UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C.   20549

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FORM 10-Q

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(Mark One)

[x]  QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended July 1, 2018

[ ]  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-6682

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HASBRO, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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

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

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

Emerging growth Company [  ]

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  [ ]

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

The number of shares of Common Stock, par value $.50 per share, outstanding as of July 23, 2018 was 126,938,974.

HASBRO, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Thousands of Dollars and Shares Except Per Share Data)

(Unaudited)

(1) Basis of Presentation

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements contain all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the consolidated financial position of Hasbro, Inc. and all majority-owned subsidiaries ("Hasbro" or the "Company") as of July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP"). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The quarters ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017 were each 13-week periods. The six-month period ended July 1, 2018 was a 26-week period while the six-month period ended July 2, 2017 was a 27-week period.

The results of operations for the quarter and six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year, nor were those of the comparable 2017 periods representative of those actually experienced for the full year 2017. Certain reclassifications have been made to prior year amounts to conform to the current period presentation.

These condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Certain information and disclosures normally included in the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations.  The Company filed audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 in its Annual Report on Form 10-K (“2017 Form 10-K”), which includes all such information and disclosures and, accordingly, should be read in conjunction with the financial information included herein.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

The Company's accounting policies are the same as those described in Note 1 to the Company's consolidated financial statements in its 2017 Form 10-K with the exception of the accounting policies related to revenue recognition, reclassification of disproportionate tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) caused by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost and Business Combinations, Clarifying the Definition of a Business.

On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (ASC 606 or the “New Revenue Standard”) using the modified retrospective method. ASC 606 supersedes the revenue recognition requirements in ASC 605 – Revenue Recognition and most industry-specific guidance in U.S. GAAP. The New Revenue Standard provides a five-step model for analyzing contracts and transactions to determine when, how, and if revenue is recognized. Revenue should be recognized to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  The cumulative impact of the adoption of the New Revenue Standard was not material to the Company therefore the Company did not record any adjustments to retained earnings. This was determined by analyzing contracts not completed as of January 1, 2018.  The comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting standards in effect for those periods. For further details, see Note 2.

Revenue recognition from the sale of finished product to customers, which is the majority of the Company’s revenues, did not change under the new standard and the Company does not expect material changes in the future as a result of the New Revenue Standard related to the sale of finished product to its customers.  Within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment, the timing of revenue recognition for minimum guarantees that the Company receives from licensees is impacted by the New Revenue Standard.  Prior to the adoption of ASC 606, for licenses of the Company’s brands that are subject to minimum guaranteed license fees, the Company recognized the difference between the minimum guaranteed amount and the actual royalties earned from licensee merchandise sales (“shortfalls”) at the end of the contract period, which was in the fourth quarter for most of the Company’s licensee arrangements. In periods following January 1, 2018, minimum guaranteed amounts will be recognized on a straight-line basis over the license period. While the impact of this change will not be material to the year, it will impact the timing of revenue recognition within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment such that under ASC 606, less revenues will be recorded in the fourth quarter and more revenues will be recorded within the first, second, and third quarters. No other areas of the Company’s business were materially impacted by the New Revenue Standard.

In January 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-01(“ASU 2017-01”),  Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The standard clarifies the definition of a business with the objective of providing guidance when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted ASU 2017-01 in the second quarter of 2018.

In February 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2018-02 (“ASU 2018-02”), Income Statement -Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. The standard provides for a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income (“AOCI”) to retained earnings, of disproportionate income tax effects arising from the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. For public companies, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted.  The Company adopted ASU 2018-02 in the first quarter of 2018.  The impact of the adoption resulted in a one-time reclassification in the amount of $21,503 from AOCI with a corresponding credit to retained earnings. 

In March 2017, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2017-07 (ASU 2017-07), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.  The standard requires companies to present the service cost component of net benefit cost in the income statement line items where they report compensation cost. Companies will present all other components of net benefit cost outside operating income, if this subtotal is presented. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption was permitted. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements in the first half of 2018.

In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (ASC 230) – Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The new guidance is intended to reduce diversity in practice across all industries, in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows. ASU 2016-15 was effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company adopted this standard in 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Company’s statement of cash flows for the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017.

In October 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-16 (ASU 2016-16), Accounting for Income Taxes: Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory. For public companies, this standard was effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, and early adoption is permitted. The standard requires that the income tax impact of intra-entity sales and transfers of property, except for inventory, be recognized when the transfer occurs requiring any deferred taxes not yet recognized on intra-entity transfers to be recorded to retained earnings. The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2018 and the adoption did not have an impact on the Company’s results or consolidated financial statements.  

(2) Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods is transferred to the customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for transferring those goods.  The Company accounts for a contract when it has approval and commitment from both parties, the rights of the parties are identified, payment terms are identified, the contract has commercial substance, and collectability of consideration is probable.

Toy and Games

The majority of the Company’s revenues are derived from sales of finished products to customers.  Revenues from sales of finished products to customers accounted for 91% and 93% of the Company’s revenues for the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, respectively.  When determining whether control of the finished products has transferred to the customer, the Company considers any future performance obligations.  Generally, the Company has no post-shipment obligation on sales of finished products to customers and revenues from product sales are recognized upon passing of title to the customer, which is generally at the time of shipment. Any shipping and handling activities that are performed by the Company, whether before or after a customer has obtained control of the products, are considered activities to fulfill our obligation to transfer the products, and are recorded as incurred within selling, distribution, and administration expenses. For the quarters ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017 these costs were approximately $42,400 and $37,500, respectively, and for the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, these costs were approximately $83,900 and $74,100, respectively.  The Company offers various discounts, rebates, allowances, returns, and markdowns to its customers, (collectively, “allowances”), all of which are considered when determining the transaction price.  Certain allowances are fixed and determinable at the time of sale and are recorded at the time of sale as a reduction to revenues.  Other allowances can vary depending on future outcomes such as customer sales volume (“variable consideration”).  The Company estimates the amount of variable consideration using the expected value method.  In estimating the amount of variable consideration using the expected value method, the Company considers various factors including but not limited to: customer terms, historical experience, any expected deviations from historical experience, and existing or expected market conditions.  The Company then records an estimate of variable consideration as a reduction to revenues at the time of sale.  The Company adjusts its estimate of variable consideration at least quarterly or when facts and circumstances used in the estimation process may change.  Historically, adjustments to estimated variable consideration have not been material.

Entertainment and Licensing

Revenues within the Company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment, which accounted for 8% and 6% of the Company’s revenues for the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, respectively, are recorded either over a period of time or at a point in time.  The Company enters into contracts to license its intellectual property, which consists of its brands, in various channels including but not limited to: consumer products such as apparel or home goods, within formats such as on-line games, within venues such as theme parks, or within formats such as motion picture films.  The licensees pay the Company either a sales-based or usage-based royalty, or a combination of both, for use of the brands, in some cases subject to minimum guaranteed amounts or fixed fees.  The license of the Company’s brands provide access to the intellectual property over the term of the license, generally without any other performance obligation of the Company other than keeping the intellectual property active, and is therefore considered a right-to-access license of symbolic intellectual property.  The Company records sales-based or usage-based royalty revenues for right-to-access licenses at the occurrence of the licensees’ subsequent sale or usage. When the arrangement includes a minimum guarantee, the Company records the minimum guarantee on a ratable basis over the term of the license period and does not record the sales-based or usage-based royalty revenues until they exceed the minimum guarantee.  The Company also produces television or streaming programming for licensing to third parties.  The licensees typically pay a fixed fee for the license of the produced content.  The content that the Company delivers to its licensees has stand-alone functionality, generally without any other performance obligation of the Company, and is therefore considered a right-to-use license of functional intellectual property.  The Company records revenues for right-to-use licenses once the license period has commenced and the licensee has the ability to use the delivered content.  In arrangements where the licensee pays the Company a fixed fee for multiple seasons or multiple series of programming, arrangement fees are recorded as revenues based upon their relative fair values.  As of July 1, 2018, the Company did not have any material future performance commitments for film streaming or television orders that have not yet been delivered. The Company also develops application based digital games featuring its brands within the games.  These games are hosted by third-party platform providers.  The Company does not charge a fee to the end users for the download of the games or the ability to play the games.  The end users make in-application purchases of digital currencies, via the Company’s platform providers, with such purchased digital currencies to be used in the games.  The Company records revenues from in-application purchases based on the spending patterns of the players.  For the majority of the Company’s digital games, players spend their currencies in the month of purchase, and therefore revenues are recorded at the time of sale.  The Company has no additional performance obligations other than delivery of the currency via its platform providers.  The Company controls all aspects of the goods delivered to the consumer.  The third-party platform providers are providing only the service of hosting and administering receipt from the end users.  The Company is the principal in the arrangement and revenues are recorded in net revenues inclusive of the fees charged by the third-party platform providers.  The fee charged by the third-party platform providers to the Company are recorded within cost of sales.

Contract Assets and Liabilities

A contract asset is defined as an entity's right to consideration for goods or services that the entity has transferred to a customer.  A contract liability is defined to occur if the customer's payment of consideration precedes the entity's performance and represents the entity's obligation to transfer goods or services to a customer for which the entity has received consideration.  The Company occasionally will require payment from customers for finished product in advance of the customer receiving control of the finished product.  In these situations, the Company defers revenue on the advanced payment until the customer has control of the finished product, generally within the next month.  Within our Entertainment and Licensing segment, the Company may receive royalty payments from licensees in advance of the licensees’ subsequent sales to their customers, or in advance of the Company’s performance obligation being satisfied.  The Company defers revenues on these advanced payments until its performance obligation is satisfied.  The aggregate deferred revenues are recorded as liabilities and were $41,380, and $10,261 as of July 1, 2018 and December 31, 2017, respectively, and the changes in deferred revenues are not material to the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the six-months ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017. The Company records contract assets in the case of minimum guarantees that are being recognized ratably over the term of the respective license periods.  At July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, these contract assets were not material to the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company’s accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheets as of July 1, 2018, July 2, 2017 and December 31, 2017 are primarily from contracts with customers.  In the six-months ended July 1, 2018, the Company recorded a bad debt charge of $59,115 related to a significant customer. The Company had no other material bad debt expense in the six-month period ended July 2, 2017 or the quarters ended on July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017.

Disaggregation of revenues

The Company disaggregates its revenues from contracts with customers by segment: US and Canada, International, Entertainment and Licensing, and Global Operations.  The Company further disaggregates revenues within its International segment by major geographic region: Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific.  Finally, the Company disaggregates its revenues by brand portfolio into four brand categories: Franchise brands, Partner brands, Hasbro gaming, and Emerging brands.  We believe these collectively depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors. See Note 11, Segment Reporting, for further information.

(3) Asset Acquisition

On June 12, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of Saban Properties’ Power Rangers and other Entertainment Assets. The Company accounted for the acquisition as an asset acquisition based on the guidance in ASC 805-50-30-3, which uses the cost accumulation and allocation method. As such, the Company included acquisition costs in its calculation of the purchase price to be allocated to the assets acquired.

The total purchase price for the assets was $535,850, consisting of the following:

1.             The Company previously paid Saban Brands $22,250 for the Power Rangers master toy license agreement announced in February 2018 and those amounts were credited to, and included above, in the purchase price.

2.             The $25,000 was placed into an escrow account to support customary indemnification obligations of Saban Properties, and is considered restricted cash within cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet with an offsetting liability included in other current liabilities. One-half of the $25,000 in escrow is scheduled to be released on January 3, 2019, and the remaining half to be released on the one-year anniversary of the closing date, less any claim amounts deducted from the escrow prior to those dates.

3.             The Company issued 3,074,190 shares of Hasbro common stock to Saban Properties, valued at $280,397.

4.             An additional $75,000 will be paid in January 2019 with no contingencies.

The total purchase price was allocated on a relative fair value basis as follows:

•              $534,370 was recorded as an intangible asset – Power Rangers IP rights, which will be amortized over a period of 25 years;

•              $7,884 as current assets;

•              $325 as capitalized production costs; and

•              $6,729 as other current liabilities.

(4) Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Net earnings per share data for the quarters and six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017 were computed as follows:

For the quarters ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, options and restricted stock units totaling 1,214 and 453, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because to include them would have been antidilutive. For the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, options and restricted stock units totaling 3,127 and 546, respectively, were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because to include them would have been antidilutive. Of this amount 1,921 would have been included in the calculation of diluted shares had the Company not had a net loss in the six month period ended July 1, 2018. Assuming that these awards and options were included, under the treasury stock method, they would have resulted in an additional 823 shares being included in the diluted earnings per share calculation for the six month period ended July 1, 2018. 

(5) Other Comprehensive Earnings (Loss)

Components of other comprehensive earnings (loss) are presented within the consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings (loss). The following table presents the related tax effects on changes in other comprehensive earnings (loss) for the quarter and six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017.

Changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive earnings (loss) for the six months ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017 are as follows:

At July 1, 2018, the Company had remaining net deferred gains on foreign currency forward contracts, net of tax, of $8,953 in accumulated other comprehensive loss ("AOCE"). These instruments hedge payments related to inventory purchased in the second quarter of 2018 or forecasted to be purchased during the remainder of 2018 and, to a lesser extent, 2019 through 2022, intercompany expenses expected to be paid or received during 2018 and 2019, television and movie production costs paid in 2018 or expected to be paid in 2018 or 2019 and cash receipts for sales made at the end of the second quarter 2018 or forecasted to be made in the remainder of 2018 and, to a lesser extent, 2019 through 2020. These amounts will be reclassified into the consolidated statements of operations upon the sale of the related inventory or recognition of the related sales or expenses. 

In addition to foreign currency forward contracts, the Company entered into hedging contracts on future interest payments related to the long-term notes due 2021 and 2044.  At the date of debt issuance, these contracts were terminated and the fair value on the date of settlement was deferred in AOCE and is being amortized to interest expense over the life of the related notes using the effective interest rate method. At July 1, 2018, deferred losses, net of tax, of $20,008 related to these instruments remained in AOCE. For the quarters ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, previously deferred losses of $449 and $450 were reclassified from AOCE to net earnings, respectively. For the six-month periods ended July 1, 2018 and July 2, 2017, previously deferred losses of $899 and $934 were reclassified from AOCE to net earnings, respectively.

Of the amount included in AOCE at July 1, 2018, the Company expects net gains of approximately $6,028 to be reclassified to the consolidated statements of operations within the next 12 months. However, the amount ultimately realized in earnings is dependent on the fair value of the hedging instruments on the settlement dates.

(6) Financial Instruments

The Company's financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, short-term borrowings, accounts payable and certain accrued liabilities. At July 1, 2018, July 2, 2017 and December 31, 2017, the carrying cost of these instruments approximated their fair value. The Company's financial instruments at July 1, 2018, July 2, 2017 and December 31, 2017 also include certain assets and liabilities measured at fair value (see Notes 8 and 10) as well as long-term borrowings. The carrying costs, which are equal to the outstanding principal amounts, and fair values of the Company's long-term borrowings as of July 1, 2018, July 2, 2017 and December 31, 2017 are as follows: