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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

x Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended December 31, 2011

OR

 

¨ Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from             to             .

Commission File Number: 000-51539

 

 

VISTAPRINT N.V.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands   98-0417483

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Hudsonweg 8

5928 LW Venlo

The Netherlands

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)

31-77-850-7700

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

 

Large accelerated filer   x    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller Reporting Company   ¨

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

As of January 27, 2012, there were outstanding 36,904,384 ordinary shares of the registrant, par value €.01 per share.

 

 

 


FORM 10-Q

INDEX

 

         Page  

PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

  

ITEM 1:

  Financial Statements      3   
  Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011      3   
 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

     4   
 

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010

     5   
  Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements      6   

ITEM 2:

  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      15   

ITEM 3:

  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk      24   

ITEM 4:

  Controls and Procedures      25   

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

  

ITEM 1:

  Legal Proceedings      26   

ITEM 1A:

  Risk Factors      26   

ITEM 2:

  Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds      40   

ITEM 6:

  Exhibits      41   
  Signatures      42   

 

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

VISTAPRINT N.V.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     December 31,
2011
    June 30,
2011
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 67,470      $ 236,552   

Marketable securities

     —          529   

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $156 and $243, respectively

     21,457        13,389   

Inventory

     8,873        8,377   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     25,862        13,444   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     123,662        272,291   

Property, plant and equipment, net

     257,573        262,104   

Software and website development costs, net

     5,735        6,046   

Deferred tax assets

     2,117        6,522   

Goodwill

     148,255        4,168   

Intangible assets, net

     48,326        1,042   

Other assets

     4,683        3,727   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 590,351      $ 555,900   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 23,458      $ 15,998   

Accrued expenses

     121,695        68,989   

Deferred revenue

     13,199        8,819   

Current portion of long-term debt

     6,000        —     

Current portion of deferred tax liabilities

     1,852        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     166,204        93,806   

Deferred tax liabilities

     6,812        3,794   

Other liabilities

     9,012        8,207   

Long-term debt

     140,500        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     322,528        105,807   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)

    

Shareholders’ equity:

    

Preferred shares, par value €0.01 per share, 120,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

     —          —     

Ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share, 120,000,000 shares authorized; 49,950,289 and 49,950,289 shares issued and 36,889,073 and 43,144,718 shares outstanding, respectively

     699        699   

Treasury shares, at cost, 13,061,216 and 6,805,571 shares, respectively

     (282,844     (85,377

Additional paid-in capital

     268,740        273,260   

Retained earnings

     288,503        248,634   

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income

     (7,275     12,877   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

     267,823        450,093   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 590,351      $ 555,900   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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VISTAPRINT N.V.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010     2011      2010  

Revenue

   $ 299,862       $ 234,064      $ 512,222       $ 404,551   

Cost of revenue (1)

     99,661         78,834        177,725         141,667   

Technology and development expense (1)

     29,792         22,287        56,466         45,494   

Marketing and selling expense (1)

     110,644         76,411        186,988         133,944   

General and administrative expense (1)

     27,223         18,347        48,755         32,928   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income from operations

     32,542         38,185        42,288         50,518   

Interest income

     4         92        87         191   

Other income (expense), net

     2,448         (251     2,898         (503

Interest expense

     426         89        426         196   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     34,568         37,937        44,847         50,010   

Income tax provision

     2,871         3,923        4,978         5,215   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 31,697       $ 34,014      $ 39,869       $ 44,795   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic net income per share

   $ 0.84       $ 0.78      $ 1.01       $ 1.02   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted net income per share

   $ 0.82       $ 0.75      $ 0.99       $ 0.99   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – basic

     37,638,224         43,689,651        39,439,181         43,792,280   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted

     38,654,740         45,107,135        40,474,021         45,168,760   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Share-based compensation expense is allocated as follows:

 

     Three Months  Ended
December 31,
     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Cost of revenue

   $ 77       $ 197       $ 171       $ 400   

Technology and development expense

     834         1,108         1,693         2,240   

Marketing and selling expense

     498         1,085         1,053         2,134   

General and administrative expense

     3,454         3,834         6,669         6,821   

See accompanying notes.

 

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VISTAPRINT N.V.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited in thousands)

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 39,869      $ 44,795   

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

    

Depreciation and amortization

     27,276        24,954   

Amortization of debt issuance costs

     47        —     

Loss on sale, disposal, or impairment of long-lived assets

     60        120   

Amortization of premiums and discounts on marketable securities

     —          143   

Share-based compensation expense

     9,586        11,595   

Excess tax benefits derived from share-based compensation awards

     (11     (318

Deferred income taxes

     (3,001     (96

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, excluding the effect of business acquisitions:

    

Accounts receivable

     (2,576     (815

Inventory

     (487     (1,988

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (7,494     336   

Accounts payable

     3,123        (379

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     45,288        14,330   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     111,680        92,677   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities

    

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

     (24,445     (24,978

Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (184,822     —     

Maturities and redemptions of marketable securities

     529        5,140   

Purchases of intangible assets

     (131     (116

Capitalization of software and website development costs

     (2,891     (3,088
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (211,760     (23,042
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities

    

Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt

     161,500        —     

Payments of long-term debt

     (15,000     (5,222

Payments of debt issuance costs

     (1,145     —     

Payments of withholding taxes in connection with vesting of restricted share units

     (1,955     (2,408

Repurchases of ordinary shares

     (209,645     (55,458

Excess tax benefits derived from share-based compensation awards

     11        318   

Proceeds from issuance of shares

     139        1,815   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (66,095     (60,955
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     (2,907     1,699   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (169,082     10,379   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     236,552        162,727   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 67,470      $ 173,106   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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VISTAPRINT N.V.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

1. Description of the Business

The Vistaprint group of companies offers micro businesses the ability to market their businesses with a broad range of brand identity and promotional products, marketing services and digital solutions. Through the use of proprietary Internet-based graphic design software, localized websites, proprietary order receiving and processing technologies and advanced computer integrated production facilities, we offer a broad spectrum of products, such as business cards, website hosting, apparel, signage, promotional gifts, brochures, online marketing and creative services. We focus on serving the marketing, graphic design and printing needs of the micro business market, generally businesses or organizations with fewer than 10 employees and usually 2 or fewer. We also provide personalized products for home and family use.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Vistaprint N.V., its wholly owned subsidiaries, and those entities in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. The consolidated financial statements also include the accounts of Albumprinter Holding B.V. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Albumprinter”) and Webs, Inc. (“Webs”) from the date of each acquisition, both of which occurred in the second quarter.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods reported and of our financial condition as of the date of the interim balance sheet have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2012 or for any other period. The condensed consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2011 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2011 included in the our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be the equivalent of cash for the purpose of balance sheet and statement of cash flows presentation. Marketable securities, when held, consist primarily of investment-grade corporate bonds, U.S. government agency issues, and certificates of deposit. We did not hold any marketable securities as of December 31, 2011.

We review our investments for other-than-temporary impairment whenever the fair value of an investment is less than amortized cost and evidence indicates that an investment’s carrying amount is not recoverable within a reasonable period of time. There were no other-than-temporary impairments during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

The carrying value of our cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities at December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011 is equal to fair value.

Treasury Shares

Treasury shares are accounted for under the cost method and included as a component of shareholders’ equity. During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased 3,835,772 and 6,910,604 of our ordinary shares for a total cost of $118,557 and $209,645, respectively, inclusive of transaction costs, in connection with our publicly announced share repurchase programs.

 

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Share-Based Compensation

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded share-based compensation expense of $4,863 and $9,586, respectively, and $6,224 and $11,595 during the three and six months ended December 31, 2010, respectively. Share-based compensation costs capitalized as part of software and website development costs were $19 and $76 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, respectively, and were $69 and $193 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010, respectively.

At December 31, 2011, there was $48,286 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested share-based compensation arrangements, net of estimated forfeitures. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years. Total unrecognized compensation includes the restricted share awards (“RSAs”) granted as part of the Webs acquisition that is expected to be recognized over a period of 2 years. See Note 3 for further details.

Income Taxes

Income tax expense decreased to $2,871 and $4,978 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, as compared to $3,923 and $5,215 for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010. During the three months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded tax benefits from a currency exchange loss recognized by one of our Dutch entities for tax purposes in the quarter and the acquisitions, net of non-deductible transaction costs. Excluding these benefits, our tax expense would have increased due to growth in our organic business’ operating expenses, which form the basis upon which our transfer pricing agreements determine pre-tax profits and related income tax expense for most of our legal entities. The intercompany services and related agreements among Vistaprint N.V. and its subsidiaries ensure that most of our subsidiaries realize profits based on their operating expenses, which results in taxable profits regardless of the level of consolidated pre-tax income or loss.

Generally, our projected annual effective tax rate is applied to our quarterly results to determine our income tax for the quarter. The decrease in the overall effective tax rate from the same prior period is primarily due to the impact of the aforementioned currency exchange tax benefit recognized in the quarter and tax benefit related to the two acquisitions, net of non-deductible transaction costs. Excluding the impact of these items, the overall effective tax rate would have been higher compared to the same prior year period largely due to the reduction in our consolidated pre-tax income as a result of planned investments in support of our long-term growth strategy and the expiration of the U.S. federal research and development tax credit on December 31, 2011. Since our income tax expense is mainly a function of our operating expenses and cost-based transfer pricing methodologies and not a function of our consolidated pre-tax income, our effective tax rate will typically vary inversely to changes in our consolidated pre-tax income. We expect this variation will continue in future periods.

As of December 31, 2011, we had a liability for unrecognized tax benefits included in the balance sheet of approximately $2,655, including accrued interest of $360. There have been no significant changes to these amounts during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011. The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will reduce the effective tax rate if recognized. We recognize interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes.

One of our U.S. subsidiaries and one of our Bermuda subsidiaries are under audit by the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”). In April 2011, the U.S. subsidiary received a Revenue Agent’s Report from the IRS assessing tax for the years under examination. We disagree with the position taken by the IRS and have filed a written protest for submission to the IRS Office of Appeals. However, the matter currently remains at the examination stage pending further review and discussion with the IRS. Also, the same U.S. subsidiary is under audit by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In addition, the Canada Revenue Agency is auditing one of our Canadian subsidiaries. We do not believe that the resolution of these tax examinations will have a material impact on our financial position or results of operations.

Net Income Per Share

Basic net income per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the fiscal period. Diluted net income per share gives effect to all potentially dilutive securities, including share options, restricted share units (“RSUs”), and RSAs, using the treasury stock method.

 

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The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the weighted average number of ordinary shares for purposes of computing net income per share:

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic

     37,638,224         43,689,651         39,439,181         43,792,280   

Weighted average shares issuable upon exercise / vesting of share options/RSUs/RSAs

     1,016,516         1,417,484         1,034,840         1,376,480   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted net income per share

     38,654,740         45,107,135         40,474,021         45,168,760   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average anti-dilutive shares excluded from diluted net income per share

     1,558,542         608,938         1,602,546         873,771   

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2011-04 Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), which is intended to result in convergence between GAAP and IFRS requirements for measurement of, and disclosures about, fair value. The new standard clarifies or changes certain fair value measurement principles and enhances the disclosure requirements, particularly for Level 3 fair value measurements. The new guidance is effective for our third quarter of the current fiscal year and will not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05 Presentation of Comprehensive Income, which makes the presentation of items within other comprehensive income (“OCI”) more prominent. The new standard will require companies to present items of net income, items of OCI and total comprehensive income in one continuous statement or two separate consecutive statements, and companies will no longer be allowed to present items of OCI in the statement of shareholders’ equity. The new guidance is effective for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, and interim periods in that year, and its adoption will not have a material effect on our financial position or results of operations.

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08 Testing Goodwill for Impairment, which provides updated guidance on the periodic testing of goodwill for impairment. This new standard will allow companies to assess qualitative factors to determine if it is more likely than not that goodwill might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test required under current accounting standards. The new guidance is effective for our fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, with early adoption permitted. We expect to early adopt this guidance in our fiscal third quarter and we are evaluating the impact on our future goodwill impairment tests.

3. Business Combinations

Acquisition of Albumprinter Holding B.V.

On October 31, 2011, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Albumprinter Holding B.V., a leading provider of photo books and other photo products to consumers in Europe. At the closing, we paid €60,000 ($85,019 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash for Albumprinter Holding B.V.’s shares, which we funded using cash on hand and borrowings under our credit facility, and we may pay up to an additional €5,000 ($7,085 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) in cash on or after December 31, 2012 based upon the acquired business achieving revenue and earnings targets for calendar year 2012. The estimated fair value of the earn-out payment of $583 was included as a component of the purchase price based on an evaluation of the likelihood of achievement of the contractual conditions and weighted probability assumptions of these outcomes. Any changes in fair value will be recorded in our consolidated statements of income. In connection with the acquisition, we incurred transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, financial, and other professional services of approximately $1,700 in the six months ended December 31, 2011, which have been recorded in general and administrative expenses.

The amount paid at closing was subject to a post-closing adjustment based on Albumprinter’s working capital and net debt as of the closing date. These adjustments resulted in a reduction of purchase price of €3,165 ($4,485 based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition). The proceeds due from this adjustment are included in other current assets as of December 31, 2011 and have been received as of the date of this filing.

 

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Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Albumprinter from October 31, 2011, the date of acquisition. Albumprinter revenues and net income included for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 are $15,708 and $2,891, respectively.

Purchase Price Allocation

The excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of Albumprinter’s net assets is recorded as goodwill, which is primarily attributable to revenue synergies expected from cross-selling opportunities and the workforce of Albumprinter. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes, and has been attributed to our Europe operating segment.

The accounting for the Albumprinter acquisition is considered provisional as the valuation and tax accounting are preliminary. The purchase price is allocated as follows:

 

     Amount     Weighted
Average Useful
Life (in years)

Total assets acquired (1)

   $ 33,521      n/a

Total liabilities assumed (2)

     (44,622   n/a

Identifiable intangible assets:

    

Trade name

     9,919      7

Developed technology

     9,210      3

Customer relationships

     22,672      7

Goodwill

     50,417      n/a
  

 

 

   

Total purchase price (3)

   $ 81,117     
  

 

 

   

 

(1) Includes cash and cash equivalents acquired of $43.
(2) Includes deferred tax liabilities of $10,450 primarily composed of the difference between the book value and tax basis of assets acquired.
(3) Includes an estimate of the fair value of contingent consideration of $583 and is reduced by post-closing adjustments of $4,485.

Acquisition of Webs, Inc.

On December 28, 2011, we acquired 100% of the outstanding shares of Webs, a leading provider of do-it-yourself websites, Facebook Pages and mobile presence solutions for small businesses. At closing we paid $101,300 in cash and $16,200 in RSAs contingent upon continued employment of the founding shareholders. The purchase price was funded using cash on hand and borrowings under our credit facility. In connection with the acquisition, we incurred transaction costs related to investment banking, legal, financial, and other professional services of approximately $1,600 in the three months ended December 31, 2011, which have been recorded in general and administrative expenses.

Our condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Webs from December 28, 2011, the date of acquisition. Webs revenue and net income were not significant for the three days between the acquisition and December 31, 2011.

Restricted Share Awards

The RSAs were granted to the founding shareholders of Webs and vest 50% on December 28, 2012 and 50% on December 28, 2013, subject to continued employment on each vesting date with possible accelerated vesting or forfeiture under certain circumstances. The fair value of the RSAs of $15,843 was determined based on our share price on the date of acquisition and is expected to be recognized as share-based compensation expense over the two year vesting period. This has not been included as part of the consideration transferred for purposes of the purchase price allocation.

Purchase Price Allocation

The excess of the purchase price paid over the fair value of Webs’ net assets is recorded as goodwill, which is primarily attributable to revenue synergies expected from cross-selling opportunities and the workforce of Webs. Goodwill is not expected to be deductible for tax purposes and we are still evaluating the allocation of goodwill to our operating segments.

 

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The accounting for the Webs acquisition is considered provisional as the valuation and tax accounting are preliminary. The purchase price is allocated as follows:

 

     Amount     Estimated Useful
Life (in years)

Total assets acquired (1)

   $ 2,439      n/a

Total liabilities assumed (2)

     (9,514   n/a

Identifiable intangible assets:

    

Trade name

     300      2

Developed technology

     3,000      4

Customer network

     4,600      7

Patents (3)

     2,500      —  

Goodwill

     97,933      n/a
  

 

 

   

Total purchase price

   $ 101,258     
  

 

 

   

 

(1) Includes cash and cash equivalents acquired of $1,412.
(2) Includes deferred tax liabilities of $4,102 primarily composed of the difference between the book value and tax basis of assets acquired.
(3) These patents are classified as held-for-sale.

Pro Forma Financial Information

The acquired companies have been included in our condensed consolidated financial statements starting on their respective acquisition dates. The following pro forma financial information presents our results as if these acquisitions had occurred on July 1, 2010:

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Pro forma revenue

   $ 311,577       $ 249,128       $ 541,883       $ 431,147   

Pro forma income from operations

     37,126         41,497         47,747         54,099   

These amounts have been calculated after applying our accounting policies and adjusting the results of Albumprinter and Webs to reflect the additional amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to intangible assets had been applied on July 1, 2010.

Identifiable Intangible Assets

We used the income approach to value the trade names, customer relationships and customer network and a replacement cost approach to value developed technology. The income approach calculates fair value by discounting the after-tax cash flows back to a present value. The baseline data for this analysis was the cash flow estimates used to price the transaction. Cash flows were forecasted for each intangible asset then discounted based on an appropriate discount rate.

In estimating the useful life of the acquired assets, we reviewed the expected use of the assets acquired, factors that may limit the useful life of an acquired asset or may enable the extension of the useful life of an acquired asset without substantial cost, the effects of obsolescence, demand, competition and other economic factors, and the level of maintenance expenditures required to obtain the expected future cash flows from the asset. We amortize acquired intangible assets over their economic useful lives using either a method that is based on estimated future cash flows or a straight-line basis over the periods benefited. Definite-lived assets are assessed for impairment whenever significant events or changes occur that might impact recovery of recorded costs.

4. Goodwill and Intangibles

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets for the six months ended December 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

     Goodwill     Intangible Assets  

Balance as of June 30, 2011

   $ 4,168      $ 1,042   

Acquisitions

     148,350        52,201   

Amortization

     —          (1,357

Effect of currency translation adjustments (1)

     (4,263     (3,560
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2011

   $ 148,255      $ 48,326   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1) Relates to goodwill and intangible assets attributable to the Albumprinter acquisition as amounts are denominated in Euro.

 

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5. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses include the following:

 

     December 31,
2011
     June 30,
2011
 

Advertising costs (1)

   $ 34,830       $ 21,407   

Compensation costs (2)

     26,531         23,142   

Income and indirect taxes (3)

     25,295         8,427   

Shipping costs (4)

     7,402         2,694   

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

     1,249         1,236   

Professional costs

     1,402         1,716   

Other (5)

     24,986         10,367   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accrued expenses

   $ 121,695       $ 68,989   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) The increase in accrued advertising costs is principally a result of our increased customer acquisition and retention promotion costs.
(2) The increase in accrued compensation costs is principally a result of our expansion in headcount and the associated increase in payroll and benefit related costs to support our growth.
(3) The increase in accrued income taxes and indirect taxes is principally a result of the timing of payment of indirect taxes and the seasonality of related revenue.
(4) The increase in accrued shipping costs is principally a result of the increase in order volume related to the sale of seasonal products.
(5) The increase in other accrued expenses is principally as a result of our acquisitions.

6. Long-Term Debt

On October 21, 2011, we entered into a senior credit agreement, which we refer to as the credit agreement, with a syndicate of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, that provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $250,000 in loan commitments with letter of credit and swing line loan sublimits of $25,000 each. We may from time to time, so long as no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, increase the loan commitments under the credit agreement by up to $150,000 by adding new commitments or increasing the commitment of willing lenders. The maturity date of the credit agreement is October 21, 2016.

Any borrowings under the facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus 1.25% to 1.50%, depending on our leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness to our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). As of December 31, 2011, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 1.64%. We must also pay a commitment fee of 0.175% to 0.225% depending on our leverage ratio.

The credit agreement contains financial and other covenants, including but not limited to (1) limitations on our incurrence of additional indebtedness and liens, the consummation of certain fundamental changes, investments and restricted payments, and the amount of consolidated capital expenditures that we may make in each of our fiscal years ending June 30, 2012 through 2016 and (2) financial covenants calculated on a trailing twelve month basis that:

 

   

our consolidated leverage ratio will not exceed 3.5 times our trailing twelve-month, or TTM, consolidated EBITDA;

 

   

our consolidated senior leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated indebtedness that is not subordinated to our indebtedness under the credit agreement to our TTM consolidated EBITDA, will not exceed 2.75 times our TTM consolidated EBITDA; and

 

   

our interest coverage ratio, which is the ratio of our TTM consolidated EBITDA to our TTM consolidated interest expense, will be at least 3.0.

As of December 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all financial covenants under the credit agreement. Availability under our credit facility consisted of the following:

 

     December 31,
2011
 

Maximum aggregate available borrowing amount

   $ 250,000   

Outstanding borrowings (1)

     (146,500

Stand-by letters of credit

     (294
  

 

 

 

Maximum additional available borrowing amount

   $ 103,206   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Amounts outstanding under the credit facility are not due until maturity (October 21, 2016). Amounts outstanding from overnight borrowings under the credit facility of $6,000 have been classified as current liabilities.

 

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7. Fair Value Measurements

The fair value of our financial assets and liabilities was determined using the following inputs at December 31, 2011:

 

     Total      Quoted Prices  in
Active

Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
 

Assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 67,470       $ 67,470       $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets recorded at fair value

   $ 67,470       $ 67,470       $ —         $ —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

           

Albumprinter contingent earn-out

   $ 583       $ —         $ —         $ 583   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities recorded at fair value

   $ 583       $ —         $ —         $ 583   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table presents a roll forward of assets and liabilities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at December 31, 2011:

 

     Cash and cash
equivalents
    Albumprinter
contingent  earn-out
 

Balance at June 30, 2011

   $ 529      $ —     

Additions

     —          583   

Payments or redemptions

     (529     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at December 31, 2011

   $ —        $ 583   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

At June 30, 2011, we held one municipal auction rate security, which was redeemed under a tender offer initiated by the issuer. The Albumprinter earn-out payment is payable based on achieving certain operational results during calendar year 2012 as specified in the share purchase agreement.

8. Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income consisted of the following:

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Net income

   $ 31,697      $ 34,014      $ 39,869      $ 44,795   

Unrealized gain on marketable securities

     —          2        —          26   

Reclassification of gain on cash flow hedge to net income

     —          —          —          (49

Change in cumulative foreign currency translation adjustments

     (9,349     (302     (20,152     12,734   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income

   $ 22,348      $ 33,714      $ 19,717      $ 57,506   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

9. Segment Information

Operating segments are based upon our internal organization structure, the manner in which our operations are managed and the availability of separate financial information reported internally to the Chief Executive Officer, who constitutes our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for purposes of making decision about how to allocate resources and assess performance. We have three geographically based operating segments: North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The CODM measures and evaluates the performance of our operating segments based on revenue and income or loss from operations.

The costs associated with shared central functions are not allocated to the operating segments and instead are reported and disclosed under the caption “Corporate and global functions,” which includes expenses related to corporate support functions, software and manufacturing engineering, acquisition-related transaction costs, and the global component of our IT

 

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operations and customer service, sales and design support. We do not allocate non-operating income or expenses to our segment results. There are no internal revenue transactions between our reporting segments and all intersegment transfers are recorded at cost for presentation to the CODM. For example, products manufactured by our Venlo, the Netherlands facility for the Asia-Pacific segment are charged at cost and there is no intercompany profit or loss recognized on these transactions. At this time, we do not allocate support costs across operating segments or corporate and global functions, which may limit the comparability of income from operations by segment.

Revenue by segment and geography is based on the country-specific website through which the customer’s order was transacted. The following tables set forth revenue and income from operations by operating segment.

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Revenue:

           

North America

   $ 139,807       $ 116,697       $ 258,498       $ 218,009   

Europe

     143,048         105,285         223,027         166,274   

Asia-Pacific

     17,007         12,082         30,697         20,268   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

   $ 299,862       $ 234,064       $ 512,222       $ 404,551   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Income from operations:

        

North America

   $ 40,734      $ 33,997      $ 70,795      $ 61,479   

Europe

     38,951        35,640        58,010        50,271   

Asia-Pacific

     2,549        2,801        4,916        3,783   

Corporate and global functions

     (49,692     (34,253     (91,433     (65,015
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income from operations

   $ 32,542      $ 38,185      $ 42,288      $ 50,518   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following tables set forth revenue and long-lived assets by geographic area:

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011      2010      2011      2010  

Revenue:

           

United States

   $ 131,872       $ 110,517       $ 244,811       $ 207,530   

Non-United States

     167,990         123,547         267,411         197,021   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

   $ 299,862       $ 234,064       $ 512,222       $ 404,551   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31,
2011
     June 30,
2011
 

Long-lived assets (1):

     

Netherlands

   $ 114,000       $ 82,594   

Canada

     101,042         103,005   

Australia

     43,478         43,971   

United States

     21,147         10,167   

Bermuda

     13,957         15,022   

Jamaica

     13,054         8,858   

Switzerland

     4,651         4,288   

Spain

     1,753         2,317   

Other

     3,235         2,697   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 316,317       $ 272,919   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Excludes goodwill of $148,255 and $4,168, and deferred tax assets of $2,117 and $6,522 as of December 31, 2011 and June 30, 2011, respectively.

 

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10. Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

At December 31, 2011, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $22,380, which were principally composed of site development and construction costs for our Jamaican customer service, sales and design support center of approximately $12,278, production and computer equipment purchases of approximately $6,727, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of $3,375.

Legal Proceedings

We are not currently party to any material legal proceedings. Although we cannot predict with certainty the results of litigation and claims to which we may be subject from time to time, we do not expect the resolution of any of our current matters to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In all cases, at each reporting period, we evaluate whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. Legal costs relating to legal proceedings are expensed as incurred.

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained in this Report that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including but not limited to our statements about anticipated income and revenue growth rates, future profitability and market share, new and expanded products and services, geographic expansion and planned capital expenditures. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “designed,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” “seek” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us up to, and including the date of this document, and we disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain important factors, including those set forth in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report. You should carefully review those factors and also carefully review the risks outlined in other documents that we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Executive Overview

For the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we reported revenue of $299.9 million and $512.2 million, respectively, representing 28% and 27% revenue growth from the same period in the prior year. Constant-currency revenue growth was 28% and 25% for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011. Constant-currency organic revenue growth, which excludes the impact of acquisitions, was 21% for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2011. Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) for the three months ended December 31, 2011 increased 9% over the same period in the prior year to $0.82 and was the same as the prior year period at $0.99 for the six months ended December 31, 2011.

Our second quarter has historically been our strongest revenue and earnings period during the course of a fiscal year, due to the sale of seasonal products such as holiday cards and calendars. This typical seasonality was a significant driver of our stronger revenue performance in the second quarter compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2012. Revenue from seasonal products, which was a material portion of our total revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2012, does not repeat during other quarters of the fiscal year although we have historically benefited from the higher rate of new customers acquired during the holiday season. Additionally, revenue during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 includes $15.7 million from Albumprinter operations, which also benefits from seasonal sales of photo books.

Despite our revenue growth and significant share repurchase activity, EPS for the six months ended December 31, 2011 did not grow over the same prior year period. This was due to investments made in support of our long-term growth strategy. These investments include increased cost levels in our organic business as well as the acquisitions of Albumprinter Holding B.V. (“Albumprinter”), a leading provider of photo books and other photo products to consumers in Europe, and Webs, Inc. (“Webs”), a leading provider of do-it-yourself websites, Facebook Pages and mobile presence solutions for small businesses.

Over the last 15 years, we have grown to become a leader in the large and fragmented market for small business marketing solutions. We have built significant competitive advantages via our marketing approach, proprietary technology, and manufacturing expertise. We have driven growth and developed scale advantages by executing on our core strengths in mass customization technologies and by introducing a broad range of small business marketing products. We believe we are now well positioned to capitalize on our past success in order to capture more of the market opportunity we see ahead. To do so, we have adopted an investment approach designed to support our ability to scale faster and drive significant long-term shareholder returns.

On July 28, 2011, we introduced five-year organic revenue and EPS targets, along with an evolved financial and investment strategy to achieve our goals. We believe that by making disciplined but significant investments in fiscal years 2012 and 2013, we will be able to sustain high organic revenue growth rates over the five-year period, and position ourselves to deliver longer-term EPS growth at higher rates than we would have been able to achieve at a smaller investment scale.

Our long-term goal is to be the leading online provider of micro business marketing solutions for businesses or organizations with fewer than 10 employees. Additionally, we plan to continue to focus on key market adjacencies where we believe we can drive additional long-term growth by employing our unique business model and customer value proposition. These adjacencies include digital marketing services, new geographic markets, personalized products for home and family usage, and up-market customers.

 

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The strategy for growth in our core micro business marketing opportunity is to make investments and drive success in the following areas:

 

   

Customer Value Proposition. We believe our customers currently spend only a small portion of their annual budget for marketing products and services with us. By shifting our success metrics from transactionally focused profit measures to longer-term customer satisfaction and economic measures, we believe we can deliver improvements to our customer experience and value proposition that will significantly increase customer loyalty and lifetime value. Examples of these programs include improving the customer experience on our site, such as ease of use, less cross selling before customers reach the checkout, and expanded customer service.

 

   

Lifetime Value Based Marketing. We have traditionally acquired customers by targeting micro businesses who are already shopping online through marketing channels such as search marketing, email marketing, and other online advertising. We believe a significant portion of micro businesses in our core markets do not currently use online providers of marketing services. By investing more deeply into existing marketing channels, as well as opening up new channels such as television broadcast and direct mail, we believe we can accelerate our new customer growth and reach offline audiences that are not currently looking to online partners for marketing needs.

 

   

World Class Manufacturing. We believe our manufacturing processes are best-in-class with respect to the printing industry, but when we compare ourselves to the best manufacturing companies in the world, we believe we have significant opportunities to drive further efficiencies and competitive advantages. By focusing additional top engineering talent on key process approaches, we believe we can make a step-function improvement in product quality and reliability, and significantly lower unit manufacturing costs.

Our strategy to drive longer-term growth by addressing market adjacencies is to develop our business in the following areas:

 

   

Digital Marketing Services. We estimate that less than 50% of micro businesses have a website today, but digital marketing services, including websites, email marketing, online search marketing and social media marketing, are a fast-growing part of the small business marketing space. We believe there is great value in helping customers understand the powerful ways in which physical and digital marketing can be combined. Our current digital offering includes websites, email marketing, local search visibility, blogs, search engine optimization, and personalized email domain names. Since we launched digital marketing services in April 2008, our number of unique paying digital subscribers has grown to approximately 340,000. On December 28, 2011, we acquired Webs, a leading provider of do-it-yourself websites, Facebook Pages and mobile presence solutions for small businesses, to significantly expand our ability to develop and deliver innovative, customer-focused online marketing solutions.

 

   

Geographies outside North America and Europe. For the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, revenue generated outside of North America and Europe accounted for approximately 6% of our total revenue. We believe that we have significant opportunities to expand our revenue both in the countries we currently serve and in new markets. We intend to further extend our geographic reach by continuing to introduce localized websites in additional countries and languages, expanding our marketing efforts and customer service capabilities, and offering graphic design content, products, payment methodologies and languages specific to local markets. During the six months ended December 31, 2011 we opened an office in Mumbai, India to support our expansion into India.

 

   

Home and Family. Although we expect to maintain our primary focus on micro business marketing products and services, we also participate in the market for customized home and family products such as invitations, announcements, calendars, holiday cards, embroidered products, and apparel. This year we added new products and services targeted at the home and family market, such as embroidered Christmas stockings. We believe that the economies of scale provided by cross sales of these products to our extensive micro business customer base, our large production order volumes and our integrated design and production software and facilities support and will continue to support our effort to profitably grow our home and family business. On October 31, 2011, we acquired Albumprinter, a leading provider of photo books and other photo products to the home and family market in Europe.

 

   

Up-market Customers. We serve customers across the spectrum of micro businesses with fewer than 10 employees, but our strength has traditionally been in the smallest and most price sensitive of these customers. In comparison to our customer base, which is concentrated in businesses with 2 or fewer employees, the micro businesses in the “up-

 

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market” portion of this spectrum tend to have more sophisticated marketing needs and typically spend more per year on their marketing activities. We believe that as we continue to research customer needs and make customer value proposition improvements for our traditional core customer base, we will develop a stronger ability to focus on “up-market” small business customers. We expect this adjacency can serve as a driver of growth 3 to 5 years from now.

Recent Developments

During the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, we repurchased 3,835,772 and 6,910,604 of our ordinary shares for a total cost of $118.5 million and $209.6 million, respectively, inclusive of transaction costs, in connection with our publicly announced share repurchase programs.

On October 21, 2011, we entered into a $250.0 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility with a maturity date of October 21, 2016. Any borrowings under the facility will bear interest at LIBOR plus 1.25% to 1.50%, depending on our leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness to our consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”). We must also pay a commitment fee of 0.175% to 0.225% depending on our leverage ratio. The credit agreement evidencing the facility contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and events of default.

On October 31, 2011, we acquired Albumprinter for total cash consideration of up to €65.0 million, consisting of €60.0 million ($85.0 million based on the exchange rate as of the date of acquisition) payable upon closing subject to net working capital and net debt adjustments, and up to €5.0 million ($7.1 million based on exchange rates as of the date of acquisition) payable based on a performance-based earn-out covering the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012.

On December 28, 2011, we acquired Webs for total cash consideration of $101.3 million and $16.2 million in restricted share awards contingent upon continued employment of the founding shareholders.

Results of Operations

The following table presents our operating results for the periods indicated as a percentage of revenue:

 

     Three Months  Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December  31,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenue

     100.0     100.0     100.0     100.0

Cost of revenue

     33.2     33.7     34.7     35.0

Technology and development expense

     9.9     9.5     11.0     11.2

Marketing and selling expense

     36.9     32.7     36.5     33.2

General and administrative expense

     9.1     7.8     9.5     8.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

     10.9     16.3     8.3     12.5

Interest income

     —       —       —       —  

Other income (expense), net

     0.7     (0.1 )%      0.6     (0.1 )% 

Interest expense

     0.1     —       0.1     —  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     11.5     16.2     8.8     12.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax provision

     0.9     1.7     1.0     1.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     10.6     14.5     7.8     11.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

In thousands

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010     FY12 vs. FY11     2011     2010     FY12 vs. FY11  

Revenue

   $ 299,862      $ 234,064        28   $ 512,222      $ 404,551        27

Cost of revenue

     99,661        78,834        26     177,725        141,667        25

% of revenue

     33.2     33.7       34.7     35.0  

 

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Revenue

We generate revenue primarily from the sale and shipment of customized manufactured products, and the provision of digital services, website design and hosting, email marketing services, as well as a small percentage from order referral fees and other third-party offerings. Revenue in our second fiscal quarter includes a favorable impact from increased seasonal product sales.

We seek to increase our revenue by increasing the number of customers who purchase from us (“unique active customers”), as well as the amount our customers spend on our offerings (“average bookings per unique active customer”). We use the combination of unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer to describe our revenue performance as this approach is aligned with the way we manage our business and our efforts to increase our revenue. We believe that metrics relating to our unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer offer shareholders a useful means of assessing our execution against our strategy. Because changes in one of these metrics may be offset by changes in the other metric, no single factor is determinative of our revenue and profitability trends, and we assess them together to understand their overall impact on revenue and profitability. A number of factors influence our ability to drive increases in these metrics:

 

   

Unique active customers. The unique active customer count is the number of individual customers who purchased from us in a given period, with no regard to the frequency of purchase. For example, if a single customer makes 2 distinct purchases within a twelve-month period, that customer is tallied only once in the unique active customer count. We determine the uniqueness of a customer by looking at certain customer data. Unique active customers are driven by both the number of new customers we acquire, as well as our ability to retain customers after their first purchase. During our early growth phase, we focused more resources on the acquisition of new customers through the value of our offering and our broad-based marketing efforts targeted at the mass market for micro-business customers. As we have grown larger, we have supplemented our acquisition focus with expanded retention efforts, such as email offers, customer service, and expansions in our product offerings. Our unique active customer count has grown significantly over the years, and we expect it will continue to grow as we see additional opportunities to drive both the acquisition of new customers and increased retention rates. A retained customer is any unique active customer in a specific period who has also purchased in any prior period.

 

   

Average bookings per unique active customer. Average bookings per unique active customer is total bookings, which represents the value of total customer orders received on our websites, for a given period of time divided by the total number of unique active customers who purchased during that same period of time. We seek to increase our average bookings per unique active customer as a means of increasing revenue. Average bookings per unique active customer are influenced by the frequency that a customer purchases from us, the number of products and feature upgrades a customer purchases in a given period and the mix of tenured customers versus new customers within the unique active customer count, as tenured customers tend to purchase more than new customers. Average bookings per unique active customer have grown over a multi-year period, although they sometimes fluctuate from one quarter to the next depending upon the type of products we promote during a period and the promotional discounts we offer. For example, seasonal product offerings, such as holiday cards, can cause changes in bookings per customer in our second fiscal quarter ending December 31.

Total revenue for the three months ended December 31, 2011 increased 28% to $299.9 million compared to the three months ended December 31, 2010, due to increases in sales across our product and service offerings, as well as across all geographies, and our acquisition of Albumprinter. The overall growth during this period was due to increases in the number of unique active customers, driven by growth in both new customer additions and repeat customers. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, new customer additions during the three months ended December 31, 2011 grew 32% to approximately 2.9 million. The changes in currency exchange rates did not materially impact revenue growth rates for the period.

Total revenue for the six months ended December 31, 2011 increased 27% to $512.2 million compared to the six months ended December 31, 2010, due to increases in sales across our product and service offerings, as well as across all geographies. The overall growth during this period was due to increases in the number of unique active customers, driven by growth in both new customer additions and repeat customers. Excluding the effect of acquisitions, new customer additions during the six months ended December 31, 2011 grew 23% to approximately 4.8 million. The weaker U.S. dollar positively impacted our revenue growth by an estimated 157 basis points in the six months ended December 31, 2011, as compared to the six months ended December 31, 2010.

 

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Both the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 include $15.7 million of revenue from Albumprinter. There is no revenue included for Albumprinter in either of the prior year periods. Excluding the impact of Albumprinter, our constant-currency revenue growth was 21% for both the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, respectively.

In addition to the drivers of our quarterly revenue performance, we monitor unique active customers and average bookings per unique active customer on a trailing twelve-month (“TTM”) basis. The following table summarizes our operational revenue metrics, excluding acquisitions, for the TTM ended December 31, 2011 and 2010:

 

     TTM Ended December 31,  
     2011      2010      % Increase  

Unique active customers

     12.9 million         10.6 million         22%     

New customer additions

     8.4 million         7.0 million         20%     

Retained customers

     4.5 million         3.6 million         25%     

Average bookings per unique active customer

   $ 71       $ 70           1%     

New customers

   $ 53       $ 54         (2)%     

Retained customers

   $ 100       $ 98         2%     

Total revenue by geographic segment for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 are shown in the following tables (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
     %
Change
   Currency
Impact:
(Favorable) /
Unfavorable
   Constant-
Currency
Revenue

Growth(1)
   Favorable
Impact of
Acquisitions
   Constant-
Currency
Organic
Revenue

Growth(1)
     2011      2010                 

North America

   $ 139,807       $ 116,697       20%    —  %    20%    —  %    20%

Europe

     143,048         105,285       36%        1%    37%    (15)%    22%

Asia Pacific

     17,007         12,082       41%      (4)%    37%    —  %    37%
  

 

 

    

 

 

                

Total revenue

   $ 299,862       $ 234,064       28%    —  %    28%      (7)%    21%
  

 

 

    

 

 

                

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31,
     %
Change
   Currency
Impact:
(Favorable) /
Unfavorable
     Constant-
Currency
Revenue

Growth(1)
   Favorable
Impact of
Acquisitions
   Constant-
Currency
Organic
Revenue

Growth(1)
     2011      2010                 

North America

   $ 258,498       $ 218,009       19%      —  %          19%    —  %    19%

Europe

     223,027         166,274       34%        (3)%          31%    (10)%    21%

Asia Pacific

     30,697         20,268       51%      (11)%          40%    —  %    40%
  

 

 

    

 

 

                

Total revenue

   $ 512,222       $ 404,551       27%      (2)%          25%      (4)%    21%
  

 

 

    

 

 

                

 

(1) Constant-currency revenue growth, a non-U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financial measure, represents the change in total revenue between current and prior year periods at constant-currency exchange rates by translating all non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue generated in the current period using the prior year period's average exchange rate for each currency to the U.S. dollar. Constant-currency organic revenue growth also excludes the impact of revenue from acquisitions. We have provided these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide meaningful information regarding our results on a consistent and comparable basis for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to evaluate our operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for our reported financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Cost of revenue

Cost of revenue includes materials used to manufacture our products, payroll and related expenses for production personnel, depreciation of assets used in the production process and in support of digital marketing service offerings, shipping, handling and processing costs, third-party production costs, production costs of free products, and other related costs of products sold by us.

The increase in cost of revenue for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same periods in fiscal 2011 was primarily attributable to the increased volume of product shipments during the current year period including those from Albumprinter. The decrease in the cost of revenue as a percentage of total revenue for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 compared to the same prior year periods was primarily attributable to higher overhead absorption resulting from increased seasonal product sales. The decrease in the cost of revenue as a percentage of total revenue was partially offset by increased costs from shipping upgrades and the weaker U.S. dollar, which was primarily driven by the net impact of changes in European currencies.

In thousands

 

     Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010     FY12 vs. FY11     2011     2010     FY12 vs. FY11  

Technology and development expense

   $ 29,792      $ 22,287        34   $ 56,466      $ 45,494        24

% of revenue

     9.9     9.5       11.0     11.2  

Marketing and selling expense

   $ 110,644      $ 76,411        45   $ 186,988      $ 133,944        40

% of revenue

     36.9     32.7       36.5     33.2  

General and administrative expense

   $ 27,223      $ 18,347        48   $ 48,755      $ 32,928        48

% of revenue

     9.1     7.8       9.5     8.1  

Technology and development expense

Technology and development expense consists primarily of payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in software and manufacturing engineering, information technology operations, content development, amortization of capitalized software, website development costs and certain acquired intangible assets, hosting of our websites, asset depreciation, patent amortization, legal settlements in connection with patent-related claims, and other technology infrastructure-related costs. Depreciation expense for information technology equipment that directly supports the delivery of our digital marketing services products is included in cost of revenue.

The increase in our technology and development expenses of $7.5 million and $11.0 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same prior year periods was primarily due to increased payroll and facility-related costs of $6.0 million and $10.4 million, respectively, associated with an increase in headcount, excluding Albumprinter, in our technology development and information technology support organizations related to the implementation of our long-term growth strategy. At December 31, 2011, we employed 535 employees in these organizations compared to 387 employees at December 31, 2010. In addition, other technology and development expenses increased $1.4 million and $0.2 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same prior year periods due to increased employee travel and training costs and increased depreciation, hosting services and other costs related to the continued investment in our website infrastructure. The increase in other website related expenses during the six months ended December 31, 2011 is offset by expenses in the prior year related to a legal settlement of a patent claim.

Marketing and selling expense

Marketing and selling expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional costs; payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in marketing, sales, customer support and public relations activities; amortization of certain acquired intangible assets; and third-party payment processing fees.

The increase in our marketing and selling expenses of $34.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same prior year period was driven primarily by increases of $29.6 million in advertising costs and commissions related to new customer acquisition and costs of promotions targeted at our existing customer base related to the implementation of our long-term growth strategy, and increases in payroll and facility-related costs of $3.3 million. The increase in our marketing and selling expenses of $53.0 million for the six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010 was driven primarily by increases of $45.3 million in advertising costs and commissions related to

 

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new customer acquisition and costs of promotions targeted at our existing customer base, and increases in payroll, benefits and facility-related costs of $5.3 million. We continued to expand our marketing organization and our customer service, sales and design support centers and at December 31, 2011, we employed 1,355 employees in these organizations compared to 917 employees at December 31, 2010. In addition, payment processing fees paid to third parties increased by $1.2 million and $2.1 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same prior year periods due primarily to increased order volumes.

General and administrative expense

General and administrative expense consists primarily of general corporate costs, including third-party professional fees and acquisition-related transaction costs, insurance and payroll and related expenses of employees involved in executive management, finance, legal, and human resources.

The increase in our general and administrative expenses of $8.9 million and $15.8 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the same prior year periods was primarily due to increased payroll and facility-related costs of $5.2 million and $9.1 million, respectively, resulting from the continued investment in our executive management, finance, legal and human resource organizations to support our expansion and growth. At December 31, 2011, we employed 324 employees in these organizations compared to 211 employees at December 31, 2010. In addition, third-party professional fees increased $2.6 million and $4.3 million during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, respectively, as compared to the same period in fiscal 2011 due primarily to the transaction costs associated with the Albumprinter and Webs acquisitions, and increased costs of ongoing litigation including a patent infringement trial that concluded in July 2011. The increase in third-party professional fees during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 is offset by a share-based compensation charge of $1.0 million that is included in the same prior year periods. Furthermore, other general and administrative activities increased $0.8 million and $1.9 million as compared to the same prior year periods, which includes $0.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively, related to employee travel and training.

As a result of the RSAs granted as part of the Webs transaction and certain other equity awards, we expect share-based compensations costs to increase for the remainder of the fiscal year across technology and development, marketing and selling, and general and administrative expenses.

Other income (expense), net

Other income (expense), net, which primarily consists of gains and losses from currency transactions or revaluation, was $2.4 million and $2.9 million of income for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $0.3 million and $0.5 million of expense for the same prior year period. This increase is primarily related to a gain from Euro currency transactions relating to the funding of our acquisition of Albumprinter.

Interest expense

Interest expense, which consists of interest paid to financial institutions on outstanding balances on our credit facilities, amortization of debt issuance costs, and commitments fees, increased to $0.4 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011 as compared to $0.1 million and $0.2 million for the same periods in fiscal 2011. This increase is primarily related to our new revolving credit facility.

Income tax provision

In thousands

 

     Three Months  Ended
December 31,
    Six Months Ended
December  31,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Income tax provision

   $ 2,871      $ 3,923      $ 4,978      $ 5,215   

Effective tax rate

     8.3     10.3     11.1     10.4

Income tax expense decreased to $2.9 million and $5.0 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2011, as compared to $3.9 million and $5.2 million for the three and six months ended December 31, 2010. During the three months ended December 31, 2011, we recorded tax benefits from a currency exchange loss recognized by one of our Dutch entities for tax purposes in the quarter and the acquisitions of Albumprinter and Webs, net of non-deductible transaction costs. Excluding these benefits our tax expense would have increased due to growth in our organic business’

 

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operating expenses, which form the basis upon which our transfer pricing agreements determine pre-tax profits and related income tax expense for most of our legal entities. The intercompany services and related agreements among Vistaprint N.V. and its subsidiaries ensure that most of our subsidiaries realize profits based on their operating expenses, which results in taxable profits regardless of the level of consolidated pre-tax income or loss.

The decrease in the overall effective tax rate from the same prior period is primarily due to the impact of the aforementioned currency exchange tax benefit recognized in the quarter and tax benefit related to the two acquisitions, net of non-deductible transaction costs. Excluding the impact of these items, the overall effective tax rate would have been higher compared to the same prior year period largely due to the reduction in our consolidated pre-tax income as a result of planned investments in support of our long-term growth strategy and the expiration of the U.S. federal research and development tax credit on December 31, 2011. Since our income tax expense is mainly a function of our operating expenses and cost-based transfer pricing methodologies and not a function of our consolidated pre-tax income, our effective tax rate will typically vary inversely to changes in our consolidated pre-tax income. We expect this variation will continue in future periods. As a result of the acquisitions during the period, we are currently evaluating the alignment of certain Webs’ intellectual property with our global operations, which could increase our effective tax rate and result in a material tax-related cash outflow in future periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

In thousands

 

     Six Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2011     2010  

Cash flows provided by operating activities

     111,680        92,677   

Cash flows used in investing activities

     (211,760     (23,042

Cash flows used in financing activities

     (66,095     (60,955

At December 31, 2011, we had $67.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and $146.5 million of long-term debt. Cash and cash equivalents decreased $169.1 million in the six months ended December 31, 2011. The cash flows during the six months ended December 31, 2011 related primarily to the following items:

Cash inflows:

 

   

Net income of $39.9 million;

 

   

Proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt of $161.5 million; and

 

   

Positive adjustments for non-cash items of $71.8 million, including $37.9 million provided by working capital and other activities, depreciation and amortization of $27.3 million, and share-based compensation costs of $9.6 million.

Cash outflows:

 

   

Repurchases of our ordinary shares of $209.6 million;

 

   

Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $184.8 million;

 

   

Capital expenditures of $24.4 million of which $10.2 million were related to the purchase of manufacturing and automation equipment for our production facilities, $6.9 million were related to the purchase of land and facilities, and $7.3 million were related to purchases of other assets including information technology infrastructure and office equipment;

 

   

Payments of long-term debt of $15.0 million and debt issuance costs of $1.1 million;

 

   

Internal costs for software and website development that we capitalized of $2.9 million; and

 

   

Payments of the minimum withholding taxes related to shares withheld on vested restricted stock units of $2.0 million.

Additional Liquidity and Capital Resources Information. During the six months ended December 31, 2011, we financed our operations primarily through internally generated cash flows from operations and proceeds from borrowings of long-term debt. Due to our recent investments and share repurchases, our current liabilities now exceed our current assets; however, we believe that our available cash, cash flows generated from operations and our debt financing capacity will be sufficient to satisfy our working capital and planned investments to support our long-term growth strategy, including capital expenditure requirements, for the foreseeable future. We currently plan to invest approximately $60 million to $70 million on capital expenditures in fiscal 2012, which represents an increase of 60% to 87% from fiscal 2011, primarily due to plans to expand our manufacturing capacity in Europe, construction of our Jamaican customer service, sales and design support center, and other IT and manufacturing equipment requirements to support our long-term growth strategy.

 

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We may continue repurchase our ordinary shares using a combination of available cash, cash flow generated from operations, and debt financing. During the six months ended December 31, 2011, we used $209.6 million to repurchase our ordinary shares.

As part of our growth strategy, we may continue to be proactive in assessing potential merger and acquisition targets, though we will continue to be prudent and selective. We acquired Albumprinter on October 31, 2011 and Webs on December 28, 2011. We paid total cash consideration of €60.0 million for Albumprinter subject to net working capital and net debt adjustments, and may pay up to an additional €5.0 million in cash based on a performance targets covering the period from January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012. For Webs, we paid $101.3 million of total cash consideration and $16.2 million in restricted share awards contingent upon the continued employment of the founding shareholders. Additionally, we are currently evaluating the alignment of Webs’ intellectual property with our global operations, which could result in a material tax-related cash outflow in future periods. These acquisitions were funded through a combination of existing cash and our revolving credit facility. If we were to make additional investments incremental to our plan in areas such as mergers and acquisitions, we may need to raise capital through future debt or equity financing to fund such investments.

Long-term Debt. On October 21, 2011, we entered into a senior credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders led by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, that provides for an unsecured revolving credit facility of up to $250.0 million in loan commitments, with letter of credit and swing line loan sublimits of $25.0 million each. We may from time to time, so long as no default or event of default has occurred and is continuing, increase the loan commitments under the credit agreement by up to $150.0 million by adding new commitments or increasing the commitment of willing lenders. The maturity date of the credit agreement is October 21, 2016.

At December 31, 2011, we had outstanding borrowings drawn on the revolving credit facility of $146.5 million and availability of $103.2 million (after consideration of outstanding letters of credit of $0.3 million). In the next twelve months we may use, as needed, our new revolving credit facility or additional sources of borrowings in order to fund our ongoing operations, repurchases of our ordinary shares, and support our long-term growth.

Debt Covenants. Our credit agreement contains financial and other covenants, including but not limited to (1) limitations on our incurrence of additional indebtedness and liens, the consummation of certain fundamental changes, investments and restricted payments, and the amount of consolidated capital expenditures that we may make in each of our fiscal years ending June 30, 2012 through 2016 and (2) financial covenants that:

 

   

our consolidated leverage ratio will not exceed 3.5 times our TTM consolidated EBITDA;

 

   

our consolidated senior leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated indebtedness that is not subordinated to our indebtedness under the credit agreement to our TTM consolidated EBITDA, will not exceed 2.75 times our TTM consolidated EBITDA; and

 

   

our interest coverage ratio, which is the ratio of our TTM consolidated EBITDA to our TTM consolidated interest expense, will be at least 3.0.

At December 31, 2011, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the credit agreement in effect at that time.

Contractual Obligations

Contractual obligations at December 31, 2011 are as follows:

In thousands

 

     Payments Due by Period  
     Total      Less
than 1
year
     1-3 years      3-5 years      More
than 5
years
 

Long-term debt obligations (1)

   $ 157,128       $ 8,212       $ 4,391       $ 144,525       $   

Operating lease obligations

     45,173         10,123         16,369         15,528         3,153   

Purchase obligations

     22,380         22,380         —           —           —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 224,681       $ 40,715       $ 20,760       $ 160,053       $ 3,153   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes the current portion of long-term debt.

 

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Long-term Debt. Amounts outstanding are due at maturity, October 21, 2016. We expect to pay the balance of our overnight borrowings of $6.0 million within one year. Interest payable included in this table is based on the interest rate as of December 31, 2011 and assumes all amounts outstanding other than overnight borrowings will not be paid until maturity.

Operating Leases. We rent office space under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2018. We recognize rent expense on our operating leases that include free rent periods and scheduled rent payments on a straight-line basis from the commencement of the lease.

Purchase Commitments. At December 31, 2011, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $22.4 million, which were principally composed of site development and construction of our Jamaican customer service, sales and design support center of approximately $12.3 million, production and computer equipment purchases of approximately $6.7 million, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of $3.4 million.

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

For a discussion of recently issued and adopted accounting pronouncements refer to Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. To apply these principles, we must make estimates and judgments that affect our reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. In some instances, we reasonably could have used different accounting estimates and, in other instances, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from our estimates. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable at the time under the circumstances, and we evaluate these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. We refer to accounting estimates and judgments of this type as critical accounting policies and estimates. In addition to the critical accounting policies reported in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2011, we have added business combinations and goodwill and intangible assets as a result of our acquisition of Albumprinter and Webs during the six months ended December 31, 2011.

Business Combinations. Amounts paid for acquisitions are allocated to the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. We allocate any excess purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired to goodwill. Goodwill is assigned to reporting units as of the date of the related acquisition. If goodwill is assigned to more than one reporting unit, we utilize a method that is consistent with the manner in which the amount of goodwill in a business combination is determined. Transaction costs associated with a transaction to acquire a business are expensed as incurred.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. We periodically evaluate goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets for potential impairment. We test for the impairment of goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually in our third fiscal quarter, and between annual tests if an event occurs or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value of goodwill or indefinite-lived intangible assets below its carrying amount. Other intangible assets include, among other items, customer relationships, developed technology, and trade names, which are amortized over their economic useful lives using either a method that is based on estimated future cash flows or a straight-line basis over the periods benefited. Definite-lived assets are assessed for impairment whenever significant events or changes occur that might impact recovery of recorded costs. There were no impairment indicators during the three and six months ended December 31, 2011.

 

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to our cash, cash equivalents and long-term debt. At December 31, 2011, our cash and cash equivalents consisted of money market funds, which are held for working capital purposes. Due to the nature of our investments, we do not believe we have a material exposure to interest rate fluctuations.

As of December 31, 2011, we have $146.5 million of total U.S. dollar denominated floating rate long-term debt outstanding. As a result, we have exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates related to these borrowings. A hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates would result in an annual increase of interest expense of approximately $1.5 million.

 

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Currency Exchange Rate Risk. As we conduct business in multiple currencies through our worldwide operations but report our financial results in U.S. dollars, we are affected by fluctuations in exchange rates of such currencies versus the U.S. dollar as follows:

 

   

Translation of our non-U.S. dollar revenues and expenses: Revenue related expenses generated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar could result in higher or lower net income when, upon consolidation, those transactions are translated to U.S. dollars. When the value or timing of revenue and expenses in a given currency are materially different, we may be exposed to significant impacts on our net income.

 

   

Remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities: Transaction gains and losses generated from remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of a subsidiary are included in other income (expense), net on the consolidated statements of income. Our subsidiaries have intercompany accounts that are eliminated in consolidation and cash and cash equivalents denominated in various currencies that expose us to fluctuations in currency exchange rates. A hypothetical 10% change in currency exchange rates was applied to total net monetary assets denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies at the balance sheet dates to compute the impact these changes would have had on our income before taxes in the near term. A hypothetical decrease in exchange rates of 10% against the functional currency of our subsidiaries would have resulted in an increase of $4.0 million and $0.2 million on our income before income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Additionally, some of our subsidiaries prepare tax returns in currencies other than their functional currency. In such cases, we are exposed to transaction gains or losses for tax purposes that are different from those recorded in other income (expense), net and could result in a significant tax benefit or loss.

 

   

Translation of our non-U.S. dollar assets and liabilities: Each of our subsidiaries translates its assets and liabilities to U.S. dollars at current rates of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting gains and losses from translation are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income on the balance sheet. Fluctuations in exchange rates can materially impact the carrying value of our assets and liabilities.

Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) included in other income (expense), net for the three months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, were $2.4 million and $(0.3) million, respectively. Foreign currency transaction gains (losses) included in other income (expense), net for the six months ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, were $2.9 million and $(0.5) million of losses, respectively.

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and our chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2011, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

During the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011, we completed the acquisition of Albumprinter and Webs, which has expanded our internal control environment. The process of integrating policies, processes, people, technology and operations for the combined companies may result in additions or changes to our internal control over financial reporting in the future. Management will continue to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting as we execute our integration activities. Other than as described above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2011 that materially affect, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to the information set forth in Note 10 “Commitments and Contingencies” in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

We caution you that our actual future results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements that we make in this Report and other filings with the SEC, press releases, communications with investors and oral statements due to the following important factors, among others. Our forward-looking statements in this Report and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. These statements can be affected by, among other things, inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties or risks we currently deem immaterial. Many factors mentioned in the discussion below will be important in determining future results. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Risks Related to Our Business

If we are unable to attract customers in a cost-effective manner, our business and results of operations could be harmed.

Our success depends on our ability to attract customers in a cost-effective manner. We rely on a variety of methods to draw visitors to our websites and promote our products and services, such as purchased search results from online search engines, e-mail, direct mail, advertising banners and other links on third parties’ websites directing customers to our websites, and television broadcast. In addition, we rely heavily upon word of mouth customer referrals. If we are unable to develop or maintain effective means of reaching micro businesses and home and family customers, if the costs of attracting customers using these methods significantly increase, or if we are unable to develop new cost-effective means to obtain customers, then our ability to attract new and repeat customers would be harmed, traffic to our websites would be reduced, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.

Purchasers of micro-business marketing products and services, including graphic design and customized printing, may not choose to shop online, which would prevent us from acquiring new customers that are necessary to the success of our business.

The online market for micro-business marketing products and services is less developed than the online market for other business and home and family products. If this market does not gain or maintain widespread acceptance, our business may suffer. Our success will depend in part on our ability to attract customers who have historically purchased products and services we offer through offline channels. Furthermore, we may have to incur significantly higher and more sustained advertising and promotional expenditures or price our services and products more competitively than we currently anticipate in order to attract consumers to our websites and convert them into purchasing customers. Specific factors that could prevent prospective customers from purchasing from us as an online retailer include:

 

   

concerns about buying graphic design services and marketing products without face-to-face interaction with sales personnel;

 

   

the inability to physically handle and examine product samples;

 

   

delivery time associated with Internet orders;

 

   

concerns about the security of online transactions and the privacy of personal information;

 

   

delayed shipments or shipments of incorrect or damaged products; and

 

   

the inconvenience associated with returning or exchanging purchased items.

 

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If our long-term growth strategy is not successful or if our financial projections relating to the effects of our strategy turn out to be incorrect, our business and financial results could be harmed.

In July 2011, we announced a new long-term investment and financial strategy and associated financial projections relating to the growth of our business over the next five years, but we may not achieve our announced objectives, and our investments in our business may fail to affect our revenue or EPS growth as anticipated. Some of the factors that could cause our investment strategy and our overall business strategy to fail to achieve our objectives include, among others:

 

   

our failure to adequately execute our operational strategy or anticipate and overcome obstacles to achieving our strategic goals;

 

   

our failure to make our intended investments because the investments are more costly than we expected or because we are unable to devote the necessary operational and financial resources;

 

   

our inability to purchase or develop technologies and production platforms to increase our efficiency, enhance our competitive advantage and scale our operations;

 

   

the failure of our current supply chain to provide the resources we need and our inability to develop new or enhanced supply chains;

 

   

our failure to acquire new customers and enter new markets, retain our current customers and sell more products to current and new customers;

 

   

our failure to promote, strengthen, and protect our brand;

 

   

the failure of our current and new marketing channels to attract customers;

 

   

our failure to manage the growth and complexity of our business and expand our operations;

 

   

our failure to acquire businesses that enhance the growth and development of our business or to effectively integrate the businesses we do acquire into our business;

 

   

unanticipated changes in our business, current and anticipated markets, industry or competitive landscape; and

 

   

general economic conditions.

In addition, projections are inherently uncertain and are based on assumptions and judgments by management that may be flawed or based on information about our business and markets that may change in the future in ways that may be beyond our control. Our actual results may differ materially from our projections due to various factors, including but not limited to the factors listed immediately above; currency exchange fluctuations, which may affect our revenues and costs; change in the laws and regulations or in the interpretations of laws and regulations to which we are subject, including tax laws, or the institution of new laws or regulations that affect our business; costs and judgments resulting from litigation; and costs and disruptions caused by acquisitions.

If our strategy is not successful, or if there is a market or industry perception that our strategy is not successful, then our revenue and earnings may not grow as anticipated or may decline, our reputation and brand may be damaged, and the price of our shares may decline. In addition, we may change our financial strategy or other components of our overall business strategy if we believe our current strategy is not effective, if our business or markets change, or for other reasons, which may cause fluctuations in our financial results and volatility in our share price.

We may not succeed in promoting, strengthening and integrating the Vistaprint brand and the brands of our acquired companies, which would prevent us from acquiring new customers and increasing revenues.

A primary component of our business strategy is the promotion, strengthening, and integration of the Vistaprint brand and the brands of our acquired companies in order to attract new and repeat customers to our websites. In addition to the challenges posed by establishing and promoting our brands among the many businesses that promote products and services on the Internet, we face significant competition from other companies in the various markets we serve who also seek to establish strong brands. To promote our brands, we have incurred and will continue to incur substantial expenses related to advertising and other marketing efforts, but we cannot be sure that these investments will be profitable. If we are unable to successfully promote our brands, we may fail to increase our revenues.

 

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A component of our brand promotion strategy is establishing a relationship of trust with our customers by providing a high-quality customer experience, which requires us to invest substantial amounts of resources in our website development, design and technology, graphic design operations, production operations, and customer service operations. Our ability to provide a high-quality customer experience is also dependent, in large part, on external factors over which we may have little or no control, including the reliability and performance of our suppliers, third-party carriers and communication infrastructure providers. If we are unable to provide customers with a high-quality customer experience for any reason, our reputation and brands would be harmed. The failure of our brand promotion activities could adversely affect our ability to attract new customers and maintain customer relationships, and, as a result, substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Our quarterly financial results will often fluctuate, which may lead to volatility in our share price.

Our revenues and operating results often vary significantly from quarter to quarter due to a number of factors, some of which are inherent in our business strategies but many of which are outside of our control. We target annual, rather than quarterly, EPS objectives, which can lead to fluctuations in our quarterly results. Other factors that could cause our quarterly revenue and operating results to fluctuate or result in earnings that are lower than our guidance, or both, include among others:

 

   

seasonality-driven or other variations in the demand for our products and services;

 

   

currency fluctuations, which affect our revenues and costs;

 

   

our ability to attract visitors to our websites and convert those visitors into customers;

 

   

our ability to retain customers and generate repeat purchases;

 

   

business and home and family preferences for our products and services;

 

   

shifts in product mix toward less profitable products;

 

   

our ability to manage our production, fulfillment and support operations;

 

   

costs to produce and deliver our products and provide our services, including the effects of inflation;

 

   

our pricing and marketing strategies and those of our competitors;

 

   

investments in our business to generate or support revenues and operations in future periods, such as incurring marketing, engineering or consulting expenses in a current period for revenue growth or support in future periods;

 

   

compensation expense and charges related to agreements entered into with our executives and employees;

 

   

costs and charges resulting from litigation;

 

   

a significant increase in credits, beyond our estimated allowances, for customers who are not satisfied with our products;

 

   

changes in our income tax rate;

 

   

costs to acquire businesses or integrate acquired businesses; and

 

   

charges to earnings if our long-lived assets including goodwill or amortizable intangible assets become impaired.

We base our operating expense budgets in part on expected revenue trends. A portion of our expenses, such as office leases, depreciation and personnel costs, are relatively fixed, and we may be unable to adjust spending quickly enough to offset any revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any shortfall in revenue may cause significant variation in operating results in any quarter. Based on the factors cited above, among others, we believe that quarter-to-quarter comparisons of our operating results may not be a good indication of our future performance. Our operating results may sometimes be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, in which case the price of our ordinary shares will likely fall.

 

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Seasonal fluctuations in our business place a strain on our operations and resources.

Our second fiscal quarter includes the majority of the holiday shopping season and in each of the last three fiscal years has accounted for more of our revenue and earnings than any other quarter, primarily due to higher sales of home and family products such as holiday cards, calendars, photo books and personalized gifts. We believe our second fiscal quarter is likely to continue to account for a disproportionate amount of our revenue and earnings for the foreseeable future. In anticipation of increased sales activity during our second fiscal quarter holiday season, we typically incur significant additional capacity related expenses each year to meet our seasonal needs, including facility expansions, equipment purchases and increases in the number of temporary and permanent employees. Lower than expected sales during the second quarter would likely have a disproportionately large impact on our operating results and financial condition for the full fiscal year. If we are unable to accurately forecast and respond to seasonality in our business, our business and results of operations may be materially harmed.

A significant portion of our revenues and operations are transacted in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our reporting currency. We therefore have currency exchange risk.

We are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates that may impact items such as the translation of our revenues and expenses, remeasurement of our intercompany balances, and the value of our cash and cash equivalents denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. For example, when currency exchange movements are unfavorable to our business, the U.S. dollar equivalent of our revenue and operating income recorded in other currencies is diminished. As we have expanded and continue to expand our revenues and operations throughout the world and to additional currencies, our exposure to currency exchange rate fluctuations has increased and we expect will continue to increase. Additionally, our income tax rate may be impacted by fluctuations in currency exchange rates in jurisdictions where our tax returns are prepared in a currency other than the function currency. Our revenue and results of operations may differ materially from expectations as a result of currency exchange rate fluctuations.

If we are unable to market and sell products and services beyond our existing target markets and develop new products and services to attract new customers, our revenues may not increase or may decline.

We believe we need to address additional markets and attract new customers to grow our business. To access new markets and customers, we expect that we will need to develop, market and sell new products and services, expand our marketing and sales channels, expand our business and operations geographically by introducing localized websites in different countries, and develop new strategic relationships. Any failure in these areas could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

If we are unable to manage our expected growth and expand our operations successfully, our reputation would be damaged, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.

In recent years, our number of employees and geographic footprint has grown rapidly, and we expect the number of countries and facilities from which we operate to continue to increase in the future. Our growth, combined with the geographical separation of our operations, has placed, and will continue to place, a strain on our management, administrative and operational infrastructure. Our ability to manage our operations and anticipated growth will require us to continue to refine our operational, financial and management controls, human resource policies, reporting systems and procedures in the locations in which we operate. If we are unable to implement improvements to our management information and control systems in an efficient or timely manner or if we discover deficiencies in our existing systems and controls, then our ability to provide a high-quality customer experience could be harmed, which would damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

If we are unable to manage the challenges associated with our global operations, the growth of our business could be negatively impacted.

We operate production facilities or offices in 14 countries and have approximately 30 localized websites to serve various geographic markets. We are subject to a number of risks and challenges that specifically relate to our international operations. These risks and challenges include, among others:

 

   

difficulty managing operations in, and communications among, multiple locations and time zones;

 

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difficulty complying with multiple tax laws, treaties and regulations and limiting our exposure to onerous or unanticipated taxes, duties and other costs;

 

   

local regulations that may restrict or impair our ability to conduct our business as planned;

 

   

protectionist laws and business practices that favor local producers and service providers;

 

   

failure to properly understand and develop graphic design content and product formats appropriate for local tastes;

 

   

disruptions caused by political and social instability that may occur in some countries;

 

   

disruptions or cessation of important components of our international supply chain;

 

   

restrictions imposed by local labor practices and laws on our business and operations; and

 

   

failure of local laws to provide a sufficient degree of protection against infringement of our intellectual property.

Our global operations may not be successful if we are unable to overcome these challenges, which could limit the growth of our business and may have an adverse effect on our business and operating results.

Acquisitions may be disruptive to our business.

Our business and customer base have been built primarily through organic growth, and while individuals on our Supervisory Board and management team have experience making acquisitions in their professional experience outside of Vistaprint, we have limited experience making acquisitions as a company. A component of our strategy is to selectively pursue acquisitions of businesses, technologies or services, and accordingly we completed the acquisitions of Albumprinter in October 2011 and Webs in December 2011. Integrating newly acquired businesses, technologies and services is complex, expensive, time consuming and subject to many risks, including the following:

 

   

We may not be able to retain customers and key employees of the acquired businesses, and we and the acquired businesses may not be able to cross sell products and services to each other’s customers.

 

   

In some cases, our acquisitions are dilutive for a period of time, leading to reduced earnings.

 

   

An acquisition may fail to achieve our goals and expectations for the acquired business because we fail to integrate the acquired business, technologies or services effectively, the integration is more expensive or takes more time than we anticipated, or the acquired business does not perform as well as we expected.

 

   

Acquisitions can result in large write-offs including impairments of goodwill and intangible assets, assumptions of debt and contingent or unanticipated liabilities, or increased tax costs.

In addition, to finance our recent acquisitions, we raised additional funds, and we may need to do the same for any future acquisitions. Financing may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, and can cause dilution to our shareholders or subject us to covenants restricting the activities we may undertake. The time and expense associated with finding suitable and compatible businesses, technologies or services to acquire could also disrupt our ongoing business and divert our management’s attention.

We face risks related to interruption of our operations and lack of redundancy.

Our production facilities, websites, transaction processing systems, network infrastructure, supply chain and customer sales, service and design operations may be vulnerable to interruptions, and we do not have redundancies in all cases to carry on these operations in the event of an interruption. Some of the events that could cause interruptions in our operations or systems are, among others:

 

   

fire, flood, earthquake, hurricane or other natural disaster or extreme weather;

 

   

labor strike, work stoppage or other issue with our workforce;

 

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political instability or acts of terrorism or war;

 

   

power loss or telecommunication failure;

 

   

undetected errors or design faults in our technology, infrastructure and processes that may cause our websites to fail;

 

   

inadequate capacity in our systems and infrastructure to cope with periods of high volume and demand, particularly during promotional campaign periods and in the seasonal peak we experience in our second fiscal quarter; and

 

   

human error, including but not limited to poor managerial judgment or oversight.

In particular, both Bermuda, where substantially all of the computer hardware necessary to operate our websites is located in a single facility, and Jamaica, our largest customer service, sales and design support operation, are subject to a high degree of hurricane risk and extreme weather conditions.

We have not identified alternatives to all of our facilities, systems, supply chains and infrastructure, including production, to serve us in the event of an interruption, and if we were to find alternatives, they may not be able to meet our requirements on commercially acceptable terms or at all. In addition, we are dependent in part on third parties for the implementation and maintenance of certain aspects of our communications and production systems, and because many of the causes of system interruptions or interruptions of the production process may be outside of our control, we may not be able to remedy such interruptions in a timely manner, or at all.

Any interruptions that cause any of our websites to be unavailable, reduce our order fulfillment performance or interfere with our manufacturing, technology or customer service operations could result in lost revenue, increased costs, negative publicity, damage to our reputation and brand, and an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Building redundancies into our infrastructure, systems and supply chain to mitigate these risks may require us to commit substantial financial, operational and technical resources, in some cases before the volume of our business increases with no assurance that our revenues will increase.

We face intense competition.

The markets for small business marketing products and services and home and family custom products, including the printing and graphic design market, are intensely competitive, highly fragmented and geographically dispersed. We expect competition to increase in the future. The increased use of the Internet for commerce and other technical advances have allowed traditional providers of these products and services to improve the quality of their offerings, produce and deliver those products and services more efficiently and reach a broader purchasing public. Competition may result in price pressure, reduced profit margins and loss of market share, any of which could substantially harm our business and results of operations. Current and potential competitors include:

 

   

traditional storefront printing and graphic design companies;

 

   

office superstores, drug store chains, food retailers and other major retailers targeting small business and home and family markets;

 

   

companies offering small business or consumer websites and other digital products, including website design and hosting companies;

 

   

wholesale printers;

 

   

online printing and graphic design companies, many of which provide printed products and services similar to ours;

 

   

self-service desktop design and publishing using personal computer software with a laser or inkjet printer and specialty paper;

 

   

email marketing services companies;

 

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suppliers of custom apparel, promotional products and customized gifts;

 

   

online photo product companies; and

 

   

Internet firms and retailers.

Many of our current and potential competitors have advantages over us, including longer operating histories, greater brand recognition, more focus on a given sub-set of our business, existing customer and supplier relationships, or significantly greater financial, marketing and other resources. Many of our competitors currently work together, and additional competitors may do so in the future through strategic business agreements or acquisitions. Increased competition may result in reduced operating margins as well as loss of market share and brand recognition.

Some of our competitors that either already have an online presence or are seeking to establish an online presence may be able to devote substantially more resources to website and systems development than we can. In addition, larger, more established and better capitalized entities may acquire, invest or partner with online competitors as use of the Internet and other online services increases. Competitors may also develop new or enhanced products, technologies or capabilities that could render many of the products, services and content we offer obsolete or less competitive, which could harm our business and results of operations.

In addition, we have in the past and may in the future choose to collaborate with certain of our existing and potential competitors in strategic partnerships that we believe will improve our competitive position and results of operations, such as through a retail in-store or web-based collaborative offering. It is possible, however, that such ventures will be unsuccessful and that our competitive position and results of operations will be adversely affected as a result of such collaboration.

Failure to meet our customers’ price expectations would adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Demand for our products and services is sensitive to price. Changes in our pricing strategies have had, and are likely to continue to have, a significant impact on our revenues and results of operations. Many factors can significantly impact our pricing strategies, including the production, marketing, personnel and other costs of running our business, our competitors’ pricing and marketing strategies, and the effects of inflation. We offer some free or discounted products and services as a means of attracting customers and encouraging repeat purchases, but these free offers and discounts reduce our profit margins and may not result in an increase in our revenues. If we fail to meet our customers’ price expectations, our business and results of operations will suffer.

Failure to protect our networks and the confidential information of our customers against security breaches and to address risks associated with credit card fraud could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Online commerce and communications depend on the secure transmission of confidential information over public networks. Currently, a majority of our sales are billed to our customers’ credit card accounts directly, and we retain our customers’ credit card information for a period of time that varies depending on the services we provide to each customer. We rely on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties to effect secure transmission of confidential information, including credit card numbers. Advances in computer capabilities, new discoveries in the field of cryptography or other developments may result in a compromise or breach of our network or the technology that we use to protect our network and our customer transaction data, such as credit card information. Although we maintain network security insurance, we cannot be certain that our coverage will be adequate for liabilities actually incurred or that insurance will continue to be available to us on reasonable terms, or at all. In addition, anyone who is able to circumvent our security measures could misappropriate our proprietary information or cause interruptions in our operations. We may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches or to address problems caused by breaches. Any compromise of our network or our security could damage our reputation and brand and expose us to losses, litigation and possible liability, which would substantially harm our business and results of operations.

In addition, we may be liable for fraudulent transactions conducted on our websites, such as through the use of stolen credit card numbers. To date, quarterly losses from payment fraud have not exceeded 1% of total revenues in any quarter, but we continue to face the risk of significant losses from this type of fraud. Our failure to limit fraudulent credit card transactions could damage our reputation and brand and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

 

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We depend on search engines to attract a substantial portion of the customers who visit our websites, and losing these customers would adversely affect our business and results of operations.

Many customers access our websites by clicking through on search results displayed by search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo!. If the search engines on which we rely modify their algorithms, terminate their relationships with us or increase the prices at which we may purchase listings, this could increase our costs and result in fewer customers clicking through to our websites, requiring us to resort to other more costly resources to replace this traffic, which could adversely affect our revenues and operating and net income and could harm our business. In addition, some of our competitors purchase the term “Vistaprint” and other terms incorporating our proprietary trademarks from Google and other search engines as part of their search listing advertising. Courts do not always side with the trademark owners in cases involving search engines, and Google has refused to prevent companies from purchasing search results that use the trademark “Vistaprint.” As a result, we may not be able to prevent our competitors from advertising to, and directly competing for, customers who search for the term “Vistaprint” on search engines.

Various private ‘spam’ blacklisting and similar entities have in the past, and may in the future, interfere with our e-mail solicitation, the operation of our websites and our ability to conduct business.

We depend significantly on e-mail to market to and communicate with our customers. Various private entities attempt to regulate the use of e-mail for commercial solicitation, and some of these entities maintain “blacklists” of companies that do not adhere to what the blacklisting entity believes are appropriate standards of conduct or practices for commercial e-mail solicitations, which are often more stringent than currently legal requirements. Although we believe that our commercial e-mail solicitations comply with all applicable laws, some of our Internet protocol addresses appear on various private entities’ blacklists from time to time, which means that e-mails sent from those addresses may be blocked if they are sent to any Internet domain or Internet address that subscribes to the blacklisting entity’s service or purchases its blacklist. We may not be successful in convincing blacklisting entities to remove us from their lists, and we may be put on additional blacklists in the future. The blacklisting sometimes interferes with our ability to send operational e-mails—such as password reminders, invoices and electronically delivered products—to customers and others, and to send and receive emails to and from our corporate email accounts. In addition, as a result of being blacklisted, we have had disputes with, or concerns raised by, various service providers who perform services for us, including co-location and hosting services, Internet service providers and electronic mail distribution services. Blacklisting of this type could interfere with our ability to market our products and services, communicate with our customers and otherwise operate our websites, and operate and manage our corporate email accounts, all of which could have a material negative impact on our business and results of operations.

Our customers create products that incorporate images, illustrations and fonts that we license from third parties, and any loss of the right to use these licensed materials may substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Many of the images, illustrations, and fonts incorporated in the design products and services we offer are the copyrighted property of other parties that we use under license agreements. If one or more of our licenses covering a significant amount of content were terminated, the amount and variety of content available on our websites would be significantly reduced, and we may not be able to find, license and introduce substitute content in a timely manner, on acceptable terms or at all.

The loss of key personnel or an inability to attract and retain additional personnel could affect our ability to successfully grow our business.

We are highly dependent upon the continued service and performance of our senior management team and key technical, marketing and production personnel, and any of our executives may cease their employment with us at any time with minimal advance notice. The loss of one or more of our key employees may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives. We face intense competition for qualified individuals from numerous technology, marketing, financial services, manufacturing and e-commerce companies. We may be unable to attract and retain suitably qualified individuals, and our failure to do so could have an adverse effect on our ability to implement our business plan.

Our new credit facility contains financial and operating restrictions and covenants that may limit our access to credit and could negatively impact our liquidity.

Our credit facility imposes restrictions on our ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness and liens outside of the credit facility;

 

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make certain investments, payments, or changes in our corporate structure; and

 

   

make capital expenditures in excess of certain limits.

In addition, we are required to meet certain financial covenants that are customary with this type of credit facility, which are described in Note 6 “Long-Term Debt” in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report. If we are unable to comply with these covenants, then we could default under the credit facility, which could cause us to be unable to borrow under the credit facility and may result in the acceleration of the maturity of our outstanding indebtedness under the facility. If our indebtedness were accelerated, we may not have sufficient funds available for repayment, and if we were unable to borrow further under the facility, we may not be able to make investments in our business to support our strategy. In either case, our liquidity would be significantly and negatively impacted.

Our business and results of operations may be negatively impacted by general economic and financial market conditions, and such conditions may increase the other risks that affect our business.

Many of the markets in which we operate are still in an economic downturn that we believe has had and will continue to have a negative impact on our business. Turmoil in the world’s financial markets materially and adversely impacted the availability of financing to a wide variety of businesses, including micro businesses, and the resulting uncertainty led to reductions in capital investments, marketing expenditures, overall spending levels, future product plans, and sales projections across industries and markets. These trends could have a material and adverse impact on the demand for our products and services and our financial results from operations.

The United States government may further increase border controls and impose duties or restrictions on cross-border commerce that may substantially harm our business by impeding our shipments into the United States from our Canadian manufacturing facility.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 and for the six months ended December 31, 2011, we derived 53% and 48% of our revenue, respectively, from sales to customers made through Vistaprint.com, our United States-focused website. We produce substantially all physical products for our United States customers at our facility in Windsor, Ontario, and the United States imposes restrictions on shipping goods into the United States from Canada. The United States also imposes protectionist measures such as customs duties and tariffs that limit free trade, some of which may apply directly to product categories that comprise a material portion of our revenues. The customs laws, rules and regulations that we are required to comply with are complex and subject to unpredictable enforcement and modification. We have from time to time experienced delays in shipping our manufactured products into the United States as a result of these restrictions which have, in some instances, resulted in delayed delivery of orders.

In the future, the United States could impose further border controls and restrictions, interpret or apply regulations in a manner unfavorable to the importation of products from outside of the U.S., impose quotas, tariffs or import duties, increase the documentation requirements applicable to cross border shipments or take other actions that have the effect of restricting the flow of goods from Canada and other countries to the United States. For example, if there were a serious threat to U.S. security, such as war or an attack on the United States, the U.S. government could shut down the U.S.-Canadian border for an extended period of time, impose policies that would result in significant Canadian export delays or otherwise disrupt our North American business operations. If we experienced greater difficulty or delays shipping products into the United States or were foreclosed from doing so, or if our costs and expenses materially increased, our business and results of operations could be harmed.

 

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If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our reputation and brands could be damaged, and others may be able to practice our technology, which could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We rely on a combination of patent, trademark, trade secret and copyright law and contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property, but these protective measures afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may copy aspects of our trademarks, websites features and functionalities or obtain and use information that we consider proprietary, such as the technology used to operate our websites and our production operations.

We intend to continue to pursue patent coverage in the United States and other countries to the extent we believe such coverage is justified, appropriate, and cost efficient, but there can be no guarantee that any of our pending applications or continuation patent applications will be granted. In addition, we have in the past and may in the future face infringement, invalidity, intellectual property ownership or similar claims brought by third parties with respect to our current or future patents. Any such claims, whether or not successful, could be extremely costly, damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Although we hold trademark registrations for the Vistaprint trademark in jurisdictions throughout the world, our competitors or other entities may adopt names or marks similar to ours, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to customer confusion. There could be potential trade name or trademark infringement claims brought by owners of other trademarks that incorporate variations of the term “Vistaprint” or our other trademarks, and we may institute such claims against other parties. Any claims or customer confusion related to our trademarks could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Intellectual property disputes and litigation are costly and could cause us to lose our exclusive rights, subject us to liability or require us to stop some of our business activities.

From time to time, we are involved in lawsuits or disputes in which third parties claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights or that we improperly obtained or used their confidential or proprietary information. In addition, from time to time we receive letters from third parties who claim to have patent rights that cover aspects of the technology that we use in our business and that the third parties believe we must license in order to continue to use such technology.

The cost to us of any litigation or other proceeding relating to intellectual property rights, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial, and litigation diverts our management’s efforts from managing and growing our business. Potential adversaries may be able to sustain the costs of complex intellectual property litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantially greater resources. Uncertainties resulting from any litigation could limit our ability to continue our operations. If any parties successfully claim that our sale, use, manufacturing or importation of technologies infringes upon their intellectual property rights, we might be forced to pay significant damages and attorney’s fees, and a court could enjoin us from performing the infringing activity, which could restrict our ability to use certain technologies important to the operation of our business.

Alternatively, we may be required to, or decide to, enter into a license with a third party that claims infringement by us. Any such patent license may not be made available on commercially acceptable terms, if at all. In addition, such licenses are likely to be non-exclusive, and therefore our competitors may have access to the same technology licensed to us. If we fail to obtain a required license and are unable to design around a third party’s patent, we may be unable to effectively conduct certain of our business activities, which could limit our ability to generate revenues, grow our business or maintain profitability.

In addition, from time to time, we initiate lawsuits, proceedings or claims to enforce our patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights or to determine the scope and validity of third-party proprietary rights. Our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights is subject to general litigation risks, as well as uncertainty as to the enforceability of our intellectual property rights in various countries. When we seek to enforce our rights, we may be subject to claims that our intellectual property rights are invalid or unenforceable or are licensed to the party against whom we are asserting a claim. There is also a risk that our assertion of intellectual property rights could result in the other party’s seeking to assert alleged intellectual property rights of its own against us, which may adversely impact our business in the manner discussed above. Our inability to enforce our intellectual property rights may negatively impact our competitive position and business.

 

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Our business is dependent on the Internet, and unfavorable changes in government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce and email marketing could substantially harm our business and results of operations.

Due to our dependence on the Internet for our sales, laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce and email marketing may have a greater impact on our operations than other more traditional businesses. Existing and future laws – for example, laws covering pricing, customs, privacy, consumer protection or commercial email – may impede the growth of e-commerce and our ability to compete with traditional “bricks and mortar” retailers. It is not always clear how existing laws governing these and other issues apply to the Internet and e-commerce, as the vast majority of applicable laws were adopted before the advent of the Internet and do not contemplate or address the unique issues raised by the Internet or e-commerce. Those laws that do reference the Internet, such as the Bermuda Electronic Transactions Act 1999, the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, are only beginning to be interpreted by the courts, and their applicability and reach are therefore uncertain. Those current and future laws and regulations or unfavorable resolution of these issues may substantially harm our business and results of operations.

We face judicial and regulatory challenges to our practice of offering free products and services, which, if successful, could hinder our ability to attract customers and generate revenue.

We regularly offer free products and services as an inducement for customers to try our products and services. Although we believe that we conspicuously and clearly communicate all details and conditions of these offers—for example, that customers are required to pay shipping and processing charges to take advantage of a free product offer—from time to time we face claims, complaints and inquiries from our customers, competitors, governmental regulators, standards bodies and others that our free offers are misleading or do not comply with applicable legislation or regulation, and we may receive similar complaints, claims and inquiries in the future. If we are compelled or determine to curtail or eliminate our use of free offers as the result of any such actions, our business prospects and results of operations could be materially harmed.

If we were required to review the content that our customers incorporate into our products and interdict the shipment of products that violate copyright protections or other laws, our costs would significantly increase, which would harm our results of operations.

Because of our focus on automation and high volumes, our operations do not involve any human-based review of content for the vast majority of our sales. Although our websites’ terms of use specifically require customers to represent that they have the right and authority to reproduce a given content and that the content is in full compliance with all relevant laws and regulations, we do not have the ability to determine the accuracy of these representations on a case-by-case basis. There is a risk that a customer may supply an image or other content for a product order that we produce that is the property of another party used without permission, that infringes the copyright or trademark of another party, or that would be considered to be defamatory, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or illegal under the laws of the jurisdiction(s) where that customer lives or where we operate. If we should become legally obligated in the future to perform manual screening and review for all orders destined for a jurisdiction, we will encounter increased production costs or may cease accepting orders for shipment to that jurisdiction, which could substantially harm our business and results of operations. In addition, if we were held liable for actions of our customers, we could be required to pay substantial penalties, fines or monetary damages.

The third party membership programs previously offered on our website may continue to draw customer complaints, litigation and governmental inquiries, which can be costly and could hurt our reputation.

We previously offered on our website third party membership discount programs, some of which have been, and may continue to be, the subject of consumer complaints, litigation, and governmental regulatory actions alleging that the enrollment and billing practices involved in the programs violate various consumer protection laws or are otherwise deceptive. Although we removed all such membership discount program offerings from our websites as of November 2009 and terminated our relationship with the third party merchant responsible for these programs, we continue to receive complaints from our customers and inquiries by state attorneys general and government agencies regarding these programs. Any private or governmental claims or actions that may be brought against us relating to these third party membership programs could result in our being obligated to pay substantial damages or incurring substantial legal fees in defending claims and have an adverse affect on our results of operations. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, such a defense may result in distraction of management and significant costs. In addition, customer dissatisfaction or damage to our reputation as a result of these claims could have a negative impact on our brands, revenues and profitability.

 

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We are subject to customer payment-related risks.

We accept payments for our products and services on our websites by a variety of methods, including credit or debit card, PayPal, check, wire transfer or other methods. In some geographic regions, we rely on one or two third party companies to provide payment processing services. If these companies became unwilling or unable to provide these services to us, then we would need to find and engage replacement providers, which we may not be able to do on terms that are acceptable to us or at all, or to process the payments ourselves, which could be costly and time consuming. Either of these scenarios could disrupt our business.

As we offer new payment options to our customers, we may be subject to additional regulations, compliance requirements and fraud risk. For certain payment methods, including credit and debit cards, we pay interchange and other fees, which may increase over time and raise our operating costs and lower our profit margins or require that we charge our customers more for our products. We are also subject to payment card association and similar operating rules and requirements, which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules and requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and lose our ability to accept credit and debit card payments from our customers or facilitate other types of online payments, and our business and operating results could be materially adversely affected.

We may be subject to product liability claims if people or property are harmed by the products we sell.

Some of the products we sell may expose us to product liability claims relating to personal injury, death, or property damage, and may require product recalls or other actions. Although we maintain product liability insurance, we cannot be certain that our coverage will be adequate for liabilities actually incurred or that insurance will continue to be available to us on reasonable terms, or at all.

If we are unable to acquire or maintain domain names for our websites, then we could lose customers, which would harm our business and results of operations.

We sell our products and services primarily through our websites. In each country where we sell our products and services, we seek to obtain and maintain domain names using Vistaprint and our other trademarks together with the suffix for that country and industry, such as .com, .net, .de and .co.uk. From time to time, we have difficulty obtaining a domain name in a particular country or region. Domain names are generally regulated by regional Internet regulatory bodies, and the requirements for obtaining domain names vary from region to region and are subject to change. If we are unable to use a domain name in a particular country, then we would be forced to purchase the domain name from an entity that owns or controls it, which we may not be able to do on commercially acceptable terms or at all; incur significant additional expenses to market our products within that country, including the development of new brands and the creation of new promotional materials and packaging; or elect not to sell products in that country. Furthermore, the relationship between regulations governing domain names and laws protecting trademarks and similar proprietary rights is unclear and subject to change. We might not be able to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that infringe or otherwise decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights. As a result, we may not be able to acquire or maintain domain names in all of the countries in which we currently or intend to conduct business, which could significantly and negatively impact our ability to sell our products and services in that country.

Our results of operations may be negatively affected if we are required to charge sales, value added or other taxes on Internet sales.

In many jurisdictions where we sell products and services, we do not collect or have imposed upon us sales, value added or other consumption taxes, which we refer to as indirect taxes. The application of indirect taxes to e-commerce businesses such as Vistaprint is a complex and evolving issue. Many of the fundamental statutes and regulations that impose these taxes were established before the growth of the Internet and e-commerce, and in many cases, it is not clear how existing statutes apply to the Internet or e-commerce. For example, some state governments in the United States have imposed or are seeking to impose indirect taxes on Internet sales. The imposition by national, state or local governments, whether within or outside the United States, of various taxes upon Internet commerce could create administrative burdens for us, discourage customers from purchasing products from us, decrease our ability to compete with traditional retailers or otherwise negatively impact our results of operations. Additionally, a successful assertion by one or more governments in jurisdictions where we are not currently collecting sales or value added taxes that we should be, or should have been, collecting indirect taxes on the sale of our products could result in substantial tax liabilities for past sales.

 

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If we are unable to retain security authentication certificates, which are supplied by third party providers over which we exercise little or no control, our business could be harmed.

We are dependent on a limited number of third party providers of website security authentication certificates that are necessary for conducting secure transactions over the Internet. Despite any contractual protections we may have, these third party providers can disable or revoke, and in the past have disabled or revoked, our security certificates without our consent, which would render our websites inaccessible to some of our customers and could discourage other customers from accessing our sites, unless we are able to procure a replacement certificate from one of a limited number of alternative third party providers. Any interruption in our customers’ ability or willingness to access our websites if we do not have adequate security certificates could result in a material loss of revenue and profits and damage to our brands.

Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure

Challenges by various tax authorities to our complex international structure could, if successful, increase our effective tax rate and adversely affect our earnings.

We are a Dutch limited liability company that operates through various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. Consequently, we are subject to tax laws, treaties and regulations in the countries in which we operate, and these laws and treaties are subject to interpretation. From time to time, we are subject to tax audits and claims by the tax authorities in these countries that a greater portion of the income of the Vistaprint N.V. group should be subject to income or other tax in their respective jurisdictions, which could result in an increase to our effective tax rate and adversely affect our results of operations. For more information about audits to which we are currently subject refer to Note 2 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies—Income Taxes” in the accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.

A change in tax laws, treaties or regulations, or their interpretation, of any country in which we operate could result in a higher tax rate on our earnings, which could result in a significant negative impact on our earnings and cash flow from operations. We continue to assess the impact of various international tax proposals and modifications to existing tax treaties between the Netherlands and other countries that could result in a material impact on our income taxes. We cannot predict whether any specific legislation will be enacted or the terms of any such legislation. However, if such proposals were enacted, or if modifications were to be made to certain existing treaties, the consequences could have a materially adverse impact on us, including increasing our tax burden, increasing costs of our tax compliance or otherwise adversely affecting our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Our intercompany arrangements may be challenged, resulting in higher taxes or penalties and an adverse effect on our earnings.

We operate pursuant to written intercompany service and related agreements, which we also refer to as transfer pricing agreements, among Vistaprint N.V. and its subsidiaries. These agreements establish transfer prices for production, marketing, management, technology development and other services performed by these subsidiaries for other group companies. Transfer prices are prices that one company in a group of related companies charges to another member of the group for goods, services or the use of property. If two or more affiliated companies are located in different countries, the tax laws or regulations of each country generally will require that transfer prices be consistent with those between unrelated companies dealing at arm’s length. With the exception of the transfer pricing arrangements applicable to our Dutch, French and Australian operations, our transfer pricing arrangements are not binding on applicable tax authorities, and no official authority in any other country has made a determination as to whether or not we are operating in compliance with its transfer pricing laws. If tax authorities in any country were successful in challenging our transfer prices as not reflecting arm’s length transactions, they could require us to adjust our transfer prices and thereby reallocate our income to reflect these revised transfer prices. A reallocation of taxable income from a lower tax jurisdiction to a higher tax jurisdiction would result in a higher tax liability to us. In addition, if the country from which the income is reallocated does not agree with the reallocation, both countries could tax the same income, resulting in double taxation.

Our Articles of Association, Dutch law and the independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit Vistaprint, may make it difficult to replace or remove management, may inhibit or delay a change of control or may dilute your voting power.

Our Articles of Association, or Articles, as governed by Dutch law, limit our shareholders’ ability to suspend or dismiss the members of our management board and supervisory board or to overrule our supervisory board’s nominees to our management board and supervisory board by requiring a vote of two thirds of the votes cast representing more than 50% of the outstanding ordinary shares to do so under most circumstances. As a result, there may be circumstances in which shareholders may not be able to remove members of our management board or supervisory board even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares favor doing so.

 

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In addition, we have established an independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit Vistaprint, or the Foundation, to safeguard the interests of Vistaprint N.V. and its stakeholders, which include but are not limited to our shareholders, and to assist in maintaining Vistaprint’s continuity and independence. To this end, we have granted the Foundation a call option pursuant to which the Foundation may acquire a number of preferred shares equal to the same number of ordinary shares then outstanding, which is designed to provide a protective measure against unsolicited take-over bids for Vistaprint and other hostile threats. If the Foundation were to exercise the call option, it may prevent a change of control or delay or prevent a takeover attempt, including a takeover attempt that might result in a premium over the market price for our ordinary shares. Exercise of the preferred share option would also effectively dilute the voting power of our outstanding ordinary shares by one half.

We have limited flexibility with respect to certain aspects of capital management.

Dutch law requires shareholder approval for the issuance of shares and grants preemptive rights to existing shareholders to subscribe for new issuances of shares. In November 2011, our shareholders granted our supervisory board and management board the authority to issue ordinary shares as the boards determine appropriate, without obtaining specific shareholder approval for each issuance, and to limit or exclude shareholders’ preemptive rights. However, this authorization expires in November 2016. Although we plan to seek re-approval from our shareholders from time to time in the future, we may not succeed in obtaining future re-approvals. In addition, subject to specified exceptions, Dutch law requires shareholder approval for many corporate actions, such as the approval of dividends and authorization to repurchase outstanding shares. Situations may arise where the flexibility to issue shares, pay dividends, repurchase shares or take other corporate actions without a shareholder vote would be beneficial to us, but is not available under Dutch law.

Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to pursue legal remedies against the members of our supervisory board or management board.

Our Articles and our internal corporate affairs are governed by Dutch law, and the rights of our shareholders and the responsibilities of our supervisory board and management board are different from those established under United States laws. For example, under Dutch law class action lawsuits and derivative lawsuits are generally not available, and our supervisory board and management board are responsible for acting in the best interests of the company, its business and all of its stakeholders generally (including employees, customers and creditors), not just shareholders. Furthermore, we are obligated to indemnify the members of our supervisory board and management board against liabilities for their good faith actions in connection with their service on either board, subject to various exceptions. As a result, our shareholders may find it more difficult to protect their interests against actions by members of our supervisory board or management board than they would if we were a U.S. corporation.

Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to enforce claims based on United States federal or state laws, including securities liabilities, against us or our management team.

We are incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and the vast majority of our assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, some of our officers and management board members reside outside of the United States. In most cases, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by a U.S. federal or state court would not be directly enforceable in the Netherlands. The party in whose favor such final judgment is rendered would need to bring a new suit in the Netherlands and petition the Dutch court to enforce the final judgment rendered in the United States, and there can be no assurance that a Dutch court would impose civil liability on us or our management team in such a suit or in any other lawsuit predicated solely upon U.S. securities laws. In addition, because most of our assets are located outside of the United States, it could be difficult for investors to place a lien on our assets in connection with a claim of liability under U.S. laws. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon us or our management team, enforce U.S. court judgments obtained against us or our management team outside of the U.S., or enforce rights predicated upon the U.S. securities laws.

We may not be able to make distributions or repurchase shares without subjecting our shareholders to Dutch withholding tax.

A Dutch withholding tax may be levied on dividends and similar distributions made by Vistaprint N.V. to its shareholders at the statutory rate of 15% if we cannot structure such distributions as being made to shareholders in relation to a reduction of par value, which would be non-taxable for Dutch withholding tax purposes. We have repurchased our shares

 

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and may seek to repurchase additional shares in the future. Under our Dutch Advanced Tax Ruling, a repurchase of shares should not result in any Dutch withholding tax if we hold the repurchased shares in treasury for the purpose of issuing shares pursuant to certain employee share awards or for the funding of acquisitions. However, if the shares cannot be used for these purposes, or the Dutch tax authorities challenge the use of the shares for these purposes, such a repurchase of shares for the purposes of capital reduction may be treated as a partial liquidation subject to the 15% Dutch withholding tax to be levied on the difference between our recognized paid in capital per share for Dutch tax purposes and the redemption price per share.

We may be treated as a passive foreign investment company for United States tax purposes, which may subject United States shareholders to adverse tax consequences.

If our passive income, or our assets that produce passive income, exceed levels provided by law for any taxable year, we may be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. If we are treated as a PFIC, U.S. holders of our ordinary shares would be subject to a disadvantageous United States federal income tax regime with respect to the distributions they receive and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their ordinary shares.

We believe that we were not a PFIC for the tax year ended June 30, 2011 and we expect that we will not become a PFIC in the foreseeable future. However, whether we are treated as a PFIC depends on questions of fact as to our assets and revenues that can only be determined at the end of each tax year. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a PFIC for our current tax year or for any subsequent year.

If a United States shareholder acquires 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States taxation under the “controlled foreign corporation” rules.

Each “10% U.S. Shareholder” of a non-U.S. corporation that is a “controlled foreign corporation,” or CFC, for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during a taxable year, and that owns shares in the CFC directly or indirectly through non-U.S. entities on the last day of the CFC’s taxable year, must include in its gross income for United States federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of the CFC’s “subpart F income,” even if the subpart F income is not distributed. A non-U.S. corporation is considered a CFC if one or more 10% U.S. Shareholders together own more than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of voting shares of the non-U.S. corporation or more than 50% of the total value of all shares of the corporation on any day during the taxable year of the corporation. The rules defining ownership for these purposes are complicated and depend on the particular facts relating to each investor. For taxable years in which we are a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more, each of our 10% U.S. Shareholders will be required to include in its gross income for United States federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of our subpart F income, even if the subpart F income is not distributed to enable such taxpayer to satisfy this tax liability. Based upon our existing share ownership, we do not believe we are a CFC. However, whether we are treated as a CFC depends on questions of fact as to our share ownership that can only be determined at the end of each tax year. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a CFC for our current tax year or for any subsequent year.

Our tax rate may increase during periods when our profitability declines. Additionally, we will pay taxes even if we are not profitable on a consolidated basis, which would harm our results of operations.

The intercompany service and related agreements among Vistaprint N.V. and our direct and indirect subsidiaries ensure that the subsidiaries realize profits based on their operating expenses. As a result, if the Vistaprint group is less profitable, or even not profitable on a consolidated basis, the majority of our subsidiaries will be profitable and incur income taxes in their respective jurisdictions. In periods of declining operating profitability or losses on a consolidated basis this structure will increase our tax rate or our consolidated losses and further harm our results of operations.

 

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

On October 3, 2011, we announced that our Supervisory Board authorized the repurchase of up to 10% of our outstanding ordinary shares on the open market (including block trades that satisfy the safe harbor provisions of Rule 10b-18 pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) or in one or more self tender offers. This share repurchase authorization expires on March 30, 2013, and we may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.

 

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The following table outlines the purchases of our ordinary shares during the three months ended December 31, 2011:

 

     Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
     Average
Price Paid
Per Share (1)
     Total Number of
Shares Purchased as

Part of a Publicly
Announced
Program
     Maximum Number of
Shares that May

Yet be Purchased
Under the Program
 

October 1, 2011 through October 31, 2011

     2,293,007       $ 29.42         2,293,007         1,721,035   

November 1, 2011 through November 30, 2011

     1,088,147       $ 33.11         1,088,147         632,888   

December 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011

     454,618       $ 33.13         454,618         178,270   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

     3,835,772       $ 30.91         3,835,772      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

(1) Average price paid per share includes commissions paid in connection with our publicly announced share repurchase program and is rounded to the nearest two decimal places.

 

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

We are filing the exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Report.

 

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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.

Date: February 1, 2012

 

VISTAPRINT N.V.
By:  

/S/    ERNST J. TEUNISSEN

  Ernst J. Teunissen
  Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer)

 

By:  

/S/    MICHAEL C. GREINER

  Michael C. Greiner
  Chief Accounting Officer
  (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
 

Description

    2.1

  Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of December 16, 2011 among Vistaprint N.V., Vistaprint USA, Incorporated, Woodbridge Acquisition Corporation, Webs, Inc. and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, solely in its capacity as securityholder representative, is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 20, 2011

  10.1

  Amendment No. 1 dated as of December 27, 2011 to Credit Agreement dated as of October 21, 2011 among Vistaprint Limited, Vistaprint Schweiz GmbH, Vistaprint B.V., Vistaprint N.V., the lenders named therein, and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2011

  10.2

  Joinder Agreement dated as of December 27, 2011 among Vistaprint Limited, Vistaprint N.V., and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2011

  10.3

  Borrowing Subsidiary Agreement dated as of December 27, 2011 among Vistaprint Limited, Vistaprint USA, Incorporated, and JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A., as administrative agent, is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2011

  10.4

  Vistaprint N.V. 2011 Inducement Share Plan is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2011

  10.5

  Form of Restricted Share Award Agreement under 2011 Inducement Share Plan is incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 29, 2011

  31.1

  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), by Chief Executive Officer

  31.2

  Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), by Chief Financial Officer

  32.1

  Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

101.INS

  XBRL Instance Document*

101.SCH

  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document*

101.CAL

  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document*

101.DEF

  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document*

101.LAB

  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document*

101.PRE

  XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document*

 

* Submitted electronically herewith.

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are the following materials from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Exchange Act, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.

 

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