SEC Comment Letter for VISANT CORP (CIK 0001308085) — Jul 22, 2005
VISANT CORP (CIK 0001308085)
Date: July 22, 2005 · CIK: 0001308085 · Accession: 0000000000-05-037842
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Mail Stop 3561
July 21, 2005
Marie D. Hlavaty, Esq.
Vice President and General Counsel
Visant Corporation
Visant Holding Corp.
One Byran Brook Place, Suite 202
Armonk, New York 10504
Re: Visant Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Filed June 21, 2005
File No. 333-126002
Visant Holding Corp.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 to Registration Statement on Form
S-4
Filed June 21, 2005
File No. 333-112055
Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended January 1, 2005
Form 10-Q for Fiscal Quarter Ended April 2, 2005
File No. 333-112055
Dear Ms. Hlavaty:
We have reviewed your filings and have the following
comments.
Where indicated, we think you should revise your documents in
response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider
your
explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your
explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure. After
reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your
filings.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers
listed
at the end of this letter.
Visant Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-1
Cover Page
1. Please specify the principal amount of debt at maturity you are
registering.
2. Throughout your prospectus, you make several references to
"certain circumstances," "certain conditions," "certain
qualifications and exceptions," and "certain events." For
instance,
we note the disclosure in the risk factors "We have a substantial
amount of indebtedness . . .," "Repayment of our debt, including
the
notes . . .," and "We may not be able to repurchase notes . . . ."
Replace the term "certain" with a brief description of what makes
the
information qualify as "certain." Also, where appropriate, please
reference where in the registration statement more detailed
information may be found.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements, page ii
3. Please relocate the "Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking
Statements" and "Industry and Market Data" sections to a more
appropriate part of the prospectus. The prospectus forepart
should
consist of only the cover page, summary and risk factors sections.
Industry and Market Data, page iii
4. We note your representations that the industry, market and
competitive position data that you have obtained from other
sources
are "believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the
accuracy or completeness of such information." Please note that
you
are responsible for the entire content of the registration
statement
and cannot include language that can be interpreted as a
disclaimer
of the information contained in the filing. Please revise.
Summary, page 1
5. Please revise the first paragraph to clarify that this summary
highlights the "material" information regarding the offering and
delete the language indicating that the prospectus does not
contain
all the information that may be important.
6. Please avoid reliance on defined terms such as those in the
introductory paragraph to your summary. The meanings of the terms
you use should be clear from context. If they are, you do not
need
the definitions. If they are not, you should revise to use terms
that are clear. Please see Updated Staff Legal Bulletin No. 7
(June
7, 1999) sample comments 3 and 5.
7. The summary is intended to provide a brief overview of the key
aspects of the offering. Your summary is too long and repeats
much
of the information fully discussed in your business section.
Please
revise to eliminate the "Business Strengths" and "Business
Strategy"
sections since that information is more appropriately discussed in
the complete business section. The summary is only intended to
provide a brief snapshot of the offering. See Instruction to Item
503 (a) of Regulation S-K.
The Transactions, page 6
8. Please identify the "co-investors" and "certain members of
management" that co-own Visant Corporation. Also, please clarify
in
the second paragraph in this section the ownership interests in
your
parent of the other co-investors and members of management as of
June
1, 2005.
Change of Control, page 10
9. Please disclose that you may not have sufficient funds to
repurchase the notes upon a change of control. Disclose that
restrictions in your senior secured credit facilities may limit
your
ability to repurchase the notes upon a change of control.
Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data, page
11
10. Please cross reference the column of pro forma results to the
unaudited pro forma financial statements that are presented on
page
31.
11. Please revise the table to present five years of historical
results of operations.
12. Please revise the table to remove the column for fiscal year
2003. It appears that you are including the results of operations
of
Von Hoffmann and Arcade prior to the period of common control as
well
as combining the results of Jostens prior to and subsequent to the
time when there was a change in accounting basis. We note that it
is
not appropriate to present what are essentially pro forma results
of
operations for periods beyond the most recent year. Further, it
is
generally not appropriate to present the results of operations for
an
entire year when there was a change of basis in the middle of the
year.
Risk Factors, page 13
13. Please revise the introductory paragraph to clearly indicate
that
the material risks are disclosed. Also, delete the third and
fourth
sentences referring to additional risks and uncertainties since
these
sentences mitigate the risk factors listed.
We have a substantial amount of indebtedness . . ., page 13
14. Please specify the important qualifications and exceptions
that
would allow you to incur significant additional indebtedness in
the
future or reference where in the registration statement this
information may be found.
The terms of our new senior credit facilities and the indentures .
.
., page 15
15. Please state here and in your "Liquidity and Capital
Resources"
section whether you are currently in compliance with all of your
covenants.
We may not be able to achieve all of our expected cost savings . .
.,
page 21
16. Please briefly describe your cost savings plan. For instance,
describe the activities from which you expect to derive
substantial
cost savings.
A deterioration in labor relations or labor availability . . .,
page
26
17. Please specify the number of Lehigh Direct employees covered
by
the collective bargaining agreement that was due to expire in
April
2005.
Our controlling shareholders may have interests that conflict with
yours, page 28
18. Please identify the investors who collectively control your
affairs and policies.
The Transactions, page 30
19. Please clearly explain the chronological order of the
transactions, the reasons for engaging in the transactions and the
benefits accruing to the parties to the transactions.
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Information,
page 31
20. We note your disclosure that the tax rate is 37% for the
adjustment. However, this produces a net tax rate that is
significantly less than 37%. Revise your disclosures to better
explain how you determined that the final pro forma income tax
benefit was reasonable. It appears that non-deductible interest
may
have had an impact on the net benefit.
Management`s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations, page 36
21. We note that fiscal 2003 consisted of 53 weeks, one more than
fiscal years 2004 and 2002. Please revise your explanations of
changes between periods to discuss the impact of the additional
week
during fiscal 2003. Please also consider the number of weeks when
discussing the change between periods for your results of
operations
for the interim period. See Item 303(a)(3) and of Regulation S-K.
22. Please remove the column for the twelve month 2003 period here
and elsewhere in the discussion. Revise your discussion of the
period
ended January 1, 2005 compared to the 2003 period to remove any
reference to and discussion of the combined 2003 results.
Additionally, you should include a brief discussion of each
individual stub period.
Three Months Ended April 2, 2005 Compared to the Three Months
Ended
April 3, 2004
23. Where you describe two or more business reasons that
contributed
to a material change in a financial statement line item between
periods, please quantify the extent to which each change
contributed
to the overall change in that line item. For example, we note the
reasons listed for the increase in Print Group`s net sales, the
changes in gross margin and the decrease in selling and
administrative expenses for three months ended April 2, 2005.
Selling and administrative expenses, page 44
24. Please specify the cost reduction initiatives that contributed
to
the decrease in selling and administrative expenses.
Liquidity and Capital Resources, page 52
25. Please revise your disclosures to include a discussion of all
periods presented. We note that your current disclosures only
discuss the first quarter of the current fiscal year compared to
the
prior year.
26. Please include a discussion of cash flows from investing and
financing activities.
27. Your disclosure in the third sentence of the fourth paragraph
appears to contradict your statement in the second sentence that
you
expect available cash flows will be sufficient to meet cash
requirements during the next twelve months. Please explain to us
and
substantially revise your disclosures to clarify that you expect
cash
flows from the various sources to meet expected cash requirements
over the next year. Your current disclosure implies that the
assumptions used may not be appropriate. If you believe your
assumptions are critical to a reader understanding your
conclusion,
you may want to explain them in your revised disclosures. Refer
to
Items 303(a)(1) and (2) of Regulation S-K.
Contractual Obligations, page 53
28. We note that you include in the table of contractual
obligations
your precious metals forward contracts of $10.1 million, but do
not
include any amounts related to your printing group. Please
include a
separate line item in the table for all purchase obligations as
required by Item 303(a)(5)(ii)(D) of Regulation S-K, or explain to
us
the reasons why you do not have any purchase obligations that will
require cash during the periods presented in your table.
29. Please tell us why you do not include in your contractual
obligations table the amounts included in your net pension
liabilities line item on your consolidated balance sheet under
generally accepted accounting principles. Please also include any
other types of postretirement costs requiring cash funding for the
periods presented. Refer to Item 303(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.
Business, page 56
30. Please provide support for your statements of leadership
throughout this section. As examples, we note:
* Your statement that you are a "leading North American specialty
printing, marketing and school-related affinity products and
services
enterprise . . .," page 56;
* Your statement that more than 80% of your net sales for fiscal
2004
were generated from products and services for which you believe
you
have the number 1 or number 2 market position in North America and
the statements regarding the market share positions for Jostens
and
Von Hoffman, page 56;
* The statements of leadership related to Jostens on pages 59-60;
* Your statement that "Von Hoffman is a leading manufacturer of
four-
color case-bound and soft-cover educational textbooks . . .," page
60
* Your statement that Lehigh Lithographers is a "market leader in
cover component manufacturing, principally highly differentiated
book
covers, for the ELHI and college market sectors . . .," page 61
* Your statement that "Arcade is a leading global marketer and
manufacturer of multi-sensory and interactive advertising sampling
systems . . .," page 63
* Your belief that "Arcade`s innovative sampling systems have
altered
the economics and efficiencies of product sampling in the cosmetic
and fragrance markets," page 63
* Your belief that "Arcade`s formulation capabilities are among
the
best in the cosmetics and fragrance sampling industry," page 65;
and
* Your belief that Jostens is "the largest of the national
competitors in yearbooks, class rings and graduation products
based
on the number of schools served," page 66.
Also, please provide us with the sources of the statistical
information upon which you rely. Please mark your support or
provide
page references in your response to the sections you rely upon for
each specific statement. To the extent you are unable to provide
support, please delete the qualitative and comparative statement.
Revise throughout your prospectus as necessary. Tell us whether
the
information you cite from these reports is publicly available. If
not, you should obtain appropriate consent to cite these reports
in
your filing.
Our Company, page 56
31. Please clarify what you mean when you say that you have long-
standing relationships with administrators in over 25,000 schools.
For instance, please specify whether you have any long-term
contracts
with any of these schools.
Intellectual Property, page 69
32. Please identify and specify the duration of your material
trademarks, licenses, and patents.
Legal Proceedings, page 72
33. We note the disclosure in the fourth paragraph of this section
regarding the possible payment of back duties and fees. If
possible,
please quantify the amount that may be owed.
Certain United States Federal Income Tax Consequences, page 154
34. Please revise the heading of this section and the disclosure
in
the first paragraph in the section to indicate, if true, that you
have discussed the material United States federal income tax
consequences.
Consolidated Financial Statements - Visant Corporation
General
35. Please update your financial statements and other financial
disclosures in your next amendment to include the applicable
interim
periods as required by Rule 3-12 of Regulation S-X.
Consolidated Statements of Operations, page F-5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
36. Please disclose in a footnote the types of amounts you include
in
the cost of products sold and the selling and administrative
expense
line items. Please tell us whether you include inbound freight
charges, purchasing and receiving costs, inspection costs,
warehousing costs, internal transfer costs and the other costs of
your distribution network in the cost of products sold line item.
If
you currently exclude a portion of these costs from cost of
products
sold, please tell us and disclose:
a. in a footnote the line items that these excluded costs are
included in and the amounts included in each line item for each
period presented, and
b. in management`s discussion and analysis that your gross margins
may not be comparable to those of other entities, since some
entities
include all of the costs related to their distribution network in
cost of products sold and others may exclude a portion of them
from
gross margin, including them instead in a lines item such as
selling
and administrative expenses.
37. Please tell us if you pay slotting fees, engage in cooperative
advertising programs, have buy-down programs or make other
payments
to resellers of your products. If so, please explain to us the
nature of these activities and h