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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
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Item 1 |
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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022 |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID No. 34) |
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
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PART II – OTHER INFORMATION |
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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Total current assets |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
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Property and equipment, net |
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Total current liabilities |
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity |
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See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
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13 Weeks Ended |
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Net income |
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Earnings per share: |
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Balance as of July 3, 2022 |
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Net income |
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Dividends on common stock ($ |
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Exercise of share option awards |
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Share-based compensation |
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Forfeiture of nonvested share awards |
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Purchases of treasury stock |
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Balance as of October 2, 2022 |
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Balance as of July 4, 2021 |
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Net income |
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Dividends on common stock ($ |
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Exercise of share option awards |
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Share-based compensation |
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Forfeiture of nonvested share awards |
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Purchases of treasury stock |
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Balance as of October 3, 2021 |
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Balance as of January 2, 2022 |
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Dividends on common stock ($ |
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Issuance of nonvested share awards |
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Conversion of vested share unit awards |
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Exercise of share option awards |
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Retirement of common stock for payment |
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Balance as of October 2, 2022 |
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Balance as of January 3, 2021 |
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Balance as of October 3, 2021 |
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Net income |
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the “Company”) is a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, operating
The accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“Interim Financial Statements”) of the Company and its 100%-owned subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, these Interim Financial Statements do not include all of the information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These Interim Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, the Interim Financial Statements included herein contain all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented.
The operating results and cash flows of the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other interim period or the full year.
Consolidation
The accompanying Interim Financial Statements include the accounts of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation, Big 5 Corp. and Big 5 Services Corp. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
Reporting Period
The Company follows the concept of a
Recently Issued Accounting Updates
In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848)—Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This standard provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for (or recognizing the effects of) reference rate reform on financial reporting. The amendments in this standard apply only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The expedients and exceptions provided by the amendments do not apply to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated after December 31, 2022. The amendments in this standard are elective and are effective upon issuance for all entities, and the impact from this standard is immaterial to the interim financial statements.
Other recently issued accounting updates are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s Interim Financial Statements.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
COVID-19 Impact on Concentration of Risk
In recent years, the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic has significantly impacted health and economic conditions throughout the United States and globally, as public concern about becoming ill with the virus has led to the issuance of recommendations and/or mandates from federal, state and local authorities to practice social distancing or self-quarantine. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in fiscal 2020, the Company was forced to temporarily close of its retail store locations and was subsequently able to gradually reopen these stores. In the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company experienced a limited number of temporary store closures throughout the chain resulting from COVID-19 outbreaks. Store operating hours in the second quarter of fiscal 2022 were negatively impacted by a resurgence of COVID-related cases that led to quarantining of employees of certain stores throughout the chain, but there was less of an impact from such activity in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. As the pandemic continues to evolve, the Company may be further required to restrict the operations of its stores or distribution center if it is deemed necessary or if recommended or mandated by authorities.
A substantial amount of the Company’s inventory is manufactured abroad. COVID-19 has also impacted the Company’s supply chain for products sold, particularly those products that are sourced from Asia. To the extent one or more vendors is negatively impacted by continued supply chain disruptions or by COVID-19, including due to interruptions at or closure of those vendors’ distribution centers or manufacturing facilities, or the Company or its vendors are unable to obtain the necessary shipping capacity to transport products to the Company’s distribution center, the Company may be unable to maintain delivery schedules or adequate inventory in its stores. During the second half of fiscal 2021 and continuing into the first nine months of fiscal 2022, the Company experienced significant shipping delays of products sourced from overseas vendors to be received at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which reflected increased shipping volume and insufficient labor resources at the ports that have significantly increased cargo backlogs. Shipping capacity constraints and labor shortages at the ports contributed to higher freight costs and adversely impacted our ability to obtain sufficient quantities of certain products in our stores to meet customer demand, although to a lesser degree in the third quarter of fiscal 2022. While our ability to obtain product has begun to improve, these factors, in addition to workforce shortages in the trucking industry, have limited the Company’s ability to obtain desired quantities of inventory for various merchandise categories. While the Company has generally been able to sufficiently stock product in its stores to meet most consumer demand during the pandemic, future prolonged and sustained delays in product reaching the Company’s stores from overseas vendors, particularly during the holiday season, could result in the inability to obtain adequate levels of merchandise inventories to meet consumers’ needs, which could have an adverse impact on net sales and profitability.
General Concentration of Risk
The Company purchases merchandise from over
A substantial amount of the Company’s inventory is manufactured abroad, and shipping ports may experience capacity constraints (such as delays associated with COVID-19), labor strikes, work stoppages or other disruptions that may delay the delivery of imported products. A contract dispute may lead to protracted delays in the movement of the Company’s products, which could further delay the delivery of products to the Company’s stores and impact net sales and profitability. In addition, other conditions outside of the Company’s control, such as adverse weather conditions or acts of terrorism or war, such as the current conflict in Ukraine, could significantly disrupt operations at shipping ports or otherwise impact transportation of the imported merchandise we sell, either through supply chain disruptions, or rising freight and fuel costs.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
Use of Estimates
Management makes a number of estimates and assumptions relating to the reporting of assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Interim Financial Statements and reported amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting period to prepare these Interim Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP. Certain items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amount of merchandise inventories, property and equipment, lease assets and lease liabilities; valuation allowances for receivables, sales returns and deferred income tax assets; estimates related to stored-value cards and the valuation of share-based compensation awards; and obligations related to litigation, self-insurance liabilities and employee benefits. Due to the inherent uncertainty involved in making assumptions and estimates, events and changes in circumstances arising after October 2, 2022, including those resulting from the impacts of future COVID-19 variant outbreaks, may result in actual outcomes that differ from those contemplated by management’s assumptions and estimates.
Revenue Recognition
The Company operates solely as a sporting goods retailer, which includes both retail stores and an e-commerce platform, that offers a broad range of products in the western United States and online. Generally, all revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is transferred to customers, for an amount that reflects the consideration in exchange for those goods. Accordingly, the Company implicitly enters into a contract with customers to deliver merchandise inventory at the point of sale. Collectability is probable since the Company only extends immaterial credit purchases to certain municipalities and local school districts.
In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, the Company disaggregates net sales into the following major merchandise categories to depict the nature and amount of revenue and related cash flows:
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Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is for single performance obligations for the following distinct items:
For performance obligations related to retail store and e-commerce sales contracts, the Company typically transfers control, for retail stores, upon consummation of the sale when the product is paid for and taken by the customer and, for e-commerce sales, when the product is tendered for delivery to the common carrier. For performance obligations related to stored-value cards, the Company typically transfers control upon redemption of the stored-value card through consummation of a future sales transaction. The Company accounts for shipping and handling relative to e-commerce sales as fulfillment activities, and not a separate performance obligation. Accordingly, the Company recognizes revenue for only
The Company recognized $
- 9 -
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
In the accompanying interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, the Company recorded, as prepaid expense, estimated right-of-return merchandise cost of $
Share-Based Compensation
The Company accounts for its share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation. The Company recognizes compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period using the fair-value method for share option awards, nonvested share awards and nonvested share unit awards granted with service-only conditions. See Note 10 to the Interim Financial Statements for a further discussion on share-based compensation.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and highly liquid investments of excess cash into U.S. Treasury bills, which generally have original maturities of three months or less. See Note 3 to the Interim Financial Statements for a further discussion on the fair value of U.S. Treasury bills. Book overdrafts are classified as current liabilities in the Company’s interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Valuation of Merchandise Inventories, Net
The Company’s merchandise inventories are made up of finished goods and are valued at the lower of cost or net realizable value using the weighted-average cost method that approximates the first-in, first-out (“FIFO”) method. Average cost includes the direct purchase price of merchandise inventory, net of vendor allowances and cash discounts, in-bound freight-related expense and allocated overhead expense associated with the Company’s distribution center.
Management regularly reviews inventories and records valuation reserves for damaged and defective merchandise, merchandise items with slow-moving or obsolescence exposure and merchandise that has a carrying value that exceeds net realizable value. Because of its merchandise mix, the Company has not historically experienced significant occurrences of obsolescence.
Inventory shrinkage is accrued as a percentage of merchandise sales based on historical inventory shrinkage trends. The Company performs physical inventories of its stores at least once per year and cycle counts inventories at its distribution center throughout the year. The reserve for inventory shrinkage primarily represents an estimate for inventory shrinkage for each store since the last physical inventory date through the reporting date.
These reserves are estimates, which could vary significantly, either favorably or unfavorably, from actual results if future economic conditions, consumer demand and competitive environments differ from expectations.
Valuation of Long-Lived Assets
In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, the Company reviews long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
Long-lived assets are reviewed for recoverability at the lowest level in which there are identifiable cash flows (“asset group”), usually at the store level. The carrying amount of a store asset group includes stores’ property and equipment, primarily leasehold improvements, and operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets. The carrying amount of a store asset group is not considered recoverable if it exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the store asset group. Factors that could trigger an impairment review include a current-period operating or cash flow loss combined with a history of operating and cash flow losses, and a projection that demonstrates continuing losses or insufficient income over the remaining reasonably certain lease term associated with the use of a store asset group. Other factors may include an adverse change in the business climate or an adverse action or assessment by a regulator in the market of a store asset group. When stores are identified as having an indicator of impairment, the Company forecasts undiscounted cash flows over the store asset group’s remaining reasonably certain lease term and compares the undiscounted cash flows to the carrying amount of the store asset group. If the store asset group is determined not to be recoverable, then an impairment charge will be recognized in the amount by which the carrying amount of the store asset group exceeds its fair value, determined using discounted cash flow valuation techniques, as contemplated in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements.
- 10 -
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
The Company determines the cash flows expected to result from the store asset group by projecting future revenue, gross margin and operating expense for each store asset group under evaluation for impairment. The estimates of future cash flows involve management judgment and are based upon assumptions about expected future operating performance. Assumptions used in these forecasts are consistent with internal planning, and include assumptions about sales growth rates, gross margins and operating expense in relation to the current economic environment and the Company’s future expectations, competitive factors in its various markets, inflation, sales trends and other relevant environmental factors that may impact the store under evaluation. The actual cash flows could differ from management’s estimates due to changes in business conditions, operating performance and economic conditions. If economic conditions deteriorate in the markets in which the Company conducts business, or if other negative market conditions develop, the Company may experience additional impairment charges in the future for underperforming stores.
The resulting impairment charge, if any, is allocated to the property and equipment, primarily leasehold improvements, and operating lease ROU assets on a pro rata basis using the relative carrying amounts of those assets. The allocated impairment charge to a long-lived asset is limited to the extent that the impairment charge does not reduce the carrying amount of the long-lived asset below its individual fair value. The estimation of the fair value of an ROU asset involves the evaluation of current market value rental amounts for leases associated with ROU assets. The estimates of current market value rental amounts are primarily based on recent observable market rental data of other comparable retail store locations. The fair value of an ROU asset is measured using a discounted cash flow valuation technique by discounting the estimated current and future market rental values using a property-specific discount rate.
The Company did
Leases
In accordance with ASC 842, Leases, the Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. The Company has operating and finance leases for the Company’s retail store facilities, distribution center, corporate offices, information technology hardware, and distribution center delivery tractors and equipment. Operating leases are included in operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities, current and noncurrent, on the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Finance leases are included in property and equipment and finance lease liabilities, current and noncurrent, on the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Lease liabilities are calculated using the effective interest method, regardless of classification, while the amortization of ROU assets varies depending upon classification. Finance lease classification results in a front-loaded expense recognition pattern over the lease term which amortizes the ROU asset by recognizing interest expense and amortization expense as separate components of lease expense and calculates the amortization expense component on a straight-line basis. Conversely, operating lease classification results in a straight-line expense recognition pattern over the lease term and recognizes lease expense as a single expense component, which results in amortization of the ROU asset that equals the difference between lease expense and interest expense. Lease expense for finance and operating leases are included in cost of sales or selling and administrative expense, based on the use of the leased asset, on the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. Variable payments such as property taxes, insurance and common area maintenance related to triple net leases, as well as certain equipment sales taxes, licenses, fees and repairs, are expensed as incurred, and leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are excluded from minimum lease payments and are not recorded on the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company recognizes variable lease expense for these short-term leases on a straight-line basis over the remaining lease term.
ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and operating lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the reasonably certain lease term. As the Company’s leases generally do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses a collateralized incremental borrowing rate (“IBR”) to determine the present value of lease payments. The collateralized IBR is based on a synthetic credit rating that is externally prepared on an annual basis. This analysis considers qualitative and quantitative factors based on guidance provided by a rating agency for the consumer durables industry. The Company adjusts the selected IBR quarterly with a company-specific unsecured yield curve that approximates the Company’s market risk profile. The collateralized IBR is also based upon the estimated impact that the collateral has on the IBR. To account for the collateralized nature of the IBR, the Company utilized a notching method based on notching guidance provided by a rating agency whereby the Company’s base credit rating is notched upward as the yield curve on a secured loan is expected to be lower versus an unsecured loan.
The operating lease ROU asset also includes any prepaid lease payments made and is reduced by lease incentives such as tenant improvement allowances. The operating lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Operating lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
Certain of the leases for the Company’s retail store facilities provide for payments based on future sales volumes at the leased location, which are not measurable at the inception of the lease. Under ASC 842, these contingent rents are expensed as they accrue.
See Note 5 to the Interim Financial Statements for a further discussion on leases.
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate the fair values of these instruments due to their short-term nature. Cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments of excess cash into U.S. Treasury bills, which generally have original maturities of three months or less. As of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022, the Company recorded $
The Company’s only significant assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis subsequent to their initial recognition were assets subject to long-lived asset impairment related to certain underperforming stores. The Company estimates the fair values of these long-lived assets based on the Company’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset and on observable real estate market data of underperforming stores’ specific comparable markets, when available. The Company classifies these fair value measurements as Level 3 inputs, which are unobservable inputs for which market data are not available and that are developed using the best information available about pricing assumptions used by market participants in accordance with ASC 820. As of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022, there were
The major components of accrued expenses are as follows:
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The Company has operating and finance leases for the Company’s retail store facilities, distribution center, corporate offices, information technology hardware, and distribution center delivery tractors and equipment, and accounts for these leases in accordance with ASC 842.
Certain of the leases for the Company’s retail store facilities provide for variable payments for property taxes, insurance, common area maintenance payments related to triple net leases, rental payments based on future sales volumes at the leased location, as well as certain equipment sales taxes, licenses, fees and repairs, which are not measurable at the inception of the lease, or rental payments that are adjusted periodically for inflation. The Company recognizes variable lease expense for these leases in the period incurred which, for contingent rent, begins in the period in which it becomes probable that the specified target that triggers the variable lease payments will be achieved. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
In accordance with ASC 842, the components of lease expense were as follows:
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
On February 24, 2021, the Company entered into a Loan, Guaranty and Security Agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), as agent and lender, which was amended on November 22, 2021 and October 19, 2022 (as so amended, the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement has a maturity date of
Similar to the Prior Credit Agreement, the Company may borrow under the Loan Agreement from time to time, provided the amounts outstanding will not exceed the lesser of the then aggregate committed availability (as discussed above) and the Borrowing Base (such lesser amount being referred to as the “Line Cap”). As defined in the Loan Agreement, the “Borrowing Base” generally is comprised of the sum, at the time of calculation, of (a)
Generally, the Company may designate specific borrowings under the Loan Agreement as either base rate loans or Term SOFR rate loans. The applicable interest rate on the Company’s borrowings is a function of the daily average, over the preceding fiscal quarter, of the excess of the Line Cap over amounts borrowed (such amount being referred to as the “Average Daily Availability”). Those loans designated as Term SOFR rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the then applicable secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“SOFR”) rate plus a
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
In the first quarter of fiscal 2021, the Company paid and capitalized $
As of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022, the Company had
Under the asset and liability method prescribed under ASC 740, Income Taxes, the Company recognizes deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between financial statement carrying amounts of assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be realized or settled. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The realizability of deferred tax assets is assessed throughout the year and a valuation allowance is recorded, if necessary, to reduce net deferred tax assets to the amount more likely than not to be realized. As of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022, the Company had a valuation allowance for deferred income tax assets of $
The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return and files tax returns in various state and local jurisdictions. The statutes of limitations for consolidated federal income tax returns are open for fiscal years
The provision for income taxes for the 39 weeks ended October 3, 2021 reflected a $
As of October 2, 2022 and January 2, 2022, the Company had
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
The Company calculates earnings per share in accordance with ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, which requires a dual presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding, reduced by shares repurchased and held in treasury, during the period. Diluted earnings per share represents basic earnings per share adjusted to include the potentially dilutive effect of outstanding share option awards, nonvested share awards and nonvested share unit awards. During periods of net loss, diluted loss per share is equal to basic loss per share because the antidilutive effect of potential common shares is disregarded.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share:
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13 Weeks Ended |
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39 Weeks Ended |
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October 2, |
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October 3, |
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October 2, |
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October 3, |
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(In thousands, except per share data) |
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Net income |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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Weighted-average shares of common stock |
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Basic |
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Dilutive effect of common stock |
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Diluted |
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Basic earnings per share |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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Diluted earnings per share |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
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$ |
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$ |
|
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Antidilutive share option awards excluded |
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— |
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— |
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Antidilutive nonvested share and nonvested |
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— |
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The computation of diluted earnings per share for the 13 and 39 weeks ended October 2, 2022 excludes certain share option awards that were outstanding and antidilutive (i.e., including such share option awards would result in higher earnings per share), since the exercise prices of these share option awards exceeded the average market price of the Company’s common shares.
The computation of diluted earnings per share for the 13 and 39 weeks ended October 2, 2022, and the 39 weeks ended October 3, 2021, excludes certain nonvested share awards that were outstanding and antidilutive, since the grant date fair values of these nonvested share awards exceeded the average market price of the Company’s common shares.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
Recovery of Insurance Proceeds
In the second quarter of fiscal 2020,
The Company is involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.
In June 2022, the Company amended and restated its 2019 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2019 Plan”), primarily authorizing an additional
At its discretion, the Company grants share option awards, nonvested share awards and nonvested share unit awards to certain employees, as defined by ASC 718, Compensation—Stock Compensation, under the Company’s 2019 Plan, and accounts for its share-based compensation in accordance with ASC 718. The Company recognized $
Share Option Awards
Share option awards granted by the Company generally vest and become exercisable in four equal annual installments of
A summary of the status of the Company’s share option awards is presented below:
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Shares |
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Weighted- |
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|
Weighted- |
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Aggregate |
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Outstanding at January 2, 2022 |
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$ |
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Granted |
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Exercised |
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( |
) |
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Forfeited |
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( |
) |
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Outstanding at October 2, 2022 |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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Exercisable at October 2, 2022 |
|
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$ |
|
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$ |
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Vested and Expected to Vest at October 2, 2022 |
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$ |
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$ |
|
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
The aggregate intrinsic value represents the total pretax intrinsic value, based upon the Company’s most recent closing stock price of $
The fair value of each share option award on the date of grant is estimated using the Black-Scholes method based on the following weighted-average assumptions:
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13 Weeks Ended |
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39 Weeks Ended |
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October 2, |
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October 3, |
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October 2, |
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October 3, |
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Risk-free interest rate |
|
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— |
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— |
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|
|
% |
|
|
— |
|
|
Expected term |
|
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— |
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— |
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— |
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||
Expected volatility |
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— |
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— |
|
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% |
|
|
— |
|
|
Expected dividend yield |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
% |
|
|
— |
|
|
The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected term of the option award; the expected term represents the weighted-average period of time that option awards granted are expected to be outstanding giving consideration to vesting schedules and historical participant exercise behavior; the expected volatility is based upon historical volatility of the Company’s common stock; and the expected dividend yield is based upon the Company’s dividend rate at the time fair value is measured and future expectations.
As of October 2, 2022, there was $
Nonvested Share Awards and Nonvested Share Unit Awards
Nonvested share awards granted by the Company vest for employees from the date of grant in four equal annual installments of
Nonvested share awards become outstanding when granted and are delivered to the recipient upon their vesting. Vested share unit awards, including any dividend reinvestments, are delivered to the recipient on the tenth business day of January following the year in which the recipient’s service to the Company is terminated, at which time the units convert to shares and become outstanding. The total fair value of nonvested share awards which vested during the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021 was $
The Company granted
A summary of the status of the Company’s nonvested share awards is presented below:
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Weighted- |
|
||
Balance at January 2, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
||
Granted |
|
|
|
|
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|
||
Vested |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Forfeited |
|
|
( |
) |
|
|
|
|
Balance at October 2, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
||
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION
NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(continued)
To satisfy employee minimum statutory tax withholding requirements for nonvested share awards that vest, the Company withholds and retires a portion of the vesting common shares, unless an employee elects to pay cash. In the first nine months of fiscal 2022, the Company withheld
As of October 2, 2022, there was $
On October 27, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Stockholders and the Board of Directors of
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
El Segundo, California
Results of Review of Interim Financial Information
We have reviewed the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of October 2, 2022, the related condensed consolidated statements of operations and stockholders’ equity for the fiscal 13-week and 39-week periods ended October 2, 2022 and October 3, 2021, and of cash flows for the fiscal 39-week periods ended October 2, 2022 and October 3, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “interim financial information”). Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the accompanying interim financial information for it to be in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of January 2, 2022, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended (not presented herein); and in our report dated March 2, 2022, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of January 2, 2022, is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the consolidated balance sheet from which it has been derived.
Basis for Review Results
This interim financial information is the responsibility of the Company’s management. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with standards of the PCAOB. A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB, the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Los Angeles, California
November 2, 2022
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis of the Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (“we,” “our,” “us”) financial condition and results of operations includes information with respect to our plans and strategies for our business and should be read in conjunction with our interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes (“Interim Financial Statements”) included herein, the Risk Factors included herein and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and our consolidated financial statements, related notes, Risk Factors and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022.
Our fiscal year ends on the Sunday nearest December 31. Fiscal 2022 is comprised of 52 weeks and ends on January 1, 2023. Fiscal 2021 was comprised of 52 weeks and ended on January 2, 2022. The interim periods in fiscal 2022 and 2021 are each comprised of 13 weeks.
Overview
We are a leading sporting goods retailer in the western United States, with 431 stores and an e-commerce platform under the name “Big 5 Sporting Goods” as of October 2, 2022. We provide a full-line product offering in a traditional sporting goods store format that averages approximately 11,000 square feet. Our product mix includes athletic shoes, apparel and accessories, as well as a broad selection of outdoor and athletic equipment for team sports, fitness, camping, hunting, fishing, home recreation, tennis, golf and winter and summer recreation.
In the first nine months of fiscal 2022 we opened one store which was a relocation. In the first nine months of fiscal 2021 we opened one and closed two stores. For fiscal 2022, we anticipate opening three new stores and closing two stores.
Executive Summary
Net income decreased in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 compared with net income in the third quarter of fiscal 2021 as a result of reduced net sales, lower merchandise margins and higher selling and administrative expense year over year. After experiencing strong consumer demand associated with the COVID-19 pandemic in the third quarter of fiscal 2021, decreases in net sales in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 reflected increased inflationary pressures which dampened consumer sentiment and impacted discretionary spending. Worsening inflation and higher labor costs also resulted in higher operational expense which had an unfavorable impact on our earnings.
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Results of Operations
The results of the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire fiscal year.
13 Weeks Ended October 2, 2022 Compared to 13 Weeks Ended October 3, 2021
The following table sets forth selected items from our interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations by dollar and as a percentage of our net sales for the periods indicated:
|
|
13 Weeks Ended |
|
|||||||||||||
|
|
October 2, |
|
|
October 3, |
|
||||||||||
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
261,445 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
289,637 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
Cost of sales (1) |
|
|
174,862 |
|
|
|
66.9 |
|
|
|
181,660 |
|
|
|
62.7 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
86,583 |
|
|
|
33.1 |
|
|
|
107,977 |
|
|
|
37.3 |
|
Selling and administrative expense (2) |
|
|
78,205 |
|
|
|
29.9 |
|
|
|
75,147 |
|
|
|
25.9 |
|
Operating income |
|
|
8,378 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
32,830 |
|
|
|
11.4 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
69 |
|
|
|
0.0 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
|
8,309 |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
|
|
32,655 |
|
|
|
11.3 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
1,940 |
|
|
|
0.7 |
|
|
|
8,524 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Net income |
|
$ |
6,369 |
|
|
|
2.5 |
% |
|
$ |
24,131 |
|
|
|
8.4 |
% |
Net Sales. Net sales decreased by $28.2 million, or 9.7%, to $261.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 from $289.6 million in the third quarter last year. The change in net sales reflected the following:
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Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased by $21.4 million to $86.6 million, or 33.1% of net sales, in the 13 weeks ended October 2, 2022, compared with $108.0 million, or 37.3% of net sales, in the 13 weeks ended October 3, 2021. The change in gross profit was primarily attributable to the following:
Selling and Administrative Expense. Selling and administrative expense increased by $3.1 million to $78.2 million, or 29.9% of net sales, in the 13 weeks ended October 2, 2022, from $75.1 million, or 25.9% of net sales, in the third quarter last year. The change in selling and administrative expense was primarily attributable to the following:
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by $0.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2021.
Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes decreased to $1.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 from $8.5 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2021, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in the third quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Our effective tax rate was 23.3% for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and 26.1% for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. Our lower effective tax rate for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 mainly reflected reduced pre-tax income for the period compared to the first half of the year.
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39 Weeks Ended October 2, 2022 Compared to 39 Weeks Ended October 3, 2021
The following table sets forth selected items from our interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations by dollar and as a percentage of our net sales for the periods indicated:
|
|
39 Weeks Ended |
|
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|
|
October 2, |
|
|
October 3, |
|
||||||||||
|
|
(Dollars in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
757,226 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
|
$ |
888,463 |
|
|
|
100.0 |
% |
Cost of sales (1) |
|
|
495,844 |
|
|
|
65.5 |
|
|
|
555,670 |
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
Gross profit |
|
|
261,382 |
|
|
|
34.5 |
|
|
|
332,793 |
|
|
|
37.5 |
|
Selling and administrative expense (2) |
|
|
230,150 |
|
|
|
30.4 |
|
|
|
223,670 |
|
|
|
25.2 |
|
Operating income |
|
|
31,232 |
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
|
|
109,123 |
|
|
|
12.3 |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
389 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
|
|
701 |
|
|
|
0.1 |
|
Income before income taxes |
|
|
30,843 |
|
|
|
4.0 |
|
|
|
108,422 |
|
|
|
12.2 |
|
Income tax expense |
|
|
6,437 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
25,942 |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Net income |
|
$ |
24,406 |
|
|
|
3.1 |
% |
|
$ |
82,480 |
|
|
|
9.3 |
% |
Net Sales. Net sales decreased by $131.3 million, or 14.8%, to $757.2 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 from $888.5 million in the first nine months last year. The change in net sales reflected the following:
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Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased by $71.4 million to $261.4 million, or 34.5% of net sales, in the 39 weeks ended October 2, 2022, compared with $332.8 million, or 37.5% of net sales, in the 39 weeks ended October 3, 2021. The change in gross profit was primarily attributable to the following:
Selling and Administrative Expense. Selling and administrative expense increased by $6.5 million to $230.2 million, or 30.4% of net sales, in the 39 weeks ended October 2, 2022, from $223.7 million, or 25.2% of net sales, in the first nine months of last year. The change in selling and administrative expense was primarily attributable to the following:
Interest Expense. Interest expense decreased by $0.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2021.
Income Taxes. The provision for income taxes decreased to $6.4 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 from $25.9 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2021, primarily reflecting lower pre-tax income in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2021. Our effective tax rate was 20.9% for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 23.9% for the first nine months of fiscal 2021. Our lower effective tax rate for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 reflected a higher tax deduction related to share-based compensation combined with lower pretax income.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal liquidity requirements are for working capital, capital expenditures and cash dividends. We fund our liquidity requirements primarily through cash and cash equivalents on hand, cash flows from operations and borrowings from the revolving credit facility, when necessary.
As of October 2, 2022, we had $34.4 million of cash and cash equivalents compared to $114.0 million of cash and cash equivalents as of October 3, 2021. Our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities are summarized as follows:
|
|
39 Weeks Ended |
|
|||||
|
|
October 2, |
|
|
October 3, |
|
||
|
|
(In thousands) |
|
|||||
Total cash (used in) provided by: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Operating activities |
|
$ |
(29,918 |
) |
|
$ |
95,193 |
|
Investing activities |
|
|
(8,814 |
) |
|
|
(7,017 |
) |
Financing activities |
|
|
(24,249 |
) |
|
|
(38,824 |
) |
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
(62,981 |
) |
|
$ |
49,352 |
|
Operating Activities. Operating cash flows for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021 were a negative $29.9 million and a positive $95.2 million, respectively. The decreased cash flow provided by operating activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 compared to the prior year primarily reflects decreased net income, increased funding of merchandise inventory, and decreased accrued expenses primarily related to performance-based incentive accruals.
Investing Activities. Net cash used in investing activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021 was $8.8 million and $7.0 million, respectively. Capital expenditures, excluding non-cash acquisitions, represented substantially all of the cash used in investing activities for each period. In the first nine months of fiscal 2021, capital expenditures of $7.3 million were partially offset by a portion of settlement proceeds related to a civil unrest insurance recovery of $0.2 million. Capital expenditures for both periods primarily reflect store-related remodeling, new store openings, distribution center investments and computer hardware and software purchases.
Financing Activities. Financing cash flows for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021 were a negative $24.2 million and a negative $38.8 million, respectively. For the first nine months of both periods, cash was used primarily to fund dividend payments, purchase treasury stock and make principal payments on finance lease liabilities, partially offset by proceeds received from the exercise of employee share option awards. The change in cash flow from financing activities for the first nine months of fiscal 2022 primarily reflects a decrease in dividends paid in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 compared to the same period last year, which included a special dividend of $1.00 per share that was declared in the second quarter of fiscal 2021.
As of October 2, 2022, January 2, 2022 and October 3, 2021, we had no revolving credit borrowings and $1.1 million of letter of credit commitments outstanding.
In fiscal 2021 we paid cash dividends of $2.83 per share of outstanding common stock. Dividends declared in fiscal 2021 included special dividends totaling $2.00 per share of outstanding common stock. In the first nine months of fiscal 2022, we paid aggregate quarterly cash dividends of $0.75 per share of outstanding common stock, and in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on December 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of December 1, 2022.
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Periodically, we repurchase our common stock in the open market pursuant to programs approved by our Board of Directors. We may repurchase our common stock for a variety of reasons, including, among other things, our alternative cash requirements, existing business conditions and the current market price of our stock. In fiscal 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program for the purchase of up to $25.0 million of our common stock, which was in effect through the fourth quarter of fiscal 2021 and under which a total of $7.7 million remained available for share repurchases as of January 2, 2022. In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program of up to $25.0 million of our common stock, which replaced the previous share repurchase program. Under this program, we may purchase shares from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the timing and amount of such purchases, if any, would be at the discretion of our management and Board of Directors, and would depend on market conditions and other considerations. We repurchased 295,719 shares of common stock for $4.1 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 pursuant to our new share repurchase program. We repurchased 100,498 shares of common stock for $2.3 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2021. Since the inception of our initial share repurchase program in May 2006 through October 2, 2022, we have repurchased a total of 4,186,014 shares for $53.6 million.
Loan Agreement. As of January 3, 2021, we had a credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”), as administrative agent, and a syndicate of other lenders, as amended (the “Prior Credit Agreement”), which was terminated and replaced on February 24, 2021 as discussed below.
On February 24, 2021, we terminated the Prior Credit Agreement and entered into a Loan, Guaranty and Security agreement with Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”), as agent and lender, which was amended on November 22, 2021 and October 19, 2022 (as so amended, the “Loan Agreement”). The Loan Agreement has a maturity date of February 24, 2026 and provides for a revolving credit facility with an aggregate committed availability of up to $150.0 million. We may also request additional increases in aggregate availability, up to a maximum of $200.0 million, in which case the existing lender under the Loan Agreement will have the option to increase their commitment to accommodate the requested increase. If the lender does not exercise that option, we may (with the consent of BofA in its role as the administrative agent, not to be unreasonably withheld) seek other lenders willing to provide such commitments. The credit facility includes a $50.0 million sublimit for issuances of letters of credit.
Similar to the Prior Credit Agreement, we may borrow under the Loan Agreement from time to time, provided the amounts outstanding will not exceed the lesser of the then aggregate committed availability (as discussed above) and the Borrowing Base (such lesser amount being referred to as the “Line Cap”). As defined in the Loan Agreement, the “Borrowing Base” generally is comprised of the sum, at the time of calculation, of (a) 90.00% of eligible credit card receivables; plus (b) the cost of eligible inventory (other than eligible in-transit inventory), net of inventory reserves, multiplied by 90.00% of the appraised net orderly liquidation value of eligible inventory (expressed as a percentage of the cost of eligible inventory); plus (c) the cost of eligible in-transit inventory, net of inventory reserves, multiplied by 90.00% of the appraised net orderly liquidation value of eligible in-transit inventory (expressed as a percentage of the cost of eligible in-transit inventory), minus (d) certain agreed-upon reserves as well as other reserves established by BofA in its role as the administrative agent in its reasonable discretion.
Generally, we may designate specific borrowings under the Loan Agreement as either base rate loans or Term SOFR rate loans. The applicable interest rate on our borrowings is a function of the daily average, over the preceding fiscal quarter, of the excess of the Line Cap over amounts borrowed (such amount being referred to as the “Average Daily Availability”). Those loans designated as Term SOFR rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the then applicable secured overnight financing rate as administered by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (“SOFR”) rate plus a 0.10% “SOFR adjustment” spread, plus an applicable margin as shown in the table below. Those loans designated as base rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the applicable margin for base rate loans (as shown below) plus the highest of (a) the Federal funds rate, as in effect from time to time, plus one-half of one percent (0.50%), (b) the one-month SOFR rate, plus one percentage point (1.00%), or (c) the rate of interest in effect for such day as announced from time to time within BofA as its “prime rate.” The applicable margin for all loans will be a function of Average Daily Availability for the preceding fiscal quarter as set forth below.
Level |
|
Average Daily Availability |
|
SOFR Rate |
|
Base Rate |
I |
|
Greater than or equal to $70,000,000 |
|
1.375% |
|
0.375% |
II |
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Less than $70,000,000 |
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1.500% |
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0.500% |
The commitment fee assessed on the unused portion of the credit facility is 0.20% per annum.
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Obligations under the Loan Agreement are secured by a general lien on and security interest in substantially all of our assets. The Loan Agreement contains covenants that require us to maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio of not less than 1.0:1.0 in certain circumstances, and limits the ability to, among other things, incur liens, incur additional indebtedness, transfer or dispose of assets, change the nature of the business, guarantee obligations, pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase stock, and make advances, loans or investments. We may generally declare or pay cash dividends or repurchase stock only if, among other things, no default or event of default then exists or would arise from such dividend or repurchase of stock and, after giving effect to such dividend or repurchase, certain availability and/or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements are satisfied, although we are permitted to make up to $5.0 million of dividend payments or stock repurchases per year without satisfaction of the availability or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements, but dividends or stock repurchases made without satisfying the availability and/or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements will require the establishment of an additional reserve that will reduce borrowing availability under the Loan Agreement for 75 days. The Loan Agreement contains customary events of default, including, without limitation, failure to pay when due principal amounts with respect to the credit facility, failure to pay any interest or other amounts under the credit facility, failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants contained in the Loan Agreement, failure to satisfy certain judgments against us, failure to pay when due (or any other default which permits the acceleration of) certain other material indebtedness in principal amount in excess of $5.0 million, and certain insolvency and bankruptcy events.
In the first quarter of fiscal 2021, we paid and capitalized $0.7 million in new creditor and third-party fees associated with the Loan Agreement, which is amortized over the term of the Loan Agreement, and extinguished $0.2 million of deferred financing fees associated with the Prior Credit Agreement.
Future Capital Requirements. We had cash and cash equivalents on hand of $34.4 million as of October 2, 2022. We expect capital expenditures for fiscal 2022, excluding non-cash acquisitions, to range from approximately $10.0 million to $13.0 million primarily to fund the opening of new stores, store-related remodeling, new stores, distribution center investments and computer hardware and software purchases. For fiscal 2022, we anticipate opening three new stores and closing two stores.
Dividends are paid at the discretion of our Board of Directors. In fiscal 2021 we paid cash dividends of $2.83 per share of outstanding common stock. Dividends declared in fiscal 2021 included special dividends totaling $2.00 per share of outstanding common stock. In the first nine months of fiscal 2022, we paid aggregate quarterly cash dividends of $0.75 per share of outstanding common stock, and in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2022, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.25 per share of outstanding common stock, which will be paid on December 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of December 1, 2022.
As of October 2, 2022, a total of $20.9 million remained available for share repurchases under our new share repurchase program. We repurchased 295,719 shares of our common stock in the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and repurchased 100,498 shares of our common stock in the first nine months of fiscal 2021. We consider several factors in determining when and if we make share repurchases including, among other things, our alternative cash requirements, existing business conditions and the market price of our stock.
We believe we will be able to fund our cash requirements from cash and cash equivalents on hand, operating cash flows and borrowings from our credit facility, for at least the next 12 months.
Contractual Obligations. Our material contractual obligations include operating lease commitments associated with our leased properties and other occupancy expense, finance lease obligations, borrowings under the credit facility, if any, and other liabilities. Operating lease commitments consist principally of leases for our retail store facilities, distribution center and corporate offices. These leases frequently include options which permit us to extend the terms beyond the initial fixed lease term, and we intend to renegotiate most of these leases as they expire. Operating lease commitments also consist of information technology (“IT”) systems hardware, distribution center delivery tractors and equipment. Additional information regarding our operating and finance leases is available in Notes 2 and 5 to the Interim Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In the first nine months of fiscal 2022 and 2021, we had no borrowings under our revolving credit facility. Our zero borrowings reflect improved profitability and positive operating cash flow from increased consumer demand related to the COVID-19 pandemic during fiscal 2020 and 2021.
In the ordinary course of business, we enter into arrangements with vendors to purchase merchandise in advance of expected delivery. Because most of these purchase orders do not contain any termination payments or other penalties if cancelled, they are not included as outstanding contractual obligations.
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Critical Accounting Estimates
As discussed in Part II, Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022, we consider our estimates on valuation of merchandise inventory to be among the most critical in understanding the judgments that are involved in preparing our consolidated financial statements. There have been no significant changes to these estimates in the 39 weeks ended October 2, 2022.
Seasonality and Impact of Inflation
We experience seasonal fluctuations in our net sales and operating results, which can suffer when weather does not conform to seasonal norms, such as the first quarter of fiscal 2022 when we experienced warm and dry winter-weather conditions across our markets that resulted in significant carryover of winter inventory. Seasonality in our net sales influences our buying patterns which directly impacts our merchandise and accounts payable levels and cash flows. We purchase merchandise for seasonal activities in advance of a season and supplement our merchandise assortment as necessary and when possible during the season. Our efforts to replenish products during a season are not always successful. In the fourth fiscal quarter, which includes the holiday selling season and the start of the winter selling season, we normally experience higher inventory purchase volumes and increased expense for staffing and advertising. If we miscalculate the consumer demand for our products generally or for our product mix in advance of a season, particularly the fourth quarter, our net sales can decline, which can harm our financial performance. A significant shortfall from expected net sales, particularly during the fourth quarter, can negatively impact our annual operating results.
In fiscal 2021 and the first nine months of fiscal 2022, we experienced greater inflation in the cost of products that we purchase for resale as well as higher freight costs than in previous years. While our merchandise inventory costs have been impacted by these inflationary pressures, we have generally been able to adjust our selling prices in response to these higher product purchase costs. However, if we are unable to adjust our selling prices for product purchase cost increases that might occur in the future, then our merchandise margins could decline, which would adversely impact our operating results. In fiscal 2021 and the first nine months of fiscal 2022, we also experienced increased wage expense as a result of higher demand for labor in many of our markets. Broad-based inflationary pressures are adversely impacting many categories of costs and expenses during fiscal 2022.
Recently Issued Accounting Updates
See Note 2 to the Interim Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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Forward-Looking Statements
This document includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, our financial condition, our results of operations, our growth strategy and the business of our company generally. In some cases, you can identify such statements by terminology such as “may,” “could,” “project,” “estimate,” “potential,” “continue,” “should,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “intends” or other such terminology. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results in current or future periods to change significantly and differ materially from forecasted results. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the economic impacts of COVID-19, including any potential variants, on our business operations, including as a result of regulations that may be issued in response to COVID-19, changes in the consumer spending environment, fluctuations in consumer holiday spending patterns, increased competition from e-commerce retailers, breach of data security or other unauthorized disclosure of sensitive personal or confidential information, the competitive environment in the sporting goods industry in general and in our specific market areas, inflation, product availability and growth opportunities, changes in the current market for (or regulation of) firearm-related products, a reduction or loss of product from a key supplier, disruption in product flow, seasonal fluctuations, weather conditions, changes in cost of goods, operating expense fluctuations, increases in labor and benefit-related expense, changes in laws or regulations, including those related to tariffs and duties as well as environmental, social and governance issues, public health issues (including those caused by COVID-19 or any potential variants), impacts from civil unrest or widespread vandalism, lower than expected profitability of our e-commerce platform or cannibalization of sales from our existing store base which could occur as a result of operating the e-commerce platform, litigation risks, stockholder campaigns and proxy contests, risks related to our historically leveraged financial condition, changes in interest rates, credit availability, higher expense associated with sources of credit resulting from uncertainty in financial markets and economic conditions in general. Those and other risks and uncertainties are more fully described in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in this report and in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and other filings with the SEC. We caution that the risk factors set forth in this report and the other reports that we file with the SEC are not exclusive. In addition, we conduct our business in a highly competitive and rapidly changing environment. Accordingly, new risk factors may arise. It is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors, nor to assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any individual risk factor, or combination of factors, may cause results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by us or on our behalf.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
During periods when we have outstanding borrowings under our Loan Agreement, we are subject to risks resulting from interest rate fluctuations since interest on borrowings under our Loan Agreement is based on variable rates. We enter into borrowings under our Loan Agreement principally for working capital, capital expenditures and general corporate purposes. We routinely evaluate the best use of our cash and cash equivalents and manage financial statement exposure to interest rate fluctuations by managing our level of indebtedness and the interest base rate options on such indebtedness. We do not utilize derivative instruments and do not engage in foreign currency transactions or hedging activities to manage our interest rate risk. As of October 2, 2022, we had no revolving credit borrowings outstanding.
Inflationary factors and changes in foreign currency rates can increase the purchase cost of our products. In fiscal 2021 and the first nine months of fiscal 2022, we experienced greater inflation in the cost of products that we purchase for resale as well as higher freight costs than in previous years. While our merchandise inventory costs were impacted by these inflationary pressures, up to this point we have generally been able to adjust our selling prices in response to these higher product purchase costs. However, if we are unable to continue to adjust our selling prices for product purchase cost increases that might occur in the future, then our merchandise margins could decline, which would adversely impact our operating results.
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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the end of such period, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective, at a reasonable assurance level, in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act and are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
During the fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2022, no changes occurred with respect to our internal control over financial reporting that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
The Company is involved in various claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In the opinion of management, the ultimate disposition of these matters is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations or financial condition.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
We are providing the following updated risk factor to supplement the risk factors contained in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2022.
Terrorism and the uncertainty of war may harm our operating results.
Terrorist attacks or acts of war may cause damage or disruption to us and our employees, facilities, information systems, vendors and customers, which could significantly impact our net sales, profitability and financial condition. The ongoing conflict in Ukraine may lead to disruption in the global supply chain, rising fuel costs, or cybersecurity risks, and economic instability generally, any of which could materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations. Terrorist attacks could also have a significant impact on ports or international shipping on which we are substantially dependent for the supply of much of the merchandise we sell. Our corporate headquarters is located near Los Angeles International Airport and the Port of Los Angeles, which have been identified as potential terrorism targets. The potential for future terrorist attacks, the national and international responses to terrorist attacks and other acts of war or hostility may cause greater uncertainty and cause our business to suffer in ways that we cannot currently predict. Military action taken in response to such attacks could also have a short or long-term negative economic impact upon the financial markets, international shipping and our business in general.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The following tabular summary reflects the Company’s share repurchase activity during the quarter ended October 2, 2022:
ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES |
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Total Number |
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Average |
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Total Number of |
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Maximum Number (or |
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July 4 – July 31 |
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1,400 |
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$ |
10.98 |
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1,400 |
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$ |
20,864,000 |
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August 1 – August 28 |
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— |
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$ |
— |
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— |
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$ |
20,864,000 |
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August 29 – October 2 |
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— |
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$ |
— |
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|
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— |
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$ |
20,864,000 |
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Total |
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1,400 |
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1,400 |
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$ |
20,864,000 |
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(1) |
In the first quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program for the purchase of up to an additional $25.0 million of the Company’s common stock. This program replaced the Company’s previous share repurchase program, under which $7.7 million remained available for repurchase. All share repurchases shown in this table were made under the Company’s new share repurchase program. Under these programs, the Company may purchase shares from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions in compliance with the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. However, the timing and amount of such purchases, if any, would be at the discretion of the Company’s management and Board of Directors and would depend upon market conditions and other considerations. Since the inception of its initial share repurchase program in May 2006 through October 2, 2022, the Company repurchased a total of 4,186,014 shares for $53.6 million. |
(2) |
The Company’s dividends and stock repurchases are generally funded by distributions from its subsidiary, Big 5 Corp. The Company’s Loan Agreement generally permits the Company to declare or pay cash dividends or repurchase stock only if, among other things, no default or event of default then exists or would arise from such dividend or repurchase of stock and, after giving effect to such dividend or repurchase, certain availability and/or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements are satisfied, although the Company is permitted to make up to $5.0 million of dividend payments or stock repurchases per year without satisfaction of the availability or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements, but dividends or stock repurchases made without satisfying the availability and/or fixed charge coverage ratio requirements will require the establishment of an additional reserve that will reduce borrowing availability under the Loan Agreement for 75 days. |
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Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Not applicable.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
During the second quarter of fiscal 2022, the Company commenced negotiations on new collective bargaining agreements with General Teamsters, Airline, Aerospace and Allied Employees, Warehousemen, Drivers, Construction, Rock and Sand; Airline Employees, Local Union No. 986, affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (“Local 986”), representing certain hourly employees in the Company’s distribution center and select Southern California stores. The current collective bargaining agreements expired on August 31, 2022. Pending negotiations, the Company has agreed with Local 986 to extend the existing agreements, subject to termination by either party on ten (10) days’ written notice. The Company has not had a strike or work stoppage in over 40 years, although such a disruption could have a significant negative impact on our business operations and financial results.
Item 6. Exhibits
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Description of Document |
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10.1 |
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15.1 |
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Independent Auditors’ Awareness Letter Regarding Interim Financial Statements. (1) |
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31.1 |
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer. (1) |
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31.2 |
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Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer. (1) |
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32.1 |
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32.2 |
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101.INS |
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Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document. (1) |
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101.SCH |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. (1) |
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101.CAL |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document. (1) |
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101.DEF |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document. (1) |
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101.LAB |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document. (1) |
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101.PRE |
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Inline XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document. (1) |
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104 |
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). (1) |
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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.
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BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, |
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a Delaware corporation |
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Date: November 2, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Steven G. Miller |
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Steven G. Miller |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: November 2, 2022 |
By: |
/s/ Barry D. Emerson |
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Barry D. Emerson |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
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Exhibit 10.1
Execution Version
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN, GUARANTY AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) dated as of October 19, 2022 (the “Amendment Effective Date”), is entered into by and among BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), BIG 5 CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Big 5 Corp”), BIG 5 SERVICES CORP., a Virginia corporation (“Big 5 Services”, and together with Big 5 Corp, each a “Borrower” and collectively, the “Borrowers”), Parent and certain of its subsidiaries from time to time joined thereto, as guarantors thereunder (each, a “Guarantor” and collectively, the “Guarantors”), financial institutions party to the Loan Agreement from time to time as Lenders, and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association (“Bank of America”), as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “Agent”), with reference to the following facts:
RECITALS
B. WHEREAS, certain Loans and/or extensions of credit incur or are permitted under the Loan Agreement to incur interest, fees or other amounts based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration; and
C. WHEREAS, the parties hereto have determined that LIBOR should be replaced with a successor rate in accordance with the Loan Agreement and, in connection therewith, Agent has determined that certain conforming changes are necessary or advisable.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. Except as otherwise expressly defined herein, terms are used herein as defined in the Loan Agreement.
2. Agreement. Notwithstanding any provision of any Loan Document to the contrary, the parties agree that the terms set forth on Appendix A shall apply to the credit facility contemplated by the Loan Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent provisions in the Loan Agreement apply to Loans and other extensions of credit under the credit facility, and such provisions are not specifically addressed by Appendix A, the Loan Agreement provisions shall continue to apply.
3. Conflict with Loan Documents. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Amendment and the terms of any Loan Document, the terms hereof shall control.
4. Payment of Expenses. Borrowers agree to reimburse Agent for all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to Agent.
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5. Miscellaneous.
() Its execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment is within its organizational powers and has been duly authorized by all necessary organizational, partnership, member or other action, as applicable, as may be necessary or required.
() This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such Obligor, and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general principles of equity.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.
PARENT AND GUARANTOR: |
BIG 5 SPORTING GOODS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation
By: /s/Barry D. Emerson Name: Barry D. Emerson Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Address: 2525 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245
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BORROWERS: |
BIG 5 CORP., a Delaware corporation
By: /s/Barry D. Emerson Name: Barry D. Emerson Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Address: 2525 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245
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BIG 5 SERVICES CORP., a Virginia corporation
By: /s/Barry D. Emerson Name: Barry D. Emerson Title: Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer Address: 2525 East El Segundo Blvd. El Segundo, CA 90245
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN, guaranty AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(BIG 5)
SIGNATURE PAGE
AGENT AND LENDERS:
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Agent and Lender
By: /s/Chad Shimabukuro
Name: Chad Shimabukuro
Title: Vice President
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN, guaranty AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(BIG 5)
SIGNATURE PAGE
Appendix A
Terms Applicable to Term SOFR Loans
1. Defined Terms. The following definitions are added to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent the terms are already defined in the Credit Agreement, the following supersede such existing terms:
Base Rate: for any day, a per annum rate equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate for such day; (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day, plus 0.50%; or (c) Term SOFR for a one month interest period as of such day, plus 1.00%; provided, that in no event shall the Base Rate be less than zero.
CME: CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited.
Conforming Changes: with respect to use, administration of or conventions associated with SOFR, Term SOFR or any proposed Successor Rate, as applicable, any conforming changes to the definitions of Base Rate, SOFR, Term SOFR and Interest Period, timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest and other technical, administrative or operational matters (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the definitions of Business Day or U.S. Government Securities Business Day, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, and length of lookback periods) as may be appropriate, in Agent's discretion, to reflect the adoption and implementation of such applicable rate(s), and to permit the administration thereof by Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if Agent determines that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or that no market practice for the administration of such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Agent determines is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of any Loan Document).
Daily Simple SOFR: with respect to any applicable determination date, the secured overnight financing rate published on the FRBNY website (or any successor source satisfactory to Agent).
FRBNY: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Notice of Borrowing: notice by Borrower Agent of a Borrowing, in form satisfactory to Agent.
Notice of Conversion/Continuation: notice by Borrower Agent for conversion or continuation of a Loan as a Term SOFR Loan, in form satisfactory to Agent.
Relevant Governmental Body: the Federal Reserve Board and/or FRBNY, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board and/or FRBNY.
Scheduled Unavailability Date: as defined in Section (g) below.
SOFR: the secured overnight financing rate as administered by FRBNY (or a successor administrator).
SOFR Adjustment: (a) with respect to Daily Simple SOFR, 0.10%; and (b) with respect to Term SOFR, 0.10% for a one month Interest Period, 0.10% for a three month Interest Period and 0.10% for a six month Interest Period.
Appendix a
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Successor Rate: as defined in Section (g) below.
Term SOFR: (a) for any Interest Period relating to a Loan (other than a Base Rate Loan), a per annum rate equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate two U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Interest Period, with a term equivalent to such Interest Period (or if such rate is not published prior to 11:00 a.m. on the determination date, the applicable Term SOFR Screen Rate on the U.S. Government Securities Business Day immediately prior thereto), plus the SOFR Adjustment for such Interest Period; and (b) for any interest calculation relating to a Base Rate Loan on any day, a fluctuating rate of interest equal to the Term SOFR Screen Rate with a term of one month commencing that day; provided, that in no event shall Term SOFR be less than zero (0).
Term SOFR Loan: a Loan that bears interest based on clause (a) of the definition of Term SOFR.
Term SOFR Screen Rate: the forward-looking SOFR term rate administered by CME (or any successor administrator satisfactory to Agent) and published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be designated by Agent from time to time).
U.S. Government Securities Business Day: any Business Day, except any day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, New York Stock Exchange or FRBNY is not open for business because the day is a legal holiday under New York law or U.S. federal law.
2. Terms Applicable to Term SOFR Loans. Commencing on the Amendment Effective Date, the following provisions shall apply to the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents:
(a) Unavailability of LIBOR Loans. Any request for a new LIBOR Loan shall be deemed to be a request for a new Term SOFR Loan; provided, that any LIBOR Loan outstanding on the Amendment Effective Date shall continue to bear interest at LIBOR until the end of its current Interest Period.
(b) References to LIBOR Loans, Etc. in the Loan Documents.
(i) References to LIBOR Loans, LIBOR, any eurocurrency loans or rate, or the administration or terms thereof, or other matters relating thereto in the Loan Documents that are not specifically addressed herein shall be deemed to be references to Term SOFR Loans and Term SOFR, as applicable. In addition, general references to Loans and interest rates, their administration or terms, and related matters shall be deemed to include Term SOFR Loans and Term SOFR, as applicable.
(ii) Any requirement for Borrowers to compensate Lenders for losses in the Credit Agreement resulting from any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan on a day other than the last day of any Interest Period shall be deemed to include Term SOFR Loans.
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(c) Interest Rates. Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility, nor shall it have any liability with respect to, administration, submission or any other matter related to any reference rate referred to herein or in the Credit Agreement, nor with respect to any rate (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the selection of such rate and any related spread or other adjustment) that is an alternative, replacement or successor to such rate (including any Successor Rate), or any component thereof, or the effect of any of the foregoing, or of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions or other activities that affect any reference rate referred to herein, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including, without limitation, any Successor Rate) (or any component of any of the foregoing) or any related spread or other adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Obligors. Agent may select information source(s) in its discretion to ascertain any reference rate referred to herein or any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Successor Rate), or any component thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms hereof, and shall have no liability to any Lender, Obligor or other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise, and whether at law or in equity) for any error or other act or omission related to or affecting the selection, determination or calculation of any rate (or component thereof) provided by such information source or service.
(d) Borrowings, Conversions, Continuations and Prepayments of Term SOFR Loans. In addition to any other borrowing or prepayment requirements set forth in the Credit Agreement:
(i) Notice of Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans. For any Borrowing, conversion or continuation of a Term SOFR Loan, Borrower Agent shall deliver a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation, as applicable, to Agent by 11:00 a.m. at least two Business Days prior to the requested funding date. Notices received by Agent after such time shall be deemed received on the next Business Day. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and must specify (A) the amount, (B) the requested funding date (which must be a Business Day), (C) whether such Borrowing, conversion or continuation is to be made as a Term SOFR Loan, and (D) the applicable Interest Period (which shall be deemed to be one month if not specified). Each Borrowing of Term SOFR Loans when made shall be in a minimum amount of $3,000,000, plus an increment of $100,000 in excess thereof. No more than ten (10) Borrowings of Term SOFR Loans may be outstanding at any time, and all Term SOFR Loans having the same length and beginning date of their Interest Periods shall be aggregated and considered one Borrowing.
(ii) Interest Periods. Borrowers shall select an interest period (“Interest Period”) of one, three or six months (in each case, subject to availability) to apply to each Term SOFR Loan; provided, that (a) the Interest Period shall begin on the date the Loan is made or continued as, or converted into, a Term SOFR Loan and shall expire one, three or six months thereafter, as applicable; (b) if any Interest Period begins on the last day of a calendar month or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at its end, or if such corresponding day falls after the last Business Day of the end month, then the Interest Period shall expire on the end month's last Business Day; and if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, the period shall expire on the next Business Day; and (c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the maturity date of the credit facility.
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(iii) Voluntary Prepayment of Term SOFR Loans. Term SOFR Loans may be prepaid from time to time, without penalty or premium, pursuant to a notice of prepayment to Agent, delivered at least three Business Days prior to prepayment of the Loan; provided, that no such notice shall be required for payments effected through sweeps from the Dominion Account.
(iv) Conforming Changes. Agent may make Conforming Changes from time to time with respect to SOFR, Term SOFR or any Successor Rate. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, any amendment implementing such changes shall be effective without further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document. Agent shall post each amendment to Borrower Agent and Lenders promptly after it becomes effective.
(e) Interest. Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement with respect to default interest, each Term SOFR Loan shall bear interest at Term SOFR for the applicable Interest Period, plus the Applicable Margin. Interest on each Term SOFR Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date and at such other times and in such manner as specified in the Credit Agreement.
(f) Computations. Computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to Term SOFR) shall be computed for actual days elapsed, based on a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable. All other interest, as well as fees and other charges calculated on a per annum basis, shall be computed for actual days elapsed, based on a year of 360 days. Each determination by Agent of an interest rate or fee shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
(g) Inability to Determine Rates; Successor Rates.
(i) Inability to Determine Rate. If in connection with any request for a Term SOFR Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, as applicable, (A) Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (I) no Successor Rate has been determined in accordance with Section 2(g)(ii), and the circumstances under Section 2(g)(ii)(A) or the Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), or (II) adequate and reasonable means do not otherwise exist for determining Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (B) Agent or Required Lenders determine that for any reason Term SOFR for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Term SOFR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, Agent will promptly so notify Borrowers and Lenders. Thereafter, (1) the obligation of Lenders to make, maintain or convert Base Rate Loans to Term SOFR Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods), and (2) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Term SOFR component of Base Rate, the utilization of such component in determining Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until Agent (or, in the case of a determination by Required Lenders described above, until Agent upon instruction of Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) Borrowers may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term SOFR Loans (to the extent of the affected Term SOFR Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for Base Rate Loans, and (y) any outstanding Term SOFR Loans shall convert to Base Rate Loans at the end of their respective Interest Periods.
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(ii) Successor Rates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, if Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or Borrower Agent or Required Lenders notify Agent (with, in the case of the Required Lenders, a copy to Borrower Agent) that Borrowers or Required Lenders (as applicable) have determined, that:
(A) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining one, three and six month interest periods of Term SOFR, including because the Term SOFR Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis, and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary; or
(B) CME or any successor administrator of the Term SOFR Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Agent, CME or such administrator with respect to its publication of Term SOFR, in each case acting in such capacity, has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which one, three and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate shall or will no longer be made available, or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of U.S. dollar denominated syndicated loans, or shall or will otherwise cease, provided, that at the time of such statement, there is no successor administrator satisfactory to Agent that will continue to provide such interest periods of Term SOFR after such specific date (the latest date on which one, three and six month interest periods of Term SOFR or the Term SOFR Screen Rate are no longer available permanently or indefinitely, “Scheduled Unavailability Date”);
then, on a date and time determined by Agent (any such date, “Term SOFR Replacement Date”), which date shall be at the end of an Interest Period or on the relevant interest payment date, as applicable, for interest calculated and, solely with respect to clause (b) above, no later than the Scheduled Unavailability Date, Term SOFR will be replaced hereunder and under any other applicable Loan Document with Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment for any payment period for interest calculated that can be determined by Agent, in each case, without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document (“Successor Rate”). If the Successor Rate is Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment, all interest will be payable on a monthly basis.
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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (1) if Agent determines that Daily Simple SOFR is not available on or prior to the Term SOFR Replacement Date or (2) if the events or circumstances of the type described in Section (g)(ii)(A) or (B) above have occurred with respect to the Successor Rate then in effect, then in each case, Agent and Borrower Agent may amend the Credit Agreement solely for the purpose of replacing Term SOFR or any then current Successor Rate in accordance with this Section at the end of any Interest Period, relevant interest payment date or payment period for interest calculated, as applicable, with an alternative benchmark rate giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks and, in each case, including any mathematical or other adjustments to such benchmark giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar U.S. dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities for such benchmarks, which adjustment or method for calculating such adjustment shall be published on an information service selected by Agent from time to time in its discretion and may be periodically updated. For the avoidance of doubt, any such proposed rate and adjustments shall constitute a Successor Rate. Any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth Business Day after Agent posts such proposed amendment to all Lenders and Borrowers unless, prior to such time, Required Lenders deliver to Agent written notice that Required Lenders object to the amendment.
Agent will promptly (in one or more notices) notify Borrowers and Lenders of implementation of any Successor Rate. A Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, that to the extent market practice is not administratively feasible for Agent, the Successor Rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by Agent. Notwithstanding anything else herein, if at any time any Successor Rate as so determined would otherwise be less than zero (0), the Successor Rate will be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of the Loan Documents.
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Exhibit 15.1
November 2, 2022
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation
2525 East El Segundo Boulevard
El Segundo, CA 90245
We are aware that our report dated November 2, 2022, on our review of the interim financial information of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and subsidiaries appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 2, 2022, is incorporated by reference in Registration Statement Nos. 333-149730, 333-179602, 333-215545, and 333-234317 each on Form S-8.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Los Angeles, California
Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Steven G. Miller, certify that:
Date: November 2, 2022
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Steven G. Miller |
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Steven G. Miller |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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Exhibit 31.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Barry D. Emerson, certify that:
Date: November 2, 2022
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Barry D. Emerson |
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Barry D. Emerson |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending October 2, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Steven G. Miller, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
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Steven G. Miller |
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Steven G. Miller |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
November 2, 2022
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and will be retained by Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
Exhibit 32.2
CERTIFICATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF
THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation (the “Company”) for the period ending October 2, 2022 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Barry D. Emerson, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
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Barry D. Emerson |
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Barry D. Emerson |
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Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
November 2, 2022
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and will be retained by Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.