically hedge the risk related to market fluctuations in the cost of cotton used in our operations. We do not receive hedge accounting treatment for these derivatives. As such, the realized and unrealized gains and losses associated with them are recorded within cost of goods sold on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

FASB Codification No. No such cotton contracts were outstanding at December 2020 and September 2020.

ASC 820,Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are grouped in three levels. The levels prioritize the inputs used to measure the fair value of the assets or liabilities. These levels are:

Level 1 – Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for assets and liabilities, either directly or indirectly. These inputs include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are less active.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little ornomarket activity for assets or liabilities and includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques.

The following financial assets (liabilities)liabilities are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):


 Fair Value Measurements Using
Period EndedTotal 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Interest Rate Swaps       
December 30, 2017$83
 
 $83
 
September 30, 2017(56) 
 (56) 
        
Cotton Options   
    
December 30, 2017$(1) $(1) 
 
September 30, 2017(125) (125) 
 
        
Contingent Consideration       
December 30, 2017$(1,300) 
 
 $(1,300)
September 30, 2017(1,600) 
 
 (1,600)

  

Fair Value Measurements Using

 
      

Quoted Prices in

  

Significant Other

  

Significant

 
      

Active Markets for

  

Observable

  

Unobservable

 
      

Identical Assets

  

Inputs

  

Inputs

 

Period Ended

 

Total

  

(Level 1)

  

(Level 2)

  

(Level 3)

 

Interest Rate Swaps

                

December 2020

 $(1,598)  0  $(1,598)  0 

September 2020

 $(1,764)  0  $(1,764)  0 
                 

Contingent Consideration

                

December 2020

 $(4,310)  0   0  $(4,310)

September 2020

 $(6,420)  0   0  $(6,420)

The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements was derived from a discounted cash flow analysis based on the terms of the contract and the forward interest rate curves adjusted for our credit risk, which fall in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. At December 31, 2017,2020 and September 2020, book value for fixed rate debt approximates fair value based on quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to us for debt of the same remaining maturities (a Level 2 fair value measurement).

The following table summarizesDTG2Go acquisition purchase price consisted of additional payments contingent on the fair value and presentation in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for derivativescombined business’s achievement of certain performance targets related to sales and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") for the period from April 1, 2018, through September 29, 2018, as well as for our interest swap agreements asfiscal years 2019,2020,2021 and 2022. The valuation of December 30, 2017, and September 30, 2017 (in thousands):

 December 30,
2017
 September 30,
2017
Other assets$83
 $
Deferred tax assets
 21
Accrued expenses
 (56)
Deferred tax liabilities(32) 
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)$51
 $(35)
In August 2013, we acquired Salt Life and issued contingent consideration payable in cash after the end of calendar year 2019 if financial performance targets involving the sale of Salt Life-branded products are met during the 2019 calendar year.  We used a Monte Carlo model utilizing the historical results and projected cash flows based on the contractually defined terms, discounted as necessary, to estimate the fair value of the contingent consideration for Salt Life at the acquisition date as well as to remeasure the contingent consideration related to the acquisition of Salt Life at each reporting period.  Accordingly, the fair value measurement for contingent consideration falls in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. 
At December 30, 2017, we had $1.3 million accrued in contingent consideration related to the Salt Life acquisition, a $0.3 million reduction from the accrual at September 30, 2017. The reduction in the fair value of contingent consideration is based on theupon inputs into the Monte Carlo model, including projected results, which then are discounted to a present value to derive the time remainingfair value. The fair value of the contingent consideration is sensitive to changes in our projected results and discount rates.  As of December 2020, we estimate the measurement period. The sales expectations for calendar year 2019 have been reduced from the sales expectations used in the valuationfair value of contingent consideration at acquisition to be $4.3 million, a $2.1 million decrease from September 2020 due to our current view of the retail environment. Our expectations are consistent with those at September 30, 2017.payment made during the December 2020 quarter for the fiscal 2020 period.


Note M—Legal Proceedings
The Sports Authority Bankruptcy Litigation
Soffe is involved in several related litigation matters stemming from The Sports Authority's ("TSA") March 2, 2016, filing of a voluntary petition(s) for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code (the "TSA Bankruptcy"). Prior to such filing, Soffe provided TSA with products to be sold on a consignment basis pursuant to a "pay by scan" agreement and the litigation matters relate to Soffe's interest in the products it provided TSA on a consignment basis (the "Products") and the proceeds derived from the sale of such products (the "Proceeds").
TSA Stores, Inc. and related entities TSA Ponce, Inc. and TSA Caribe, Inc. filed an action against Soffe on March 16, 2016, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the "TSA Action") essentially seeking a declaratory judgment that: (i) Soffe does not own the Products but rather has a security interest that is not perfected or senior and is avoidable; (ii) Soffe only has an unsecured claim against TSA; (iii) TSA and TSA's secured creditors have valid, unavoidable and senior rights in the Products and the Products are

the property of TSA’s estate; (iv) Soffe does not have a perfected purchase money security interest in the Products; (v) Soffe is not entitled to a return of the Products; and (vi) TSA can continue to sell the Products and Soffe is not entitled to any proceeds from such sales other than as an unsecured creditor. The TSA Action also contains claims seeking to avoid Soffe's filing of a financing statement related to the Products as a preference and recover the value of that transfer as well as to disallow Soffe's claims until it has returned preferential transfers or their associated value. TSA also brings a claim for a permanent injunction barring Soffe from taking certain actions. We believe that many of the claims in the TSA Action, including TSA’s claim for injunction, are now moot as a result of Soffe’s agreement to permit TSA to continue selling the Products in TSA’s going-out-of-business sale.
On May 16, 2016, TSA lender Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Successor Administrative and Collateral Agent ("WSFS"), intervened in the TSA Action seeking a declaratory judgment that: (i) WSFS has a perfected interest in the Products and Proceeds that is senior to Soffe's interest; and (ii) the Proceeds paid to Soffe must be disgorged pursuant to an order previously issued by the court. WSFS's intervening complaint also contains a separate claim seeking the disgorgement of all Proceeds paid to Soffe along with accrued and unpaid interest.
Soffe has asserted counterclaims against WSFS in the TSA Action essentially seeking a declaratory judgment that: (i) WSFS is not perfected in the Products; and (ii) WSFS's interest in the Products is subordinate to Soffe's interest.
On May 24, 2016, Soffe joined an appeal filed by a number of TSA consignment vendors in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware challenging an order issued in the TSA Bankruptcy that, should WSFS or TSA succeed in the TSA Action, granted TSA and/or WSFS a lien on all Proceeds received by Soffe and requiring the automatic disgorgement of such Proceeds. Soffe and another entity are the remaining consignment vendors pursuing this appeal.
Although we will continue to vigorously defend against the TSA Action and pursue the above-referenced counterclaims and appeal, should TSA and/or WSFS ultimately prevail on their claims, we could be forced to disgorge all Proceeds received and forfeit our ownership rights in any Products that remain in TSA's possession. We believe the range of possible loss in this matter is currently $0 to $3.3 million; however, it is too early to determine the probable outcome and, therefore, no amount has been accrued related to this matter.
In addition, at

At times we are party to various legal claims, actions and complaints. We believe that, as a result of legal defenses, insurance arrangements, and indemnification provisions with parties believed to be financially capable, such actions should not have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial condition, or liquidity.


Note N—Repurchase of Common Stock

As of December 30, 2017, September 28, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized management to use up to $50.0$60.0 million to repurchase stock in open market transactions under our Stock Repurchase Program.

During the December quarter of fiscal year 2018, we purchased 145,124

No shares of our common stock for a total cost of $3.0 million.were repurchased in the December 2020 quarter. Through December 30, 2017, 2020, we have purchased 3,038,6113,598,933 shares of our common stock for an aggregate of $41.7$52.5 million since the inception ofunder our Stock Repurchase Program.Program since its inception. All purchases were made at the discretion of management and pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of SEC Rule 10b-18.10b-18. As of December 30, 2017, $8.32020, $7.5 million remained available for future purchases under our Stock Repurchase Program, which does not have an expiration date.

The following table summarizes the purchases of our common stock for the quarter ended December 30, 2017:
Period Total Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans
October 1, 2017 to November 4, 2017 29,081
 $21.04 29,081
 
$10.7 million
November 5, 2017 to December 2, 2017 46,444
 20.67 46,444
 9.7 million
December 3, 2017 to December 30, 2017 69,599
 20.56 69,599
 8.3 million
Total 145,124
 $20.69 145,124
 
$8.3 million


Note O—Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Components of intangible assets consist of the following (in thousands):

 December 30, 2017 September 30, 2017  
 CostAccumulated AmortizationNet Value CostAccumulated AmortizationNet Value Economic Life
          
Goodwill$19,917
$
$19,917
 $19,917
$
$19,917
 N/A
          
Intangibles:         
Tradename/trademarks$16,090
$(2,329)$13,761
 $16,090
$(2,193)$13,897
 20 – 30 yrs
Technology1,220
(978)242
 1,220
(947)273
 10 yrs
License agreements2,100
(449)1,651
 2,100
(423)1,677
 15 – 30 yrs
Non-compete agreements1,037
(766)271
 1,037
(733)304
 4 – 8.5 yrs
Total intangibles$20,447
$(4,522)$15,925
 $20,447
$(4,296)$16,151
  

  

December 2020

  

September 2020

   
  

Cost

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Value

  

Cost

  

Accumulated Amortization

  

Net Value

 Economic Life 
                           

Goodwill

 $37,897  $  $37,897  $37,897  $  $37,897 N/A 
                           

Intangibles:

                          

Tradename/trademarks

 $16,090  $(3,956) $12,134  $16,090  $(3,820) $12,270 

20 – 30 yrs

 

Customer relationships

  7,400   (1,918)  5,482   7,400   (1,733)  5,667 

20 yrs

 

Technology

  1,720   (1,396)  324   1,720   (1,380)  340 

10 yrs

 

License agreements

  2,100   (759)  1,341   2,100   (733)  1,367 

15 – 30 yrs

 

Non-compete agreements

  1,657   (1,383)  274   1,657   (1,353)  304 

4 – 8.5 yrs

 

Total intangibles

 $28,967  $(9,412) $19,555  $28,967  $(9,019) $19,948   

Goodwill represents the acquired goodwill net of the cumulative impairment losses recorded in fiscal year 2011 of $0.6 million. TheAs of December 2020, the Delta Group segment assets include $18.0 million of goodwill, and the Salt Life segment assets include $19.9 million.

Depending on the type of intangible asset, amortization is recorded on our financial statements is included in the branded segment.

under cost of goods sold or selling, general and administrative expenses. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.2$0.4 million forduring the three-month period ended December 30, 2017,2020 quarter and $0.3$0.5 million forduring the three-month period ended December 31, 2016.2019 quarter. Amortization expense is estimated to be approximately $0.9$1.6 million for each of fiscal years 20182021 and 2019, approximately $0.72022, $1.5 million for fiscal year 2020,2023, and approximately $0.6$1.4 million for each of fiscal years 20212024 and 2022.2025.


Note P—Subsequent Events

On January 26, 2021, Belk, Inc. (“Belk”), a department store chain and Delta Apparel customer, announced that it has entered into a Restructuring Support Agreement with its majority owner, Sycamore Partners, as well as the majority of its lenders to recapitalize the business, significantly reduce debt by approximately $450 million, and extend maturities on all term loans to July 2025. Belk expects to complete the financial restructuring transaction through an expedited “pre-packaged” reorganization under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code by the end of February 2021. Per the announcement, suppliers will be unimpaired and will continue to be paid in the ordinary course for all goods and services provided to the company. At December 2020, we had approximately $1.1 million of accounts receivable from Belk. We have followed our normal policy of estimating reserves for doubtful accounts and have not established a specific reserve for this receivable based on our assessment of the customer’s ability to meet its financial obligations pursuant to this announcement.

None

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

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of the Company. We may from time to time make written or oral statements that are “forward-looking,” including statements contained in this report and other filings with the SEC, in our press releases, and in other reports to our shareholders. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, which address activities, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The words “plan”, “estimate”, “project”, “forecast”, “outlook”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “intend”, “seek’“remain”, “seek", “believe”, “may”, “should” and similar expressions, and discussions of strategy or intentions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based on our current expectations and are necessarily dependent upon assumptions, estimates and data that we believe are reasonable and accurate but may be incorrect, incomplete or imprecise. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of business risks and inherent uncertainties, any of which could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in or implied by the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results and financial condition to differ materially from those indicated in forward-looking statements include, among others, the following:

the volatility and uncertainty of cotton and other raw material prices;
the general U.S. and international economic conditions;
the competitive conditions in the apparel industry;
restrictions on our ability to borrow capital or service our indebtedness;
deterioration in the financial condition of our customers and suppliers and changes in the operations and strategies of our customers and suppliers;
our ability to predict or react to changing consumer preferences or trends;
our ability to successfully open and operate new retail stores in a timely and cost-effective manner;
pricing pressures and the implementation of cost reduction strategies;
changes in economic, political or social stability at our offshore locations;
disruptions at our manufacturing and other facilities;
our ability to attract and retain key management;
the effect of unseasonable or significant weather conditions on purchases of our products;

significant changes in our effective tax rate;
interest rate fluctuations increasing our obligations under our variable rate indebtedness;
the ability to raise additional capital;
the ability to grow, achieve synergies and realize the expected profitability of acquisitions;
the volatility and uncertainty of energy and fuel prices;
material disruptions in our information systems related to our business operations;
data security or privacy breaches;
significant interruptions within our manufacturing or distribution operations;
changes in or our ability to comply with safety, health and environmental regulations;
significant litigation in either domestic or international jurisdictions:
the ability to protect our trademarks and other intellectual property;
the ability to obtain and renew our significant license agreements;
the impairment of acquired intangible assets;
changes in ecommerce laws and regulations;
changes in international trade regulations;
our ability to comply with trade regulations;
changes in employment laws or regulations or our relationship with employees;
cost increases and reduction in future profitability due to the effects of healthcare legislation;
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;
violations of manufacturing standards or labor laws or unethical business practices by our suppliers and independent contractors;
the illiquidity of our shares;
price volatility in our shares and the general volatility of the stock market; and
the costs required to comply with the regulatory landscape regarding public company governance and disclosure.

the general U.S. and international economic conditions:

the COVID-19 pandemic impact on our operations, financial condition, liquidity, and capital investments:

significant interruptions or disruptions within our manufacturing, distribution or other operations;

deterioration in the financial condition of our customers and suppliers and changes in the operations and strategies of our customers and suppliers;

the volatility and uncertainty of cotton and other raw material prices and availability;

the competitive conditions in the apparel industry;

our ability to predict or react to changing consumer preferences or trends;

our ability to successfully open and operate new retail stores in a timely and cost-effective manner;

the ability to grow, achieve synergies and realize the expected profitability of acquisitions;

changes in economic, political or social stability at our offshore locations;

our ability to attract and retain key management;

the volatility and uncertainty of energy, fuel and related costs;

material disruptions in our information systems related to our business operations;

compromises of our data security;

significant changes in our effective tax rate;

significant litigation in either domestic or international jurisdictions;

recalls, claims and negative publicity associated with product liability issues;

the ability to protect our trademarks and other intellectual property;

changes in international trade regulations;

our ability to comply with trade regulations;

changes in employment laws or regulations or our relationship with employees;

negative publicity resulting from violations of manufacturing standards or labor laws or unethical business practices by our suppliers and independent contractors;

restrictions on our ability to borrow capital or service our indebtedness;

interest rate fluctuations increasing our obligations under our variable rate indebtedness;

the ability to raise additional capital;

the impairment of acquired intangible assets;

foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;

the illiquidity of our shares; and

price volatility in our shares and the general volatility of the stock market.

A detailed discussion of significant risk factors that have the potential to cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations is describedset forth in Part 1 under the subheading "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2020, filed with the SEC. Any forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q do not purport to be predictions of future events or circumstances and may not be realized. Further, any forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and we do not undertake to publicly update or revise the forward-looking statements, except as required by the federal securities laws.


Business Outlook

We believe that our strong

Our first quarter results including double-digit sales growth across all of our businesses and pre-tax profitability in what is seasonally our most challenging period, provide solid momentum as we move further intoprovided a strong start to deliver on our fiscal 2021 goals.  Through a combination of strong order demand and impeccable manufacturing and operational execution at all levels, our December 2020 quarter sales were nearly flat with prior year 2018. That momentum, coupled with our recent efforts to rationalize our business, should have us well-positioned to take advantage of opportunities whereverlevels, despite the notable headwinds from inventory constraints, hurricane-related disruptions in Central America, and whenever they may arise.

Art Gun’s customer service focus and executionfreight carrier limitations during the holiday season. Furthermore, we were able to improve gross margins 70 basis points, with expansion in both the Delta Group and Salt Life Group segments.  Operating income for the current quarter facilitated both a returnincreased 16% from the prior year, and adjusted for the $1.3 million of pre-tax expense related to its traditional high-growth trajectory as well as record sales and profitability. Its new production facility, which fully integrates with our Activewear business’s vertical manufacturing platform, should serve as a valuable differentiator for Art Gunthe Honduran hurricane disruptions, adjusted operating income increased 67%, or $1.8 million, in the December 2020 quarter from the prior year.  The higher operating income was offset from a significantly higher tax rate, resulting in diluted earnings of $0.13 per share in both the December 2020 and 2019 quarters.  Excluding the impact of the hurricane disruptions, adjusted diluted EPS was $0.28, a 115% improvement from the prior year.

DTG2Go remains a market leader in the on-demand, direct-to-garment digital print and fulfillment marketplace. We believe that the flexibility provided by the new facility, along with capacity expansions and new business opportunities, will enable Art Gun to continue to gain market share and further increase profitability as the year unfolds.

industry. We are highly encouragedthe only digital print supplier in the world that can offer a seamless, vertically-integrated solution, utilizing our proprietary software and internal supply chain to offer a fully-decorated, on-demand product shipped directly to the consumer. This unique model eliminates non-value-added costs and reduces the risks involved with third-party supply chains. Despite the shipping limitations and earlier guaranteed holiday delivery cut-offs imposed by major freight carriers, the double-digit salesDTG2Go business had a strong holiday season. DTG2Go saw double digit growth seen on both sidesin units shipped during holiday, with a significant amount of the growth coming from new customers.  During this holiday season, we digitally printed and shipped to consumers in all 50 U.S. states and over 130 countries worldwide.

Digital print demand this holiday season was particularly strong in the retail channel with our Activewearnew 'On-Demand DC' service model, which provides retailers immediate access to utilize DTG2Go’s broad network of print and fulfillment facilities, while offering the scalability to integrate digital fulfillment within the retailer’s own distribution facility. With the launch of DTG2Go’s first ‘On-Demand DC’, our customer was able to more than double their on-demand business during the first quarter from a year ago, providing a better consumer experience while also benefiting from reduced shipping costs. We believe our 'On-Demand DC' solution is a compelling value proposition to traditional brick and mortal retailers and brands alike, offering their consumers limitless merchandise selections, personalization options, and seamless fulfillment across a broader supply chain with no excess inventory risk.

Our customers continue to realize the benefits of the seamless supply chain of Delta Apparel garments within our on-demand model, with DTG2Go’s usage of Delta Catalog blanks reaching a new record high of approximately 45% utilization in the December 2020 quarter compared to 28% in the prior year quarter. The improving conditionsThis trend is promising as it creates a more efficient operation, reduces garment costs for our customers, and lowers working capital needs in the business.

We continue to see a steep recovery in our Delta Activewear business with year-over-year sales growth in our December quarter, overcoming the challenges caused by inventory constraints. We are seeing notable strength in the retail licensing channel as well as our recently launched e-retailer channel. We also saw year-over-year growth in our private label business. The diversification of our customer base is serving us well, and we are a welcome contrastencouraged by the new programs we have secured in the direct-to-retail channel and future opportunities we see in this channel.  In order to last year's customer de-stocking activity. We expectmeet the market penetrationbroad-based demand we have in Activewear, our team is focused on efficiently manufacturing and replenishing inventory levels, ultimately expecting to achieve all-time record-level production outputs in the back half of Catalog's higher-marginfiscal 2021.

Our Delta Group integration strategies, designed to foster sales growth and improve operating efficiencies, are on schedule. The recently published 2021 Delta Activewear print and digital editions of our catalog not only feature our Delta products, including our more fashion-forward Platinum lineCollection, but also for the first time includes our entire Soffe product line.  With the inclusion of Soffe, we have expanded our activewear and athleisure product categories, with our Military Collection, including the Soffe ranger panties, our Fundamentals and Essentials, including the iconic Soffe short, and our Core Layers, which includes warm-ups and other fashion basicslayering products.  We also highlight Intensity by Soffe, which focuses on outfitting the female athlete.  Complementing the Delta and Soffe brands, we provide our customers with a broad range of product categories with nationally recognized branded products including polos, outerwear, headwear, bags and other accessories. As previously announced and to continuefurther leverage the one-stop shop offering, we have merged our Delta Catalog and Soffe sales, customer service, marketing, merchandising and inventory planning teams to better position Soffe for growth and to reduce redundant costs. During the December quarter, we began the transition of Soffe into our new Phoenix distribution facility, which will now serve as Soffe’s primary distribution center in addition to being a key Delta Catalog distribution location and DTG2Go digital print fulfillment center. We successfully launched the first phase of Soffe’s transition to the Activewear ERP system in early January, and anticipate completing all phases of the integration by the end of fiscal 2021.  As this final piece is completed, the Soffe brand will be fully merged within the Activewear operations, creating opportunities to focus on the growth of the brand while benefitting from significant operating efficiencies.

Demand for the Salt Life brand remained strong during the fall season, resulting in growth for the December quarter compared to prior year. Consumers sought out the Salt Life brand through direct-to-consumer channels, which grew over 60% year-over-year in the quarter.  Sales performance at its rapid pace asour recently opened branded retail stores in Destin, Estero, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, drove retail sales growth of over 150% compared to the prior year progresses. Moreover,December quarter. Salt Life enthusiasts actively engaged with the brand through all our online channels during the quarter, resulting in 13% more followers on social media and 50% more YouTube subscribers compared to the prior year.  We also added over 150% more email subscribers during the December 2020 quarter than we are optimistic thatadded in the successes our FunTees business has achieved in diversifying its customer baseDecember 2019 quarter. As we prepare for the forthcoming spring and leveraging its design and manufacturing sophistication will continue.

Sales insummer seasons, we see growth opportunities with our Salt Life business accelerated during the quarter through product expansions and additional doors. Sales on the www.saltlife.comconsumer ecommerce site, continueopening additional retail doors in select markets, and continuing to grow significantlypartner with our wholesale customers to expand the floor space and Salt Life's new retail store in Daytona Beach, Florida, is performing extremely well. The brand is expanding geographically both through its own direct-to-consumer strategies as well as additional doors with new retail accounts, givingenhance the Salt Life strong momentum heading intoexperience within their doors.

We are encouraged by the latter half ofbroad-based demand we see across our businesses, and our proven ability to execute at the fiscal year.

Soffe’s strong sales growth overoperational level to meet that demand. Although the prior year quarter with successes in the military and strategic sporting goods channels provides good velocity in that business moving forward. Soffe’s growth was augmented by significant gross margin expansion and profitability improvement during the quarter. Soffe has many ongoing initiatives to continue its growth and further bolster its top and bottom-line performanceenvironment in the coming quarters. In addition, Soffe's latest branded retail location, recently opened in Jacksonville, North Carolina,

should resonatemonths includes a level of uncertainty, we believe we are well with military consumers inpositioned to capitalize on multiple market demand opportunities across our businesses. There are many factors outside of our control that market and serve as another valuablecan influence how the year continues to unfold, including levels of consumer touch-point in its omni-channel strategy.
The increases in demand for apparel during the quarterspending, higher unemployment rates, potential future COVID-19 disruptions and the successes we are seeing fromspeed and effectiveness of related vaccines, and the overall U.S. and global economic conditions. We remain confident that our diversified sales channels and marketing efforts, operational improvementsuniquely positioned business models provide the optimal strategy that should allow us to successfully navigate near-term challenges and cost-control initiatives are very encouraging. While we expect the marketscontinue to generally remain challenging, particularly for traditional retailers, we are pleased with what we are seeing across our businesses as we move through the year.

drive future profitable growth.

Results of Operations

Financial results included herein have been presented on a generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") basis and, in certain limited instances, we have presented our financial results on a GAAP and non-GAAP (“adjusted”) basis, which is further described in the sections entitled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

Net sales for the firstDecember quarter of fiscal year 2018 were $90.3$94.7 million compared to $85.3sales of $95.9 million in the prior year period. After adjusting for the $9.4 millionyear. Our direct-to-consumer sales channels, comprised of sales from the since-divested Junkfood businessconsumer-facing ecommerce sites and our branded retail stores, increased 13% in the prior yearcurrent quarter first quarter sales grew 19% year-over-year. Each business unit achieved double-digit sales growth overcompared to the prior year quarter.

Our direct-to-consumer retailyear. Retail and total ecommerce sales represented 7.1%10% and 9% of total revenues for the first quarter of 2018. Overall growthDecember 2020 and December 2019 quarters, respectively.

Net sales in our direct-to-consumer retail and ecommerce salesthe Delta Group segment were $87.6 million compared to $89.0 million in the prior year. Sales orders in Activewear were strong for the quarter, but delivery was only 1.1%,hindered by inventory shortages and the impact of two major hurricanes in Central America. Our FunTees business had strong growth both within our traditional brand direct channel as the prior yearwell as our fast-growing retail direct channel. Catalog sales included ecommerce and retail sales of the since-divested Junkfood business. Excluding these sales from the since-divested Junkfood business in the prior year quarter, salescontinued to realize year-over-year growth in our direct-to-consumer retail and ecommerce channels was 9.7% year-over-year driven from increased sales on our Salt Life, Soffe, and Coast consumer ecommerce sites and in our new retail stores.

Gross margins were 18.1% for the first quarter compared with 20.6% in the prior year period. Basics segment gross margins declined 270 basis points from the prior year quarter, primarily from higher cost raw materials partially offset by the benefits of the manufacturing realignment. Branded segment margins for the quarter improved to 37.2% compared to 31.1% in the prior year period.
Selling, general, and administrative expenses were $15.0 million, or 16.6% of sales, for the quarter ended December 30, 2017, compared to 17.3 million, or 20.3% ofstrong sales in the prior year period. When adjustedretail licensing channel as well as our recently launched e-retailer channel. DTG2Go’s orders were down to exclude resultsbegin the quarter, but quickly returned to strong growth in November, only to be hampered by freight carrier constraints during the since-divested Junkfood business in the prior year quarter, such expenses were $14.2 million, or 18.7% of sales, with the quarter's increase of $0.8 million primarily due to variable selling costs on significantly higher sales volumes.
holiday season.

The change in fair value of contingent consideration was associated with the Salt Life acquisition. Based upon our updated analysis, the fair value of this liability decreased $0.3 million in the 2018Group segment first quarter revenue grew to $7.1 million compared to a decrease of $0.1$6.9 million in the prior year period. The change is principallysegment’s growth was driven by an increase in overall direct-to-consumer sales, with growth in both ecommerce and retail sales.

Gross margins improved 70 basis points from the prior year first quarter increasing to 21.4% of sales, with margin expansion in both business segments.

The Delta Group segment gross margins improved 50 basis points from the prior year to 19.1% driven by favorable product mix, lower raw material costs, and manufacturing efficiencies and process improvements.

The Salt Life Group segment gross margins improved 140 basis points to 50.2% driven by a stronger mix of direct-to-consumer sales.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses ("SG&A") were $16.0 million, or 16.9% of sales, compared to $18.1 million, 18.8% of sales, in the prior year.  Expenses decreased due to cost reductions implemented during the pandemic that have continued, including lower personnel costs, reduced remaining timetravel expenses, and a more digitally-focused sales and marketing strategy.

Other expense includes $1.3 million of expenses related to the impact of two hurricanes that disrupted our Honduran manufacturing facilities in the measurement period.December 2020 quarter.  In addition, the December 2020 quarter includes profits related to our Honduran equity method investment. The sales expectations for calendar yearDecember 2019 have been reduced from the sales expectations usedquarter included valuation changes in the valuation ofour contingent consideration at acquisition dueliabilities as well as profits related to our current view of the retail environment. Our expectations are consistent with those at September 30, 2017.

DuringHonduran equity method investment.

Operating profit in the first quarter we recorded $47 thousand in other incomeincreased 16% to $3.1 million compared to $0.1$2.6 million in the prior year.  Operating income, adjusted for $1.3 million of hurricane-related expenses, was $4.4 million for the current quarter, an increase of 67% from the prior year.

The Delta Group segment had operating income in the current fiscal year period. quarter of $6.3 million, or 7.2% of net sales, compared to $7.3 million, or 8.2% of net sales, in the prior year. Adjusting for $1.3 million of hurricane-related disruption costs, operating income was $7.6 million, or 8.7% of sales, in the December 2020 quarter. The expanded operating profitability was driven by favorable gross margins as well as continuing cost controls.

The Salt Life Group segment incurred an operating loss of $0.1 million compared to the prior year loss of $0.7 million. Operating income improved due to the stronger mix of direct-to-consumer sales.

Net interest expense for the first quarter of each of fiscal years 2018 and 2017year 2021 was $1.3 million.

On December 22, 2017,$1.7 million as compared to $1.8 million in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the “New Tax Legislation”) was enacted. The New Tax Legislation significantly revised the U.S. corporate income tax code by, among other things, lowering federal corporate income tax rates, implementing a modified territorial tax system and imposing a repatriation tax on deemed repatriated cumulative earnings of foreign subsidiaries. During the three-monthprior year period ended December 30, 2017, we recognized provisional amounts totaling $10.6 million of tax expense. We have made reasonable estimates of the effects on our existing deferred tax balances and the one-time transition tax; however, these amounts may change as more information becomes available. We accounted for the $10.6 million provisional amount as a discrete item for tax provision purposes, recording tax expense on our best estimate of the effect of the New Tax Legislation. Excluding the effect of this discrete item, thedue to lower interest rates. 

Our effective tax ratebenefit on operations for the three-month period ended December 30, 2017,quarter was (46.4%)39.3%. This tax benefit relates to stock option excess benefits as a result from our adoption of ASU 2016-09. This compares to an effective income tax rate of 27.0%4.6% for the same period in the prior year and 5.9% for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017.

We benefit from having income in foreign jurisdictions that are either exempt from income taxes or have tax rates that are lower than those in the United States. Based on our current projected pre-tax income and the anticipated amount of U.S. taxable income compared to profits in the offshore taxable and tax-free jurisdictions in which we operate, our estimated annual income taxa 23.6% rate for the full fiscal year ending September 29, 2018, excluding2020. See Note K—Income taxes for more information. 

Net income for both the discrete tax expense associated with the New Tax Legislation, is currently expected to be approximately 12-13%. The change in the federal statutory rate from 34% to 21% as a result of the New Tax Legislation is effective at the beginning of our fiscal year. As such, the blended federal statutory tax rateDecember 2020 and 2019 quarters was $0.9 million, or $0.13 per diluted share. Adjusted for the fiscal year is anticipated to be approximately 24.3%. However, changes in the mix of U.S. taxable income compared to profits in tax-free$1.1 million after-tax expense, or lower-tax jurisdictions can have a significant impact on our overall effective tax rate. In addition, the$0.15 per diluted share, impact of the New Tax Legislation may differ from our initial provisional estimates, possibly materially, due to, among other things, changes in interpretations and assumptions made regarding the New Tax Legislation, guidance that may be issued and actions we may take as a result of the New Tax Legislation.

Largely impacted by the New Tax Legislation, we experienced ahurricane disruptions, net lossincome for the December 2020 quarter of $10.0was $2.0 million, or $1.37$0.28 per diluted share, compared to a prior year net loss of $0.6 million, or $0.08 per diluted share. Adjusting for the discrete impact of the new tax legislation, our net income was approximately $0.08 per diluted share.
At December 30, 2017, accounts

Accounts receivable were $51.0 million compared to $48.2$63.6 million at December 31, 2016, and $47.62020, compared to $61.0 million as of September 30, 2017.2020. Days sales outstanding ("DSO") decreased from 53as of December 2020 were 57 days in the prior yearcompared to 48 days, and was in line with the 49


51 days at September 30, 2017. The improvement in DSO from the prior year results from the since-divested Junkfood business, which carried higher DSO than our other business units.
Inventory levels remained flat with those at September 30, 2017, at $174.5 million2020.

Net inventory as of December 30, 2017. Strong2020 was $148.5 million, an increase of $3 million from September 2020, but down $48.8 million from a year ago.  The stronger than anticipated December 2020 quarter sales, inalong with the quarter offsettemporary hurricane disruptions, slowed the normal seasonal build of inventory during the quarter.  We have already ramped up production at an accelerated pace in inventory that occursJanuary and expect to be producing at record levels in the December quarter.

Capital expenditures were $4.9back half of the year.

Total net debt, including capital lease financing and cash on hand, increased $7.6 million during the first quarter of fiscal year 2018. Capital expenditures primarily relatedfrom September 2020 to machinery and equipment as well as investments in our direct-to-consumer business, including our retail stores, and enhancements to our information technology systems. Depreciation and amortization expense, including non-cash compensation, was $2.9 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018.

Total debt at December 30, 2017, was $106.0 million compared with $119.8$129.8 million at December 31, 2016. The2020. Cash on hand and availability under our U.S. revolving credit facility totaled $43.7 million at December 2020, a $3.4 million decrease from the prior year wasSeptember 2020 due primarily due to the $27.0 million in proceeds received on the sale of the Junkfood business partially offset by borrowings to fund increased stock repurchases and improvement in the timing of payments made to suppliers.
Branded Segment
Sales in the branded segment were $17.2 million compared to $24.5 million in the prior year quarter, which included $9.4 million of sales in the since-divested Junkfood business. Excluding Junkfood sales in the prior year quarter, branded segment sales increased 14% year-over-year. Salt Life continued its growth trend with 12% sales growth primarily due to expanded product categories. Soffe achieved 28% sales growth over the prior year with a strong increase in military sales and success with strategic sporting goods retailers.
Operating income in the branded segment for the first quarter was $0.5 million, an improvement of $1.5 million compared to the prior year quarter. When adjusted for the since-divested Junkfood business, operating income increased by $1.1 million.
Basics Segment
Net sales in our basics segment grew 20.3% in the first quarter, to $73.2 million from $60.8 million in the prior year period. Activewear achieved strong sales growth of 20% over the prior year period, with growth in both Delta Catalog products and FunTees private label products. In our Catalog business, sales increased due to increased demand in the retail licensing channel coupled with 73% growth in our fashion basics products. FunTees also continued its strong growth, with customers requesting earlier delivery of products. Sales at Art Gun grew 26% over the prior year quarter primarily from increased volume with existing customers as well as new customer launches .
Basics segment operating income decreased to $4.2 million in the first quarter of 2018 from $4.7 million in the prior year quarter, driven from higher cost inventory being sold due to the higher raw material prices, partially offset by the benefits of the manufacturing realignment.
seasonal working capital build.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We provide all information required in accordance with U.S. GAAP, but we believe that evaluating our ongoing operating results may be difficult if limited to reviewing only U.S. GAAP financial measures. In an effort to provide investors with additional information regarding the Company'sour results, we also provide non-GAAP information that management believes is useful to investors. We discuss adjustedoperating income, adjustednet income and earnings per diluted share adjusted gross margin, adjusted selling general and administrative expenses performance measures that are, for comparison purposes, adjusted to eliminate items or results stemming from discrete events. We do this because management uses these measures in evaluating the Company'sour underlying performance on a consistent basis across periods. We also believe these measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of the Company'sour ongoing performance. These non-GAAP measures have limitationsimitations as analytical tools, and securities analysts, investors and other interested parties should not consider any of these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company'sor our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. These non-GAAP measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies.


Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our current primary cash needs are for working capital, capital expenditures, and debt service, as well as to fund share repurchases under our Stock Repurchase Program.

Operating Cash Flows

Operating activities used $7.8$2.5 million and $0.5$4.9 million in cash in the first three months of fiscal years 2018December 2020 and 2017,2019 quarters, respectively. The increased use ofimproved operating cash fromflows in the priorcurrent year isare due to increased payments to suppliers to improve timing of payments and higher receivableslower inventory levels as manufacturing production was hampered by disruptions from our customers fromhurricanes during the higher sales compared toDecember 2020 quarter. This was offset by slower customer collections than the prior year.   This is offset partially by the prior year having a larger seasonal inventory build.

Investing Cash Flows

Capital

Total capital expenditures for the December 2020 quarter were $6.9 million and primarily related to investments in digital printing capacity and our new Phoenix, Arizona distribution center.  Cash outflows for capital expenditures were $0.4 million during the first three months of fiscal year 2018 were $2.2 millionDecember 2020 quarter compared to $1.9$3.7 million in the same period lastin the prior year. Capital expendituresAs of December 2020, there were $4.0 million in both periods primarily related to machinery and equipment, along with investments in our direct-to-consumer initiatives and information technology systems. There were $3.1 million incurrent year expenditures financed under a capital lease arrangement and


$0.1 $7.6 million in unpaid expenditures.  In addition, we received proceeds of $2.3 million during the December 2020 quarter upon entering into finance leases for prior capital expenditure cash outflows. In the December 2019 quarter, total capital expenditures in the first three months of fiscal 2018. During the first three months of fiscal year 2018, investing cash flows also included $1.0were $2.5 million in proceeds received from the promissory noteand primarily related to the sale ofinvestments in our Junkfood business. See Note D—Divestitures, for further information on this transaction.
distribution expansion, improvements to facilities, and manufacturing initiatives.

We anticipate our fiscal year 20182021 capital expenditures, including those financed under capital leases, to be approximately $13$20 million and to be focused primarily on our distribution expansion, digital print equipment, manufacturing equipment, along with information technology, and direct-to-consumer enhancements .

investments including additional Salt Life retail store openings.

Financing Activities

During the three months ended December 30, 2017,2020 quarter, cash used by financing activities was $5.0 million and primarily related to the annual payment of the DTG2Go contingent consideration related to the fiscal year 2020 period. During the December 2019 quarter, cash provided by financing activities was $9.0$9.3 million compared to $2.4 million provided by financing activities for the three months ended December 31, 2016. The cash provided by our financing activities during the first three months of fiscal year 2018and was used to fund our operating activities as well as share repurchases.

Basedand capital expenditures. 

Future Liquidity and Capital Resources

See Note F – Debt to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for discussion of our various financing arrangements, including the terms of our revolving U.S. credit facility.

Prior to the amendments executed on April 27, 2020 and August 28, 2020 (collectively, the "Bridge Amendments"), our current expectations, we believe that ourU.S. revolving credit facility should be sufficient to satisfy our foreseeable working capital needs, andincluded a financial covenant that cash flow generated by our operations and funds availableif the availability under our credit facility shouldfalls below the amounts specified in our U.S. credit agreement, our fixed charge coverage ratio ("FCCR") for the preceding 12-month period must not be sufficientless than 1.1 to service1.0. The Bridge Amendments amend the financial covenant provisions from the amendment dates through July 3, 2021, including effectively lowering the minimum availability thresholds and removing the requirement that our debt paymentFCCR for the preceding 12-month period must not be less than 1.1 to 1.0. Our availability at December 2020 was above both the minimum availability threshold per the Bridge Amendments as well as the higher thresholds in the U.S. credit agreement that would trigger an FCCR covenant requirement. Had we been subject to the FCCR requirements at December 2020, we would have been in compliance with this covenant.

Our credit facility, as amended on August 28, 2020, as well as cash flows from operations, are intended to satisfyfund our day-to-day working capital needs, and along with finance lease arrangements, to fund our planned capital expenditures. AnyHowever, any material deterioration in our results of operations, however,such as those that could occur due to the COVID-19 pandemic, may result in the loss of our ability to borrow or issue letters of credit to suppliers under our U.S. revolving credit facility, and to issue letters of credit to suppliers, or may cause the borrowing availability under that facility to be insufficient for our needs. Availability under our credit facility is primarily a function of the levels of our accounts receivable and inventory. A significant deterioration in our accounts receivable or inventory levels could restrict our ability to borrow additional funds or service our indebtedness. Moreover, our credit facility includes a financial covenant that if the availability under our credit facility falls below the amounts specified in our U.S. credit agreement, our fixed charge coverage ratio (FCCR) for the preceding 12-month period must not be less than 1.1 to 1.0. While our availability at December 30, 2017, was above the minimum thresholds specified in our credit agreement,Additionally, a significant deterioration in our business results could cause our availability to fall below suchminimum thresholds, thereby requiring us to maintain the minimum FCCR specified in our credit agreement.

agreement, which we may not be able to maintain.

Purchases By Delta Apparel Of Its Own Shares

During the three months ended December 30, 2017,2020 quarter, we purchased 145,124did not purchase any shares of our common stock for an aggregate amount of $3.0 million (see Note N-RepurchaseN—Repurchase of Common Stock). As of December 30, 2017,2020, there was $8.3$7.5 million of repurchase authorization remaining under our Stock Repurchase Program. We evaluate current leverage, working capital requirements, our free cash flow outlook, stock valuation and future business opportunities to determine when we believe the repurchase of our stock is a sound investment opportunity that we can pursue without sacrificing future growth plans.


Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The most significant estimates and assumptions relate to revenue recognition, accounts receivable and related reserves, inventory and related reserves, the carrying value of goodwill, and the accounting for income taxes.

A detailed discussion of critical accounting policies is contained in the Significant Accounting Policies included in Note 2 to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2017,2020, and there have been no changes in those policies since the filing of that Annual Report on Form 10-K with the SEC.

SEC, except as disclosed in Note C—New Accounting Standards related to the adoption of the cloud computing standard.


Environmental and Other Regulatory Matters

We are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and regulations concerning, among other things, wastewater discharges, storm water flows, air emissions and solid waste disposal. The labeling, distribution, importation, marketing, and sale of our products are subject to extensive regulation by various federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission and state attorneys general in the United States. Our plants generate small quantities of hazardous waste, whichinternational operations are either recycled or disposed of off-site.

also subject to compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”) and other anti-bribery laws applicable to our operations.

The environmental and other regulations applicable to our business are becoming increasingly stringent, and we incur capital and other expenditures annually to achieve compliance with these environmental standards.standards and regulations. We currently do not expect that the amount of expenditures required to comply with these environmental lawsstandards or other regulatory matters will have a material adverse affecteffect on our operations, financial condition or liquidity. There can be no assurance, however, that future changes in federal, state, or local regulations, interpretations of existing regulations or the discovery of currently unknown problems or conditions will not require substantial additional expenditures. Similarly, while we believe that we are currently in material compliance with all applicable environmental and other regulatory requirements, the extent of our liability, if any, for past failures to


comply with laws, regulations and permits applicable to our operations cannot be determined and could have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial condition and liquidity.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Commodity Risk Sensitivity
We have a supply agreement with Parkdale Mills, Inc. and Parkdale America, LLC (collectively "Parkdale") to supply our yarn requirements until December 31, 2018. Under the supply agreement, we purchase from Parkdale all of our yarn requirements for use in our manufacturing operations, excluding yarns that Parkdale does not manufacture or cannot manufacture due to temporary capacity constraints. The purchase price of yarn is based upon the cost of cotton plus a fixed conversion cost.Thus, we are subject to the commodity risk of cotton prices and cotton price movements, which could result in unfavorable yarn pricing for us. We fix the cotton prices as a component of the purchase price of yarn, pursuant to the supply agreement, in advance of the shipment of finished yarn from Parkdale. Prices are set according to prevailing prices, as reported by the New York Cotton Exchange, at the time we elect to fix specific cotton prices.
Yarn with respect to which we have fixed cotton prices at December 30, 2017, was valued at $3.3 million, and is scheduled for delivery between January 2018 and March 2018. At December 30, 2017, a 10% decline in the market price of the cotton covered by our fixed price yarn would have had a negative impact of approximately $0.2 million on the value of the yarn. This compares to what would have been a negative impact of $0.5 million at our 2017 fiscal year-end based on the yarn with fixed cotton prices at September 30, 2017. The impact of a 10% decline in the market price of the cotton covered by our fixed price yarn would have been lower at December 30, 2017, than at September 30, 2017, due to lower commitments at December 30, 2017, compared to September 30, 2017, combined with lower cotton costs.
We may use derivatives, including cotton option contracts, to manage our exposure to movements in commodity prices. We do not designate our options as hedge instruments upon inception. Accordingly, we mark to market changes in the fair market value of the options in cost of goods sold in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. See Note L—Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements, for further discussion on derivatives and fair value measurements.
If Parkdale’s operations are disrupted and it is not able to provide us with our yarn requirements, we may need to obtain yarn from alternative sources. Although alternative sources are presently available, we may not be able to enter into short-term arrangements with substitute suppliers on terms as favorable as our current terms with Parkdale. In addition, the cotton futures we have fixed with Parkdale may not be transferable to alternative yarn suppliers. Because there can be no assurance that we would be able to pass along the higher cost of yarn to our customers, this could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
Our U.S. revolving credit facility provides that the outstanding amounts owed shall bear interest at variable rates. If the amount of outstanding floating rate indebtedness at December 30, 2017, under our U.S. revolving credit facility had been outstanding during the entire three-month period ended December 30, 2017, and the interest rate on this outstanding indebtedness was increased by 100 basis points, our expense would have increased by approximately $0.2 million, or 13.1% of actual interest expense, during the quarter. This compares to an increase of $0.5 million, or 10.9%, for the 2017 fiscal year based on the outstanding floating rate indebtedness at September 30, 2017, or an average of $0.1 million per quarter. The dollar amount, as well as the percentage, of the increase in interest expense is higher as of December 30, 2017, primarily due to the higher floating rate debt level as of December 30, 2017, compared to September 30, 2017. The actual increase in interest expense resulting from a change in interest rates would depend on the magnitude of the increase in rates and the average principal balance of floating rate indebtedness.
Derivatives
From time to time, we may use interest rate swaps or other instruments to manage our interest rate exposure and reduce the impact of future interest rate changes as described in Note L—Derivatives and Fair Value Measurements.
Tax Reform
We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. Governments in the jurisdictions in which we operate implement changes to tax laws and regulations from time to time. Any changes in corporate income tax laws, such as the recently-enacted tax reform legislation in the United States, changes relating to transfer pricing or further changes regarding the repatriation of capital, and any changes in the interpretation of existing tax laws and regulations could lead to increases in overall tax liability and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations. See Note K—Income Taxes, for further discussion on the New Tax Legislation that was enacted on December 22, 2017.


Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to reasonably assure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s requirements. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 30, 2017,the end of period covered by this quarterly report ("the Evaluation Date") and, based on their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that these controls and procedures were effective atas of the evaluation date.

Evaluation Date.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There waswere no changechanges during the firstDecember 2020 quarter of fiscal year 2018 that hashave materially affected, or isare reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

See Note M—Legal Proceedings, in Part I, Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

None

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Repurchases of Common Stock

See Note N—Repurchase of Common Stock, Part I, in Item 1, which is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 5.

Other Information

None

Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Repurchases of Common Stock
See Note N—Repurchase of Common Stock, and Note F—Debt, in Item 1, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 6.

Exhibits


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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.



DELTA APPAREL, INC.

(Registrant)

   
DELTA APPAREL, INC.
(Registrant)

Date

February 5, 20188, 2021

By:

/s/ Deborah H. Merrill

Deborah H. Merrill

Chief Financial Officer and President, Delta BasicsGroup


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