Direct-to-Customers sales decreased by 2.2 percent to $90 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, as compared with the corresponding prior-year period of $92 million. Internet sales increased by 7.7 percent to $70 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, as compared with the corresponding prior year period. Increases in Internet sales were offset by a decline in catalog sales, reflecting the continuing trend of the Company’s customers to browse and select products through its catalogs, then make their purchases via the Internet. Additionally, sales were negatively affected by the termination of a third party arrangement at the end of the first quarter of 2006.
Direct-to-Customers division profit for thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 decreased 8.3 percent to $11 million as compared with the corresponding prior-year period. Division profit, as a percentage of sales, decreased to 12.2 percent for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 as compared with 13.0 percent for the corresponding prior-year period.
Corporate expense consists of unallocated general and administrative expenses, as well as depreciation and amortization related to the Company’s corporate headquarters, centrally managed departments, unallocated insurance and benefit programs, certain foreign exchange transaction gains and losses and other items. Corporate expense for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 decreased by $2 million, which reflects decreased compensation costs for incentive bonuses.
Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”) of $290 million increased by $7 million, or 2.5 percent, in the first quarter of 2007 as compared with the corresponding prior-year period. SG&A, as a percentage of sales, increased to 22.0 percent for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, as compared with 20.7 percent in the corresponding prior-year period. Excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, SG&A increased by $1 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, as compared with the corresponding prior year period.
Depreciation and amortization remained essentially unchanged for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 as compared with the corresponding prior year period.
Interest expense was $5 million for the thirteen-week periods ended May 5, 2007 and April 29, 2006, respectively. Interest income increased to $5 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, from $4 million for the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2006. The increase in interest income is primarily the result of higher average interest rates on cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments coupled with an increase in the average short-term investment balances.
The Company’s effective tax rate for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 was 36.0 percent as compared with 36.8 percent for the corresponding prior year period. The Company expects its effective rate to approximate 37.5 percent for the remaining quarters of 2007. The actual rate will depend in significant part on the proportion of the Company’s worldwide income that is earned in the U.S.
Net Income
Net income of $17 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 decreased by $0.27 per diluted share from $59 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, for the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2006. The first quarter 2006 results benefited by $1 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, from a cumulative effect of accounting change related to the Company’s required adoption of SFAS 123(R).
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Generally, the Company’s primary sources of cash have been from operations. The Company has a $200 million revolving credit facility. Other than to support standby letter of credit commitments, of which $14 million were in place at May 5, 2007, this revolving credit facility has not been used during 2007. The Company generally finances real estate with operating leases. The principal uses of cash have been to finance inventory requirements, capital expenditures related to store openings, store remodelings, and management information systems, and to fund other general working capital requirements.
Management believes operating cash flows and current credit facilities will be adequate to fund its working capital requirements, future pension contributions for the Company’s retirement plans, anticipated quarterly dividend payments, scheduled debt repayments, potential share repurchases, and to support the development of its short-term and long-term operating strategies.
Any materially adverse change in customer demand, fashion trends, competitive market forces, or customer acceptance of the Company’s merchandise mix and retail locations, uncertainties related to the effect of competitive products and pricing, the Company’s reliance on a few key vendors for a significant portion of its merchandise purchases and risks associated with foreign global sourcing or economic conditions worldwide, as well as other factors listed under the heading “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” could affect the ability of the Company to continue to fund its needs from business operations.
Net cash provided by operating activities of continuing operations was $27 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 and net cash used in operating activities was $114 million for the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2006. These amounts reflect net income adjusted for non-cash items and working capital changes. The increase in operating cash flows is primarily related to the increase in accounts payable primarily offset by an increase in inventory. Additionally, in the first quarter of 2007 the Company did not contribute to the U.S. and Canadian qualified pension plans, as compared with $68 million contributed in the first quarter of 2006.
Net cash used in investing activities was $15 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 and net cash provided by investing activities was $34 million for the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2006. The Company’s sales of short-term investments, net of purchases, decreased by $40 million to $28 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 as compared with net sales of $68 million for the thirteen weeks ended April 29, 2006. Capital expenditures were $43 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 as compared with $34 million in the corresponding prior year period. Planned capital expenditures for 2007 are approximately $145 million, of which $117 million relates to new store openings and modernizations of existing stores, and $28 million reflects the development of information systems and other support facilities. This amount is $25 million less than was originally planned primarily as the Company expects to open fewer Footquarters stores than originally planned. The Company has the ability to revise and reschedule its anticipated capital expenditure program in the event that any changes to the Company’s financial position require it.
Net cash used in financing activities for the Company’s continuing operations was $39 million and $67 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007, and April 29, 2006, respectively. During the first quarter of 2006, the Company made payments of $50 million related to its term loan that were originally due in May of 2007 and 2008. The Company recorded an excess tax benefit related to stock-based compensation of $1 million and $2 million for the thirteen weeks ending May 5, 2007 and April 29, 2006. The Company declared and paid a $0.125 per share dividend during the first quarter of 2007 totaling $19 million, as compared with a $0.09 per share dividend during the first quarter of 2006, which totaled $14 million. The Company received proceeds from the issuance of common stock in connection with employee stock programs of $5 million and $3 million for the thirteen weeks ended May 5, 2007 and April 29, 2006, respectively. In the first quarter of 2007, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized a new $300 million, three-year repurchase program replacing a prior $150 million program. As part of the new authorized repurchase program, the Company purchased 1,173,711 shares of its common stock during the first quarter of 2007 for approximately $26 million. The Company purchased 334,200 shares of its common stock during the first quarter of 2006 for approximately $8 million. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter, through June 11, 2007, the Company purchased an additional 759,543 shares of its common stock for approximately $16 million. Under the share repurchase program, subject to legal and contractual restrictions, the Company may make purchases of its common stock, from time to time, depending on market conditions, availability of other investment opportunities and other factors.
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
There have been no significant changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates from the information provided in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 3, 2007, except for the following.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for uncertain tax positions in accordance with FASB Interpretation No. 48, "Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes" ("FIN 48"). The Company has operations in multiple taxing jurisdictions and is subject to audit in these jurisdictions. Tax audits by their nature are often complex and can require several years to resolve. Accruals of tax contingencies require management to make estimates and judgments with respect to the ultimate outcome of tax audits. Actual results could vary from these estimates.
The Company expects that FIN 48 may, over time, create more volatility in the effective tax rate from quarter to quarter because we are required each quarter to determine whether new information changes our assessment of both the probability that a tax position will effectively be sustained and the appropriateness of the amount of recognized benefit.
DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, which address activities, events or developments that the Company expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future, including, but not limited to, such things as future capital expenditures, expansion, strategic plans, dividend payments, stock repurchases, growth of the Company’s business and operations, including future cash flows, revenues and earnings, and other such matters are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including the effects of currency fluctuations, customer demand, fashion trends, competitive market forces, uncertainties related to the effect of competitive products and pricing, customer acceptance of the Company’s merchandise mix and retail locations, the Company’s reliance on a few key vendors for a majority of its merchandise purchases (including a significant portion from one key vendor), unseasonable weather, economic conditions worldwide, any changes in business, political and economic conditions due to the threat of future terrorist activities in the United States or in other parts of the world and related U.S. military action overseas, the ability of the Company to execute its business plans effectively with regard to each of its business units, risks associated with foreign global sourcing, including political instability, changes in import regulations, and disruptions to transportation services and distribution. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could produce significantly different results. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Company’s management performed an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), and completed an evaluation as of May 5, 2007 of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Based on that evaluation, the Company’s CEO and CFO concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information relating to the Company that is 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 rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
During the quarter ended May 5, 2007, there were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that materially affected or are reasonably likely to affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
Legal proceedings pending against the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries consist of ordinary, routine litigation, including administrative proceedings, incidental to the business of the Company, as well as litigation incidental to the sale and disposition of businesses that have occurred in past years.
These legal proceedings include commercial, intellectual property, customer, and labor-and-employment-related claims. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are defendants in a number of lawsuits filed in state and federal courts containing various class action allegations under state wage and hour laws, including allegations concerning classification of employees as exempt or nonexempt, unpaid overtime, meal and rest breaks, and uniforms.
Management does not believe that the outcome of such proceedings would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations, taken as a whole.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There were no material changes to the risk factors disclosed in the 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
This table provides information with respect to purchases by the Company of shares of its Common Stock during the first quarter of 2007:
| | | | | Total Number of | | Approximate Dollar |
| Total | | | | Shares Purchased | | Value of Shares that |
| Number of | | Average | | as Part of Publicly | | May Yet be |
| Shares | | Price Paid per | | Announced | | Purchased Under the |
| Purchased(1) | | Share | | Program | | Program(1) |
Feb. 4, 2007 through Mar. 3, 2007 | — | | | — | | — | | $ | 300,000,000 |
Mar. 4, 2007 through Apr. 7, 2007 | 1,173,711 | | $ | 21.8717 | | 1,173,711 | | $ | 274,328,977 |
Apr. 8, 2007 through May 5, 2007 | — | | $ | — | | — | | $ | 274,328,977 |
Total | 1,173,711 | | $ | 21.8717 | | 1,173,711 | | | |
(1) | | On March 7, 2007, the Company announced that the Board of Directors authorized a new $300 million, three-year repurchase program, replacing the $150 million program. This authorization will terminate on January 30, 2010. |
Item 6. Exhibits
| (a) | | Exhibits |
| | | The exhibits that are in this report immediately follow the index. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| FOOT LOCKER, INC. |
Date: June 12, 2007 | (Company) |
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| /s/ Robert W. McHugh |
| ROBERT W. MCHUGH |
| Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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FOOT LOCKER, INC.
INDEX OF EXHIBITS REQUIRED BY ITEM 6(a) OF FORM 10-Q
AND FURNISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601 OF REGULATION S-K
Exhibit No. in | | |
Item 601 | | Description |
12 | | Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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15 | | Accountants’ Acknowledgment. |
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31.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002. |
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31.2 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002. |
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32.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. |
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99 | | Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm. |
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