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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



For the quarterly period ended July 31, 2014		Commission File Number: 1-34956

CONN'S, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



A Delaware Corporation		06-1672840
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

4055 Technology Forest Blvd, Suite 210

The Woodlands, Texas 77381

(936) 230-5899

(Address, including zip code, and telephone

number, including area code, of registrant's

principal executive offices)

None

(Former name, former address and former

fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (l) 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 ý No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§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 ý No o

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



Large accelerated filer x	Accelerated filer o	Non-accelerated filer o	Smaller reporting company o

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of August 28, 2014:



Class		Outstanding
Common stock, $.01 par value per share		36,254,633

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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	Page No.

Item 1.	Financial Statements

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014	1

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013	2

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013	5

	Notes to 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	33

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	33

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	33

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	33

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	33

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	33

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	33

Item 5.	Other Information	33

Item 6.	Exhibits	33

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except share data)



Assets	July 31, 2014			January 31, 2014
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,021		$	5,727
Customer accounts receivable, net of allowance of $46,113 and $38,447, respectively	583,687			527,267
Other accounts receivable	49,993			51,480
Inventories	137,624			120,530
Deferred income taxes	26,372			20,284
Prepaid expenses and other assets	15,257			10,307
Total current assets	816,954			735,595
Long-term portion of customer accounts receivable, net of allowance of $39,178 and $33,354, respectively	495,904			457,413
Property and equipment, net	112,149			86,842
Deferred income taxes	13,612			7,721
Other assets	10,576			10,415
Total assets	$	1,449,195		$	1,297,986

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current Liabilities
Current portion of long-term debt	$	401		$	420
Accounts payable	95,963			82,861
Accrued compensation and related expenses	8,099			11,390
Accrued expenses	32,115			27,944
Income taxes payable	2,380			2,924
Deferred revenues and credits	19,626			17,068
Total current liabilities	158,584			142,607
Long-term debt	606,980			535,631
Other long-term liabilities	45,299			30,458

Commitments and contingencies

Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock ($0.01 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized; none issued or outstanding)	—			—
Common stock ($0.01 par value, 100,000,000 and 50,000,000 shares authorized; 36,253,864 and 36,127,569 shares issued at July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively)	363			361
Additional paid-in capital	228,477			225,631
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(25		)	(100		)
Retained earnings	409,517			363,398
Total stockholders’ equity	638,332			589,290
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	1,449,195		$	1,297,986

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

(in thousands, except per share amounts)



	Three Months Ended July 31,					Six Months Ended July 31,
	2014		2013			2014		2013
Revenues
Product sales	$	264,166	$	203,463		$	518,386	$	394,323
Repair service agreement commissions	20,732		17,166			40,986		33,155
Service revenues	3,383		3,083			6,538		5,682
Total net sales	288,281		223,712			565,910		433,160
Finance charges and other	64,683		46,977			122,502		88,592
Total revenues	352,964		270,689			688,412		521,752
Cost and expenses
Cost of goods sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	168,717		136,040			329,499		259,497
Cost of service parts sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	1,871		1,318			3,290		2,724
Selling, general and administrative expense	107,303		78,757			207,507		152,012
Provision for bad debts	39,585		21,382			61,843		35,319
Charges and credits	1,492		—			3,246		—
Total cost and expenses	318,968		237,497			605,385		449,552
Operating income	33,996		33,192			83,027		72,200
Interest expense	6,247		3,135			10,971		7,006
Other income, net	—		(32		)	—		(38		)
Income before income taxes	27,749		30,089			72,056		65,232
Provision for income taxes	10,099		10,927			25,937		23,894
Net income	$	17,650	$	19,162		$	46,119	$	41,338

Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.49	$	0.54		$	1.27	$	1.16
Diluted	$	0.48	$	0.52		$	1.25	$	1.13
Average common shares outstanding:
Basic	36,209		35,777			36,172		35,549
Diluted	36,972		36,849			36,951		36,688

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(unaudited)

(in thousands)



	Three Months Ended July 31,						Six Months Ended July 31,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Net income	$	17,650		$	19,162		$	46,119		$	41,338

Change in fair value of hedges	58			61			116			90
Impact of provision for income taxes on comprehensive income	(21		)	(22		)	(41		)	(32		)
Comprehensive income	$	17,687		$	19,201		$	46,194		$	41,396

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Six Months Ended July 31, 2014 and 2013

(unaudited)

(in thousands)



				Additional		Accumulated Other
	Common Stock			Paid-in		Comprehensive			Retained
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Loss			Earnings		Total
Balance at January 31, 2014	36,127	$	361	$	225,631	$	(100	)	$	363,398	$	589,290
Exercise of stock options, net of tax	52	2		4		—			—		6
Issuance of common stock under Employee Stock Purchase Plan	18	—		601		—			—		601
Vesting of restricted stock units	57	—		—		—			—		—
Stock-based compensation	—	—		2,241		—			—		2,241
Net income	—	—		—		—			46,119		46,119
Change in fair value of hedges, net of tax of $41	—	—		—		75			—		75
Balance at July 31, 2014	36,254	$	363	$	228,477	$	(25	)	$	409,517	$	638,332



				Additional		Accumulated Other
	Common Stock			Paid-in		Comprehensive			Retained
	Shares	Amount		Capital		Loss			Earnings		Total
Balance at January 31, 2013	35,191	$	352	$	204,372	$	(223	)	$	269,949	$	474,450
Exercise of stock options, net of tax	657	7		14,089		—			—		14,096
Issuance of common stock under Employee Stock Purchase Plan	15	—		406		—			—		406
Vesting of restricted stock units	55	—		—		—			—		—
Stock-based compensation	—	—		1,872		—			—		1,872
Net income	—	—		—		—			41,338		41,338
Change in fair value of hedges, net of tax of $32	—	—		—		58			—		58
Balance at July 31, 2013	35,918	$	359	$	220,739	$	(165	)	$	311,287	$	532,220

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

(in thousands)



	Six Months Ended July 31,
	2014			2013
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income	$	46,119		$	41,338
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation	8,566			5,675
Amortization	2,089			2,237
Provision for bad debts and uncollectible interest	73,552			39,856
Stock-based compensation	2,241			1,872
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation	(952		)	(4,548		)
Store and facility closure and relocation costs	3,246			—
Benefit for deferred income taxes	(12,019		)	(1,005		)
(Gain) loss on sale of property and equipment	23			(38		)
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Customer accounts receivable	(168,463		)	(129,012		)
Inventories	(17,094		)	(16,876		)
Other assets	116			7,334
Accounts payable	13,102			11,640
Accrued expenses	(1,143		)	6,392
Income taxes payable	(4,109		)	(4,329		)
Deferred revenues and credits	2,050			276
Net cash used in operating activities	(52,676		)	(39,188		)
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment	(38,120		)	(19,310		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	19,279			47
Net cash used in investing activities	(18,841		)	(19,263		)
Cash flows from financing activities
Borrowings under lines of credit	215,983			181,306
Payments on lines of credit	(389,750		)	(109,737		)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes, net of issuance costs	243,400			—
Payments on asset-backed notes	—			(32,513		)
Change in restricted cash	—			4,717
Proceeds from stock issued under employee benefit plans	607			14,502
Other	(429		)	126
Net cash provided by financing activities	69,811			58,401
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	(1,706		)	(50		)
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of period	5,727			3,849
End of period	$	4,021		$	3,799

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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CONN'S, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation. The accompanying unaudited, consolidated financial statements of Conn’s, Inc. and all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. The accompanying financial statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature, except as otherwise described herein. The Company’s business is moderately seasonal, with a higher portion of sales and operating profit realized during the quarter that ends January 31, due primarily to the holiday selling season. Operating results for the six-month period ended July 31, 2014 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full fiscal year ending January 31, 2015. The financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2014.

The Company’s balance sheet at January 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date, but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for a complete financial presentation. Please see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete presentation of the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2014, together with all required footnotes, and for a complete presentation and explanation of the components and presentations of the financial statements.

Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Conn’s, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Conn’s, Inc. is a holding company with no independent assets or operations other than its investments in its subsidiaries. All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

In April 2012, the Company transferred certain customer receivables to a bankruptcy-remote, variable-interest entity (“VIE”) in connection with a securitization. The VIE, which was consolidated within the accompanying financial statements, issued debt secured by the customer receivables that were transferred to it, which were included in customer accounts receivable and long-term portion of customer accounts receivable. On April 15, 2013, the VIE redeemed the then outstanding asset-backed notes and the remaining customer receivables were transferred back to the Company.

Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Earnings per Share. Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share include the dilutive effects of any stock options and restricted stock units granted, to the extent not anti-dilutive, which is calculated using the treasury-stock method. The following table sets forth the shares outstanding for the earnings per share calculations:



	Three Months Ended July 31,		Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014	2013	2014	2013
Weighted average common shares outstanding - Basic	36,209	35,777	36,172	35,549
Assumed exercise of stock options	621	859	622	926
Unvested restricted stock units	142	213	157	213
Weighted average common shares outstanding - Diluted	36,972	36,849	36,951	36,688

The weighted average number of stock options and restricted stock units not included in the calculation due to their anti-dilutive effect was 80,000 and 58,000 for the three and six months ended July 31, 2014, respectively. There were no anti-dilutive stock options or restricted stock units for the three and six months ended July 31, 2013.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments. The fair value of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate their carrying amounts because of the short maturity of these instruments. The fair value of customer accounts receivables, determined using a discounted cash flow analysis, approximates their carrying amount. The fair value of the Company’s debt approximates carrying value. The Company’s interest rate cap options are presented on the balance sheet at fair value. Fair value of these instruments was determined using Level 2 inputs of the ASC 815 GAAP hierarchy, which are defined as inputs not quoted in active markets, but are either directly or indirectly observable.

Stockholders' Equity. On May 29, 2014, following approval by its stockholders on May 28, 2014, the Company amended its Certificate of Incorporation to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock, par value of $0.01 per share, from 50,000,000 shares of common stock to 100,000,000 shares of common stock.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2014-09, which provides a single comprehensive accounting standard for revenue recognition for contracts with customers and supersedes current industry-specific guidance, including ASC 605-35. Upon adoption of ASU 2014-09, entities are required to recognize revenue using the following comprehensive model: (1) identify the contract(s) with a customer, (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (3) determine the transaction price, (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract, and (5) recognize revenue as the entity satisfies each performance obligation. ASU 2014-09 is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 and will result in retrospective application, either in the form of recasting all prior periods presented or a cumulative adjustment to equity in the period of adoption. The Company is currently assessing the impact that the new standard will have on its financial statements.

2. Charges and Credits

During the three months ended July 31, 2014, the Company closed one store and incurred lease termination and other costs associated with future store closures. This resulted in a pretax charge of $1.5 million ($1.0 million after-tax). This amount is reported within the retail segment and classified in charges and credits in the consolidated statement of operations.

During the three months ended April 30, 2014, the Company closed two stores, revised its estimate of future obligations related to other closed stores and relocated certain other facilities. This resulted in a pretax charge of $1.8 million ($1.1 million after-tax). This amount is reported within the retail segment and classified in charges and credits in the consolidated statement of operations.

3. Supplemental Disclosure of Customer Receivables

Customer accounts receivable are originated at the time of sale and delivery of the various products and services. The Company records the amount of principal and accrued interest on customer receivables that is expected to be collected within the next twelve months, based on contractual terms, in current assets on its consolidated balance sheet. Those amounts expected to be collected after twelve months, based on contractual terms, are included in long-term assets. Customer receivables are considered delinquent if a payment has not been received on the scheduled due date. Accounts that are delinquent more than 209 days as of the end of a month are charged-off against the allowance for doubtful accounts and interest accrued subsequent to the last payment is reversed and charged against the allowance for uncollectible interest.

As part of its efforts in mitigating losses on its accounts receivable, the Company may make loan modifications to a borrower experiencing financial difficulty. The loan modifications are intended to maximize net cash flow after expenses and avoid the need to repossess collateral or exercise legal remedies available to the Company. The Company may extend the loan term, refinance or otherwise re-age an account. Accounts that have been re-aged in excess of three months or refinanced are considered Troubled Debt Restructurings (“TDR”).

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The Company uses risk-rating criteria to differentiate underwriting requirements, potentially requiring differing down payments, credit limits and initial application and documentation criteria. The following tables present quantitative information about the receivables portfolio managed by the Company, segregated by segment:



	Total Outstanding Balance
	Customer Accounts Receivable						60 Days Past Due⁽¹⁾				Re-aged⁽¹⁾
(in thousands)	July 31, 2014			January 31, 2014			July 31, 2014		January 31, 2014		July 31, 2014		January 31, 2014
Customer accounts receivable	$	1,117,243		$	1,022,914		$	87,964	$	82,486	$	80,846	$	75,414
Restructured accounts (2)	62,071			45,356			14,099		11,917		62,071		45,356
Total receivables managed	$	1,179,314		$	1,068,270		$	102,063	$	94,403	$	142,917	$	120,770

Allowance for uncollectible accounts related to the credit portfolio	(85,291		)	(71,801		)
Allowance for short-term, no-interest option credit programs	(14,432		)	(11,789		)
Short-term portion of customer accounts receivable, net	(583,687		)	(527,267		)
Long-term portion of customer accounts receivable, net	$	495,904		$	457,413

(1)

Amounts are based on end of period balances. As an account can become past due after having been re-aged, accounts may be presented in both the past due and re-aged columns shown above. The amounts included within both the past due and re-aged columns shown above as of July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014 were $33.8 million and $27.4 million, respectively. The total amount of customer receivables past due one day or greater was $282.8 million and $249.3 million as of July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively. These amounts include the 60 days past due totals shown above.


(2)	In addition to the amounts included in restructured accounts, there was $1.3 million as of July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively, of accounts re-aged four or more months included in the re-aged balance above that did not qualify as TDRs because they were not re-aged subsequent to January 31, 2011.



					Net Credit								Net Credit
	Average Balances				Charge-offs (1)				Average Balances				Charge-offs⁽¹⁾
	Three Months Ended July 31,				Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013		2014		2013		2014		2013
Customer accounts receivable	$	1,081,196	$	766,718	$	24,822	$	10,818	$	1,057,875	$	741,108	$	42,560	$	19,661
Restructured accounts	56,694		39,935		3,734		3,358		52,626		39,716		7,188		6,070
Total receivables managed	$	1,137,890	$	806,653	$	28,556	$	14,176	$	1,110,501	$	780,824	$	49,748	$	25,731


(1)	Charge-offs include the principal amount of losses (excluding accrued and unpaid interest) net of recoveries which include principal collections during the period shown of previously charged-off balances.

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The following presents the activity in the Company’s balance in the allowance for doubtful accounts and uncollectible interest for customer receivables for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013:



	Six Months Ended July 31, 2014									Six Months Ended July 31, 2013
(in thousands)	Customer Accounts Receivable			Restructured Accounts			Total			Customer Accounts Receivable			Restructured Accounts			Total
Allowance at beginning of period	$	54,448		$	17,353		$	71,801		$	27,702		$	16,209		$	43,911
Provision⁽¹⁾	61,317			12,235			73,552			32,526			7,330			39,856
Principal charge-offs⁽²⁾	(49,367		)	(8,338		)	(57,705		)	(21,039		)	(6,496		)	(27,535		)
Interest charge-offs	(8,824		)	(1,490		)	(10,314		)	(3,447		)	(1,064		)	(4,511		)
Recoveries⁽²⁾	6,807			1,150			7,957			1,378			425			1,803
Allowance at end of period	$	64,381		$	20,910		$	85,291		$	37,120		$	16,404		$	53,524


(1)	Includes provision for uncollectible interest, which is included in finance charges and other.


(2)	Charge-offs include the principal amount of losses (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), and recoveries include principal collections during the period shown of previously charged-off balances. Net charge-offs are calculated as the net of principal charge-offs and recoveries.

The Company records an allowance for doubtful accounts, including estimated uncollectible interest, for its customer accounts receivable, based on its historical cash collections and net loss experience using a projection of monthly delinquency performance, cash collections and losses. In addition to pre-charge-off cash collections and charge-off information, estimates of post-charge-off recoveries, including cash payments, amounts realized from the repossession of the products financed and, at times, payments received under credit insurance policies are considered.

The Company determines reserves for those accounts that are TDRs based on the present value of cash flows expected to be collected over the life of those accounts. The excess of the carrying amount over the discounted cash flow amount is recorded as a reserve for loss on those accounts.

The Company typically only places accounts in non-accrual status when legally required. Payments received on non-accrual loans are applied to principal and reduce the amount of the loan. Interest accrual is resumed on those accounts once a legally-mandated settlement arrangement is reached or other payment arrangements are made with the customer. Customer receivables in non-accrual status were $13.6 million and $12.2 million at July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively. Customer receivables that were past due 90 days or more and still accruing interest totaled $68.7 million and $63.3 million at July 31, 2014 and January 31, 2014, respectively.

4. Supplemental Disclosure of Finance Charges and Other Revenue

The following is a summary of the classification of the amounts included as finance charges and other for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013:



	Three Months Ended July 31,				Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013		2014		2013
Interest income and fees on customer receivables	$	52,226	$	36,397	$	98,716	$	69,407
Insurance commissions	12,113		10,289		22,976		18,556
Other	344		291		810		629
Finance charges and other	$	64,683	$	46,977	$	122,502	$	88,592

Interest income and fees on customer receivables is reduced by provisions for uncollectible interest of $6.6 million and $3.1 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $12.0 million and $5.2 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013. The amount included in interest income and fees on customer receivables related to TDR accounts was $1.8 million and $0.9 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $3.1 million and $2.1 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013. The Company recognizes interest income on

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TDR accounts using the interest income method, which requires reporting interest income equal to the increase in the net carrying amount of the loan attributable to the passage of time. Cash proceeds and other adjustments are applied to the net carrying amount of TDR accounts such that it always equals the present value of expected future cash flows.

5. Accrual for Store Closures

The Company has closed or relocated retail locations that did not perform at a level the Company expects for mature store locations. Certain of the closed or relocated stores had unexpired leases, resulting in the accrual of the present value of remaining lease obligations and anticipated ancillary occupancy costs, net of estimated sublease income. Revisions to these projections for changes in estimated marketing times and sublease rates are made to the obligation as further information related to the actual terms and costs become available. The estimates were calculated using Level 2 fair value inputs. The following table presents detail of the activity in the accrual for store closures during the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013:



	Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014			2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	4,316		$	5,071
Accrual for closures	3,108			—
Change in estimate	138			—
Cash payments	(4,254		)	(1,047		)
Balance at end of period	$	3,308		$	4,024



Balance sheet presentation:	July 31, 2014		January 31, 2014
Accrued expenses	$	1,181	$	1,957
Other long-term liabilities	2,127		2,359
	$	3,308	$	4,316

6. Debt and Letters of Credit

The Company’s long-term debt consisted of the following at the period ended:



(in thousands)	July 31, 2014		January 31, 2014
Asset-based revolving credit facility	$	361,190	$	534,956
7.25% senior notes, net of discount of $4,948	245,052		—
Other long-term debt	1,139		1,095
Total debt	607,381		536,051
Less current portion of debt	401		420
Long-term debt	$	606,980	$	535,631

Senior Notes

On July 1, 2014, the Company issued $250.0 million in senior unsecured notes due July 2022 (the “Senior Notes”), bearing interest at 7.25%, pursuant to an indenture dated July 1, 2014 (the "Indenture"), among Conn’s, Inc., its subsidiary guarantors (the "Guarantors") and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Senior Notes were sold at par, and resulted in net proceeds to the Company of $243.4 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. The net proceeds were used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Company’s asset-based revolving credit facility. The effective interest rate of the Senior Notes after giving effect to offering fees is 7.6%.

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The Indenture restricts the Company's ability and the ability of certain of its subsidiaries to: (i) incur indebtedness; (ii) pay dividends or make other distributions in respect of, or repurchase or redeem, our capital stock; (iii) prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is junior in right of payment to the notes; (iv) make loans and certain investments; (v) sell assets; (vi) incur liens; (vii) enter into transactions with affiliates; and (viii) consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications. During any time when the Senior Notes are rated investment grade by either of Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and no Default (as defined in the Indenture) has occurred and is continuing, many of such covenants will be suspended and the Company and its subsidiaries will cease to be subject to such covenants during such period.

Events of default under the Indenture include customary events, such as a cross-acceleration provision in the event that we default in the payment of other debt due at maturity or upon acceleration for default in an amount exceeding $25 million, as well as in the event a judgment is entered against us in excess of $25 million that is not discharged, bonded or insured.

The Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Guarantors. The only direct or indirect subsidiaries of Conn’s, Inc. that are not Guarantors are minor subsidiaries. There are no restrictions on the ability of any of the Guarantors to transfer funds to Conn’s, Inc. in the form of loans, advances or dividends, except as provided by applicable law.

In connection with the issuance and sale of the Senior Notes, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with the initial purchasers, dated July 1, 2014. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission so that holders of the Senior Notes can exchange the Senior Notes for registered notes that have substantially identical terms as the Senior Notes. In addition, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to exchange the guarantee related to the Senior Notes for a registered guarantee having substantially the same terms as the original guarantee. The Company and the Guarantors will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the exchange to be completed within 365 days of the issuance of the Senior Notes. The Company and the Guarantors are required to pay additional interest if they fail to comply with their obligations to register the Senior Notes within the specified time periods.

Revolving Credit Facility

The Company also amended its asset-based revolving credit facility in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, to provide for among other things, the issuance of the Senior Notes and Indenture as well as related guarantees, upstream distributions from subsidiaries to Conn’s, Inc. (a holding company) for the payment of interest and principal on the Senior Notes and under certain circumstances optional and mandatory prepayment of the Senior Notes and allow holders of the Senior Notes to receive payments even though they may be stockholders of the Company.

The Company’s asset-based revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks had capacity of $880.0 million as of July 31, 2014. The revolving credit facility provides funding based on a borrowing base calculation that includes customer accounts receivable and inventory. The amended and restated credit facility bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread ranging from 250 basis points to 325 basis points, based on a leverage ratio (defined as total liabilities to tangible net worth). In addition to the leverage ratio, the revolving credit facility includes a fixed charge coverage requirement, a minimum customer receivables cash recovery percentage requirement and a net capital expenditures limit. The asset-based revolving credit facility restricts the amount of dividends the Company can pay and is secured by the assets of the Company not otherwise encumbered.

As of July 31, 2014, the Company had immediately available borrowing capacity of $395.5 million under its asset-based revolving credit facility, net of standby letters of credit issued, for general corporate purposes. The Company also had $121.6 million that may become available under its asset-based revolving credit facility if it grows the balance of eligible customer receivables and its total eligible inventory balances. The Company pays additional fees in the amount of 25 basis points for the additional commitment amount.

The Company’s asset-based revolving credit facility provides it the ability to utilize letters of credit to secure its deductibles under the Company’s property and casualty insurance programs, among other acceptable uses. At July 31, 2014, the Company had outstanding letters of credit of $1.7 million under this facility. The maximum potential amount of future payments under these letter of credit facilities is considered to be the aggregate face amount of each letter of credit commitment, which totals $1.7 million as of July 31, 2014.

The Company was in compliance with its financial covenants at July 31, 2014.

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7. Contingencies

Litigation. Between March 5, 2014 and May 5, 2014, the Company and three of its current executive officers were sued in three purported securities class action lawsuits, each filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Each of the complaints allege that the defendants made false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects. The complaints allege violations of sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. The complaints do not specify the amount of damages sought.

On June 3, 2014, the court consolidated these three complaints into a single, putative class action, In re Conn’s, Inc. Securities Litigation, Master File No. 14:14-CV-00548, and appointed lead plaintiffs. On July 21, 2014, the lead plaintiffs’ filed an amended and consolidated complaint. The deadline for the defendants to respond to the complaint is September 4, 2014. The defendants intend file a motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint and vigorously defend against these claims. It is not possible at this time to predict the timing or outcome of the litigation.

In addition, the Company is involved in other routine litigation and claims incidental to its business from time to time and, as required, has accrued its estimate of the probable costs for the resolution of these matters, which individually or in the aggregate are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. These estimates have been developed in consultation with counsel and are based upon an analysis of potential results, assuming a combination of litigation and settlement strategies. However, the results of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, and changes in facts and circumstances could impact the Company’s estimate of reserves for litigation.

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8. Segment Reporting

Financial information by segment is presented in the following tables:



	Three Months Ended July 31, 2014							Three Months Ended July 31, 2013
(in thousands)	Retail		Credit			Total		Retail			Credit		Total
Revenues
Product sales	$	264,166	$	—		$	264,166	$	203,463		$	—	$	203,463
Repair service agreement commissions	20,732		—			20,732		17,166			—		17,166
Service revenues	3,383		—			3,383		3,083			—		3,083
Total net sales	288,281		—			288,281		223,712			—		223,712
Finance charges and other	343		64,340			64,683		290			46,687		46,977
Total revenues	288,624		64,340			352,964		224,002			46,687		270,689
Cost and expenses
Cost of goods sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	168,717		—			168,717		136,040			—		136,040
Cost of service parts sold, including warehousing and occupancy cost	1,871		—			1,871		1,318			—		1,318
Selling, general and administrative expense^(a)	82,336		24,967			107,303		60,910			17,847		78,757
Provision for bad debts	—		39,585			39,585		72			21,310		21,382
Charges and credits	1,492		—			1,492		—			—		—
Total cost and expense	254,416		64,552			318,968		198,340			39,157		237,497
Operating income (loss)	34,208		(212		)	33,996		25,662			7,530		33,192
Interest expense	—		6,247			6,247		—			3,135		3,135
Other income, net	—		—			—		(32		)	—		(32		)
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	34,208	$	(6,459	)	$	27,749	$	25,694		$	4,395	$	30,089



	As of July 31, 2014						As of January 31, 2014
(in thousands)	Retail		Credit		Total		Retail		Credit		Total
Total assets^(b)	$	345,017	$	1,104,178	$	1,449,195	$	283,637	$	1,014,349	$	1,297,986

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	Six Months Ended July 31, 2014						Six Months Ended July 31, 2013
(in thousands)	Retail		Credit		Total		Retail			Credit		Total
Revenues
Product sales	$	518,386	$	—	$	518,386	$	394,323		$	—	$	394,323
Repair service agreement commissions	40,986		—		40,986		33,155			—		33,155
Service revenues	6,538		—		6,538		5,682			—		5,682
Total net sales	565,910		—		565,910		433,160			—		433,160
Finance charges and other	809		121,693		122,502		629			87,963		88,592
Total revenues	566,719		121,693		688,412		433,789			87,963		521,752
Cost and expenses
Cost of goods sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	329,499		—		329,499		259,497			—		259,497
Cost of service parts sold, including warehousing and occupancy cost	3,290		—		3,290		2,724			—		2,724
Selling, general and administrative expense^(a)	158,666		48,841		207,507		118,420			33,592		152,012
Provision for bad debts	44		61,799		61,843		186			35,133		35,319
Charges and credits	3,246		—		3,246		—			—		—
Total cost and expense	494,745		110,640		605,385		380,827			68,725		449,552
Operating income	71,974		11,053		83,027		52,962			19,238		72,200
Interest expense	—		10,971		10,971		—			7,006		7,006
Other income, net	—		—		—		(38		)	—		(38		)
Income before income taxes	$	71,974	$	82	$	72,056	$	53,000		$	12,232	$	65,232

(a)

Selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses include the direct expenses of the retail and credit operations, allocated overhead expenses and a charge to the credit segment to reimburse the retail segment for expenses it incurs related to occupancy, personnel, advertising and other direct costs of the retail segment which benefit the credit operations by sourcing credit customers and collecting payments. The reimbursement received by the retail segment from the credit segment is estimated using an annual rate of 2.5% times the average portfolio balance for each applicable period. The amount of overhead allocated to each segment was $3.0 million and $2.5 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $5.9 million and $5.1 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013. The amount of reimbursement made to the retail segment by the credit segment was $7.1 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $13.8 million and $9.7 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013.


(b)	Retail segment total assets as of July 31, 2014 includes $6.0 million of land, buildings and improvements related to two stores under construction which are subject to a sale and lease back transaction. These related assets will be retired from the Company’s balance sheet upon completion of construction and opening of the stores.

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

Unless the context otherwise indicates, references to “Conn’s,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the consolidated business operations of Conn’s, Inc. and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries.

Forward-Looking Statements

This report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements include information concerning our future financial performance, business strategy, plans, goals and objectives. Statements containing the words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "project," "should," or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts. Although we believe that the expectations, opinions, projections, and comments reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give no assurance that such statements will prove to be correct. A wide variety of potential risks, uncertainties, and other factors could materially affect our ability to achieve the results either expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements including, but not limited to: general economic conditions impacting our customers or potential customers; our ability to continue existing or to offer new customer financing programs; changes in the delinquency status of our credit portfolio; unfavorable developments in ongoing litigation; increased regulatory oversight; higher than anticipated net charge-offs in the credit portfolio; the success of our planned opening of new stores and the updating of existing stores; technological and market developments and sales trends for our major product offerings; our ability to protect against cyber-attacks or data security breaches and to protect the integrity and security of individually identifiable data of our customers and our employees; our ability to fund our operations, capital expenditures, debt repayment and expansion from cash flows from operations, borrowings from our revolving credit facility, and proceeds from accessing debt or equity markets; and the other risks detailed in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) reports, including but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended January 31, 2014. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this report. Except as required by law, we are not obligated to publicly release any revisions or update to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

General

We are a leading specialty retailer that offers a broad selection of quality, branded durable consumer goods and related services in addition to a proprietary credit solution for our core credit constrained consumers. We operate an integrated and scalable business through our retail stores and website. Our complementary product offerings include home appliances, furniture and mattresses, consumer electronics and home office products from leading global brands across a wide range of price points. Our credit offering provides financing solutions to a large, underserved population of credit constrained consumers who typically are unbanked and have credit scores between 550 and 650. We provide customers the opportunity to comparison shop across brands with confidence in our competitive prices as well as affordable monthly payment options, next-day delivery and installation, and product repair services. We believe our large, attractively merchandised stores and credit solutions offer a distinctive shopping experience compared to other retailers that target our core customer demographic.

As of July 31, 2014, we operated 86 retail locations in Arizona, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Our primary product categories include:


•	Furniture and mattress, including furniture and related accessories for the living room, dining room and bedroom, as well as both traditional and specialty mattresses;


•	Home appliance, including refrigerators, freezers, washers, dryers, dishwashers and ranges;


•	Consumer electronic, including LCD, LED, 3-D, Ultra HD and plasma televisions, Blu-ray players, home theater and video game products, digital cameras, and portable audio equipment; and


•	Home office, including computers, tablets, printers and accessories.

Additionally, we offer a variety of products on a seasonal basis.

Our stores typically range in size from 20,000 to 50,000 square feet and are predominately located in areas densely populated by our core customer and are typically anchor stores in strip malls. We utilize a merchandising strategy that offers approximately 2,300 quality, branded products from approximately 200 manufacturers and distributors at various price points. Our commissioned sales, consumer credit and service personnel are well-trained and knowledgeable to assist our customers with product selection and the credit application process. We also provide additional services including next-day delivery and installation capabilities, and product repair or replacement services for most items sold in our stores.

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We provide multiple financing options to address various customer needs including a proprietary in-house credit program, a third-party financing program and a third-party rent-to-own payment program. The majority of our credit customers use our in-house credit program and typically have a credit score of between 550 and 650, with the average score of new applicants financed by us during the three months ended July 31, 2014 of 607, up from 601 for the same period last year. For customers who do not qualify for our in-house program, we offer rent-to-own payment plans primarily through AcceptanceNow (formerly known as RAC Acceptance). For customers with high credit scores, we have partnered with Synchrony Financial (formerly known as GE Capital) to offer long-term, no-interest and revolving credit plans. AcceptanceNow and Synchrony Financial manage their respective underwriting decisions and collection of their credit programs. For the three months ended July 31, 2014, we financed approximately 77.0% of our retail sales, including down payments, under our in-house financing program.

We believe our extensive brand and product selection, competitive pricing, financing alternatives and supporting services combined with our customer service focused store associates make us an attractive alternative to appliance and electronics superstores, department stores and other national, regional, local and internet retailers.

Due to the holiday selling season, our business is moderately seasonal, with a greater share of our revenues, operating and net income historically realized during the quarter ending January 31.

Operational Changes and Operating Environment

We have implemented, continued to focus on, or modified operating initiatives that we believe should positively impact future results, including:

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Opening expanded Conn’s HomePlus stores in new markets. During the six months ended July 31, 2014, we opened ten new stores in Arizona (1), Colorado (2), Mississippi (1), Nevada (1), South Carolina (1), Tennessee (3) and Texas (1). We plan to open eight additional new stores by January 31, 2015. We plan to open between 15 and 18 stores in fiscal 2016. We opened 14 new stores in fiscal 2014 and five new stores in fiscal 2013. For the six months ended July 31, 2014, new stores opened since February 1, 2012 accounted for approximately 25.0% of total product sales. New stores opened since February 1, 2012 accounted for approximately 14.9% and 3.4% of total product sales in fiscal 2014 and 2013, respectively;

•

Reviewing our existing store locations to ensure the customer demographics and retail sales opportunity are sufficient to achieve our store performance expectations, and selectively closing or relocating stores to achieve those goals. In this regard, we have closed a total of 19 retail locations since the beginning of fiscal 2012 that did not perform at the level we expect for mature store locations. We plan to close seven additional retail locations by January 31, 2015;


•	Remodeling and relocating existing stores utilizing the Conn’s HomePlus format to increase retail square footage and improve our customers' shopping experience;


•	Expanding and enhancing our product offering of higher-margin furniture and mattresses;


•	Focusing on quality, branded products to improve operating performance;

•

Increased use of short-term, no interest credit programs, with terms of 12 months or less, over recent years with the intent to accelerate cash collections, while modestly reducing portfolio interest and fee yield. In this regard, we discontinued offering six-month, no-interest programs in August 2014 and currently offer only a 12-month program. Beginning in September 2014, we raised eligibility requirements to qualify for the 12-month program;


•	Planning to modestly raise interest rates charged to customers, where possible, in response to the changing market environment;

•

Adjusted our underwriting standards during the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2014 and in March and August of 2014 to improve the overall quality of our credit portfolio. To improve ultimate cash collections, beginning in May 2014, customers may re-age their account once every four months which compares to once every six months previously. The maximum number of months an account can be extended remains unchanged at 12 months; and


•	Focusing on continuing to improve the execution within our collection operations to reduce delinquency rates and future charge-offs.

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Results of Operations

The presentation of our results of operations may not be comparable to some other retailers since we include the cost of our in-home delivery and installation service as part of selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") expense. Similarly, we include the cost related to operating our purchasing function in SG&A expense. It is our understanding that other retailers may include such costs as part of their cost of goods sold.

The following tables present certain operations information, on a consolidated and segment basis:

Consolidated:



	Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013			Change			2014		2013			Change
Revenues
Product sales	$	264,166	$	203,463		$	60,703		$	518,386	$	394,323		$	124,063
Repair service agreement commissions	20,732		17,166			3,566			40,986		33,155			7,831
Service revenues	3,383		3,083			300			6,538		5,682			856
Total net sales	288,281		223,712			64,569			565,910		433,160			132,750
Finance charges and other	64,683		46,977			17,706			122,502		88,592			33,910
Total revenues	352,964		270,689			82,275			688,412		521,752			166,660
Cost and expenses
Cost of goods sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	168,717		136,040			32,677			329,499		259,497			70,002
Cost of service parts sold, including warehousing and occupancy cost	1,871		1,318			553			3,290		2,724			566
Selling, general and administrative expense^(a)	107,303		78,757			28,546			207,507		152,012			55,495
Provision for bad debts	39,585		21,382			18,203			61,843		35,319			26,524
Charges and credits	1,492		—			1,492			3,246		—			3,246
Total cost and expenses	318,968		237,497			81,471			605,385		449,552			155,833
Operating income	33,996		33,192			804			83,027		72,200			10,827
Interest expense	6,247		3,135			3,112			10,971		7,006			3,965
Other income, net	—		(32		)	32			—		(38		)	38
Income before income taxes	27,749		30,089			(2,340		)	72,056		65,232			6,824
Provision for income taxes	10,099		10,927			(828		)	25,937		23,894			2,043
Net income	$	17,650	$	19,162		$	(1,512	)	$	46,119	$	41,338		$	4,781

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Retail Segment:



	Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013			Change			2014		2013			Change
Revenues
Product sales	$	264,166	$	203,463		$	60,703		$	518,386	$	394,323		$	124,063
Repair service agreement commissions	20,732		17,166			3,566			40,986		33,155			7,831
Service revenues	3,383		3,083			300			6,538		5,682			856
Total net sales	288,281		223,712			64,569			565,910		433,160			132,750
Finance charges and other	343		290			53			809		629			180
Total revenues	288,624		224,002			64,622			566,719		433,789			132,930
Cost and expenses
Cost of goods sold, including warehousing and occupancy costs	168,717		136,040			32,677			329,499		259,497			70,002
Cost of service parts sold, including warehousing and occupancy cost	1,871		1,318			553			3,290		2,724			566
Selling, general and administrative expense^(a)	82,336		60,910			21,426			158,666		118,420			40,246
Provision for bad debts	—		72			(72		)	44		186			(142		)
Charges and credits	1,492		—			1,492			3,246		—			3,246
Total cost and expenses	254,416		198,340			56,076			494,745		380,827			113,918
Operating income	34,208		25,662			8,546			71,974		52,962			19,012
Other income, net	—		(32		)	32			—		(38		)	38
Income before income taxes	$	34,208	$	25,694		$	8,514		$	71,974	$	53,000		$	18,974

Credit Segment:



	Three Months Ended July 31,								Six Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014			2013		Change			2014		2013		Change
Revenues
Finance charges and other	$	64,340		$	46,687	$	17,653		$	121,693	$	87,963	$	33,730
Cost and expenses
Selling, general and administrative expense^(a)	24,967			17,847		7,120			48,841		33,592		15,249
Provision for bad debts	39,585			21,310		18,275			61,799		35,133		26,666
Total cost and expenses	64,552			39,157		25,395			110,640		68,725		41,915
Operating income (loss)	(212		)	7,530		(7,742		)	11,053		19,238		(8,185		)
Interest expense	6,247			3,135		3,112			10,971		7,006		3,965
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(6,459	)	$	4,395	$	(10,854	)	$	82	$	12,232	$	(12,150	)

(a)

SG&A expenses include the direct expenses of the retail and credit operations, allocated overhead expenses and a charge to the credit segment to reimburse the retail segment for expenses it incurs related to occupancy, personnel, advertising and other direct costs of the retail segment which benefit the credit operations by sourcing credit customers and collecting payments. The reimbursement received by the retail segment from the credit segment is estimated using an annual rate of 2.5% times the average portfolio balance for each applicable period. The amount of overhead allocated to each segment was $3.0 million and $2.5 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $5.9 million and $5.1 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013. The amount of reimbursement made to the retail segment by the credit segment was $7.1 million and $5.0 million, respectively, for the three months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013, and $13.8 million and $9.7 million, respectively, for the six months ended July 31, 2014 and 2013.

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Segment Overview

The following provides an overview of our retail and credit segment operations for the three and six months ended July 31, 2014. A detailed explanation of the changes in our operations for the comparative periods is included below:

Retail Segment

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Revenues for the quarter ended July 31, 2014 increased $64.6 million, or 28.8%, from the prior-year period. The revenue increase was primarily driven by new store openings and an 11.7% increase in same store sales. The year-over-year expansion in same store sales was tempered by our decision to not sell lawn equipment in fiscal 2015 and tightening by our credit segment of underwriting standards in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2014. Revenues for the six months ended July 31, 2014 increased by 30.6% over the prior-year period, driven by new store openings and same store sales growth of 14.3%. This year-over-year growth was partially offset by the impact of the decision to no longer offer lawn equipment and changes in our underwriting standards.

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Retail gross margin for the quarter ended July 31, 2014 was 40.8%, an increase of 250 basis points over the 38.3% reported in the comparable quarter last year. The expansion in retail margin was driven by a favorable shift in product mix with the higher-margin furniture and mattress category accounting for 30.8% of product sales in the current quarter versus 24.9% in the prior-year period. Product gross margins expanded year-over-year in each of the major categories. Retail gross margin for the six-month period increased from 39.3% in the prior-year quarter to 41.1% in the current period reflecting a favorable shift in product mix and margin expansion in each of the major product categories.

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SG&A expense was $82.3 million in the current period, an increase of $21.4 million, or 35.2%, over the quarter ended July 31, 2013. The SG&A expense increase was primarily due to higher sales-driven compensation, advertising costs, delivery expenses and facility-related costs. As a percentage of segment revenues, SG&A expense was 28.5% for the quarter ended July 31, 2014, compared to 27.2% in the prior-year quarter. The increase in SG&A expense as a percentage of segment revenues is attributable primarily to costs associated with the eight new stores opened during the current quarter. In the prior-year period, we opened two new stores. SG&A for the six months ended July 31, 2014 increased $40.2 million from the prior-year period but remained relatively flat as a percentage of segment revenues.

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Revenues for the three months ended July 31, 2014 were $64.3 million, an increase of $17.7 million, or 37.8%, over the same period last year. The increase reflects the year-over-year growth in the average balance of the customer receivable portfolio and a 30 basis point increase in portfolio yield. Total revenues for the six-month period increased by $33.7 million as compared to the prior year period also due to the rise in the average balance of the customer receivable portfolio.

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Credit segment SG&A expense was $25.0 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2014, an increase of $7.1 million, or 39.9%, from the prior-year period. We have added collections personnel to service the 39.9% year-over-year increase in the customer receivable portfolio balance and anticipated near-term portfolio growth. SG&A expense as a percent of segment revenues was 38.8% in the current year period, which compares to 38.2% in the prior-year period. For the six-month period, credit segment SG&A increased by $15.2 million also due to increased compensation and related expenses.

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Provision for bad debts was $39.6 million for the three months ended July 31, 2014, an increase of $18.3 million from the prior-year quarter. The annualized provision rate was 13.9%, an increase of 330 basis points from the prior year. These increases were driven primarily by a 41.1% increase in the average receivable portfolio balance, which reflects a 24.9% increase in loan originations, and higher than expected delinquency and future charge-offs. Additionally, the balance of customer receivables accounted for as troubled debt restructurings (for which full-life expected losses are provided) increased to $62.1 million, or 5.3% of the total portfolio balance, driving $3.4 million of the increase in provision for bad debts. The provision for bad debts increased $26.7 million for the six-month period due primarily to substantial growth in the portfolio balance and higher than expected delinquency and future charge-offs at July 31, 2014.


•	Net interest expense was $6.2 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2014, an increase of $3.1 million from the prior-year quarter reflecting an increase in the level of outstanding debt and an increase in our effective interest rate. The increase in our effective interest rate is attributable to our issuance of $250.0 million in 7.25% senior unsecured notes

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on July 1, 2014. Net proceeds from the offering were used to reduce borrowings under our asset-based revolving credit facility which carries a lower borrowing rate. For the six months ended July 31, 2014, interest expense rose $4.0 million as a result of the increase in the average debt balance outstanding.

Three Months Ended July 31, 2014 Compared to Three Months Ended July 31, 2013



	Three Months Ended July 31,
(in thousands)	2014		2013	Change
Total net sales	$	288,281