Company: IPAR
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001753926-25-000424
Chunk: 207

Company: INTERPARFUMS INC
Filing Date: 2025-03-11
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 7
Chunk 207
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31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Due to past supply constraints, we had strived to carry more inventory overall, source the same components from multiple suppliers and when possible, manufacture products closer to where they are sold. These constraints have largely abated and we are gradually reversing some of these previous interventions. We are beginning to see the impacts of these recent inventory management efforts and will continue to work to optimize inventory levels. 

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Cash flows used in investing activities in 2024 reflect the purchases and sales of short-term investments. These investments consist of certificates of deposit with maturities greater than three months, marketable equity securities and other contracts. At December 31, 2024, approximately $2.1 million of certificates of deposit contain penalties where we would forfeit a portion of the interest earned in the event of early withdrawal.

Further, in December 2024, the Company paid approximately $16 million for the purchase of the Off-White Trademark, with an additional $2 million payable over two years. 

Our business is not capital intensive as we do not own any manufacturing facilities. On a full year basis, we typically spend approximately $5 million on tools and molds, depending on our new product development calendar. Capital expenditures also include amounts for office fixtures, computer equipment and industrial equipment needed at our distribution centers.

Cash flows used in financing activities in 2024 reflect issuances and repayment of debt and payment of dividends to stockholders.

In July 2024, the Company entered into a $41.6 million (€40 million) three-year loan agreement that bears a fixed interest rate of 4.03%. Additionally, in December 2022, to finance Interparfums SA’s acquisition of the Lacoste trademark, Interparfums SA entered into an approximately $51.9 million (€50 million) four-year loan agreement. The loan agreement bears interest at Euribor-1 month rates plus a margin of 0.825%. This variable rate debt was swapped for variable interest rate debt with a maximum rate of 2% per annum.

Our short-term financing requirements are expected to be met by available cash on hand at December 31, 2024, and by short-term credit lines provided by domestic and foreign banks. The principal credit facilities for 2024 consist of a $70 million unsecured revolving lines of credit provided by a consortium of domestic commercial banks and approximately $8.3 million in credit lines provided by a consortium of international