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Krispy Kreme Inc

For the period ended Mar 31, 2024. Filed May 9, 2024.

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Mar 31, 2024 · Filed May 9, 2024

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(dollars in thousands, unless otherwise specified)

Note 1 —Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Description of Business

Krispy Kreme, Inc. (“KKI”) and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company” or “Krispy Kreme”) operates through its omni-channel business model to deliver fresh doughnut experiences and produce doughnuts for Doughnut Shops, Delivered Fresh Daily (“DFD”) outlets, and digital channels, expanding consumer access to the Krispy Kreme brand.

The Company hasthree reportable operating segments: 1) U.S., which includes all Krispy Kreme Company-owned operations in the U.S. and Insomnia Cookies Bakeries globally; 2) International, which includes all Krispy Kreme Company-owned operations in the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Canada, and Japan; and 3) Market Development, which includes franchise operations across the globe. Unallocated corporate costs are excluded from the Company’s measurement of segment performance.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The Company operates and reports financial information on a 52 or 53-week year with the fiscal year ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. The data periods contained within fiscal years 2023 and 2024 will reflect the results of operations for the 52-week periods ended December 31, 2023 and December 29, 2024, respectively. The quarters ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023 were both 13-week periods.

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of KKI and subsidiaries and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Accordingly, these interim financial statements do not include all information and footnotes required under GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements contain all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of results of operations, balance sheet, cash flows, and shareholders’ equity for the periods presented. All significant intercompany balances and transactions among KKI and subsidiaries have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments in entities over which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence but which it does not control and whose financial statements are not otherwise required to be consolidated, are accounted for using the equity method.

These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2023, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2023 was derived from audited annual financial statements but does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements. The results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that may be achieved for the entire fiscal year ending December 29, 2024.

Noncontrolling interest in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements represents the interest in subsidiaries held by joint venture partners and employee shareholders. The joint venture partners hold noncontrolling interests in the Company’s consolidated subsidiaries, Awesome Doughnut, LLC (“Awesome Doughnut”), W.K.S. Krispy Kreme, LLC (“WKS Krispy Kreme”), and Krispy K Canada, Inc. (“KK Canada”). Employee shareholders hold noncontrolling interests in the consolidated subsidiaries Krispy Kreme Holding U.K. Ltd. (“KK U.K.”), Krispy Kreme Holdings Pty Ltd. (“KK Australia”), Krispy Kreme Mexico Holding S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“KK Mexico”), and Insomnia Cookies Holdings, LLC (“Insomnia Cookies”). Since the Company consolidates the financial statements of these subsidiaries, the noncontrolling owners’ share of each subsidiary’s net assets and results of operations are deducted and reported as noncontrolling interest on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and as net income attributable to noncontrolling interest in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss)/Income.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are described in Note 1, “Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to the significant accounting policies during the quarter ended March 31, 2024.

Reclassifications

Segment information is prepared on the same basis that the Company’s management reviews financial information for operational decision-making purposes. Effective January 1, 2024, the Company realigned its segment reporting structure such that the Company-owned Canada and Japan businesses have moved from the Market Development reportable operating segment to the International reportable operating segment. All segment information has been restated to be consistent with current presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures, which requires a public entity to disclose significant segment expenses and other segment items on an annual and interim basis and provide in interim periods all disclosures about a reportable segment’s profit or loss and assets that are currently required annually. Additionally, it requires a public entity to disclose the title and position of the Chief Operating Decision Maker. The ASU does not change how a public entity identifies its operating segments, aggregates them, or applies the quantitative thresholds to determine its reportable segments. The new standard is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. A public entity should apply the amendments in this standard retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements. We expect this standard to impact our segment disclosures, but with no impacts to our results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, which focuses on the rate reconciliation and income taxes paid disclosures. The standard requires a public business entity (“PBE”) to disclose, on an annual basis, a tabular rate reconciliation using both percentages and currency amounts, broken out into specified categories with certain reconciling items further disaggregated by nature and jurisdiction to the extent those items exceed a specified threshold. In addition, all entities are required to disclose income taxes paid, net of refunds received disaggregated by federal, state, and foreign and by individual jurisdiction if the amount is at least 5% of total income tax payments, net of refunds received. For PBEs, the standard is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. An entity should apply the amendments in this standard prospectively, with retrospective application permitted. We expect this standard to impact our income tax disclosures, but with no impacts to our results of operations, cash flows, and financial condition.

Note 2 —Inventories

The components of Inventories are as follows:

March 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Raw materials$23,594$21,000
Work in progress470211
Finished goods and purchased merchandise15,19313,505
Total inventories$39,257$34,716

Note 3 —Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, net

Goodwill

Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment are as follows:

U.S.InternationalMarket DevelopmentTotal
Balance as of December 31, 2023$677,956$294,468$129,515$1,101,939
Foreign currency impact—(3,113)—(3,113)
Balance as of March 31, 2024$677,956$291,355$129,515$1,098,826

Other Intangible Assets, net

Other intangible assets consist of the following:

March 31, 2024December 31, 2023
GrossCarryingAmountAccumulatedAmortizationNet AmountGrossCarryingAmountAccumulatedAmortizationNet Amount
Intangible assets with indefinite lives
Trade names and trademarks$657,990$—$657,990$657,980$—$657,980
Intangible assets with definite lives
Franchise agreements30,390(11,107)19,28330,390(10,744)19,646
Customer relationships15,000(6,629)8,37115,000(6,413)8,587
Reacquired franchise rights (1)396,822(143,619)253,203397,279(137,143)260,136
Total intangible assets with definite lives442,212(161,355)280,857442,669(154,300)288,369
Total intangible assets$1,100,202$(161,355)$938,847$1,100,649$(154,300)$946,349

(1)Reacquired franchise rights include the impact of foreign currency fluctuations associated with the respective countries.

Amortization expense related to intangible assets included in depreciation and amortization expense was $7.4 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and $7.3 million for the quarter ended April 2, 2023.

Note 4 —Leases

The Company included the following amounts related to operating and finance lease assets and liabilities within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

As of
March 31, 2024 · December 31, 2023
Assets · Classification
Operating leaseOperating lease right of use asset, net$456,810$456,964
Finance leaseProperty and equipment, net42,14041,411
Total leased assets$498,950$498,375
Liabilities
Current
Operating leaseCurrent operating lease liabilities$50,275$50,365
Finance leaseCurrent portion of long-term debt8,3268,631
Noncurrent
Operating leaseNoncurrent operating lease liabilities454,265454,583
Finance leaseLong-term debt, less current portion39,63738,486
Total leased liabilities$552,503$552,065

Lease costs were as follows:

Quarter Ended
March 31, 2024 · April 2, 2023
Lease cost · Classification
Operating lease costSelling, general and administrative expense$935$891
Operating lease costOperating expenses24,02322,390
Short-term lease costOperating expenses1,0851,281
Variable lease costsOperating expenses7,4339,345
Sublease incomeRoyalties and other revenues(35)(35)
Finance lease cost:
Amortization of right of use assetsDepreciation and amortization expense$2,921$1,584
Interest on lease liabilitiesInterest expense, net877573

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information related to leases were as follows:

Quarter Ended
March 31, 2024April 2, 2023
Other information
Cash paid for leases:
Operating cash flows for operating leases (1)$31,124$29,145
Operating cash flows for finance leases864549
Financing cash flows for finance leases2,5931,696
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for new lease liabilities:
Operating leases$13,114$26,850
Finance leases3,1581,421

(1)Operating cash flows from operating leases include variable rent payments which are not included in the measurement of lease liabilities. Variable rent payments were $7.4 million and $9.3 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023, respectively.

There wereno lease termination charges in the quarter ended March 31, 2024. The Company recognized a net gain of $0.9 million included in Other expenses/(income), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations in the quarter ended April 2, 2023, related to the termination of leases at certain Krispy Kreme shops in the U.S. where the Company had already recognized impairment of the corresponding right of use assets in a prior period.

There wereno sale-leaseback transactions completed in the quarter ended March 31, 2024. In the quarter ended April 2, 2023, the Company completed a sale-leaseback transaction whereby it disposed of the land atone real estate property for proceeds of $10.0 million. The Company subsequently leased back the property, which is accounted for as an operating lease. The Company recognized a gain on sale of $9.7 million, which is included in Other expenses/(income), net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations for the quarter ended April 2, 2023.

Note 5 —Fair Value Measurements

The following table presents assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

March 31, 2024
Assets:
Interest rate derivatives$972
Commodity derivatives341
Total Assets$1,313
Liabilities:
Foreign currency derivatives$599
Total Liabilities$599
December 31, 2023
Assets:
Interest rate derivatives$1,596
Total Assets$1,596
Liabilities:
Foreign currency derivatives$345
Commodity derivatives113
Total Liabilities$458

There wereno assets or liabilities measured using Level 1 and Level 3 inputs and no transfers of financial assets or liabilities among the levels within the fair value hierarchy during the quarter ended March 31, 2024 and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. The Company’s derivatives are valued using discounted cash flow analyses that incorporate observable market parameters, such as interest rate yield curves and currency rates.

Note 6 —Derivative Instruments

Commodity Price Risk

The Company uses forward contracts to protect against the effects of commodity price fluctuations in the cost of ingredients of its products, of which flour, sugar, and shortening are the most significant, and the cost of gasoline used by its delivery vehicles. Management has not designated these forward contracts as hedges. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the total notional amount of commodity derivatives was 1.4 million and 1.8 million gallons of fuel, respectively. They are scheduled to mature between April 2024 and December 2024 and January 2024 and December 2024, respectively. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company recorded an asset of $0.3 million and a liability of $0.1 million, respectively, related to the fair market values of its commodity derivatives. The settlement of commodity derivative contracts is reported in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows as a cash flow from operating activities.

Interest Rate Risk

The Company uses interest rate swaps to manage its exposure to interest rate volatility from its debt arrangements. Management has designated the swap agreements as cash flow hedges and recognized the changes in the fair value of these swaps in other comprehensive income. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the Company has recorded assets of $1.0 million and $1.6 million, respectively, related to the fair market values of its interest rate derivatives. The cash flows associated with the interest rate swaps are reflected in operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, which is consistent with the classification as operating activities of the interest payments on the term loan.

In the quarter ended April 2, 2023, the Company cancelled certain interest rate swap agreements with an aggregate notional amount of $265.0 million, collecting $7.7 million in cash proceeds, and entered into new agreements with the same counterparties. The primary difference between these new agreements and the prior versions included the setting of a new payment rate on the fixed component of the swaps (4.38%). At the same time, the Company also amended the benchmark interest rate on the floating component of all $505.0 million hedged notional to one-month SOFR, corresponding to the new interest rate on its credit facility discussed in Note 8, Long-Term Debt.

The net effect of the interest rate swap arrangements will be to fix the interest rate on the term loan under the 2023 Facility up to the notional amount outstanding at the rates payable under the swap agreements plus the Applicable Rate (as defined by the 2023 Facility), through the swap maturity dates in June 2024.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk primarily from its investments in consolidated subsidiaries that operate in Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, and Japan. In order to mitigate the impact of foreign exchange fluctuations on commercial and financial transactions with these subsidiaries, the Company enters into foreign exchange forward contracts. Management has not designated these forward contracts as hedges. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the total notional amount of foreign exchange derivatives was $50.1 million and $49.8 million, respectively. They matured in April 2024 and January 2024, respectively. The Company recorded liabilities of $0.6 million and $0.3 million as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively, related to the fair market values of its foreign exchange derivatives.

Quantitative Summary of Derivative Positions and Their Effect on Results of Operations

The following tables present the fair values of derivative instruments included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, for derivatives not designated as hedging instruments and derivatives designated as hedging instruments, respectively. The Company only has cash flow hedges that are designated as hedging instruments.

Derivatives Fair Value
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging InstrumentsMarch 31,2024December 31,2023Balance Sheet Location
Commodity derivatives$341$—Prepaid expense and other current assets
Total Assets$341$—
Foreign currency derivatives$599$345Accrued liabilities
Commodity derivatives—113Accrued liabilities
Total Liabilities$599$458
Derivatives Fair Value
Derivatives Designated as Hedging InstrumentsMarch 31,2024December 31,2023Balance Sheet Location
Interest rate derivatives$972$1,596Prepaid expense and other current assets
Total Assets$972$1,596

The effect of derivative instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the quarters ended March 31, 2024 and April 2, 2023 is as follows:

Derivative Gain Recognized in Income for the Quarter Ended
Derivatives Designated as Hedging InstrumentsMarch 31, 2024April 2, 2023Location of Derivative Gain Recognized in Income
Gain on interest rate derivatives$3,051$2,186Interest expense, net
$3,051$2,186
Derivative (Loss)/Gain Recognized in Income for the Quarter Ended
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging InstrumentsMarch 31, 2024April 2, 2023Location of Derivative (Loss)/Gain Recognized in Income
Loss on foreign currency derivatives$(254)$(924)Other non-operating expense, net
Gain/(loss) on commodity derivatives454(118)Other non-operating expense, net
$200$(1,042)

Note 7 —Vendor Finance Programs

The following table presents liabilities related to vendor finance programs which the Company participates in as a buyer as of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023:

March 31, 2024December 31, 2023Balance Sheet Location
Supply chain financing programs$29,622$51,239Accounts payable
Structured payables programs133,809130,104Structured payables
Total Liabilities$163,431$181,343

Supply Chain Financing (“SCF”) Programs

The Company has an agreement with a third-party administrator which allows participating vendors to track its payments, and if voluntarily elected by the vendor, to sell payment obligations from the Company to financial institutions as part of the SCF program. The Company’s typical payment terms for trade payables range up to 180 days outside of the SCF program, depending on the type of vendors and the nature of the supplies or services. For vendors under the SCF Program, the Company has established payable terms ranging up to, but not exceeding,360 days. When participating vendors elect to sell one or more of the Company’s payment obligations, the Company’s rights and obligations to settle the payables on their contractual due date are not impacted. The Company has no economic or commercial interest in a vendor’s decision to enter into these agreements and the financial institutions do not provide the Company with incentives such as rebates or profit sharing under the SCF program. The Company agrees on commercial terms with vendors for the goods and services procured, which are consistent with payment terms observed at other peer companies in the industry, and as the terms are not impacted by the SCF program, such obligations are classified as Accounts payable on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the associated cash flows are included in operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

Structured Payables Programs

The Company utilizes various card products issued by financial institutions to facilitate purchases of goods and services. By using these products, the Company may receive differing levels of rebates based on timing of repayment. The payment obligations under these card products are classified as Structured payables on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and the associated cash flows are included in financing activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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