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AVON PRODUCTS INC - 10-Q - MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data)(Edgar Glimpses Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) OVERVIEW We are a global manufacturer and marketer of beauty and related products. Our business is conducted worldwide, primarily in the direct-selling channel. At December 31, 2013, we had sales operations in 62 countries and territories, including the United States ("U.S."), and distribute products in 43 more. Our reportable segments are based on geographic operations and include commercial business units in Latin America; Europe, Middle East & Africa; North America; and Asia Pacific. Our product categories are Beauty and Fashion & Home. Beauty consists of skincare, fragrance and color. Skincare now includes the category formerly referred to as personal care. Fashion & Home consists of fashion jewelry, watches, apparel, footwear, accessories, gift and decorative products, housewares, entertainment and leisure products, children's products and nutritional products. Sales are made to the ultimate consumer principally through direct selling by more than 6 million active independent Representatives, who are independent contractors and not our employees. The success of our business is highly dependent on recruiting, retaining and servicing our Representatives. During 2013, approximately 88% of our consolidated revenue was derived from operations outside the U.S. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, revenues declined 12% compared to the prior-year period primarily due to unfavorable foreign exchange. Constant $ revenue decreased 3%. The decrease in Constant $ revenue was primarily due to a 5% decrease in Active Representatives, partially offset by higher average order. Units sold decreased 6%, while the net impact of price and mix increased 3%. Sales from the Beauty category decreased 12%, or 4% on a Constant $ basis. Sales from the Fashion & Home category decreased 12%, or 3% on a Constant $ basis. In 2012, we announced a cost savings initiative (the "$400M Cost Savings Initiative"), in an effort to stabilize the business and return Avon to sustainable growth, which is expected to be achieved through restructuring actions as well as other cost-savings strategies that will not result in restructuring charges. The $400M Cost Savings Initiative is designed to reduce our operating expenses as a percentage of total revenue to help us achieve a targeted low double-digit operating margin by 2016. The restructuring actions under the $400M Cost Savings Initiative primarily consist of global headcount reductions and related actions, as well as the closure of certain smaller, under-performing markets, including South Korea, Vietnam, Republic of Ireland, Bolivia and France. As a result of the actions approved to-date, we have recorded total costs to implement these restructuring initiatives of $192 before taxes, of which $73 before taxes was recorded in the first half of 2014. For the actions approved to-date, we expect our total costs to implement restructuring to be in the range of $210 to $220 before taxes. The additional charges not yet incurred associated with the actions approved to-date of approximately $20 to $30 before taxes are expected to be recorded primarily in 2014. At this time we are unable to quantify the total costs to implement these restructuring initiatives that will be incurred through the time the initiative is fully implemented. In connection with the restructuring actions approved to-date associated with the $400M Cost Savings Initiative, we expect to realize annualized savings of approximately $250 to $260 (both before taxes). See Note 10, Restructuring Initiatives to the consolidated financial statements included herein for more information. In February 2014, the Venezuelan government announced a new foreign exchange system ("SICAD II") which began operating on March 24, 2014. As SICAD II represents the rate which better reflects the economics of Avon Venezuela's business activity, we concluded that we should utilize the SICAD II exchange rate to remeasure our Venezuelan operations as of March 31, 2014. At March 31, 2014, the SICAD II exchange rate was approximately 50, as compared to the official exchange rate of 6.30 that we used previously, which represents a devaluation of approximately 88%. In addition, as a result of using the historical U.S. dollar cost basis of non-monetary assets, such as inventories, these assets continued to be remeasured, following the change to the SICAD II rate, at the applicable rate at the time of acquisition. As a result, we determined that an adjustment of $116 to cost of sales was needed to reflect certain non-monetary assets at their net realizable value, which was recorded in the first quarter of 2014. We recognized an additional negative impact of approximately $18 to operating profit and net income relating to these non-monetary assets in the second quarter of 2014. We expect an additional negative impact of approximately $3 to 2014 operating profit and net income relating to these non-monetary assets. In addition to the negative impact to operating margin, we recorded an after-tax loss of $42 ($54 in other expense, net, and a benefit of $12 in income taxes) in the first quarter of 2014, primarily reflecting the write-down of monetary assets and liabilities. See "Segment Review - Latin America" of this MD&A for further discussion of Venezuela. As previously reported, we have been engaged in settlement negotiations with the United States Department of Justice ("DOJ") and the staff of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") related to their investigations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") and related matters. We have reached an understanding with respect to terms of settlement with 28 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVON PRODUCTS, INC. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data) each of the DOJ and the staff of the SEC. The Company recorded an additional accrual of $46 during the first quarter of 2014 with respect to these matters, bringing the total liability accrued at June 30, 2014 to $135. See Note 6, Contingencies to the consolidated financial statements included herein for more information. NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS Information relating to new accounting standards is included in Note 1, Accounting Policies, to the consolidated financial statements included herein. PERFORMANCE METRICS In the first quarter of 2014, we revised the definition of our "Change in Active Representatives" performance metric. The change from the previous definition is that we no longer divide the unique orders by the number of billing days. This update aligns our external performance metrics with how we internally monitor the performance of our business. The updated definition is as follows: This metric is a measure of Representative activity based on the number of unique Representatives submitting at least one order in a sales campaign, totaled for all campaigns in the related period. To determine the change in Active Representatives, this calculation is compared to the same calculation in the corresponding period of the prior year. Orders in China are excluded from this metric as our business in China is predominantly retail. Liz Earle is also excluded from this calculation as they do not distribute through the direct-selling channel. In addition, we have added a definition for our "Change in Average Order" performance metric, as follows: This metric is a measure of Representative productivity. The calculation is the difference of the year-over-year change in revenue on a Constant $ basis and the Change in Active Representatives. Change in Average Order may be impacted by a combination of factors such as inflation, units, product mix, and/or pricing. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS-THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2014 AS COMPARED TO THE THREE AND SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2013 Non-GAAP Financial Measures To supplement our financial results presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States ("GAAP"), we disclose operating results that have been adjusted to exclude the impact of changes due to the translation of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars, including changes in: revenue, operating profit, Adjusted operating profit, operating margin and Adjusted operating margin. We also refer to these adjusted financial measures as Constant $ items, which are Non-GAAP financial measures. We believe these measures provide investors an additional perspective on trends. To exclude the impact of changes due to the translation of foreign currencies into U.S. dollars, we calculate current-year results and prior-year results at a constant exchange rate. Currency impact is determined as the difference between actual growth rates and constant- currency growth rates. We also present gross margin, selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenue, total and net global expenses, operating profit, operating margin and effective tax rate on a Non-GAAP basis. The discussion of our segments presents operating profit and operating margin on a Non-GAAP basis. We refer to these Non-GAAP financial measures as "Adjusted." We have provided a quantitative reconciliation of the difference between the Non-GAAP financial measures and the financial measures calculated and reported in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses the Non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its operating performance and believes that it is meaningful for investors to be made aware of, on a period-to-period basis, the impacts of 1) costs to implement ("CTI") restructuring initiatives, 2) costs and charges related to the devaluations of Venezuelan currency in March 2014 and February 2013, combined with being designated as a highly inflationary economy ("Venezuelan special items"), 3) the $12 accrual recorded in the second quarter of 2013 for the offer of settlement relating to the FCPA investigations and the additional $46 accrual recorded in the first quarter of 2014 for the potential settlements related to the FCPA investigations ("FCPA accrual"), 4) the settlement charge associated with the U.S. pension plan ("Pension settlement charge"), and 5) costs and charges related to the extinguishment of debt ("Loss on extinguishment of debt"). The Company believes investors find the Non-GAAP information helpful in understanding the ongoing performance of operations separate from items that may have a disproportionate positive or negative impact on the Company's financial results in any particular period. The Venezuelan special items include the impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income in 2014 and 2013, caused by the devaluations of Venezuelan currency on monetary assets and liabilities, such as cash, receivables and payables; deferred tax assets and liabilities; and non-monetary assets, such as inventories. For non-monetary assets, the Venezuelan special items include the earnings impact caused by the difference between the historical cost of the assets at the previous exchange rate and 29 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVON PRODUCTS, INC. MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data) the revised exchange rate. In the first half of 2014, the Venezuelan special items also include an adjustment of $116 to reflect certain non-monetary assets at their net realizable value. In 2013, the devaluation was as a result of the change in the official exchange rate, which moved from 4.30 to 6.30, and in 2014, the devaluation was caused as a result of moving from the official exchange rate of 6.30 to the SICAD II exchange rate of approximately 50. The Pension settlement charge includes the impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income in the second quarter of 2014 associated with the payments made to former employees who are vested and participate in the U.S. pension plan. Such payments fully settle our pension plan obligation to those participants who elected to receive such payment. The Loss on extinguishment of debt includes the impact on the Consolidated Statements of Income in the first quarter of 2013, caused by the make-whole premium and the write-off of debt issuance costs associated with the prepayment of our Private Notes (as defined below in "Liquidity and Capital Resources"), as well as the write-off of debt issuance costs associated with the early repayment of $380 of the outstanding principal amount of the term loan agreement (as defined below in "Liquidity and Capital Resources"). See Note 10, Restructuring Initiatives, Note 1, Accounting Policies, Note 6, Contingencies, Note 5, Employee Benefit Plans, and Note 14, Debt, to the consolidated financial statements included herein, "Segment Review - Latin America" below, and "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below for more information on these items. These Non-GAAP measures should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. 30-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |