UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Form 10-Q
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(Mark One)
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þ
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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For the quarterly period ended
September 30, 2007
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OR
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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Commission file number: 1-32381
HERBALIFE LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Cayman Islands
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98-0377871
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(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
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P.O. Box 309GT
Ugland House, South Church Street
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
(Address of principal executive
offices) (Zip code)
(310) 410-9600
(Registrants telephone
number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed
all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding
12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant
was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated
filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large
accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated
filer þ Accelerated
filer o Non-accelerated
filer o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company
(as defined in
Rule 12b-2
of the Exchange
Act). Yes o No þ
Number of shares of registrants common shares outstanding
as of October 31, 2007 was 67,978,174.
HERBALIFE
LTD.
Index to Financial Statements and Exhibits
Filed with the Quarterly Report of the Company on
Form 10-Q
For the Three and Nine Months ended September 30,
2007
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PART I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
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HERBALIFE
LTD.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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December 31,
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September 30,
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2006
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2007
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(Unaudited)
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(In thousands, except share amounts)
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ASSETS
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CURRENT ASSETS:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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154,323
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$
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160,845
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Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $6,917
(2006) and $7,326 (2007)
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51,758
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56,978
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Inventories, net
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146,036
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126,547
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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41,320
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66,515
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Deferred income taxes
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60,190
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64,373
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Prepaid income taxes
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2,080
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Total current assets
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455,707
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475,258
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Property, at cost, net of accumulated depreciation and
amortization of $32,671 (2006) and $56,578 (2007)
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105,266
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114,078
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Deferred compensation plan assets
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17,607
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19,251
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Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of
$268 (2006) and $693 (2007)
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2,063
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2,268
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Marketing related intangibles
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310,000
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310,060
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Product certification, product formulas and other intangible
assets, net of accumulated amortization of $20,892
(2006) and $22,700 (2007)
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1,808
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Goodwill
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113,221
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111,392
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Other assets
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11,261
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12,480
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Total assets
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$
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1,016,933
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$
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1,044,787
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
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CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Accounts payable
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$
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39,990
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$
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32,267
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Royalty overrides
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116,896
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122,882
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Accrued compensation
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45,808
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46,158
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Accrued expenses
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103,767
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119,608
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Current portion of long term debt
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5,599
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3,831
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Advance sales deposits
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11,432
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9,086
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Income taxes payable
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21,809
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Total current liabilities
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323,492
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355,641
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NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:
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Long-term debt, net of current portion
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179,839
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229,543
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Deferred compensation
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18,166
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20,416
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Deferred income taxes
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126,152
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126,068
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Other non-current liabilities
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15,394
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17,918
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Total liabilities
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663,043
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749,586
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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
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SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY:
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Common shares, $0.002 par value, 175.0 million shares
authorized, 71.6 million (2006) and 67.9 million
(2007) shares issued and outstanding
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143
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136
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Paid-in-capital
in excess of par value
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132,755
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157,725
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss
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(782
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(367
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Retained earnings
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221,774
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137,707
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Total shareholders equity
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353,890
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295,201
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Total liabilities and shareholders equity
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$
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1,016,933
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$
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1,044,787
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See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
3
HERBALIFE
LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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September 30,
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September 30,
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September 30,
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September 30,
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2006
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2007
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2006
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2007
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(Unaudited)
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(In thousands, except per share amounts)
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Product sales
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$
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412,788
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$
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457,604
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$
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1,209,233
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$
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1,352,504
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Handling & freight income
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63,586
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71,939
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188,916
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215,238
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Net sales
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476,374
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529,543
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1,398,149
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1,567,742
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Cost of sales
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97,159
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105,886
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281,165
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324,531
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Gross profit
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379,215
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423,657
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1,116,984
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1,243,211
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Royalty overrides
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168,658
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186,497
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501,307
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555,266
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Selling, general & administrative expenses
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146,070
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158,864
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421,995
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460,449
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Operating income
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64,487
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78,296
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193,682
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227,496
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Interest expense, net
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25,869
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2,740
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36,839
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7,218
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Income before income taxes
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38,618
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75,556
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156,843
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220,278
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Income taxes
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12,151
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27,226
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55,354
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82,660
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Net income
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$
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26,467
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$
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48,330
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$
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101,489
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$
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137,618
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Earnings per share:
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Basic
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$
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0.37
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$
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0.71
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$
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1.44
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$
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1.96
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Diluted
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$
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0.36
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$
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0.67
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$
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1.37
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$
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1.87
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Weighted average shares outstanding:
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Basic
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71,179
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68,513
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70,593
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70,282
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Diluted
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74,257
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71,657
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74,173
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73,543
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See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
4
HERBALIFE
LTD.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Nine Months Ended
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September 30,
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September 30,
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2006
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2007
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(Unaudited)
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(In thousands)
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
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Net income
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$
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101,489
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$
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137,618
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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21,857
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25,854
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Stock-based compensation expense
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8,340
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10,220
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Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
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(15,558
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(14,499
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Amortization of discount and deferred financing costs
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755
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221
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Deferred income taxes
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(21,399
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(2,661
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Unrealized foreign exchange gain
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(952
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(2,571
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Write-off of deferred financing costs and unamortized discounts
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6,621
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204
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Other
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284
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76
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Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
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Receivables
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(9,223
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(2,040
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Inventories
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(13,045
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25,879
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets
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(4,255
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(23,535
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Other assets
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(2,836
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(774
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Accounts payable
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821
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(9,582
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Royalty overrides
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20,085
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2,929
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Accrued expenses and accrued compensation
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20,056
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9,059
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Advance sales deposits
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(3,708
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(2,720
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Income taxes payable
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34,262
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39,026
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Deferred compensation liability
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1,415
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2,250
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NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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$
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145,009
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$
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194,954
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Purchases of property
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(45,526
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(30,635
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Proceeds from sale of property
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63
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71
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Net changes in market securities
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(38
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Deferred compensation plan assets
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(3,609
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(1,644
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NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES
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$
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(49,110
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$
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(32,208
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
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Borrowings from long-term debt
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215,000
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150,221
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Principal payments on long-term debt
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(132,020
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(103,391
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Repurchases of
91/2% Notes
and
113/4% Notes
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(165,137
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Dividends paid
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(27,906
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Increase in deferred financing costs
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(2,277
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(749
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Share repurchases
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(204,030
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Proceeds from stock options exercised
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7,178
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10,107
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Excess tax benefits from share-based payment arrangements
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15,558
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14,499
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NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES
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$
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(61,698
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$
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(161,249
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EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE CHANGES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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824
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5,025
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NET CHANGE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
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35,025
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6,522
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD
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88,248
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154,323
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF THE PERIOD
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$
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123,273
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$
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160,845
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CASH PAID FOR:
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Interest
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$
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36,469
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$
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10,548
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Income taxes
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$
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42,481
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$
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52,067
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NON-CASH ACTIVITIES:
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Acquisitions of property through capital leases
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$
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3,569
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$
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1,208
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See the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
5
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
Herbalife Ltd. (and together with its subsidiaries, the
Company) is a leading global network marketing
company that sells weight management, nutritional supplement,
energy & fitness products and personal care products
through a network of over 1.6 million independent
distributors, except in China, where the Company currently sells
the products through retail stores and an employed sales force.
The Company reports revenue in seven geographic units: North
America, which consists of the U.S., Canada, Jamaica and the
Dominican Republic; Mexico and Central America, which consists
of Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama; Brazil; South
America and Southeast Asia, which includes New Zealand and
Australia; EMEA, which consists of Europe, the Middle East and
Africa; Greater China, which consists of China, Taiwan and Hong
Kong; and North Asia, which consists of Japan and South Korea.
The unaudited interim financial information of the Company has
been prepared in accordance with Article 10 of the
Securities and Exchange Commissions
Regulation S-X.
Accordingly, it does not include all of the information required
by generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, in the
U.S. for complete financial statements. The Companys
unaudited consolidated financial statements as of
September 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2007 include
Herbalife and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries. In
the opinion of management, the accompanying financial
information contains all adjustments, consisting of normal
recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the
Companys unaudited consolidated financial statements as of
September 30, 2007 and for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2007. These
unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in
conjunction with Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2006. Operating results for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the year ending December 31, 2007.
New
Accounting Pronouncements
On May 2, 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board,
or FASB, issued FASB Staff Position
No. FIN 48-1,
Definition of Settlement in FASB Interpretation
No. 48, or FSP
FIN 48-1,
which amends FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes to provide guidance about how an
enterprise should determine whether a tax position is
effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously
unrecognized tax benefits. Under the FSP
FIN 48-1,
a tax position is considered to be effectively settled if the
taxing authority completed its examination, the enterprise does
not plan to appeal, and it is remote that the taxing authority
would reexamine the tax position in the future. FSP
FIN 48-1
is effective retroactively to January 1, 2007. The adoption
of FSP
FIN 48-1
did not have a material impact on the Companys
consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In April 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position
No. FIN 39-1,
Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39, or FSP
FIN 39-1.
FSP
FIN 39-1
modifies FIN No. 39, Offsetting of Amounts Related
to Certain Contracts and permits companies to offset cash
collateral receivables or payables with net derivative positions
under certain circumstances. FSP
FIN 39-1
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, with early adoption permitted. The Company believes that
the adoption of FSP
FIN 39-1
will not have material effect on its consolidated financial
statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value Option for
Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, or
SFAS No. 159, which permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments, and certain other items, at
fair value. SFAS No. 159 also establishes presentation
and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons
between entities that choose different measurement
6
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
attributes for similar types of assets and liabilities.
SFAS No. 159 applies to reporting periods beginning
after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently
evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting
SFAS No. 159.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 157, Fair Value Measurement,
or SFAS No. 157, which defines fair value, establishes
a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP and
expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The
provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal
years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting
SFAS No. 157.
Reclassifications
Certain reclassifications were made to the prior period
financial statements to conform to current period presentation.
Long-term debt consists of the following:
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As of
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December 31,
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September 30,
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2006
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|
2007
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|
|
|
(In millions)
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|
|
Borrowings under senior credit facility
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$
|
179.5
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|
$
|
227.4
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|
Capital leases
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5.2
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5.5
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|
Other debt
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0.7
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|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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185.4
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233.3
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Less: current portion
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5.6
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3.8
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|
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$
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179.8
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$
|
229.5
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On July 21, 2006, the Company entered into a
$300.0 million senior secured credit facility, comprised of
a $200.0 million term loan and a $100.0 million
revolving credit facility, with a syndicate of financial
institutions as lenders and replaced the $225.0 million
senior secured credit facility, originally entered into on
December 21, 2004. The term loan bears interest at LIBOR
plus a margin of 1.5%, or the base rate plus a margin of 0.50%,
and matures on July 21, 2013. The revolving credit facility
bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.25%, or the base rate
plus a margin of 0.25%, and is available until July 21,
2012. The Company incurred approximately $2.3 million of
debt issuance costs in connection with entering into the new
credit facility in July 2006, which are being amortized over the
term of the new credit facility. The Company repaid all amounts
outstanding under the prior senior secured credit facility.
Consequently, the Company expensed $1.7 million of
unamortized deferred financing costs related to that credit
facility. Also in July 2006, the Company redeemed the
outstanding $0.1 million aggregate principal amount of its
113/4% Notes
due 2010.
On August 23, 2006, the Company borrowed
$200.0 million pursuant to the term loan under the new
credit facility to fund the redemption of its
91/2% Notes
due 2011, or the
91/2% Notes.
The total redemption price of the
91/2% Notes
was $187.8 million and consisted of $165.0 million
aggregate principal amount, $16.6 million purchase premium
and $6.2 million accrued interest. The redemption premium
of $16.6 million and the write-off of unamortized deferred
financing costs and discounts of $4.6 million associated
with the
91/2% Notes
were included in interest expense in the third quarter of 2006.
In September 2006, the Company prepaid $20.0 million of its
new term loan borrowings resulting in $0.1 million
additional interest expense from the write-off of unamortized
deferred financing costs. In March 2007, the Company made
another prepayment of $29.5 million and expensed
approximately $0.2 million of related
7
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
unamortized deferred financing costs. As of September 30,
2007, the amount outstanding under the term loan was
$148.7 million.
During the second quarter of 2007, the Company borrowed an
aggregate amount of $100.0 million under the revolving
credit facility to fund its stock repurchase program. In June
2007, the Company repaid $40.0 million of the facility. In
September 2007, the Company and its lenders amended the credit
agreement, increasing the amount of its current revolving credit
facility by an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million
to finance the increase in the stock repurchase program (see
Note 11). During the third quarter of 2007, the Company
borrowed an additional amount of $48.7 million and repaid
$30.0 million of the facility. As of September 30,
2007, the amount outstanding under the revolving credit facility
was $78.7 million.
Through the course of conducting regular operations certain
vendors may require letters of credit to be issued in order to
secure insurance policies or goods that are purchased. As of
September 30, 2007, the Company had $1.3 million of
issued but undrawn letters of credit.
The Company is from time to time engaged in routine litigation.
The Company regularly reviews all pending litigation matters in
which it is involved and establishes reserves deemed appropriate
by management for these litigation matters when a probable loss
estimate can be made.
Herbalife International and certain of its independent
distributors have been named as defendants in a purported class
action lawsuit filed February 17, 2005, in the Superior
Court of California, County of San Francisco, and served on
Herbalife International on March 14, 2005
(Minton v. Herbalife International, et al). The case
has been transferred to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The plaintiff is challenging the marketing practices of certain
Herbalife International independent distributors and Herbalife
International under various state laws prohibiting endless
chain schemes, insufficient disclosure in assisted
marketing plans, unfair and deceptive business practices, and
fraud and deceit. The plaintiff alleges that the Freedom Group
system operated by certain independent distributors of Herbalife
International products places too much emphasis on recruiting
and encourages excessively large purchases of product and
promotional materials by distributors. The plaintiff also
alleges that Freedom Group pressured distributors to disseminate
misleading promotional materials. The plaintiff seeks to hold
Herbalife International vicariously liable for the actions of
its independent distributors and is seeking damages and
injunctive relief. The Company believes that it has meritorious
defenses to the suit.
Herbalife International and certain of its distributors are
defendants in a class action lawsuit filed July 16, 2003,
in the Circuit Court of Ohio County in the State of West
Virginia (Mey v. Herbalife International, Inc., et
al). The complaint alleges that certain telemarketing
practices of certain Herbalife International distributors
violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, and
seeks to hold Herbalife International vicariously liable for the
practices of its independent distributors. More specifically,
the plaintiffs complaint alleges that several of Herbalife
Internationals distributors used pre-recorded telephone
messages to contact prospective customers in violation of the
TCPAs prohibition of such practices. Without in any way
acknowledging liability or wrongdoing by the Company or its
independent distributors, the Company and the other defendants
have reached a binding settlement with the plaintiffs. Under the
terms of the settlement the defendants collectively have paid
$7 million into a fund to be distributed to qualifying
class members. The relevant amount paid by the Company was
previously fully reserved in the Companys financial
statements. The settlement has received the preliminary approval
of the Court and final approval is expected to be received in
January 2008.
As a marketer of dietary and nutritional supplements and other
products that are ingested by consumers or applied to their
bodies, the Company has been and is currently subjected to
various product liability claims. The effects of these claims to
date have not been material to the Company, and the reasonably
possible range of exposure on currently existing claims is not
material to the Company. The Company believes that it has
meritorious defenses
8
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
to the allegations contained in the lawsuits. The Company
currently maintains product liability insurance with an annual
deductible of $10 million.
Certain of the Companys subsidiaries have been subject to
tax audits by governmental authorities in their respective
countries. In certain of these tax audits, governmental
authorities are proposing that significant amounts of additional
taxes and related interest and penalties are due. The Company
and its tax advisors believe that there are substantial defenses
to their allegations that additional taxes are owed, and the
Company is vigorously contesting the additional proposed taxes
and related charges.
These matters may take several years to resolve, and the Company
cannot be sure of their ultimate resolution. However, it is the
opinion of management that adverse outcomes, if any, will not
likely result in a material adverse effect on our financial
condition and operating results. This opinion is based on the
belief that any losses suffered in excess of amounts reserved
would not be material, and that the Company has meritorious
defenses. Although the Company has reserved an amount that the
Company believes represents the most likely outcome of the
resolution of these disputes, if the Company is incorrect in the
assessment the Company may have to record additional expenses.
Total comprehensive income consisted of the following:
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Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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September 30,
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|
September 30,
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|
September 30,
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|
September 30,
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|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
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|
|
Net income
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|
$
|
26.5
|
|
|
$
|
48.3
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|
|
$
|
101.5
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|
|
$
|
137.6
|
|
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments
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|
|
(0.6
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)
|
|
|
(0.6
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)
|
|
|
(0.6
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
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)
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment
|
|
|
(0.1
|
)
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
(1.6
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)
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
25.8
|
|
|
$
|
48.0
|
|
|
$
|
99.3
|
|
|
$
|
138.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company is a network marketing company that sells a wide
range of weight management products, nutritional supplements
energy & fitness products and personal care products
within one industry segment as defined under
SFAS No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an
Enterprise and Related Information. The Companys
products are primarily manufactured by third party providers and
then sold to independent distributors who sell Herbalife
products to retail consumers or other distributors.
The Company sells products in 65 countries throughout the world
as of September 30, 2007, and is organized and managed by
geographic units. The Company aggregates its operating segments
into one reporting segment, as management believes that the
Companys operating segments have similar operating
characteristics and similar long term operating performance. In
making this determination, management believes that the
operating segments are similar in the nature of the products
sold, the product acquisition process, the types of customers
products are sold to, the methods used to distribute the
products, and the nature of the regulatory environment.
Revenues reflect sales of products to distributors based on the
distributors geographic location.
9
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
In July 2006, the Company changed its geographic units from four
to seven as part of the Companys on-going Realignment for
Growth plan. These changes were intended to create growth
opportunities for distributors, support faster decision making
across the organization by reducing the number of layers of
management, improve the sharing of ideas and tools and
accelerate growth in its high potential markets. Historical
information presented related to the Companys geographic
units has been reclassified to conform to the current geographic
presentation. The Companys reporting segments
operating information and sales by product line are as follows:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
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|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Net sales:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
|
|
$
|
88.1
|
|
|
$
|
106.1
|
|
|
$
|
252.3
|
|
|
$
|
313.9
|
|
Mexico
|
|
|
102.1
|
|
|
|
89.1
|
|
|
|
278.8
|
|
|
|
277.8
|
|
Others
|
|
|
286.2
|
|
|
|
334.3
|
|
|
|
867.1
|
|
|
|
976.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net sales
|
|
$
|
476.4
|
|
|
$
|
529.5
|
|
|
$
|
1,398.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,567.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating margin(1):
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
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|
$
|
39.9
|
|
|
$
|
47.9
|
|
|
$
|
105.4
|
|
|
$
|
122.1
|
|
Mexico
|
|
|
43.3
|
|
|
|
35.8
|
|
|
|
122.3
|
|
|
|
112.3
|
|
Others
|
|
|
127.4
|
|
|
|
153.4
|
|
|
|
388.0
|
|
|
|
453.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total operating margin
|
|
|
210.6
|
|
|
|
237.1
|
|
|
|
615.7
|
|
|
|
687.9
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
146.1
|
|
|
|
158.9
|
|
|
|
422.0
|
|
|
|
460.4
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
25.8
|
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
|
|
36.9
|
|
|
|
7.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before income taxes
|
|
|
38.7
|
|
|
|
75.5
|
|
|
|
156.8
|
|
|
|
220.3
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
12.2
|
|
|
|
27.2
|
|
|
|
55.3
|
|
|
|
82.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
26.5
|
|
|
$
|
48.3
|
|
|
$
|
101.5
|
|
|
$
|
137.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As of
|
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|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Total Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United States
|
|
$
|
698.0
|
|
|
$
|
685.7
|
|
Mexico
|
|
|
63.7
|
|
|
|
53.5
|
|
Others
|
|
|
255.2
|
|
|
|
305.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
$
|
1,016.9
|
|
|
$
|
1,044.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, the Company
reorganized its product categories to add one more product line
in order to better reflect its current product offerings.
Historical information presented related to the Company product
lines has been reclassified to conform to the current product
line presentation.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Net sales by product line:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weight management
|
|
$
|
299.6
|
|
|
$
|
334.0
|
|
|
$
|
883.6
|
|
|
$
|
993.6
|
|
Targeted nutrition
|
|
|
90.8
|
|
|
|
105.3
|
|
|
|
267.1
|
|
|
|
313.4
|
|
Energy and Fitness
|
|
|
21.6
|
|
|
|
24.1
|
|
|
|
57.8
|
|
|
|
66.9
|
|
Outer
Nutrition®
|
|
|
33.7
|
|
|
|
34.0
|
|
|
|
112.9
|
|
|
|
104.5
|
|
Literature, promotional and other(2)
|
|
|
30.7
|
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
|
|
76.8
|
|
|
|
89.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net sales
|
|
$
|
476.4
|
|
|
$
|
529.5
|
|
|
$
|
1,398.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,567.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net sales by geographic unit:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
North America(3)
|
|
$
|
92.1
|
|
|
$
|
110.8
|
|
|
$
|
266.8
|
|
|
$
|
329.3
|
|
Mexico and Central America(4)
|
|
|
103.0
|
|
|
|
92.9
|
|
|
|
281.1
|
|
|
|
286.7
|
|
Brazil
|
|
|
32.8
|
|
|
|
29.6
|
|
|
|
99.4
|
|
|
|
95.2
|
|
South America and Southeast Asia(5)
|
|
|
51.6
|
|
|
|
76.2
|
|
|
|
142.3
|
|
|
|
191.0
|
|
EMEA(6)
|
|
|
127.4
|
|
|
|
133.8
|
|
|
|
414.1
|
|
|
|
423.0
|
|
Greater China(7)
|
|
|
36.2
|
|
|
|
51.7
|
|
|
|
92.5
|
|
|
|
139.4
|
|
North Asia(8)
|
|
|
33.3
|
|
|
|
34.5
|
|
|
|
102.0
|
|
|
|
103.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net sales
|
|
$
|
476.4
|
|
|
$
|
529.5
|
|
|
$
|
1,398.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,567.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Operating margin consists of net sales less cost of sales and
Royalty Overrides. |
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(2) |
|
Product buybacks and returns in all product categories are
included in the literature, promotional and other category. |
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(3) |
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Consists of the U.S., Canada, Jamaica and Dominican Republic. |
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(4) |
|
Consists of Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama. |
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(5) |
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Includes New Zealand and Australia and excludes Brazil. |
|
(6) |
|
Consists of Europe, Middle East and Africa. |
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(7) |
|
Consists of China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. |
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(8) |
|
Consists of Japan and Korea. |
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7.
|
Stock
Based Compensation
|
The Company has five stock-based compensation plans, the WH
Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd. Stock Incentive Plan, or the
Management Plan, the WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd.
Independent Directors Stock Incentive Plan, or the Independent
Directors Plan, the Herbalife Ltd. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, or
the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, the Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan, or the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan, and the
Herbalife Ltd. Independent Directors Deferred Compensation and
Stock Unit Plan, or the Independent Director Stock Unit Plan.
The Management Plan provides for the grant of options to
purchase common shares of Herbalife to members of the
Companys management. The Independent Directors Plan
provides for the grant of options to purchase common shares of
Herbalife to the Companys independent directors. The 2004
Stock Incentive Plan replaced the
11
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Management Plan and the Independent Directors Plan and after the
adoption thereof, no additional awards were made under either
the Management Plan or the Independent Directors Plan. However,
the shares remaining available for issuance under these plans
were absorbed by and became available for issuance under the
2004 Stock Incentive Plan. The terms of the 2005 Stock Incentive
Plan are substantially similar to the terms of the 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan. The 2005 Stock Incentive Plan authorizes the
issuance of 4,000,000 common shares pursuant to awards, plus any
shares that remained available for issuance under the 2004 Stock
Incentive Plan at the time of the adoption of the 2005 Stock
Incentive Plan. The purpose of the Independent Directors Stock
Unit Plan is to facilitate equity ownership in the Company by
its independent directors through the award of stock units and
to allow for deferral by the independent directors of
compensation realized in connection with such stock units. The
Companys stock compensation awards outstanding as of
September 30, 2007 include stock options, stock
appreciation rights, or SARS, and restricted stock units.
Prior to January 1, 2006, the Company applied the intrinsic
value method as outlined in Accounting Principles Board, or APB,
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees, or APB 25, and related interpretations, in
accounting for share-based awards made under the Companys
stock-based compensation plans. Under the intrinsic value
method, compensation expense is recorded on the date of grant to
the extent that the current market price of the underlying stock
exceeds the exercise price. On January 1, 2006, the Company
adopted SFAS No. 123R, Share-based payment, or
SFAS No. 123R. This statement replaces
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based
Compensation, or SFAS No. 123, and supersedes APB
25. SFAS No. 123R requires that all share-based
compensation be recognized as an expense in the financial
statements and that such cost be measured based on the fair
value of the awards granted. The Company adopted
SFAS No. 123R using the modified prospective
transition method which requires the recognition of compensation
expense on a prospective basis only. Under this transition
method, stock-based compensation cost for the year 2006 included
(a) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted
prior to, but not yet vested as of, January 1, 2006, based
on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the
original provisions of SFAS No. 123; and
(b) compensation cost for all share-based awards granted
subsequent to January 1, 2006 based on the grant-date fair
value estimated in accordance with the provisions of
SFAS No. 123R.
SFAS No. 123R also requires the Company to estimate
forfeitures in calculating the expense relating to share-based
compensation as opposed to recognizing forfeitures as an expense
reduction as they occur. The adjustment to apply estimated
forfeitures to previously recognized share-based compensation
was considered immaterial and as such was not classified as a
cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle.
The Company records compensation expense over the requisite
service period which is equal to the vesting period. For awards
granted prior to January 1, 2006, compensation expense is
recognized on a graded-vesting basis over the vesting term. For
awards granted on or after January 1, 2006, compensation
expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting
term. Stock-based compensation expense is included in selling,
general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated
Statements of Income. For the three months ended
September 30, 2006 and 2007, stock-based compensation
expenses amounted to $2.8 million and $3.6 million,
respectively, and the related income tax benefits recognized in
earnings amounted to $1.1 million and $1.4 million,
respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006
and 2007, stock-based compensation expense amounted to
$8.3 million and $10.2 million, respectively, and the
related income tax benefits recognized in earnings amounted to
$3.3 million and $3.9 million, respectively.
As of September 30, 2007, the total unrecognized
compensation cost related to non-vested stock awards was
$39.8 million and the related weighted-average period over
which it is expected to be recognized is approximately
1.9 years.
For the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2007,
excess tax benefits of $1.4 million and $9.5 million,
respectively, were generated from option exercises. For the nine
months ended September 30, 2006 and 2007, excess tax
benefits amounted to $15.6 million and $14.9 million,
respectively.
12
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
The Companys stock-based compensation plans provide for
grants of stock options, SARS, and stock units, which we
collectively referred to herein as awards. Stock options
typically vest quarterly over a five-year period beginning on
the grant date, and certain stock option grants vest over a
period of less than five years. Certain SARS vest quarterly over
a five-year period beginning on the grant date. Other SARS vest
annually over a three-year period. The contractual term of stock
options and SARS is ten years. Stock unit awards under the 2005
Incentive Plan, or incentive Plan Stock Units, vest annually
over a three year period which is equal to the contractual term.
Stock units awarded under the Independent Directors Stock Unit
Plan, or Independent Director Stock Units, vest at a rate of 25%
on each January 15, April 15, July 15 and
October 15. Unless otherwise determined at the time of
grant, the value of each stock unit shall be equal to one common
share of Herbalife.
The fair value of each award is estimated on the date of grant
using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model based on the
assumptions in the following tables. The expected term of the
award is based on the simple average of the average vesting
period and the life of the award because of the limited
historical data. All groups of employees have been determined to
have similar historical exercise patterns for valuation
purposes. The expected volatility of stock awards is primarily
based upon the historical volatility of the Companys
common shares and, due to the limited period of public trading
data for its common shares, it is also validated against the
volatility rates of a peer group of companies. The risk free
interest rate is based on the implied yield on a
U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issue with a remaining term equal
to the expected term of the award. The dividend yield reflects
that the Company has not historically paid regular cash
dividends from inception to the first quarter of 2007. Dividends
paid by the predecessor company in 2002 and prior and special
dividends paid in 2004 in connection with the initial public
offering of the Companys common shares have been excluded
from the calculation. Commencing in the second quarter of 2007,
the Board of Directors approved a regular quarterly dividend
program. During the second and third quarter of 2007, the
Company announced and paid a $0.20 per share cash dividend.
However, there is no guarantee that the Board of Directors will
not terminate the quarterly dividend program. The following
table summarizes the weighted average assumptions used in the
calculation of fair market value for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2006 and 2007.
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive Plan
|
|
|
Independent Directors
|
|
|
|
Stock Options
|
|
|
SARS
|
|
|
Stock Units
|
|
|
Stock Units
|
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
Three Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38.08
|
%
|
|
|
40.02
|
%
|
|
|
37.75
|
%
|
|
|
39.96
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends yield
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expected term
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.3 years
|
|
|
|
6.2 years
|
|
|
|
2.5 years
|
|
|
|
2.5 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.70
|
%
|
|
|
4.45
|
%
|
|
|
4.71
|
%
|
|
|
4.23
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incentive Plan
|
|
|
Independent Directors
|
|
|
|
Stock Options
|
|
|
SARS
|
|
|
Stock Units
|
|
|
Stock Units
|
|
|
|
Nine Months
|
|
|
Nine Months
|
|
|
Nine Months
|
|
|
Nine Months
|
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
Ended
|
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
September 30,
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
Expected volatility
|
|
|
37.03
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38.43
|
%
|
|
|
41.16
|
%
|
|
|
38.40
|
%
|
|
|
41.16
|
%
|
|
|
37.29
|
%
|
|
|
41.82
|
%
|
Dividends yield
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
2.00
|
%
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
|
|
zero
|
|
Expected term
|
|
|
6.3 years
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6.3 years
|
|
|
|
6.2 years
|
|
|
|
2.5 years
|
|
|
|
2.5 years
|
|
|
|
3.0 years
|
|
|
|
3.0 years
|
|
Risk-free interest rate
|
|
|
3.94
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.59
|
%
|
|
|
4.80
|
%
|
|
|
4.10
|
%
|
|
|
4.81
|
%
|
|
|
3.56
|
%
|
|
|
5.00
|
%
|
13
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
The following tables summarize the activity under the
stock-based compensation plans for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
|
|
|
Remaining
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise
|
|
|
Contractual
|
|
|
Intrinsic
|
|
Stock Options & SARS
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Price
|
|
|
Term
|
|
|
Value
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
9,452
|
|
|
$
|
16.45
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
880
|
|
|
|
40.34
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised
|
|
|
(1,447
|
)
|
|
|
7.82
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forfeited
|
|
|
(402
|
)
|
|
|
24.07
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding at September 30, 2007
|
|
|
8,483
|
|
|
$
|
20.13
|
|
|
|
7.1 years
|
|
|
$
|
214.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at September 30, 2007
|
|
|
3,917
|
|
|
$
|
15.77
|
|
|
|
6.3 years
|
|
|
$
|
116.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average
|
|
|
Aggregate
|
|
Incentive Plan and Independent Directors Restricted Stock
Units
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
Grant Date Fair Value
|
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
|
(In thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Outstanding and nonvested at December 31, 2006
|
|
|
186.1
|
|
|
$
|
35.28
|
|
|
$
|
6.1
|
|
Granted
|
|
|
154.2
|
|
|
|
39.29
|
|
|
|
6.1
|
|
Vested
|
|
|
(60.8
|
)
|
|
|
34.12
|
|
|
|
(1.6
|
)
|
Cancelled
|
|
|
(19.1
|
)
|
|
|
36.06
|
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding and nonvested at September 30, 2007
|
|
|
260.4
|
|
|
$
|
37.87
|
|
|
$
|
9.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The weighted-average grant date per share fair value of stock
awards granted during the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007 was $18.27 and $19.32, respectively. The
total intrinsic value of stock awards exercised during the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007 was
$33.0 million and $47.6 million, respectively.
On January 1, 2007 the Company adopted the provisions of
FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes, or FIN 48, an interpretation of
FAS 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. At the date of
adoption, the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits,
including related interest and penalties, was
$42.1 million. If the total amount of unrecognized tax
benefits was recognized, $26.0 million of unrecognized tax
benefits, $6.9 million of interest and $2.7 million of
penalties, would impact the effective tax rate and
$6.5 million would result in an increase to goodwill. The
Company accounts for interest and penalties generated by tax
contingencies as a component of income tax expense. The adoption
of FIN 48 did not have a material impact to retained
earnings.
The Company believes that it is reasonably possible that the
amount of unrecognized tax benefits could increase or decrease
within the next twelve months and that change could be
significant because of uncertainties from international transfer
pricing issues, the deductibility of certain operating expenses
in various foreign jurisdictions, settlements in foreign tax
audits and the expiration of the statute of limitation in
several foreign jurisdictions. Because of the nature of these
uncertainties, the Company is not able to estimate the range of
reasonably possible changes to the amount of unrecognized tax
benefits within the next twelve months.
At the adoption date, the Companys tax filings are
generally subject to examination in major tax jurisdictions for
years ending on or after December 31, 2002.
14
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
|
|
9.
|
Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities
|
The Company engages in an interest rate hedging strategy for
which the hedged transactions are forecasted interest payments
on the Companys variable rate term loan. The hedged risk
is the variability of forecasted interest rate cash flows, where
the hedging strategy involves the purchase of interest rate
swaps. For the outstanding cash flow hedges on interest rate
exposures at December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007,
the maximum length of time over which the Company is hedging
these exposures is approximately three years.
On July 21, 2006, the interest rate swap agreement,
originally entered into on February 21, 2005, was
terminated due to the Companys debt refinancing and
interest income of approximately $0.8 million was recorded
in the Companys consolidated statements of income during
the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Under the current
credit facility, the Company is obligated to enter into an
interest rate hedge for up to 25% of the aggregate principal
amount of the term loan for a minimum of three years. On
August 23, 2006, the Company entered into a new interest
rate swap agreement. The agreement provides for the Company to
pay interest for a three-year period at a fixed rate of 6.76% on
various notional amounts while receiving interest for the same
period at the LIBOR rate on the same notional principal amounts.
The swap was designated as a cash flow hedge against LIBOR
interest rate movements on the term loan. The Company formally
assesses, both at inception and at least quarterly thereafter,
whether the derivatives used in hedging transactions are
effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged
item. As of December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007,
the hedge relationship qualified as an effective hedge under
SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments
and Hedging Activities. Consequently, all changes in the
fair value of the derivatives are deferred and recorded in other
comprehensive income until the related forecasted transaction is
recognized in the consolidated statements of income. The fair
value of the interest rate swap agreement is based on
third-party bank quotes.
The Company also designates certain derivatives as free standing
derivatives for which hedge accounting does not apply. The
changes in the fair market value of these derivatives are
included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the
Companys consolidated statements of income. The Company
purchases average rate put options, as well as forward extra
contracts (a combination of a foreign forward exchange contract
and an option), to partially mitigate the impact if the foreign
currency weakens beyond the strike rate. The Company also uses
foreign currency forward and ratio forward contracts to hedge
foreign-currency-denominated intercompany transactions. The fair
values of the option and forward contracts are based on
third-party bank quotes.
|
|
10.
|
Restructuring
Reserve
|
In July 2006, the Company initiated a realignment of its
employee base as part of its Realignment for Growth plan. The
Company recorded $3.0 million and $7.5 million of
professional fees, severance and related costs related to the
Realignment for Growth plan in the third and fourth quarters of
2006, respectively. All such amounts were included in selling,
general and administrative expenses.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, the
Company recorded severance and related costs of
$0.1 million and $1.8 million, respectively, which was
included in selling, general and administrative expenses,
related to the Realignment for Growth plan.
The following table summarizes the components of this reserve
during fiscal 2007:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Retention
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Severance
|
|
|
Benefits
|
|
|
Others
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2006
|
|
$
|
4.6
|
|
|
$
|
0.2
|
|
|
$
|
0.4
|
|
|
$
|
5.2
|
|
Charges
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
0.3
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
$
|
1.8
|
|
Cash payments
|
|
|
(5.2
|
)
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
|
(0.8
|
)
|
|
|
(6.5
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of September 30, 2007
|
|
$
|
0.4
|
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$
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$
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0.1
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$
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0.5
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15
HERBALIFE
LTD.
NOTES TO
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
(Unaudited)
Changes in shareholders equity for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
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Total shareholders equity as of December 31, 2006
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$
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353,890
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Net income
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137,618
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Unrealized loss on derivatives
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(299
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)
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Repurchases of common stock
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(204,030
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Foreign currency translation adjustment
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713
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Additional capital from stock options
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10,220
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Excess tax benefits from exercise of stock options
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14,898
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Issuance of common shares from the exercise of stock options,
SARS, and restricted stock grants
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10,107
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Dividends declared
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(27,906
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)
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Other
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(10
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Total shareholders equity as of September 30, 2007
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$
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295,201
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Stock
Repurchases
On April 18, 2007, the Companys Board of Directors
authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million of the
Companys common shares during the next two years, at such
times and prices as determined by Company management, as market
conditions warrant. During the quarter ended June 30, 2007,
the Company repurchased approximately 3.5 million of its
common shares through open market purchases at an aggregate cost
of $138.8 million, or an average cost of $39.65 per share.
On August 23, 2007, the Companys Board of Directors
approved an increase of $150 million to its previously
authorized share repurchase program raising the total value of
Company common shares authorized to be repurchased to
$450 million.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, the Company
repurchased approximately 1.7 million of its common shares
through open market purchases at an aggregate cost of
$65.1 million or an average cost of $39.23 per share.
Dividends
During the second quarter of 2007, the Companys Board of
Directors adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend program. As
part of this program, the Company paid its regular quarterly
cash dividend of $0.20 per common share, or $14.4 million
in the aggregate, in May 2007 to shareholders of record as of
April 30, 2007. On August 6, 2007, the Companys
Board of Directors authorized a $0.20 per common share cash
dividend, or $13.5 million in the aggregate, for the second
quarter of 2007 that was paid on September 14, 2007 to
shareholders of record on August 31, 2007.
In October 2007, the Company initiated the second phase of
its Realignment for Growth plan. Under the second phase of the
plan, the Company expects to incur severance and other employee
related costs of approximately $8 million to
$10 million. Such costs are expected to be recognized over
the next nine months.
On October 30, 2007, the Company announced that its Board
of Directors has authorized a $0.20 per common share cash
dividend for the third quarter of 2007, payable on
December 14, 2007 to shareholders of record on
November 30, 2007.
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Item 2.
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Managements
Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of
Operations
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Overview
We are a global network marketing company that sells weight
management, nutritional supplement, energy & fitness
products and personal care products. We pursue our mission of
changing peoples lives by providing a
financially rewarding business opportunity to distributors and
quality products to distributors and their customers who seek a
healthy lifestyle. We are one of the largest network marketing
companies in the world with net sales of approximately
$1.9 billion for the year ended December 31, 2006. We
sell our products in 65 countries as of September 30, 2007,
through a network of over 1.6 million independent
distributors except in China, where we sell our products through
retail stores and an employed sales force. We believe the
quality of our products and the effectiveness of our
distribution network, coupled with geographic expansion, have
been the primary reasons for our success throughout our
27-year
operating history.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, we reorganized our
product categories to better reflect how our distributors sell
products and programs. Our products are grouped in four
principal categories: weight management, targeted nutrition,
energy & fitness products and Outer
Nutrition®.
Our products are also often sold in programs that are comprised
of a series of related products designed to simplify weight
management and nutrition for consumers and maximize our
distributors cross-selling opportunities.
Industry-wide factors that affect us and our competitors include
the increasing prevalence of obesity and the aging of the
worldwide population, which are driving demand for nutrition and
wellness-related products, and the recruitment and retention of
distributors.
The opportunities and challenges upon which we are most focused
are: retailing of our products, recruitment and retention of
distributors and improving distributor productivity, opening new
markets, further penetrating existing markets including China,
globalizing successful distributor methods of operation such as
Nutrition Clubs, introducing new products, developing niche
market segments and further investing in our infrastructure.
In July 2006, we changed our geographic units from four to seven
units as part of our ongoing Realignment for Growth plan. These
changes were intended to create growth opportunities for our
distributors, support faster decision making across the
organization by reducing layers of management, improve the
sharing of ideas and tools and accelerate growth in our high
potential markets. Under the new geographic units we report
revenue from:
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North America, which consists of the U.S., Canada, Jamaica and
the Dominican Republic;
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Mexico and Central America, which consists of Mexico, Costa
Rica, El Salvador and Panama;
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Brazil;
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South America and Southeast Asia, which includes New Zealand and
Australia and excludes Brazil;
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EMEA, which consists of Europe, the Middle East and Africa;
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Greater China, which consists of China, Taiwan and Hong
Kong; and
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North Asia, which consists of Japan and Korea.
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Historical information presented related to our geographic units
has been reclassified to conform to our current geographic
presentation.
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Volume
Points by Geographic Unit
A key non-financial measure we focus on is Volume Points on a
Royalty Basis, or Volume Points, which is essentially our
weighted unit measure of product sales volume. It is a useful
measure for us, as it excludes the impact of foreign currency
fluctuations and ignores the differences generated by varying
retail pricing across geographic markets. In general, an
increase in Volume Points in a particular group or country
indicates an increase in local currency net sales.
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Three Months Ended September 30,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2006
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2007
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% Change
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2006
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2007
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% Change
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(Volume points in millions)
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North America
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145.8
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173.2
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18.8
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%
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409.7
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510.7
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24.7
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%
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Mexico & Central America
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170.2
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149.0
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(12.5
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)%
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467.5
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458.9
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(1.8
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)%
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Brazil
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41.0
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33.5
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(18.3
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)%
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126.3
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111.0
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(12.1
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)%
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South America & Southeast Asia
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73.9
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99.1
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34.1
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%
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191.5
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257.7
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34.6
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%
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EMEA
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129.7
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125.2
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(3.5
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)%
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426.7
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402.1
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(5.8
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)%
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Greater China
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40.3
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56.3
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39.7
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%
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105.9
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154.9
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46.3
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%
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North Asia
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29.6
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30.7
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3.7
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%
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89.5
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93.3
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4.2
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%
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Worldwide
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630.5
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667.0
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5.8
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%
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1,817.1
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1,988.6
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9.4
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%
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Number of
New Supervisors by Geographic Unit as of Reporting
Period
Another key non-financial measure on which we focus is the
number of distributors qualified as new supervisors under our
compensation system. Distributors qualify for supervisor status
based on their Volume Points. The growth in the number of new
supervisors is a general indicator of the level of distributor
recruitment, which generally drives net sales in a particular
country or group.
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Three Months Ended September 30,
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2006
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2007
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% Change
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2006
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2007
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% Change
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(Whole numbers)
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North America
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9,499
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10,732
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13.0
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%
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26,401
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31,715
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20.1
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%
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Mexico & Central America
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12,909
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8,508
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(34.1
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)%
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32,602
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25,417
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(22.0
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)%
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Brazil
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4,720
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3,139
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(33.5
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)%
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15,212
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11,512
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(24.3
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)%
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South America & Southeast Asia
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8,580
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12,352
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44.0
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%
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24,074
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32,259
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34.0
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%
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EMEA
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8,381
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7,391
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(11.8
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)%
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28,763
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24,112
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(16.2
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)%
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Greater China
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4,162
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8,263
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98.5
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%
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11,524
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20,995
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82.2
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%
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North Asia
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2,339
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2,597
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11.0
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%
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7,128
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7,310
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2.6
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%
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Worldwide
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50,590
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52,982
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4.7
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%
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145,704
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153,320
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5.2
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%
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Number of
Supervisors and Retention Rates by Geographic Unit as of
Re-qualification Period
Our compensation system requires each supervisor to re-qualify
for such status each year, prior to February. In February of
each year, we delete from the rank of supervisor those
distributors who did not satisfy the supervisor qualification
requirements during the preceding twelve months. Distributors
who meet the supervisor requirements at any time during the year
are promoted to supervisor status at that time, including any
supervisors who were deleted, but who subsequently re-qualified.
The table below reflects the number of supervisors and
supervisors retention rate subsequent to the annual
re-qualification.
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Number of Supervisors
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Supervisors Retention Rate
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2006
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2007
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2006
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2007
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North America
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45,778
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54,375
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41.2
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%
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43.1
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%
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Mexico & Central America
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38,344
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62,622
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57.4
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%
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55.2
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%
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Brazil
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27,318
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28,974
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29.0
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%
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28.8
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%
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South America & Southeast Asia
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30,846
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46,393
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31.6
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%
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33.9
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%
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EMEA
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66,103
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64,862
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45.0
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%
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46.2
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%
|
Greater China
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19,447
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25,868
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34.7
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%
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34.7
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%
|
North Asia
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15,736
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15,697
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48.6
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%
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43.0
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%
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|
|
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|
|
|
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|
|
|
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|
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Worldwide
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243,572
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298,791
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41.5
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%
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42.5
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%
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Supervisors must re-qualify annually. The re-qualification
period covers the twelve months starting in February and ending
the following January. The number of supervisors by geographic
unit as of the reporting dates will normally be higher than the
number of supervisors by geographic unit as of the
re-qualification period because supervisors who do not
re-qualify during the relevant twelve-month period will be
dropped from the rank of supervisor the following February.
Since supervisors purchase most of our products for resale to
other distributors and consumers, comparisons of supervisor
totals on a year-to-year, same period basis are good indicators
of our recruitment and retention efforts in different geographic
units.
The value of the average monthly purchase of Herbalife products
by our supervisors has remained relatively constant over time.
Consequently, increases in our sales are driven primarily by our
retention of supervisors and by our recruitment and retention of
distributors, rather than through increases in the productivity
of our overall supervisor base.
We provide distributors with products, support material,
training, special events and a competitive compensation program.
If a distributor wants to pursue the Herbalife business
opportunity, the distributor is responsible for growing his or
her business and personally pays for the sales activities
related to attracting new customers and recruiting distributors
by hosting events such as Herbalife Opportunity Meetings or
Success Training Seminars; by advertising Herbalifes
products; by purchasing and using promotional materials such as
t-shirts, buttons and caps; by utilizing and paying for direct
mail and print material such as brochures, flyers, catalogs,
business cards, posters and banners and telephone book listings;
by purchasing inventory for sale or use as samples; and by
training, mentoring and following up (in person or via the phone
or internet) with customers and recruits on how to use Herbalife
products
and/or
pursue the Herbalife business opportunity.
Presentation
Retail Sales represent the gross sales amounts on
our invoices to distributors before distributor allowances (as
defined below), and net sales, which reflects
distribution allowances and handling and freight income,
represent what we collect and recognize as net sales in our
financial statements. We discuss Retail Sales because of its
fundamental role in our compensation systems, internal controls
and operations, including its role as the basis upon which
distributor discounts, royalties and bonuses are awarded. In
addition, it is used as the basis for certain information
included in daily and monthly reports reviewed by our
management. However, such a measure is not in accordance with
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the U.S, or GAAP.
You should not consider Retail
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Sales in isolation from, nor as a substitute for, net sales and
other consolidated income or cash flow statement data prepared
in accordance with GAAP, or as a measure of profitability or
liquidity. A reconciliation of net sales to Retail Sales is
presented below under Results of Operations.
Product Sales represent the actual product purchase
price paid to us by our distributors, after giving effect to
distributor discounts referred to as Distributor
Allowances, which approximate 50% of Retail Sales prices.
Distributor allowances as a percentage of sales may vary by
country depending upon regulatory restrictions that limit or
otherwise restrict distributor allowances.
Our gross profit consists of net sales less
cost of sales, which represents the prices we pay to
our raw material suppliers and manufacturers of our products as
well as costs related to product shipments, duties and tariffs,
freight expenses relating to shipment of products to
distributors and importers and similar expenses.
Royalty Overrides are our most significant expense
and consist of:
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royalty overrides, and production bonuses which total
approximately 15% and 7%, respectively, of the Retail Sales of
Weight Management, Targeted Nutrition, Energy &
Fitness, Outer
Nutrition®
and promotional products;
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the Mark Hughes Bonus payable to some of our most senior
distributors in the aggregate amount of up to 1% of retail sales
of Weight Management, Targeted Nutrition, Energy &
Fitness, Outer
Nutrition®
and promotional products; and
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other discretionary incentive cash bonuses to qualifying
distributors.
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Royalty Overrides are generally earned based on retail sales,
and approximate in the aggregate about 22% of Retail Sales or
approximately 36% of our net sales. Royalty Overrides together
with distributor allowances represent the potential earnings to
distributors of up to approximately 73% of Retail Sales. The
compensation to distributors is generally for the development,
retention and improved productivity of their distributor sales
organizations and is paid to several levels of distributors on
each sale. Due to restrictions on direct selling in China, our
full-time employed sales representatives in China are
compensated with wages, bonuses and benefits instead of the
distributors earnings, distributor allowances and Royalty
Overrides. Because of local country regulatory constraints, we
may be required to modify our typical distributor incentive
plans as described above. Consequently, the total distributor
discount percentage may vary over time. We also offer reduced
distributor allowances and pay reduced Royalty Overrides with
respect to certain products worldwide.
Our operating margins consist of net sales less cost
of sales and Royalty Overrides.
Selling, general and administrative expenses
represent our operating expenses, components of which include
labor and benefits, sales events, professional fees, travel and
entertainment, distributor marketing, occupancy costs,
communication costs, bank fees, depreciation and amortization,
foreign exchange gains and losses and other miscellaneous
operating expenses.
Most of our sales to distributors outside the United States are
made in the respective local currencies. In preparing our
consolidated financial statements, we translate revenues into
U.S. dollars using average exchange rates. Additionally,
the majority of our purchases from our suppliers generally are
made in U.S. dollars. Consequently, a strengthening of the
U.S. dollar versus a foreign currency can have a negative
impact on our reported sales and operating margins and can
generate transaction losses on intercompany transactions.
Throughout the last five years, foreign currency exchange rates
have fluctuated significantly. From time to time, we enter into
foreign exchange forward contracts and option contracts to
mitigate our foreign currency exchange risk as discussed in
further detail in Item 3, Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures about Market Risk.
Summary
Financial Results
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, net
sales increased 11.1% and 12.1% to $529.5 million and
$1,567.7 million, respectively, compared to the same
periods in 2006. The increase was primarily due to continued
growth in several of the companys top countries including
the U.S, Taiwan, Italy, Spain and China with increases of 20.4%,
23.6%, 15.8%, 35.4% and 89.3%, respectively, for the three
months ended September 30, 2007 and 24.5%, 31.3%, 12.5%,
25.9% and 132.7%, respectively, for the nine months ended
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September 30, 2007, as compared to the same period in 2006.
The increase in these markets reflects supervisor growth in
2007, the continued success of our distributors, and an increase
in the number of stores in China.
Net income increased for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 to $48.3 million, or $0.67 per
diluted share, from $26.5 million, or $0.36 per diluted
share for the same period in 2006. Net income increased for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007 to
$137.6 million, or $1.87 per diluted share, from
$101.5 million, or $1.37 per diluted share for the same
period in 2006.
The increase in net income for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007 was primarily due to strong net sales
growth, expansion in operating profit margins and reduction in
interest expense resulting from our debt refinancing in July
2006, partially offset by higher labor costs, depreciation
expense and foreign exchange losses. Net income for the nine
months ended September 30, 2007 included an unfavorable
after tax impact of $1.0 million in connection with our
Realignment for Growth plan, an increase in tax reserve of
$3.6 million and the impact of a $0.6 million tax
benefit resulting from an international income tax settlement.
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2006
included the impact of $14.3 million recapitalization
expenses in connection with the repayment of the
$225.0 million senior secured credit facility, originally
entered into on December 21, 2004, the Prior Credit
Facility, and our
91/2% Notes
due 2011, the
91/2% Notes,
and a $2.7 million additional tax benefit from refinancing
transactions. Net income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2006 included the impact of a
$3.7 million tax benefit resulting from an international
income tax settlement, $14.3 million recapitalization
expenses incurred in connection with the repayment of our Prior
Credit Facility and our
91/2% Notes
and a $2.7 million additional tax benefit from refinancing
transactions.
Results
of Operations
Our results of operations for the periods described below are
not necessarily indicative of results of operations for future
periods, which depend upon numerous factors, including our
ability to recruit and retain new distributors, open new markets
and further penetrate existing markets and introduce new
products and develop niche market segments.
The following table sets forth selected results of our
operations expressed as a percentage of net sales for the
periods indicated.
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Three Months Ended
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Nine Months Ended
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September 30,
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September 30,
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September 30,
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September 30,
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2006
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2007
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2006
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2007
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Operations:
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Net sales
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
|
|
100.0
|
%
|
Cost of sales
|
|
|
20.4
|
|
|
|
20.0
|
|
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|
20.1
|
|
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|
20.7
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Gross profit
|
|
|
79.6
|
|
|
|
80.0
|
|
|
|
79.9
|
|
|
|
79.3
|
|
Royalty overrides
|
|
|
35.4
|
|
|
|
35.2
|
|
|
|
35.9
|
|
|
|
35.4
|
|
Selling, general and administrative expenses
|
|
|
30.7
|
|
|
|
30.0
|
|
|
|
30.2
|
|
|
|
29.4
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
13.5
|
|
|
|
14.8
|
|
|
|
13.8
|
|
|
|
14.5
|
|
Interest expense, net
|
|
|
5.4
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
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Income before income taxes and minority interest
|
|
|
8.1
|
|
|
|
14.3
|
|
|
|
11.2
|
|
|
|
14.0
|
|
Income taxes
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
5.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
5.5
|
%
|
|
|
9.1
|
%
|
|
|
7.2
|
%
|
|
|
8.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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21
Net
Sales
The following chart reconciles Retail Sales to net sales:
Sales by
Geographic Region
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|
Three Months Ended September 30,
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2006
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2007
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Handling
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Handling
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Change
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Retail
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|
Distributor
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|
Product
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& Freight
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|
Net
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|
Retail
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|
Distributor
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|
Product
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|
& Freight
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|
Net
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|
in Net
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|
Sales
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Allowance
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Sales
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|
Income
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Sales
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Sales
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Allowance
|
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Sales
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|
Income
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Sales
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Sales
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(In millions)
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North America
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|
$
|
148.0
|
|
|
$
|
(70.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
77.5
|
|
|
$
|
14.6
|
|
|
$
|
92.1
|
|
|
$
|
179.3
|
|
|
$
|
(85.6
|
)
|
|
$
|
93.7
|
|
|
$
|
17.1
|
|
|
$
|
110.8
|
|
|
|
20.3
|
%
|
Mexico & Central America
|
|
|
173.5
|
|
|
|
(84.4
|
)
|
|
|
89.1
|
|
|
|
13.9
|
|
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|
103.0
|
|
|
|
156.3
|
|
|
|
(76.2
|
)
|
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|
80.1
|
|
|
|
12.8
|
|
|
|
92.9
|
|
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|
(9.8
|
)%
|
Brazil
|
|
|
53.8
|
|
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|
(25.7
|
)
|
|
|
28.1
|
|
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|
4.7
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|
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|
32.8
|
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48.0
|
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(22.7
|
)
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|
25.3
|
|
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|
4.3
|
|
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|
29.6
|
|
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|
(9.8
|
)%
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SAMSEA
|
|
|
88.3
|
|
|
|
(42.1
|
)
|
|
|
46.2
|
|
|
|
5.4
|
|
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|
51.6
|
|
|
|
134.7
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|
(67.4
|
)
|
|
|
67.3
|
|
|
|
8.9
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|
|
|
76.2
|
|
|
|
47.7
|
%
|
EMEA
|
|
|
209.0
|
|
|
|
(99.9
|
)
|
|
|
109.1
|
|
|
|
18.3
|
|
|
|
127.4
|
|
|
|
217.1
|
|
|
|
(104.7
|
)
|
|
|
112.4
|
|
|
|
21.4
|
|
|
|
133.8
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
%
|
Greater China
|
|
|
54.8
|
|
|
|
(21.5
|
)
|
|
|
33.3
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
|
|
36.2
|
|
|
|
75.2
|
|
|
|
(27.0
|
)
|
|
|
48.2
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
|
51.7
|
|
|
|
42.8
|
%
|
North Asia
|
|
|
53.5
|
|
|
|
(24.0
|
)
|
|
|
29.5
|
|
|
|
3.8
|
|
|
|
33.3
|
|
|
|
55.5
|
|
|
|
(24.9
|
)
|
|
|
30.6
|
|
|
|
3.9
|
|
|
|
34.5
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
Worldwide
|
|
$
|
780.9
|
|
|
$
|
(368.1
|
)
|
|
$
|
412.8
|
|
|
$
|
63.6
|
|
|
$
|
476.4
|
|
|
$
|
866.1
|
|
|
$
|
(408.5
|
)
|
|
$
|
457.6
|
|
|
$
|
71.9
|
|
|
$
|
529.5
|
|
|
|
11.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
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|
2006
|
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|
2007
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Handling
|
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|
Handling
|
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|
Change
|
|
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|
Retail
|
|
|
Distributor
|
|
|
Product
|
|
|
& Freight
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
Retail
|
|
|
Distributor
|
|
|
Product
|
|
|
& Freight
|
|
|
Net
|
|
|
in Net
|
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Allowance
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Allowance
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Income
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
Sales
|
|
|
|
(In millions)
|
|
|
North America
|
|
$
|
429.1
|
|
|
$
|
(204.7
|
)
|
|
$
|
224.4
|
|
|
$
|
42.4
|
|
|
$
|
266.8
|
|
|
$
|
532.0
|
|
|
$
|
(253.8
|
)
|
|
$
|
278.2
|
|
|
$
|
51.1
|
|
|
$
|
329.3
|
|
|
|
23.4
|
%
|
Mexico & Central America
|
|
|
473.1
|
|
|
|
(229.8
|
)
|
|
|
243.3
|
|
|
|
37.8
|
|
|
|
281.1
|
|
|
|
482.2
|
|
|
|
(234.7
|
)
|
|
|
247.5
|
|
|
|
39.2
|
|
|
|
286.7
|
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
Brazil
|
|
|
164.1
|
|
|
|
(78.5
|
)
|
|
|
85.6
|
|
|
|
13.8
|
|
|
|
99.4
|
|
|
|
154.4
|
|
|
|
(72.9
|
)
|
|
|
81.5
|
|
|
|
13.7
|
|
|
|
95.2
|
|
|
|
(4.2
|
)%
|
SAMSEA
|
|
|
245.2
|
|
|
|
(118.1
|
)
|
|
|
127.1
|
|
|
|
15.2
|
|
|
|
142.3
|
|
|
|
332.1
|
|
|
|
(164.1
|
)
|
|
|
168.0
|
|
|
|
23.0
|
|
|
|
191.0
|
|
|
|
34.2
|
%
|
EMEA
|
|
|
681.1
|
|
|
|
(326.9
|
)
|
|
|
354.2
|
|
|
|
59.9
|
|
|
|
414.1
|
|
|
|
689.1
|
|
|
|
(332.2
|
)
|
|
|
356.9
|
|
|
|
66.1
|
|
|
|
423.0
|
|
|
|
2.1
|
%
|
Greater China
|
|
|
145.2
|
|
|
|
(61.0
|
)
|
|
|
84.2
|
|
|
|
8.3
|
|
|
|
92.5
|
|
|
|
207.9
|
|
|
|
(78.9
|
)
|
|
|
129.0
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
|
|
139.4
|
|
|
|
50.7
|
%
|
North Asia
|
|
|
165.3
|
|
|
|
(74.9
|
)
|
|
|
90.4
|
|
|
|
11.6
|
|
|
|
102.0
|
|
|
|
165.8
|
|
|
|
(74.4
|
)
|
|
|
91.4
|
|
|
|
11.7
|
|
|
|
103.1
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Worldwide
|
|
$
|
2,303.1
|
|
|
$
|
(1,093.9
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,209.2
|
|
|
$
|
189.0
|
|
|
$
|
1,398.2
|
|
|
$
|
2,563.5
|
|
|
$
|
(1,211.0
|
)
|
|
$
|
1,352.5
|
|
|
$
|
215.2
|
|
|
$
|
1,567.7
|
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
Changes in net sales are directly associated with the recruiting
and retention of our distributor force, retailing of our
products, the quality and completeness of the product offerings
that the distributor force has to sell and the number of
countries in which we operate. Managements role, both
in-country and at the corporate level is to provide distributors
with a competitive and broad product line, encourage strong
teamwork and leadership among the Chairmans Club and
Presidents Team distributors and offer leading edge
business tools to make doing business with Herbalife simple.
Management uses the distributor marketing program coupled with
educational and motivational tools and promotions to incentivize
distributors to increase recruiting, retention and retailing,
which in turn affect net sales. Such tools include Company
sponsored sales events such as Extravaganzas and World Team
Schools where large groups of distributors gather, thus allowing
them to network with other distributors, learn recruiting,
retention and retailing techniques from our leading distributors
and become more familiar with how to market and sell our
products and business opportunities. Accordingly, management
believes that these development and motivation programs can
increase the productivity of the supervisor network. The
expenses for such programs are included in selling, general and
administrative expenses. Sales are driven by several factors,
including the number and productivity of distributors and
supervisors who continually build, educate and motivate their
respective distribution and sales organizations. We also use
event and non-event product promotions to motivate distributors
to increase recruiting, retention and retailing activities.
These promotions have prizes ranging from
22
qualifying for events to product prizes and vacations. The costs
of these promotions are included in selling, general and
administrative expenses.
The factors described above have helped distributors increase
their business, which in turn has driven growth in our business.
The net sales by geographic unit discussion set forth below
further details some of the above factors and describes unique
growth factors specific to certain major countries. We believe
that the correct business foundation, coupled with ongoing
training and promotional initiatives, is required to increase
recruiting and retention of distributors and retailing of our
products. The correct business foundation includes strong
country management that works closely with the distributor
leadership, unified distributor leadership, a broad product line
that appeals to local consumer needs, a favorable regulatory
environment, a scalable and stable technology platform and an
attractive distributor marketing plan. Initiatives such as
Success Training Seminars, World Team Schools, Promotional
Events and regional Extravaganzas are integral components of
developing a highly motivated and educated distributor sales
organization that will work toward increasing the recruitment
and retention of distributors.
Our strategy will continue to include creating and maintaining
growth within existing markets while expanding into new markets.
We expect to increase our spending in selling, general and
administrative expenses to maintain or stimulate sales growth,
while making strategic investments in new initiatives and in new
markets. In addition, new ideas and distributor business
methods, or DMOs, are being generated in our regional markets
and globalized where applicable, either by distributors, country
management or corporate management. Examples are the Nutrition
Clubs in Mexico, the Total Plan in Brazil, the Wellness Coach in
France, and the Internet/Sampling Program in the U.S., as
described under Net Sales below. Managements
strategy is to review the applicability of expanding successful
country initiatives throughout a region and where appropriate,
financially support the globalization of these initiatives.
North
America
The North America region reported net sales of
$110.8 million and $329.3 million, for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Net
sales in North America increased $18.7 million or 20.3% for
the three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$62.5 million or 23.4%, for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in
2006. In local currency, net sales increased 19.9% and 23.4% for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2006. The
fluctuation of foreign currency rates had a favorable impact of
$0.2 million and $0.3 million on net sales for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively.
The increase in net sales in North America was due to several
factors including new supervisor growth, up 13.0% and 20.1% for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, as
compared to the same period in 2006, the growth of the Nutrition
Club DMO among our Latino distributors, and the sponsorship of
the Los Angeles Galaxy team which includes Herbalife branded
team jerseys. In July 2007, the region hosted over 10,000
distributors in Dallas, Texas for their annual Extravaganza
event and launched two new lines of products H3O and
the new childrens line. H3O is the next-generation of
hydration with electrolytes for rapid hydration. The new
childrens line in the U.S. includes three flavors of
shakes as well as multivitamins.
We believe that the fiscal year 2007 net sales in North
America should continue to show positive year over year growth
primarily as a result of the expected continuation of strong
momentum in the US, continued success and expansion of the
Nutrition Club concept and increased focus on the Lead
Generation/Sampling DMO.
Mexico
and Central America
The Mexico and Central America region reported net sales of
$92.9 million and $286.7 million for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Net
sales in Mexico and Central America decreased $10.1 million
or 9.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and
increased $5.6 million or 2.0%, for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in
2006. In local currency, net sales decreased 9.8% for the three
months ended September 30, 2007 and increased 2.4% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to the
same periods in 2006. The fluctuation of foreign currency rates
had a
23
favorable impact of $0.1 million on net sales for the three
months ended September 30, 2007 and an unfavorable impact
of $1.2 million for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007.
Net sales in Mexico decreased 12.8% for the three months ended
September 30, 2007, and was flat for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, compared to the same period in 2006,
due to difficult comparisons posed by a market that experienced
rapid growth in 2006. New supervisor growth in the region
decreased 34.1% and 22.0% for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same
period in 2006 as our distributor leadership focused on
distributor training and compliance throughout the year. In
September 2007, the region hosted 17,000 distributors in Mexico
City for their annual Extravaganza event, which was a new record
attendance for the region.
We believe that fiscal year 2007 net sales in Mexico and
Central America will be essentially flat as compared to 2006. We
believe we have made significant progress in addressing the root
causes for the slow down in Mexico by making changes in the
infrastructure, providing training, and solving distributor
business practice issues. We have completed the Nutrition Club
training and compliance audits as well as added resources to
support the local distributor services team. We believe these
actions have addressed and resolved the major issues and will
provide a much more stable environment for the Nutrition Club
DMO.
Brazil
The Brazil region reported net sales of $29.6 million and
$95.2 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively. Net sales in Brazil
decreased $3.2 million or 9.8% for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and $4.2 million or 4.2% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to the
same periods in 2006. In local currency, net sales for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007, decreased 20.3%
and 11.9%, respectively, as compared to the same periods in
2006. The fluctuation of foreign currency rates had a favorable
impact of $3.5 million and $7.6 million on net sales
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively.
The net sales decline was primarily due to distributors
transitioning to a more balanced mix of recruiting, retailing,
and retention via the Nutrition Club DMO. This transition also
contributed to a decline in sales within the Outer Care portion
of the product portfolio. New supervisors declined 33.5% and
24.3% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2006. Also
contributing to the sales decline was the fact that our senior
distributor leadership in Brazil focused on building new
business in Peru, which opened in December of 2006 and had net
sales of $8.2 million for the three months ended
September 30, 2007.
The region hosted a World Team School in July with 3,500
distributors in attendance and launched a new, unique green tea
based outer care product called Soft Green. The launch included
two products, Soft Green hand cream and Soft Green liquid soap.
These are strategically positioned for Brazil to fuel growth in
the large personal care segment and are strategically priced to
compete with other multi-level marketing companies. In August
2007, Brazil hosted its first Nutrition Club national
training in Sao Paulo, a distributor organized event with an
estimated attendance of 3,000. New training materials were also
launched including rules and sales aids.
Given the ongoing issues identified above, we believe that our
fiscal year 2007 net sales in Brazil will be less than the
same period in 2006. A favorable exchange rate against the US
dollar may help mitigate some or all of the volume shortfall. We
continue to proactively address the issues that are contributing
to the sales decline.
South
America and Southeast Asia (SAM/SEA)
The South America and Southeast Asia (SAM/SEA) region reported
net sales of $76.2 million and $191.0 million for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively. Net sales in SAM/SEA increased $24.6 million
or 47.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$48.7 million or 34.2% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in
2006. In local currency, net sales increased 41.6% and 28.4% for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2006. The
fluctuation of foreign currency rates had a favorable impact of
$3.2 million and $8.0 million on net sales for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively.
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The overall increase in net sales for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007, was attributed primarily to
strong sales growth in Venezuela, the regions largest
country and the opening of Peru in December 2006 as a new
market. Net sales in Venezuela increased 379.4% and 297.4% for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to the same period in 2006.
Venezuelas net sales were $14.6 million for the three
months ended September 30, 2007, representing less than 3%
of the companys total net sales. In addition, for the
three months ended September 30, 2007, Singapore increased
45.7%, Bolivia increased 44.1% and Colombia increased 42.7%
compared to the same period in 2006. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, Singapore increased 9.8%, Bolivia
increased 32.8% and Colombia increased 14.2% compared to the
same period in 2006. New Supervisor growth in the region
experienced an increase of 44.0% and 34.0% for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as
compared to the same period in 2006. In July, the Southeast Asia
and North Asia regions hosted more than 15,000 distributors at a
combined Asia Pacific Extravaganza.
We believe the fiscal year 2007 net sales in South America
and Southeast Asia should continue to show year over year
positive growth primarily as a result of continued momentum in
Venezuela and other countries in the region, the opening of
Peru, and the ability to respond more quickly to distributor
needs as a result of the Realignment for Growth plan.
EMEA
The EMEA region reported net sales of $133.8 million and
$423.0 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively. The net sales increased
$6.4 million or 5.0% for the three months ended
September 30, 2007, and $8.9 million or 2.1% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to the
same periods in 2006. In local currency, the net sales decreased
2.4% and 4.6% for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same
periods in 2006. The fluctuation of foreign currency rates had a
favorable impact on net sales of $9.4 million and
$27.8 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively.
Performance remains strong and net sales increased for the three
months ended September 30, 2007 compared to the same period
in 2006 for key countries including Spain, France and Italy
which increased 35.4%, 27.2% and 15.8%, respectively. In
addition, certain eastern European countries have shown signs of
potential long-term growth. For the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, Spain increased 25.9%, Portugal
increased 14.7%, France increased 13.1% and Italy increased
12.5%, as compared to the same period in 2006.
Partially offsetting these sales increases were Netherlands,
Germany and Portugal which showed decline in revenues of 18.9%,
13.3% and 4.9%, respectively, for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006. For
the nine months ended September 30, 2007, Netherlands
declined 19.3% and Germany declined 21.6%, as compared to the
same period in 2006.
New supervisor growth for the region had decreased 11.8% and
16.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, respectively, compared to the same period in 2006.
The region hosted more than 17,000 distributors at the
Extravaganza in July 2007, where 8,000 distributors attended the
special Nutrition Club training at the event. The region
launched Formula 1 sachets and the Skin Activator line.
We expect 2007 net sales in local currency to decrease in
single digit percentage when compared to 2006; however, we
expect net sales in the region to be flat when compared to 2006
due to favorable foreign currency translation. We have
identified several high-potential markets in eastern Europe for
which we are developing initiatives along with our distributors
to grow sales, develop the Nutrition Club DMO, and increasing
local branding activities.
Greater
China
The Greater China region reported net sales of
$51.7 million and $139.4 million for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Greater
China net sales increased $15.5 million or 42.8% for the
three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$46.9 million or 50.7% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in
2006. In local currency, net sales increased 40.3% and 50.0% for
the three and nine
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months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared
to the same periods in 2006. The fluctuation of foreign currency
rates had a favorable impact of $1.0 million and
$0.8 million on net sales for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007, respectively.
Net sales in China increased $10.4 million or 89.3% for the
three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$29.0 million or 132.7% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, compared to the same periods in 2006.
On March 23, 2007, we received the Direct Sellers license
for the cities of Suzhou and Nanjing in the Jiangsu province. On
July 9, 2007, we received our expanded Direct Sellers
license for the entire Jiangsu province. As of
September 30, 2007, we are operating 90 stores in China.
Net sales in Taiwan increased $5.2 million or 23.6% for the
three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$19.2 million or 31.3% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in 2006.
Net sales in Hong Kong were flat for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and decreased $1.2 million or 13.3%
for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared
to the same period in 2006.
New supervisor growth in the region increased 98.5% and 82.2%
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, as
compared to the same period in 2006. Distributors from the
Greater China region are among the more than 15,000 distributors
who attended the Asia Pacific Extravaganza in July 2007.
We believe the fiscal year 2007 net sales in Greater China
should continue to show positive year over year growth,
primarily as a result of the expansion of our direct selling
business in China along with the continued growth in Taiwan.
North
Asia
The North Asia region reported net sales of $34.5 million
and $103.1 million for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, respectively. North Asia net sales
increased $1.2 million or 3.6% for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and $1.1 million or 1.1% for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to the
same periods in 2006. In local currency, net sales for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007, increased 3.2%
and 1.4%, respectively, as compared to the same periods in 2006.
The fluctuation of foreign currency rates had a favorable impact
of $0.2 million on net sales for the three months ended
September 30, 2007 and an unfavorable impact of
$0.2 million for the nine months ended September 30,
2007.
Net sales in Japan increased $0.3 million or 1.6% for the
three months ended September 30, 2007 and decreased
$4.5 million or 7.5% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in 2006.
Net sales in South Korea increased $1.0 million or 6.6% for
the three months ended September 30, 2007 and
$5.6 million or 13.2% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007, as compared to the same periods in 2006.
For the region, new supervisors increased 11.0% and 2.6% for the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared
to the same period in 2006.
We believe the fiscal year 2007 net sales in North Asia
should continue to show positive year over year growth primarily
as a result of the continued growth in South Korea and the
improving business trends in Japan.
26
Sales by
Product Category
The following historical information related to sales organized
by product categories has been reclassified to conform to our
current product line presentation.
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Three Months Ended September 30,
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2006
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2007
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Handling
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Handling
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Retail
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Distributor
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Product
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& Freight
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Net
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Retail
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Distributor
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Product
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& Freight
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Net
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% Change in
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Sales
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Allowance
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Sales
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Income
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Sales
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Sales
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Allowance
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Sales
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Income
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Sales
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Net Sales
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(In millions)
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Weight Management
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$
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511.0
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$
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(253.0
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$
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258.0
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$
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41.6
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$
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299.6
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$
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564.3
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$
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(277.1
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$
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287.2
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$
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46.8
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$
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334.0
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11.5
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%
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Targeted Nutrition
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154.9
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(76.7
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78.2
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12.6
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90.8
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177.8
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(87.3
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90.5
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14.8
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105.3
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16.0
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%
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Energy and Fitness
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36.7
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(18.1
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18.6
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3.0
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21.6
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40.7
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(20.0
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20.7
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3.4
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24.1
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11.6
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%
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Outer
Nutrition®
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57.5
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(28.5
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29.0
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4.7
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33.7
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57.3
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(28.1
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29.2
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4.8
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34.0
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0.9
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%
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Literature, Promotional and Other
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20.8
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8.2
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29.0
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1.7
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30.7
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26.0
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4.0
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30.0
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2.1
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32.1
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4.6
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%
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Total
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$
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780.9
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$
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(368.1
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)
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$
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412.8
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$
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63.6
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$
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476.4
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$
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866.1
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$
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(408.5
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)
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$
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457.6
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$
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71.9
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$
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529.5
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11.1
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%
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Nine Months Ended September 30,
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2006
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2007
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Handling
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Handling
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Retail
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Distributor
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Product
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& Freight
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Net
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Retail
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Distributor
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Product
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& Freight
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Net
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% Change in
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Sales
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Allowance
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Sales
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Income
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Sales
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Sales
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Allowance
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Sales
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Income
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Sales
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Net Sales
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(In millions)
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Weight Management
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$
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1,499.7
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$
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(739.2
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$
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760.5
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$
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123.1
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$
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883.6
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$
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1,675.6
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$
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(822.7
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$
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852.9
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$
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140.7
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$
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993.6
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12.4
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%
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Targeted Nutrition
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453.4
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(223.5
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229.9
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37.2
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267.1
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528.4
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(259.4
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269.0
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44.4
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313.4
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17.3
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%
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Energy and Fitness
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98.1
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(48.3
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49.8
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8.0
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57.8
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112.8
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(55.4
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57.4
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9.5
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66.9
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15.7
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%
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Outer
Nutrition®
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191.7
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(94.5
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)
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97.2
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15.7
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112.9
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176.2
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(86.5
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)
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89.7
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14.8
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104.5
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(7.4
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)%
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Literature, Promotional and Other
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60.2
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11.6
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71.8
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5.0
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76.8
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70.5
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13.0
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83.5
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5.8
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89.3
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16.3
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%
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Total
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$
|
2,303.1
|
|
|
$
|
(1,093.9
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)
|
|
$
|
1,209.2
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$
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189.0
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$
|
1,398.2
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|
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$
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2,563.5
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$
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(1,211.0
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)
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$
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1,352.5
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$
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215.2
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$
|
1,567.7
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12.1
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%
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Our emphasis on the science of weight management, energy and
nutrition has resulted in product introductions such as
Niteworkstm
and Garden 7
tm,
Best
Defensetm,
Liftoff, H3O and a new childrens line. Due to the launch
of these new products together with the continued positive sales
momentum discussed above, net sales of weight management
products, targeted nutrition products and energy &
fitness products increased compared to the same period in 2006.
The change of product mix due to various DMOs, as well as the
change in country mix, resulted in a decrease in the sales of
Outer Nutrition (R) products for the nine months ended
September 30, 2007. We expect growth rates within these
categories will vary from time to time as we launch new products.
Gross
Profit
Gross profit was $423.7 million and $1,243.2 million
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to $379.2 million and
$1,117.0 million in the same period of 2006. As a
percentage of net sales, gross profit for the three months ended
September 30, 2007, increased slightly from 79.6% to 80.0%,
as compared to the same period in 2006 primarily due to lower
freight cost and excise taxes in certain countries. The gross
profit percentage for the nine months ended September 30,
2007 decreased from 79.9% to 79.3% compared to the same period
in 2006 primarily due to foreign exchange fluctuations and
higher freight in certain countries. Generally, gross profit
percentages do not vary significantly as a percentage of sales
other than due to product or country mix, ongoing cost reduction
initiatives and provisions for slow moving and obsolete
inventory. Additionally, we believe that we have the ability to
mitigate ingredient and manufacturing cost increases from our
suppliers by raising the prices of our products or shifting
product sourcing to alternative manufacturers.
27
Royalty
Overrides
Royalty Overrides as a percentage of net sales were 35.2% and
35.4% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, respectively, as compared to 35.4% and 35.9% for the same
periods in 2006. The decreases for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007, were primarily due to changes in
the mix of products and countries, and the increase in sales in
China where compensation to our full-time employee sales
representatives was included in selling, general &
administrative expenses instead of Royalty Overrides. Generally,
this ratio varies slightly from period to period due to changes
in the mix of products and countries because full Royalty
Overrides are not paid on certain products or in certain
countries. Due to the structure of our global compensation plan,
we expect to see slight fluctuations in Royalty Overrides as a
percent of net sales.
Selling,
General and Administrative Expenses
Selling, general, & administrative expenses as a percentage
of net sales were 30.0% and 29.4% for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007 as compared to 30.7% and 30.2% for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006,
respectively. For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, selling, general &
administrative expenses increased $12.8 million and
$38.5 million to $158.9 million and
$460.4 million, respectively, as compared to the same
periods in 2006.
The increases in selling, general & administrative
expenses for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007 included $9.7 million and $27.1 million,
respectively, in higher salaries and benefits due primarily to
normal merit increases, severance related to the Realignment for
Growth plan (discussed in Note 10 in the Notes to our
Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements) and higher
compensation costs associated with full-time employee sales
representatives in China, $1.3 million and
$4.0 million, respectively, in higher depreciation and
amortization related mostly to the development of the Customer
Initiative
e-tailing
and distributor support websites launched in April 2007 and the
expansion and relocation to new facilities, and an unfavorable
impact of foreign currency fluctuations of $3.6 million and
$6.2 million, respectively. The increases for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007 were partially offset
by $1.6 million and $4.9 million, respectively, in
lower legal and litigations expenses and lower professional fees
related to IT infrastructure development.
Selling, general & administrative expenses as a
percentage of net sales decreased for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2007, respectively, compared to the
same period in 2006. We expect 2007 selling, general &
administrative expenses to increase in absolute dollars over the
2006 level reflecting general salary merit increases, continued
investments in China, and various sales growth initiatives
including sales events and promotions, while improving as a
percentage of net sales.
Net
Interest Expense
Net interest expense was $2.7 million and $7.2 million
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to $25.9 million and
$36.8 million for the same periods in 2006. Interest
expense for 2006 was higher primarily due to the
$22.9 million incurred from the redemption of the
$165.0 million aggregate principal amount of our
91/2% Notes
in August 2006 and the repayment of our prior credit facility in
July 2006. See Note 3 in the Notes to the Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion.
Income
Taxes
Income taxes were $27.2 million and $82.7 million for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007,
respectively, as compared to $12.2 million and
$55.4 million in the same period of 2006. As a percentage
of pre-tax income, the effective income tax rate was 36.0% and
37.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, respectively, as compared to 31.5% and 35.3% in the same
period of 2006. The increase in the effective tax rate for the
nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared to the
same period of 2006, was primarily due to an increase in
unrecognized tax benefits, i.e. income tax reserves, that are
not related to the adoption of FIN 48 and the favorable
settlement of the international tax audits in the first quarter
of 2006, and was partially offset by a decrease in the operating
effective tax rate in the first, second and third quarter of
2007, as compared to the same periods in 2006. Excluding the
effect of the increase in prior year unrecognized tax benefits,
the effective tax rate would have been approximately 36.0% and
36.2% for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2007, respectively.
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On October 1, 2007, tax legislation was enacted in Mexico
that includes modifying the regular income tax system,
introducing an alternative flat tax, and repealing the previous
asset tax. The new legislation, which generally is effective
January 1, 2008, requires payment of the higher of the
regular tax or the flat tax each year. The Company is still
determining the impact of the new legislation on our tax
liabilities in Mexico and the Company does not believe this will
have a material impact to its financial statements.
Restructuring
Reserve
In July 2006, we initiated a realignment of our employee base as
part of our Realignment for Growth plan. We recorded
$3.0 million and $7.5 million of professional fees,
severance and related costs in the third quarter and fourth
quarter of 2006, respectively. During fiscal year 2007 the
restructuring costs decreased, as expected, to $1.8 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, as most of
the costs were incurred in fiscal year 2006. For the three
months ended September 30, 2007, the restructuring costs
were $0.1 million.
Subsequent
Event
In October 2007, the Company initiated the second phase of its
Realignment for Growth plan. Under the second phase of the plan,
the Company expects to incur severance and other employee
related costs of approximately $8 million to $10 million.
Such costs are expected to be recognized over the next nine
months.
On October 30, 2007, the Company announced that its Board
of Directors has authorized a $0.20 per common share cash
dividend for the third quarter of 2007, payable on
December 14, 2007 to shareholders of record on
November 30, 2007.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
We have historically met our working capital and capital
expenditure requirements, including funding for expansion of
operations, through net cash flows provided by operating
activities. Our principal source of liquidity is our operating
cash flows. Variations in sales of our products would directly
affect the availability of funds. There are no material
restrictions on the ability to transfer and remit funds among
our international affiliated companies.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we generated
$195.0 million from operating cash flows, as compared to
$145.0 million for the same period of 2006. The increase in
cash generated from operations reflected an increase in net
income which was primarily driven by 12.1% growth in net sales
and lower inventories.
Capital expenditures, including capital leases, for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007, were
$9.2 million and $31.8 million, respectively, as
compared to $23.5 million and $49.1 million for the
same periods in 2006. The majority of these expenditures
represented investments in management information systems, the
development of our distributor internet initiatives, and the
expansion of our facilities domestically and internationally. We
expect to incur capital expenditures of approximately
$50.0 million in 2007.
We entered into a new $300.0 million senior secured credit
facility, comprised of a $200.0 million term loan and a
revolving credit facility of $100.0 million, with a
syndicate of financial institutions as lenders in July 2006. The
term loan matures on July 21, 2013 and the revolving credit
facility is available until July 21, 2012. The term loan
bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.5% and the revolver
bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 1.25%. In March 2007,
we made a prepayment of $29.5 million of our term loan
borrowings. In the second quarter of 2007, we borrowed an
aggregate amount of $100.0 million under the revolving
credit facility to fund our stock repurchase program. In June
2007, we repaid $40.0 million of our revolving credit
facility. In September 2007, the credit agreement was amended
increasing the revolving credit facility by $150.0 million
to fund the increase in the share repurchase program. In the
third quarter of 2007, we borrowed an additional
$48.7 million, and repaid $30.0 million of
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our revolving credit facility. The following summarizes our
contractual obligations including interest at September 30,
2007, and the effect such obligations are expected to have on
our liquidity and cash flows in future periods:
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Payments Due by Period
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Total
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2007
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308.4
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Stock
Repurchases
On April 18, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the
repurchase of up to $300 million of our common shares
during the next two years, at such times and prices as
determined by our management, as market conditions warrant.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2007, we repurchased
approximately 3.5 million of common shares through open
market purchases at an aggregate cost of $138.8 million, or
an average cost of $39.65 per share.
On August 23, 2007, our Board of Directors approved an
increase of $150 million to the previously authorized share
repurchase program raising the total value of our common shares
authorized to be repurchased to $450 million.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2007, we repurchased
approximately 1.7 million of our common shares through open
market purchases at an aggregate cost of $65.1 million or
an average cost of $39.23 per share.
Dividends
During the second quarter of 2007, our Board of Directors
adopted a regular quarterly cash dividend program. As part of
this program, we paid its regular quarterly cash dividend of
$0.20 per common share, or $14.4 million in the aggregate
in May 2007 to shareholders of record as of April 30, 2007.
On August 6, 2007, the Companys Board of Directors
authorized a $0.20 per common share cash dividend, or
$13.5 million in the aggregate, for the second quarter of
2007 that was paid on September 14, 2007 to shareholders of
record on August 31, 2007.
Working
Capital and Operating Activities
As of September 30, 2007, we had positive working capital
of $119.6 million. Cash and cash equivalents were
$160.8 million at September 30, 2007, compared to
$154.3 million at December 31, 2006.
We expect that cash and funds provided from operations and
available borrowings under our revolving credit facility will
provide sufficient working capital to operate our business, to
make expected capital expenditures and to meet foreseeable
liquidity requirements, including debt service on the new term
loan. There can be no assurance, however, that our business will
service our debt or fund our other liquidity needs.
The majority of our purchases from suppliers are generally made
in U.S. dollars, while sales to our distributors generally
are made in local currencies. Consequently, strengthening of the
U.S. dollar versus a foreign currency can have a negative
impact on operating margins and can generate transaction losses
on intercompany transactions. For discussion of our foreign
exchange contracts and other hedging arrangements, see
Item 3, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about
Market Risk below.
Currency restrictions enacted by the Venezuelan government in
2003 have become more restrictive and have impacted the ability
of our subsidiary in Venezuela, or Herbalife Venezuela, to
obtain US dollars at the official foreign exchange rate to pay
for imported products. Unless official foreign exchange is made
more readily available, the results of Herbalife
Venezuelas operations could be negatively impacted as it
may need to obtain more US dollars from non-government sources
where the exchange rate is weaker than the official rate.
At September 30, 2007, Herbalife Venezuela had cash
balances of approximately $11.7 million, primarily
denominated in bolivars. During 2006, Herbalife Venezuela paid
for certain products by converting its bolivars to US dollars at
the official exchange rate. During the rest of 2007, Herbalife
Venezuela expects to convert its bolivars
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to US dollars using the official foreign exchange rate for some
of its imports and other remittances. As a result, we continue
to use the official foreign exchange rate to translate the
financial statements of Herbalife Venezuela into
U.S. dollars. Herbalife Venezuelas net sales
represented less than 2% of consolidated worldwide net sales for
the nine months ended September 30, 2007.
Contingencies
The Company is from time to time engaged in routine litigation.
The Company regularly reviews all pending litigation matters in
which it is involved and establishes reserves deemed appropriate
by management for these litigation matters when a probable loss
estimate can be made.
Herbalife International and certain of its independent
distributors have been named as defendants in a purported class
action lawsuit filed February 17, 2005, in the Superior
Court of California, County of San Francisco, and served on
Herbalife International on March 14, 2005
(Minton v. Herbalife International, et al). The case
has been transferred to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The plaintiff is challenging the marketing practices of certain
Herbalife International independent distributors and Herbalife
International under various state laws prohibiting endless
chain schemes, insufficient disclosure in assisted
marketing plans, unfair and deceptive business practices, and
fraud and deceit. The plaintiff alleges that the Freedom Group
system operated by certain independent distributors of Herbalife
International products places too much emphasis on recruiting
and encourages excessively large purchases of product and
promotional materials by distributors. The plaintiff also
alleges that Freedom Group pressured distributors to disseminate
misleading promotional materials. The plaintiff seeks to hold
Herbalife International vicariously liable for the actions of
its independent distributors and is seeking damages and
injunctive relief. The Company believes that it has meritorious
defenses to the suit.
Herbalife International and certain of its distributors are
defendants in a class action lawsuit filed July 16, 2003,
in the Circuit Court of Ohio County in the State of West
Virginia (Mey v. Herbalife International, Inc., et
al). The complaint alleges that certain telemarketing
practices of certain Herbalife International distributors
violate the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, or TCPA, and
seeks to hold Herbalife International vicariously liable for the
practices of its independent distributors. More specifically,
the plaintiffs complaint alleges that several of Herbalife
Internationals distributors used pre-recorded telephone
messages to contact prospective customers in violation of the
TCPAs prohibition of such practices. Without in any way
acknowledging liability or wrongdoing by the Company or its
independent distributors, the Company and the other defendants
have reached a binding settlement with the plaintiffs. Under the
terms of the settlement the defendants collectively have paid
$7 million into a fund to be distributed to qualifying
class members. The relevant amount paid by the Company was
previously fully reserved in the Companys financial
statements. The settlement has received the preliminary approval
of the Court and final approval is expected to be received in
January 2008.
As a marketer of dietary and nutritional supplements and other
products that are ingested by consumers or applied to their
bodies, the Company has been and is currently subjected to
various product liability claims. The effects of these claims to
date have not been material to the Company, and the reasonably
possible range of exposure on currently existing claims is not
material to the Company. The Company believes that it has
meritorious defenses to the allegations contained in the
lawsuits. The Company currently maintains product liability
insurance with an annual deductible of $10 million.
Certain of the Companys subsidiaries have been subject to
tax audits by governmental authorities in their respective
countries. In certain of these tax audits, governmental
authorities are proposing that significant amounts of additional
taxes and related interest and penalties are due. The Company
and its tax advisors believe that there are substantial defenses
to their allegations that additional taxes are owed, and the
Company is vigorously contesting the additional proposed taxes
and related charges.
These matters may take several years to resolve, and the Company
cannot be sure of their ultimate resolution. However, it is the
opinion of management that adverse outcomes, if any, will not
likely result in a material adverse effect on our financial
condition and operating results. This opinion is based on the
belief that any losses suffered in excess of amounts reserved
would not be material, and that the Company has meritorious
defenses. Although the Company has reserved an amount that the
Company believes represents the most likely outcome of the
resolution of these disputes, if the Company is incorrect in the
assessment the Company may have to record additional expenses.
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Critical
Accounting Policies
Our Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in conformity
with GAAP, which require us to make estimates and assumptions
that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and
expenses during the year. Actual results could differ from those
estimates. We consider the following policies to be most
critical in understanding the judgments that are involved in
preparing the financial statements and the uncertainties that
could impact our results of operations, financial condition and
cash flows.
We are a network marketing company that sells a wide range of
weight management products, nutritional supplements,
energy & fitness products and personal care products
within one industry segment as defined under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 131, Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, or
SFAS No. 131. Our products are manufactured by third
party providers and then sold to independent distributors who
sell Herbalife products to retail consumers or other
distributors. We sell products in 65 countries throughout the
world as of September 30, 2007 and we are organized and
managed by geographic region. In the first quarter of 2003, we
elected to aggregate our operating segments into one reporting
segment, as management believes that our operating segments have
similar operating characteristics and similar long term
operating performance. In making this determination, management
believes that the operating segments are similar in the nature
of the products sold, the product acquisition process, the types
of customers products are sold to, the methods used to
distribute the products, and the nature of the regulatory
environment.
Revenue is recognized when products are shipped and title passes
to the independent distributor or importer. Amounts billed for
freight and handling costs are included in net sales. We
generally receive the net sales price in cash or through credit
card payments at the point of sale. Related Royalty Overrides
and allowances for product returns are recorded when the
merchandise is shipped.
Allowances for product returns primarily in connection with our
buyback program are provided at the time the product is shipped.
This accrual is based upon historical return rates for each
country and the relevant return pattern, which reflects
anticipated returns to be received over a period of up to
12 months following the original sale. Historically,
product returns and buybacks have not been significant. Product
returns and buybacks were approximately 1.0% of retail sales for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and
2007, respectively. No material changes in estimates have been
recognized for the three months and nine months ended
September 30, 2006 and 2007.
We record reserves against our inventory to provide for
estimated obsolete or unsalable inventory based on assumptions
about future demand for our products and market conditions. If
future demand and market conditions are less favorable than
managements assumptions, additional reserves could be
required. Likewise, favorable future demand and market
conditions could positively impact future operating results if
previously reserved for inventory is sold. As of
December 31, 2006 and September 30, 2007, the reserve
balance for obsolete and slow moving inventory totaled
$11.4 million and $12.2 million, respectively.
In accordance with SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, long-lived
assets, such as property, plant, and equipment, and purchased
intangibles subject to amortization, are reviewed for impairment
whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable.
Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a
comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated
undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the
asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated
future cash flows, an impairment charge is recognized by the
amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the
fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of would be
separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the
lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell,
and are no longer depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a
disposed group classified as held for sale would be presented
separately in the appropriate asset and liability sections of
the balance sheet.
Goodwill and other intangibles not subject to amortization are
tested annually for impairment and are tested for impairment
more frequently if events and circumstances indicate that the
asset might be impaired. An impairment loss is recognized to the
extent that the carrying amount exceeds the assets fair
value. This determination is made at the reporting unit level
and consists of two steps. First, the Company determines the
fair value of a reporting unit and
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compares it to its carrying amount. Second, if the carrying
amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, an impairment
loss is recognized for any excess of the carrying amount of the
reporting units goodwill and other intangibles over the
implied fair value. The implied fair value is determined by
allocating the fair value of the reporting unit in a manner
similar to a purchase price allocation, in accordance with
SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations. The
residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair
value of the reporting units goodwill and other
intangibles. As of September 30, 2007, we had goodwill of
approximately $111.4 million, and marketing franchise of
$310.0 million. No impairment was needed for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2007. Goodwill was
reduced in 2006 by approximately $21.0 million due
primarily to the effect of the settlement of an international
tax audit related to the pre-acquisition period and the
realization of pre-acquisition net operating losses. There was
an approximate $1.8 million net reduction in goodwill as of
September 30, 2007 compared to December 31, 2006. For
the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the
$1.8 million net reduction in goodwill was primarily due to
the change in the pre-acquisition income tax reserve and the
settlement of an international tax audit related to the
pre-acquisition period.
Contingencies are accounted for in accordance with
SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies, or
SFAS No. 5. SFAS No. 5 requires that we
record an estimated loss from a loss contingency when
information available prior to issuance of our consolidated
financial statements indicates that it is probable that an asset
has been impaired or a liability has been incurred at the date
of the consolidated financial statements and the amount of the
loss can be reasonably estimated. Accounting for contingencies
requires us to use judgment. Many of these contingencies can
take years to be resolved. Generally, as the time period
increases over which the uncertainties are resolved, the
likelihood of changes to the estimate of the ultimate outcome
increases.
Deferred income tax assets have been established for net
operating loss carryforwards of certain foreign subsidiaries and
have been reduced by a valuation allowance to reflect them at
amounts estimated to be ultimately recognized. The net operating
loss carryforwards expire in varying amounts over a future
period of time. Realization of the income tax carryforwards is
dependent on generating sufficient taxable income prior to
expiration of the carryforwards. Although realization is not
assured, we believe it is more likely than not that the net
carrying value of the income tax carryforwards will be realized.
The amount of the income tax carryforwards that is considered
realizable, however, could change if estimates of future taxable
income during the carryforward period are adjusted.
We account for stock-based compensation in accordance with
SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based Payment, or
SFAS No. 123R. Under the fair value recognition
provisions of this statement, share-based compensation cost is
measured at the grant date based on the value of the award and
is recognized as expense over the vesting period. Determining
the fair value of share-based awards at the grant date requires
judgment, including estimating our stock price volatility and
employee stock award exercise behaviors. Our expected volatility
is primarily based upon the historical volatility of
Herbalifes common stock and, due to the limited period of
public trading data for its common stock, it is also validated
against the volatility of a company peer group. The expected
life of awards is based on the simple average of the average
vesting period and the life of the award. As stock-based
compensation expense recognized in the Statement of Income is
based on awards ultimately expected to vest, the amount of
expense has been reduced for estimated forfeitures.
SFAS No. 123R requires forfeitures to be estimated at
the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent
periods if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates.
Forfeitures were estimated based on historical experience.
We account for uncertain tax positions in accordance with FASB
Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes, or FIN 48, an interpretation of
SFAS No. 109. FIN 48 addressed the determination
of how tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax
return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under
FIN 48, the Company must recognize the tax benefit from an
uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that
the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing
authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The
tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a
position are measured based on the largest benefit that has a
greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon
ultimate resolution. The impact of the adoption of FIN 48
did not have a material impact on the results of operations,
financial condition or liquidity.
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New
Accounting Pronouncements
On May 2, 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board,
or FASB, issued FASB Staff Position
No. FIN 48-1,
Definition of Settlement in FASB Interpretation
No. 48, or FSP
FIN 48-1,
which amends FIN 48, to provide guidance about how an
enterprise should determine whether a tax position is
effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously
unrecognized tax benefits. Under the FSP
FIN 48-1,
a tax position is considered to be effectively settled if the
taxing authority completed its examination, the enterprise does
not plan to appeal, and it is remote that the taxing authority
would reexamine the tax position in the future. FSP
FIN 48-1
is effective retroactively to January 1, 2007. The
implementation of this standard did not have a material impact
on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.
In April 2007, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position
No. FIN 39-1,
Amendment of FASB Interpretation No. 39, or FSP
FIN 39-1.
FSP
FIN 39-1
modifies FIN No. 39, Offsetting of Amounts Related
to Certain Contracts and permits companies to offset cash
collateral receivables or payables with net derivative positions
under certain circumstances. FSP
FIN 39-1
is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, with early adoption permitted. We believe that the
adoption of FSP
FIN 39-1
will not have material effect on our consolidated financial
statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The
Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial
Liabilities, or SFAS No. 159, which permits
entities to choose to measure many financial instruments, and
certain other items, at fair value. SFAS No. 159 also
establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to
facilitate comparisons between entities that choose different
measurement attributes for similar types of assets and
liabilities. SFAS No. 159 applies to reporting periods
beginning after November 15, 2007. We are currently
evaluating the impact, if any, of adopting
SFAS No. 159.
In September 2006, the FASB issued No. 157, Fair Value
Measurement, or SFAS No. 157, which defines fair
value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in
accordance with GAAP and expands disclosures about fair value
measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are
effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, of
adopting SFAS No. 157.
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Quantitative
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We are exposed to market risks, which arise during the normal
course of business from changes in interest rates and foreign
currency exchange rates. On a selected basis, we use derivative
financial instruments to manage or hedge these risks. All
hedging transactions are authorized and executed pursuant to
written guidelines and procedures.
We have adopted SFAS No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, or
SFAS No. 133. SFAS 133, as amended and
interpreted, established accounting and reporting standards for
derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments
embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities. All
derivatives, whether designated in hedging relationships or not,
are required to be recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.
If the derivative is designated as a fair-value hedge, the
changes in the fair value of the derivative and the underlying
hedged item are recognized concurrently in earnings. If the
derivative is designated as a cash-flow hedge, changes in the
fair value of the derivative are recorded in other comprehensive
income, or OCI, and are recognized in the statement of
operations when the hedged item affects earnings.
SFAS No. 133 defines the requirements for designation
and documentation of hedging relationships as well as ongoing
effectiveness assessments in order to use hedge accounting. For
a derivative that does not qualify as a hedge, changes in fair
value are recognized concurrently in earnings.
A discussion of our primary market risk exposures and
derivatives is presented below.
Foreign
Exchange Risk
We enter into foreign exchange derivatives in the ordinary
course of business primarily to reduce exposure to currency
fluctuations attributable to foreign denominated inter-company
transactions and foreign denominated revenue. All of these
foreign exchange contracts are designated as free standing
derivatives for which hedge accounting does not apply.
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We purchase average rate put options, which give us the right,
but not the obligation, to sell foreign currency at a specified
exchange rate, or strike rate. These contracts provide
protection in the event that the foreign currency weakens beyond
the option strike rate. We also enter into various forward extra
contracts (a combination of a foreign forward exchange contract
and an option), which provide protection against adverse market
movement at a strike rate slightly worse than the forward and
participate in favorable currency move up to a predetermined
trigger level. We are only obliged to sell foreign currency at
the strike rate when the spot exchange rate is traded at or
above the trigger rate. The following table provides information
about the details of our option contracts:
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Average
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Fair
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Foreign Currency
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Coverage
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Strike Price
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Barrier
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Value
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Purchase Puts (Company may sell EURO/buy USD) Euro
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21.0
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1.30 - 1.33
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1.39 - 1.40
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Purchase Puts (Company may sell BRL/buy USD) Brazilian real
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3.0
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2.24 - 2.24
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1.99
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Purchase Puts (Company may sell KRW/buy USD) Korean won
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6.0
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935.00 - 942.00
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Foreign exchange forward contracts are used to hedge advances
between subsidiaries. The objective of these contracts is to
neutralize the impact of foreign currency movements on the
subsidiarys operating results. We also purchased ratio
forward contracts which protect against adverse market movement
at a rate better than the current forward. The fair value of
forward contracts is based on third-party bank quotes.
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The following table provides information about the details of
our forward contracts:
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Contract
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Original Notional
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Foreign Currency
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Rate
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Amount
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September 30, 2007
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At September 30, 2007
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Buy USD sell YEN
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112.25
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0.9
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$
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Buy USD sell YEN
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113.45
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1.5
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Buy USD sell TWD
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32.61
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1.5
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Sell EURO buy USD
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1.32
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Buy BRL sell USD
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1.85
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5.3
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Buy DKK sell EURO
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7.45
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1.5
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Buy EURO sell GBP
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0.70
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Sell MXN buy EURO
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15.46
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25.0
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0.3
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15.51
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7.6
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15.48
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27.8
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0.2
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0.81
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0.3
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9.23
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0.8
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1.41
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15.7
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0.1
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0.70
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3.6
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39.40
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6.5
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919.30
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4.3
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Buy MYR sell EURO
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4.83
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0.7
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Buy NOK sell EURO
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7.78
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2.2
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1.90
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0.7
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3.78
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1.5
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9.23
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1.41
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1.23
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1.2
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162.60
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20.9
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115.25
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0.1
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All our foreign subsidiaries, excluding those operating in
hyper-inflationary environments, designate their local
currencies as their functional currency. At September 30,
2007, the total amount of our foreign subsidiary cash was
$136.6 million, of which $8.9 million was invested in
U.S. dollars.
Interest
Rate Risk
As of September 30, 2007, the aggregate annual maturities
of our term loan obtained in July 2006, as well as our revolving
credit facility, were: 2007-$0.4 million;
2008-$1.5 million; 2009-$1.5 million;
2010-$1.5 million; 2011-$1.5 million; and
$221.0 million thereafter. The fair value of this loan
approximates its carrying value of $227.4 million as of
September 30, 2007. The term loan bears a variable interest
rate. On September 30, 2007, the average interest rate was
6.54%.
On July 21, 2006, the interest rate swap agreement
associated with the $225.0 million credit facility,
originally entered into on February 21, 2005, was
terminated due to our debt refinancing and interest income of
$0.8 million was recorded in our consolidated statements of
income for the quarter ended September 30, 2006. Under the
new credit facility (see Note 3 to the Notes to Unaudited
Consolidated Financial Statements), we are obligated to enter
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into an interest rate hedge for up to 25% of the aggregate
principal amount of new term loan for a minimum of three years.
On August 23, 2006, we entered into a new interest rate
swap agreement. This agreement provides for us to pay interest
for a three-year period at a fixed rate of 5.26% on the initial
notional principal amount of $180.0 million while receiving
interest for the same period at the LIBOR on the same notional
principal amount. The swap has been designated as a cash flow
hedge against the variability in LIBOR on the new term loan at
LIBOR plus 1.50%, thereby fixing our effective rate on the
notional principal amounts at 6.76%. At June 30, 2007, the
notional principal amount was reduced to $140.0 million. As
of September 30, 2007, the fair value of the interest rate
swap of $0.9 million was recorded as a liability and the
offset was recorded to other comprehensive income.
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Item 4.
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Controls
And Procedures
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Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and
Procedures. Our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the
effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such
term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e)
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the
Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this
report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer
and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of
September 30, 2007.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial
Reporting. There were no changes in our internal
control over financial reporting (as defined in
Rules 13a-15(f)
and 15d-(f)
under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the last fiscal
quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely
to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
This document contains forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. All statements other than statements of
historical fact are forward-looking statements for
purposes of federal and state securities laws, including any
projections of earnings, revenue or other financial items; any
statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management
for future operations; any statements concerning proposed new
services or developments; any statements regarding future
economic conditions or performance; any statements of belief;
and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the
foregoing. Forward-looking statements may include the words
may, will, estimate,
intend, continue, believe,
expect or anticipate and any other
similar words.
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in any of
our forward-looking statements are reasonable, actual results
could differ materially from those projected or assumed in any
of our forward-looking statements. Our future financial
condition and results of operations, as well as any
forward-looking statements, are subject to change and to
inherent risks and uncertainties, such as those disclosed or
incorporated by reference in our filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Important factors that could cause our
actual results, performance and achievements, or industry
results to differ materially from estimates or projections
contained in our forward-looking statements include, among
others, the following:
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our relationship with, and our ability to influence the actions
of, our distributors;
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adverse publicity associated with our products or network
marketing organization;
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uncertainties relating to interpretation and enforcement of
recently enacted legislation in China governing direct selling;
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risk of our inability to obtain the necessary licenses to expand
our direct selling business in China;
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adverse changes in the Chinese economy, Chinese legal system or
Chinese governmental policies;
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risk of improper action by our employees or international
distributors in violation of applicable law;
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changing consumer preferences and demands;
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loss or departure of any member of our senior management team
which could negatively impact our distributor relations and
operating results;
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the competitive nature of our business;
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regulatory matters governing our products, including potential
governmental or regulatory actions concerning the safety or
efficacy of our products, and network marketing program
including the direct selling market in which we operate;
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risks associated with operating internationally, including
foreign exchange risks;
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our dependence on increased penetration of existing markets;
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contractual limitations on our ability to expand our business;
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our reliance on our information technology infrastructure and
outside manufacturers;
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the sufficiency of trademarks and other intellectual property
rights;
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product concentration;
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our reliance on our management team;
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uncertainties relating to the application of transfer pricing,
duties and similar tax regulations;
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taxation relating to our distributors;
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product liability claims; and
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there can be no assurance that we will purchase any of our
shares in the open markets or otherwise.
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Additional factors that could cause actual results to differ
materially from our forward-looking statements are set forth in
this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q,
including under the heading Risk Factors,
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations and in our Financial
Statements and the related notes.
Forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
speak only as of the date hereof, and forward looking statements
in documents attached are incorporated by reference speak only
as of the date of those documents. We do not undertake any
obligation to update or release any revisions to any
forward-looking statement or to report any events or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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See discussion under Note 4 to the Notes to the
Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of
Part I of this quarterly report on Form 10Q.
On September 20, 2007, the Company was orally advised by
the Los Angeles Regional Office of the SEC that the SEC had
issued a formal order of investigation into the timing of
trading in Herbalife securities by a former mid-level employee.
The Company does not believe these trades involve the Company
itself. In addition, on November 1, 2007, the Company
received a voluntary request for the production of documents
from the staff of the Los Angeles Regional Office of the SEC
regarding the extent of personal use of Herbalife products by
the Companys distributors and the Companys related
policies and procedures. The SEC has advised the Company that
its inquiry should not be construed as an adverse reflection on
any person, the Company or its common shares, or as an
indication from the SEC or its staff that any violation of law
has occurred. The Company is cooperating fully with the staff of
the SEC in these matters.
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Our
failure to establish and maintain distributor relationships for
any reason could negatively impact sales of our products and
harm our financial condition and operating
results.
We distribute our products exclusively through over
1.6 million independent distributors, and we depend upon
them directly for substantially all of our sales. To increase
our revenue, we must increase the number of, or the productivity
of, our distributors. Accordingly, our success depends in
significant part upon our ability to recruit, retain and
motivate a large base of distributors. There is a high rate of
turnover among our distributors, a characteristic of the network
marketing business. The loss of a significant number of
distributors for any reason could negatively impact sales of our
products and could impair our ability to attract new
distributors. In our efforts to attract and retain distributors,
we compete with other network marketing organizations, including
those in the weight management product, dietary and nutritional
supplement and personal care and cosmetic product industries.
Our operating results could be harmed if our existing and new
business opportunities and products do not generate sufficient
interest to retain existing distributors and attract new
distributors.
In light of the high year-over-year rate of turnover in our
distributor base, we have our supervisors re-qualify annually in
order to help us maintain a more accurate count of their
numbers. For the latest twelve month re-qualification period
ending January 2007, 42.5% of our supervisors re-qualified.
Distributors who purchase our product for personal consumption
or for short-term income goals may stay with us for several
months to one year. Supervisors who have committed time and
effort to build a sales organization will generally stay for
longer periods. Distributors have highly variable levels of
training, skills and capabilities. The turnover rate of our
distributors, and our operating results, can be adversely
impacted if we, and our senior distributor leadership, do not
provide the necessary mentoring, training and business support
tools for new distributors to become successful sales people in
a short period of time.
We estimate that, of our over 1.6 million independent
distributors, we had approximately 298,000 supervisors after
re-qualification in February 2007. These supervisors, together
with their downline sales organizations, account for
substantially all of our revenues. Our distributors, including
our supervisors, may voluntarily terminate their distributor
agreements with us at any time. The loss of a group of leading
supervisors, together with their downline sales organizations,
or the loss of a significant number of distributors for any
reason, could negatively impact sales of our products, impair
our ability to attract new distributors and harm our financial
condition and operating results.
Since
we cannot exert the same level of influence or control over our
independent distributors as we could were they our own
employees, our distributors could fail to comply with our
distributor policies and procedures, which could result in
claims against us that could harm our financial condition and
operating results.
Our distributors are independent contractors and, accordingly,
we are not in a position to directly provide the same direction,
motivation and oversight as we would if distributors were our
own employees. As a result, there can be no assurance that our
distributors will participate in our marketing strategies or
plans, accept our introduction of new products, or comply with
our distributor policies and procedures.
Extensive federal, state and local laws regulate our business,
our products and our network marketing program. Because we have
expanded into foreign countries, our policies and procedures for
our independent distributors differ due to the different legal
requirements of each country in which we do business. While we
have implemented distributor policies and procedures designed to
govern distributor conduct and to protect the goodwill
associated with Herbalife trademarks and tradenames, it can be
difficult to enforce these policies and procedures because of
the large number of distributors and their independent status.
Violations by our independent distributors of applicable law or
of our policies and procedures in dealing with customers could
reflect negatively on our products and operations and harm our
business reputation. In addition, it is possible that a court
could hold us civilly or criminally accountable based on
vicarious liability because of the actions of our independent
distributors. If any of these events occur, the value of an
investment in our common shares could be impaired.
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Adverse
publicity associated with our products, ingredients or network
marketing program, or those of similar companies, could harm our
financial condition and operating results.
The size of our distribution force and the results of our
operations may be significantly affected by the publics
perception of our Company and similar companies. This perception
is dependent upon opinions concerning:
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the safety and quality of our products and ingredients;
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the safety and quality of similar products and ingredients
distributed by other companies;
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our distributors;
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our network marketing program; and
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the direct selling business generally.
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Adverse publicity concerning any actual or purported failure of
our Company or our independent distributors to comply with
applicable laws and regulations regarding product claims and
advertising, good manufacturing practices, the regulation of our
network marketing program, the licensing of our products for
sale in our target markets or other aspects of our business,
whether or not resulting in enforcement actions or the
imposition of penalties, could have an adverse effect on the
goodwill of our Company and could negatively affect our ability
to attract, motivate and retain distributors, which would
negatively impact our ability to generate revenue. We cannot
ensure that all distributors will comply with applicable legal
requirements relating to the advertising, labeling, licensing or
distribution of our products.
In addition, our distributors and consumers
perception of the safety and quality of our products and
ingredients as well as similar products and ingredients
distributed by other companies can be significantly influenced
by national media attention, publicized scientific research or
findings, widespread product liability claims and other
publicity concerning our products or ingredients or similar
products and ingredients distributed by other companies. Adverse
publicity, whether or not accurate or resulting from
consumers use or misuse of our products, that associates
consumption of our products or ingredients or any similar
products or ingredients with illness or other adverse effects,
questions the benefits of our or similar products or claims that
any such products are ineffective, inappropriately labeled or
have inaccurate instructions as to their use, could negatively
impact our reputation or the market demand for our products.
Adverse publicity relating to us, our products or our
operations, including our network marketing program or the
attractiveness or viability of the financial opportunities
provided thereby, has had, and could again have, a negative
effect on our ability to attract, motivate and retain
distributors. In the mid-1980s, our products and marketing
program became the subject of regulatory scrutiny in the United
States, resulting in large part from claims and representations
made about our products by our independent distributors,
including impermissible therapeutic claims. The resulting
adverse publicity caused a rapid, substantial loss of
distributors in the United States and a corresponding reduction
in sales beginning in 1985. We expect that negative publicity
will, from time to time, continue to negatively impact our
business in particular markets.
Our
failure to appropriately respond to changing consumer
preferences and demand for new products or product enhancements
could significantly harm our distributor and customer
relationships and product sales and harm our financial condition
and operating results.
Our business is subject to changing consumer trends and
preferences, especially with respect to weight management
products. Our continued success depends in part on our ability
to anticipate and respond to these changes, and we may not
respond in a timely or commercially appropriate manner to such
changes. Furthermore, the nutritional supplement industry is
characterized by rapid and frequent changes in demand for
products and new product introductions and enhancements. Our
failure to accurately predict these trends could negatively
impact consumer opinion of our products, which in turn could
harm our customer and distributor relationships and cause the
loss of sales. The success of our new product offerings and
enhancements depends upon a number of factors, including our
ability to:
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accurately anticipate customer needs;
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innovate and develop new products or product enhancements that
meet these needs;
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successfully commercialize new products or product enhancements
in a timely manner;
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price our products competitively;
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manufacture and deliver our products in sufficient volumes and
in a timely manner; and
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differentiate our product offerings from those of our
competitors.
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If we do not introduce new products or make enhancements to meet
the changing needs of our customers in a timely manner, some of
our products could be rendered obsolete, which could negatively
impact our revenues, financial condition and operating results.
Due to
the high level of competition in our industry, we might fail to
retain our customers and distributors, which would harm our
financial condition and operating results.
The business of marketing weight management and nutrition
products is highly competitive and sensitive to the introduction
of new products or weight management plans, including various
prescription drugs, which may rapidly capture a significant
share of the market. These market segments include numerous
manufacturers, distributors, marketers, retailers and physicians
that actively compete for the business of consumers both in the
United States and abroad. In addition, we anticipate that we
will be subject to increasing competition in the future from
sellers that utilize electronic commerce. Some of these
competitors have longer operating histories, significantly
greater financial, technical, product development, marketing and
sales resources, greater name recognition, larger established
customer bases and better-developed distribution channels than
we do. Our present or future competitors may be able to develop
products that are comparable or superior to those we offer,
adapt more quickly than we do to new technologies, evolving
industry trends and standards or customer requirements, or
devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sale
of their products than we do. For example, if our competitors
develop other diet or weight loss treatments that prove to be
more effective than our products, demand for our products could
be reduced. Accordingly, we may not be able to compete
effectively in our markets and competition may intensify.
We are also subject to significant competition for the
recruitment of distributors from other network marketing
organizations, including those that market weight management
products, dietary and nutritional supplements and personal care
products as well as other types of products. We compete for
global customers and distributors with regard to weight
management, nutritional supplement and personal care products.
Our competitors include both direct selling companies such as
NuSkin Enterprises, Natures Sunshine, Alticor/Amway,
Melaleuca, Avon Products, Oriflame and Mary Kay, as well as
retail establishments such as Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig,
General Nutrition Centers, Wal-Mart and retail pharmacies. In
addition, because the industry in which we operate is not
particularly capital intensive or otherwise subject to high
barriers to entry, it is relatively easy for new competitors to
emerge who will compete with us for our distributors and
customers. In addition, the fact that our distributors may
easily enter and exit our network marketing program contributes
to the level of competition that we face. For example, a
distributor can enter or exit our network marketing system with
relative ease at any time without facing a significant
investment or loss of capital because (1) we have a low
upfront financial cost to become a Herbalife distributor,
(2) we do not require any specific amount of time to work
as a distributor, (3) we do not insist on any special
training to be a distributor and (4) we do not prohibit a
new distributor from working with another company. Our ability
to remain competitive therefore depends, in significant part, on
our success in recruiting and retaining distributors through an
attractive compensation plan, the maintenance of an attractive
product portfolio and other incentives. We cannot ensure that
our programs for recruitment and retention of distributors will
be successful, and if they are not, our financial condition and
operating results would be harmed.
We are
affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations,
administrative determinations, court decisions and similar
constraints both domestically and abroad, and our failure or our
distributors failure to comply with these restraints could
lead to the imposition of significant penalties or claims, which
could harm our financial condition and operating
results.
In both domestic and foreign markets, the formulation,
manufacturing, packaging, labeling, distribution, importation,
exportation, licensing, sale and storage of our products are
affected by extensive laws, governmental
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regulations, administrative determinations, court decisions and
similar constraints. Such laws, regulations and other
constraints may exist at the federal, state or local levels in
the United States and at all levels of government in foreign
jurisdictions. There can be no assurance that we or our
distributors are in compliance with all of these regulations.
Our failure or our distributors failure to comply with
these regulations or new regulations could lead to the
imposition of significant penalties or claims and could
negatively impact our business. In addition, the adoption of new
regulations or changes in the interpretations of existing
regulations may result in significant compliance costs or
discontinuation of product sales and may negatively impact the
marketing of our products, resulting in significant loss of
sales revenues.
On April 12, 2006 the Federal Trade Commission, or the FTC,
issued a notice of proposed rulemaking which, if implemented,
will regulate all sellers of business opportunities
in the United States. The proposed rule would, among other
things, require all sellers of business opportunities, which
would likely include the Company, to (i) implement a seven
day waiting period before entering into an agreement with a
prospective business opportunity purchaser, and
(ii) provide all prospective business opportunity
purchasers with substantial information in writing at the
beginning of the waiting period regarding the business
opportunity, including information relating to: representations
made as to the earnings experience of other business opportunity
purchasers, the names and telephone numbers of recent purchasers
in their geographic area, cancellation or refund policies and
requests within the prior two years, certain legal actions
against the company, its affiliated companies and company
officers, directors, sales managers and certain others. The
Company, other direct selling companies, the Direct Selling
Association, or the DSA, and other interested parties have filed
over 17,000 comments with the FTC that are publicly available
regarding the proposed rule through the FTCs website at
http://www.ftc.gov/os/comments/businessopprule/index.htm.
The Company, the DSA, other direct selling companies, and other
interested parties also filed rebuttal comments with
the FTC in September, 2006. Based on information currently
available, we anticipate that the final rule may require several
years to become final and effective, and may differ
substantially from the rule as originally proposed. Nevertheless
the proposed rule, if implemented in its original form, would
negatively impact our U.S. business.
Governmental regulations in countries where we plan to commence
or expand operations may prevent or delay entry into those
markets. In addition, our ability to sustain satisfactory levels
of sales in our markets is dependent in significant part on our
ability to introduce additional products into such markets.
However, governmental regulations in our markets, both domestic
and international, can delay or prevent the introduction, or
require the reformulation or withdrawal, of certain of our
products. For example, during the third quarter of 1995, we
received inquiries from certain governmental agencies within
Germany and Portugal regarding our product,
Thermojetics®
Instant Herbal Beverage, relating to the caffeine content of
the product and the status of the product as an instant
tea, which was disfavored by regulators, versus a
beverage. Although we initially suspended the
product sale in Germany and Portugal at the request of the
regulators, we successfully reintroduced it once regulatory
issues were satisfactorily resolved. Any such regulatory action,
whether or not it results in a final determination adverse to
us, could create negative publicity, with detrimental effects on
the motivation and recruitment of distributors and,
consequently, on sales.
On June 25, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration, or the FDA, published its final rule for dietary
supplement Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMPs, affecting the
manufacture, packing, and holding of dietary supplements. The
final rule requires identity testing on all incoming dietary
ingredients, but permits the use of certificates of analysis or
other documentation to verify the reliability of the ingredient
suppliers. On the same date the FDA also published an interim
final rule that outlined a petition process for manufacturers to
request an exemption to the cGMP requirement for
100 percent identity testing of specific dietary
ingredients used in the processing of dietary supplements. Under
the interim final rule the manufacturer may be exempted from the
dietary ingredient testing requirement if it can provide
sufficient documentation that the reduced frequency of testing
requested would still ensure the identity of the dietary
ingredient. FDA is soliciting comment from the public on the
interim final rule. The final rule includes a phased in
effective date based on the size of the manufacturer. The final
rule and the interim final rule are effective August 24,
2007. To limit any disruption for dietary supplements produced
by small businesses the final rule has a three year phase in for
small businesses. Companies with more than 500 employees,
such as Herbalife, have until June 25, 2008 to comply while
companies with fewer than 500 employees have until June
2009 to comply and companies with fewer than 20 employees
have until June 2010
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to comply with these regulations. These rules apply only to
manufacturers and holders of finished products and not to
ingredient suppliers unless the ingredient supplier is
manufacturing a final dietary supplement. The final rule differs
from the FDAs 2003 proposed rule as it does not contain
language regarding the regulatory status of excipients and other
ingredients that are not dietary ingredients.
Instead, the final rule relies on a requirement to comply with
all other relevant regulations. Further, the final rule does not
call for any specific finished product testing program nor does
it require 100% testing of all finished products. Instead the
final rule calls for a scientifically valid system
for ensuring that finished products meet all specifications.
Although we, in consultation with experts in the field, are
currently evaluating the likely impact of the final rule and the
interim rule on our business and the contract manufacturers we
utilize to manufacture our products, it is likely that the final
cGMP rules will result in additional costs and possibly the need
to seek alternate suppliers.
Our
network marketing program could be found to be not in compliance
with current or newly adopted laws or regulations in one or more
markets, which could prevent us from conducting our business in
these markets and harm our financial condition and operating
results.
Our network marketing program is subject to a number of federal
and state regulations administered by the Federal Trade
Commission and various state agencies in the United States as
well as regulations on direct selling in foreign markets
administered by foreign agencies. We are subject to the risk
that, in one or more markets, our network marketing program
could be found not to be in compliance with applicable law or
regulations. Regulations applicable to network marketing
organizations generally are directed at preventing fraudulent or
deceptive schemes, often referred to as pyramid or
chain sales schemes, by ensuring that product sales
ultimately are made to consumers and that advancement within an
organization is based on sales of the organizations
products rather than investments in the organization or other
non-retail sales-related criteria. The regulatory requirements
concerning network marketing programs do not include
bright line rules and are inherently fact-based, and
thus, even in jurisdictions where we believe that our network
marketing program is in full compliance with applicable laws or
regulations governing network marketing systems, we are subject
to the risk that these laws or regulations or the enforcement or
interpretation of these laws and regulations by governmental
agencies or courts can change. The failure of our network
marketing program to comply with current or newly adopted
regulations could negatively impact our business in a particular
market or in general.
We are also subject to the risk of private party challenges to
the legality of our network marketing program. The multi-level
marketing programs of other companies have been successfully
challenged in the past, and in a current lawsuit, allegations
have been made challenging the legality of our network marketing
program in Belgium. Test Ankoop-Test Achat, a Belgian consumer
protection organization, sued Herbalife International Belgium,
S.V., or HIB, on August 26, 2004, alleging that HIB
violated Article 84 of the Belgian Fair Trade Practices Act
by engaging in pyramid selling, i.e., establishing a
network of professional or non-professional sales people who
hope to make a profit more through the expansion of that network
than through the sale of products to end-consumers. The
plaintiff is seeking a payment of 25,000 (equal to
approximately $35,500 as of September 30, 2007) per
purported violation as well as costs of the trial. For the year
ended December 31, 2006, our net sales in Belgium were
approximately $14.4 million. Currently, the lawsuit is in
the pleading stage. The plaintiffs filed their initial brief on
September 27, 2005. We filed a reply brief on May 9,
2006. There is no date yet for the oral hearings. An adverse
judicial determination with respect to our network marketing
program, or in proceedings not involving us directly but which
challenge the legality of multi-level marketing systems, in
Belgium or in any other market in which we operate, could
negatively impact our business.
The Company learned on November 5, 2007 that Barry Minkow
of the Fraud Discovery Institute had published a letter, dated
October 29, 2007, to certain officials of the government of
the Peoples Republic of China. The letter includes
numerous allegations of allegedly wrongful conduct by Herbalife
and its employees in China and elsewhere.
Mr. Minkows letter attacks, among other things, the
Companys business practices in China as illegal under
Chinese law. Contrary to the allegations in the letter, the
Company has acted in a responsible manner with regard to its
business plans in China including retaining knowledgeable
Chinese counsel to assist it in complying with Chinese law. In
connection with the Companys application for its direct
selling license in China, the Companys plan and methods
for business in China were reviewed by members of the state and
provincial governments of China
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and an initial license was granted in March 2007 and a
subsequent expansion of that license was granted in July 2007.
In addition, the Company has designed and implemented systems
and financial and operational controls intended to ensure
compliance with applicable law. The Company believes it is in
compliance with applicable law.
A
substantial portion of our business is conducted in foreign
markets, exposing us to the risks of trade or foreign exchange
restrictions, increased tariffs, foreign currency fluctuations
and similar risks associated with foreign
operations.
Approximately 82% of our net sales for the year ended
December 31, 2006, were generated outside the
United States, exposing our business to risks associated
with foreign operations. For example, a foreign government may
impose trade or foreign exchange restrictions or increased
tariffs, which could negatively impact our operations. We are
also exposed to risks associated with foreign currency
fluctuations. For instance, purchases from suppliers are
generally made in U.S. dollars while sales to distributors
are generally made in local currencies. Accordingly,
strengthening of the U.S. dollar versus a foreign currency
could have a negative impact on us. Although we engage in
transactions to protect against risks associated with foreign
currency fluctuations, we cannot be certain any hedging activity
will effectively reduce our exchange rate exposure. Our
operations in some markets also may be adversely affected by
political, economic and social instability in foreign countries.
As we continue to focus on expanding our existing international
operations, these and other risks associated with international
operations may increase, which could harm our financial
condition and operating results.
Our
expansion in China is subject to general, as well as
industry-specific, economic, political and legal developments
and risks in China and requires that we utilize a different
business model from which we use elsewhere in the
world.
Our expansion of operations into China is subject to risks and
uncertainties related to general economic, political and legal
developments in China, among other things. The Chinese
government exercises significant control over the Chinese
economy, including but not limited to controlling capital
investments, allocating resources, setting monetary policy,
controlling foreign exchange and monitoring foreign exchange
rates, implementing and overseeing tax regulations, providing
preferential treatment to certain industry
segments or companies and issuing necessary licenses to
conduct business. Accordingly, any adverse change in the Chinese
economy, the Chinese legal system or Chinese governmental,
economic or other policies could have a material adverse effect
on our business in China and our prospects generally.
In August 2005, China published regulations governing direct
selling (effective December 1, 2005) and prohibiting
pyramid promotional schemes (effective November 1, 2005),
and a number of administrative methods and proclamations were
issued in September 2005 and in September 2006. These
regulations require us to use a business model different from
that which we offer in other markets. To allow us to operate
under these regulations, we have created and introduced a model
specifically for China. In China, we have Company-operated
retail stores that sell through employed sales management
personnel to customers and preferred customers. We provide
training and certification procedures for sales personnel in
China. We also have non-employee sales representatives who sell
through our retail stores. Our sales representatives are also
permitted by the terms of our direct selling license to sell
away from fixed retail locations in the Jiangsu province. These
features are not common to the business model we employ
elsewhere in the world, and based on the direct selling licenses
we have received and the terms of those which we hope to receive
in the future to conduct a direct selling enterprise in China,
our business model in China will continue in some part to
incorporate such features. The direct selling regulations
require us to apply for various approvals to conduct a direct
selling enterprise in China. The process for obtaining the
necessary licenses to conduct a direct selling business is
protracted and cumbersome and involves multiple layers of
Chinese governmental authorities and numerous governmental
employees at each layer. While direct selling licenses are
centrally issued, such licenses are generally valid only in the
jurisdictions within which related approvals have been obtained.
Such approvals are generally awarded on local and provincial
bases, and the approval process requires involvement with
multiple ministries at each level. Our participation and conduct
during the approval process is guided not only by distinct
Chinese practices and customs, but is also subject to applicable
laws of China and the other jurisdictions in which we operate
our business, including the U.S., and our internal code of
ethics. There is always a risk that in attempting to comply with
local customs and practices in China during the application
process or otherwise, we will
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fail to comply with requirements applicable to us in China
itself or in other jurisdictions, and any such failure to comply
with applicable requirements could prevent us from obtaining the
direct selling licenses or related local or provincial
approvals. Furthermore, we rely on certain key personnel in
China to assist us during the approval process, and the loss of
any such key personnel could delay or hinder our ability to
obtain licenses or related approvals. For all of the above
reasons, there can be no assurance that we will obtain
additional direct-selling licenses, or obtain related approvals
to expand into any or all of the localities or provinces in
China that are important to our business. Our inability to
obtain, retain, or renew any or all of the licenses or related
approvals that are required for us to operate in China would
negatively impact our business.
Additionally, although certain regulations have been published
with respect to obtaining such approvals, operating under such
approvals and otherwise conducting business in China, others are
pending, and there is uncertainty regarding the interpretation
and enforcement of Chinese regulations. The regulatory
environment in China is evolving, and officials in the Chinese
government exercise broad discretion in deciding how to
interpret and apply regulations. We cannot be certain that our
business model will continue to be deemed by national or local
Chinese regulatory authorities to be compliant with any such
regulations. In the past, the Chinese government has rigorously
monitored the direct selling market in China, and has taken
serious action against companies that the government believed
were engaging in activities they regarded to be in violation of
applicable law, including shutting down their businesses and
imposing substantial fines. As a result, there can be no
guarantee that the Chinese governments current or future
interpretation and application of the existing and new
regulations will not negatively impact our business in China,
result in regulatory investigations or lead to fines or
penalties.
Chinese regulations prevent persons who are not Chinese
nationals from engaging in direct selling in China. We cannot
guarantee that any of our distributors living outside of China
or any of our independent sales representatives or employed
sales management personnel in China have not engaged or will not
engage in activities that violate our policies in this market,
or that violate Chinese law or other applicable law, and
therefore result in regulatory action and adverse publicity.
As we expand operations in China, we anticipate that certain
distributors will switch their focus from their home markets to
that of China. As a result, we may see reduced distributor focus
in Hong Kong, Taiwan and possibly other of our markets as
Chinese nationals that are distributors shift their attention to
China, and a resultant reduction in distributor growth,
leadership and revenue in these other countries.
Recently, China enacted a labor contract law which will take
effect on January 1, 2008. The Company is reviewing the new
law to determine what changes, if any, will be required in its
employment contracts and contractual relations with its
employees, which include certain of its salespersons. There is
no guarantee that the new law will not adversely impact the
Company, force the Company to change its treatment of its
distributor employees, or cause the Company to change its
operating plan for China.
If our operations in China are successful, we may experience
rapid growth in China, and there can be no assurances that we
will be able to successfully manage rapid expansion of
manufacturing operations and a rapidly growing and dynamic sales
force. There also can be no assurances that we will not
experience difficulties in dealing with or taking employment
related actions (such as hiring, terminations and salary
administration, including social benefit payments) with respect
to our employed sales representatives, particularly given the
highly regulated nature of the employment relationship in China.
If we are unable to effectively manage such growth and expansion
of our retail stores, manufacturing operations or our employees,
our government relations may be compromised and our operations
in China may be harmed.
Our China business model, particularly with regard to sales
management responsibilities and remuneration, differs from our
traditional business model. There is a risk that such changes
and transitions may not be understood by our distributors or
employees, may be viewed negatively by our distributors or
employees, or may not be correctly utilized by our distributors
or employees. If that is the case, our business could be
negatively impacted.
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If we
fail to further penetrate existing markets or successfully
expand our business into new markets, then the growth in sales
of our products, along with our operating results, could be
negatively impacted.
The success of our business is to a large extent contingent on
our ability to continue to grow by entering new markets and
further penetrating existing markets. Our ability to further
penetrate existing markets in which we compete or to
successfully expand our business into additional countries in
Eastern Europe, Southeast Asia, South America or elsewhere, to
the extent we believe that we have identified attractive
geographic expansion opportunities in the future, is subject to
numerous factors, many of which are out of our control.
In addition, government regulations in both our domestic and
international markets can delay or prevent the introduction, or
require the reformulation or withdrawal, of some of our
products, which could negatively impact our business, financial
condition and results of operations. Also, our ability to
increase market penetration in certain countries may be limited
by the finite number of persons in a given country inclined to
pursue a direct selling business opportunity. Moreover, our
growth will depend upon improved training and other activities
that enhance distributor retention in our markets. While we have
recently experienced significant growth in certain of our
markets, we cannot assure you that such growth levels will
continue in the immediate or long term future. Furthermore, our
efforts to support growth in such international markets could be
hampered to the extent that our infrastructure in such markets
is deficient when compared to our more developed markets, such
as the U.S. Therefore, we cannot assure you that our
general efforts to increase our market penetration and
distributor retention in existing markets will be successful.
Thus, if we are unable to continue to expand into new markets or
further penetrate existing markets, our operating results would
suffer and the market value of our common shares could decline.
Our
contractual obligation to sell our products only through our
Herbalife distributor network and to refrain from changing
certain aspects of our marketing plan may limit our
growth.
In connection with the going private transaction of our
predecessor company, we entered into an agreement with our
distributors that provided assurances that the change in
ownership of our Company would not negatively affect certain
aspects of their business. Through this agreement, we have
committed to our distributors that we will not sell Herbalife
products through any distribution channel other than our network
of independent Herbalife distributors. Thus, we are
contractually prohibited from expanding our business by selling
Herbalife products through other distribution channels that may
be available to our competitors, such as over the internet,
through wholesale sales, by establishing retail stores or
through mail order systems. Since this is an ongoing or
open-ended commitment, there can be no assurance that we will be
able to take advantage of innovative new distribution channels
that are developed in the future.
In addition, our agreement with our distributors provides that
we will not change certain aspects of our marketing plan without
the consent of a specified percentage of our distributors. For
example, our agreement with our distributors provides that we
may increase, but not decrease, the discount percentages
available to our distributors for the purchase of products or
the applicable royalty override percentages, including
roll-ups,
and production and other bonus percentages available to our
distributors at various qualification levels within our
distributor hierarchy. We may not modify the eligibility or
qualification criteria for these discounts, royalty overrides
and production and other bonuses unless we do so in a manner to
make eligibility
and/or
qualification easier than under the applicable criteria in
effect as of the date of the agreement. Our agreement with our
distributors further provides that we may not vary the criteria
for qualification for each distributor tier within our
distributor hierarchy, unless we do so in such a way so as to
make qualification easier.
Although we reserved the right to make these changes to our
marketing plan without the consent of our distributors in the
event that changes are required by applicable law or are
necessary in our reasonable business judgment to account for
specific local market or currency conditions to achieve a
reasonable profit on operations, there can be no assurance that
our agreement with our distributors will not restrict our
ability to adapt our marketing plan to the evolving requirements
of the markets in which we operate. As a result, our growth, and
the potential of growth in the value of your investment in our
common shares, may be limited.
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We
depend on the integrity and reliability of our information
technology infrastructure, and any related inadequacies may
result in substantial interruptions to our
business.
Our ability to timely provide products to our distributors and
their customers, and services to our distributors, depends on
the integrity of our information technology system, which we are
in the process of upgrading, including the reliability of
software and services supplied by our vendors. We are
implementing an Oracle enterprise-wide technology solution, a
scalable and stable open architecture platform, to enhance our
and our distributors efficiency and productivity. In
addition, we are upgrading our internet-based marketing and
distributor services platform, MyHerbalife.com.
The most important aspect of our information technology
infrastructure is the system through which we record and track
distributor sales, volume points, royalty overrides, bonuses and
other incentives. We have encountered, and may encounter in the
future, errors in our software or our enterprise network, or
inadequacies in the software and services supplied by our
vendors, although to date none of these errors or inadequacies
has had a meaningful negative impact on our business. Any such
errors or inadequacies that we may encounter in the future may
result in substantial interruptions to our services and may
damage our relationships with, or cause us to lose, our
distributors if the errors or inadequacies impair our ability to
track sales and pay Royalty Overrides, bonuses and other
incentives, which would harm our financial condition and
operating results. Such errors may be expensive or difficult to
correct in a timely manner, and we may have little or no control
over whether any inadequacies in software or services supplied
to us by third parties are corrected, if at all.
Since
we rely on independent third parties for the manufacture and
supply of our products, if these third parties fail to reliably
supply products to us at required levels of quality, then our
financial condition and operating results would be
harmed.
All of our products are manufactured by outside companies,
except for a small amount of products manufactured in our own
manufacturing facility in China. We cannot assure you that our
outside manufacturers will continue to reliably supply products
to us at the levels of quality, or the quantities, we require,
especially under the FDAs recently adopted cGMP
regulations.
Our supply contracts generally have a two-year term. Except for
force majeure events, such as natural disasters and other acts
of God, and non-performance by Herbalife, our manufacturers
generally cannot unilaterally terminate these contracts. These
contracts can generally be extended by us at the end of the
relevant time period and we have exercised this right in the
past. Globally we have over 40 suppliers of our products. For
our major products, we have both primary and secondary
suppliers. Our major suppliers include Natures Bounty for
protein powders, Fine Foods (Italy) for protein powders and
nutritional supplements, PharmaChem Labs for teas and
Niteworkstm
and JB Labs for fiber. In the event any of our third-party
manufacturers were to become unable or unwilling to continue to
provide us with products in required volumes and at suitable
quality levels, we would be required to identify and obtain
acceptable replacement manufacturing sources. There is no
assurance that we would be able to obtain alternative
manufacturing sources on a timely basis. An extended
interruption in the supply of products would result in the loss
of sales. In addition, any actual or perceived degradation of
product quality as a result of reliance on third party
manufacturers may have an adverse effect on sales or result in
increased product returns and buybacks.
If we
fail to protect our trademarks and tradenames, then our ability
to compete could be negatively affected, which would harm our
financial condition and operating results.
The market for our products depends to a significant extent upon
the goodwill associated with our trademark and tradenames. We
own, or have licenses to use, the material trademark and trade
name rights used in connection with the packaging, marketing and
distribution of our products in the markets where those products
are sold. Therefore, trademark and trade name protection is
important to our business. Although most of our trademarks are
registered in the United States and in certain foreign countries
in which we operate, we may not be successful in asserting
trademark or trade name protection. In addition, the laws of
certain foreign countries may not protect our intellectual
property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United
States. The loss or infringement of our
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trademarks or tradenames could impair the goodwill associated
with our brands and harm our reputation, which would harm our
financial condition and operating results.
Unlike in most of the other markets in which we operate, limited
protection of intellectual property is available under Chinese
law. Accordingly, we face an increased risk in China that
unauthorized parties may attempt to copy or otherwise obtain or
use our trademarks, copyrights, product formulations or other
intellectual property. Further, since Chinese commercial law is
relatively undeveloped, we may have limited legal recourse in
the event we encounter significant difficulties with
intellectual property theft or infringement. As a result, we
cannot assure you that we will be able to adequately protect our
product formulations or other intellectual property.
If our
distributors fail to comply with labeling laws, then our
financial condition and operating results would be
harmed.
Although the physical labeling of our products is not within the
control of our independent distributors, our distributors must
nevertheless advertise our products in compliance with the
extensive regulations that exist in certain jurisdictions, such
as the United States, which considers product advertising to be
labeling for regulatory purposes.
Our products are sold principally as foods, dietary supplements
and cosmetics and are subject to rigorous FDA and related legal
regimens limiting the types of therapeutic claims that can be
made for our products. The treatment or cure of disease, for
example, is not a permitted claim for these products. While we
train and attempt to monitor our distributors marketing
materials, we cannot ensure that all such materials comply with
bans on therapeutic claims. If our distributors fail to comply
with these restrictions, then we and our distributors could be
subjected to claims, financial penalties, mandatory product
recalls or relabeling requirements, which could harm our
financial condition and operating results. Although we expect
that our responsibility for the actions of our independent
distributors in such an instance would be dependent on a
determination that we either controlled or condoned a
noncompliant advertising practice, there can be no assurance
that we could not be held vicariously responsible for the
actions of our independent distributors.
If our
intellectual property is not adequate to provide us with a
competitive advantage or to prevent competitors from replicating
our products, or if we infringe the intellectual property rights
of others, then our financial condition and operating results
would be harmed.
Our future success and ability to compete depend upon our
ability to timely produce innovative products and product
enhancements that motivate our distributors and customers, which
we attempt to protect under a combination of copyright,
trademark and trade secret laws, confidentiality procedures and
contractual provisions. However, our products are generally not
patented domestically or abroad, and the legal protections
afforded by our common law and contractual proprietary rights in
our products provide only limited protection and may be
time-consuming and expensive to enforce
and/or
maintain. Further, despite our efforts, we may be unable to
prevent third parties from infringing upon or misappropriating
our proprietary rights or from independently developing
non-infringing products that are competitive with, equivalent to
and/or
superior to our products.
Monitoring infringement
and/or
misappropriation of intellectual property can be difficult and
expensive, and we may not be able to detect any infringement or
misappropriation of our proprietary rights. Even if we do detect
infringement or misappropriation of our proprietary rights,
litigation to enforce these rights could cause us to divert
financial and other resources away from our business operations.
Further, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect our
proprietary rights to the same extent as do the laws of the
United States.
Additionally, third parties may claim that products we have
independently developed infringe upon their intellectual
property rights. For example, in a recently settled lawsuit
Unither Pharma, Inc. and others had alleged that sales by
Herbalife International of (1) its
Niteworkstm
and Prelox Blue products and (2) its former products
Womans Advantage with DHEA and Optimum Performance
infringed on patents that are licensed to or owned by those
parties. Although we do not believe that we are infringing on
any third party intellectual property rights, there can be no
assurance that one or more of our products will not be found to
infringe upon other third party intellectual property rights in
the future.
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Since
one of our products constitutes a significant portion of our
retail sales, significant decreases in consumer demand for this
product or our failure to produce a suitable replacement should
we cease offering it would harm our financial condition and
operating results.
Our Formula 1 meal replacement product constitutes a significant
portion of our sales, accounting for approximately 22.0%, 27.0%
and 28.4% of retail sales for the fiscal years ended
December 31, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively. If consumer
demand for this product decreases significantly or we cease
offering this product without a suitable replacement, then our
financial condition and operating results would be harmed.
If we
lose the services of members of our senior management team, then
our financial condition and operating results would be
harmed.
We depend on the continued services of our Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, Michael O. Johnson, and our current senior
management team and the relationships that they have developed
with our senior distributor leadership, especially in light of
the high level of turnover in our former senior management team,
and the resulting need to reestablish good working relationships
with our senior distributor leadership after the death of our
founder in May 2000. Although we have entered into employment
agreements with many members of our senior management team, and
do not believe that any of them are planning to leave or retire
in the near term, we cannot assure you that our senior managers
will remain with us. The loss or departure of any member of our
senior management team could negatively impact our distributor
relations and operating results. If any of these executives do
not remain with us, our business could suffer. The loss of key
personnel, including our regional managers in Mexico and Central
America, Greater China, Brazil, North America, South America and
Southeast Asia, EMEA, and North Asia, could negatively impact
our ability to implement our business strategy, and our
continued success will also be dependent on our ability to
retain existing, and attract additional, qualified personnel to
meet our needs. We currently do not maintain key
person life insurance with respect to our senior
management team.
The
covenants in our existing indebtedness limit our discretion with
respect to certain business matters, which could limit our
ability to pursue certain strategic objectives and in turn harm
our financial condition and operating results.
Our credit facility contains numerous financial and operating
covenants that restrict our and our subsidiaries ability
to, among other things:
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pay dividends, redeem share capital or capital stock and make
other restricted payments and investments;
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incur additional debt or issue preferred shares;
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allow the imposition of dividend or other distribution
restrictions on our subsidiaries;
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create liens on our and our subsidiaries assets;
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engage in transactions with affiliates;
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guarantee other indebtedness; and
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merge, consolidate or sell all or substantially all of our
assets and the assets of our subsidiaries.
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In addition, our credit facility requires us to meet certain
financial ratios and financial conditions. Our ability to comply
with these covenants may be affected by events beyond our
control, including prevailing economic, financial and industry
conditions. Failure to comply with these covenants could result
in a default causing all amounts to become due and payable under
our credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of
our assets, which the lenders thereunder could proceed to
foreclose against.
If we
do not comply with transfer pricing, customs duties, and similar
regulations, then we may be subjected to additional taxes,
duties, interest, and penalties in material amounts, which could
harm our financial condition and operating
results.
As a multinational corporation, in many countries including the
United States we are subject to transfer pricing and other tax
regulations designed to ensure that our intercompany
transactions are consummated at prices that have
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not been manipulated to produce a desired tax result, that
appropriate levels of income are reported as earned by our
United States or local entities, and that we are taxed
appropriately on such transactions. In addition, our operations
are subject to regulations designed to ensure that appropriate
levels of customs duties are assessed on the importation of our
products. We are currently subject to pending or proposed audits
that are at various levels of review, assessment or appeal in a
number of jurisdictions involving transfer pricing issues,
income taxes, customs duties, value added taxes, withholding
taxes, sales and use and other taxes and related interest and
penalties in material amounts. In one such case we are currently
appealing a tax assessment in Spain. The Company believes that
it has meritorious defenses. Further, in some circumstances,
additional taxes, interest and penalties have been assessed and
we will be required to pay the assessments or post surety, in
order to challenge the assessments. We have reserved in the
consolidated financial statements an amount that we believe
represents the most likely outcome of the resolution of these
disputes, but if we are incorrect in our assessment we may have
to pay the full amount asserted. Ultimate resolution of these
matters may take several years, and the outcome is uncertain. If
the United States Internal Revenue Service or the taxing
authorities of any other jurisdiction were to successfully
challenge our transfer pricing practices or our positions
regarding the payment of income taxes, customs duties, value
added taxes, withholding taxes, sales and use, and other taxes,
we could become subject to higher taxes and our earnings would
be adversely affected.
We may
be held responsible for certain taxes or assessments relating to
the activities of our distributors, which could harm our
financial condition and operating results.
Our distributors are subject to taxation, and in some instances,
legislation or governmental agencies impose an obligation on us
to collect taxes, such as value added taxes, and to maintain
appropriate records. In addition, we are subject to the risk in
some jurisdictions of being responsible for social security and
similar taxes with respect to our distributors. In the event
that local laws and regulations or the interpretation of local
laws and regulations change to require us to treat our
independent distributors as employees, or that our distributors
are deemed by local regulatory authorities in one or more of the
jurisdictions in which we operate to be our employees rather
than independent contractors under existing laws and
interpretations, we may be held responsible for social security
and related taxes those jurisdictions, plus any related
assessments and penalties, which could harm our financial
condition and operating results.
We may
incur material product liability claims, which could increase
our costs and harm our financial condition and operating
results.
Our products consist of herbs, vitamins and minerals and other
ingredients that are classified as foods or dietary supplements
and are not subject to pre-market regulatory approval in the
United States. Our products could contain contaminated
substances, and some of our products contain innovative
ingredients that do not have long histories of human
consumption. We generally do not conduct or sponsor clinical
studies for our products and previously unknown adverse
reactions resulting from human consumption of these ingredients
could occur. As a marketer of dietary and nutritional
supplements and other products that are ingested by consumers or
applied to their bodies, we have been, and may again be,
subjected to various product liability claims, including that
the products contain contaminants, the products include
inadequate instructions as to their uses, or the products
include inadequate warnings concerning side effects and
interactions with other substances. It is possible that
widespread product liability claims could increase our costs,
and adversely affect our revenues and operating income.
Moreover, liability claims arising from a serious adverse event
may increase our costs through higher insurance premiums and
deductibles, and may make it more difficult to secure adequate
insurance coverage in the future. In addition, our product
liability insurance may fail to cover future product liability
claims, thereby requiring us to pay substantial monetary damages
and adversely affecting our business. Finally, given the higher
level of self-insured retentions that we have accepted under our
current product liability insurance policies, which are as high
as approximately $10 million, in certain cases we may be
subject to the full amount of liability associated with any
injuries, which could be substantial.
Several years ago, a number of states restricted the sale of
dietary supplements containing botanical sources of ephedrine
alkaloids and on February 6, 2004 the FDA banned the use of
such ephedrine alkaloids. Until late 2002 we had sold
Thermojetics®
original green herbal tablets,
Thermojetics®
green herbal tablets and
Thermojetics®
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gold herbal tablets, all of which contained ephedrine alkaloids.
Accordingly, we run the risk of product liability claims related
to the ingestion of ephedrine alkaloids contained in those
products. Currently, we have been named as a defendant in
product liability lawsuits seeking to link the ingestion of
certain of the aforementioned products to subsequent alleged
medical problems suffered by plaintiffs. Although we believe
that we have meritorious defenses to the allegations contained
in these lawsuits, and are vigorously defending these claims,
there can be no assurance that we will prevail in our defense of
any or all of these matters.
We are
subject to, among other things, requirements regarding the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. In
connection with these requirements, we conduct regular audits of
our business and operations. Our failure to identify or correct
deficiencies and areas of weakness in the course of these audits
could adversely affect our financial condition and results of
operations.
We are required to comply with various corporate governance and
financial reporting requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, as well as new rules and regulations adopted by the
Securities and Exchange Commission, the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and the New York Stock Exchange. In
particular, we are required to include management and auditor
reports on the effectiveness of internal controls over financial
reporting as part of our annual reports on
Form 10-K,
pursuant to Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. We
expect to continue to spend significant amounts of time and
money on compliance with these rules. Our failure to correct any
noted weaknesses in internal controls over financial reporting
could result in the disclosure of material weaknesses which
could have a material adverse effect upon the market value of
our stock.
On a regular and on-going basis, we conduct audits through our
internal audit department of various aspects of our business and
operations. These internal audits are conducted to insure
compliance with our policies and to strengthen our operations
and related internal controls. The Audit Committee of our Board
of Directors regularly reviews the results of these internal
audits and, when appropriate, suggests remedial measures and
actions to correct noted deficiencies or strengthen areas of
weakness. There can be no assurance that these internal audits
will uncover all material deficiencies or areas of weakness in
our operations or internal controls. If left undetected and
uncorrected, such deficiencies and weaknesses could have a
material adverse effect on our financial condition and results
of operations.
From time to time, the results of these internal audits may
necessitate that we conduct further investigations into aspects
of our business or operations. At the time of the filing of our
Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2006, one such
investigation was pending. This investigation concerned certain
activities related to one of our foreign subsidiaries and
related matters, and involved possible violations of applicable
law. The then pending review of this investigation necessitated
our filing of a request for extension on
Form 12b-25
with the SEC. This investigation was completed in the fourth
quarter of 2006, and the Audit Committee of our Board of
Directors has adopted, and we have implemented, a remediation
plan in response to the related findings. We believe the results
of this investigation will not have a material adverse effect on
our financial condition or results of operations. In addition,
our business practices and operations may periodically be
investigated by one or more of the many governmental authorities
with jurisdiction over our worldwide operations. In the event
that these investigations produce unfavorable results, we may be
subjected to fines, penalties or loss of licenses or permits
needed to operate in certain jurisdictions, any one of which
could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition
or results of operations.
Holders
of our common shares may face difficulties in protecting their
interests because we are incorporated under Cayman Islands
law.
Our corporate affairs are governed by our amended and restated
memorandum and articles of association, and by the Companies Law
(2004 Revision) and the common law of the Cayman Islands. The
rights of our shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of
our directors under Cayman Islands law are not as clearly
established as under statutes or judicial precedent in existence
in jurisdictions in the United States. Therefore, shareholders
may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the
face of actions by our management, directors or controlling
shareholders than would shareholders of a corporation
incorporated in a jurisdiction in the United States, due to the
comparatively less developed nature of Cayman Islands law in
this area.
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Unlike many jurisdictions in the United States, Cayman Islands
law does not specifically provide for shareholder appraisal
rights on a merger or consolidation of a company. This may make
it more difficult for shareholders to assess the value of any
consideration they may receive in a merger or consolidation or
to require that the offer give shareholders additional
consideration if they believe the consideration offered is
insufficient.
Shareholders of Cayman Islands exempted companies such as
ourselves have no general rights under Cayman Islands law to
inspect corporate records and accounts or to obtain copies of
lists of our shareholders. Our directors have discretion under
our articles of association to determine whether or not, and
under what conditions, our corporate records may be inspected by
our shareholders, but are not obliged to make them available to
our shareholders. This may make it more difficult for you to
obtain the information needed to establish any facts necessary
for a shareholder motion or to solicit proxies from other
shareholders in connection with a proxy contest.
Subject to limited exceptions, under Cayman Islands law, a
minority shareholder may not bring a derivative action against
the board of directors. Maples and Calder, our Cayman Islands
counsel, has informed us that they are not aware of any reported
class action or derivative action having been brought in a
Cayman Islands court.
Provisions
of our articles of association and Cayman Islands corporate law
may impede a takeover or make it more difficult for shareholders
to change the direction or management of the Company, which
could adversely affect the value of our common shares and
provide shareholders with less input into the management of the
Company than they might otherwise have.
Our articles of association permit our board of directors to
issue preference shares from time to time, with such rights and
preferences as they consider appropriate. Our board of directors
could authorize the issuance of preference shares with terms and
conditions and under circumstances that could have an effect of
discouraging a takeover or other transaction.
In addition, our articles of association contain certain other
provisions which could have an effect of discouraging a takeover
or other transaction or preventing or making it more difficult
for shareholders to change the direction or management of our
Company, including a classified board, the inability of
shareholders to act by written consent, a limitation on the
ability of shareholders to call special meetings of shareholders
and advance notice provisions. As a result, our shareholders may
have less input into the management of our Company than they
might otherwise have if these provisions were not included in
our articles of association.
Unlike many jurisdictions in the United States, Cayman Islands
law does not provide for mergers as that expression is
understood under corporate law in the United States. However,
Cayman Islands law does have statutory provisions that provide
for the reconstruction and amalgamation of companies, which are
commonly referred to in the Cayman Islands as schemes of
arrangement. The procedural and legal requirements
necessary to consummate these transactions are more rigorous and
take longer to complete than the procedures typically required
to consummate a merger in the United States. Under Cayman
Islands law and practice, a scheme of arrangement in relation to
a solvent Cayman Islands company must be approved at a
shareholders meeting by each class of shareholders, in
each case, by a majority of the number of holders of each class
of a companys shares that are present and voting (either
in person or by proxy) at such a meeting, which holders must
also represent 75% in value of such class issued that are
present and voting (either in person or by proxy) at such
meeting (excluding the shares owned by the parties to the scheme
of arrangement).
The convening of these meetings and the terms of the
amalgamation must also be sanctioned by the Grand Court of the
Cayman Islands. Although there is no requirement to seek the
consent of the creditors of the parties involved in the scheme
of arrangement, the Grand Court typically seeks to ensure that
the creditors have consented to the transfer of their
liabilities to the surviving entity or that the scheme of
arrangement does not otherwise have a material adverse effect on
the creditors interests. Furthermore, the Grand Court will
only approve a scheme of arrangement if it is satisfied that:
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the statutory provisions as to majority vote have been complied
with;
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the shareholders have been fairly represented at the meeting in
question;
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the scheme of arrangement is such as a businessman would
reasonably approve; and
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the scheme or arrangement is not one that would more properly be
sanctioned under some other provision of the Companies Law.
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There
is uncertainty as to shareholders ability to enforce
certain foreign civil liabilities in the Cayman
Islands.
We are incorporated as an exempted company with limited
liability under the laws of the Cayman Islands. A material
portion of our assets are located outside of the United States.
As a result, it may be difficult for our shareholders to enforce
judgments against us or judgments obtained in U.S. courts
predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal
securities laws of the United States or any state of the United
States.
We have been advised by our Cayman Islands counsel, Maples and
Calder, that although there is no statutory enforcement in the
Cayman Islands of judgments obtained in the United States, the
courts of the Cayman Islands will based on the
principle that a judgment by a competent foreign court imposes
upon the judgment debtor an obligation to pay the sum for which
judgment has been given recognize and enforce a
foreign judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction if such
judgment is final, for a liquidated sum, not in respect of taxes
or a fine or penalty, is not inconsistent with a Cayman Islands
judgment in respect of the same matters, and was not obtained in
a manner, and is not of a kind, the enforcement of which is
contrary to the public policy of the Cayman Islands. There is
doubt, however, as to whether the Grand Court of the Cayman
Islands will (a) recognize or enforce judgments of
U.S. courts predicated upon the civil liability provisions
of the federal securities laws of the United States or any state
of the United States, or (b) in original actions brought in
the Cayman Islands, impose liabilities predicated upon the civil
liability provisions of the federal securities laws of the
United States or any state of the United States, on the grounds
that such provisions are penal in nature.
The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands may stay proceedings if
concurrent proceedings are being brought elsewhere.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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(a) None.
(b) None.
(c) On April 18, 2007, we announced that our Board of
Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $300 million
of our common shares during the next two years, at such times
and prices as determined by management, as market conditions
warrant. On August 23, 2007, our Board of Directors
approved an increase of $150 million to this share
repurchase program raising the total value of common shares
authorized to be repurchased to $450 million.
The following is a summary of our repurchases of common shares
during the three months ended September 30, 2007:
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Total Number
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of Shares
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Approximate Dollar
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Purchased as
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Value of Shares
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Average Price
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Part of Publicly
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that May Yet Be
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of Shares
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Purchased Under the
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Purchased
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Share
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Plans or Programs
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Plans or Programs
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July 1 July 31
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$
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161,231,614
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August 1 August 31
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1,660,000
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39.23
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1,660,000
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246,114,301
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September 1 September 30
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Total
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1,660,000
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$
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39.23
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1,660,000
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Item 3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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None.
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Item 4.
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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None.
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Item 5.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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(a) None.
(b) None.
(a) Exhibit Index.
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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Reference
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2
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.1
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated April 10, 2002, by and
among Herbalife International, Inc., WH Holdings (Cayman
Islands) Ltd. and WH Acquisition Corp.
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(a)
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3
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.1
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Form of Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of
Association of Herbalife Ltd.
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(d)
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4
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.1
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Form of Share Certificate
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(d)
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9
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.1
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Shareholders Agreement dated as of July 31, 2002, by
and among WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Whitney V,
L.P., Whitney Strategic Partners V, L.P., WH Investments
Ltd., CCG Investments (BVI), L.P., CCG Associates-QP, LLC, CCG
Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment Fund-AI, L.P., CCG AV,
LLC-Series C, CCG AV, LLC-Series E, and certain other
persons
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(a)
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10
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.1
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Form of Indemnity Agreement between Herbalife International Inc.
and certain officers and directors of Herbalife International
Inc.
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(a)
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10
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.2
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Office lease agreement between Herbalife International of
America Inc. and State Teachers Retirement System, dated
July 11, 1995
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(a)
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10
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.3#
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Herbalife International of America, Inc.s Senior Executive
Deferred Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 1996, as
amended
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(a)
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10
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.4#
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Herbalife International of America, Inc.s Management
Deferred Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 1996, as
amended
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(a)
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10
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.5
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Master Trust Agreement between Herbalife International of
America, Inc. and Imperial Trust Company, Inc., effective
January 1, 1996
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(a)
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10
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.6#
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Herbalife International Inc. 401K Profit Sharing Plan and Trust,
as amended
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(a)
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10
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.7
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Trust Agreement for Herbalife 2001 Executive Retention
Plan, effective March 15, 2001
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(a)
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10
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Herbalife 2001 Executive Retention Plan, effective
March 15, 2001
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(a)
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10
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.9
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Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2002, by and among
WH Acquisition Corp., Herbalife International, Inc., WH
Intermediate Holdings Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings SàRL, WH
Luxembourg Intermediate Holdings SàRL, WH Luxembourg CM
SàRL and UBS Warburg LLC
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(a)
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10
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.10
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Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2002,
by and among WH Acquisition Corp., WH Intermediate Holdings
Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings SàRL, WH Luxembourg
Intermediate Holdings SàRL, WH Luxembourg CM SàRL and
UBS Warburg LLC
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(a)
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10
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.11
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Notice to Distributors regarding Amendment to Agreements of
Distributorship, dated as of July 18, 2002 between
Herbalife International, Inc. and each Herbalife Distributor
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(a)
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10
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.12
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Indemnity Agreement dated as of July 31, 2002, by and among
WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., WH Acquisition Corp.,
Whitney & Co., LLC, Whitney V, L.P., Whitney
Strategic Partners V, L.P., GGC Administration, L.L.C.,
Golden Gate Private Equity, Inc., CCG Investments (BVI), L.P.,
CCG Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment Fund-AI, LP, CCG AV,
LLC-Series C, CCG AV, LLC-Series C, CCG AV,
LLC-Series E, CCG Associates-QP, LLC and WH Investments Ltd.
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(a)
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10
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.13#
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Independent Directors Stock Option Plan of WH Holdings
(Cayman Islands) Ltd.
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(a)
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10
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.14#
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Employment Agreement dated as of March 10, 2003 between
Carol Hannah and Herbalife International, Inc. and Herbalife
International of America, Inc.
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(a)
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10
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.15#
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Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated as of March 10,
2003 between WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd. and Brian Kane
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(a)
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10
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.16#
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Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated as of March 10,
2003 between WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd. and Carol Hannah
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(a)
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10
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WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd. Stock Incentive Plan, as
restated, dated as of November 5, 2003
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(a)
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10
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.18#
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Side Letter Agreement dated as of March 10, 2003 by and
among WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Brian Kane and Carol
Hannah and the Shareholders listed therein
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(a)
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10
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.19#
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Employment Agreement dated as of April 3, 2003 between
Michael O. Johnson and Herbalife International, Inc. and
Herbalife International of America, Inc.
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(a)
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Exhibit
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Number
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Description
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Reference
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.20#
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Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement, dated as of April 3,
2003 between WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd. and Michael O.
Johnson
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(a)
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10
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.21#
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Side Letter Agreement dated as of April 3, 2003 by and
among WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Michael O. Johnson and
the Shareholders listed therein
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(a)
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10
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Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement (Non-Executive
Agreement)
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(a)
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10
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.23#
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Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option Agreement (Executive
Agreement)
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(a)
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10
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.24
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Indemnity Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2004, among WH
Capital Corporation and Gregory Probert
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(a)
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10
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.25
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Indemnity Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2004, among WH
Capital Corporation and Brett R. Chapman
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(a)
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10
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.26
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Stock Subscription Agreement of WH Capital Corporation, dated as
of February 9, 2004, between WH Capital Corporation and WH
Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd.
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(a)
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First Amendment to Amended and Restated WH Holdings (Cayman
Islands) Ltd. Stock Incentive Plan, dated November 5, 2003
|
|
(a)
|
|
10
|
.28#
|
|
Separation Agreement and General Release dated May 1, 2004,
among Herbalife International, Inc., Herbalife International of
America, Inc. and Carol Hannah
|
|
(a)
|
|
10
|
.29#
|
|
Consulting Agreement dated May 1, 2004 among Herbalife
International of America, Inc. and Carol Hannah
|
|
(a)
|
|
10
|
.30
|
|
Purchase Agreement, dated March 3, 2004, by and among WH
Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., WH Capital Corporation and UBS
Securities LLC
|
|
(a)
|
|
10
|
.31
|
|
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2002,
by and among WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Whitney V,
L.P., Whitney Strategic Partners V, L.P., WH Investments
Ltd., CCG Investments (BVI), L.P., CCG Associates-QP, LLC, CCG
Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment Fund-AI, L.P., CCG AV,
LLC-Series C and CCG AV, LLC-Series E.
|
|
(b)
|
|
10
|
.32
|
|
Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 31, 2002, by and
among WH Holdings (Cayman Islands) Ltd., Whitney Strategic
Partners V, L.P., WH Investments Ltd., Whitney V,
L.P., CCG Investments (BVI), L.P., CCG Associates-QP, LLC, CCG
Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment Fund-AI, LP, CCG AV,
LLC-Series C and CCG AV, LLC-Series E.
|
|
(b)
|
|
10
|
.33
|
|
Form of Indemnification Agreement between Herbalife Ltd. and the
directors and certain officers of Herbalife Ltd.
|
|
(c)
|
|
10
|
.34#
|
|
Herbalife Ltd. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, effective
December 1, 2004
|
|
(c)
|
|
10
|
.35
|
|
Termination Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2004,
between Herbalife Ltd., Herbalife International, Inc. and
Whitney & Co., LLC.
|
|
(d)
|
|
10
|
.36
|
|
Termination Agreement, dated as of December 1, 2004,
between Herbalife Ltd., Herbalife International Inc. and GGC
Administration, L.L.C.
|
|
(d)
|
|
10
|
.37
|
|
Termination Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2004, by
and among Herbalife Ltd., Whitney V, L.P., Whitney
Strategic Partners V, L.P., CCG Investments (BVI), L.P.,
CCG Associates-QP, LLC, CCG Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment
Fund-AI, LP, CCG AV, LLC-Series C, CCG AV,
LLC-Series E and CCG CI, LLC.
|
|
(d)
|
|
10
|
.38
|
|
Indemnification Agreement, dated as of December 13, 2004,
by and among Herbalife Ltd., Herbalife International, Inc.,
Whitney V, L.P., Whitney Strategic Partners V, L.P.,
CCG Investments (BVI), L.P., CCG Associates-QP, LLC, CCG
Associates-AI, LLC, CCG Investment Fund-AI, LP, CCG AV,
LLC-Series C, CCG AV, LLC-Series E, CCG CI, LLC and
GGC Administration, LLC.
|
|
(d)
|
|
10
|
.39#
|
|
Amendment No. 1 to Herbalife Ltd. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
|
|
(e)
|
|
10
|
.40#
|
|
Form of Stock Bonus Award Agreement
|
|
(e)
|
|
10
|
.41#
|
|
Contract for Services of a Consultant between Herbalife
International Luxembourg S.á.R.L. and Brian Kane dated as
of October 18, 2004
|
|
(f)
|
56
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
Reference
|
|
|
10
|
.42#
|
|
Compromise Agreement between Herbalife International Luxembourg
S.á.R.L. and Brian Kane dated as of October 18, 2004
|
|
(f)
|
|
10
|
.43#
|
|
Employment Agreement Effective as of January 1, 2005
between Herbalife Ltd. and Henry Burdick
|
|
(g)
|
|
10
|
.44#
|
|
Form of 2004 Herbalife Ltd. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Option Agreement
|
|
(h)
|
|
10
|
.45#
|
|
Form of 2004 Herbalife Ltd. 2004 Stock Incentive Plan
Non-Employee Director Stock Option Agreement
|
|
(h)
|
|
10
|
.46
|
|
Service Agreement by and between Herbalife Europe Limited and
Wynne Roberts ESQ, dated as of September 6, 2005.
|
|
(i)
|
|
10
|
.47#
|
|
Amendment to employment agreement between Michael O. Johnson and
Herbalife International, Inc. and Herbalife International of
America, Inc., dated May 15, 2005.
|
|
(j)
|
|
10
|
.48#
|
|
Independent Directors Deferred Compensation and Stock Unit Plan
|
|
(k)
|
|
10
|
.49#
|
|
Independent Directors Stock Unit Award Agreement
|
|
(k)
|
|
10
|
.50#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement
|
|
(l)
|
|
10
|
.51#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement
|
|
(l)
|
|
10
|
.52#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement applicable to Mr. Michael O. Johnson
|
|
(m)
|
|
10
|
.53#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement applicable to
Mr. Michael O. Johnson
|
|
(m)
|
|
10
|
.54#
|
|
Amendment to Herbalife Ltd. Independent Directors Deferred
Compensation and Stock Unit Plan
|
|
(n)
|
|
10
|
.55#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement applicable to Messrs. Gregory Probert,
Brett R. Chapman and Richard Goudis
|
|
(o)
|
|
10
|
.56#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement applicable to
Messrs. Gregory Probert, Brett R. Chapman and Richard Goudis
|
|
(o)
|
|
10
|
.57#
|
|
Amended and restated employment agreement effective
April 17, 2006 between Herbalife International of America,
Inc. and Paul Noack
|
|
(p)
|
|
10
|
.58#
|
|
Summary of Board Committee Compensation
|
|
(q)
|
|
10
|
.59
|
|
Form of Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2006, by and
among Herbalife International Inc., Herbalife Ltd., WH
Intermediate Holdings Ltd., HBL Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings
S.á.R.L., Herbalife International Luxembourg S.á.R.L.,
HLF Luxembourg Holdings, S.á.R.L., WH Capital Corporation,
WH Luxembourg Intermediate Holdings S.á.R.L., HV Holdings
Ltd., Herbalife Distribution Ltd., Herbalife Luxembourg
Distribution S.á.R.L., and the Subsidiary Guarantors party
thereto in favor of Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as
Collateral Agent.
|
|
(r)
|
|
10
|
.60
|
|
Form of Security Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2006, by
and among Herbalife International, Inc., Herbalife Ltd., WH
Intermediate Holdings Ltd., HBL Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings
S.á.R.L., Herbalife International Luxembourg S.á.R.L.,
HLF Luxembourg Holdings, S.á.R.L., WH Capital Corporation,
WH Luxembourg Intermediate Holdings S.á.R.L., HV Holdings
Ltd., Herbalife Distribution Ltd., Herbalife Luxembourg
Distribution S.á.R.L., and the Subsidiary Guarantors party
thereto in favor of Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as
Collateral Agent.
|
|
(r)
|
|
10
|
.61#
|
|
Amended and Restated Independent Directors Deferred Compensation
and Stock Unit Plan
|
|
(r)
|
|
10
|
.62#
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory
L. Probert dated October 10, 2006
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.63#
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Brett R.
Chapman dated October 10, 2006
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.64#
|
|
Stock Unit Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory
L. Probert dated October 10, 2006
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.65#
|
|
Stock Unit Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Brett R.
Chapman dated October 10, 2006
|
|
(s)
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
Reference
|
|
|
10
|
.66#
|
|
Second Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option
Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory L. Probert
dated July 31, 2003
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.67#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory L. Probert dated
September 1, 2004
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.68#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory L. Probert dated
December 1, 2004
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.69#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory L. Probert dated
April 27, 2005
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.70#
|
|
Second Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option
Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Gregory L. Probert
dated October 6, 2003
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.71#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Brett R. Chapman dated
September 1, 2004
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.72#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Brett R. Chapman dated
December 1, 2004
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.73#
|
|
Amendment dated October 10, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Brett R. Chapman dated
April 27, 2005
|
|
(s)
|
|
10
|
.74#
|
|
Employment Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard
P. Goudis dated October 24, 2006
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.75#
|
|
Stock Unit Agreement by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard
P. Goudis dated October 24, 2006
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.76#
|
|
Amendment dated October 24, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard P. Goudis dated
June 14, 2004
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.77#
|
|
Amendment dated October 24, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard P. Goudis dated
September 1, 2004
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.78#
|
|
Amendment dated October 24, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard P. Goudis dated
December 1, 2004
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.79#
|
|
Amendment dated October 24, 2006, to Stock Option Agreement
by and between Herbalife Ltd. and Richard P. Goudis dated
April 27, 2005
|
|
(t)
|
|
10
|
.80#
|
|
Amendment dated March 26, 2007, to Employment Agreement by
and between Herbalife Ltd. and Michael O. Johnson dated
April 3, 2003
|
|
(u)
|
|
10
|
.81#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement applicable to Michael O. Johnson.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.82#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement applicable to Michael O.
Johnson.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.83#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement applicable to Messrs. Gregory L. Probert,
Richard P. Goudis and Brett R. Chapman.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.84#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement applicable to
Messrs. Gregory L. Probert, Richard P. Goudis and Brett R.
Chapman.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.85#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock Unit
Award Agreement.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.86#
|
|
Form of Herbalife Ltd. 2005 Stock Incentive Plan Stock
Appreciation Right Award Agreement.
|
|
(v)
|
|
10
|
.87
|
|
First Amendment dated June 21, 2007, to Form of Credit
Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2006, by and among
Herbalife International Inc., Herbalife Ltd., WH Intermediate
Holdings Ltd., HBL Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings S.á.R.L.,
Herbalife International Luxembourg S.á.R.L., HLF Luxembourg
Holdings, S.á.R.L., WH Capital Corporation, WH Luxembourg
Intermediate Holdings S.á.R.L., HV Holdings Ltd., Herbalife
Distribution Ltd., Herbalife Luxembourg Distribution
S.á.R.L., and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto in
favor of Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent.
|
|
*
|
58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exhibit
|
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Description
|
|
Reference
|
|
|
10
|
.88
|
|
Second Amendment dated September 17, 2007, to Form of
Credit Agreement, dated as of July 21, 2006, by and among
Herbalife International Inc., Herbalife Ltd., WH Intermediate
Holdings Ltd., HBL Ltd., WH Luxembourg Holdings S.á.R.L.,
Herbalife International Luxembourg S.á.R.L., HLF Luxembourg
Holdings, S.á.R.L., WH Capital Corporation, WH Luxembourg
Intermediate Holdings S.á.R.L., HV Holdings Ltd., Herbalife
Distribution Ltd., Herbalife Luxembourg Distribution
S.á.R.L., and the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto in
favor of Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as Collateral Agent.
|
|
*
|
|
31
|
.1
|
|
Rule 13a-14(a)
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
|
|
*
|
|
31
|
.2
|
|
Rule 13a-14(a)
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
|
|
*
|
|
32
|
.1
|
|
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer and
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Filed herewith. |
|
# |
|
Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement. |
|
(a) |
|
Previously filed on October 1, 2004 as an Exhibit to the
Companys registration statement on
Form S-1
(File
No. 333-119485)
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(b) |
|
Previously filed on November 9, 2004 as an Exhibit to
Amendment No. 2 to the Companys registration
statement on
Form S-1
(File
No. 333-119485)
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(c) |
|
Previously filed on December 2, 2004 as an Exhibit to
Amendment No. 4 to the Companys registration
statement on
Form S-1
(File
No. 333-119485)
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(d) |
|
Previously filed on December 14, 2004 as an Exhibit to
Amendment No. 5 to the Companys registration
statement on
Form S-1
(File
No. 333-119485)
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(e) |
|
Previously filed on February 17, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys registration statement on
Form S-8
(File
No. 333-122871)
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(f) |
|
Previously filed on March 14, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2004 and is incorporated
herein by reference. |
|
(g) |
|
Previously filed on May 13, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(h) |
|
Previously filed on June 14, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(i) |
|
Previously filed on September 23, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(j) |
|
Previously filed on August 3, 2005 as an Exhibit to the
Companys current Report on Form 10Q for the quarter
ended June 30, 2005 and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(k) |
|
Previously filed on February 28, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2005 and is incorporated
herein by reference. |
|
(l) |
|
Previously filed on March 29, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(m) |
|
Previously filed on March 29, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(n) |
|
Previously filed on March 30, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(o) |
|
Previously filed on March 31, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(p) |
|
Previously filed on May 3, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and is incorporated
herein by reference. |
59
|
|
|
(q) |
|
Previously filed on May 5, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(r) |
|
Previously filed on November 13, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended September 30, 2006 and is
incorporated by reference. |
|
(s) |
|
Previously filed on October 12, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(t) |
|
Previously filed on October 26, 2006 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
|
(u) |
|
Previously filed on May 1, 2007 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 and is incorporated
herein by reference. |
|
(v) |
|
Previously filed on May 29, 2007 as an Exhibit to the
Companys Current Report on
Form 8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference. |
60
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HERBALIFE LTD.
Richard Goudis
Chief Financial Officer
Dated: November 6, 2007
61