FOSL 10-K
Fossil Group, Inc. (FOSL)
10-K
2026-03-12
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As of March 6, 2026, 58,355,464 shares of common stock were outstanding.
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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the registrant's proxy statement to be furnished to shareholders in connection with its 2026 Annual Meeting of Stockholders are incorporated by reference in Part III, Items 10-14 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
FOSSIL GROUP, INC.
FORM 10-K
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 3, 2026
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In this Annual Report, references to “we,” “our,” “us,” "Fossil," "Fossil Group" and the “Company” refer to Fossil Group, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries as of January 3, 2026 ("fiscal 2025"), December 28, 2024 ("fiscal 2024") and December 30, 2023 ("fiscal 2023").
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K ("Annual Report"), including the sections entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Risk Factors” and “Business,” contains forward-looking statements based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and generally may be identified by terms such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “forecast,” “outlook,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “project,” “predict,” “potential,” “plan,” “expect” or the negative or plural of these words or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, and these forward-looking statements are only predictions and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual results may differ materially and adversely from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in this Annual Report under the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I and elsewhere, and in other reports we file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"). In addition, many of the foregoing risks and uncertainties are, and could be, exacerbated by any deterioration in the global business and economic environment. While forward-looking statements are based on reasonable expectations of our management at the time that they are made, you should not rely on them. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, except as required by applicable law.
Summary Risk Factors
Our business is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may affect our business, results of operations and financial condition, or the trading price of our common stock. These risk factors may not be exhaustive. We operate in a continually changing business environment, and new risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time. Management cannot predict such new risks and uncertainties, nor can it assess the extent to which any of the risk factors below or any such new risks and uncertainties, or any combination thereof, may impact our business. These risks are more fully described in Part I, Item 1A. "Risk Factors". These risks include, among others, the following:
Strategic Risks
•our ability to anticipate and respond to changing fashion, functionality and product trends;
•our ability to continue to develop innovative products;
•our ability to execute our e-commerce business strategy;
•consumer acceptance of designs, features and products;
•our ability to grow our sales is dependent on our business strategy;
•rapidly changing regulatory requirements and political scrutiny of sustainability matters; and
•climate change and other environmental impacts.
Operational Risks
•supply chain disruptions resulting from changes in U.S. trade policy, particularly with China, or as a result of a pandemic;
•loss of any of our license agreements for globally recognized fashion brand names;
•effectively managing our retail store operations;
•supply shortages for certain key components in our products;
•seasonality of our business;
•the success of the shopping malls and retail centers in which our stores are located;
•loss or shutdown of key facilities;
•fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of raw materials and any impact of inflation;
•problems with, or loss of, assembly factories or manufacturing sources;
•we do not maintain long-term contracts with our customers;
•we face intense competition in the specialty retail and e-commerce industries and some competitors are substantially larger than us;
•we face competition from traditional accessory competitors as well as technology companies;
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•any material disruption of our information systems;
•factors affecting international commerce and our international operations;
•changes in economic and social conditions in Asia, particularly in China, and disruptions in international travel and shipping;
•foreign government regulations and U.S. trade policy; and
•loss of key senior management or failure to attract and retain key employees.
Risks related to our Indebtedness
•our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our competitiveness, our liquidity, our operations, and our ability to obtain additional financing;
•the covenants in our debt agreements, including the Credit Agreement and Notes Indenture (each as defined below), may restrict our ability to operate our business and to pursue our business strategies;
•events of default under our debt agreements, which could lead to bankruptcy or liquidation;
•we may still be able to incur substantially more debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage;
•the availability under the New Revolving Credit Facility (as defined below) is limited, is subject to seasonal fluctuations, and is subject to the discretion of the lenders;
•we may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to meet our debt service obligations;
•we may be required to repay the New Revolving Credit Facility prior to its stated maturity date;
•we may be required to repay the New Revolving Credit Facility and repurchase the Notes (as defined below) upon a change of control;
•we could face a downgrade in our debt ratings;
•our indebtedness exposes us to interest rate risk; and
•we may be unable to repay or refinance the New Revolving Credit Facility or the Notes at maturity.
Financial Risks
•we may not achieve consistent profitability or positive cash flows;
•a significant portion of our cash, cash equivalents and investments are held by our foreign subsidiaries;
•changes in the mix of product sales demand;
•impact of potential changes to international tax rules;
•incurring impairment charges;
•increased competition from online only retailers and a highly promotional retail environment;
•our license agreements may require minimum royalty commitments, regardless of the level of product sales under these agreements; and
•foreign currency fluctuations.
Legal, Compliance and Reputational Risks
•a data security or privacy breach;
•violations of laws and regulations, or changes to existing laws or regulations in the U.S. or internationally;
•tariffs or other restrictions placed on imports, particularly from China, and any retaliatory trade measures taken by China;
•loss of our intellectual property rights;
•an infringement of the intellectual property rights of others; and
•failure by an independent manufacturer or license partner to use acceptable labor practices, otherwise comply with laws or suffer reputation harm.
Risks Relating to our Common Stock
•activist shareholders could negatively affect our business;
•rapid and substantial increases or decreases in our stock price, regardless of developments in our business;
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•our organizational documents contain anti-takeover provisions;
•failure to meet our financial guidance or achieve other forward-looking statements we have provided to the public.
General Risks
•any deterioration in the global economic environment, and any resulting declines in consumer confidence and spending;
•the effects of economic cycles, terrorism, acts of war, military actions and retail industry conditions;
•foreign government regulations and U.S. trade policy;
•any impacts from pandemics and actions taken by governments, businesses, and individuals in response to pandemics; and
•inherent limitations in control systems could lead to error or fraud that is not detected.
Trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights
We use our FOSSIL, MICHELE, RELIC, SKAGEN and ZODIAC trademarks, as well as other trademarks, on watches, our FOSSIL and SKAGEN trademarks on jewelry, and our FOSSIL trademark on leather goods and other fashion accessories in the U.S. and in a significant number of foreign countries. We also use FOSSIL, WATCH STATION INTERNATIONAL and WSI as trademarks on retail stores and FOSSIL, SKAGEN, ZODIAC and MICHELE as trademarks on online e-commerce sites. This Annual Report may also contain other trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of ours or of other companies with whom we have, for example, licensing agreements to produce, market and distribute products. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights referred to in this Annual Report may be listed without the TM, SM, © and ® symbols, as applicable, but we will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensors, if any, to these trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights.
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PART I
Item 1. Business
Company
We are a design, innovation and distribution company specializing in consumer fashion accessories. Our products include watches, jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts and sunglasses. We design, develop, market and distribute products under our owned brands FOSSIL, SKAGEN, MICHELE, RELIC and ZODIAC and licensed brands ARMANI EXCHANGE, DIESEL, EMPORIO ARMANI, MICHAEL KORS, SKECHERS and TORY BURCH. Based on our range of accessory products, brands, distribution channels and price points, we are able to target style-conscious consumers across a wide age spectrum on a global basis.
Operating Strategy
In September 2024, we appointed Franco Fogliato as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board") and moved quickly to implement change and create a plan to return the Company to profitable growth (the "Turnaround Plan"). Our Turnaround Plan was centered on three key areas: (i) refocusing on our core, (ii) rightsizing our cost structure, and (iii) strengthening our balance sheet. The first key area, refocusing on our core, included workstreams such as:
•building an operating model that is brand-led and consumer focused;
•returning to our core businesses with a renewed focus on traditional watches;
•improving our go-to market execution;
•launching a new FOSSIL brand platform;
•leveraging our major licensed brands;
•optimizing our wholesale global footprint; and
•driving channel profitability.
The second key area of our Turnaround Plan, rightsizing our cost structure, was focused on aligning our cost structure to our newly defined strategy. In fiscal 2025, we achieved selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") cost savings of approximately $100 million, as compared to fiscal 2024, through initiatives including a corporate workforce reduction, a reduction in costs as a result of our transition in certain smaller international markets to a distributor model, and the closing of 49 underperforming retail stores.
Under our third key area, strengthening our balance sheet, we pursued initiatives to monetize non-core assets, improve working capital and bolster liquidity. In August 2025 we entered into a new revolving credit facility, replacing our previous revolving credit facility, and in November 2025, we consummated our previously announced exchange offer and concurrent rights offering pertaining to our 7.00% senior notes that were due in 2026.
For 2026 and beyond, we are progressing our Turnaround Plan, with a focus on three new strategic pillars: (i) driving profitable growth, (ii) optimizing our operating model, and (iii) building shareholder value. Over the next three years, this evolution of our strategic pillars is expected to generate a return to top line growth and improved operating margins and free cash flows.
As part of our driving profitable growth initiative, we plan to further leverage the FOSSIL brand platform to propel innovation, deepen consumer engagement through storytelling, and drive the traditional watch business with a focus on icons and collaborations, as well as develop premium products including those assembled in America. Driving profitable growth initiatives will also include modernizing point of sale expression, focusing on top customers in key markets, stabilizing our e-commerce business through investments in search and navigation, and reducing the pace of store closures.
Our second strategic pillar, optimizing our operating model, is focused on (i) sharpening our go-to-market execution to elevate point of sale engagement, reduce complexity and improve business agility, (ii) strengthening our digital and technology infrastructure, (iii) delivering best-in-class supply chain performance, and (iv) establishing an emerging brands organization to institutionalize entrepreneurship and build the next scalable growth brand in our portfolio.
Under our third strategic pillar, building shareholder value, we plan to generate improved free cash flow from operations, strategically deploy capital toward investing for growth and reducing debt, and deliver strong returns on invested capital.
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Segments
We report segment information based on the “management approach”. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by management for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company's reportable segments.
We manage our business primarily on a geographic basis. The Company's reportable operating segments are comprised of (i) Americas, (ii) Europe and (iii) Asia. Each reportable operating segment includes sales to wholesale and distributor customers, and sales through Company-owned retail stores and e-commerce activities based on the location of the selling entity. The Americas segment primarily includes sales to customers based in Canada, Latin America and the United States. The Europe segment primarily includes sales to customers based in European countries, the Middle East and Africa. The Asia segment primarily includes sales to customers based in Australia, greater China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Each reportable operating segment provides similar products and services.
Brands
We are home to a collection of world-class owned and licensed brands that share our passion for design and innovation. We make distinctive watches and lifestyle accessories, bringing each brand to life through an extensive global channel and distribution network. We believe that the way we use our time matters, and we’ve made it our goal to create lasting change at the intersection of fashion and technology.
Our consumer-first mindset drives every decision we make. By capitalizing on fashion trends and leveraging proprietary data and insights, we are able to deliver relevant, high-value products and experiences to consumers across a diverse range of price points, style preferences and geographies.
Brand Building
Our ambition is to capture a greater share of the growing global accessories market with a collection of the world's most distinctive brands. We are investing in and strengthening our core brands within our diverse owned and licensed portfolio, connecting with customers across price points, channels, geographies and styles.
The ability to manage strong lifestyle brands is key to our success. Our multi–channel model delivers engaging experiences directly to our consumers through our owned channels of distribution, direct 1P marketplaces and via third party distributors.
Proprietary Brands
Our owned brands include FOSSIL, SKAGEN, MICHELE, RELIC and ZODIAC.
FOSSIL
FOSSIL is a leading global lifestyle accessories brand inspired by creativity and ingenuity, dedicated to connecting people to what matters most: time. FOSSIL takes pride in creating timeless and exceptionally crafted watches, leather goods and jewelry designed to accompany you on every journey life presents. Today, we are on a mission, continuing our decade-long commitment to "Make Time For Good," while building a dynamic, multi-channel organization connecting with customers all over the world.
SKAGEN
Since 1989, SKAGEN has been inspired by the city of Skagen and the Danish coastline. SKAGEN embraced Danish minimalism, creating slim styles and color combinations that reflect coastal living—an understated style that’s still authentic to the brand today. Denmark has much to celebrate. As SKAGEN honors its heritage, the brand is expanding its range of influence to include areas of relevance that are of the moment.
MICHELE
MICHELE timepieces are an extension and reflection of the women who wear them. Every MICHELE watch is built to celebrate feminine ambition and boldness—a reminder of all a woman has accomplished as she builds her legacy. MICHELE's beautifully-feminine timepieces use precise Swiss movements, genuine gemstones and diamonds, and premium
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finishes. Each luxury timepiece is distinctly and recognizably MICHELE with signature elements and bold art deco-inspired details.
RELIC
RELIC by Fossil is an American watch and lifestyle brand creatively delivering accessible, updated casual designs. With each of our signature watches and accessories, we create styles that fit your everyday lifestyle.
ZODIAC
With a rich legacy dating back to 1882, ZODIAC is dedicated to excellence in precision, bold design and craftsmanship with authentic Swiss horology. Today, ZODIAC creates exclusive watches that maintain historical authenticity to vintage models while incorporating contemporary updates, specialized movements and always-improving functionality.
Licensed Brands
Our main licensed brands include ARMANI EXCHANGE, DIESEL, EMPORIO ARMANI, MICHAEL KORS, SKECHERS and TORY BURCH. As a result of our vertical integration, we are uniquely positioned to launch an accessory category, such as watches, in partnership with a licensor in a timely and consistent manner. Many of our main licensing relationships are exclusive for the brands we license and include traditional watches, and for certain other brands, jewelry.
Products
We design, develop, market and distribute accessories across a variety of product categories: watches, jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts and sunglasses. Additionally, we manufacture and/or distribute products under private label brands. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the breakdown of our net sales and percentage change among proprietary, licensed and other brands for the fiscal years indicated (in millions, except for percentage data):
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| Proprietary | $ | 489.5 | (16.8) | % | $ | 588.1 | (18.4) | % | $ | 720.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Licensed | 475.3 | (6.6) | 509.1 | (19.3) | 631.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 39.6 | (17.2) | 47.8 | (21.6) | 61.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 1,004.4 | (12.3) | % | $ | 1,145.0 | (18.9) | % | $ | 1,412.4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Watches
Watches are our core global business. Sales of watches for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 accounted for approximately 82.3%, 78.4% and 77.6%, respectively, of our consolidated net sales.
Licensed Brands
We have entered into multi-year, worldwide exclusive license agreements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of watches bearing the brand names of certain globally recognized fashion brands. The following table sets forth information with respect to our main watch licenses:
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| Brand | Expiration Date 1 | ||||
| ARMANI EXCHANGE | 12/31/2027 | ||||
| DIESEL | 12/31/2027 | ||||
| EMPORIO ARMANI | 12/31/2027 | ||||
| MICHAEL KORS | 12/31/2027 | ||||
| SKECHERS | 12/31/2029 | ||||
| TORY BURCH | 12/30/2028 | ||||
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(1) Subject to early termination in certain circumstances
Fashion Accessories
In addition to our core watch business, we also design and create handbags, small leather goods, and belts across certain of our owned brands and jewelry under our owned brands and certain licensed brands. In the U.S. and certain international markets, we generally market our fashion accessory lines through the same distribution channels as our watches using similar marketing approaches. Our fashion accessories are typically sold in locations adjacent to watch departments, in store or online, which may lead to purchases by persons who are familiar with our watch brands. Sales of our accessory lines accounted for 16.0%, 19.7% and 20.5% of our consolidated net sales in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following table sets forth information about our fashion accessories:
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| DIESEL | Jewelry | ||||
| EMPORIO ARMANI | Jewelry | ||||
| FOSSIL | Handbags, small leather goods, belts, eyewear, jewelry | ||||
| MICHAEL KORS | Jewelry | ||||
| SKAGEN | Jewelry | ||||
Licensed Eyewear
We have a license agreement with the Safilo Group for both FOSSIL branded sunglasses and optical frames worldwide, which expires on December 31, 2028.
Stores
Our products are sold across approximately 132 countries worldwide through 21 Company-owned sales subsidiaries and through a network of 74 independent distributors. Our network of Company-owned stores included 88 retail stores and 111 outlet stores primarily operated under the FOSSIL brand as of January 3, 2026. In certain international markets, our products are also sold online and through licensed and franchised FOSSIL retail stores, retail concessions operated by us and kiosks.
We also operate a limited number of stores under the WATCH STATION and WSI names, in which we offer certain of our owned and licensed brand products to curate a unique collection of designer watches and jewelry for women and men. We offer a robust online and in-store experience in the United States, Europe and Asia that connects our customers to the stories, trends and latest innovations in the world of watches.
Marketing
Our marketing approach meets the consumer wherever they are, both online and offline. We create the best possible brand experience through a blend of art and science, which means that we prioritize both data-driven decision-making and creativity in our marketing approach. At our core, we are storytellers and demand generators and have the ability to craft beautiful products and deliver memorable brand experiences.
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We have an in-house global marketing team with representation across our regions serving both our owned and licensed brands to better connect with consumers and drive sustained engagement and awareness. This capability works across channels, including digital marketing, social media, social commerce, email marketing, Customer Relationship Management, partner marketing and brand and performance media. We are also experienced brand builders, with in-house brand development, PR, content and integrated marketing teams, in addition to a dynamic global creative studio.
We have built proprietary algorithms to support the profitable flow-through of marketing investment, optimized across channels, brands and countries. We deliver increasingly better personalization through ongoing test-and-learn methods as well as through consumer insights and predictive analytics capabilities we have built over the past few years.
Distribution
We distribute our products globally through regional warehouses with our warehouse in Dallas, Texas serving the Americas, our warehouse in Eggstätt, Germany serving Europe and our warehouse in Hong Kong SAR serving Asia. For those countries in which our products are distributed, but where we don’t have a physical presence, we use third-party distributors. From our regional warehouses, our products are shipped to subsidiary warehouses, distributors, wholesale accounts or directly to customers in selected markets. Our extensive distribution network allows us to reach a diverse global customer base. We sell our products through a range of channels including e-commerce, Company-owned retail stores, department and specialty retail stores, airlines, mass markets and concessions.
Digital
Our holistic e-commerce efforts include three forms of digital channels. First, our owned global e-commerce websites for our brands deliver mobile-friendly experiences, personalized content, and seamless omni-channel integration with retail stores, including buy online pick up in store, curbside pickup and ship from store. Second, we sell our products to leading third-party online retailers and our wholesalers’ e-commerce websites. Third, we directly sell to consumers on major third-party platforms. We plan to enhance our e-commerce capabilities in fiscal year 2026, with a focus on improving the end-to-end consumer experience, creating stronger customer relationship management ("CRM") journeys via first party data and bringing more engaging and accessible experiences across our channels.
Manufacturing and Sourcing
The vast majority of our products are sourced internationally. Most watch product sourcing is coordinated through our Hong Kong SAR subsidiary, Fossil (East) Limited (“Fossil East”). We have some limited watch assembly operations through an owned facility in India. Although we do not have long-term contracts with our unrelated watch and accessory manufacturers, we maintain long-term relationships with several manufacturers. These relationships developed due to the significant length of time we have conducted business with the same manufacturers. We believe that we are able to exert some operational control with regard to our principal watch assemblers because of our long-standing relationships. In addition, we believe that the relative size of our business with watch manufacturers gives us priority within their production schedules. Furthermore, the manufacturers understand our quality standards, which allow us to produce quality products supporting overall operating margins.
Our quality control program attempts to ensure that our products meet the standards established by our product development and quality staff. Development samples of products are inspected by us prior to placing orders with factories to ensure compliance with our designs. We also typically inspect or audit inspections of "end of production" samples for compliance through our field quality teams. Additionally, we conduct regular business reviews with key assemblers to ensure adherence to our production and quality control programs. We also analyze repairs and returns to detect patterns for the purpose of conducting root cause analysis to fix any potential deviations from our production and quality control programs. The operations of the Hong Kong SAR and mainland Chinese factories that produce our products are monitored on a periodic basis by Fossil East.
Intellectual Property
We use our FOSSIL, MICHELE, RELIC, SKAGEN and ZODIAC trademarks, as well as other trademarks, on watches, our FOSSIL and SKAGEN trademarks on jewelry, and our FOSSIL trademark on leather goods and other fashion accessories in the U.S. and in a significant number of foreign countries. We also use FOSSIL, WATCH STATION INTERNATIONAL, and WSI as trademarks on retail stores and FOSSIL, SKAGEN, ZODIAC and MICHELE as trademarks on online e-commerce sites. We have taken steps to establish or provide additional protection for our trademarks by registering or applying to register our trademarks for relevant classes of products in each country where our products are sold in addition to certain foreign countries where it is our intent to market our products in the future. We also have rights in certain copyrights and designs both in the United States and in other countries where our products are principally sold.
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We continue to explore innovations in the design and assembly of our products. As a result, we have been granted, and have pending, various U.S. and international design and utility patents related to certain product designs, features, and technologies. As of January 3, 2026, none of our patents were material to our business.
We rely upon unpatented trade secrets, know-how, and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We strive to protect our trade secrets and other proprietary information through agreements with current and prospective product development partners, confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants and others that may have access to our proprietary information and through the use of other security measures.
We aggressively protect our trademarks and trade dress and pursue infringement claims both domestically and internationally. We also pursue counterfeiters both domestically and internationally through third-party online monitoring tools and through leads generated internally, as well as through our business partners worldwide.
Seasonality
Our business has a seasonal pattern, with a significant portion of our sales occurring during the end-of-year holiday period.
Significant Customer
No customer accounted for 10% or more of our consolidated net sales in fiscal years 2025, 2024 or 2023.
Competition
The businesses in which we compete are highly competitive and fragmented. Our traditional watch business generally competes with a number of established manufacturers, importers and distributors, including Armitron, Citizen, Gucci, Guess?, Kenneth Cole, LVMH Group, Movado, Raymond Weil, Seiko, Swatch, Swiss Army, TAG Heuer and Timex. In addition, our leather goods, sunglasses, and jewelry businesses compete with a large number of established companies that have significant experience developing, marketing and distributing such products. Our competitors include distributors that import watches and accessories from abroad, U.S. companies that have established foreign manufacturing relationships and companies that produce accessories domestically.
In addition, we face intense competition in the watch market from smartwatches from technology brands such as Apple, Garmin, Google and Samsung, and from fitness brands such as Fitbit. Many of these brands have significantly more resources than we do in areas such as product development and marketing. While we did compete in the smartwatch category for a number of years, we exited this category to focus our resources on our traditional watch offerings. We believe our design and branding are strong competitive advantages in the traditional watch market.
Although the level and nature of competition varies among our product categories and geographic regions, we compete on the basis of style and technical features, price, value, quality, brand name, advertising, marketing, distribution and customer service. Our ability to identify and respond to changing fashion trends and consumer preferences, to maintain existing relationships and develop new relationships with manufacturing sources, to deliver quality merchandise in a timely manner, to manage the retail sales process, and to continue to integrate technology into our business model are important factors in our ability to compete. Our distinctive business model of owning the distribution in many key markets and offering a globally recognized portfolio of proprietary and licensed products allows for many competitive advantages over smaller, regional or local competitors. This allows us to bypass a local distributor's cost structure in certain countries, resulting in more competitively priced products, while also generating higher product and operating margins.
Governmental Regulation
Import Tariffs and Other Import Restrictions
Most of our products are assembled or manufactured overseas. As a result, the U.S. and countries in which our products are sourced or sold may from time to time modify existing import restrictions or barriers to trade, including duties (e.g., anti-dumping or countervailing duties), tariffs or other restrictions in a manner that adversely affects us. For example, our products imported for distribution in the U.S. are subject to normal U.S. customs duties and, sometimes, special tariff regimes. In the ordinary course of our business, we may also from time to time be subject to claims by the U.S. Customs & Border Protection for duties and other charges. Factors that may influence the modification or imposition of these restrictions include determinations imposing increased tariffs by, for example, the President or the U.S. Trade Representative that there is a national emergency or that a country has denied fair and equitable market access to U.S. firms that rely on intellectual property.
The Trump Administration, during its first term from 2017 to 2021, imposed certain tariffs and retaliatory tariffs, as well as other trade restrictions on products and materials. In early 2025, the Trump Administration announced significant new tariffs
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on foreign imports into the U.S., including from China. Throughout 2025, U.S. trade policies experienced rapid changes and significant volatility, including tariff increases imposed under multiple legal authorities and retaliatory actions by foreign countries. In February 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the President of the United States is not authorized to impose tariffs under the International Economic Emergency Powers Act (“IEEPA”), resulting in the elimination of certain higher tariff rates against most major trading partners, including China. However, the U.S. administration almost immediately instituted new tariffs against most major trading partners, and has previewed future actions that could restore or exceed the level of the IEEPA tariffs.
Tariffs negatively impacted our gross margin by approximately 140 basis points during fiscal 2025. Future adverse effects on our financial results will likely continue if tariff levels persist, continue to rise, or remain volatile, especially for goods imported from China. We have been developing and implementing mitigation strategies (such as price increases and sourcing changes, among others) and determining future implementation timelines. The process for obtaining refunds from IEEPA duties is currently unclear, but we are analyzing available options to preserve our refund rights and expect further guidance from U.S. customs and lower courts that may allow us to recoup these costs.
General
We are subject to laws regarding customs, tax, employment, privacy, truth-in-advertising, consumer product safety, zoning and occupancy and other laws and regulations that regulate and/or govern the importation, promotion and sale of consumer products and our corporate, retail and distribution operations.
Compliance and Trade
Code of Conduct for Manufacturers ("Manufacturer Code")
We are committed to ethical and responsible conduct in all of our operations and respect for the rights of all individuals. We strive to ensure that human rights are upheld for all workers involved in our supply chain, and that individuals experience safe, fair and non-discriminatory working conditions. We maintain the Fossil Group Human Rights Policy that further supports our commitment to human rights within our entire supply chain.
In addition, we are committed to compliance with applicable environmental requirements and are committed to seeing that all of our products are manufactured and distributed in compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. We expect that our business partners will share these commitments, which we enforce through our Manufacturer Code.
Our Manufacturer Code specifically requires our manufacturers to not use child, forced or involuntary labor and to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations. We provide training to our factories related to our Manufacturer Code and the applicable laws in the country in which the factory is located. The training provides the factories with a more in-depth explanation of our Manufacturer Code.
In addition to the contractual obligation, we evaluate our suppliers' compliance with our Manufacturer Code through audits conducted both by our employees and third-party compliance auditing firms. In most cases, the audits are announced. If we believe that a supplier is failing to live up to the standards of our Manufacturer Code, we may terminate the supplier or provide the supplier with an opportunity to remedy the non-compliance through the implementation of a corrective action plan.
Trade
Our warehouse and distribution facility in Dallas, Texas operates in a special purpose sub-zone established by the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Trade Zone Board. This sub-zone provides the following economic and operational advantages to us: (i) we do not have to pay duty on imported merchandise until it leaves the sub-zone and enters the U.S. market; (ii) we do not have to pay any U.S. duty on merchandise if the imported merchandise is subsequently shipped to locations outside the U.S.; and (iii) we do not have to pay local property tax on inventory located within the sub-zone.
Information Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning
We utilize SAP ERP in our U.S. operations and throughout most of our European operations to support our human resources, sales and distribution, inventory planning, retail merchandising and operational and financial reporting systems of our business, and Navision in our Asian operations to support many of the same functions on a local country level. We also use tools provided by Salesforce, Inc. to globally support our brand websites, marketing and customer initiatives.
Enterprise Performance Management Systems
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We have implemented customized Hyperion financial reporting software from Oracle Corporation. The software increases the efficiency of our consolidation and reporting process and provides a more dynamic way to view and analyze data. The Hyperion planning tool also provides more dynamic and robust budgeting and forecasting capabilities.
Consumer Facing System
We leverage global cloud based solutions in mobile point-of-sale across our retail stores globally as well as global direct e-commerce. These systems allow us to better serve our customers across multiple channels and are the foundation of our omni-channel capabilities.
Customer Data Platform and CRM
We utilize a next generation, cloud-based customer data platform to better capture, identify, and manage our customer narrative and further enable our sales programs and interactive marketing initiatives in a more personalized, secure and dynamic manner. Our CRM and marketing efforts will be increasingly robust throughout 2026 and into 2027, as we re-baseline the CRM platform and complete iterative expansions in leveraging its capabilities for consumer journey and personalization experiences.
Customer Master Data
Our master customer data is stored in a cloud native, industry standard design based on the Google Cloud Platform architecture, in order to better secure and improve the long-term performance and integration for future key marketing, analytics, artificial intelligence, and sales systems.
Human Capital Resources
As of January 3, 2026, our global workforce was approximately 4,500 employees, which includes 3,200 employees based in our international subsidiaries. None of our domestic or foreign-based employees are represented by a trade union; however, certain European-based employees engage in works councils that negotiate with management on behalf of applicable employees.
Geographic Composition
Our global workforce spans the Americas (41%), Europe (24%), and Asia-Pacific (35%). In Asia-Pacific, a significant number of our employees are in India (20%).
Engaging the Fossil Group Workforce
We take pride in the strides we have made toward creating a work environment that is not only rewarding, but also deeply engaging and inspiring for our team members. In a world that evolves rapidly, our commitment to cultivating our culture remains steadfast. To surpass our goals and realize our ambitions, we are dedicated to a cycle of listening, learning, and collaboration. We aim to set impactful objectives, foster innovation, and maintain transparency about our journey, including our achievements and challenges.
Leadership Development & Succession Planning
We invest in cross-training and leadership readiness initiatives to ensure we have multiple strong candidates prepared for future transitions. Our Board and executive leadership oversee succession planning to ensure continuity in critical leadership roles.
Corporate Social Responsibility ("CSR") & Sustainability
As part of our “Make Time for Good” CSR strategy, we focus on:
•Good for the Planet: Reducing our environmental footprint through sustainable design and operations.
•Good for Communities: Supporting empowerment initiatives and local community well-being.
•Good for People: Promoting a workplace culture grounded in professionalism and employee development.
Our CSR report is available at https://www.fossilgroup.com/sustainability/
Governance & Oversight
Our Board and related committees actively oversee human capital management, including:
•Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee: CSR matters oversight.
•Audit Committee: Monitoring enterprise risks, compliance with the Code of Conduct, and ethics policies.
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•Compensation & Talent Management Committee: Reviewing compensation, benefits, and executive performance goals.
Summary
Our commitment to human capital management is integral to our long-term success and business strategy. By fostering a high-performance culture, investing in leadership development, and prioritizing employee engagement, we continue to strengthen our workforce to drive sustainable growth. Our focus on our current workforce along with structured succession planning and competitive compensation practices, ensures that we attract and retain top talent while maintaining a dynamic professional and inclusive workplace.
Available Information
Our website address is www.fossilgroup.com. The information on our website (including the CSR report) is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K or incorporated into any other filings we make with the SEC. Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”), are available free of charge on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC. In addition, the SEC maintains a website at www.sec.gov that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers, including Fossil Group, that are electronically filed with the SEC.
General
We are a Delaware corporation formed in 1991 and are the successor to a Texas corporation formed in 1984. Our principal executive offices are located at 901 S. Central Expressway, Richardson, Texas 75080, and our telephone number at that address is (972) 234-2525. Our common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the trading symbol FOSL.
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Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the risks described elsewhere in this report, set forth below is a summary of the material risks related to an investment in our securities. These risks, some of which have occurred and/or are occurring and any of which could occur in the future, are not the only ones we face. Additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also have an adverse effect on us. If any of these risks actually occur, our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be materially and adversely impacted, which might cause the value of our securities to decline.
Strategic Risks
Our success depends upon our ability to anticipate and respond to changing fashion, functionality and product trends.
Our success depends upon our ability to anticipate and respond to changing fashion, functionality and product trends and consumer preferences in a timely manner. The purchasing decisions of consumers are highly subjective and can be influenced by many factors, such as brand image, marketing programs, functionality, and product features and design. Our success depends, in part, on our ability to anticipate, gauge and respond to these changing consumer preferences in a timely manner while preserving the authenticity and the quality of our brands. Although we attempt to stay abreast of emerging lifestyle and fashion trends affecting accessories, any failure by us to identify and respond to such trends could adversely affect consumer acceptance of our existing brand names and product lines, which in turn could result in inventory valuation reserves and adversely affect sales of our products. If we misjudge the market for our products, we may be faced with a significant amount of unsold finished goods inventory, which could adversely affect our results of operations. We have experienced decreasing net sales across certain of our product categories; in particular, net sales of watches have declined, reflecting the decline in the traditional watch market. If we are unable to adjust our product offerings and reverse the decrease in net sales, our results of operations and financial condition could be adversely affected.
Our success depends upon our ability to continue to develop innovative products.
Our success depends upon our ability to continue to develop innovative products in the respective markets in which we compete. The process of developing new products is complex and uncertain, and involves time, substantial costs and risks. Our inability or the inability of our partners, for technological or other reasons, some of which may be beyond our or our partners' control, to enhance, develop, manufacture, distribute and monetize products in a timely manner, or at all, in response to changing consumer preferences could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or could result in our products not achieving market acceptance or becoming obsolete. If we are unable to successfully introduce new products, or if our competitors introduce new or superior products, customers may purchase increasing amounts of products from our competitors, which could adversely affect our sales and results of operations.
If we are unable to effectively execute our e-commerce business strategy and provide a reliable digital experience for our customers, our reputation and operating results may be harmed.
E-commerce is a significant portion of our net revenues and was particularly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which drove an acceleration in the shift to online shopping. The success of our e-commerce business depends, in part, on third parties and factors over which we have limited control, including changing consumer preferences, both domestically and abroad, and promotional or other advertising initiatives employed by our wholesale customers or other third parties on their e-commerce sites. Any failure on our part, or on the part of our third-party digital partners, to provide attractive, reliable, secure and user-friendly e-commerce platforms could negatively impact our consumers’ shopping experience, resulting in reduced website traffic, diminished loyalty to our brands and lost sales.
The success of our business also depends on our ability to continue to develop and maintain a reliable digital experience for our customers. We strive to give our customers a seamless omni-channel experience both in stores and online across devices. Potential friction points in the consumer experience could negatively impact our ability to compete with other brands, which could adversely impact our business.
In addition, we must keep up to date with competitive technology trends, including the use of new applications, enhancements and releases, and digital marketing tools. Failure to innovate and keep abreast of technology and improving the consumer experience could adversely affect digital sales and damage our brand and reputation.
Additionally, the success of our e-commerce business and the satisfaction of our consumers depend on their timely receipt of our products. The efficient flow of our products requires that our distribution facilities have adequate capacity to support the current level of e-commerce operations and any anticipated increased levels that may follow from the growth of our e-commerce business. If we encounter difficulties with our distribution facilities, or if any such facilities were to shut down or be limited in capacity for any reason, including as a result of fire, other natural disaster, labor disruption, cyberattack or
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pandemic (including as a consequence of public health directives, quarantine policies or social distancing measures resulting from a pandemic), we could face shortages of inventory, and we could experience disruption or delay, or incur significantly higher costs and longer lead times for distributing our products to our consumers which could result in customer dissatisfaction. Any of these issues could have an adverse effect on our business and harm our reputation.
We regularly develop new products and features, and new products introduced by us may not achieve consumer acceptance comparable to that of our existing product lines.
We regularly update our product offerings. As is typical with new products, market acceptance of new designs, features, and products is subject to uncertainty. In addition, we generally make decisions regarding product designs several months in advance of the time when consumer acceptance can be measured. If trends shift away from our products, if we are not able to develop and introduce new compelling products or if we misjudge the market for our product lines, we may be faced with significant amounts of unsold inventory or other conditions which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
The failure of new product designs or new product lines to gain market acceptance could also adversely affect our business and the image of our brands. Achieving market acceptance for new products may also require substantial marketing efforts and expenditures to generate consumer demand. These requirements could strain our management, financial and operational resources. If we do not continue to develop innovative products that provide better design and features than the products of our competitors and that are accepted by consumers, or if our future product lines misjudge consumer demands, we may lose consumer loyalty, which could result in a decline in our sales and market share.
Our ability to grow our sales is dependent upon the implementation of our business strategy, which we may not be able to achieve.
Our ability to grow our sales is dependent on the successful implementation of our business strategy. Beginning in 2026, this includes (i) driving profitable growth, (ii) optimizing our operating model, and (iii) building shareholder value. If we are not successful in the expansion or development of our product offerings, our new products are not profitable or do not generate sales comparable to those of our existing businesses, we are unable to successfully execute our business strategy or our restructuring and savings program does not achieve our desired results, our results of operations could be negatively impacted.
We also operate FOSSIL brand stores and other watch stores globally to further strengthen our brand image. As of January 3, 2026, we operated 199 stores worldwide. The costs associated with leasehold improvements to current stores and the costs associated with opening new stores and closing low performing stores, particularly those stores that have seen a significant reduction in traffic, could materially increase our costs of operation and result in impairment charges.
Rapidly changing, and in some cases diverging, sustainability-related regulatory requirements and political scrutiny of sustainability matters could result in additional costs or risks and adversely impact our reputation.
Many jurisdictions in which we and our suppliers operate have enacted or are considering enacting “sustainability” legislation and regulations. While certain jurisdictions in which we operate have challenged or rolled-back sustainability legislation and regulations, others have become more prescriptive. These developments have resulted in a fragmented and, at times, conflicting compliance environment. Such proposed and/or enacted regulations include new or expanded disclosure requirements regarding sustainability, recycling, emissions and other climate-related information, including disclosure of climate-related risks, and may also require third-party assurance (e.g., through independent auditors) to provide some level of attestation to the accuracy of such disclosures. Our ability to comply with any such new sustainability and/or climate laws and regulations may lead to increased costs and operational complexity and/or we may be required to divert costs and resources away from other business priorities in order to comply with any such requirements. In addition, it may become increasingly difficult to navigate differing political viewpoints around sustainability matters in the U.S., EU and many of the international locations in which we operate. Our failure or inability to comply with these regulations, to navigate heightened scrutiny of these matters in the current political landscape or to meet the standards included in any sustainability report we publish or disclosures we make could negatively impact investor decisions, our reputation, employee retention and/or the willingness of our customers and suppliers to do business with us, as well as expose us to government enforcement action and/or private litigation.
The risks associated with climate change and other environmental impacts could negatively affect our business and operations.
Our business is susceptible to risks associated with climate change, including through disruption to our supply chain, potentially impacting the production and distribution of our products and availability and cost of raw materials. Increased frequency and intensity of severe weather events due to climate change could increase the risk of a significant disruption to our operations, including at our global offices and warehouses and transportation and manufacturing partners. While we are addressing climate-related issues impacting our business through our enterprise risk management framework, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in achieving our climate-related goals and targets, including reducing our emissions. These
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goals and targets are based on a number of assumptions and estimates, and their achievement is subject to risks and uncertainties, including the availability and cost of lower-carbon alternatives and other inputs, the actions of our suppliers and partners and evolving (and in some cases, diverging) regulatory requirements across jurisdictions in which we operate. In addition, concern over climate change may result in new or additional legal, legislative and regulatory requirements to reduce or mitigate the effects of climate change on the environment. Failure, or perceived failure, to implement our strategy or achieve our goals could expose us to heightened regulatory scrutiny and/or damage our reputation, causing our investors, consumers or employees to lose confidence in our Company and brands, and negatively impact our operations, including through increased operating costs.
Operational Risks
Our supply chain may be disrupted by changes in U.S. trade policy with China or as a result of a pandemic.
We rely on domestic and foreign suppliers to provide us with merchandise in a timely manner and at favorable prices. Among our foreign suppliers, China is the source of a substantial majority of our imports.
We experienced increased international transit times and increased shipping costs for a majority of our products, in association with and primarily as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Any similar future disruption in the flow of our imported merchandise from China or a material increase in the cost of those goods or transportation without any offsetting price increases may significantly decrease our profits.
The ongoing U.S. tariffs or other actions against China and any responses by China, and a continued failure to implement a lasting agreement to more permanently lower tariff rates, could impair our ability to meet customer demand and could result in lost sales or an increase in our cost of merchandise. These trade policies may have a material adverse impact on our business and results of operations.
The loss of any of our license agreements for globally recognized fashion brand names may result in the loss of significant revenues and may adversely affect our business.
We have entered into multi-year, worldwide exclusive license agreements for the manufacture, distribution and sale of products bearing the brand names of certain globally recognized fashion brands. We sell products under certain licensed brands, including, but not limited to, ARMANI EXCHANGE, DIESEL, EMPORIO ARMANI, MICHAEL KORS, SKECHERS and TORY BURCH. Sales of our licensed products accounted for 47.3% of our consolidated net sales for fiscal year 2025, including MICHAEL KORS product sales, which accounted for 19.2% of our consolidated net sales, and ARMANI product sales, which accounted for 10.1% of our consolidated net sales.
Our main third-party fashion brand license agreements have various expiration dates between the years 2027 and 2029. In addition, many of these license agreements require us to make minimum royalty payments, spend minimum amounts on marketing, subject us to restrictive covenants or require us to comply with certain other obligations and may be terminated by the licensor if these or other conditions are not met or upon certain events. For example, our license agreement with MICHAEL KORS provides the licensor with a right to terminate some or all of the licensing rights if we fail to meet certain net sales thresholds for two consecutive years. If we are unable to achieve the minimum net sales thresholds, minimum marketing spend, restrictive covenants and/or other obligations of a license, we would need to seek a waiver for the non-compliance from the applicable licensor or amend the agreement to modify the thresholds, covenants or obligations or face the possibility that the licensor could terminate the license agreement before its expiration date. Though waivers may be obtained for non-compliance, we, or the licensor, may instead elect to modify or terminate the license agreement.
In addition, we may be unable to renew our existing license agreements beyond the current term or obtain new license agreements to replace any lost license agreements on similar economic terms or at all. The failure by us to maintain or renew one or more of our existing license agreements could result in a significant decrease in our sales and have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
Our inability to effectively manage our retail store operations could adversely affect our results of operations.
During fiscal 2025, our global comparable retail store sales decreased 23.3%. During fiscal year 2026, we anticipate closing a number of stores globally that have expiring lease terms. The success of our retail business depends, in part, on our ability to close low performing stores and to renew existing leases for better performing stores on terms that meet our financial targets. Our ability to close low performing stores and to renew leases for better performing stores on favorable terms and to operate them on a profitable basis will depend on various factors, including our ability to:
•negotiate acceptable lease renewal terms for existing locations, particularly for those existing locations that have experienced reductions in traffic, but that we would like to continue to operate;
•hire and train qualified sales associates;
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•develop new merchandise and manage inventory effectively to meet the needs of new and existing stores on a timely basis; and
•maintain favorable relationships with major developers and other landlords.
Our plans to manage our store base may not be successful and the opening of new stores in the future may not result in an increase in our net sales even though they increase our costs. Our inability to effectively manage our retail store base could have a material adverse effect on the amount of net sales we generate and on our financial condition and results of operations.
Certain key components in our products come from limited sources of supply, which exposes us to potential supply shortages that could disrupt the manufacture and sale of our products.
We and our contract manufacturers currently purchase a number of key components used to manufacture our products from limited sources of supply for which alternative sources may not be readily available. Any interruption or delay in the supply of any of these components could significantly harm our ability to meet scheduled product deliveries to our customers and cause us to lose sales. Interruptions or delays in supply may be caused by a number of factors that are outside of our and our contract manufacturers' control. In addition, the purchase of these components on a limited source basis subjects us to risks of price increases and potential quality assurance problems. An increase in the cost of components could make our products less competitive and result in lower gross margins. In the event that we can no longer obtain materials from these limited sources of supply, we might not be able to qualify or identify alternative suppliers in a timely fashion. Any extended interruption in the supply of any of the key components currently obtained from a limited source or delay in transitioning to a replacement supplier could disrupt our operations and significantly harm our business in any given period. If our supply of certain components is disrupted, our lead times are extended or the cost of our components increases, our business, operating results and financial condition could be materially affected.
Seasonality of our business may adversely affect our net sales, operating income and liquidity.
Our quarterly results of operations have fluctuated in the past and will continue to fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including seasonal cycles, timing of new product introductions, timing of orders by our customers and mix of product sales demand. Our business is seasonal by nature. A significant portion of our net sales and operating income are generated during the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year, which includes the "back to school" and holiday seasons. The amount of net sales and operating income generated during our fiscal fourth quarter depends upon the anticipated level of retail sales during the holiday season, as well as general economic conditions and other factors beyond our control. In addition, the amount of net sales and operating income generated during our fiscal first quarter depends in part upon the actual level of retail sales during the previous holiday season. The seasonality of our business may adversely affect our net sales, operating income and liquidity during the first and fourth quarters of our fiscal year.
The amount of traffic to our retail stores depends heavily on the success of the shopping malls and retail centers in which our stores are located.
There has been a decrease in traffic in many of the shopping malls and retail centers in which our stores are located, which was accelerated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and has resulted in a decrease in traffic to our stores. The resulting decrease in customers for our retail stores has had an adverse effect on our results of operations. Additionally, several national department store anchors have closed or will be closing a number of their locations in shopping malls, which is likely to further decrease traffic and put increasing financial strain on the operators of those shopping mall locations. The loss of an anchor or other significant tenant in a shopping mall in which we have a store, continued declines in traffic to shopping malls or the closure of a significant number of shopping malls in which we have stores, may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.
We have key facilities in the U.S. and overseas, the loss or shut down of any of which could harm our business.
Our administrative, information technology and distribution operations in the U.S. are conducted primarily from two separate facilities located in the Dallas, Texas area. Our operations internationally are conducted from various administrative, distribution and assembly facilities outside of the U.S., particularly in mainland China, Germany, Hong Kong SAR and India. The complete or temporary loss of use of all or part of these facilities could have a material adverse effect on our business.
Our warehouse and distribution facilities in the Dallas, Texas area are operated in a special purpose sub-zone established by the U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign Trade Zone Board. Although the sub-zone allows us certain tax advantages, the sub-zone is highly regulated by the U.S. Customs Service. This level of regulation may cause disruptions or delays in the distribution of our products out of these facilities. Under some circumstances, the U.S. Customs Service has the right to shut down the entire sub-zone and, therefore, our entire warehouse and distribution facilities. During the time that the sub-zone is shut down, we may be unable to adequately meet the supply requests of our customers and our Company-owned retail stores, which could have an adverse effect on our sales, relationships with our customers, and results of operations, especially if the shutdown were to occur during our third or fourth quarter.
Fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of raw materials could cause delays and increase costs.
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Fluctuations in the price, availability and quality of the raw materials used in our products could have a material adverse effect on our cost of sales or ability to meet our customers' demand. The price and availability of such raw materials may fluctuate significantly, depending on many factors, including natural resources, increased freight costs, increased labor costs, especially in China, increased component costs and weather conditions. Inflation rates in the U.S. and certain international markets have been elevated in recent years. While we have increased the prices of a number of our products as a result and may implement other price increases in the future, we may not be able to pass on all, or a significant portion of, such higher raw materials prices to our customers or such price increases may not be accepted by our customers, which could impact our margins or result in lost revenues.
We rely on third-party assembly factories and manufacturers; and problems with, or loss of, assembly factories or manufacturing sources could harm our business and results of operations.
The majority of our watch and jewelry products are currently assembled or manufactured to our specifications by independent entities in China. All of our handbags, small leather goods, belts and soft accessories are produced by independent manufacturers. We have no long-term contracts with these independent assembly factories or manufacturers and compete with other companies for production facilities. All transactions between us and our independent assembly factories or manufacturers are conducted on the basis of purchase orders. We face the risk that these independent assembly factories or manufacturers may not produce and deliver our products on a timely basis, or at all. As a result, we cannot be certain that these assembly factories or manufacturers will continue to assemble or manufacture products for us or that we will not experience operational difficulties with our manufacturers, such as reductions in the availability of production capacity, errors in complying with product specifications, insufficient quality control, shortages of raw materials, failures to meet production deadlines, increases in manufacturing costs or pandemic-related delays. Our future success will depend upon our ability to maintain close relationships with our current assembly factories and manufacturers and to develop long-term relationships with other manufacturers that satisfy our requirements for price, quality and production flexibility. Our ability to establish new manufacturing relationships involves numerous uncertainties, including those relating to payment terms, costs of manufacturing, adequacy of manufacturing capacity, quality control and timeliness of delivery. Any failure by us to maintain long-term relationships with our current assembly factories and manufacturers or to develop relationships with other manufacturers could have a material adverse effect on our ability to manufacture and distribute our products.
We do not maintain long-term contracts with our customers and are unable to control their purchasing decisions.
We do not maintain long-term purchasing contracts with our customers and therefore have no contractual leverage over their purchasing decisions. A decision by a major department store or other significant customer to decrease the amount of merchandise purchased from us or to cease carrying our products could have a material adverse effect on our net sales and operating strategy.
We face intense competition in the specialty retail and e-commerce industries and the size and resources of some of our competitors are substantially greater than ours, which may allow them to compete more effectively.
We face intense competition in the specialty retail and e-commerce industry where we compete primarily with specialty retailers, department stores and e-commerce businesses that engage in the retail sale of watches and accessories. We believe that the principal basis upon which we compete is the quality and design of merchandise and the quality of customer service. We also believe that price is an important factor in our customers' decision-making processes. Many of our competitors are, and many of our potential competitors may be, larger and have greater financial, marketing and other resources than we have and therefore may be able to adapt to changes in customer requirements more quickly, devote greater resources to the marketing and sale of their products and generate greater national brand recognition than we can, especially in the developing area of omni-channel retailing. Omni-channel retailing may include retail stores, e-commerce sites, mobile channels and other direct-to-consumer points of contact that enhance the consumer’s ability to interact with a retailer in the research, purchase, returning and serving of products. The intense competition and greater size and resources of some of our competitors could have a material adverse effect on the amount of net sales we generate and on our results of operations.
We face competition from traditional accessory competitors as well as technology companies in the watch category.
There is intense competition in each of the businesses in which we compete. In all of our businesses, we compete with numerous manufacturers, importers and distributors who may have significantly greater financial, distribution, advertising and marketing resources than us. Our competitors include distributors that import watches and accessories from abroad, U.S. companies that have established foreign manufacturing relationships and companies that produce accessories domestically. In addition, we face strong competition in the watch category from technology companies that offer alternatives to our traditional watches, such as Apple, Garmin, Google and Samsung. Many of these technology competitors have significantly greater financial, distribution, advertising and marketing resources than us. Our results of operations and market position may be adversely affected by our competitors and their competitive pressures in the watch and fashion accessory industries.
Any material disruption of our information systems could disrupt our business and reduce our sales.
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We are increasingly dependent on information systems to operate our websites, process transactions, store customer information, manage inventory, monitor sales and purchase, sell and ship goods on a timely basis. We utilize SAP ERP in our U.S. operations and throughout most of our European operations to support our human resources, sales and distribution, inventory planning, retail merchandising and operational and financial reporting systems of our business, and Navision in our Asian operations to support many of the same functions on a local country level. We also use tools provided by Salesforce, Inc. in our CRM initiatives. We have implemented a new global point of sale system for our retail stores. We may experience operational problems with our information systems as a result of system failures, viruses, ransomware, cyber attack, computer "hackers" or other causes. These risks may be heightened as a result of our workforce that works remotely. In addition, as artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies, including generative AI models, develop rapidly, threat actors are using these technologies to create new sophisticated attack methods that are increasingly automated, targeted and coordinated and more difficult to defend against. Any material disruption or slowdown of our systems could cause information, including data related to customer orders, to be lost, unavailable or delayed, which could result in delays in the delivery of merchandise to our stores and customers or lost sales, which could reduce demand for our merchandise and cause our sales to decline. Moreover, the failure to maintain, or a disruption in, financial and management control systems could have a material adverse effect on our ability to respond to trends in our target markets, market our products and meet our customers' requirements.
In addition, we have e-commerce and other websites in the U.S. and internationally. In addition to changing consumer preferences and buying trends relating to Internet usage, we are vulnerable to certain additional risks and uncertainties associated with the Internet, including changes in required technology interfaces, website downtime and other technical failures, security breaches, and consumer privacy concerns. Our failure to successfully respond to these risks and uncertainties could reduce e-commerce sales, increase costs and damage the reputation of our brands.
Factors affecting international commerce and our international operations may seriously harm our financial condition.
During fiscal 2025, we generated 67.4% of our net sales from outside of the U.S. Our international operations are directly related to, and dependent on, the volume of international trade and foreign market conditions. International commerce and our international operations are subject to many risks, some of which are discussed in more detail, including:
•recessions in foreign economies;
•political instability or uncertainty, including as a result of elections, economic instability, geopolitical events and tensions, wars and military conflicts;
•the adoption and expansion of trade restrictions or the occurrence of trade wars;
•limitations on repatriation of earnings;
•difficulties in protecting our intellectual property or enforcing our intellectual property rights under the laws of other countries;
•longer receivables collection periods and greater difficulty in collecting accounts receivable;
•difficulties in managing foreign operations;
•social, political and economic instability;
•restrictions on travel to and from international locations;
•political tensions between the U.S. and foreign countries;
•compliance with, changes in or adoption of current, new or expanded regulatory requirements;
•our ability to finance foreign operations;
•tariffs and other trade barriers;
•U.S. government licensing requirements for exports; and
•the impact of a pandemic.
The occurrence or consequences of any of these risks may restrict our ability to operate in the affected regions and decrease the profitability of our international operations, which may seriously harm our financial condition.
Because we depend on foreign manufacturing, we are vulnerable to changes in economic and social conditions in Asia, particularly in China, and disruptions in international travel and shipping.
Because a substantial portion of our watches and jewelry and certain of our handbags, sunglasses and other products are assembled or manufactured in China, our success will depend to a significant extent upon future economic and social conditions existing in China. If these factories in China are disrupted for any reason, we would need to arrange for the manufacture and shipment of products by alternative sources. While we have initiatives in place to diversify certain of our manufacturing outside of China, because the establishment of new manufacturing relationships involves numerous uncertainties, including those relating to payment terms, costs of manufacturing, adequacy of manufacturing capacity, quality control and timeliness of delivery, we are unable to predict whether such new relationships would be on terms that we regard as satisfactory. Any significant disruption in our relationships with our manufacturing sources located in China would have a material adverse effect on our ability to manufacture and distribute our products. In addition, restrictions on travel to and from this and other regions,
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such as the travel restrictions that occurred with COVID-19, and any delays or cancellations of customer orders or the manufacture or shipment of our products, including on account of a pandemic or other health crises, could have a material adverse effect on our ability to meet customer deadlines and timely distribute our products in order to match consumer expectations.
Risks associated with foreign government regulations and U.S. trade policy may affect our foreign operations and sourcing.
Our businesses are subject to risks generally associated with doing business abroad, such as foreign governmental regulation in the countries in which our manufacturing sources are located, primarily China. While we have not experienced any material issues with foreign governmental regulations that would impact our arrangements with our foreign manufacturing sources, we believe that this issue is of particular concern with regard to China due to the less mature nature of the Chinese market economy, the historical involvement of the Chinese government in the industry and recent trade tensions between China and the United States. If regulations or other factors were to render the conduct of business in a particular country undesirable or impracticable, or if our current foreign manufacturing sources were for any other reason to cease doing business with us, such a development could have a material adverse effect on our product sales and on our supply, manufacturing and distribution channels.
Our business is also subject to risks associated with U.S. and foreign legislation and regulations relating to imports, including quotas, duties, tariffs or taxes, and other charges or restrictions on imports, which could adversely affect our operations and our ability to import products at current or increased levels. Substantially all of our import operations are subject to customs duties imposed by the governments where our production facilities are located on imported products, including raw materials. We cannot predict whether additional U.S. and foreign customs quotas, duties (including antidumping or countervailing duties), tariffs, taxes or other charges or restrictions, requirements as to whether raw materials must be purchased, additional workplace regulations or other restrictions on our imports will be imposed upon the importation of our products in the future or adversely modified, or what effect such actions would have on our costs of operations. For example, our products imported for distribution in the United States are subject to U.S. customs duties, and in the ordinary course of our business, we may from time to time be subject to claims by U.S. Customs and Border Protection for duties and other charges. Factors that may influence the modification or imposition of these restrictions may include determinations by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative that a country has denied adequate intellectual property rights or fair and equitable market access to U.S. firms, trade disputes between the United States and another country that leads to withdrawal of “most favored nation” status for that country and economic and political changes within a country that are viewed unfavorably by the U.S. government, resulting in trade policy changes towards that country. Future quotas, duties, or tariffs may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. Future trade agreements could also provide our competitors with an advantage over us, or increase our costs, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The loss of key senior management personnel or our failure to attract and retain qualified personnel could negatively affect our business.
We depend on our senior management and other key personnel. We do not have "key person" life insurance policies for any of our personnel. Competition for qualified personnel in the fashion industry is intense. Our ability to attract and retain employees is influenced by our ability to offer competitive compensation and benefits, employee morale, our reputation, our financial performance, recruitment by other employers, perceived internal opportunities and macro unemployment rates. We appointed a new Chief Executive Officer in September 2024 and added a number of new members on our executive team in 2025. The loss of any of our executive officers or other key employees could harm our business.
We must also attract, develop, motivate and retain a sufficient number of qualified retail and distribution center personnel. Historically, competition for talent has been intense and the turnover rate in the retail industry is generally high. There can be no assurance that we will be able to attract or retain a sufficient number of qualified employees in future periods to execute on our business objectives. Additionally, our ability to meet our labor needs while also controlling costs is subject to external factors such as unemployment levels, prevailing wage rates, minimum wage legislation and overtime regulations. If we are unable to attract, develop, motivate and retain talented employees with the necessary skills and experience, or if changes to our organizational structure, operating results, or business model adversely affect morale, hiring and/or retention, we may not achieve our objectives and our results of operations could be adversely impacted.
Risks Related to our Indebtedness
We are highly leveraged. Our substantial indebtedness and the corresponding cash debt service obligations could adversely affect our competitiveness, our liquidity, our operations, and our ability to obtain additional financing.
As of January 3, 2026, we had $205.1 million of outstanding indebtedness, not including $18.5 million of debt issuance costs and $8.8 million of original issuance discount.
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On November 8, 2021, we sold $150 million aggregate principal amount of our 7.00% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Prior Notes”). On August 13, 2025, we entered into a Transaction Support Agreement (the “Transaction Support Agreement”) with certain holders of the Prior Notes (the “Consenting Noteholders”) representing ownership of approximately 59% of the aggregate principal of the Prior Notes.
On August 13, 2025, we entered into a Credit Agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders, and the other loan parties from time to time party thereto. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have provided financing commitments to the Company under a senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $150 million.
On November 13, 2025, we consummated an offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) with respect to the Prior Notes and our concurrent rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) pursuant to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006 (as amended) (the “Restructuring Plan” and together with the Exchange Offer and the Rights Offering, collectively, the “Transactions”). In connection with the consummation of the Transactions:
•Noteholders that participated in the Rights Offering and Exchange Offer (the “New Money Participants”) (i) provided an aggregate of $32.5 million of incremental, new money financing in exchange for (x) $32.5 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% First-Out First Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “First-Out Notes”) and (y) 954,070 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”), (ii) exchanged $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes, and (iii) received $0.9 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes as a consent premium pursuant to the terms of the Transactions (the “Consent Premium”).
•Noteholders that did not participate in the Rights Offering (the “Non-New Money Participants”) (i) received $29.8 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50% Second-Out Second Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Second-Out Notes”; the Second-Out Notes, together with the First-Out Notes, collectively, the “Notes”) on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $29.8 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes held by such Non-New Money Participants, and (ii) received $53,858 aggregate principal amount of Second-Out Notes as a Consent Premium. Only Non-New Money Participants that tendered their Notes in the Exchange Offer and consented to the Restructuring Plan received the Consent Premium.
•All $150 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes outstanding were cancelled.
We paid $16.1 million of interest during fiscal 2025.
Our high level of indebtedness and corresponding high cash debt service obligations could have important consequences, including the following:
•we may not be able to incur additional debt;
•we may not be able to sell equity;
•we may not be able to sell assets;
•we are more highly leveraged than some of our competitors, which may limit our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and future business opportunities;
•they may make us more vulnerable to a downturn in our business or general adverse economic, regulatory and industry conditions, including rising tariffs;
•they may increase our cost of borrowing;
•they may limit our ability to reinvest in our business;
•they may limit our ability to refinance our indebtedness;
•there would be a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition if we were unable to service our indebtedness or obtain additional financing as needed;
•they may make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our indebtedness, and any failure to comply with the obligations under any of our debt instruments, including restrictive covenants, could result in an event of default under the agreements governing such indebtedness;
•they may require us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing funds available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, business development and other purposes; and
•they may compromise our ability to capitalize on business opportunities and to react to competitive pressures, as compared to our competitors.
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Our ability to meet our debt service obligations is dependent upon our ability to maintain and improve our operating performance, which is subject to general economic and competitive conditions and to financial, legislative, regulatory, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control.
If we are unable to meet our debt service obligations, we could be forced to sell assets, restructure or refinance our debt or raise additional capital through sales of equity or debt. We may be unable to take any of these actions on satisfactory terms or in a timely manner or at all, due to many factors, including our high level of indebtedness. Any of these actions may not be sufficient to allow us to service our debt obligations or may have an adverse impact on our business. Our existing debt agreements limit our ability to take certain of these actions.
Our debt agreements subject us to certain covenants and other provisions that may restrict our ability to operate our business and to pursue our business strategies.
The indentures governing the Notes (the “Notes Indentures”) and the Credit Agreement governing the New Revolving Credit Facility subject us to certain covenants, which may restrict our ability to operate our business and to pursue our business strategies. These covenants restrict our ability to, among other things:
•incur or guarantee additional debt or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;
•pay dividends and make other distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock;
•make certain investments;
•incur certain liens;
•enter into transactions with affiliates;
•merge or consolidate;
•enter into agreements that restrict the ability of restricted subsidiaries to make dividends or other payments to the Company or other subsidiaries;
•pay, purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease, acquire, retire, cancel or terminate certain indebtedness; and
•transfer or sell assets.
These restrictions on our ability to operate our business could seriously harm our business and our ability to grow in accordance with our growth strategy.
As a result of these restrictions, we may be:
•limited in how we conduct our business;
•limited in our ability to take advantage of mergers and acquisitions and other corporate opportunities;
•unable to raise additional debt or equity financing;
•unable to refinance our debt;
•unable to sell underperforming assets; and
•unable to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities.
The Credit Agreement also requires that Availability (as defined in the New Revolving Credit Facility) may at no time be less than the greater of 10% of the Line Cap (as defined in the New Revolving Credit Facility) and $12.5 million. In order to maintain compliance with this financial covenant, we may be limited in how we conduct our business, and may not be able to compete effectively.
In addition, a material portion of our assets, including our accounts receivable, inventory and intellectual property, are pledged to secure our obligations under our debt agreements. These assets cannot be used as collateral for any other financings unless we amend, refinance or terminate our existing debt agreements. As a result, it may be difficult for us to raise additional debt financing.
Our failure to comply with the covenants and other provisions contained in our debt agreements, including as a result of events beyond our control, could result in events of default under our debt agreements, which could lead to bankruptcy or liquidation.
If we fail to comply with a covenant or other provision in one of our debt agreements, an event of default may occur under that agreement, and may result in a cross-default under our other debt agreements. We may not be able to maintain Availability (as defined in the New Revolving Credit Facility) at the level required under the Credit Agreement. In addition, the occurrence of certain specified change of control events would cause events of default under the Credit Agreement and the Notes
In some cases, events beyond our control may cause an event of default to occur.
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If an event of default occurs and is not cured, we could be forced to seek a waiver from our lenders or noteholders, as applicable, or to attempt to negotiate an amendment to the applicable debt agreement. Our lenders might not be willing to provide a waiver or amendment, or might require fees or modifications to the terms of our debt agreements that might have an adverse impact on us. In lieu of seeking a waiver or amendment, or if we are unable to obtain a waiver or amendment on terms acceptable to us, we might attempt to refinance our indebtedness. There is no assurance that we would be able to refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
If an event of default is continuing and we are not able to successfully obtain a waiver or amendment or refinance our indebtedness, our lenders or noteholders could accelerate the maturity of our indebtedness. In such event, we may not be able to repay or refinance our indebtedness.
A material portion of our assets are pledged to secure our obligations under our debt agreements. If an event of default is continuing under any of our debt agreements, the lenders or noteholders under that debt agreement could seek to enforce their liens against our assets. In such event, we could be forced to file bankruptcy or enter other insolvency proceedings to attempt to prevent the foreclosure. There is no assurance that insolvency proceedings would prevent a foreclosure. In addition, we operate in multiple jurisdictions outside of the United States, and in some jurisdictions, insolvency proceedings are not similar to proceedings under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, we may be forced to cease operations, and our assets could be liquidated to pay our lenders and other creditors.
In addition, an event of default under the Credit Agreement would permit the lenders to terminate all commitments to extend further credit under the Credit Agreement, even if the lenders have not exercised other remedies against us. The termination of the commitments under the Credit Agreement could result in a disruption to our business, and could leave us with insufficient liquidity to meet our obligations, including working capital, debt service and capital expenditures.
Despite our current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur substantially more debt, which could further exacerbate the risks associated with our substantial leverage.
Despite our current indebtedness levels, we may still be able to incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indentures contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the indebtedness that may be incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. If we incur additional debt above the levels that are currently in effect, the risks associated with our leverage, including those described above, would increase. In addition, as of January 3, 2026 we had $66.9 million of availability to incur additional indebtedness under the New Revolving Credit Facility. Further, the restrictions in the Notes Indentures and the Credit Agreement will not prevent us from incurring obligations, such as trade payables, that do not constitute indebtedness as defined in such debt instruments.
The maximum amount that we are permitted to borrow under the New Revolving Credit Facility is limited, is subject to seasonal fluctuations, and is subject to the discretion of the lenders, which may adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations and financial position.
The New Revolving Credit Facility provides that the lenders thereunder may extend revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150 million at any time outstanding, subject to the borrowing base availability limitations. As of January 3, 2026, we had $16.0 million outstanding under the New Revolving Credit Facility and available borrowing capacity of $66.9 million.
The maximum amount that we are permitted to borrow at any time under the New Revolving Credit Facility is limited by a borrowing base that is recalculated monthly or, in some circumstances, more frequently. The borrowing base is a function of, among other things, our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and certain intellectual property. As a result, our access to credit under the New Revolving Credit Facility fluctuates depending on the value of the borrowing base eligible assets as of any measurement date. Because our business is seasonal and generates higher net sales and accounts receivable in the third and fourth quarters, our borrowing base is also seasonal and is typically lower during our second and third quarters, which can adversely affect our liquidity during these quarters.
The New Revolving Credit Facility provides the administrative agent with considerable discretion to impose reserves and to determine that certain assets are not eligible for inclusion in our borrowing base, which could materially reduce the maximum amount that we are able to borrow at any one time under the New Revolving Credit Facility. There can be no assurance that the administrative agent will not impose additional reserves or exclude other assets from our borrowing base. If they do so, such actions could materially reduce our availability under the New Revolving Credit Facility, which could materially and adversely impact our liquidity and our ability to operate our business.
We may not be able to generate sufficient cash flows to meet our debt service obligations and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.
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Our ability to meet our debt service obligations, is dependent upon our ability to maintain and improve our operating performance, which is subject to general economic and competitive conditions and to financial, business and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. Although we believe we have sufficient sources of liquidity to meet our anticipated requirements for debt service through the next twelve months, if our operating results do not meet our expectations or if we experience adverse financial, business and other factors that we do not currently anticipate, we could fail to meet our debt service requirements.
If we are unable to meet our debt service requirements, we could be forced to sell assets, restructure or refinance our debt or raise additional capital through sales of equity or debt. We may be unable to take any of these actions on satisfactory terms or in a timely manner or at all, due to many factors, including our high level of indebtedness. Any of these actions may not be sufficient to allow us to service our debt obligations. Our existing debt agreements limit our ability to take certain of these actions, and in some cases impose limitations on the use of proceeds that we might receive from such actions. Our failure to generate sufficient operating cash flow to pay our debt service obligations could cause events of defaults under our debt agreements, which could lead to the termination of the commitments under the New Revolving Credit Facility, the acceleration of the indebtedness under our debt agreements, and the institution by our lenders and noteholders of foreclosure or other enforcement proceedings against their collateral. If that were to occur, we could be forced into bankruptcy, liquidation or other insolvency proceedings.
We may be required to repay the New Revolving Credit Facility prior to its stated maturity date if the springing maturity feature is triggered or to establish reserves if certain material indebtedness is outstanding.
The New Revolving Credit Facility has a stated maturity date of August 13, 2030, but includes a springing maturity feature (the “Springing Maturity Feature”) that will cause the stated maturity date to spring ahead to the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of material indebtedness (defined as $15.0 million or more of indebtedness) if such material indebtedness remains outstanding on such 91st day.
The maturity date of the First-Out Notes is January 1, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of First-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on October 2, 2028, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be October 2, 2028. The maturity date of the Second-Out Notes is June 30, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of Second-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on March 31, 2029, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be March 31, 2029.
The Credit Agreement also provides that if on the 91st day prior to the scheduled maturity date there is any indebtedness in excess of $5.0 million, the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement may establish a reserve in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of indebtedness coming due.
If the Springing Maturity Feature is triggered, we will be required to pay all amounts outstanding under the New Revolving Credit Facility sooner than they would otherwise be due. If the reserves requirement described above is imposed by the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement, we will lose access to credit in the amount necessary to repay such maturing indebtedness. We may not have sufficient funds available to pay such indebtedness or continue to operate our business at that time, and we may not be able to raise additional funds on a timely basis, on terms we find acceptable, or at all.
We may be required to repay the New Revolving Credit Facility and repurchase the Notes upon a change of control.
Upon the occurrence of specific kinds of change of control events, we will be required to offer to repurchase all outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to their principal amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repurchase date plus, for the First-Out Notes, a premium of 7.50% of the principal amount. Additionally, under the terms of the New Revolving Credit Facility, a change of control may constitute an event of default that permits the Lenders to accelerate the maturity of borrowings and terminate their commitments to lend. We may not be able to repurchase the Notes and repay the New Revolving Credit Facility upon a change of control because we may not have sufficient financial resources available. We may require additional financing from third parties to fund any such purchases and repayment, and we may be unable to obtain financing on satisfactory terms or at all. In order to avoid triggering the change of control obligations under the Notes Indentures and the Credit Agreement, we may not be able to consummate certain transactions that would otherwise be beneficial to us.
We could face a downgrade in our debt ratings which could restrict our access to, and negatively impact the terms of, current or future financings or trade credit.
Our ability to obtain financings and trade credit and the terms of any financings or trade credit is, in part, dependent on the credit ratings assigned to our debt by independent credit rating agencies. We cannot provide assurance that any of our current ratings will remain in effect for any given period of time or that a rating will not be lowered or withdrawn entirely by a
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rating agency if, in its judgment, circumstances so warrant. A ratings downgrade could adversely impact our ability to access financings or trade credit and increase our borrowing costs.
Our indebtedness exposes us to interest rate risk.
Our earnings are exposed to interest rate risk associated with borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility. The terms of the Credit Agreement provide for interest on New Revolving Credit Facility borrowings at a floating rate that is tied to SOFR. SOFR tends to fluctuate based on multiple factors, including general short-term interest rates, rates set by the U.S. Federal Reserve, and other central banks and general economic conditions. We have not hedged our interest rate exposure with respect to our floating rate debt. During fiscal 2025, our average interest rate on borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility was 8%. If interest rates increase, so will our interest costs, which may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition.
The Second-Out Notes and First-Out Notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 7.50% and 9.50% per annum, respectively. If interest rates decrease, the interest rate on the Notes would not change, and we would not be able to obtain the benefit of reduced interest rates unless we refinanced the Notes. This could put us at a competitive disadvantage to other companies that have only floating rate debt. If we were to refinance the First-Out Notes, we would have to pay a premium of 7.50% of the principal amount. We may not be able to refinance the Notes on commercially reasonable terms, or at all.
We may seek to hedge our interest rate risk by attempting to enter into swaps and other financial instruments. There can be no assurance that would be able to obtain such instruments on favorable terms or at all. If we do enter into any swaps or other financial instruments, there can be no assurance that such instruments would result in a decrease in our interest rate risk or the amount of our debt service obligations.
The restrictive covenants in the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indentures are subject to a number of important qualifications, exceptions and limitations, and to amendment.
The restrictive covenants in the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indentures are subject to a number of important qualifications, exceptions and limitations. We may be able to engage in some of the restricted activities in limited amounts, or in certain circumstances, in unlimited amounts, notwithstanding the restrictive covenants. The restrictive covenants in the Credit Agreement can be amended or waived with the consent of the lenders under the Credit Agreement, and the restrictive covenants in the Notes Indenture can be amended or waived with the consent of the holders of the Notes issued under that Notes Indenture. Such lenders and noteholders may have interests that are opposed to the interests of our equity holders, the holders of our other debt obligations, and other stakeholders. There can be no assurance that the restrictive covenants in the Credit Agreement and the Notes Indentures will limit our activities.
We may be unable to repay or refinance the New Revolving Credit Facility or the Notes at maturity.
At the applicable maturity date of each series of the Notes, the entire outstanding principal amount of each series of the Notes, together with accrued and unpaid interest, will become due and payable. In addition, at the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility, which may be accelerated in certain circumstances pursuant to the Springing Maturity Feature, the entire outstanding principal amount of the New Revolving Credit Facility, together with accrued and unpaid interest, will become due and payable.
We may not have the funds to fulfill these obligations when due, and therefore may be forced to attempt to refinance or restructure them. We may not be able to refinance or restructure our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Any refinancing of our debt could be at higher interest rates and may require us to comply with more onerous covenants.
Financial Risks
We have a recent history of net losses and negative cash flow and may not achieve consistent profitability or positive cash flow in the future.
We have incurred substantial losses and negative cash flow in recent fiscal years. During fiscal 2025 and 2024, we generated a net loss attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. of $78.3 million and $102.7 million, respectively. We used $57.9 million and $59.5 million of cash in operating activities in fiscal 2025 and 2023, respectively while cash provided by operating activities was $46.7 million in fiscal 2024. We will need to generate and sustain increased net sales levels in future periods and reduce expenses in order to become profitable and generate consistent positive cash flow, and even if we do, we may not be able to maintain or increase our level of profitability and cash flow. If we cannot become profitable or generate positive cash flow, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
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A significant portion of our cash, cash equivalents and investments are held by our foreign subsidiaries, which could negatively affect future liquidity needs.
As of January 3, 2026, $84.7 million, or approximately 88% of our cash and cash equivalents were held by our foreign subsidiaries. Of this amount, $14.3 million, or approximately 17% is held by foreign subsidiaries located in jurisdictions that require foreign government approval before a cash repatriation can occur. While we intend to use some of the cash held outside the U.S. to fund our international operations, when we encounter a significant need for liquidity in the U.S. or other location that we cannot fulfill through other internal or external sources, our liquidity requirements could necessitate transfers of existing cash balances between our subsidiaries or to the U.S. If we are unable to transfer existing cash balances in such a situation, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.
Changes in the mix of product sales demand could negatively impact our gross profit margins.
Our gross profit margins are impacted by our sales mix as follows:
Sales channel mix: Sales from our direct retail and e-commerce channels typically provide gross margins in excess of our historical consolidated gross profit margins, while sales from our distributor, mass market and off-price channels typically provide gross margins below our historical consolidated gross profit margins.
Product mix: Watch and jewelry sales typically provide gross margins in excess of historical consolidated gross profit margins, while leather goods and private label products typically provide gross margins below our historical consolidated gross profit margins.
Geographic mix: International sales typically produce gross margins in excess of our historical consolidated gross profit margins, while domestic sales typically provide gross margins below our historical consolidated gross profit margins.
If future sales from our higher gross margin businesses do not increase at a faster rate than our lower gross margin businesses, our gross profit margins may grow at a slower pace, cease to grow, or decrease relative to our historical consolidated gross profit margin.
The global implementation of Pillar Two may adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.
Under The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Inclusive Framework, 140 countries agreed to enact a two-pillar solution ("Pillar Two") to reform the international tax rules to address the challenges arising from the globalization and digitalization of the economy. The Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion ("GloBE") Rules provide a coordinated system to ensure that multinational enterprises with revenues above EUR 750 million pay a minimum effective tax rate of 15% tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate. These enterprises will be liable to pay a top-up tax for the difference between their GloBE effective tax rate per jurisdiction and the 15% minimum rate. It is the ultimate parent entity of the multinational enterprise that is primarily liable for the GLoBE top-up tax in its jurisdiction’s territory. Therefore, some countries may engage in domestic tax policy reforms in anticipation of the GloBE rules becoming effective and enact their own domestic minimum tax rates to avoid “tax leakage”. Notwithstanding any new local minimum tax regime which may be designed to reduce or eliminate the GloBE top-up tax, additional top-up tax under GLoBE may still be due. This will depend on the local effective tax rate calculation according to the specific rules set out in the Pillar Two implementation guidance. Certain provisions of Pillar Two were effective for tax years beginning in January 2024 with other provisions effective for subsequent tax years. The technical aspects of the calculation are still being developed. While the Company does not expect any material impact for fiscal year 2026, any increase in corporate tax rates or rules regarding the calculation of taxable income for the top-up tax could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow for future tax years.
We have recorded impairment charges in the past and may record impairment charges in the future.
We are required, at least annually, or as facts and circumstances warrant, to test trade names to determine if impairment has occurred. We are also required to test property plant and equipment and other long lived assets for impairment as facts and circumstances warrant. Impairment may result from any number of factors, including adverse changes in assumptions used for valuation purposes, such as actual or projected net sales, growth rates, profitability or discount rates, or other variables. If the testing indicates that impairment has occurred, we are required to record a non-cash impairment charge. Should the value of trade names, property plant and equipment and other long lived assets become impaired, it could have an adverse effect on our results of operations.
Increased competition from online only retailers and a highly promotional retail environment may increase pressure on our margins.
The continued increase in e-commerce competitors for retail sales and slowing mall traffic has resulted in significant pricing pressure and a highly promotional retail environment, which was heightened by the impact of COVID-19. These
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factors may cause us to be more promotional with our sales prices to retailers and consumers, which could cause our gross margin to decline if we are unable to appropriately manage inventory levels and/or otherwise offset any price reductions with comparable reductions in our costs. If we have to reduce our sales prices for competitive purposes and we fail to sufficiently reduce our product costs or operating expenses, our profitability will decline. This could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Our license agreements may require minimum royalty commitments regardless of the level of product sales under these agreements.
Under our license agreements, we have experienced, and could again in the future experience, instances where our minimum royalty commitments exceeded the royalties payable based upon our sales of the licensed products. Payments of minimum royalties in excess of the royalties based on our sales of the licensed products reduce our margins and could adversely affect our results of operations.
Foreign currency fluctuations could adversely impact our financial condition.
We generally purchase our products in U.S. dollars. However, we source a significant amount of our products overseas and, as such, the cost of these products may be affected by changes in the value of the currencies of these countries, including the Australian dollar, British pound, Canadian dollar, Chinese yuan, Danish krone, euro, Hong Kong dollar, Indian rupee, Japanese yen, South Korean won, Malaysian ringgit, Mexican peso, Norwegian kroner, Singapore dollar, Swedish krona and Swiss franc. Due to our dependence on manufacturing operations in China, changes in the value of the Chinese yuan may have a material impact on our supply channels and manufacturing costs, including component and assembly costs.
In addition, changes in currency exchange rates may also affect the prices at which we sell products in foreign markets. For fiscal 2025, 2024 and 2023, 67.4%, 65.1% and 63.6% of our consolidated net sales were generated outside of the U.S. In general, our overall financial results are affected positively by a weaker U.S. dollar and are affected negatively by a stronger U.S. dollar as compared to the foreign currencies in which we conduct our business. For example, due to a weaker U.S. dollar in fiscal 2025, the translation of foreign-based net sales into U.S. dollars increased our reported net sales by approximately $4.8 million compared to fiscal 2024. If the value of the U.S. dollar remains at its current levels or strengthens against foreign currencies, particularly against the euro, Chinese yuan, Indian rupee, Canadian dollar, South Korean won, British pound and Japanese yen, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially and adversely impacted. As a result, foreign currency fluctuations may have a material adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.
Legal, Compliance and Reputational risks
A data security or privacy breach could damage our reputation, harm our customer relationships, expose us to litigation or government actions, and result in a material adverse effect to our business, financial condition and results of operations.
We depend on information technology systems, the Internet and cloud and computer networks for a substantial portion of our retail and e-commerce businesses, including credit card transaction authorization and processing. We also receive and store personal information about our customers and employees, the protection of which is critical to us. In the normal course of our business, we collect, retain, and transmit certain sensitive and confidential customer information, including credit card information, over public networks. Our customers have a high expectation that we will adequately protect their personal information. In addition, personal information is highly regulated at the international, federal and state level. While we and our third-party service providers have safeguards in place to defend our systems against intrusions and attacks and to protect our data, we cannot be certain that these measures are sufficient to counter all current and emerging technology threats. Furthermore, as AI technologies, including generative AI models, develop rapidly, threat actors are using these technologies to create new sophisticated attack methods that are increasingly automated, targeted and coordinated and more difficult to defend against. Despite the security measures we currently have in place, our facilities and systems and those of our third-party service providers have been, and will continue to be, vulnerable to theft of physical information, security breaches, hacking attempts, computer viruses and malware, ransomware, phishing, lost data and programming and/or human errors. To date, none of these risks, intrusions, attacks or human error have resulted in any material liability to us. While we carry insurance policies that would provide liability coverage for certain of these matters, if we experience a significant security incident, we could be subject to liability or other damages that exceed our insurance coverage, and we cannot be certain that such insurance policies will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim. Any electronic or physical security breach involving the misappropriation, loss, or other unauthorized disclosure of confidential or personally identifiable information, including penetration of our network security or those of our third party service providers, could disrupt our business, severely damage our reputation and our customer relationships, expose us to litigation and liability, subject us to governmental investigations, fines and enforcement actions, result in negative media coverage and distraction to management and result in a material adverse effect to our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, as a result of security breaches at a number of prominent retailers and other companies, the media and public scrutiny of information security and privacy has become more intense and the regulatory environment related thereto has become more uncertain. As a result, we may incur significant costs in complying with new and existing state, federal, and foreign laws regarding protection of, and unauthorized disclosure of, personal information. A successful ransomware attack on
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our systems could make them inaccessible for a period of time pending the payment of a ransom to unlock the systems or our ability to otherwise restore our access to our systems.
We are subject to laws and regulations in the U.S. and the many countries in which we operate. Violations of laws and regulations, or changes to existing laws or regulations, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Our operations are subject to domestic and international laws and regulations in a number of areas, including, but not limited to, labor, advertising, consumer protection, real estate, product safety, e-commerce, promotions, intellectual property, tax, import and export, anti-corruption, anti-bribery, foreign exchange controls and cash repatriation, data privacy, anti-competition, environmental, health and safety. Compliance with these numerous laws and regulations is complicated, time consuming and expensive, and the laws and regulations may be inconsistent from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, further increasing the difficulty and cost to comply with them. New laws and regulations, or changes to existing laws and regulations, could individually or in the aggregate make our products more costly to produce, delay the introduction of new products in one or more regions, cause us to change or limit our business practices, or affect our financial condition and results of operations. We have implemented policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with the numerous laws and regulations affecting our business, but there can be no assurance that our employees, contractors, or agents will not violate such laws, regulations or our policies related thereto. Any such violations could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or operating results.
Tariffs or other restrictions placed on imports from China and any retaliatory trade measures taken by China could materially harm our revenue and results of operations.
Beginning in July 2018, certain of our products have been subject to additional ad valorem duties imposed by the U.S. government on products of China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301”) and IEEPA.
The Section 301 tariffs were imposed via four successive “Lists” and were first the result of an April 2018 determination by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) that China’s acts, practices, and policies with respect to technology transfer, intellectual property, and innovation are unreasonable or discriminatory and burden or restrict U.S. commerce. Certain of our packaging and handbag products have been subject to an additional 25% ad valorem tariff since July 2018 (“List 1”). Certain of our handbag and wallet products were subject to an additional 10% ad valorem tariff beginning in September 2018, a rate that was then raised to 25% ad valorem from June 2019 to present (“List 3”). Finally, smartwatches, certain jewelry products, and several of our traditional watch products were subject to an additional 15% ad valorem tariff beginning in September 2019, a rate that was lowered to 7.5% ad valorem from February 2020 to present (“List 4A”).
The IEEPA tariffs on China were originally imposed in two executive actions beginning in February and April 2025, with varying rates over the course of 2025. On February 20, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States held that all tariffs imposed based on IEEPA were unlawful, including the two IEEPA actions that resulted in higher rates on products of China. As a result, these higher IEEPA rates were terminated as of February 24, 2026. The process for obtaining refunds from IEEPA duties is currently unclear, but we are analyzing available options to preserve our refund rights and expect further guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and lower courts that may allow us to recoup costs.
Meanwhile, new tariffs on products of China take the form of an action under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 122”), which currently includes a 10% ad valorem rate as of February 24, 2026. This action is time-limited by statute, and the rates are currently planned to be in effect through July 24, 2026. The administration has announced that it may raise this rate to the maximum allowed under the statute, so in the near term, we may see an increase to 15% ad valorem under this action. Our products sourced from China are subject to these Section 122 tariffs, in addition to the Section 301 tariffs above. The administration has also announced that it intends to conduct additional investigations against most major trading partners under Section 301 and other tariff authorities that may lead to higher, more permanent rates.
We continue to monitor tariff developments that pose potential risks. In this fast-paced international trade environment, we also monitor developments for any negotiated resolutions to offset some of the tariff exposure.
We have joined litigation before the U.S. Court of International Trade challenging the legality of the Section 301 List 3 and List 4A tariffs and seeking refunds of duties paid on imports that were subject to those tariffs. That litigation is ongoing in the appeal stages.
If the tariffs continue or increase, we may be required to raise our prices, which may result in the loss of customers and harm our operating performance. Alternatively, we may seek to shift production outside of China or otherwise change our sourcing strategy for these products, potentially resulting in significant costs and disruption to our operations. Even if the U.S. further modifies tariffs under current or future actions, it is always possible that new products we introduce could be impacted by the changes, or that our business will be impacted by retaliatory trade measures taken by China or other countries in response to existing or future tariffs, causing us to raise prices or make changes to our operations, any of which could materially harm our revenue or operating results.
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The loss of our intellectual property rights may harm our business.
Our trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights are important to our success and competitive position. We are devoted to the establishment and protection of our trademarks, patents and other intellectual property rights in those countries where we believe it is important to our ability to sell our products. However, we cannot be certain that the actions we have taken will result in enforceable rights, will be adequate to protect our products in every country where we may want to sell our products, will be adequate to prevent imitation of our products by others or will be adequate to prevent others from seeking to prevent sales of our products as a violation of the trademarks, patents or other intellectual property rights of others. Additionally, we rely on the patent, trademark and other intellectual property laws of the U.S. and other countries to protect our proprietary rights. Even if we are successful in obtaining appropriate trademark, patent and other intellectual property rights, we may be unable to prevent third parties from using our intellectual property without our authorization, particularly in those countries where the laws do not protect our proprietary rights as fully as in the U.S. Because we sell our products internationally and are dependent on foreign manufacturing in China, we are significantly dependent on foreign countries to protect our intellectual property rights. The use of our intellectual property or similar intellectual property by others could reduce or eliminate any competitive advantage we have developed, causing us to lose sales or otherwise harm our business. Further, if it became necessary for us to resort to litigation to protect our intellectual property rights, any proceedings could be burdensome and costly and we may not prevail. The failure to obtain or maintain trademark, patent or other intellectual property rights could materially harm our business.
Our products may infringe the intellectual property rights of others, which may cause us to incur unexpected costs or prevent us from selling certain of our products.
We cannot be certain that our products do not and will not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of others. We have been, are and may in the future be subject to legal proceedings involving claims of alleged infringement of the intellectual property rights of third parties by us and our customers in connection with the marketing and sale of our products. Any such claims, whether or not meritorious, could result in costly litigation and divert the efforts of our personnel. Moreover, should we be found liable for infringement, we may be required to enter into agreements (if available on acceptable terms or at all) or to pay damages and cease making or selling certain products. Moreover, we may need to redesign or rename some of our products to avoid future infringement liability. Any of the foregoing could cause us to incur significant costs and prevent us from manufacturing or selling certain of our products.
If an independent manufacturer or license partner of ours fails to use acceptable labor practices or otherwise comply with laws or suffers reputation harm, our business could suffer.
While we have a code of conduct for our manufacturing partners, any violation of labor or other laws by one of our independent manufacturers, or by one of our license partners, or the divergence of an independent manufacturer’s or license partner’s labor practices from those generally accepted as ethical in the U.S. or other countries in which the violation or divergence occurred, could interrupt or otherwise disrupt the shipment of finished products to us or damage our reputation. In addition, certain of our license agreements are with named globally recognized fashion designers. Should one of these fashion designers, or any of our licensor companies, conduct themselves inappropriately or make controversial statements, the underlying brand, and consequently our business under that brand, could suffer. Any of these, in turn, could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. As a result, should one of our independent manufacturers or licensors be found in violation of state or international laws or receive negative publicity, we could suffer financial or other unforeseen consequences.
Risks Relating to our Common Stock
Our business could be negatively affected as a result of actions of activist stockholders, and such activism could impact the trading value of our securities.
Stockholders may, from time to time, engage in proxy solicitations or advance stockholder proposals, or otherwise attempt to effect changes and assert influence on our board of directors and management. For example, in February 2024, an activist stockholder nominated four directors for election at our 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. We reached an agreement in March 2024 with the activist stockholder, which resulted in the activist stockholder and the Company each nominating one candidate to the Board at our 2024 annual meeting. Activist campaigns that contest or conflict with our strategic direction or seek changes in the composition of our Board could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition. A proxy contest would require us to incur significant legal and advisory fees, proxy solicitation expenses and administrative and associated costs and require significant time and attention by our Board and management, diverting their attention from the pursuit of our business strategy. Any perceived uncertainties as to our future direction and control, our ability to execute on our strategy, or changes to the composition of our Board or senior management team arising from a proxy contest could lead to the perception of a change in the direction of our business or instability which may result in the loss of potential business opportunities, make it more difficult to pursue our strategic initiatives, or limit our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, any of which could adversely affect our business and operating results. If individuals are ultimately elected to our
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Board with a specific goal, it may adversely affect our ability to effectively implement our business strategy and create additional value for our stockholders. We may choose to initiate, or may become subject to, litigation as a result of a proxy contest or matters arising from the proxy contest, which would serve as a further distraction to our Board and management and would require us to incur significant additional costs. In addition, actions such as those described above could cause significant fluctuations in our stock price based upon temporary or speculative market perceptions or other factors that do not necessarily reflect the underlying fundamentals and prospects of our business.
We may continue to incur rapid and substantial increases or decreases in our stock price in the foreseeable future that may not coincide in timing with the disclosure of news or developments by or affecting us. Accordingly, the market price of our common stock may fluctuate dramatically, and may decline rapidly, regardless of any developments in our business.
Overall, there are various factors, many of which are beyond our control, that could negatively affect the market price of our common stock or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our common stock, including:
•the impact of any future pandemic;
•actual or anticipated variations in our annual or quarterly results of operations, including our earnings estimates and whether we meet market expectations with regard to our earnings and liquidity;
•our decision not to, or our current inability to, pay dividends or other distributions;
•publication of research reports by analysts or others about us or the specialty retail industry, which may be unfavorable, inaccurate, inconsistent or not disseminated on a regular basis;
•changes in market valuations of similar companies;
•market reaction to any additional equity, debt or other securities that we may issue in the future, and which may or may not dilute the holdings of our existing stockholders;
•additions or departures of key personnel;
•actions by activist and institutional or significant stockholders;
•short interest in our stock and the market response to such short interest;
•a dramatic increase in the number of individual holders of our stock and their participation in social media platforms targeted at speculative investing;
•speculation in the press or investment community about our company or industry;
•financial results reported or comments or releases by certain of our significant public licensing partners pertaining to the watch category;
•strategic actions by us or our competitors, such as acquisitions or other investments;
•legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting our business, our industry, including positions taken by the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS”);
•investigations, proceedings, or litigation that involve or affect us;
•general market and economic conditions;
•a downgrade in our debt ratings; and
•the other risks identified herein.
Our organizational documents contain anti-takeover provisions that could discourage a proposal for a takeover.
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, as well as the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, contain provisions that may have the effect of discouraging a proposal for a takeover. These include a provision in our certificate of incorporation authorizing the issuance of "blank check" preferred stock and provisions in our bylaws establishing advance notice procedures with respect to certain stockholder proposals. Our bylaws may be amended by a vote of 80% of the Board, subject to repeal by a vote of 80% of the stockholders. In addition, Delaware law limits the ability of a Delaware corporation to engage in certain business combinations with interested stockholders.
Failure to meet our financial guidance or achieve other forward-looking statements we have provided to the public could result in a decline in our stock price.
From time to time, we provide public guidance on our expected financial results or disclose other forward-looking information for future periods. We manage our business to maximize our growth and profitability and not to achieve financial or operating targets for any particular reporting period. Although we believe that public guidance may provide investors with a better understanding of our expectations for the future and is useful to our existing and potential stockholders, such guidance is subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Any such guidance or other forward-looking statements are predictions based on our then-existing expectations and projections about future events that we believe are reasonable. Actual events or results may differ materially from our expectations, and as such, our actual results may not be in line with guidance we have provided. We are under no duty to update any of our forward-looking statements to conform to actual results or to changes in our expectations, except as required by federal securities laws. If our financial results for a particular period do not meet our guidance or the expectations of investors, or if we reduce our guidance for future periods, the market price of our common stock may decline and stockholders could be adversely affected. Investors who rely on these predictions when making investment decisions with respect to our securities do so at their own risk. In addition, our stock price may also decline if we
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fail to meet securities research analysts' projections. Similarly, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price could decline.
General Risk Factors
Any deterioration in the global economic environment, and any resulting declines in consumer confidence and spending, could have an adverse effect on our operating results and financial condition.
Uncertainty in global markets, slowing economic growth, high levels of unemployment, a pandemic, inflation, rising interest rates and eroding consumer confidence can negatively impact the level of consumer spending for discretionary items. This can affect our business as it is dependent on consumer demand for our products. Global economic conditions remain uncertain, and the possibility remains that domestic or global economies, or certain industry sectors of those economies that are key to our sales, may slow or deteriorate, which could result in a corresponding decrease in demand for our products and negatively impact our results of operations and financial condition.
The effects of economic cycles, terrorism, acts of war and retail industry conditions may adversely affect our business.
Our business is subject to economic cycles and retail industry conditions. Purchases of discretionary fashion accessories, such as our watches, jewelry, handbags, sunglasses and other products, tend to decline during recessionary periods when disposable income is low and consumers are hesitant to use available credit. In addition, acts of terrorism, acts of war and military action both in the U.S. and abroad can have a significant effect on economic conditions and may negatively affect our ability to procure our products from manufacturers for sale to our customers. Any significant declines in general economic conditions, public safety concerns or uncertainties regarding future economic prospects that affect consumer spending habits could have a material adverse effect on consumer purchases of our products.
A pandemic has had in the past, and may have in the future, a material adverse impact on our business, operations, liquidity, financial condition and results of operations.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused global uncertainty and disruption in the geographic regions in which we run our business and where our suppliers, third-party manufacturers, retail stores, wholesale customers and consumers are located, particularly in China.
Future public health epidemics or outbreaks could also adversely impact our business. The extent to which a new public health epidemic or outbreak impacts our operations will depend on future developments, including the duration of the outbreak, the severity of the outbreak and the actions to contain the outbreak or treat its impact, among others. Depending on the severity of a future outbreak, we may experience significant disruptions to our business operations. In addition, the spread and impact of an outbreak could adversely impact demand for our products, our ability to operate our stores and warehouse facilities, or our supply chain, all of which could adversely affect our future sales, operating results and overall financial performance. In addition, to the extent an outbreak adversely affects our business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in the risk factors included herein, or may affect our operating and financial results in a manner that is not presently known to us.
There are inherent limitations in all control systems, and misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
We are subject to the ongoing internal control provisions of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. These provisions provide for the identification of material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting, which is a process to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting for external purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), does not expect that our internal controls and disclosure controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. In addition, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and the benefit of controls must be relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, in our Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty and that breakdowns can occur because of simple errors or mistakes. Further, controls can be circumvented by individual acts, by collusion of two or more persons, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, a control may be inadequate because of changes in conditions, such as growth of the Company or increased transaction volume, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
In addition, discovery and disclosure of a material weakness, by definition, could have a material adverse impact on our financial statements. Such an occurrence could discourage certain customers or suppliers from doing business with us, result in
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higher borrowing costs and affect how our stock trades. This could in turn negatively affect our ability to access public debt or equity markets for capital.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 1C. Cybersecurity
Risk Management and Strategy
Our program includes risk-based assessments of our information systems and applications, including those managed or hosted by vendors and service providers. We conduct periodic evaluations of risks, taking into account the evolving threat landscape, business initiatives, and changes to our technology environment. Identified risks are prioritized based on likelihood and potential impact and are tracked through established risk governance processes. Cybersecurity risks are evaluated in the context of potential operational disruption, financial exposure, legal and regulatory impact, and reputational harm.
Our internal audit function ("Audit Services") plays a key role in assessing and monitoring risks associated with key vendors and service providers . Audit Services is informed of certain vendor engagements and conducts risk-based reviews as part of its ongoing oversight processes, including evaluation of contractual security provisions and periodic assessments of vendors that access our systems or data. Matters identified through these reviews are incorporated into the quarterly reporting provided to the Audit Committee of the Board as part of its oversight responsibilities.
We maintain policies and procedures designed to govern the collection, use, sharing, retention and disposal of personal information in compliance with applicable data protection laws. We periodically review and update our privacy notices and related controls to reflect evolving legal and regulatory requirements.
We utilize technical and administrative safeguards, including continuous security monitoring, a 24/7 security operations capability, and threat intelligence resources, designed to identify and mitigate unauthorized access and other cybersecurity threats. We also conduct periodic security awareness testing, including phishing simulations, to reinforce employee awareness and inform targeted training initiatives.
Audit Services conducts periodic reviews of controls, procedures, and applications and monitors remediation activities. In addition, we conduct annual external penetration testing and periodically perform internal reviews and benchmarking of our cybersecurity program, including alignment to recognized security frameworks such as the Center for Internet Security (CIS) benchmarks. We also leverage data analytics and automated tools, including AI–enabled capabilities, to support policy management, risk identification, and evaluation of control gaps. We use the results of these assessments to inform ongoing program enhancements. We maintain documented incident response plans designed to detect, respond to, and manage cybersecurity incidents. These plans include defined escalation protocols and are tested periodically, including through tabletop exercises that may involve external advisors.
In the event of a cybersecurity incident, we follow established procedures to assess its scope, impact, and materiality, including cross-functional involvement by members of management, such as our Chief Information Security Officer (“CISO”), Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Legal Officer, as appropriate. These procedures are designed to support timely assessment and disclosure consistent with applicable securities law requirements. If a cybersecurity incident is determined to be material, we will disclose such incident as required by applicable securities laws.
We maintain cybersecurity insurance coverage and review coverage limits and policy terms annually as part of our enterprise risk management processes.
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Governance
Item 2. Properties
Company Facilities
As of the end of fiscal 2025, we leased the following material facilities in connection with our U.S. and international operations:
| Location | Use | Approximate Square Footage | Leased | |||||||||||||||||
| Richardson, Texas | Corporate headquarters | 383,000 | Lease expiring in 2036 | |||||||||||||||||
| Dallas, Texas | Office, warehouse and distribution | 518,000 | Lease expiring in 2026 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong SAR | Warehouse and distribution | 171,000 | Lease expiring in 2027 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong SAR | Asia headquarters | 40,000 | Lease expiring in 2029 | |||||||||||||||||
| Eggstätt, Germany | Warehouse and distribution | 183,000 | Lease expiring in 2030 | |||||||||||||||||
| Basel, Switzerland | Europe headquarters | 115,000 | Lease expiring in 2036 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bangalore, India | Office | 58,000 | Lease expiring in 2030 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nalagarh, India | Factory | 40,000 | Lease expiring in 2030 | |||||||||||||||||
Retail Store Facilities
As of the end of fiscal 2025, we had 199 lease agreements for retail space for the sale of our products. The leases, including renewal options, expire at various times through 2035. The leases provide for minimum annual rentals and, in certain cases, for the payment of additional rent when sales exceed specified net sales amounts. We are also generally required to pay our pro rata share of common area maintenance costs, real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance expenses and utilities.
We believe that our material existing facilities are well maintained, in good operating condition, and are adequate for our needs.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
Information in response to this item is provided in “Part II - Item 8. Note 14, Commitments and Contingencies” and is incorporated by reference into Part I of this Annual Report.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
General
Our common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol "FOSL."
As of March 6, 2026, there were 60 holders of record of our shares of common stock (including nominee holders such as banks and brokerage firms who hold shares for beneficial owners), although we believe that the number of beneficial owners is much higher.
We have not declared or paid any dividends since our formation and currently do not intend to pay dividends for the foreseeable future. Further, our Credit Agreement and the Notes Indentures contain restrictions on our ability pay dividends. Our current business plan is to retain any future earnings to finance the growth of our business.
Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
In August 2010, our Board approved a common stock repurchase program pursuant to which up to $30 million could be used to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock. The $30 million repurchase program has no termination date. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had $15.5 million of repurchase authorizations remaining under its repurchase program.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into a securities exchange agreement with certain institutional stockholders pursuant to which we agreed to exchange an aggregate of 2.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, owned by the stockholders for 2.5 million pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 2.5 million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share.
There were no repurchases of common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.
Item 6. [Reserved]
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Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with Item 1. Business, Item 1A. Risk Factors and our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Our actual results of operations may differ materially from those discussed in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including but not limited to those included in Item 1A. Risk Factors and other portions of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The Company reports on a fiscal year reflecting the retail-based calendar (containing 4-4-5 week calendar quarters). References to fiscal years 2025 and 2024 are for the fiscal years ended January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, respectively. The Company's fiscal year periodically results in a 53-week year instead of a normal 52-week year. The fiscal year ended January 3, 2026 was a 53-week year, with the additional week included in the first quarter of the fiscal year. Accordingly, the information presented herein includes 53 weeks of operations for fiscal year 2025 as compared to 52 weeks in fiscal year 2024.
Overview
We are a global design, marketing and distribution company that specializes in consumer fashion accessories. Our principal offerings include an extensive line of men's and women's fashion watches and jewelry, handbags, small leather goods, belts, and sunglasses. In the watch and jewelry product categories, we have a diverse portfolio of globally recognized owned and licensed brand names under which our products are marketed.
Our products are distributed globally through various distribution channels including wholesale in countries where we have a physical presence, direct to the consumer through our retail stores and commercial websites and through third-party distributors in countries where we do not maintain a physical presence. Our products are offered at varying price points to meet the needs of our customers, whether they are value-conscious or luxury oriented. Based on our range of accessory products, brands, distribution channels and price points, we are able to target style-conscious consumers across a wide age spectrum on a global basis.
Known or Anticipated Trends
Based on our recent operating results and current perspectives on our operating environment, we anticipate the following trends will continue to impact our operating results:
Tariffs Exposure: Most of our products are assembled or manufactured overseas, with the substantial majority of our products imported from China during fiscal year 2025. In fiscal 2025, we generated 32.6% of our net sales within the U.S. In early 2025, the current U.S. presidential administration announced significant new tariffs on foreign imports into the U.S., including from China. Throughout 2025, U.S. trade policies experienced rapid changes and significant volatility, including tariff increases imposed under multiple legal authorities and retaliatory actions by foreign countries. In February 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States held that the President of the United States is not authorized to impose tariffs under the IEEPA, resulting in the elimination of certain higher tariff rates against most major trading partners, including China. However, the U.S. administration almost immediately instituted new tariffs against most major trading partners, and has previewed future actions that could restore or exceed the level of the IEEPA tariffs. Tariffs negatively impacted our gross margin by approximately 140 basis points during fiscal year 2025. Future adverse effects on our financial results will likely continue if tariff levels persist, continue to rise, or remain volatile, especially for goods imported from China. We are currently developing and implementing mitigation strategies (such as price increases and sourcing changes, among others) and determining future implementation timelines. The process for obtaining refunds from IEEPA duties is currently unclear, but we are analyzing available options to preserve our refund rights and expect further guidance from U.S. customs and lower courts that may allow us to recoup costs.
Economic Environment Impacting Consumer Spending Ability and Preferences: We continue to monitor macroeconomic trends and uncertainties and changes in international trade relations and trade policy, including those related to tariffs. As a result of the U.S. tariff announcements, potential tariff increases or other adverse modifications or the imposition of retaliatory tariffs by other countries, we anticipate increased supply chain challenges, economic uncertainty, and economic pressures on customers and consumers as a result of the challenges of high inflation combined with the effects of increased tariffs and possible recessionary conditions in the U.S. and global economy.
Inventory Levels: Slower consumer demand across a wide array of discretionary goods has translated in some cases to excess inventory levels in key accounts and overall cautious buying patterns across our wholesale customers. With the challenging global macro environment, we expect many customers to continue to manage to leaner inventory levels than historically across our key categories to reduce inventory carrying risk. We will continue to proactively manage our inventory purchases to mitigate our cash flow and inventory risks.
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World Conflicts: We continuously monitor the direct and indirect impacts of ongoing and emerging military conflicts, including the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as heightened tensions and recent military actions in the Middle East, such as U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and subsequent retaliatory actions by Iran. We have no operations in Russia or Iran, and limited operations in Ukraine, Israel and the broader Middle East, all of which are primarily conducted through third-party distributors. While our direct exposure in these regions is limited, new conflicts, the continuation of the current military conflicts or an escalation of the conflicts beyond their current scope may have a number of impacts, including, but not limited to, higher fuel prices, a weakening of the global economy and negative consumer confidence, and could also result in additional inflationary pressures and supply chain constraints. We will continue to monitor developments and assess any material impacts on our business, operations, or financial results.
Data: We depend on information technology systems, the Internet and computer networks for a substantial portion of our retail and e-commerce businesses, including credit card transaction authorization and processing. We also receive and store personal information about our customers and employees, the protection of which is critical to us. In the normal course of our business, we collect, retain, and transmit certain sensitive and confidential customer information, including credit card information, over public networks. Despite the security measures we currently have in place, our facilities and systems and those of our third party service providers have been, and will continue to be, vulnerable to theft of physical information, security breaches, hacking attempts, computer viruses and malware, ransomware, phishing, lost data and programming and/or human errors. To date, none of these risks, intrusions, attacks or human error have resulted in any material liability to us. While we carry insurance policies that would provide liability coverage for certain of these matters, if we experience a significant security incident, we could be subject to liability or other damages that exceed our insurance coverage. In addition, we cannot be certain that such insurance policies will continue to be available to us on economically reasonable terms, or at all, or that any insurer will not deny coverage as to any future claim.
Business Strategies and Outlook: Our goal is to drive shareholder value. We operate in a very challenging business environment for our product offerings, which is complicated by the dynamic global trade environment as a result of frequently shifting U.S. tariffs and trade policies.
In September 2024, we appointed Franco Fogliato Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board and moved quickly to implement change and create a plan to return the Company to profitable growth (the "Turnaround Plan"). During 2025, our Turnaround Plan was centered on three key areas: (i) refocusing on our core, (ii) rightsizing our cost structure, and (iii) strengthening our balance sheet.
As part of refocusing on our core, we built an operating model that is brand-led and consumer focused. We are returning to our core businesses with a renewed emphasis on traditional watches on our FOSSIL brand platform, as well as our go-to market execution. We introduced a new FOSSIL brand platform, leveraged our major licensed brands, optimized our global wholesale footprint and established a full price selling model to drive profitability across channels.
The second key area of our Turnaround Plan was focused on aligning the cost structure to our newly defined strategy. In 2025, we achieved selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") cost savings of approximately $100 million as compared to fiscal 2024 through a series of initiatives including a strategic reduction in force, the reduction in costs associated with the transition of smaller international markets to a distributor model, and the closing of underperforming FOSSIL retail stores. We closed a net 49 retail stores during 2025.
Under our third key area, strengthening our balance sheet, we pursued initiatives to improve working capital and strengthen liquidity. During the second quarter of fiscal 2025, we entered into a sale of our European distribution center for $23 million. We completed a comprehensive debt restructuring, including entering into the New Revolving Credit Facility to replace our Prior Revolving Facility and completing the exchange of Prior Notes for Notes.
Aided by our restructuring programs, we achieved gross margins above 50% for fiscal year 2024 and above 55% for fiscal year 2025, which included some adverse effects of the tariffs. For 2026 and beyond, we are progressing our Turnaround Plan, with a focus on three new strategic pillars: (i) driving profitable growth, (ii) optimizing our operating model, and (iii) building shareholder value. Over the next three years, this evolution of our strategic turnaround pillars is expected to generate a return to top line growth, and improved operating margins and free cash flows.
As part of our driving profitable growth initiative, we plan to further leverage the FOSSIL brand platform to propel innovation, deepen consumer engagement through storytelling, and drive the traditional watch business with focus on icons and collaborations, as well as developing premium products including those assembled in America. Driving profitable growth initiatives will also include modernizing point of sale expression, focusing on top customers in key markets, stabilizing our e-commerce business through investments in search and navigation, and reducing the pace of store closures.
Our second strategic pillar, optimizing our operating model, is focused on (i) sharpening our go-to-market execution to elevate point of sale engagement, reduce complexity and improve business agility, (ii) strengthening our digital and technology
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infrastructure, (iii) delivering best-in-class supply chain performance and (iv) establishing an emerging brands organization to institutionalize entrepreneurship and build the next scalable growth brand in our portfolio.
Under our third strategic pillar, building shareholder value, we plan to generate improved free cash flow from operations, strategically deploy capital toward investing for growth and reducing debt, and deliver strong returns on invested capital.
Operating Segments
We operate our business in three segments which are divided into geographies. Net sales for each geographic segment are based on the location of the selling entity and each reportable segment provides similar products and services.
Americas: The Americas segment is comprised of sales from our operations in the United States, Canada and Latin America. Sales are generated through diversified distribution channels that include wholesalers, distributors, and direct to consumer. Within each channel, we sell our products through a variety of physical points of sale, distributors and e-commerce channels. In the direct to consumer channel, we had 97 Company-owned stores as of the end of fiscal 2025 and an extensive collection of products available through our owned websites. As of the end of fiscal 2025, net sales in the Americas segment accounted for 42.9% of our consolidated revenue.
Europe: The Europe segment is comprised of sales to customers based in European countries, the Middle East and Africa. Sales are generated through diversified distribution channels that include wholesalers, distributors and direct to consumer. Within each channel, we sell our products through a variety of physical points of sale, distributors, and e-commerce channels. In the direct to consumer channel, we had 49 Company-owned stores as of the end of fiscal 2025 and an extensive collection of products available through our owned websites. As of the end of fiscal 2025, net sales in the Europe segment accounted for 33.2% of our consolidated revenue.
Asia: The Asia segment is comprised of sales to customers based in Australia, China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR, and Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Sales are generated through diversified distribution channels that include wholesalers, distributors and direct to consumer. Within each channel, we sell our products through a variety of physical points of sale, distributors, and e-commerce channels. In the direct to consumer channel, we had 53 Company-owned stores as of the end of fiscal 2025 and an extensive collection of products available through our owned websites. As of the end of fiscal 2025, net sales in the Asia segment accounted for 23.8% of our consolidated revenue.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to product returns, bad debt, inventories, long-lived asset impairment, impairment of trade names, income taxes, warranty costs and litigation liabilities. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting subjects require the most significant estimates and judgments.
Product Returns. We monitor customer returns and maintain a provision for estimated returns based upon historical experience, current information and any specific issues identified. While returns have historically been within our expectations and the provisions established, future return rates may differ from those experienced in the past. In the event that our products are performing poorly in the retail market and/or we experience product damages or defects at a rate significantly higher than our historical rate, the resulting returns could have an adverse impact on the operating results for the period or periods in which such returns occur. If our allowance for product returns were to change by 10%, the impact, excluding taxes, would have been an approximate $1.5 million change to net income (loss).
Inventory. We account for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the average cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about forecasted sales demand, market conditions and available liquidation channels. If actual future demand or market conditions are less favorable than those projected by management, or if liquidation channels are not readily available, additional inventory valuation reductions may be required. We assess our off-price sales on an ongoing basis and update our estimates accordingly. For every 1% of additional inventory valuation reductions as of fiscal year end 2025, we would have recorded an additional cost of sales of approximately $0.1 million.
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Property, Plant and Equipment and Lease Impairment. We test for asset impairment of property, plant and equipment and lease assets whenever events or conditions indicate that the carrying value of an asset might not be recoverable based on expected undiscounted cash flows related to the asset. In evaluating long-lived assets for recoverability, we calculate fair value using our best estimate of future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and its eventual disposition. When undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated through the operations of our Company-owned retail stores are less than the carrying value of the underlying assets, the assets are impaired. If it is determined that assets are impaired, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount that the asset's book value exceeds its fair value. Should actual results or market conditions differ from those anticipated, additional losses may be recorded. We recorded impairment losses in long-lived asset impairments of $0.6 million, $1.8 million and $1.7 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, related to lease assets. We recorded impairment losses in long-lived asset impairments of $0.4 million in each of fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 related to property, plant and equipment. We recorded impairment losses in restructuring charges of $5.4 million in fiscal year 2024, and no charges in fiscal year 2025 or 2023 related to lease assets. We recorded impairment losses in restructuring charges of $1.2 million in fiscal year 2024 and no charges in fiscal years 2025 and 2023 related to property, plant and equipment. In fiscal year 2025, an increase of 100 basis points to the discount rate would not have resulted in an increase to property, plant and equipment and lease impairment expense. A 10% decrease in future expected cash flows would not have increased impairment expense.
Income Taxes. We record valuation allowances against our deferred tax assets, when necessary, in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes ("ASC 740"). Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on future taxable earnings and is therefore uncertain. We have significant deferred tax assets consisting primarily of net operating losses, reserves and interest expense accruals that are not currently deductible for tax purposes. As a result of the three year cumulative loss at a consolidated level and various foreign jurisdictions, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance for its deferred tax assets. At least quarterly, we assess the likelihood that our deferred tax asset balance will be recovered from future taxable income. To the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we establish a valuation allowance against our deferred tax asset, increasing our income tax expense in the period such determination is made. The recording of a valuation allowance would have an adverse impact on our tax expense and effective tax rate. The valuation allowance for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 was $273.2 million, $226.5 million and $192.6 million, respectively.
Our continuing practice is to recognize interest and penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. We accrue an amount for our estimate of additional income tax liability which we believe we are more likely than not to incur as a result of the ultimate resolution of tax audits ("uncertain tax positions"). We review and update the estimates used in the accrual for uncertain tax positions as more definitive information becomes available from taxing authorities upon completion of tax audits, expiration of statutes of limitation, or occurrence of other events. The results of operations and financial position for future periods could be impacted by changes in assumptions or resolutions of tax audits.
The GILTI provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (the "TCJ Act") requiring the inclusion of certain foreign earnings in U.S. taxable income will continue to have an adverse impact on our effective tax rate. The GILTI impact is accounted for as incurred under the period cost method. In addition, our valuation allowance analysis is affected by various aspects of the TCJ Act, including the limitation on the deductibility of interest expense and the impact of the GILTI.
On July 4, 2025, the United States Congress passed the budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"). The OBBBA makes permanent many of the provisions previously enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act that were set to expire at the end of 2025 and includes other changes to certain U.S. corporate tax provisions. The changes to U.S. tax law that were enacted under the OBBBA include modifications to capitalization of research and development expenses, limitations on deductions for interest expense and accelerated fixed asset depreciation. Based on our current U.S. tax position, we note no material tax impacts as a result of the changes introduced under the OBBBA.
The OECD and over 140 countries have agreed to enact a two-pillar solution to reform the international tax rules to address the challenges arising from the globalization and digitalization of the economy. The GloBE Rules provide a coordinated system to ensure that multinational enterprises with revenues above 750 million euro pay a minimum effective tax rate of 15% tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate. Many aspects of Pillar Two became effective for tax years beginning in January 2024, with certain additional impacts effective in 2025. Each country must enact its own legislation to apply the Pillar Two rules. Pillar Two did not have a material impact on the Company's financial results, including its annual estimated effective tax rate or liquidity in 2024 and 2025, but will continue to monitor future developments.
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Key Measures of Financial Performance and Key Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Constant Currency Financial Information: As a multinational enterprise, we are exposed to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The translation of the operations of our foreign-based entities from their local currencies into U.S. dollars is sensitive to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and can have a significant impact on our reported financial results. In general, our overall financial results are affected positively by a weaker U.S. dollar and are affected negatively by a stronger U.S. dollar as compared to the foreign currencies in which we conduct our business.
As a result, in addition to presenting financial measures in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), our discussion contains references to constant currency financial information, which is a non-GAAP financial measure. To calculate net sales on a constant currency basis, net sales for the current fiscal year for entities reporting in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the average rates during the comparable period of the prior fiscal year. We present constant currency information to provide investors with a basis to evaluate how our underlying business performed excluding the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. The constant currency financial information presented herein should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations between constant currency financial information and the most directly comparable GAAP measure are included where applicable.
Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Constant Currency Adjusted Operating Income (Loss, Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share: Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss), constant currency adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share are non-GAAP financial measures. We define adjusted EBITDA as our income (loss) before income taxes, plus interest expense, amortization and depreciation, other long-lived asset impairments, other non-cash charges, stock-based compensation expense, restructuring expenses and loss on extinguishment of debt minus gains on asset divestitures and interest income. We define adjusted operating income (loss) as operating income (loss) before other long-lived asset impairments, restructuring expenses, loss on extinguishment of debt and gains on asset divestitures. We define constant currency adjusted operating income (loss) as adjusted operating income (loss) excluding the effects of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations. We define adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share as net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. and diluted earnings (loss) per share, respectively, before other long-lived asset impairments, restructuring expenses, gains on asset divestitures and loss on extinguishment of debt. We have included adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss), constant currency adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share herein because they are widely used by investors for valuation and for comparing our financial performance with the performance of our competitors. We also use these non-GAAP financial measures to monitor and compare the financial performance of our operations. Our presentation of adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss), constant currency adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share may not be comparable to similarly titled measures other companies report. Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income (loss), constant currency adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share are not intended to be used as alternatives to any measure of our performance in accordance with GAAP.
Comparable Retail Sales: Both stores and e-commerce sites are included in comparable retail sales in the thirteenth month of operation. Stores that experience a gross square footage change of 10% or more due to an expansion and/or relocation are removed from the comparable store sales base, but are included in total sales. These stores are returned to the comparable store sales base in the thirteenth month following the expansion and/or relocation. Comparable retail sales were adjusted to normalize the 53-week fiscal year 2025 with the 52-week fiscal year 2024. Comparable retail sales exclude the effects of foreign currency fluctuations.
Store Counts: While macro-economic factors have shifted sales away from traditional brick and mortar stores towards digital channels, store counts continue to provide a key metric for management. Both the size and quality of our store fleet have a direct impact on our sales and profitability. Over time, we have made progress right-sizing our fleet of stores by focusing on closing our least profitable stores.
Total Liquidity: We define total liquidity as cash and cash equivalents plus available borrowings on our revolving credit facility. We monitor and forecast total liquidity to ensure we can meet our financial obligations.
Components of Results of Operations
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Revenues from sales of our products, including those that are subject to inventory consignment arrangements, are recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer and in an amount that reflects the consideration we expect to be entitled in exchange for the product. We accept limited returns from customers. We continually monitor returns and maintain a provision for estimated returns based upon historical experience and any specific issues identified. Our product returns provision is accounted for as a reduction to revenue and cost of sales and an increase to customer liabilities and other current assets to the extent the returned product is resalable.
Cost of Sales includes raw material costs, assembly labor, assembly overhead including depreciation expense, assembly warehousing costs and shipping and handling costs related to the movement of finished goods from assembly locations to sales distribution centers and from sales distribution centers to customer locations. Additionally, cost of sales includes customs duties, product packaging cost, royalty cost associated with sales of licensed products, the cost of molding and tooling, inventory shrinkage and damages and restructuring charges.
Gross Profit and gross profit margin are influenced by our diversified business model that includes, but is not limited to: (i) product categories that we distribute; (ii) the multiple brands, including both owned and licensed, we offer within several product categories; (iii) the geographical presence of our businesses; and (iv) the different distribution channels we sell to or through.
The attributes of this diversified business model produce varying ranges of gross profit margin. Generally, on a historical basis, our fashion branded traditional watch and jewelry offerings produce higher gross profit margins than our smartwatches and leather goods offerings. In addition, in most product categories that we offer, brands with higher retail price points generally produce higher gross profit margins compared to those of lower retail priced brands. However, smartwatches carry relatively lower margins than our major product categories. Gross profit margins related to sales in our Europe and Asia businesses are historically higher than our Americas business, primarily due to the following factors: (i) premiums charged in comparison to retail prices on products sold in the U.S.; (ii) the product sales mix in our international businesses, in comparison to our Americas business, is comprised more predominantly of watches and jewelry that generally produce higher gross profit margins than leather goods; and (iii) the watch sales mix in our Europe and Asia businesses, in comparison to our Americas business, are comprised more predominantly of higher priced licensed brands.
Operating Expenses include SG&A, long-lived asset impairments and restructuring charges. SG&A expenses include selling and distribution expenses primarily consisting of sales and distribution labor costs, sales distribution center and warehouse facility costs, depreciation expense related to sales distribution and warehouse facilities, the four-wall operating costs of our retail stores, point-of-sale expenses, advertising expenses and art, design and product development labor costs. SG&A also includes general and administrative expenses primarily consisting of administrative support labor and support costs such as treasury, legal, information services, accounting, internal audit, human resources, executive management costs and costs associated with stock-based compensation. Restructuring charges include costs to reorganize, refine and optimize our Company’s infrastructure and store closures under our Turnaround and TAG initiatives.
Results of Operations
Fiscal Year 2025 Compared to Fiscal Year 2024
Consolidated Net Sales. Net sales decreased $140.6 million, or 12.3% (12.7% in constant currency), for fiscal year 2025, as compared to fiscal year 2024, largely driven by the return to a full-price selling model in our direct-to-consumer channels, partially offset by strength in traditional watches in the wholesale channel. Global comparable retail sales decreased by 23.3% on a 53-week calendar basis due to sales decreases in our owned e-commerce websites as we were less promotional and, to a lesser extent, retail stores. Our store rationalization initiatives and declines in smartwatch sales comprised approximately 410 basis points of the sales decline in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. Sales were favorably impacted by 150 basis points as a result of fiscal year 2025 including 53 weeks as compared to 52 weeks in fiscal year 2024. We have reduced our store footprint by 49 stores (19.8%), since the end of fiscal year 2024. From a category perspective, traditional watch sales decreased 6.6% (6.9% in constant currency). Sales of smartwatches declined 52.6% (53.0% in constant currency), as we exited the category. Leathers declined 37.1% (37.6% in constant currency), and jewelry declined 20.4% (22.1% in constant currency), both primarily driven by the smaller store base and decreased promotional activity in our owned e-commerce. From a brand perspective, the sales decrease was primarily driven by FOSSIL and EMPORIO ARMANI, and was partially offset by sales growth in ARMANI EXCHANGE and TORY BURCH.
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The following table sets forth consolidated net sales by segment and the changes in net sales by segment on both a reported and constant currency basis from period to period (dollars in millions):
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| 2025 | 2024 | Growth (Decline) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Amounts | Amounts | Dollars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 430.9 | 42.9 | % | $ | 515.2 | 45.0 | % | $ | (84.3) | (16.4) | % | (15.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Europe | 333.3 | 33.2 | 357.6 | 31.2 | (24.3) | (6.8) | (10.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asia | 238.6 | 23.8 | 270.1 | 23.6 | (31.5) | (11.7) | (10.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | 1.6 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.2 | (0.5) | (23.8) | (23.8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total net sales | $ | 1,004.4 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,145.0 | 100.0 | % | $ | (140.6) | (12.3) | % | (12.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table sets forth product net sales and the changes in product net sales on both a reported and constant currency basis from period to period (dollars in millions):
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| Traditional watches | $ | 814.6 | 81.1 | % | $ | 872.6 | 76.2 | % | $ | (58.0) | (6.6) | % | (6.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | 11.8 | 1.2 | 24.9 | 2.2 | (13.1) | (52.6) | (53.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | 826.4 | 82.3 | % | $ | 897.5 | 78.4 | % | $ | (71.1) | (7.9) | (8.2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leathers | 69.9 | 7.0 | 111.1 | 9.7 | (41.2) | (37.1) | (37.6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewelry | 91.1 | 9.1 | 114.5 | 10.0 | (23.4) | (20.4) | (22.1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 17.0 | 1.6 | 21.9 | 1.9 | (4.9) | (22.4) | (22.8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total net sales | $ | 1,004.4 | 100.0 | % | $ | 1,145.0 | 100.0 | % | $ | (140.6) | (12.3) | % | (12.7) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table sets forth the number of stores on the dates indicated below:
| December 28, 2024 | Opened | Closed | January 3, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Americas | 114 | — | 17 | 97 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Europe | 65 | — | 16 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Asia | 69 | — | 16 | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total stores | 248 | — | 49 | 199 | |||||||||||||||||||
Americas Net Sales. Americas net sales decreased $84.3 million or 16.4% (15.8% in constant currency) for fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024. Sales decreased in almost all brands with the biggest decreases in FOSSIL. Sales decreased in our owned e-commerce, stores and wholesale channels. Comparable retail sales declined sharply during fiscal year 2025 with declines in both owned e-commerce as we were less promotional, and to a lesser extent, store channels.
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The following table sets forth product net sales and the changes in product net sales on both a reported and constant currency basis from period to period for the Americas segment (dollars in millions):
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| Traditional watches | $ | 351.8 | $ | 388.8 | $ | (37.0) | (9.5) | % | (8.9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | 10.5 | 18.7 | (8.2) | (43.9) | (43.9) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | 362.3 | $ | 407.5 | $ | (45.2) | (11.1) | (10.5) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leathers | 42.9 | 70.7 | (27.8) | (39.3) | (39.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewelry | 19.4 | 28.8 | (9.4) | (32.6) | (32.6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 6.3 | 8.2 | (1.9) | (23.2) | (22.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 430.9 | $ | 515.2 | $ | (84.3) | (16.4) | % | (15.8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Europe Net Sales. During fiscal year 2025, Europe net sales decreased $24.3 million or 6.8% (10.0% in constant currency) in comparison to fiscal year 2024. Sales decreased in the majority of our brand portfolio with the most predominant decline in FOSSIL. Sales declines in our owned e-commerce and store channels were partially offset by sales growth in wholesale. Comparable retail sales declined sharply during fiscal year 2025 with declines in both owned e-commerce as we were less promotional, and to a lesser extent, store channels.
The following table sets forth product net sales and the changes in product net sales on both a reported and constant currency basis from period to period for the Europe segment (dollars in millions):
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| Traditional watches | $ | 264.1 | $ | 269.2 | $ | (5.1) | (1.9) | % | (5.2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | 1.4 | 1.7 | (0.3) | (17.6) | (17.6) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | 265.5 | $ | 270.9 | $ | (5.4) | (2.0) | (5.3) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leathers | 9.7 | 17.0 | (7.3) | (42.9) | (45.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewelry | 51.4 | 60.9 | (9.5) | (15.6) | (18.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 6.7 | 8.8 | (2.1) | (23.9) | (27.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 333.3 | $ | 357.6 | $ | (24.3) | (6.8) | % | (10.0) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Asia Net Sales. In fiscal year 2025, Asia net sales decreased $31.5 million or 11.7% (10.2% in constant currency) in comparison to fiscal 2024. Sales decreased across the majority of the region, most notably in mainland China, and were partially offset by sales growth in India. The greatest sales declines were in the EMPORIO ARMANI brand. Comparable retail sales decreased moderately during fiscal year 2025, with declines in both owned e-commerce and store channels.
The following table sets forth product net sales and the changes in product net sales on both a reported and constant currency basis from period to period for the Asia segment (dollars in millions):
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| Percentage as Reported | Percentage Constant Currency | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Dollars | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watches: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional watches | $ | 198.7 | $ | 214.6 | $ | (15.9) | (7.4) | % | (5.4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | (0.1) | 4.5 | (4.6) | (102.2) | (104.4) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | 198.6 | $ | 219.1 | $ | (20.5) | (9.4) | (7.4) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leathers | 17.3 | 23.5 | (6.2) | (26.4) | (27.7) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewelry | 20.4 | 24.7 | (4.3) | (17.4) | (17.8) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | 2.3 | 2.8 | (0.5) | (17.9) | (14.3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 238.6 | $ | 270.1 | $ | (31.5) | (11.7) | % | (10.2) | % | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross Profit. Gross profit of $563.1 million in fiscal year 2025 decreased $34.1 million, or 5.7%, in comparison to $597.2 million in fiscal year 2024, driven mainly by the decrease in sales. The gross profit margin rate increased to 56.1% in fiscal year 2025 compared to 52.2% in fiscal year 2024, primarily due to improved product margins in our core categories driven by benefits from our full-price selling model and sourcing initiatives.
Operating Expenses. For fiscal year 2025, total operating expenses decreased to $582.2 million or 58.0% of net sales, compared to $701.1 million or 61.2% of net sales in fiscal year 2024. SG&A expenses were $540.1 million in fiscal year 2025 compared to $638.8 million in fiscal year 2024. As a percentage of net sales, SG&A expenses decreased to 53.8% in fiscal year 2025 as compared to 55.8% in fiscal year 2024, primarily driven by cost reductions and efficiencies gained through our restructuring programs. SG&A expenses for fiscal year 2025 also benefited from an $11.0 million gain on the sale of a building during the second quarter. During fiscal year 2025, we incurred $40.6 million in restructuring charges as compared to $59.8 million in fiscal year 2024. We incurred other long-lived asset impairment charges of $1.5 million in fiscal year 2025 compared to charges of $2.5 million in fiscal year 2024.
Operating Income (Loss). Operating income (loss) was a loss of $19.1 million in fiscal year 2025, as compared to a loss of $103.9 million in the prior fiscal year. As a percentage of net sales, operating margin was (1.9)% in fiscal year 2025 as compared to (9.1)% in fiscal year 2024.
Operating income (loss) by operating segment is summarized as follows (dollars in millions):
| Fiscal Year | Growth (Decline) | Operating Margin % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | Dollars | Percentage | 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 93.4 | $ | 77.0 | $ | 16.4 | 21.3 | % | 21.7 | % | 15.0 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Europe | 86.3 | 64.7 | 21.6 | 33.4 | 25.9 | 18.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asia | 61.7 | 40.0 | 21.7 | 54.3 | 25.9 | 14.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corporate | (260.5) | (285.6) | 25.1 | 8.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total operating income (loss) | $ | (19.1) | $ | (103.9) | $ | 84.8 | 81.6 | % | (1.9) | % | (9.1) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest Expense. Interest expense was $20.2 million in fiscal year 2025 compared to $19.0 million in the prior fiscal year. The increase was primarily driven by an increased debt balance in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024.
Other Income (Expense)—Net. During fiscal year 2025, other income (expense) - net was expense of $10.4 million compared to income of $4.9 million in the prior fiscal year. The change in other income (expense)-net was primarily due to increased net currency losses in fiscal year 2025 as compared to fiscal year 2024, decreased interest income, and a loss on extinguishment of debt in fiscal year 2025.
Provision for Income Taxes. During fiscal year 2025, there was an income tax expense of $28.1 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of (56.5)%, compared to 10.0% in fiscal year 2024. The 2025 effective rate was unfavorably impacted by tax accrued on income in certain foreign jurisdictions, cancellation of debt income and increased valuation allowances on deferred tax assets, whereas the 2024 effective rate was favorably impacted by reduced foreign income taxes, release of reserves for uncertain tax positions and the accrual of interest income on tax receivables.
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Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. In fiscal year 2025, net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. was a net loss of $78.3 million, or $1.45 per diluted share, in comparison to a net loss of $102.7 million, or $1.94 per diluted share, in the prior fiscal year. During fiscal year 2025, currency fluctuations unfavorably impacted diluted earnings (loss) per share by $0.01.
Adjusted EBITDA. The following table reconciles adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, which is income (loss) before income taxes. Certain line items presented in the table below, when aggregated, may not foot due to rounding (dollars in millions).
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| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dollars | % of Net Sales | Dollars | % of Net Sales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | $ | (49.8) | (5.0) | % | $ | (118.1) | (10.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Interest expense | 20.2 | 19.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amortization and depreciation | 13.0 | 16.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other long-lived asset impairments | 1.5 | 2.5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other non-cash charges | (0.9) | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | 2.3 | 2.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring expense | 40.6 | 59.8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | 3.2 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Restructuring cost of sales | — | 7.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gains on asset divestitures(1) | 11.5 | 3.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 1.7 | 4.3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA(2) | $ | 16.9 | 1.7 | % | $ | (14.9) | (1.3) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
(1) Includes the gains on sale of our European distribution center and equipment from a Swiss manufacturing facility during fiscal 2025, and the gain on sale of our building in France during fiscal 2024
(2) As a result of changes in presentation, certain prior period information has been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation
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Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Constant Currency Adjusted Operating Income (Loss), Adjusted Net Income (Loss) and Adjusted Earnings (Loss) per Share. The following tables reconcile adjusted operating income (loss), constant currency adjusted operating income (loss), adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted earnings (loss) per share to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which are operating income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. and diluted earnings (loss) per share, as applicable. Certain line items presented in the table below, when aggregated, may not foot due to rounding.
| Fiscal Year 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ($ in millions, except per share data): | As Reported | Other Long-Lived Asset Impairment | Restructuring Expenses | Loss on Extinguishment of Debt | Gains on Asset Divestitures(1) | As Adjusted | Impact of Foreign Currency Exchange Rates | As Adjusted Constant Currency | ||||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | (19.1) | $ | 1.5 | $ | 40.6 | $ | — | $ | (11.5) | $ | 11.5 | $ | (0.9) | $ | 10.6 | ||||||||||
| Operating margin (% of net sales) | (1.9) | % | 1.1 | % | 1.1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 20.2 | — | — | — | — | 20.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) - net | (10.4) | — | — | 3.2 | — | (7.2) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | (49.8) | 1.5 | 40.6 | 3.2 | (11.5) | (16.0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | 28.1 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 0.7 | (2.4) | 35.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | 0.5 | — | — | — | — | 0.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | $ | (78.3) | $ | 1.2 | $ | 32.1 | $ | 2.5 | $ | (9.1) | $ | (51.6) | ||||||||||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | $ | (1.45) | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.59 | $ | 0.05 | $ | (0.17) | $ | (0.95) | ||||||||||||||
(1) Includes the gains on sale of our European distribution center and equipment from a Swiss manufacturing facility
| Fiscal Year 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ($ in millions, except per share data): | As Reported | Restructuring Cost of Sales | Other Long-Lived Asset Impairment | Restructuring Expenses | Gains on Asset Divestitures(1) | As Adjusted(2) | ||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | (103.9) | $ | 7.3 | $ | 2.5 | $ | 59.8 | $ | (3.3) | $ | (37.6) | ||||||||
| Operating margin (% of net sales) | (9.1) | % | (3.3) | % | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | 19.0 | — | — | — | — | 19.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) - net | 4.9 | — | — | — | — | 4.9 | ||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | (118.1) | 7.3 | 2.5 | 59.8 | (3.3) | (51.8) | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (11.8) | 1.5 | 0.5 | 12.6 | (0.7) | 2.1 | ||||||||||||||
| Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest | (3.6) | — | — | — | — | (3.6) | ||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | $ | (102.7) | $ | 5.8 | $ | 2.0 | $ | 47.2 | $ | (2.6) | $ | (50.3) | ||||||||
| Diluted earnings (loss) per share | $ | (1.94) | $ | 0.11 | $ | 0.04 | $ | 0.89 | $ | (0.05) | $ | (0.95) | ||||||||
(1) Includes the gain on sale of our building in France
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(2) As a result of changes in presentation, certain prior period information has been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation
Fiscal Year 2024 Compared to Fiscal Year 2023
For a discussion of our results of operations in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023, please see Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024 filed with the SEC, which is incorporated herein by reference.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our cash and cash equivalents balance at the end of fiscal year 2025 was $95.8 million, including $84.7 million held by foreign subsidiaries outside the U.S., in comparison to $123.6 million at the end of fiscal year 2024, including $92.5 million held by foreign subsidiaries outside the U.S. Generally, starting in the third quarter, our cash needs begin to increase, typically reaching a peak in the September-November time frame as we increase inventory levels in advance of the holiday season. Our quarterly cash requirements are also impacted by debt repayments, royalty payments, restructuring charges and capital expenditures.
At the end of fiscal year 2025, we had working capital of $166.1 million compared to working capital of $227.9 million at the end of the prior fiscal year. At the end of fiscal year 2025, we had $4.0 million of outstanding short-term borrowings and $173.8 million in long-term debt including unamortized issuance costs and original issue discount compared to $2.2 million of short-term borrowings and $162.7 million in long-term debt including unamortized issuance costs at the end of fiscal year 2024.
Operating Activities. Cash provided by (used in) operating activities is net income (loss) adjusted for certain non-cash items and changes in assets and liabilities. Cash used in operating activities of $57.9 million in fiscal year 2025 worsened as compared to cash provided by operating activities of $46.7 million in fiscal year 2024, primarily due to the receipt of a U.S. tax refund of $57.3 million during fiscal year 2024 and an increase in other working capital items in fiscal year 2025.
Investing Activities. Investing cash flows primarily consist of capital expenditures and are offset by proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment. Investing cash flows increased in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024 primarily due to the sale of our European distribution center in the second quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Financing Activities. Financing cash flows primarily consist of borrowings and repayments of debt. The decrease in cash used in financing initiatives in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024 primarily resulted from $34.3 million of net debt borrowings in fiscal year 2025 as compared to $43.8 million of net debt payments in fiscal year 2024.
Material Cash Requirements. We have various payment obligations as part of our ordinary course of business. Our material cash requirements include: (1) operating lease obligations (see Note 13 Leases within the Consolidated Financial Statements); (2) debt repayments (see Note 10 Debt within the Consolidated Financial Statements); (3) non-cancellable purchase obligations (see Note 14 Commitments and Contingencies within the Consolidated Financial Statements), (4) minimum royalty payments (see Note 14 Commitments and Contingencies within the Consolidated Financial Statements); and (5) employee wages, benefits, and incentives. The expected timing of payments of our obligations is estimated based on current information. Timing of payments and actual amounts paid may be different, depending on the timing of receipt of goods or services, or changes to agreed-upon amounts for some obligations. In addition, some of our purchasing requirements are not current obligations and are therefore not included above. For example, some of these requirements are not handled through binding contracts or are fulfilled by vendors on a purchase order basis within short time horizons. Moreover, we may be subject to additional material cash requirements that are contingent upon the occurrence of certain events, e.g., legal contingencies, uncertain tax positions (see Note 12 Taxes within the Consolidated Financial Statements), pensions (see Note 16 Employee Benefit Plans within the Consolidate Financial Statements) and other matters.
For the fiscal year ending January 2, 2027, we expect total capital expenditures to be approximately $7 million. Our capital expenditure budget is an estimate and is subject to change.
Sources of Liquidity. We believe cash flows from operations combined with existing cash on hand and amounts available under our credit facilities will be sufficient to fund our cash needs for at least the next twelve months. Although we believe we have adequate sources of liquidity, we continue to assess our liquidity position and potential sources of supplemental liquidity in light of our operating performance, the timing of the expected benefits of our Turnaround Plan and other relevant considerations, including macroeconomic events, recessionary risks and tariffs. In the event our liquidity is insufficient, we may be required to limit our spending or sell assets.
The following table shows our sources of liquidity from cash and cash equivalents and our New Revolving Credit Facility availability (in millions):
| Fiscal Year End | ||||||||||||||
| 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 95.8 | $ | 123.6 | ||||||||||
| Revolving credit facility availability | 66.9 | 53.4 | ||||||||||||
| Total liquidity | $ | 162.7 | $ | 177.0 | ||||||||||
Prior Notes: In November 2021, we sold $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 7.00% senior notes due 2026 (the "Prior Notes"), generating net proceeds of approximately $141.7 million. The Prior Notes were our general unsecured
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obligations. The Prior Notes bore interest at the rate of 7.00% per annum. See "Notes Exchange" below for information regarding the restructuring of the Prior Notes. On November 13, 2025, as a result of the Restructuring Plan, all $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Prior Notes were cancelled.
Notes Exchange: On August 13, 2025, we, Fossil (UK) Global Services Ltd. ("Fossil UK”), and certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of ours identified therein (collectively, the "Parties”) entered into a Transaction Support Agreement (the "Transaction Support Agreement”) with certain holders (the "Consenting Noteholders”), representing approximately 59% of the aggregate principal of the Prior Notes.
On November 13, 2025, we consummated the previously announced offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) with respect to the Prior Notes and the concurrent rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) pursuant to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006 (as amended) (the “Restructuring Plan” and together with the Exchange Offer and the Rights Offering, the “Transactions”). In connection with the consummation of the Transactions:
•Noteholders that participated in the Rights Offering and Exchange Offer (the “New Money Participants”) (i) provided an aggregate of $32.5 million of incremental, new money financing in exchange for (x) $32.5 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500% First-Out First Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “First-Out Notes”) and (y) 954,070 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 (“Common Stock”), (ii) exchanged $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes, and (iii) received $0.9 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes as a consent premium pursuant to the terms of the Transactions (the “Consent Premium”).
•Noteholders that did not participate in the Rights Offering (the “Non-New Money Participants”) (i) received $29.8 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% Second-Out Second Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Second-Out Notes”) on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $29.8 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes held by such Non-New Money Participants, and (ii) received $53,858 aggregate principal amount of Second-Out Notes as a Consent Premium. Only Non-New Money Participants that tendered their Prior Notes in the Exchange Offer and consented to the Restructuring Plan received the Consent Premium.
•Noteholders also received an aggregate total of approximately 3,000,000 warrants (the “Warrants”), entitling the holders thereof to purchase either (i) one share of Common Stock for each Warrant held, or (ii) one pre-funded warrant (each, a “Pre-Funded Warrant”) for each Warrant held, each such Pre-Funded Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock. The Warrants were exercisable at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2025. The number of Warrants exercised as of January 3, 2026 was 2.6 million with the remainder of the 3.0 million Warrants forfeited.
The Consenting Noteholders participated in the Transactions on a private placement basis. In accordance with the terms of the Transaction Support Agreement, the Consenting Noteholders received $1.6 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes as a backstop premium as consideration for providing a backstop commitment for the Rights Offering.
Prior Revolving Facility: On September 26, 2019, we and certain subsidiaries entered into a secured asset-based revolving credit agreement (as amended from time to time, the “Prior Revolving Facility”) with various lenders party thereto.
New Revolving Credit Facility: On August 13, 2025, we and certain of our subsidiaries identified therein as guarantors entered into the Credit Agreement with the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Company as a borrower (the “Credit Agreement”) to refinance the Prior Revolving Facility. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have provided new financing commitments to the Company under a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $150 million.
Contemporaneously with entering into the New Revolving Credit Facility, the proceeds of the New Revolving Credit Facility were used to pay off in full the $15.0 million outstanding under the Prior Revolving Facility.
Borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a rate of 5.00% plus the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for term SOFR borrowings and 4.00% plus the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for base rate borrowings, payable monthly in arrears. The Lenders received an upfront commitment fee equal to 2.00% of the aggregate commitments under the New Revolving Credit Facility. The Company’s obligations under the New Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by the guarantors, and those obligations and the guarantees are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the guarantors. The Credit Agreement includes customary representations and warranties, covenants and events of default, in each case, applicable to the Company. The Credit Agreement also requires that Availability (as defined in the Credit Agreement) may at no time be less than the greater of 10% of the Line Cap (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and $12.5 million. If an event of default under the Credit Agreement occurs, the Required Lenders (as
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defined in the Credit Agreement) may, among other things, terminate the commitments and declare the outstanding obligations under the Credit Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
The maximum amount that we are permitted to borrow at any time under the New Revolving Credit Facility is limited by a borrowing base that is recalculated monthly or, in some circumstances, more frequently. The borrowing base is a function of, among other things, our eligible accounts receivable, inventory and certain intellectual property. The Credit Agreement provides the administrative agent with considerable discretion to impose reserves and to determine that certain assets are not eligible for inclusion in our borrowing base.
The New Revolving Credit Facility has a stated maturity date of August 13, 2030, but includes a springing maturity feature (the “Springing Maturity Feature”) that will cause the stated maturity date to spring ahead to the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of material indebtedness (defined as $15.0 million or more of indebtedness) if such material indebtedness remains outstanding on such 91st day.
The maturity date of the First-Out Notes is January 1, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of First-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on October 2, 2028, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be October 2, 2028. The maturity date of the Second-Out Notes is June 30, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of Second-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on March 31, 2029, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be March 31, 2029.
Fiscal Year 2025 Activity: We had net borrowings of $35.1 million under the Notes during fiscal year 2025. The borrowings approximated the payments under the New Revolving Credit Facility and Prior Revolving Facility and amounts outstanding had an average interest rate of 8.0%. We recorded a loss of $3.2 million in other income (expense) - net during fiscal 2025 for debt issuance costs and other fees associated with the Prior Revolving Facility and Prior Notes. As of January 3, 2026, we had $185.1 million outstanding under the Notes and $16.0 million outstanding under the New Revolving Credit Facility. As of January 3, 2026, we had unamortized debt issuance costs of $18.5 million and original issue discount of $8.8 million recorded in long-term debt and $22.5 million recorded in intangible and other assets-net on our consolidated balance sheets. As of January 3, 2026, we had $66.9 million available for borrowing under the New Revolving Credit Facility. At January 3, 2026, we were in compliance with all debt covenants related to our credit facilities.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
Not applicable.
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Item 8. Consolidated Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Fossil Group, Inc.
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Fossil Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, and the related consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss), stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 3, 2026, and the related notes and the schedule listed in the Index at Item 15 (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 3, 2026, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of January 3, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 12, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
Inventories – Valuation —Refer to Notes 1 and 3 of the financial statements
Critical Audit Matter Description
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realizable value, including any applicable duty and freight charges. The Company accounts for estimated obsolescence or unmarketable inventory equal to the difference between the average cost of inventory and the estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand, market conditions and available liquidation channels through the establishment of an inventory excess and obsolescence valuation adjustment. Changes in these assumptions could have a significant impact on the inventory excess and obsolescence valuation adjustment.
We identified inventory valuation as a critical audit matter because of the significant judgments made by management to estimate future demand, market conditions, and available liquidation channels which are used to arrive at the net realizable value. This required a high degree of auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort when performing audit procedures to evaluate the reasonableness of management’s estimates and assumptions within the inventory excess and obsolescence allowance.
How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
Our audit procedures related to the inventory excess and obsolescence allowance included the following, among others:
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•We tested the effectiveness of controls over the inventory excess and obsolescence valuation adjustment, specifically the control over the estimation of the net realizable value of inventory.
•We evaluated the method and assumptions used by management to estimate net realizable value by:
–Testing the underlying data that served as the basis for key assumptions.
–Evaluating the appropriateness of the inputs to the estimate, including market conditions, and available liquidation channels.
–Evaluating management's ability to accurately estimate net realizable value and predict market conditions by assessing the year-over-year change in the estimated inventory allowance by product-line
–Performing a trend analysis of net sales, margins, inventory turnover, and period-end inventory balances in order to assess the reasonableness of each product line’s inclusion or exclusion from the allowance.
•Tested the completeness of the inventory valuation adjustment by:
–Identifying slow-moving inventory with low turnover levels and comparing to management’s analysis.
–Inquiring of management and performing corroborative inquiry about returns, inventory that is under-performing, and anticipated trends based on market reaction and comparing to management’s analysis.
–Evaluating margins for a sample of sales to liquidators to evaluate the need for potential obsolescence allowance
–Analyzing inventory items by product-line to determine if the inventory excess and obsolescence allowance is reasonable through evaluations of historical margin data and other qualitative factors for each selection.
•Tested the mathematical accuracy of the inventory excess and obsolescence allowance by recalculating the net realizable value and comparing our recalculation to the recorded balance.
•Tested sales of certain inventory products that are identified as being at risk for obsolescence and evaluated sales margins earned on those transactions.
•Evaluated and performed extensive inquiries of management about planned sales channels against historical margins at the product level.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
March 12, 2026
We have served as the Company's auditor since 1988.
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FOSSIL GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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| Retained earnings | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Total Fossil Group, Inc. stockholders' equity | |||||||||||
| Noncontrolling interest | ( | ( | |||||||||
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| Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | $ | |||||||||
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FOSSIL GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Total operating expenses | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | |||||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense) - net | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Income (loss) before income taxes | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Provision (benefit) for income taxes | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes: | |||||||||||||||||
| Currency translation adjustment | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Cash flow hedges - net change | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Pension plan activity | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Total comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Less: Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interest | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Earnings (loss) per share: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Diluted | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Weighted average common shares outstanding: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic | |||||||||||||||||
| Diluted | |||||||||||||||||
See notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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FOSSIL GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS
| Common Stock | Additional Paid-in Capital | Treasury Stock | Retained Earnings | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | Noncontrolling Interest | Total Stockholders' Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shares | Par Value | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 31, 2022 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued upon exercise of restricted stock units | ( | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of common stock | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirement of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 30, 2023 | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued upon exercise of restricted stock units | ( | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of common stock | — | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirement of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | — | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution of noncontrolling interest earnings | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, December 28, 2024 | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued upon exercise of restricted stock units | ( | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of common stock | — | — | ( | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retirement of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of warrants | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock issued upon exercise of warrants | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | — | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution of noncontrolling interest earnings | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance, January 3, 2026 | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See notes to consolidated financial statements.
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FOSSIL GROUP, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating Activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation, amortization and accretion | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-cash lease expense | |||||||||||||||||
| Stock-based compensation | |||||||||||||||||
| Decrease in allowance for returns and markdowns | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Gain on disposal of assets | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Property, plant and equipment and other long-lived asset impairment losses | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-cash restructuring charges | |||||||||||||||||
| Bad debt expense | |||||||||||||||||
| Other non cash items | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Loss on extinguishment of debt | |||||||||||||||||
| Contingent consideration remeasurement | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | |||||||||||||||||
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| Inventories | |||||||||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Accounts payable | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Accrued expenses | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Income taxes | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Investing Activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Additions to property, plant and equipment | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Decrease (increase) in intangible and other assets | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of property, plant and equipment and other | |||||||||||||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Financing Activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Acquisition of common stock | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Distribution of noncontrolling interest earnings | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Debt borrowings | |||||||||||||||||
| Debt payments | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Proceeds from warrants | |||||||||||||||||
| Payment for shares of Fossil Accessories South Africa Pty. Ltd. | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Debt issuance costs | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash | |||||||||||||||||
| Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash: | |||||||||||||||||
| Beginning of year | |||||||||||||||||
| End of year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
See notes to the consolidated financial statements.
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1. Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates is required in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Management makes estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates its estimates and judgments, including those related to product returns, bad debt, inventories, long-lived asset impairment, impairment of trade names, income taxes, warranty costs and litigation liabilities. Management bases its estimates and judgments on the information available at the time and various other assumptions believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Management estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of the assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Concentration of Risk involves financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentration of credit risk and consist primarily of cash investments and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash investments with high-credit quality financial institutions and currently invests primarily in corporate debt securities and money market funds with major banks and financial institutions. Accounts receivable are generally diversified due to the number of entities comprising the Company's customer base and their dispersion across many geographic regions. The Company believes no significant concentration of credit risk exists with respect to these cash investments and accounts receivable.
A significant portion of sales of the Company's products are supplied by manufacturers located outside of the U.S., primarily in Asia. While the Company is not dependent on any single manufacturer outside the U.S., the Company could be adversely affected by political, economic or other disruptions affecting the business or operations of third-party manufacturers located outside of the U.S.
Cash Equivalents are considered all highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
| January 3, 2026 | December 28, 2024 | December 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Restricted cash included in prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||||||||||||||||
| Restricted cash included in intangible and other assets-net | |||||||||||||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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Lease assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and lease liabilities represent the obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. These assets and liabilities are initially recognized based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term calculated using the Company's incremental borrowing rate, adjusted for the lease term and lease country, unless the implicit rate is readily determinable. Lease assets also include any upfront lease payments made and are reduced by lease incentives. Some lease terms include options to extend or terminate the lease and they are included in the measurement of the lease assets and lease liabilities if the Company is reasonably certain that those options will be exercised. Variable lease payments are expensed as incurred and include certain index-based changes in rent and certain non-lease components such as maintenance and other services provided by the lessor to the extent the charges are variable. The Company evaluates contractual arrangements at inception to determine if individual agreements are a lease or contain an identifiable lease component as defined by Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 842, Leases ("ASC 842"). When evaluating contracts to determine appropriate classification and recognition under ASC 842, judgment may be necessary to determine, among other criteria, if an embedded leasing arrangement exists, the length of the term, classification as either an operating or financing lease and whether renewal or termination options are reasonably certain to be exercised. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on the balance sheet. Lease agreements with lease and non-lease components are combined as a single lease component for all classes of underlying assets. The depreciable life of lease assets and leasehold improvements is limited by the expected lease term, unless there is a transfer of title or purchase option reasonably certain of exercise.
Property, Plant and Equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets of 30 years for buildings, generally five years seven years for computer equipment and software. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the shorter of the lease term or the asset's estimated useful life.
Other Intangible Assets include trademarks, trade names and patents. Trademarks, trade names with finite lives, and patents are amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which are generally to 20 years. Indefinite-lived trade names are evaluated for impairment annually as of the end of the fiscal year. Additionally, if events or conditions were to indicate an intangible asset may not be recoverable, the Company would evaluate the asset for impairment at that time. Impairment testing compares the carrying amount of an intangible asset with its fair value. When the carrying amount of an intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment charge is recorded.
The fair value of the Company's MICHELE® trade name was estimated using the relief from royalty method. No No 0.5 million for fiscal year 2025.
During fiscal year 2024, the Company committed to a plan to sell its MICHELE and SKAGEN trade names and recorded the assets to prepaid expenses and other current assets during fiscal year 2024 when the qualifications for assets held for sale
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were met. During fiscal year 2025, due to circumstances previously considered unlikely, the Company decided not to sell its trade names and reclassified the assets as held and used. The MICHELE trade name is recorded at its carrying amount before the asset was classified as held for sale. The SKAGEN trade name was recorded at its carrying amount before the asset was classified as held for sale adjusted for amortization that would have been recognized had the asset been continually classified as held and used, which resulted in the asset being fully amortized during fiscal year 2025.
Accrued Expenses includes liabilities relating to employee compensation, operating lease liabilities, royalties, warranties, duty, gift cards, foreign exchange forward contracts ("forward contracts") and other accrued liabilities which are current in nature.
Other Long-Term Liabilities includes obligations relating to asset retirements, forward contracts and defined benefits relating to certain international employees and other liabilities that are not current in nature.
Cumulative Translation Adjustment is included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reflects the adjustments resulting from translating the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries into U.S. dollars. The functional currency of the Company's foreign subsidiaries is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates, which is generally the local currency of the country. Accordingly, assets and liabilities of the foreign subsidiaries are translated to U.S. dollars at fiscal year-end exchange rates. Income and expense items are translated at average monthly exchange rates. Cumulative translation adjustments remain in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and are reclassified into earnings in the event the related foreign subsidiary is sold or liquidated.
Foreign Transaction Gains and Losses are those changes in exchange rates of currencies not considered the functional currency that affects cash flows and the related receivables or payables. The Company incurred net foreign currency transaction losses of $9.5 million and $1.3 million for fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively and a net foreign currency transaction gain of $3.0 million for fiscal year 2023. These net gains and losses have been included in other income (expense)—net in the Company's consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss).
Cost of Sales includes raw material costs, assembly labor, assembly overhead including depreciation expense, assembly warehousing costs, shipping and handling costs related to the movement of finished goods from assembly locations to sales distribution centers and from sales distribution centers to customer locations and restructuring charges. Additionally, cost of sales includes customs duties, product packaging cost, royalty cost associated with sales of licensed products, the cost of molding and tooling and inventory shrinkage and damages.
Operating Expenses include selling, general and administrative ("SG&A"), long-lived asset impairments and restructuring charges. SG&A expenses include selling and distribution expenses primarily consisting of sales and distribution labor costs, sales distribution center and warehouse facility costs, depreciation expense related to sales distribution and warehouse facilities, the four-wall operating costs of the Company's retail stores, point-of-sale expenses, advertising expenses and art, design and product development labor costs. SG&A also includes general and administrative expenses primarily consisting of administrative support labor and support costs such as treasury, legal, information services, accounting, internal
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Noncontrolling Interest is recognized as equity in the Company's consolidated balance sheets, is reflected in net income attributable to noncontrolling interest in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) and is captured within the summary of changes in equity attributable to controlling and noncontrolling interests. Noncontrolling interests represent ownership interests in the Company's subsidiaries held by third parties.
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) which is reported in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) and consolidated statements of stockholders' equity, consists of net income and other gains and losses affecting equity that are excluded from net income. The components of other comprehensive income (loss) primarily consist of foreign currency translation gains and losses and net realized and unrealized gains and losses on the following: (i) derivatives designated as cash flow hedges and (ii) the Company's defined benefit plans.
Earnings (Loss) Per Share ("EPS") is based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period. Diluted EPS adjusts basic EPS for the effects of dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during each period using the treasury stock method.
The following table reconciles the numerators and denominators used in the computations of both basic and diluted EPS (in thousands except per share data):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Numerator: | |||||||||||||||||
| Net income (loss) attributable to Fossil Group, Inc. | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Denominator: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic EPS computation: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic EPS | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Diluted EPS computation: | |||||||||||||||||
| Basic weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||||||||||||||
| Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding | |||||||||||||||||
| Diluted EPS | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
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Approximately 3.5 million, 1.9 million and 2.1 million weighted average shares issuable under stock-based awards were not included in the diluted EPS calculation in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive, including approximately 0.9 million, 0.2 million and 0.3 million weighted performance-based shares in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
Income Taxes are provided for under the asset and liability method for temporary differences in assets and liabilities recognized for income tax and financial reporting purposes. Deferred tax assets are periodically assessed for the likelihood of whether they are more likely than not to be realized. Tax benefits associated with uncertain tax positions are recognized in the period in which one of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the more likely than not recognition threshold is satisfied; (ii) the position is ultimately settled through negotiation or litigation; or (iii) the statute of limitations for the taxing authority to examine and challenge the position has expired. Tax benefits associated with an uncertain tax position are derecognized in the period in which the more likely than not recognition threshold is no longer satisfied.
The Global Intangible Low-Taxed Income (“GILTI”) provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the "Tax Act") requiring the inclusion of certain foreign earnings in U.S. taxable income first applied in fiscal year 2018. The GILTI tax was accounted for as incurred under the period cost method. The Company's valuation allowance analysis is affected by various aspects of the Tax Act, including the new limitation on the deductibility of interest expense and the impact of GILTI. Those adjustments may materially impact the provision for income taxes and the effective tax rate in the period in which the adjustments are made.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards
In November 2024, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU"), 2024-03, Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses, which requires entities to disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, with early adoption permitted. The adoption of this standard will result in additional disclosure in the notes to the financial statements.
Under The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ("OECD") Inclusive Framework, 140 countries agreed to enact a two-pillar solution to reform the international tax rules to address the challenges arising from the globalization and digitalization of the economy. The Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion ("GloBE") Rules provide a coordinated system to ensure that multinational enterprises with revenues above EUR 750 million pay a minimum effective tax rate of 15% tax on the income arising in each of the jurisdictions in which they operate. They will be liable to pay a top-up tax for the difference between their GloBE effective tax rate per jurisdiction and the 15% minimum rate. It is the ultimate parent entity of the multinational enterprise that is primarily liable for the GLoBE top-up tax in its jurisdiction’s territory. Therefore, some countries may engage in domestic tax policy reforms in anticipation of the GloBE rules becoming effective and enact their own domestic minimum tax rates to avoid “tax leakage”. Notwithstanding any new local minimum tax regime which may be designed to reduce or eliminate the GloBE top-up tax, additional top-up tax under GLoBE may still be due. This will depend on the local effective tax rate calculation according to the specific rules set out in the Pillar Two implementation guidance. Certain provisions of Pillar Two were effective for tax years beginning in January 2024 with other provisions effective for subsequent tax years. The technical aspects of the calculation are still being developed. However, on January 5, 2026, the OECD has introduced a permanent elective “Side-by-Side” safe harbor under which a multinational enterprise (“MNE”) may be exempt from the Pillar Two Income Inclusion Rule (“IIR”) and Undertaxed Profits Rule (“UTPR”) if it operates in a jurisdiction with qualifying domestic and worldwide minimum tax regimes that meet OECD standards. Based on current guidance, U.S. MNEs are expected to qualify for this safe harbor for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2026, subject to final implementation and confirmation of regime eligibility. Pillar Two did not have a material impact on the Company's financial results, including its annual estimated effective tax rate or liquidity in 2024 and 2025. The Company does not expect any increase in corporate tax rates or rules regarding the calculation of taxable income for the top-up tax that could adversely affect the business, results of operations, financial condition or cash flow for the Company's future tax years.
On July 4, 2025, the United States Congress passed the budget reconciliation bill H.R. 1, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ("OBBBA"). The OBBBA makes permanent many of the provisions previously enacted as part of the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act that were set to expire at the end of 2025 and includes other changes to certain U.S. corporate tax provisions. The changes to U.S. tax law that were enacted under the OBBBA include modifications to capitalization of research and development expenses, limitations on deductions for interest expense and accelerated fixed asset depreciation. Based on our current U.S. tax position, we note no material tax impacts as a result of the changes introduced under the OBBBA.
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Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures through changes to the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid information. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09 in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 on a prospective basis. The adoption of the updated guidance results in the additional disaggregation of certain tax information within the Company's income tax footnote disclosure.
2. Revenue
The Company’s revenue consists of sales of finished products to customers through wholesale and retail channels. Revenue from the sale of products, including those that are subject to inventory consignment agreements, is recognized when control of the product is transferred to the customer and in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled in exchange for the product. The Company generally considers control to transfer either when products ship or when products are delivered depending on the shipping terms in the agreement or purchase order. The Company considers control to have transferred upon shipment or delivery because the Company has a present right to payment, the customer has legal title to the product, the Company has transferred physical possession of the product, and the customer has the significant risks and rewards of the product. Taxes imposed by governmental authorities on the Company's revenue-producing activities with customers, such as sales taxes and value added taxes, are excluded from net sales.
Markdowns. The Company provides markdowns to certain customers in order to facilitate sales of select styles. Markdowns are estimated at the time of sale using historical data and are recorded as a reduction to revenue. The Company's policy is to record its markdown allowance as a reduction of accounts receivable.
Returns. The Company accepts limited returns from customers. The Company continually monitors returns and maintains a provision for estimated returns based upon historical experience, any specific issues identified and current information. Product returns are accounted for as reductions to revenue, cost of sales and customer liabilities and an increase to other current assets to the extent the returned product is resalable.
Cooperative Advertising. The Company participates in cooperative advertising programs with its major retail customers, whereby the Company shares the cost of certain of their advertising and promotional expenses. Certain advertising expenses which are not considered separate performance obligations are recorded as sales discounts. All other cooperative advertising expenses are recorded in SG&A.
Multiple Performance Obligations. The Company enters into contracts with customers for its wearable technology that include multiple performance obligations. Each distinct performance obligation was determined by whether the customer could benefit from the good or service on its own or together with readily available resources. The Company allocates revenue to each performance obligation based on its relative standalone selling price. The Company's process for determining standalone selling price considers multiple factors including the Company's internal pricing model and market trends that may vary depending upon the facts and circumstances related to each performance obligation. Revenue allocated to the hardware and software essential to the functionality of the product represents the majority of the arrangement consideration and is recognized at the time of product delivery, provided the other conditions for revenue recognition have been met. Revenue allocated to free software services provided through the Company's online dashboard and mobile apps as well as revenue allocated to the right to receive future unspecified software updates is deferred and recognized on a straight-line basis over the product's estimated usage period of two years .
Licensing Income. The Company previously had agreements with certain customers to provide smartwatch technology, design, support and procurement, which expired in fiscal year 2023.
Disaggregation of Revenue. The Company's revenue disaggregated by major product category and timing of revenue recognition was as follows (in thousands):
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| Watches: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revenue recognized at a point in time | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revenue recognized at a point in time | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total watches | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Revenue recognized at a point in time | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Consolidated | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contract Balances. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had no material contract assets on the consolidated balance sheets and no deferred contract costs. The Company had contract liabilities of (i) $0.1 million and $0.7 million as of January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, respectively, primarily related to remaining performance obligations on wearable technology products and (ii) $1.7 million and $2.1 million as of January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, respectively, related to gift cards issued.
Shipping and Handling Fees. The Company accounts for shipping and handling activities that occur after control of the related good transfers as fulfillment activities instead of assessing such activities as performance obligations.
3. Inventories
Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
| At Fiscal Year End | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| Components and parts | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Finished goods | |||||||||||
| Inventories | $ | $ | |||||||||
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4. Warranty Liabilities
The Company's warranty liabilities are primarily related to watch products and are included in accrued expenses—other in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company's watch products are covered by limited warranties of various lengths against defects in materials or workmanship. The Company's warranty liability is estimated using historical warranty repair expense. As changes occur in sales volumes and warranty costs, the warranty accrual is adjusted as necessary. Due to the nature of smartwatch products, their warranty costs are usually more than traditional products. A shift in product mix from smartwatch to traditional products generally results in a decrease in the Company's warranty liabilities. Warranty liability activity consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Settlements in cash or kind | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||
Warranties issued and adjustments to preexisting warranties(1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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(1)Changes in cost estimates related to preexisting warranties are aggregated with accruals for new standard warranties issued and foreign currency changes.
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5. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
| At Fiscal Year End | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| Prepaid royalties | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
6. Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment—net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| At Fiscal Year End | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
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| Furniture and fixtures | |||||||||||
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| Property, plant and equipment-net | $ | $ | |||||||||
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7. Intangible and Other Assets
Intangible and other assets-net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| 2025 | 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| At Fiscal Year End | Useful Lives | Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | Gross Amount | Accumulated Amortization | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Intangibles-subject to amortization: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trademarks | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Patents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Intangibles-not subject to amortization: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trade names | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible and other assets | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total intangible and other assets-net | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
During fiscal year 2024, the Company committed to a plan to sell its MICHELE and SKAGEN trade names and recorded the assets to prepaid expenses and other current assets during fiscal year 2024 when the qualifications for assets held for sale were met. During fiscal year 2025, due to circumstances previously considered unlikely, the Company decided not to sell its trade names and reclassified the assets as held and used. The MICHELE trade name is recorded at its carrying amount before the asset was classified as held for sale. The SKAGEN trade name was recorded at its carrying amount before the asset was classified as held for sale adjusted for amortization that would have been recognized had the asset been continually classified as held and used, which resulted in the asset being fully amortized.
Amortization expense for intangible assets was $0.7 million, $0.9 million, and $0.9 million for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023. Estimated aggregate future amortization expense by fiscal year for intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | Amortization Expense | ||||
| 2026 | $ | ||||
| 2027 | |||||
| 2028 | |||||
| 2029 | |||||
| 2030 | |||||
| Thereafter | |||||
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8. Derivatives and Risk Management
Cash Flow Hedges. Historically, the Company entered into forward contracts to manage the risk of fluctuations in global currencies that were ultimately used by non-U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries to settle payments of intercompany inventory transactions denominated in U.S. dollars and fluctuations in Japanese yen exchange rates that were used to settle third-party inventory component purchases by a U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiary. Forward contracts represent agreements to exchange the currency of one country for the currency of another country at an agreed-upon settlement date and exchange rate. These forward contracts were designated as single cash flow hedges. Fluctuations in exchange rates will either increase or decrease the Company’s U.S. dollar equivalent cash flows from these inventory transactions, which will affect the Company’s U.S. dollar earnings. Gains or losses on the forward contracts were expected to offset these fluctuations to the extent the cash flows were hedged by the forward contracts.
For a derivative instrument that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge, the gain or loss on the derivative is reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes and reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged transaction affects earnings.
As of January 3, 2026, the Company had no outstanding forward contracts designated as cash flow hedges. As of December 28, 2024, the fair value amount on a gross basis for the Company's derivative instruments was $0.6 million and was included in prepaid expenses and other current assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets.
Non-designated Hedges. The Company also periodically enters into forward contracts to manage exchange rate risks associated with certain intercompany transactions and for which the Company does not elect hedge accounting treatment. As of January 3, 2026 and December 28, 2024, the Company had no
The effective portion of gains and losses on cash flow hedges that were recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes during fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 are set forth below (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash flow hedges: | |||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||
| Total gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||
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The following table illustrates the effective portion of gains and losses on derivative instruments recorded in other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes during the term of the hedging relationship and reclassified into earnings, and gains and losses on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments recorded directly to earnings during fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):
| Derivative Instruments | Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location | Effect of Derivative Instruments | Fiscal Year 2025 | Fiscal Year 2024 | Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments | Cost of sales | Total gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments | Other income (expense)-net | Total gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments | Other income (expense)-net | Total gain (loss) recognized in income | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following table summarizes the effects of the Company's derivative instruments on earnings (in thousands):
| Effect of Derivative Instruments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2025 | Fiscal Year 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of Sales | Other Income (Expense)-net | Cost of Sales | Other Income (Expense)-net | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total amounts of income and expense line items presented in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) in which the effects of cash flow hedges are recorded | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on cash flow hedging relationships: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward contracts designated as cash flow hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total gain (loss) reclassified from other comprehensive income (loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts not designated as cash flow hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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9. Fair Value Measurements
The Company defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement and Disclosures ("ASC 820"), establishes a fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into three broad levels as follows:
•Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
•Level 2—Inputs, other than quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly.
•Level 3—Unobservable inputs based on the Company's assumptions.
ASC 820 requires the use of observable market data if such data is available without undue cost and effort.
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As of January 3, 2026, the Company did not have any assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.
The following table presents the fair value hierarchy for those assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 28, 2024 (in thousands):
| Fair Value at December 28, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Assets: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Forward contracts | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||
The fair values of the Company's forward contracts are based on published quotations of spot currency rates and forward points, which are converted into implied forward currency rates.
As of January 3, 2026, the Company's First-Out and Second-Out Notes (as defined in Note 10— Debt), excluding unamortized debt issuance costs and original issue discount, were recorded at cost and had a carrying value of $185.1 million and their fair value approximated their carrying value. The Company's New Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in Note 10—Debt) was recorded at cost and had a carrying value of $16.0 million and its fair value approximated its carrying value. The fair value of the Company's First-Out Notes, Second-Out Notes and New Revolving Credit Facility was based on Level 3 inputs.
Operating lease right-of-use assets with a carrying amount of $1.6 million were written down to a fair value of $1.0 million and property, plant and equipment—net with a carrying amount of $0.4 million related to fixturing were fully impaired, resulting in total pre-tax impairment charges of $1.0 million for fiscal year 2025.
The fair values of operating lease right-of-use ("ROU") assets and fixed assets related to retail stores were determined using Level 3 inputs, including forecasted cash flows and discount rates. Of the $1.0 million impairment expense, $0.7 million and $0.3 million were recorded in long-lived asset impairments in the Americas and Europe segments, respectively.
In fiscal year 2024, operating lease right-of-use assets with a carrying amount of $12.3 million and property, plant and equipment—net with a carrying amount of $1.9 million related to retail store leasehold improvements, and fixturing were written down to a fair value of $5.0 million and $0.4 million, respectively, resulting in total pre-tax impairment charges of $8.8 million. Of the $8.8 million impairment expense, $4.6 million and $2.0 million were recorded in restructuring charges in the Asia and Europe segments, respectively, and $1.0 million, $0.8 million and $0.4 million were recorded in long-lived asset impairments in the Asia, Europe and Americas segments, respectively.
10. Debt
The Company's debt consisted of the following, excluding finance lease obligations, (in millions):
| January 3, 2026 | December 28, 2024 | ||||||||||
| Revolving credit facility | $ | $ | |||||||||
Notes(1) | |||||||||||
| Other international | |||||||||||
| Total debt | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Less current portion | |||||||||||
| Long-term debt | $ | $ | |||||||||
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(1)Excludes debt issuance costs of $18.5 million and original issue discount of $8.8 million recorded in long-term debt at January 3, 2026 and excludes debt issuance costs of $3.3 million at December 28, 2024.
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Prior Revolving Facility: On September 26, 2019, the Company and certain subsidiaries entered into a secured asset-based revolving credit agreement (the "Prior Revolving Facility”) with various lenders party thereto.
New Revolving Credit Facility: On August 13, 2025, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries identified therein as guarantors entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of August 13, 2025 (the “Credit Agreement”), with the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), ACF FINCO I LP, as administrative agent on behalf of the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”), and the Company as a borrower to refinance the Prior Revolving Facility. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have provided new financing commitments to the Company under a new senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”) in an aggregate principal amount of $150 million.
Contemporaneously with entering into the New Revolving Credit Facility, the proceeds of the New Revolving Credit Facility were used to pay off in full the $15.0 million outstanding as of August 13, 2025 under the Prior Revolving Facility.
Borrowings under the New Revolving Credit Facility bear interest at a rate of 5.00 % plus the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for term SOFR borrowings and 4.00 % plus the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement), payable monthly in arrears. The Lenders received an upfront commitment fee equal to 2.00 % of the aggregate commitments under the New Revolving Credit Facility. The Company’s obligations under the New Revolving Credit Facility are guaranteed by the guarantors, and those obligations and the guarantees are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the guarantors. The Credit Agreement includes customary representations and warranties, covenants and events of default, in each case, applicable to the Company. The Credit Agreement also requires that Availability (as defined in the Credit Agreement) may at no time be less than the greater of 10% of the Line Cap (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and $12.5 million. If an event of default under the Credit Agreement occurs, the Required Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) may, among other things, terminate the commitments and declare the outstanding obligations under the Credit Agreement to be immediately due and payable.
The New Revolving Credit Facility has a stated maturity date of August 13, 2030, but includes a springing maturity feature (the “Springing Maturity Feature”) that will cause the stated maturity date to spring ahead to the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of material indebtedness (defined as $15.0 million or more of indebtedness) if such material indebtedness remains outstanding on such 91st day.
The maturity date of the First-Out Notes is January 1, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of First-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on October 2, 2028, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be October 2, 2028. The maturity date of the Second-Out Notes is June 30, 2029. If more than $15.0 million of Second-Out Notes and other indebtedness (other than under the Credit Agreement) is outstanding on March 31, 2029, the maturity date of the New Revolving Credit Facility will be March 31, 2029.
Prior Notes: In November 2021, the Company sold $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of 7.00 % senior notes due November 2026 (the “Prior Notes”).
On November 13, 2025, as a result of the Restructuring Plan (as defined herein), all $150.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Prior Notes were cancelled.
Notes: On August 13, 2025, the Company, Fossil (UK) Global Services Ltd. ("Fossil UK”), and certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company identified therein (collectively, the "Company Parties”) entered into a Transaction Support Agreement (the "Transaction Support Agreement”) with certain holders (the "Consenting Noteholders”), representing approximately 59 % of the aggregate principal of the Prior Notes.
On November 13, 2025, the Company consummated the previously announced offer to exchange (the “Exchange Offer”) with respect to the Prior Notes and the concurrent rights offering (the “Rights Offering”) pursuant to a restructuring plan under Part 26A of the UK Companies Act 2006 (as amended) (the “Restructuring Plan” and together with the Exchange Offer and the Rights Offering, the “Transactions”) for First-Out Notes and Second-Out Notes (as defined herein, collectively the "Notes"). In connection with the consummation of the Transactions:
•Noteholders that participated in the Rights Offering and Exchange Offer (the “New Money Participants”) (i) provided an aggregate of $32.5 million of incremental, new money financing in exchange for (x) $32.5 million aggregate principal amount of 9.500 % First-Out First Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “First-Out Notes”) and (y) 954,070 shares of Common Stock, (ii) exchanged $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of Prior Notes on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $120.2 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes, and (iii) received $0.9 million
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aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes as a consent premium pursuant to the terms of the Transactions (the “Consent Premium”).
•Noteholders that did not participate in the Rights Offering (the “Non-New Money Participants”) (i) received $29.8 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500 % Second-Out Second Lien Secured Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Second-Out Notes” and together with the First-Out Notes, the "Notes") on a dollar-for-dollar basis for $29.8 million Prior Notes held by such Non-New Money Participants, and (ii) received $53,858 aggregate principal amount of Second-Out Notes as a Consent Premium. Only Non-New Money Participants that tendered their Prior Notes in the Exchange Offer and consented to the Restructuring Plan received the Consent Premium.
•Noteholders also received an aggregate total of approximately 3.0 million warrants (the “Warrants”), entitling the holders thereof to purchase either (i) one share of Common Stock for each Warrant held, or (ii) one pre-funded warrant (each, a “Pre-Funded Warrant”) for each Warrant held, each such Pre-Funded Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock. The Warrants were exercisable at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2025. The number of Warrants exercised as of January 3, 2026 was 2.6 million with the remainder of the 3.0 million Warrants forfeited.
The Consenting Noteholders participated in the Transactions on a private placement basis. In accordance with the terms of the Transaction Support Agreement, the Consenting Noteholders received $1.6 million aggregate principal amount of First-Out Notes as a backstop premium as consideration for providing a backstop commitment for the Rights Offering.
The Notes are, respectively, subject to certain covenants (subject to certain exceptions and thresholds), including, without limitation, restrictions on the Company and the guarantors’ thereunder ability to:
•incur, assume or guarantee additional debt, or issue disqualified stock or preferred stock;
•pay dividends, make other distributions or repurchase equity;
•make certain investments and other restricted payments;
•enter into transactions with affiliates;
•create, incur, assume or suffer to exist liens;
•sell or otherwise dispose of certain assets to third parties;
•consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of their assets; and
•create restrictions on the ability of certain subsidiaries to pay dividends and make other payments to the Company or the guarantors.
The Notes are, respectively, subject to certain events of default (subject to certain exceptions and thresholds), including, without limitation:
•default in the payment of interest, principal or premium thereunder;
•breach of covenants or other agreements under the Notes;
•default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument securing indebtedness for borrowed money and such indebtedness is in the aggregate principal amount of at least $10.0 million;
•judgments exceeding $15.0 million;
•entry into bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings;
•nullification of certain guarantees;
•invalidity of a lien with respect to collateral with a fair market value exceeding $10.0 million; and
•solely with respect to the First-Out Notes, an event of default under the Credit Agreement or the invalidity of an intercreditor agreement.
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The Company's net borrowings approximated the net payments made under the Prior Revolving Facility and New Revolving Facility. The Company had net borrowings of $35.1 million under the Notes during fiscal year 2025. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had available borrowing capacity of approximately $66.9 million under the New Revolving Credit Facility. Such amount is less than the $150 million total revolving commitments under the New Revolving Credit Facility due to a reduction of borrowing capacity pursuant to the borrowing base. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had unamortized debt issuance costs of $18.5 million and original issue discount of $8.8 million recorded in long-term debt, and unamortized debt issuance costs of $22.5 million recorded in intangible and other assets-net on the Company's consolidated balance sheets. The Company incurred $11.6 million of interest expense related to the Prior Notes and New Notes and incurred $1.8 million of interest expense related to the Prior Revolving Facility and New Revolving Facility during fiscal year 2025. The Company incurred approximately $4.6 million of interest expense related to the amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount during fiscal year 2025. The Company recorded a loss of $3.2 million in other income (expense) - net during fiscal 2025 for debt issuance costs and other fees associated with the Prior Revolving Facility and Prior Notes. At January 3, 2026, the Company was in compliance with all debt covenants related to its credit facilities. The First-Out Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.50 % per annum. Interest on the First-Out Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2026. The First-Out Notes mature on January 1, 2029. The Second-Out Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.50 % per annum. Interest on the Second-Out Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on March 15, June 15, September 15, and December 15 of each year, beginning on March 15, 2026. The Second-Out Notes mature on June 30, 2029.
The Company may redeem the First-Out Notes at any time at a redemption price of 107.500 %. The Company may redeem the Second-Out Notes at any time at a redemption price of 100.000 %.
Foreign-Based. Fossil India Private Ltd. entered into 150 million Indian Rupee receivables buyout facilities with Kotak Mihindra Bank (the "Fossil India Facilities") that it uses for working capital purposes. Indian Rupee borrowings, in U.S. dollars, under the Fossil India Facilities were approximately $4.0 million as of January 3, 2026.
The Company's debt as of January 3, 2026, excluding finance lease obligations, matures as follows (in millions):
| Less than 1 Year | $ | ||||
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| Debt issuance costs and original issue discount | ( | ||||
| Total debt outstanding | $ | ||||
11. Other Income (Expense)—Net
Other income (expense)—net consisted of the following (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
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| Loss on extinguishment of debt | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Net currency (losses) gains | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
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| Other income (expense) - net | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||
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12. Taxes
Income Taxes. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of the consolidated deferred tax assets and liabilities were (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
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| Right-of-use assets | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Other | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Deferred income tax liabilities total | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||
| Valuation allowance | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net deferred income tax assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Deferred income tax assets - net | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Deferred income tax liabilities - net | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Net deferred income tax assets | $ | $ | |||||||||
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Operating Loss Carryforwards. At January 3, 2026, the consolidated balance sheets included $79.9 million of deferred tax assets for net operating losses of foreign subsidiaries. The amounts and the fiscal year of expiration of the loss carryforwards are (in thousands):
| Expires 2026 through 2030 | $ | ||||
| Expires 2031 through 2035 | |||||
| Expires 2036 through 2040 | |||||
| Expires 2041 through 2045 | |||||
| Indefinite | |||||
| Total loss carryforwards | $ | ||||
At January 3, 2026, the consolidated balance sheets included $22.0 million of deferred tax assets for state income tax net operating losses. The state apportioned amounts and the fiscal year of expiration of the loss carryforwards are (in thousands):
| Expires 2026 through 2030 | $ | ||||
| Expires 2031 through 2035 | |||||
| Expires 2036 through 2040 | |||||
| Expires 2041 through 2045 | |||||
| Indefinite | |||||
| Total loss carryforwards | $ | ||||
At January 3, 2026, the consolidated balance sheets included $88.1 million of deferred tax assets for federal income tax net operating losses. In the U.S., federal income tax net operating losses can be carried forward indefinitely, but are limited to 80 % of taxable income.
The following table identifies income (loss) before income taxes for the Company's U.S. and non-U.S. based operations for the fiscal years indicated (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| U.S. | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
| Non-U.S. | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | ( | $ | ( | $ | ( | |||||||||||
The Company's provision for income taxes consisted of the following for the fiscal years indicated (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Current provision: | |||||||||||||||||
| U.S. federal | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||||
| Non-U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| State and local | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Total current | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Deferred provision (benefit): | |||||||||||||||||
| Non-U.S. | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Total deferred | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
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A reconciliation of the Company's income tax rate by percentage and amount paid is as follows (dollars in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||||||||
| Amount | Percentage | ||||||||||
| Federal Statutory Tax Rate | $ | ( | % | ||||||||
| State and Local Income Taxes | ( | ||||||||||
| Foreign Tax Effects: | |||||||||||
| Australia | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Canada | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| China | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Germany | |||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Gibraltar | |||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Tax credits | ( | ||||||||||
| Withholding tax | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong | |||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Withholding tax | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| India | |||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Withholding tax | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Japan | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
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| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Singapore | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | |||||||||||
| Change in valuation allowance | ( | ||||||||||
| Net operating loss | ( | ||||||||||
| Statutory tax rate difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Other Jurisdictions | ( | ||||||||||
| Valuation Allowances | ( | ||||||||||
| Nontaxable or Nondeductible Items | |||||||||||
| Cancellation of debt income | ( | ||||||||||
| Officer compensation | ( | ||||||||||
| Other | ( | ||||||||||
| Effect of cross-border tax laws | |||||||||||
| Subpart F income | ( | ||||||||||
| OID basis difference | ( | ||||||||||
| Other Adjustments | ( | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | ( | % | ||||||||
The fiscal year 2025 effective tax rate was unfavorably impacted by tax on income from certain foreign jurisdiction, cancellation of debt income and increased valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Income taxes paid by the Company was as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||
State(1) | $ | ||||
| Foreign | |||||
| France | |||||
| India | |||||
| Other | |||||
| Total | $ | ||||
(1) Texas comprises more than 50% of State income taxes
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A reconciliation of the fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2023 U.S. federal statutory income tax rates to the Company's effective tax rate is as follows:
| Fiscal Year | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Tax at statutory rate | % | % | ||||||||||||
| Permanent differences | ||||||||||||||
| State, net of federal tax benefit | ||||||||||||||
| Foreign rate differential | ||||||||||||||
| Withholding taxes | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| U.S. tax on foreign income-net of foreign tax credits | ( | |||||||||||||
| Income tax contingencies | ||||||||||||||
| Federal Interest on IRS Refund | ||||||||||||||
| Valuation allowances | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| R&D/Foreign tax credits | ||||||||||||||
| Deficiencies (benefits) on employee stock awards | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| APB23 assertion | ( | |||||||||||||
| Return to provision true-up | ( | |||||||||||||
| Non deductible foreign equity awards | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Non deductible officer compensation | ( | ( | ||||||||||||
| Foreign currency hedges | ( | |||||||||||||
| Adjustments related to intercompany | ||||||||||||||
| Other | ( | |||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | % | ( | % | |||||||||||
The Company records a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets when recovery of those amounts on a jurisdictional basis is not more likely than not. The Company's U.S. valuation allowance analysis was increased by $32.1 million and the foreign valuation allowance on NOL's and deferred tax assets increased by $14.6 million as compared to December 28, 2024. The total valuation allowance of $273.2 million at January 3, 2026 was comprised of $181.8 million and $91.4 million attributable to the U.S. and foreign operations, respectively.
The Company will not indefinitely reinvest $155.3 million of previously taxed and undistributed earnings and profits of its foreign subsidiaries as of January 3, 2026. Since there will be no additional federal income tax when these amounts are repatriated, the Company has only accrued tax on foreign exchange gains with an offsetting valuation allowance. Deferred U.S. federal and state income taxes and foreign taxes are not recorded on the remaining $285.0 million of undistributed earnings and profits of foreign subsidiaries where management plans to continue reinvesting these earnings outside the U.S. As the majority of these earnings have previously been taxed in the U.S., the distribution of the earnings considered indefinitely reinvested would generally be subject only to local country withholding and U.S. state income taxes when distributed, the amount of which is not material.
The total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties that would favorably impact the effective tax rate in future periods if recognized, was $6.8 million, $6.8 million and $23.6 million for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Fiscal years 2022-2024 remain open for federal income tax examination. The Company is also subject to examinations in various state and foreign jurisdictions for its 2014-2024 tax years, none of which the Company believes are significant, individually or in the aggregate. Tax audit outcomes and timing of tax audit settlements are subject to significant uncertainty.
The Company has classified uncertain tax positions as long-term income taxes payable, unless such amounts are expected to be paid within twelve months from January 3, 2026. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had recorded $2.1 million of unrecognized tax benefits, excluding interest and penalties, for positions that could be settled or not assessed within the next twelve months. Consistent with its past practice, the Company recognizes interest and/or penalties related to income tax overpayments and income tax underpayments in income tax expense and income taxes receivable/payable, respectively. The
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total amount of accrued income tax-related interest expense in the Company's consolidated balance sheets was $1.6 million compared to $0.5 million of interest expense at December 28, 2024. The Company accrued no income tax-related penalties in the Company's consolidated balance sheets at January 3, 2026. The Company accrued income tax-related interest expense (income) of $0.3 million, $(8.5 ) million and $(4.0 ) million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
The following is a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits for the fiscal years indicated (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Balance at beginning of year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Gross increases—tax positions in prior years | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross decreases—tax positions in prior years | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Gross increases—tax positions in current year | |||||||||||||||||
| Settlements | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Lapse in statute of limitations | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||
| Change due to currency revaluation | ( | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance at end of year | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
13. Leases
The Company's leases consist primarily of retail space, offices, warehouses, distribution centers, equipment and vehicles. The Company determines if an agreement contains a lease at inception based on the Company's right to the economic benefits of the leased asset and its right to direct the use of the leased asset. Right of use ("ROU") assets represent the Company's right to use an underlying asset, and ROU liabilities represent the Company's obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the lease payments over the lease term. As the Company's leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses its estimated collateralized incremental borrowing rate, which is based on the yield curve for the respective lease terms and adjusted for each lease country to determine the present value of the lease payments.
Some leases include one or more options to renew at the Company's discretion, with renewal terms that can extend the lease from to additional years. The renewal options are not included in the measurement of ROU assets and ROU liabilities unless the Company is reasonably certain to exercise the optional renewal periods. Short-term leases are leases having a term of twelve months or less at inception. The Company does not record a related lease asset or liability for short-term leases. The Company has certain leases containing lease and non-lease components which are accounted for as a single lease component. The Company has certain lease agreements where lease payments are based on a percentage of retail sales over contractual levels and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation. The variable portion of these lease payments is not included in the Company's lease liabilities. The Company's lease agreements do not contain any significant restrictions or covenants other than those that are customary in such arrangements.
The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):
| Lease Cost | Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) Location | Fiscal Year 2025 | Fiscal Year 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Operating lease cost(1) | SG&A | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Short-term lease cost | SG&A | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Variable lease cost | SG&A | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
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(1) Includes sublease income, which was immaterial.
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The following table discloses supplemental balance sheet information for the Company’s leases (in thousands):
| Leases | Consolidated Balance Sheets Location | January 3, 2026 | December 28, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating | Operating lease ROU assets | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Current: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating | Current operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
| Noncurrent: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Operating | Long-term operating lease liabilities | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||
The following table discloses the weighted-average remaining lease term and weighted-average discount rate for the Company's leases:
| Lease Term and Discount Rate | January 3, 2026 | December 28, 2024 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted-average remaining lease term: | ||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | ||||||||||||||
| Weighted-average discount rate: | ||||||||||||||
| Operating leases | % | % | ||||||||||||
Future minimum lease payments by year as of January 3, 2026 were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | Operating Leases | |||||||
| 2026 | $ | |||||||
| 2027 | ||||||||
| 2028 | ||||||||
| 2029 | ||||||||
| 2030 | ||||||||
| Thereafter | ||||||||
| Total lease payments | $ | |||||||
| Less: Interest | ||||||||
| Total lease obligations | $ | |||||||
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases was as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | Fiscal Year 2024 | ||||||||||
| Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | |||||||||||
| Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Leased assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | |||||||||||
As of January 3, 2026, the Company did not have any material operating or finance leases that have been signed but not commenced.
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14. Commitments and Contingencies
License Agreements. The Company has various license agreements to market watches and jewelry bearing certain trademarks or incorporating certain technology owned by third parties. In accordance with these agreements, the Company incurred royalty expense of $112.5 million, $119.1 million and $129.5 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. These amounts are included in the Company's cost of sales or, if advertising-related, in SG&A. These license agreements have expiration dates between fiscal years 2026 and 2029 and require the Company to pay royalties ranging from 3 % to 22 % of defined net sales. The Company has future minimum royalty commitments through fiscal year 2028 under these license agreements as follows by fiscal year (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | Minimum Royalty Commitments | ||||
| 2026 | $ | ||||
| 2027 | |||||
| 2028 | |||||
| Total | $ | ||||
These minimum royalty commitments do not include amounts owed under these license agreements for obligations of the Company to pay the licensors a percentage of net sales of these licensed products.
Purchase Obligations. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had purchase obligations totaling $140.6 million that consisted primarily of open non-cancelable purchase orders.
Asset Retirement Obligations. ASC 410, Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations requires (i) that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made and (ii) that the associated asset retirement costs be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Company's asset retirement obligations relate to costs associated with the retirement of leasehold improvements under office leases and retail store leases within the Americas, Europe and Asia segments.
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | |||||||||
| Beginning asset retirement obligation | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Additions and changes in estimate | |||||||||||
| Liabilities settled during the period | ( | ( | |||||||||
| Accretion expense | |||||||||||
| Currency translation | ( | ||||||||||
| Ending asset retirement obligations | $ | $ | |||||||||
Litigation. The Company is occasionally subject to litigation or other legal proceedings in the normal course of its business. In addition, from time to time, the Company receives communications from government or regulatory agencies concerning investigations or allegations of noncompliance with laws or regulations in jurisdictions in which the Company operates. The Company does not believe the outcome of any currently pending legal matters, individually or collectively, will have a material effect on the business or financial condition of the Company.
15. Stockholders' Equity
Common and Preferred Stock. The Company has 100,000,000 0.01 58,354,014 53,253,974 1,000,000 0.01 none 954,070 shares of Common Stock to certain Consenting Noteholders (as defined in Note 10—Debt).
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Warrant Agreements and Common Stock Repurchase Programs. Purchases of the Company's common stock have been made from time to time pursuant to its repurchase programs, subject to market conditions and at prevailing market prices, through the open market. Repurchased shares of common stock are recorded at cost and become authorized but unissued shares which may be issued in the future for general corporate or other purposes. In the event the repurchased shares are canceled, the Company accounts for retirements by allocating the repurchase price to common stock, additional paid‑in capital and retained earnings. The repurchase price allocation is based upon the equity contribution associated with historical issuances. The repurchase programs have been conducted pursuant to Rule 10b‑18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
In August 2010, the Board of Directors approved a common stock repurchase program pursuant to which up to $30 million could be used to repurchase outstanding shares of our common stock. The $30 million repurchase program has no termination date.
On August 13, 2025, the Company entered into a securities exchange agreement with certain institutional stockholders (the "Exchanging Stockholders”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to exchange an aggregate of 2.5 million shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Surrendered Shares”), owned by the Exchanging Stockholders for 2.5 million pre-funded warrants (the "Exchange Warrants”) to purchase an aggregate of 2.5 million shares of common stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share. The Exchange Warrants will not expire prior to exercise. The Company also agreed to pay the Exchanging Stockholders an amount of $0.01 per share for the Surrendered Shares. The Exchange Warrants are exercisable at any time, except that the Exchange Warrants cannot be exercised by the Exchanging Stockholders if, after giving effect thereto, the Exchanging Stockholders would beneficially own more than 9.99 % of the Company’s common stock, subject to certain exceptions. The Exchange Warrants were determined to be equity classified in accordance with ASC 815. As of January 3, 2026, 2.5 million Exchange Warrants were outstanding.
On November 13, 2025, the Company, in connection with the exchange of its Prior Notes for New Notes (as defined in Note 10—Debt), issued 3.0 million warrants to Noteholders ("Noteholder Warrants") entitling the holder to either (i) one share of common stock for each Noteholder Warrant held for an exercise price of $0.50 per share or (ii) one pre-funded warrant for each Noteholder Warrant held for an exercise price of $0.49 per share. The Noteholder Warrants were exercisable at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 15, 2025. The Noteholder Warrants and subsequent pre-funded warrants were determined to be equity classified in accordance with ASC 815. Each pre-funded warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock for an exercise price of $.01 per share. The pre-funded warrants can be exercised at any time and do not have an expiration date. The number of Noteholder Warrants exercised as of January 3, 2026 was 2.6 million and approximately 0.4 million Noteholder Warrants were forfeited. The exercise of Noteholder Warrants resulted in the issuance of 2.6 million shares of Common Stock and 10,085 pre-funded warrants. As of January 3, 2026, no Noteholder Warrants remain outstanding and 10,085 pre-funded warrants were outstanding.
The following table reflects the Company’s common stock repurchase activity for the period indicated (in millions):
| For the 2025 Fiscal Year | ||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year Authorized | Dollar Value Authorized | Termination Date | Number of Shares Repurchased | Dollar Value Repurchased | ||||||||||
| 2010 | $ | None | $ | |||||||||||
16. Employee Benefit Plans
Savings Plans. The Company has a defined contribution savings plan (the "401(k) Plan") for substantially all U.S.-based full-time employees of the Company, which includes a Roth 401(k) option. The Company's common stock is one of several investment alternatives available under the 401(k) Plan. The Company has a discretionary match for the 401(k) Plan. Matching contributions made by the Company to the 401(k) Plan totaled approximately $1.9 million, $2.1 million and $2.5 million for fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company also has the right to make additional matching contributions not to exceed 15 % of employee compensation. The Company did no
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Stock-Based Compensation Plans. The Company’s grants under its current stock-based compensation plans generally include: (i) stock options, restricted stock units, and performance restricted stock units for its international employees, (ii) restricted stock units for its nonemployee directors, and (iii) stock appreciation rights, performance stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, and performance restricted stock units for its U.S.-based employees. As of January 3, 2026, the Company had approximately $3.1 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Company's stock-based compensation plans. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years. All time-based or performance-based stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units are settled in shares of the Company's common stock.
Long-Term Incentive Plans. On April 29, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors adopted the 2024 Long-Term Incentive Plan ("2024 Plan"), which was approved by the Company’s stockholders at the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting on June 21, 2024. The 2024 Plan replaces and supersedes the previously adopted 2016 Long-Term Incentive Plan. An aggregate of 7,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to the Company's 2024 Plan.
Under the 2024 Plan, designated employees of the Company, including officers, certain contractors, and non-employee directors of the Company, are eligible to receive (i) stock options, (ii) stock appreciation rights, (iii) restricted or non-restricted stock awards, (iv) restricted stock units, (v) performance awards, (vi) cash awards, or (vii) any combination of the foregoing. The 2024 Plan is administered by The Compensation and Talent Management Committee (the "Compensation Committee"). Each award issued under the 2024 Plan terminates at the time designated by the Compensation Committee, not to exceed ten years . The current outstanding stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units and performance restricted stock units issued under the 2024 Plan predominantly have original vesting periods of three years . Time-based or performance-based stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units are predominately settled in shares of the Company's common stock. On the date of the Company’s annual stockholders meeting, each non-employee director shall be eligible to receive a grant of restricted stock units, in such amount as determined by the Board, in its sole discretion, provided that such grant shall not exceed more than the number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate fair market value of $130,000 . Any such grant shall vest 100 % on the earlier of one year from the date of grant or the date of the Company's next annual stockholders meeting, provided such director is providing services to the Company or a subsidiary of the Company on that date.
Inducement Grants. On September 1, 2024, the Company's Board of Directors approved the grant of an employee inducement award consisting of 1,500,000 restricted stock units to its new Chief Executive Officer. The restricted stock units vested 50 % on October 15, 2025 and will vest 50 % on October 15, 2026, subject to continuous employment with the Company through the vesting date.
During fiscal year 2025, the Company's Board of Directors approved the following grants of employee inducement awards: 150,000 shares of restricted stock units to the Company's new Chief Financial Officer, 129,581 shares of restricted stock units to the Company's new Chief Commercial Officer and 100,000 shares of restricted stock units to the Company's new Chief Digital Information Officer/General Manager EMEA. Each of these grants has a three-year vesting schedule, subject to the continuous employment with the Company by each new respective employee through each vesting date.
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Restricted Stock Units and Performance Restricted Stock Units. The following table summarizes restricted stock unit and performance restricted stock unit activity:
| Restricted Stock Units and Performance Restricted Stock Units | Number of Shares | Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value Per Share | |||||||||
| in thousands | |||||||||||
| Nonvested at December 31, 2022 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
| Nonvested at December 30, 2023 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
| Nonvested at December 28, 2024 | $ | ||||||||||
| Granted | |||||||||||
| Vested | ( | ||||||||||
| Forfeited | ( | ||||||||||
| Nonvested at January 3, 2026 | $ | ||||||||||
The total fair value of shares/units vested during fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023 was $4.0 million, $0.9 million and $2.6 million, respectively.
Other Retirement Plans. The Company maintains a defined benefit plan for its employees located in Switzerland. The plan is funded through payments to an insurance company. The payments are determined by periodic actuarial calculations. During fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded pension gains of $2.8 million, $1.1 million and $5.5 million, respectively, related to this plan. The liability for the Company's defined benefit plan was $4.1 million and $5.5 million at the end of fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively. This liability is recorded in other long-term liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
Under French law, the Company is required to maintain a defined benefit plan for its employees located in France, which is referred to as a "retirement indemnity." The amount of the retirement indemnity is based on the employee's last salary and duration of employment with the Company. The employee's right to receive the retirement indemnity is subject to the employee remaining with the Company until retirement. During fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded pension gains (expenses) of $0.1 million, $0.1 million, and $0.1 million, respectively, for its retirement indemnity obligations. The liability for the Company's retirement indemnity was $0.7 million and $0.7 million at the end of fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively. This liability is recorded in other long-term liabilities on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
Under India's Payment of Gratuity Act, the Company is required to provide a one time gratuity to its employees located in India upon retirement or resignation after continuous service of at least five years. The gratuity is calculated as 15 days' wages for each completed year of service. The Company's balance for the payment of the gratuity was a liability of $0.3 million recorded in other long-term liabilities at the end of fiscal year 2025 and an asset of $0.1 million recorded in intangible and other assets at the end of fiscal year 2024 on the Company's consolidated balance sheets.
17. Supplemental Cash Flow Information
The following table summarizes supplemental cash flow information (in thousands):
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| Fiscal Year | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | ||||||||||||||
| Cash paid during the year for: | |||||||||||||||||
| Interest | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Income taxes, net of refunds | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||||
| Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities: | |||||||||||||||||
| Additions to property, plant and equipment included in accounts payable | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Additions to property, plant and equipment acquired under finance leases | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
18. Supplemental Disclosure for Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The following table illustrates changes in the balances of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes (in thousands):
| January 3, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Flow Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency Translation Adjustments | Forward Contracts | Pension Plan | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tax (expense) benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassed from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| December 28, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Flow Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency Translation Adjustments | Forward Contracts | Pension Plan | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tax (expense) benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassed from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tax (expense) benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
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| December 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cash Flow Hedges | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency Translation Adjustments | Forward Contracts | Pension Plan | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Beginning balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tax (expense) benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amounts reclassed from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tax (expense) benefit | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total other comprehensive income (loss) | ( | ( | ( | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Ending balance | $ | ( | $ | $ | $ | ( | |||||||||||||||||
19. Major Customer, Segment and Geographic Information
Major Customer
Wholesale customers of the Company consist principally of major department stores and specialty retail stores located throughout the world. No individual customer accounts for 10% or more of the Company's net sales.
Segment Information
The Company reports segment information based on the "management approach". The management approach designates the internal reporting used by management, specifically its chief operating decision maker ("CODM") for making decisions and assessing performance as the source of the Company's reportable segments. The Company's CODM is its Chief Executive Officer.
The Company manages its business primarily on a geographic basis. The Company's reportable operating segments are comprised of (i) Americas, (ii) Europe and (iii) Asia. Each reportable operating segment includes sales to wholesale and distributor customers, and sales through Company-owned retail stores and e-commerce activities based on the location of the selling entity. The Americas segment primarily includes sales to customers based in Canada, Latin America and the United States. The Europe segment primarily includes sales to customers based in European countries, the Middle East and Africa. The Asia segment primarily includes sales to customers based in Australia, China (including Hong Kong SAR, Macau SAR and Taiwan), India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Thailand. Each reportable operating segment provides similar products and services.
The Company evaluates the performance of its reportable segments based on net sales and operating income (loss). Net sales for geographic segments are based on the location of the selling entity. Operating income (loss) for each segment includes net sales to third parties, related cost of sales and operating expenses directly attributable to the segment. Corporate includes peripheral revenue generating activities from factories and intellectual property and general corporate expenses, including certain administrative, legal, accounting, technology support costs, equity compensation costs, payroll costs attributable to executive management, brand management, product development, art, creative/product design, marketing, strategy, compliance and back office supply chain expenses that are not allocated to the various segments because they are managed at the corporate level internally. The Company does not include intercompany transfers between segments for management reporting purposes.
The CODM uses net sales and operating income for each segment predominantly in the annual budget and forecasting process. The CODM considers budget-to-actual variances on a quarterly basis for both profit measures when making decisions about the allocation of operating and capital resources to each segment. The CODM also uses segment gross profit for evaluating pricing strategy and segment operating income to assess the performance of each segment by comparing the results of each segment with one another. The CODM does not review disaggregated assets by segment, therefore it is not presented below.
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Summary information by operating segment was as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Americas | Europe | Asia | Corporate | Total | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||
| Compensation and benefits | |||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||||||||
Other segment items (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Americas | Europe | Asia | Corporate | Total | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||
| Compensation and benefits | |||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||||||||
Other segment items (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
| Americas | Europe | Asia | Corporate | Total | |||||||||||||
| Net sales | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||
| Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | |||||||||||
| Compensation and benefits | |||||||||||||||||
| Marketing | |||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | |||||||||||||||||
Other segment items (1) | |||||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | $ | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | ( | ||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year 2025 | Fiscal Year 2024 | Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Net Sales | Percentage of Total | Net Sales | Percentage of Total | Net Sales | Percentage of Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Watches: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional watches | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smartwatches | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total watches | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leathers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jewelry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | % | $ | % | $ | % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geographic Information
Net sales and long-term assets related to the Company's operations in the U.S., Europe, Asia and all other international markets were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||||||||
Net Sales (1) | Long-term Assets | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Europe | (2) | ||||||||||
| Asia | (3) | ||||||||||
| All other international | |||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2024 | |||||||||||
Net Sales (1) | Long-term Assets | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Europe | (2) | ||||||||||
| Asia | (3) | ||||||||||
| All other international | |||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | |||||||||
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| Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||
Net Sales (1) | Long-term Assets | ||||||||||
| United States | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Europe | (2) | ||||||||||
| Asia | (3) | ||||||||||
| All other international | |||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | |||||||||
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(1) Net sales are based on the location of the selling entity (including exports).
(2) Net sales from Germany (including exports) accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales and were approximately $123.0 million, $137.9 million and $173.3 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Additionally, net sales from Switzerland accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales and were approximately $109.2 million, $100.9 million, and $111.1 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
(3) Net sales from India accounted for more than 10% of the Company's consolidated net sales and were approximately $117.6 million, $108.7 million, and $100.9 million in fiscal years 2025, 2024 and 2023, respectively.
20. Restructuring
In fiscal 2024, the Company announced a plan to return to profitable growth (the "Turnaround Plan"). The Turnaround Plan was originally centered on three key areas: (i) refocusing on the core, (ii) rightsizing the cost structure, and (iii) strengthening the balance sheet. The Company achieved selling, general and administrative ("SG&A") cost savings of approximately $100 million in fiscal 2025 as compared to fiscal 2024 through a series of initiatives including a strategic reduction in force which occurred in late February 2025, the reduction in costs associated with the transition of smaller international markets to a distributor model, and the closing of 49 FOSSIL retail stores. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the Company is moving forward to a new chapter in its Turnaround Plan, with a focus on three new strategic pillars: (i) driving profitable growth, (ii) optimizing our operating model, and (iii) building shareholder value. The Company incurred $41 million and $7 million in charges under the Turnaround Plan in fiscal years 2025 and 2024, respectively, and expects to incur approximately $15 million in charges in fiscal year 2026 as it completes the plan.
The following table shows a summary of the Turnaround Plan charges (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||
| $ | |||||
| Consolidated | $ | ||||
The following table shows a rollforward of the accrued liability related to the Company’s Turnaround Plan (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | Cash Payments | Non-cash Items | Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 28, 2024 | Charges | January 3, 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stores and facilities closures | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance and employee-related benefits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnaround Plan restructuring charges by operating segment were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||
| Americas | $ | ||||
| Europe | |||||
| Asia | |||||
| Corporate | |||||
| Consolidated | $ | ||||
In fiscal year 2024, the Company concluded its Transform and Grow plan ("TAG") as it has transitioned to initiatives under the Turnaround Plan. TAG was launched in early 2023 to reduce operating costs, improve operating margins, and advance the Company’s commitment to profitable growth. The Company had expanded the scope and duration of TAG to focus on a more comprehensive review of its global business operations. The expansion of TAG put greater emphasis on initiatives aimed at restructuring or optimizing operations, exiting or minimizing certain product offerings, brands and distribution channels, strengthening gross margins through improvements in sourcing and improving working capital efficiency. Under the expanded TAG plan, the Company achieved annualized operating income benefits of $280 million over the two year period.
The following table shows a summary of TAG plan charges (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year 2024 | Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||
| $ | $ | ||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | |||||||||
The following table shows a rollforward of the accrued liability related to the Company’s TAG plan (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | Cash Payments | Liabilities | |||||||||||||||
| December 28, 2024 | January 3, 2026 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stores and facilities closures | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Professional services | |||||||||||||||||
| Severance and employee-related benefits | |||||||||||||||||
| Charges related to exits of certain product offerings | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | Cash Payments | Non-cash Items | Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 30, 2023 | Charges | December 28, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stores and facilities closures | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance and employee-related benefits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charges related to exits of certain product offerings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | Cash Payments | Non-cash Items | Liabilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2022 | Charges | December 30, 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stores and facilities closures | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance and employee-related benefits | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charges related to exits of certain product offerings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
TAG plan restructuring charges by operating segment were as follows (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2024 | Fiscal Year 2023 | ||||||||||
| Americas | $ | $ | |||||||||
| Europe | |||||||||||
| Asia | |||||||||||
| Corporate | |||||||||||
| Consolidated | $ | $ | |||||||||
In fiscal year 2022, the Company completed its New World Fossil 2.0 (“NWF 2.0”) restructuring program it launched in 2019. The following tables show a rollforward of the accrued liability related to the Company’s NWF 2.0 restructuring plan (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liabilities | Cash Payments | Liabilities | |||||||||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2022 | December 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional services | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Severance and employee-related benefits | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our "disclosure controls and procedures" ("Disclosure Controls"), as defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as of January 3, 2026, the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Disclosure Controls evaluation was done under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our CEO and CFO. There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.
Based upon this evaluation, our CEO and CFO have concluded that our Disclosure Controls were effective at the reasonable assurance level as of January 3, 2026.
Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act. The Company's internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate over time.
Management, including our CEO and CFO, assessed the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of January 3, 2026. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013). Based on its assessment and those criteria, management has concluded that the Company maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 3, 2026.
Deloitte & Touche LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the Company's consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, has issued an attestation report on the Company's internal control over financial reporting, which is included herein.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended January 3, 2026 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the stockholders and the Board of Directors of Fossil Group, Inc.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Fossil Group, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of January 3, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 3, 2026, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule as of and for the year ended January 3, 2026, of the Company and our report, dated March 12, 2026, expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements and financial statement schedule.
Basis for Opinion
The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Dallas, Texas
March 12, 2026
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Item 9B. Other Information
None of the Company’s directors or officers adopted terminated January 3 , 2026
Item 9C. Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
PART III
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
The information under the headings "Directors and Nominees," "Executive Officers," "Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports" and "Board Committees and Meetings" in our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report, is incorporated herein by reference.
Code of Ethics
We have adopted a code of ethics that applies to all our directors and employees, including the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer and controller. The full text of our Code of Conduct and Ethics is published on the Investors section of our website at www.fossilgroup.com. We intend to disclose any future amendments to certain provisions of the Code of Conduct and Ethics, or waivers of such provisions granted to executive officers and directors, on this website within five business days following the date of any such amendment or waiver.
Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies
We have adopted insider trading policies and procedures governing the purchase, sale, and/or other dispositions of the Company’s securities by directors, officers and employees, or the Company itself, that we believe are reasonably designed to promote compliance with insider trading laws, rules and regulations, and The Nasdaq Stock Market listing standards. The forgoing summary of the Insider Trading Policy does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Company’s insider trading policy that has been filed as Exhibit 19.1 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required in response to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required in response to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required in response to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required in response to this Item is incorporated herein by reference to our proxy statement to be filed with the SEC pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this report.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Consolidated Financial Statement Schedules
(a)Documents filed as part of Report.
| Page | ||||||||
The exhibits required to be filed by this Item 15 are set forth in the Exhibit Index accompanying this report.
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
None.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| March 12, 2026 | FOSSIL GROUP, INC. | |||||||
| /s/ FRANCO FOGLIATO | ||||||||
Franco Fogliato Chief Executive Officer and Director | ||||||||
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
| Signature | Capacity | Date | ||||||||||||
| /s/ FRANCO FOGLIATO | Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Franco Fogliato | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ RANDY GREBEN | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Randy Greben | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ PAMELA B. CORRIE | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Pamela B. Corrie | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ SUZANNE M. COULTER | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Suzanne M. Coulter | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ PAMELA EDWARDS | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Pamela Edwards | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ KEVIN MANSELL | Chairman of the Board of Directors | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Kevin Mansell | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ MARC REY | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Marc Rey | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ WENDY SCHOPPERT | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Wendy Schoppert | ||||||||||||||
| /s/ GAIL B. TIFFORD | Director | March 12, 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Gail B. Tifford | ||||||||||||||
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SCHEDULE II
FOSSIL GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
VALUATIONS AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS
Fiscal Years 2023, 2024 and 2025
(in thousands)
| Additions | Deductions | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification | Balance at Beginning of Period | Charged to Operations | Charged to Other Accounts | Actual Returns or Writeoffs | Balance at End of Period | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2023: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Account receivable allowances: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad debts | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markdowns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales returns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2024: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Account receivable allowances: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad debts | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markdowns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales returns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | $ | $ | $ | ( | $ | $ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal Year 2025: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Account receivable allowances: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bad debts | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Markdowns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sales returns | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Deferred tax asset valuation allowance | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number | Description | |||||||
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| 4.3 | ||||||||
| 4.4 | ||||||||
| 4.5 | ||||||||
| 10.1 | ||||||||
| 10.2 | ||||||||
| 10.3 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.4 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.5 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.6 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.7 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.8 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.9 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.10 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.11 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.12 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.13 | (2) | |||||||
| 10.14 | (2) | |||||||
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| 10.15 | ||||||||
| 10.16 | ||||||||
| 10.17 | ||||||||
| 10.18 | ||||||||
| 10.19 | ||||||||
| 10.20 | (1)(2) | |||||||
| 10.21 | (1)(2) | |||||||
| 19.1 | ||||||||
| 21.1 | (1) | |||||||
| 23.1 | (1) | |||||||
| 31.1 | (1) | |||||||
| 31.2 | (1) | |||||||
| 32.1 | (3) | |||||||
| 32.2 | (3) | |||||||
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| 101.INS | (1) | Inline XBRL Instance Document. | ||||||
| 101.SCH | (1) | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. | ||||||
| 101.DEF | (1) | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. | ||||||
| 101.CAL | (1) | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. | ||||||
| 101.LAB | (1) | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. | ||||||
| 101.PRE | (1) | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. | ||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101). | |||||||
________________________________________________________________________
(1)Filed herewith.
(2)Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.
(3)Furnished herewith.
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