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Divestitures and Sale of License Rights
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Divestitures and Sale of License Rights
Divestitures and Sale of License Rights

Divestitures
On July 7, 2016, we completed the sale of the Pediacare®, New Skin® and Fiber Choice® brands for $40.0 million plus the cost of inventory. During the year ended March 31, 2017, we recorded a pre-tax loss on sale of $56.2 million. The proceeds were used to repay debt and related income taxes due on the dispositions.

Concurrent with the completion of the sale of these brands, we entered into an option agreement with the buyer to purchase Dermoplast® at a specified earnings multiple as defined in the option agreement. The buyer paid a $1.25 million deposit for this option in September 2016 and later notified us of its election to exercise the option. In December 2016, we completed the sale of the Dermoplast® brand, and in a separate transaction, the e.p.t® brand, for an aggregate amount of $59.6 million. As a result, we recorded a pre-tax net gain on these divestitures of $3.9 million.

Sale of license rights
Historically, we received royalty income from the licensing of the names of certain of our brands in geographic areas or markets in which we do not directly compete. We have had royalty agreements for our Comet brand for several years, which included options on behalf of the licensee to purchase license rights in certain geographic areas and markets in perpetuity. In December 2014, we amended these agreements, and we sold rights to use of the Comet brand in certain Eastern European countries to a third-party licensee in exchange for $10.0 million as a partial early buyout of the license. The amended agreement provided that we would continue to receive royalty payments of $1.0 million per quarter for the remaining geographic areas and also granted the licensee an option to acquire the license rights in the remaining geographic areas any time after June 30, 2016. In July 2016, the licensee elected to exercise its option. In August 2016, we received $11.0 million for the purchase of the remaining license rights and, as a result, we recorded a pre-tax gain of $1.2 million and reduced our indefinite-lived tradenames by $9.0 million. Furthermore, the licensee was no longer required to make additional royalty payments to us, and as a result, our royalty income was reduced accordingly.