We aggregate our reporting segments into three main businesses: (i)Tommy Hilfiger , which consists of the businesses we operate under ourTOMMY HILFIGER trademarks; (ii)Calvin Klein , which consists of the businesses we operate under ourCalvin Klein trademarks; and (iii) Heritage Brands, which consists of the businesses we operate under our Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner's, Olga, True&Co. andGeoffrey Beene trademarks, the Speedo trademark, which we licensed forNorth America and theCaribbean untilApril 6, 2020 , and other owned and licensed trademarks. References to the brand namesTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein , Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner's, Olga, True&Co. andGeoffrey Beene and to other brand names are to registered and common law trademarks owned by us or licensed to us by third parties and are identified by italicizing the brand name. OVERVIEW The following discussion and analysis is intended to help you understand us, our operations and our financial performance. It should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are included in the immediately preceding item of this report. We are one of the largest global apparel companies in the world, with a history going back 140 years. InMarch 2020 , we marked our 100-year anniversary as a listed company on theNew York Stock Exchange . We manage a diversified brand portfolio, includingTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein , Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW, Warner's, Olga, True&Co. andGeoffrey Beene , which are owned, as well as various other owned, licensed and, to a lesser extent, private label brands. We had a perpetual license for Speedo inNorth America and theCaribbean untilApril 6, 2020 . Our business strategy is to position our brands to sell globally at various price points and in multiple channels of distribution. This enables us to offer products to a broad range of consumers, while minimizing competition among our brands and reducing our reliance on any one demographic group, product category, price point, distribution channel or region. We also license the use of our trademarks to third parties and joint ventures for product categories and in regions where we believe our licensees' expertise can better serve our brands. We generated revenue of$7.1 billion and$9.9 billion in 2020 and 2019, respectively. Over 60% of our revenue in 2020 and over 50% of our revenue in 2019 was generated outside ofthe United States . Our business was significantly negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020, resulting in an unprecedented material decline in revenue. Our global lifestyle brands,TOMMY HILFIGER andCalvin Klein , accounted for over 85% of our revenue during 2020 and 2019. RESULTS OF OPERATIONS COVID-19 Pandemic Update The COVID-19 pandemic has had, and continues to have, a significant impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows from operations.
Our retail stores have been, and continue to be, impacted by temporary closures, reduced hours and limited occupancy as a result of the pandemic:
•Virtually all of our retail stores were closed for six weeks on average in the
first quarter of 2020 but had reopened by
•During the first quarter of 2021, our retail stores continued to face significant pressure as a result of the pandemic, including additional temporary store closures, for a significant percentage of our stores inEurope ,Canada andJapan . In addition, ourNorth America retail stores have been, and continue to be, challenged by the lack of international tourists coming tothe United States , as stores located in international tourist destinations represent a significant portion of that business. Our brick and mortar wholesale customers and licensing partners also have experienced significant business disruptions as a result of the pandemic, with several of ourNorth America wholesale customers filing for bankruptcy in 2020. Our wholesale customers and franchisees globally generally have experienced temporary store closures at the same time as us. Although most of our wholesale customers' and franchisees' stores had reopened the majority of their locations across all regions by mid-June 37 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2020, there was a significant level of inventory that remained in their stores. The elevated inventory levels, as well as lower traffic and consumer demand, resulted in a sharp reduction in shipments to these customers in 2020. Our digital channels, which have historically represented a less significant portion of our overall business, experienced strong growth during 2020 and into the first quarter of 2021, both with respect to sales to our traditional and pure play wholesale customers, as well as within our own directly operated digital commerce businesses across all brand businesses and regions. While we expect digital growth will be less pronounced for the remainder of 2021 as stores reopen, our digital penetration as a percentage of total revenue is expected to remain consistent. In addition, the pandemic has impacted, and continues to impact, our supply chain partners, including third-party manufacturers, logistics providers and other vendors, as well as the supply chains of our licensees. A current vessel and container shortage globally, as well as factory delays as a result of resurgences in COVID-19 cases in some of our key sourcing countries, particularly inIndia , has delayed and is expected to continue to delay inventory orders and, in turn, deliveries to our wholesale customers and availability in our stores and for our directly operated digital commerce businesses. These supply chain disruptions have impacted our inventory levels in the first quarter of 2021 and could impact our sales volumes in future periods. Our 2021 outlook contemplates delays of approximately four to six weeks on average for certain inventory orders, but does not contemplate any greater supply chain disruptions beyond that. We continue to monitor these delays and other potential disruptions in our supply chain and will implement mitigation plans as needed. Throughout the pandemic, our top priority has been to ensure the health and safety of our associates, consumers and employees of our business partners around the world. Accordingly, we have implemented health and safety measures to support high standards in our retail stores, office and distribution centers, including temporary closures, reduced occupancy levels, and social distancing and sanitization measures, as well as changes to fitting room use in our stores. We have incurred and expect to continue to incur additional costs associated with these measures. We took the following actions, starting in the first quarter of 2020, to reduce operating expenses in response to the pandemic and the evolving retail landscape: (i) reducing payroll costs, including temporary furloughs, salary and incentive compensation reductions, decreased working hours, and hiring freezes, as well as taking advantage of COVID-related government payroll subsidy programs primarily in international jurisdictions, (ii) eliminating or reducing expenses in all discretionary spending categories and (iii) reducing rent expense through rent abatements negotiated with landlords for certain stores affected by temporary closures. We also announced inJuly 2020 plans to streamline our North American operations to better align our business with the evolving retail landscape, including (i) a reduction in ourNorth America office workforce by approximately 450 positions, or 12%, across all three brand businesses and corporate functions, which is expected to result in annual cost savings of approximately$80 million , and (ii) the exit from our Heritage Brands Retail business by mid-2021. InMarch 2021 , we announced plans to reduce our workforce, primarily in certain international markets, and to reduce our real estate footprint, including reductions in office space and select store closures, which are expected to result in annual cost savings of approximately$60 million . We also have taken and continue to take actions to manage our working capital and liquidity. Please see the section entitled "Liquidity and Capital Resources" below for further discussion. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unprecedented material decline in our revenue and earnings in 2020, including$1.021 billion of pre-tax noncash impairment charges recognized during the year, primarily related to goodwill, tradenames and other intangible assets, and store assets. There continues to be uncertainty with respect to the impact of the pandemic on our business and the businesses of our licensees and wholesale customers, and our revenue and earnings in 2021 may be subject to significant material change. We currently expect the pandemic will continue to negatively impact our revenue and earnings in 2021. Our international businesses exceeded 2019 pre-pandemic revenue levels in the first quarter of 2021, and are expected to continue to exceed pre-pandemic revenue levels for the remainder of 2021. OurNorth America businesses are expected to remain challenged throughout 2021 as international tourism, which is the source of a significant portion of regional revenue, is not expected to return to any significant level this year.
Operations Overview
We generate net sales from (i) the wholesale distribution to traditional retailers (both for stores and digital operations), pure play digital commerce retailers, franchisees, licensees and distributors of branded sportswear (casual apparel), jeanswear, performance apparel, intimate apparel, underwear, swimwear, dress shirts, neckwear, handbags, accessories, footwear and other related products under owned and licensed trademarks, and (ii) the sale of certain of these products through (a) approximately 1,700 Company-operated free-standing retail store locations worldwide under ourTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein and 38 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- certain of our heritage brands trademarks, (b) approximately 1,415 Company-operated shop-in-shop/concession locations worldwide under ourTOMMY HILFIGER andCalvin Klein trademarks, and (c) digital commerce sites worldwide under ourTOMMY HILFIGER andCalvin Klein trademarks and inthe United States through our directly operated digital commerce sites for Van Heusen, IZOD, and, untilApril 6, 2020 , Speedo. We announced inJuly 2020 a plan to exit our Heritage Brands Retail business, which will result in the closing of 162 heritage brands stores by mid-2021. Approximately 50 of these stores had been closed byMay 2, 2021 . Additionally, we generate royalty, advertising and other revenue from fees for licensing the use of our trademarks. We manage our operations through our operating divisions, which are presented as six reportable segments: (i)Tommy Hilfiger North America ; (ii)Tommy Hilfiger International ; (iii)Calvin Klein North America ; (iv)Calvin Klein International ; (v) Heritage Brands Wholesale; and (vi) Heritage Brands Retail. Our Heritage Brands Retail segment will cease operations following the closure of our directly operated Heritage Brands Retail stores. We have entered into the following transactions, which impact our results of operations and comparability among the periods, including our full year 2021 expectations as compared to full year 2020, as discussed in the section entitled "Results of Operations" below: •We announced inMarch 2021 plans to reduce our workforce, primarily in certain international markets, and to reduce our real estate footprint, including reductions in office space and select store closures, which are expected to result in annual cost savings of approximately$60 million . We recorded pre-tax costs of$43 million in the first quarter of 2021 consisting of (i)$28 million of noncash asset impairments, (ii)$12 million of severance and (iii)$3 million of contract termination and other costs. We expect to incur additional pre-tax costs of approximately$27 million during the remainder of 2021 in connection with these actions, consisting of severance and contract termination and other costs. Please see Note 16, "Exit Activity Costs," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion. •We announced inJuly 2020 plans to streamline our North American operations to better align our business with the evolving retail landscape including (i) a reduction in our office workforce by approximately 450 positions, or 12%, across all three brand businesses and corporate functions (the "North America workforce reduction"), which is expected to result in annual cost savings of approximately$80 million , and (ii) the exit from our Heritage Brands Retail business by mid-2021. All costs related to theNorth America workforce reduction were incurred by the end of 2020. We recorded pre-tax costs of$8 million in the first quarter of 2021 in connection with the exit from the Heritage Brands Retail business, consisting of$5 million of severance and other termination benefits and$3 million of accelerated amortization of lease assets. We expect to incur additional pre-tax costs of approximately$13 million in the second quarter of 2021 in connection with the Heritage Brands Retail business closure, primarily consisting of contract termination and other costs, severance and accelerated amortization of lease assets. We recorded pre-tax costs of$69 million during 2020, including (i)$40 million related to theNorth America workforce reduction, primarily consisting of severance, and (ii)$29 million in connection with the exit from the Heritage Brands Retail business, consisting of$15 million of severance,$7 million of noncash asset impairments and$7 million of accelerated amortization of lease assets and other costs. Please see Note 16, "Exit Activity Costs," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion. •We completed the sale of ourSpeedo North America business toPentland Group PLC ("Pentland"), the parent company of the Speedo brand, inApril 2020 for net proceeds of$169 million (the "Speedo transaction"). Upon the closing of the transaction, we deconsolidated the net assets of theSpeedo North America business. We recorded a pre-tax noncash loss of$142 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, when the transaction was announced, consisting of (i) a noncash impairment of our perpetual license right for the Speedo trademark and (ii) a noncash loss to reduce the carrying value of the business to its estimated fair value, less costs to sell. We recorded an additional pre-tax noncash net loss of$3 million in the first quarter of 2020 upon the closing of the transaction, consisting of (i) a$6 million noncash loss resulting from the remeasurement of the loss recorded in the fourth quarter of 2019, primarily due to changes to the net assets of theSpeedo North America business subsequent toFebruary 2, 2020 , partially offset by (ii) a$3 million gain on our retirement plans. Please see Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion. •We completed the acquisition of the approximately 78% interest inGazal Corporation Limited ("Gazal") that we did not already own (the "Australia acquisition") in 2019. Prior to the closing of the acquisition, we, along withGazal , jointly owned and managed a joint venture,PVH Brands Australia Pty. Limited ("PVH Australia"), which licensed and operated businesses under theTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein and Van Heusen brands, along with other licensed and owned brands. PVH Australia came under our full control as a result of the acquisition and we now operate directly those businesses. The aggregate net purchase price for the shares acquired was$59 million , net of cash acquired and after taking into account the proceeds from the divestiture to a third party of an office building and 39 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- warehouse owned byGazal inJune 2019 . Pursuant to the terms of the acquisition agreement, key executives ofGazal and PVH Australia exchanged a portion of their interests inGazal for approximately 6% of the outstanding shares of our previously wholly owned subsidiary that acquired 100% of the ownership interests in theAustralia business, for which we recognized a liability on the date of the acquisition. We settled inJune 2020 a portion of the liability for this mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest for$17 million . The remaining liability of$24 million as ofMay 2, 2021 (based on exchange rates in effect on that date) was paid to the management shareholders inJune 2021 . In connection with theAustralia acquisition we recorded a pre-tax expense of$5 million during 2020 in interest expense resulting from the remeasurement of this mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest. Please see Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion. OurTommy Hilfiger andCalvin Klein businesses each have substantial international components that expose us to significant foreign exchange risk. Our Heritage Brands business also has international components but those components are not significant to the business. Our results of operations in local foreign currencies are translated intoUnited States dollars using an average exchange rate over the representative period. Accordingly, our results of operations are unfavorably impacted during times of a strengtheningUnited States dollar against the foreign currencies in which we generate significant revenue and earnings and favorably impacted during times of a weakeningUnited States dollar against those currencies. Over 60% of our 2020 revenue was subject to foreign currency translation.The United States dollar strengthened against most major currencies in 2019 and into the first half of 2020, but then weakened against those currencies in the latter half of 2020, particularly the euro, which is the foreign currency in which we transact the most business. We currently expect our 2021 revenue and net income to increase by approximately$220 million and$30 million , respectively, due to the impact of foreign currency translation. There is also a transactional impact on our financial results because inventory typically is purchased inUnited States dollars by our foreign subsidiaries. Our results of operations will be unfavorably impacted during times of a strengtheningUnited States dollar, as the increased local currency value of inventory results in a higher cost of goods in local currency when the goods are sold, and favorably impacted during times of a weakeningUnited States dollar, as the decreased local currency value of inventory results in a lower cost of goods in local currency when the goods are sold. We use foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge against a portion of the exposure related to this transactional impact. The contracts cover at least 70% of the projected inventory purchases inUnited States dollars by our foreign subsidiaries. These contracts are generally entered into 12 months in advance of the related inventory purchases. Therefore, the impact of fluctuations ofthe United States dollar on the cost of inventory purchases covered by these contracts may be realized in our results of operations in the year following their inception, as the underlying inventory hedged by the contracts is sold. We currently expect our 2021 net income to increase by approximately$35 million due to the transactional impact of foreign currency. Further, we have exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates related to our €1.125 billion aggregate principal amount of senior notes that are held inthe United States . The strengthening ofthe United States dollar against the euro would require us to use a lower amount of our cash flows from operations to pay interest and make long-term debt repayments, whereas the weakening ofthe United States dollar against the euro would require us to use a greater amount of our cash flows from operations to pay interest and make long-term debt repayments. We designated the carrying amount of these senior notes issued byPVH Corp. , aU.S. based entity, as net investment hedges of our investments in certain of our foreign subsidiaries that use the euro as their functional currency. As a result, the remeasurement of these foreign currency borrowings at the end of each period is recorded in equity.
SEASONALITY
Our business generally follows a seasonal pattern. Our wholesale businesses tend to generate higher levels of sales in the first and third quarters, while our retail businesses tend to generate higher levels of sales in the fourth quarter. Royalty, advertising and other revenue tends to be earned somewhat evenly throughout the year, although the third quarter tends to have the highest level of royalty revenue due to higher sales by licensees in advance of the holiday selling season. The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted these patterns, however. We otherwise expect this seasonal pattern will generally continue. Working capital requirements vary throughout the year to support these seasonal patterns and business trends.
Due to the above seasonal factors, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, our results
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Total Revenue
Total revenue in the first quarter of 2021 was$2.079 billion as compared to$1.344 billion in the first quarter of the prior year. The prior year period was negatively impacted by extensive temporary store closures, as virtually all of our retail stores and our wholesale customers' stores globally were closed for six weeks on average. The increase in revenue of$735 million , or 55%, reflects: •The addition of an aggregate$407 million of revenue, or a 63% increase compared to the prior year period, attributable to ourTommy Hilfiger International andTommy Hilfiger North America segments, which included a positive impact of$72 million , or 11%, related to foreign currency translation.Tommy Hilfiger International increased 78% (including a 15% positive foreign currency impact). Revenue in ourTommy Hilfiger North America segment increased 25% (including a 1% positive foreign currency impact). •The addition of an aggregate$309 million of revenue, or a 65% increase compared to the prior year period, attributable to ourCalvin Klein International andCalvin Klein North America segments, which included a positive impact of$44 million , or 9%, related to foreign currency translation.Calvin Klein International segment revenue increased 91% (including a 15% positive foreign currency impact). Revenue in ourCalvin Klein North America segment increased 27% (including a 1% positive foreign currency impact). •The net addition of an aggregate$20 million of revenue, or a 9% increase compared to the prior year period, attributable to our Heritage Brands Retail and Heritage Brands Wholesale segments, which included a 14% decline resulting from theApril 2020 sale of theSpeedo North America business. Our revenue in the first quarter of 2021 reflected a 53% increase in our revenue through our wholesale distribution channel and a 66% increase in our revenue through our direct to consumer distribution channel, which included a 66% increase in sales through our directly operated digital commerce businesses. All regions and brand businesses experienced strong digital growth due, in part, to the continued store closures, particularly inEurope . Our sales through digital channels, including the digital businesses of our traditional and pure play wholesale customers and our directly operated digital commerce businesses, as a percentage of total revenue was approximately 25%. We currently expect that revenue for the full year 2021 will continue to be impacted negatively by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our international businesses exceeded 2019 pre-pandemic revenue levels in the first quarter of 2021, and are expected to continue to exceed pre-pandemic revenue levels for the remainder of 2021. OurNorth America businesses are expected to remain challenged throughout 2021, as international tourism, which is the source of a significant portion of regional revenue, is not expected to return to any significant level this year. We expect revenue growth through our digital channels will be less pronounced for the remainder of 2021 as compared to the first quarter of 2021, although our digital penetration as a percentage of total revenue is expected to remain consistent. We currently expect total revenue for the full year 2021 to increase 24% to 26% compared to 2020, inclusive of a positive impact of approximately 3% related to foreign currency translation. Our 2021 revenue outlook does not contemplate new store closures, new lockdowns, or extensions of current lockdowns beyond what is already known. Our results may be subject to significant material change as a result of the occurrence of any of these uncontemplated events. There continues to be uncertainty in 2021 with respect to the impact of the pandemic on our business and the businesses of our licensees and other business partners.
Gross Profit
Gross profit is calculated as total revenue less cost of goods sold and gross margin is calculated as gross profit divided by total revenue. Included as cost of goods sold are costs associated with the production and procurement of product, such as inbound freight costs, purchasing and receiving costs and inspection costs. Also included as cost of goods sold are the amounts recognized on foreign currency forward exchange contracts as the underlying inventory hedged by such forward exchange contracts is sold. Warehousing and distribution expenses are included in SG&A expenses. All of our royalty, advertising and other revenue is included in gross profit because there is no cost of goods sold associated with such revenue. As a result, our gross profit may not be comparable to that of other entities. Gross profit in the first quarter of 2021 was$1.229 billion , or 59.1% of total revenue, as compared to$666 million , or 49.5% of total revenue, in the first quarter of the prior year. The 960 basis point increase was primarily driven by (i) less promotional selling as compared to the first quarter of the prior year, (ii) the absence in 2021 of significant inventory reserves that had been recorded in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, (iii) the favorable impact of the weaker United 41 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- States dollar on our international businesses that purchase inventory inUnited States dollars, particularly our European businesses, as the decreased local currency value of inventory results in lower cost of goods in local currency when the goods are sold, and (iv) the impact of a change in the revenue mix between our International andNorth America segments, as our International segments revenue was a larger proportion and these segments generally carry higher gross margins. We currently expect that gross margin for the full year 2021 will increase as compared to 2020. However, gross margin improvements for the remainder of the year, as compared to the gross margin improvement in the first quarter of 2021, will not be as pronounced. We currently expect gross margin for the full year 2021 to increase primarily due to (i) a significant reduction in the level of promotional selling and inventory liquidation as compared to 2020, as our inventories were significantly lower as of year-end 2020, (ii) the favorable impact of the weakerUnited States dollar on our international businesses that purchase inventory inUnited States dollars, particularly our European businesses, as the decreased local currency value of inventory results in lower cost of goods in local currency when the goods are sold and (iii) the impact of a change in the revenue mix between our International andNorth America segments as compared to the prior year, particularly in the first quarter of 2021 and, to a lesser extent for the remainder of the year, as our International segments revenue is expected to be a larger proportion in 2021 than in 2020 and generally carry higher gross margins. There continues to be uncertainty with respect to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and the businesses of our licensees and other business partners, and our gross margin may be subject to significant material change. SG&A Expenses SG&A expenses in the first quarter of 2021 were$1.039 billion , or 50.0% of total revenue, as compared to$940 million , or 70.0% of total revenue, in the first quarter of the prior year. The significant basis point decrease was principally attributable to the leveraging of expenses driven by the increase in revenue. Also impacting the decrease were (i) cost savings resulting from theNorth America workforce reduction, (ii) the absence in 2021 of accounts receivable losses recorded in the first quarter of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) the absence in 2021 of noncash store asset impairments recorded in the first quarter of 2020 resulting from the impacts of the pandemic on our business. These decreases were partially offset by (i) a reduction in 2021 of pandemic-related government payroll subsidy programs in international jurisdictions, as well as rent abatements, (ii) costs incurred in connection with actions to streamline our organization through reductions in our workforce, primarily in certain international markets, and to reduce our real estate footprint, and (iii) the impact of the change in the revenue mix between our International andNorth America segments, as our International segments revenue was a larger proportion and these segments generally carry higher SG&A expenses as percentages of total revenue. We currently expect that SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue for the full year 2021 will decrease as compared to 2020. However, the decrease in SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue for the remainder of the year, as compared to the decrease in the first quarter of 2021, will not be as pronounced. We currently expect SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenue for the full year 2021 to decrease as compared to 2020, primarily as a result of the leveraging of expenses driven by an expected increase in revenue. Also impacting the decrease are: (i) cost savings resulting from theNorth America workforce reduction, (ii) the absence in 2021 of accounts receivable losses recorded in 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and (iii) the absence in 2021 of noncash store asset impairments recorded in 2020 resulting from the impacts of the pandemic on our business. These decreases are expected to be partially offset by (i) a reduction in 2021 of pandemic-related government payroll subsidy programs, as well as rent abatements; (ii) the absence in 2021 of temporary cost savings initiatives implemented inApril 2020 in response to the pandemic, including temporary furloughs, and salary and incentive compensation reductions, (iii) the net impact of reductions in our workforce, primarily in certain international markets, and in our real estate footprint and (iv) the impact of the change in the revenue mix between our International andNorth America segments, as our International segments revenue is expected to be a larger proportion in 2021 than 2020, and generally carry higher SG&A expenses as percentages of total revenue. There continues to be uncertainty with respect to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business in 2021 and our SG&A expenses may be subject to significant material change.
We recorded noncash impairment charges of$933 million in the first quarter of 2020 resulting from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, including$879 million related to goodwill and$54 million related to other intangible assets, primarily our ARROW andGeoffrey Beene tradenames. The impairments resulted from interim impairment assessments of our goodwill and other intangible assets, which we were required to perform in the first quarter of 2020 due to the adverse impacts of the pandemic on our then current and estimated future business results and cash flows, as well as the significant decrease in our market capitalization as a result of a sustained decline in our common stock price. We have not recorded any further impairments of goodwill and other intangible assets since the first quarter of 2020. Please see Note 7, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion. 42 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Non-Service Related Pension and Postretirement Income
Non-service related pension and postretirement income was
Non-service related pension and postretirement (income) cost recorded throughout the year is calculated using actuarial valuations that incorporate assumptions and estimates about financial market, economic and demographic conditions. Differences between estimated and actual results give rise to gains and losses that are recorded immediately in earnings, generally in the fourth quarter of the year, which can create volatility in our results of operations. We currently expect that non-service related pension and postretirement income for the full year 2021 will be approximately$16 million . However, our expectation of 2021 non-service related pension and post-retirement income does not include the impact of an actuarial gain or loss. As a result of the recent volatility in the financial markets due, in part, to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is significant uncertainty with respect to the actuarial gain or loss we may record on our retirement plans in 2021. We may incur a significant actuarial gain or loss in 2021 if there is a significant increase or decrease in discount rates, respectively, or if there is a difference in the actual and expected return on plan assets. Our actual 2021 non-service related pension and postretirement income cost may be significantly different than our projections. Non-service related pension and postretirement income was$76 million in 2020, and included a$65 million actuarial gain on our retirement plans recorded in the fourth quarter.
Other Noncash Loss, Net
We recorded a noncash net loss of$3 million in the first quarter of 2020 in connection with the Speedo transaction. Please see Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion.
Equity in Net Income (Loss) of Unconsolidated Affiliates
The equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates was$4 million of income in the first quarter of 2021 as compared to a loss of$(11) million in the first quarter of the prior year. These amounts relate to our share of income (loss) from (i) our joint venture for theTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein , Warner's, Olga, and other licensed trademarks inMexico , (ii) our joint venture for theTOMMY HILFIGER andCalvin Klein brands inIndia (our two prior joint ventures inIndia merged in the third quarter of 2020), (iii) our joint venture for the TOMMY HILFIGER brand inBrazil , and (iv) ourPVH Legwear LLC ("PVH Legwear") joint venture for theTOMMY HILFIGER ,Calvin Klein , IZOD, Van Heusen and Warner's brands and other owned and licensed trademarks inthe United States andCanada . The first quarter of 2020 also included a$12 million pre-tax noncash impairment of our investment inKarl Lagerfeld Holding B.V . ("Karl Lagerfeld"). Please see Note 6, "Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this report for further discussion of our investment in Karl Lagerfeld. The equity in net income (loss) in the first quarter of 2021 increased as compared to the first quarter of the prior year primarily due to the absence in 2021 of this pre-tax noncash impairment charge. Our investments in the joint ventures are being accounted for under the equity method of accounting. We currently expect that our equity in net income (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates for the full year 2021 will increase as compared to 2020 primarily due to the absence in 2021 of the$12 million pre-tax noncash impairment of our investment in Karl Lagerfeld recorded in 2020, as well as an increase in income on our continuing investments.
Interest Expense, Net
Interest expense, net increased to$29 million in the first quarter of 2021 from$21 million in the first quarter of the prior year, primarily due to (i) the impact of the issuance inApril 2020 of an additional €175 million principal amount of 3 5/8% senior unsecured notes due 2024 and inJuly 2020 of$500 million principal amount of 4 5/8% senior unsecured notes due 2025, and (ii) the absence in 2021 of a$4 million gain recorded in the first quarter of 2020 resulting from the remeasurement of a mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest that was recognized in connection with theAustralia acquisition, as the measurement period ended in 2020, partially offset by (iii) the impact of$500 million of voluntary long-term debt repayments made during the first quarter of 2021. Interest expense, net for the full year 2021 is currently expected to be approximately$110 million compared to$121 million in 2020 primarily due to (i) the impact of planned long-term debt repayments in 2021, including$500 million of voluntary repayments made during the first quarter of 2021, and (ii) the absence in 2021 of a$5 million expense resulting from the remeasurement of a mandatorily redeemable non-controlling interest that was recognized in connection with theAustralia acquisition, as the measurement period ended in 2020, partially offset by (iii) a full year impact in 2021 of the issuance of senior unsecured notes inApril 2020 andJuly 2020 . 43 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Income Taxes
The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 was 40.7% compared to 11.5% in the first quarter of the prior year. The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 reflected a$68 million income tax expense recorded on$168 million of pre-tax income. The effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2020 reflected a$(142) million income tax benefit recorded on$(1.240) billion of pre-tax losses. Our effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2021 was higher thanthe United States statutory income tax rate primarily due to the tax on foreign earnings in excess of a deemed return on tangible assets of foreign corporations (known as "GILTI") and the mix of foreign and domestic pre-tax results. Our effective income tax rate for the first quarter of 2020 was lower thanthe United States statutory income tax rate primarily due to the impact of the$879 million of pre-tax goodwill impairment charges recorded during the first quarter of 2020, which were mostly non-deductible for tax purposes and factored into our annualized effective income tax rate, and resulted in a decrease to our effective income tax rate of 10.2%. We file income tax returns in more than 40 international jurisdictions each year. A substantial amount of our earnings are in international jurisdictions, particularly inthe Netherlands and Hong Kong SAR, where income tax rates, coupled with special rates levied on income from certain of our jurisdictional activities, are lower thanthe United States statutory income tax rate. We currently expect that our effective income tax rate for the full year 2021 will be in a range of 17.5% to 19.0%. Our expectation that our effective income tax rate for the full year 2021 will be lower thanthe United States statutory income tax rate is principally due to the overall benefit of certain discrete items, including the favorable impact on certain liabilities for uncertain tax positions. There continues to be uncertainty with respect to the impact of the pandemic on our business and results of operations, which could affect our current expectation of our effective income tax rate in 2021. Our tax rate is affected by many factors, including the mix of international and domestic pre-tax earnings, discrete events arising from specific transactions and new regulations, as well as audits by tax authorities and the receipt of new information, any of which can cause us to change our estimate for uncertain tax positions.
Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest
We have a joint venture inEthiopia with Arvind Limited namedPVH Manufacturing Private Limited Company ("PVH Ethiopia") in which we own a 75% interest. We consolidate the results of PVH Ethiopia in our consolidated financial statements. PVH Ethiopia was formed to operate a manufacturing facility that produces finished products for us for distribution primarily inthe United States . The net loss attributable to the redeemable non-controlling interest ("RNCI") in PVH Ethiopia was immaterial in the first quarters of 2021 and 2020. We currently expect that the net loss attributable to the RNCI for the full year 2021 will be immaterial. Please see Note 5, "Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity Update
The COVID-19 pandemic had a significant impact on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows in 2020. Given the unprecedented effects of the pandemic on our business, we took certain actions to positively impact our financial position in 2020, including the issuance inApril 2020 of an additional €175 million principal amount of 3 5/8% senior unsecured notes due 2024 and inJuly 2020 of$500 million principal amount of 4 5/8% senior unsecured notes due 2025, as well as focused management of our working capital, with particular focus on our inventory levels, among others. We ended 2020 with$1.7 billion of cash on hand, which allowed us to make$500 million of voluntary long-term debt repayments during the first quarter of 2021. 44 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We had also obtained a waiver inJune 2020 of the leverage and interest coverage ratios under our senior unsecured credit facilities (referred to as the "June 2020 Amendment"). During the relief period (as defined in theJune 2020 Amendment), the applicable margin for these facilities was increased 0.25% and we are not permitted to declare or pay dividends on our common stock or make share repurchases under our stock repurchase program, among other things. Given the increase in our earnings in the first quarter of 2021 and our expectations for the balance of the year, we intend to terminate early, immediately following the filing of this report, the temporary relief of these financial covenants that otherwise would have been in effect until the date on which a compliance certificate was delivered for the second quarter of 2021 (as discussed below in the section entitled "2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities"). We currently expect the COVID-19 pandemic will continue to impact our cash flows from operations in 2021, including as a result of its impacts on our 2021 revenue and earnings. As such, we continue to take appropriate actions to manage our working capital, including tightly managing our inventory, and our liquidity through the uncertainty related to the pandemic, and are continuously reevaluating all aspects of our spending and cash flow generation as the situation evolves. We ended the first quarter of 2021 with$913 million of cash on hand and approximately$1.5 billion of borrowing capacity available under our various debt facilities.
Cash Flow Summary and Trends
Cash and cash equivalents atMay 2, 2021 was$913 million , a decrease of$738 million from the$1.651 billion atJanuary 31, 2021 . The change in cash and cash equivalents included the impact of the$500 million of voluntary long-term debt repayments made during the first quarter of 2021. The seasonality of our business results in significant fluctuations in our cash balance between fiscal year end and subsequent interim periods due, in part, to the timing of inventory purchases. Cash flow for the full year 2021 will be impacted by various factors in addition to those noted above and below in this "Liquidity and Capital Resources" section, including planned voluntary long-term debt repayments of approximately$700 million , including the$500 million of voluntary repayments made during the first quarter of 2021. There continues to be uncertainty with respect to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our cash flows may be subject to material significant change, including as a result of the impacts of the pandemic on our earnings for the full year 2021, delays in collection of, or inability to collect on, certain trade receivables, and other working capital changes that we may experience as a result of the pandemic. We continue to evaluate our capital allocation, including stock repurchases and reinstating dividends on our common stock. As ofMay 2, 2021 , approximately$599 million of cash and cash equivalents was held by international subsidiaries. Our intent is to reinvest indefinitely substantially all of our earnings in foreign subsidiaries outside ofthe United States . However, if management decides at a later date to repatriate these earnings tothe United States , we may be required to accrue and pay additional taxes, including any applicable foreign withholding tax andUnited States state income taxes. It is not practicable to estimate the amount of tax that might be payable if these earnings were repatriated due to the complexities associated with the hypothetical calculation.
Operations
Cash used by operating activities was$189 million in the first quarter of 2021 compared to$143 million in the first quarter of 2020. The increase in cash used by operating activities as compared to the prior year period was primarily driven by changes in our working capital, including (i) an increase in trade receivables, primarily driven by a significant increase in our wholesale revenue, and (ii) an increase in inventories during the current period, primarily due to the planned increase in revenue for the remainder of the year, partially offset by (iii) an increase in net income (loss) as adjusted for noncash charges. Our cash flows from operations in the first quarter of 2020 were significantly impacted by widespread temporary store closures and other significant adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. In an effort to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, we have been and continue to be focused on working capital management, in particular tightly managing inventories, which in the first quarter of 2020 included reducing and cancelling inventory commitments, increasing promotional selling, redeploying basic inventory items to subsequent seasons and consolidating future seasonal collections.
Supply Chain Finance Program
We have a voluntary supply chain finance program (the "SCF program") that provides our inventory suppliers with the opportunity to sell their receivables due from us to participating financial institutions at the sole discretion of both the suppliers and the financial institutions. The SCF program is administered through third party platforms that allow participating suppliers to track payments from us and sell their receivables due from us to financial institutions. We are not a party to the agreements between the suppliers and the financial institutions and have no economic interest in a supplier's decision to sell a receivable. 45 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Our payment obligations, including the amounts due and payment terms, are not impacted by suppliers' participation in the SCF program.
Accordingly, amounts due to suppliers that elected to participate in the SCF program are included in accounts payable in our consolidated balance sheets and the corresponding payments are reflected in cash flows from operating activities in our consolidated statements of cash flows. We have been informed by the third party administrators of the SCF program that suppliers had elected to sell approximately$360 million of our payment obligations that were outstanding as ofMay 2, 2021 to financial institutions and approximately$360 million had been settled through the program during the first quarter of 2021, which primarily related to our outstanding payment obligations as ofJanuary 31, 2021 .
Capital Expenditures
Our capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2021 were$49 million compared to$56 million in the first quarter of 2020. We currently expect that capital expenditures for the full year 2021 will be in a range of$300 million to$325 million as compared to$227 million in 2020 and will include continued investments in (i) platforms and systems worldwide, including our digital commerce platforms, and (ii) enhancements to our warehouse and distribution network.
Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates
We received dividends of
Speedo Transaction
We completed the sale of ourSpeedo North America business to Pentland inApril 2020 for net proceeds of$169 million . Please see Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion.
Mandatorily Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest
TheAustralia acquisition agreement provided for key executives ofGazal and PVHAustralia to exchange a portion of their interests inGazal for approximately 6% of the outstanding shares of our previously wholly owned subsidiary that acquired 100% of the ownership interests in theAustralia business. We were obligated to purchase this 6% interest within two years of the acquisition closing in two tranches. The purchase price for the tranche 1 and tranche 2 shares was based on a multiple of the subsidiary's adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") less net debt as of the end of the measurement year, and the multiple varied depending on the level of EBITDA compared to a target. We purchased for$17 million (based on exchange rates in effect on the payment date) tranche 1 (50% of the shares) inJune 2020 , on the first anniversary of the closing. With respect to the remaining tranche 2 shares, the measurement period ended in 2020. We had a liability for the tranche 2 shares of$24 million as ofMay 2, 2021 (based on exchange rates in effect on the payment date), which we subsequently paid to purchase these shares inJune 2021 , on the second anniversary of the closing. Please see Note 4, "Acquisitions and Divestitures," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for further discussion.
Dividends
We suspended our dividends following the$3 million payment of a$0.0375 per common share dividend onMarch 31, 2020 in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. In addition, under the terms of theJune 2020 Amendment, we are not permitted to declare or pay dividends during the relief period (as defined below). However, immediately following the filing of this report, we intend to terminate early this relief period that otherwise would have been in effect until the date on which a compliance certificate was delivered for the second quarter of 2021. Please see the section entitled "2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities" below for further discussion. Future determinations regarding the declaration and payment of dividends will be at the discretion of the PVH Board of Directors and will depend on the then-existing conditions, including our results of operations, capital requirements, financial condition, any limitations on payment of dividends under the terms of our credit facilities and other relevant factors. 46 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Acquisition of Treasury Shares
The Board of Directors has authorized over time since 2015 an aggregate$2.0 billion stock repurchase program throughJune 3, 2023 . The program may be modified by the Board of Directors, including to increase or decrease the repurchase limitation or extend, suspend, or terminate the program, at any time, without prior notice. We suspended share repurchases under the stock repurchase program beginning inMarch 2020 , following the purchase of 1.4 million shares in open market transactions for$111 million completed earlier in the first quarter of 2020, in response to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business. Purchases of$500,000 that were accrued for in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as ofFebruary 2, 2020 were also paid in the first quarter of 2020. In addition, under the terms of theJune 2020 Amendment, we are not permitted to make share repurchases during the relief period. However, immediately following the filing of this report, we intend to terminate early this relief period that otherwise would have been in effect until the date on which a compliance certificate was delivered for the second quarter of 2021, and would then be permitted to resume share repurchases at management's discretion. Please see the section entitled "2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities" below for further discussion. The existing stock repurchase program remains authorized by the Board of Directors. As ofMay 2, 2021 , the repurchased shares were held as treasury stock and$573 million of the authorization remained available for future share repurchases. Repurchases under the program, when it is being used, may be made from time to time over the period through open market purchases, accelerated share repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions or other methods, as we deem appropriate. Purchases are made based on a variety of factors, such as price, corporate requirements and overall market conditions, applicable legal requirements and limitations, trading restrictions under our insider trading policy and other relevant factors.
Financing Arrangements
Our capital structure was as follows: (In millions) 5/2/21 1/31/21 5/3/20 Short-term borrowings$ 14 $ -$ 322 Current portion of long-term debt 26 41 14 Finance lease obligations 14 13 15 Long-term debt 3,018 3,514 2,854 Stockholders' equity 4,839 4,730 4,513
In addition, we had
Short-Term Borrowings
We had$14 million of borrowings outstanding under short-term lines of credit, overdraft facilities and short-term revolving credit facilities denominated in various foreign currencies as ofMay 2, 2021 . The weighted average interest rate on funds borrowed as ofMay 2, 2021 was 0.18%. These facilities provided for borrowings of up to$249 million based on exchange rates in effect onMay 2, 2021 and are utilized primarily to fund working capital needs. The maximum amount of borrowings outstanding under these facilities during the first quarter of 2021 was$14 million . We had$322 million of borrowings outstanding as ofMay 3, 2020 , including$168 million of borrowings under our senior unsecured revolving credit facilities,$80 million of borrowings under our commercial paper note program, and$74 million of borrowings under short-term lines of credit, overdraft facilities and short-term revolving credit facilities denominated in various foreign currencies. We repaid the outstanding balance under our senior unsecured revolving credit facilities and commercial paper note program during the second quarter of 2020. We had no borrowings outstanding under any of these facilities as ofJanuary 31, 2021 . 47 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2021 Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility
OnApril 28, 2021 , we replaced our 364-day$275 million United States dollar-denominated unsecured revolving credit facility, which matured onApril 7, 2021 (the "2020 facility"), with a new 364-day$275 million United States dollar-denominated unsecured revolving credit facility (the "2021 facility"). The 2021 facility will mature onApril 27, 2022 . We paid approximately$600,000 of debt issuance costs in connection with the transaction. We had no borrowings outstanding under these facilities during the first quarter of 2021. The borrowings under the 2021 facility bear interest at variable rates calculated in a manner consistent with the 2020 facility. The current applicable margin with respect to the borrowings is 1.625% for adjusted Eurocurrency rate loans and 0.625% for base rate loans, which reflects an additional 0.25% during the relief period (as defined below in the section entitled "2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities"). The applicable margin for borrowings is subject to adjustment (i) after the date of delivery of the compliance certificate and financial statements, with respect to each of our fiscal quarters, based upon our net leverage ratio, except during the relief period (as defined below in the section entitled "2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities"), or (ii) after the date of delivery of notice of a change in our public debt rating byStandard & Poor's or Moody's. The 2021 facility is subject to other terms and conditions and financial and non-financial covenants consistent with the 2020 facility. Please see Note 8, "Debt," in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedJanuary 31, 2021 for further discussion of the 2020 facility.
Finance Lease Liabilities
Our cash payments for finance lease liabilities totaled
2019 Senior Unsecured Credit Facilities
We have senior unsecured credit facilities dueApril 29, 2024 (the "2019 facilities") that consist of a$1.093 billion United States dollar-denominated Term Loan A facility (the "USD TLA facility"), a €500 million euro-denominated Term Loan A facility (the "Euro TLA facility" and together with the USD TLA facility, the "TLA facilities") and senior unsecured revolving credit facilities consisting of (i) a$675 million United States dollar-denominated revolving credit facility, (ii) a CAD$70 million Canadian dollar-denominated revolving credit facility available inUnited States dollars or Canadian dollars, (iii) a €200 million euro-denominated revolving credit facility available in euro, British pound sterling, Japanese yen, Swiss francs, Australian dollars and other agreed foreign currencies and (iv) a$50 million United States dollar-denominated revolving credit facility available inUnited States dollars orHong Kong dollars. Borrowings under the 2019 facilities bear interest at variable rates calculated in the manner set forth in the terms of the 2019 facilities. We had loans outstanding of$1.103 billion , net of debt issuance costs and based on applicable exchange rates, under the TLA facilities, no borrowings outstanding under the senior unsecured revolving credit facilities and$18 million of outstanding letters of credit under the senior unsecured revolving credit facilities as ofMay 2, 2021 . We made payments totaling$504 million and$3 million on our term loans under the 2019 facilities during the first quarters of 2021 and 2020, respectively, and we expect to make long-term debt repayments of approximately$723 million during the full year 2021. The current applicable margin with respect to the TLA facilities and each revolving credit facility as ofMay 2, 2021 was 1.625% for adjusted Eurocurrency rate loans and 0.625% for base rate or Canadian prime rate loans, which reflects an increase of 0.25% as set forth in theJune 2020 Amendment (as defined below). The applicable margin for borrowings under the TLA facilities and the revolving credit facilities is subject to adjustment (i) after the date of delivery of the compliance certificate and financial statements, with respect to each of our fiscal quarters, based upon our net leverage ratio, except during the relief period (as defined below), or (ii) after the date of delivery of notice of a change in our public debt rating byStandard & Poor's or Moody's. 48 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We entered into interest rate swap agreements designed with the intended effect of converting notional amounts of our variable rate debt obligation to fixed rate debt. Under the terms of the agreements, for the outstanding notional amount, our exposure to fluctuations in the one-monthLondon interbank offered rate ("LIBOR") is eliminated and we pay a fixed rate plus the current applicable margin. The following interest rate swap agreements were entered into or in effect during the first quarter of 2021 and/or the first quarter of 2020:
(In millions)
Notional Amount Initial
Notional Outstanding as
Designation Date Commencement Date Amount of May 2, 2021 Fixed Rate Expiration
Date
March 2020 February 2021 $ 50 $ 50 0.562% February
2023
February 2020 February 2021 50 50 1.1625% February
2023
February 2020 February 2020 50 50 1.2575% February
2023
August 2019 February 2020 50 50 1.1975% February
2022
June 2019 February 2020 50 50 1.409% February
2022
June 2019 June 2019 50 50 1.719% July 2021 January 2019 February 2020 50 - 2.4187% February
2021
November 2018 February 2019 139 - 2.8645% February
2021
October 2018 February 2019 116 - 2.9975% February 2021 June 2018 August 2018 50 - 2.6825% February 2021 June 2017 February 2018 306 - 1.566% February 2020 Our 2019 facilities require us to comply with customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants including a minimum interest coverage ratio and a maximum net leverage ratio. A breach of any of these operating or financial covenants would result in a default under the 2019 facilities. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the lenders could elect to declare all amounts then outstanding, together with accrued interest, to be immediately due and payable, which would result in acceleration of our other debt. Given the disruption to our business caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and to ensure financial flexibility, we amended these facilities inJune 2020 to provide temporary relief of certain financial covenants until the date on which a compliance certificate is delivered for the second quarter of 2021 (the "relief period") unless we elect earlier to terminate the relief period and satisfy the conditions for doing so (the "June 2020 Amendment"). TheJune 2020 Amendment provides for the following during the relief period, among other things, the (i) suspension of compliance with the maximum net leverage ratio through and including the first quarter of 2021, (ii) suspension of the minimum interest coverage ratio through and including the first quarter of 2021, (iii) addition of a minimum liquidity covenant of$400 million , (iv) addition of a restricted payment covenant and (v) imposition of stricter limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness and liens. The limitation on restricted payments requires that we suspend payments of dividends on our common stock and purchases of shares under our stock repurchase program during the relief period. TheJune 2020 Amendment also provides that during the relief period the applicable margin will be increased 0.25%. In addition, under theJune 2020 Amendment, in the event there is a specified credit ratings downgrade byStandard & Poor's and Moody's during the relief period (as set forth in theJune 2020 Amendment), within 120 days thereafter (i) we must cause each of our wholly ownedUnited States subsidiaries (subject to certain customary exceptions) to become a guarantor under the 2019 facilities and (ii) we and each subsidiary guarantor will be required to grant liens in favor of the collateral agent on substantially all of our respective assets (subject to customary exceptions). As ofMay 2, 2021 , we were in compliance with all applicable financial and non-financial covenants (as amended) under these facilities. We intend to terminate the relief period early, immediately following the filing of this report. We expect to maintain compliance with the financial covenants (as amended) under the 2019 facilities based on our current forecasts. If the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business worsen and our earnings and operating cash flows do not recover as currently estimated by us, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain compliance with our financial covenants (as amended) in the future. There can be no assurance that we would be able to obtain future waivers in a timely manner, on terms acceptable to us, or at all. If we were not able to maintain compliance or obtain a future covenant waiver under the 2019 facilities, there can be no assurance that we would be able to raise sufficient debt or equity capital, or divest assets, to refinance or repay such facilities. 49 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7 3/4% Debentures Due 2023
We have outstanding$100 million of debentures dueNovember 15, 2023 that accrue interest at the rate of 7 3/4%. The debentures are not redeemable at our option prior to maturity.
3 5/8% Euro Senior Notes Due 2024
We have outstanding €525 million principal amount of 3 5/8% senior notes dueJuly 15, 2024 , of which €175 million principal amount was issued onApril 24, 2020 . We paid €3 million ($3 million based on exchange rates in effect on the payment date) of fees in connection with the issuance of the additional €175 million notes. We may redeem some or all of these notes at any time prior toApril 15, 2024 by paying a "make whole" premium plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of these notes on or afterApril 15, 2024 at their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest.
4 5/8% Senior Notes Due 2025
We have outstanding$500 million principal amount of 4 5/8% senior notes dueJuly 10, 2025 . We paid$6 million of fees in connection with theJuly 2020 issuance of the notes. We may redeem some or all of these notes at any time prior toJune 10, 2025 by paying a "make whole" premium plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of these notes on or afterJune 10, 2025 at their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest.
3 1/8% Euro Senior Notes Due 2027
We have outstanding €600 million principal amount of 3 1/8% senior notes dueDecember 15, 2027 . We may redeem some or all of these notes at any time prior toSeptember 15, 2027 by paying a "make whole" premium plus any accrued and unpaid interest. In addition, we may redeem some or all of these notes on or afterSeptember 15, 2027 at their principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest. Our financing arrangements contain financial and non-financial covenants and customary events of default. As ofMay 2, 2021 , we were in compliance with all applicable financial and non-financial covenants under our financing arrangements. As ofMay 2, 2021 , our issuer credit was rated BBB- byStandard & Poor's with a negative outlook and our corporate credit was rated Baa3 by Moody's with a stable outlook, and our commercial paper was rated A-3 byStandard & Poor's and P-3 by Moody's. In assessing our credit strength, we believe that bothStandard & Poor's and Moody's considered, among other things, our capital structure and financial policies, our consolidated balance sheet, our historical acquisition activity and other financial information, as well as industry and other qualitative factors. Please see Note 9, "Debt," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this report for a schedule of mandatory long-term debt repayments for the remainder of 2021 through 2026.
Please see Note 8, "Debt," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Our consolidated financial statements are based on the selection and application of significant accounting policies, which require management to make significant estimates and assumptions. Our significant accounting policies are outlined in Note 1, "Summary of Significant Accounting Policies," in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedJanuary 31, 2021 . During the first quarter of 2021, there were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies from those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year endedJanuary 31, 2021 . 50
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