Hanesbrands Inc. Reports Second-Quarter 2008 Results

Hanesbrands Inc. (NYSE: HBI), a leading marketer of innerwear, outerwear and hosiery apparel, today reported results for the 2008 second quarter. Earnings increased in the quarter as a result of continued strategic execution, while sales declined, reflective of the challenging retail sales environment for apparel and later timing of back-to-school shipments. Earnings per diluted share in the quarter more than doubled to $0.60. Excluding actions, non-GAAP earnings per diluted share increased by 20 percent to $0.65, up $0.11 as a result of reduced long-term debt, lower base interest rates, and lower income tax expense as a result of the company’s global supply chain strategy. Total net sales decreased by 4.4 percent to $1.07 billion. "We are pleased with continued earnings per share growth as a result of executing our improvement strategies, despite operating in a tough economic environment,” Hanesbrands Chief Executive Officer Richard A. Noll said. "Most of our business improvement initiatives are working, but we are continuing to address sales declines, which were primarily centered around intimate apparel product categories.” Noteworthy Financial Highlights Selected highlights for the quarter and six months ended June 28, 2008, compared with the year-ago periods ended June 30, 2007, include: Earnings per diluted share in the quarter increased by 131 percent to $0.60, up from $0.26 a year ago. Diluted EPS for the six-month period increased by 149 percent to $0.97. Non-GAAP diluted EPS, which excludes actions, increased by 20 percent for the quarter and 32 percent for the first six months. Non-GAAP net income, which excludes actions, increased by $10 million in the quarter, primarily as a result of lower interest expense, lower income tax expense as a result of global supply chain initiatives, and cost reductions that were offset by lower sales. Operating profit in the quarter increased by 28 percent to $113.1 million and increased by 28 percent to $200.9 million in the six-month period. The non-GAAP operating profit margin, which excludes actions, was 11.2 percent in the quarter, the same as last year’s quarter. For the six-month period, the non-GAAP operating profit margin increased to 10.4 percent versus 10.0 percent a year ago. The benefits of cost-reduction efforts, including operating fewer, larger facilities in lower-cost countries, distribution center streamlining and organization consolidation, contributed to an improved gross profit margin and flat selling, general and administrative expenses. Total net sales in the quarter decreased by $50 million to $1.07 billion. Sales primarily decreased in the company’s innerwear segment, with particularly soft sales for intimate apparel product categories. Later back-to-school shipments compared with a year ago also contributed to the innerwear decline. International segment sales increased by 20 percent in the quarter as a result of favorable foreign currency exchange rates and growth. The increase in international sales more than offset sales declines in the outerwear segment, the hosiery segment and the other segment. "We are focused on driving a great execution of back-to-school and year-end holiday sales programs,” Noll said. "We are confident that our brand investment, product development, and customer programs are the best approach to competing in the current retail climate.” (Diluted EPS excluding actions, net income excluding actions and operating profit margin excluding actions are non-GAAP measures used to better assess underlying business performance because they exclude the effect of unusual actions that are not directly related to operations. The unusual actions in the current or year-ago quarter were restructuring and related charges, amortization of gain on postretirement benefits, nonrecurring spinoff and related charges, and the tax effect on these items. See Table 4 for details and reconciliation with reported operating results consistent with generally accepted accounting principles.) Other Comments Since the company’s spin off, Hanesbrands has strategically structured its debt and managed its exposure to interest rates, and the company benefited from these efforts in the first half of 2008. As part of this ongoing strategic effort, the company earlier this month took advantage of an opportunity to fix the interest rate on $500 million of floating-rate bonds for four years at 7.64 percent. Of the company’s approximate $2.3 billion in debt, $1 billion is at fixed rates. In May, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its corporate credit rating on Hanesbrands to BB- from B+, reflecting the company’s strategic execution progress and positive operating momentum as a stand-alone company. The company also launched its Hanes television, print and Internet advertising and marketing campaign featuring Michael Jordan and actor Charlie Sheen for Hanes Lay Flat Collar Undershirts and Hanes No Ride Up Boxer briefs, the brand’s latest innovation in product comfort and fit. Hanesbrands continues to make significant progress in expanding its supply chain in Asia as part of its global strategy of consolidating manufacturing into fewer, larger facilities in lower-cost countries. In the second quarter, the company added three company-owned sewing plants in Southeast Asia – two in Vietnam and one in Thailand – giving the company four sewing plants in Asia. In Nanjing, China, construction is under way on the company’s first Asian textile fabric plant, which is scheduled to start production in 2009. By the end of the year, the company expects to have more than 6,000 employees in Asia, triple the number at the beginning of the year. Hanesbrands has reached planned fabric production levels at its off-shore textile facilities in the Dominican Republic and El Salvador. Further expansion is planned in El Salvador. In addition, the company continues to streamline and refine its distribution network. In the second quarter, expansion of its Honduras distribution center was completed, doubling its size. That follows the completion in the fourth quarter last year of a mixing center in the Dominican Republic. Both centers ship directly to customers in the United States, utilizing the company’s integrated networks of fabric production and sewing plants located in Central America and the Dominican Republic. "We are focused on our improvement strategies to sell more, spend less and generate cash,” Noll said. "We are executing our cost-reduction, debt-management and globalization strategies to increase profit while we continue to focus on improving sales performance.” Hanesbrands Policy on Guidance Hanesbrands follows a policy of not providing quarterly or annual EPS guidance. The company plans to communicate appropriately to provide investors with an understanding of long-term goals, the trends associated with its business and current financial performance. Webcast Conference Call Hanesbrands will host a live Internet webcast of its quarterly investor conference call at 4:30 p.m. EDT today. The live Internet broadcast may be accessed on the home page of the Hanesbrands corporate Web site, www.hanesbrands.com. The call is expected to conclude by 5:30 p.m. EDT. An archived replay of the conference call webcast will be available in the investors section of the Hanesbrands corporate Web site. A telephone playback will be available from approximately 7 p.m. EDT today until midnight EDT on Aug. 5, 2008. The replay will be available by calling toll-free (800) 642-1687, or via toll-call at (706) 645-9291. The replay pass code is 55214580. Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including those regarding our launch as an independent company and the benefits expected from that launch, our long-term goals, and trends associated with our business. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date of this press release and are based on our current intent, beliefs, plans and expectations. They involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual future results, performance or developments to differ materially from those described in or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the following: our ability to migrate our production and manufacturing operations to lower-cost countries around the world; our ability to effectively implement other components of our business strategy; costs and adverse publicity from violations of labor or environmental laws by us or our suppliers; our ability to successfully manage adverse changes in social, political, economic, legal and other conditions affecting our foreign operations; retailer consolidation and other changes in the apparel essentials industry; our ability to keep pace with changing consumer preferences; loss of or reduction in sales to, or financial difficulties experienced by, any of our top customers; fluctuations in the price or availability of cotton, oil or labor; inflationary pressure on consumer demand; our debt and debt-service requirements that restrict our operating and financial flexibility and impose interest and financing costs; and other risks identified from time to time in our most recent Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K, 2008 quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, registration statements, press releases and other communications. The company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time. Hanesbrands Inc. Hanesbrands Inc. is a leading marketer of innerwear, outerwear and hosiery apparel under strong consumer brands, including Hanes, Champion, Playtex, Bali, Just My Size, barely there and Wonderbra. The company designs, manufactures, sources and sells T-shirts, bras, panties, men’s underwear, children’s underwear, socks, hosiery, casualwear and activewear. Hanesbrands has approximately 50,000 employees in more than 25 countries. More information may be found on the company’s Web site at www.hanesbrands.com. TABLE 1 HANESBRANDS INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Amounts in thousands, except per-share amounts) (Unaudited)     Quarter Ended     Six Months Ended     June 28, 2008   June 30, 2007 % Change   June 28, 2008   June 30, 2007 % Change   Net sales: Innerwear $ 636,335 $ 691,504 $ 1,180,065 $ 1,281,951 Outerwear 260,137 263,596 532,342 547,231 Hosiery 49,734 51,402 116,475 125,095 International 130,903 109,001 235,539 199,778 Other   4,174     17,644     15,295     33,042   Total segment net sales 1,081,283 1,133,147 2,079,716 2,187,097 Less: Intersegment   9,112     11,240     19,698     25,296   Total net sales 1,072,171 1,121,907 -4.4 % 2,060,018 2,161,801 -4.7 %   Cost of sales   691,215     741,550     1,334,098     1,441,765     Gross profit 380,956 380,357 0.2 % 725,920 720,036 0.8 % As a % of net sales 35.5 % 33.9 % 35.2 % 33.3 %   Selling, general and administrative expenses 266,427 266,017 521,039 520,584 As a % of net sales 24.8 % 23.7 % 25.3 % 24.1 %   Restructuring   1,442     26,225     4,000     42,471     Operating profit 113,087 88,115 28.3 % 200,881 156,981 28.0 % As a % of net sales 10.5 % 7.9 % 9.8 % 7.3 %   Other expenses - 551 - 551 Interest expense, net   37,635     51,230     78,029     102,947     Income before income tax expense 75,452 36,334 122,852 53,483 Income tax expense   18,108     10,900     29,484     16,045   Net income $ 57,344   $ 25,434   125.5 % $ 93,368   $ 37,438   149.4 %   Earnings per share: Basic $ 0.61 $ 0.26 $ 0.99 $ 0.39 Diluted $ 0.60 $ 0.26 130.8 % $ 0.97 $ 0.39 148.7 %   Weighted average shares outstanding: Basic 94,355 96,254 94,395 96,343 Diluted 96,059 97,224 95,839 97,136 TABLE 2 HANESBRANDS INC. Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Dollars in thousands) (Unaudited)         June 28, 2008   December 29, 2007 Assets Cash and cash equivalents $ 96,918 $ 174,236 Trade accounts receivable, net 547,617 575,069 Inventories, net 1,342,184 1,117,052 Other current assets   236,021 227,977 Total current assets   2,222,740 2,094,334   Property, net 547,162 534,286 Intangible assets and goodwill 473,984 461,691 Other noncurrent assets   333,685 349,172 Total assets $ 3,577,571 $ 3,439,483   Liabilities Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 670,518 $ 669,405 Other current liabilities   58,636 19,577 Total current liabilities   729,154 688,982 Long-term debt 2,315,250 2,315,250 Other noncurrent liabilities   142,420 146,347 Total liabilities   3,186,824 3,150,579   Equity   390,747 288,904 Total liabilities and equity $ 3,577,571 $ 3,439,483 TABLE 3     HANESBRANDS INC. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Dollars in thousands) (Unaudited)       Six Months Ended June 28, 2008 June 30, 2007   Operating Activities: Net income $ 93,368 $ 37,438 Depreciation and amortization 54,960 66,263 Other noncash items 7,526 11,765 Changes in assets and liabilities, net     (205,816 )   (13,908 ) Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities   (49,962 )   101,558     Investing Activities: Purchases of property and equipment, net and other   (74,020 )   (11,485 )   Financing Activities: Net borrowings on notes payable, stock repurchases and other   45,533     (70,704 )     Effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates on cash   1,131     1,051   (Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents (77,318 ) 20,420   Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year   174,236     155,973   Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 96,918   $ 176,393   TABLE 4 HANESBRANDS INC. Supplemental Financial Information (Dollars in thousands, excluding per-share amounts) (Unaudited) Reconciliation of Reported Operating Results with Certain Information Excluding Actions     Quarter Ended   Six Months Ended A. Excluding actions data June 28, 2008   June 30, 2007 June 28, 2008   June 30, 2007   Gross profit $ 385,589 $ 392,770 $ 733,111 $ 737,716 SG&A 265,849 266,713 519,818 522,492 Operating profit 119,740 126,057 213,293 215,224 Net operating profit after taxes (NOPAT) 91,002 88,240 162,103 150,657 Net income 62,400 52,379 102,801 78,594 Earnings per diluted share 0.65 0.54 1.07 0.81   As a % of net sales Gross profit 36.0 % 35.0 % 35.6 % 34.1 % SG&A 24.8 % 23.8 % 25.2 % 24.2 % Operating profit 11.2 % 11.2 % 10.4 % 10.0 % Net income 5.8 % 4.7 % 5.0 % 3.6 %   B. Operating results excluding actions   Gross profit as reported $ 380,956 $ 380,357 $ 725,920 $ 720,036 Accelerated depreciation included in Cost of sales   4,633     12,413     7,191     17,680   Gross profit excluding actions $ 385,589   $ 392,770   $ 733,111   $ 737,716     SG&A as reported $ 266,427 $ 266,017 $ 521,039 $ 520,584 Amortization of gain on postretirement benefits included in SG&A - 2,012 - 4,025 Spinoff and related charges included in SG&A - (368 ) - (1,169 ) Accelerated depreciation included in SG&A   (578 )   (948 )   (1,221 )   (948 ) SG&A excluding actions $ 265,849   $ 266,713   $ 519,818   $ 522,492     Operating profit as reported $ 113,087 $ 88,115 $ 200,881 $ 156,981 Gross profit actions 4,633 12,413 7,191 17,680 SG&A actions 578 (696 ) 1,221 (1,908 ) Restructuring   1,442     26,225     4,000     42,471   Operating profit excluding actions 119,740 126,057 213,293 215,224 Income tax expense at effective rate   (28,738 )   (37,817 )   (51,190 )   (64,567 ) NOPAT $ 91,002   $ 88,240   $ 162,103   $ 150,657     C. Net income excluding actions   Net income as reported $ 57,344 $ 25,434 $ 93,368 $ 37,438 Gross profit actions 4,633 12,413 7,191 17,680 SG&A actions 578 (696 ) 1,221 (1,908 ) Restructuring 1,442 26,225 4,000 42,471 Loss on early extinguishment of debt - 551 - 551 Tax effect on actions   (1,597 )   (11,548 )   (2,979 )   (17,638 ) Net income excluding actions $ 62,400   $ 52,379   $ 102,801   $ 78,594     D. EBITDA   Net income $ 57,344 $ 25,434 $ 93,368 $ 37,438 Interest expense, net 37,635 51,230 78,029 102,947 Income tax expense 18,108 10,900 29,484 16,045 Depreciation and amortization   28,696     38,093     54,960     66,263   Total EBITDA $ 141,783   $ 125,657   $ 255,841   $ 222,693