10-Q 1 cmpr930201610-q.htm 10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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Form 10-Q

(Mark One)
þ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2016
or
o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
| For the transition period from to

Commission file number 000-51539
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Cimpress N.V.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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The Netherlands |  | 98-0417483
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |  | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Hudsonweg 8
5928 LW Venlo
The Netherlands
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 31-77-850-7700
Securities Registered Pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class |  | Name of Exchange on Which Registered
Ordinary Shares, €0.01 par value |  | NASDAQ Global Select Market

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).

Large accelerated filer þ |  | Accelerated filer o |  | Non-accelerated filer o
|  | Smaller reporting company o |  | (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2). Yes o No þ
As of October 21, 2016, there were 31,650,435 of Cimpress N.V. ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share, outstanding.

CIMPRESS N.V.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION |
Item 1. Financial Statements (unaudited) | 1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016 | 1
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 | 2
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 | 3
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 | 4
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements | 6
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 25
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 36
Item 4. Controls and Procedures | 38
PART II OTHER INFORMATION |
Item 1A. Risk Factors | 38
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds | 54
Item 6. Exhibits | 54
Signatures | 55

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements
CIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
Assets |  |  |  |  |
Current assets: |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 53,625 |  |  | $ | 77,426 |
Marketable securities | 7,312 |  |  | 7,893 |
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $564 and $490, respectively | 30,121 |  |  | 32,327 |
Inventory | 19,510 |  |  | 18,125 |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 64,629 |  |  | 64,997 |
Total current assets | 175,197 |  |  | 200,768 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 495,175 |  |  | 493,163 |
Software and web site development costs, net | 39,018 |  |  | 35,212 |
Deferred tax assets | 41,556 |  |  | 26,093 |
Goodwill | 470,819 |  |  | 466,005 |
Intangible assets, net | 209,387 |  |  | 216,970 |
Other assets | 25,163 |  |  | 25,658 |
Total assets | $ | 1,456,315 |  |  | $ | 1,463,869 |
Liabilities, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity |  |  |  |  |
Current liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable | $ | 76,858 |  |  | $ | 86,682 |
Accrued expenses | 169,828 |  |  | 178,987 |
Deferred revenue | 32,295 |  |  | 25,842 |
Short-term debt | 28,221 |  |  | 21,717 |
Other current liabilities | 24,522 |  |  | 22,635 |
Total current liabilities | 331,724 |  |  | 335,863 |
Deferred tax liabilities | 67,166 |  |  | 69,430 |
Lease financing obligation | 109,363 |  |  | 110,232 |
Long-term debt | 654,300 |  |  | 656,794 |
Other liabilities | 81,325 |  |  | 60,173 |
Total liabilities | 1,243,878 |  |  | 1,232,492 |
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14) |  |  |  |  |
Redeemable noncontrolling interests | 64,949 |  |  | 65,301 |
Shareholders’ equity: |  |  |  |  |
Preferred shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding | — |  |  | — |
Ordinary shares, par value €0.01 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized; 44,080,627 shares issued; and 31,647,134 and 31,536,732 shares outstanding, respectively | 615 |  |  | 615 |
Treasury shares, at cost, 12,433,493 and 12,543,895 shares, respectively | (549,499 | ) |  | (548,549 | )
Additional paid-in capital | 339,929 |  |  | 335,192 |
Retained earnings | 457,379 |  |  | 486,482 |
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (101,249 | ) |  | (108,015 | )
Total shareholders’ equity attributable to Cimpress N.V. | 147,175 |  |  | 165,725 |
Noncontrolling interest | 313 |  |  | 351 |
Total shareholders' equity | 147,488 |  |  | 166,076 |
Total liabilities, noncontrolling interests and shareholders’ equity | $ | 1,456,315 |  |  | $ | 1,463,869 |

See accompanying notes.
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CIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |
Cost of revenue (1) | 213,731 |  |  | 157,283 |
Technology and development expense (1) | 62,078 |  |  | 51,086 |
Marketing and selling expense (1) | 139,351 |  |  | 122,135 |
General and administrative expense (1) | 56,361 |  |  | 33,159 |
(Loss) income from operations | (27,808 | ) |  | 12,085 |
Other (expense) income, net | (2,132 | ) |  | 9,242 |
Interest expense, net | (9,904 | ) |  | (8,126 | )
(Loss) income before income taxes | (39,844 | ) |  | 13,201 |
Income tax (benefit) provision | (9,814 | ) |  | 3,179 |
Net (loss) income | (30,030 | ) |  | 10,022 |
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | 927 |  |  | 749 |
Net (loss) income attributable to Cimpress N.V. | $ | (29,103 | ) |  | $ | 10,771 |
Basic net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. | $ | (0.92 | ) |  | $ | 0.33 |
Diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. | $ | (0.92 | ) |  | $ | 0.32 |
Weighted average shares outstanding — basic | 31,570,824 |  |  | 32,528,583 |
Weighted average shares outstanding — diluted | 31,570,824 |  |  | 33,757,378 |

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(1) Share-based compensation is allocated as follows:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Cost of revenue | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 26 |
Technology and development expense | 2,325 |  |  | 1,330 |
Marketing and selling expense | 820 |  |  | 411 |
General and administrative expense | 8,383 |  |  | 4,423 |

See accompanying notes.
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CIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(unaudited in thousands)

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Net (loss) income | $ | (30,030 | ) |  | $ | 10,022 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: |  |  |
Foreign currency translation gain (loss), net of hedges | 9,178 |  |  | (9,203 | )
Net unrealized loss on derivative instruments designated and qualifying as cash flow hedges | (1,769 | ) |  | (926 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss to net (loss) income on derivative instruments | 832 |  |  | 226 |
Unrealized loss on available-for-sale-securities | (924 | ) |  | (1,261 | )
Gain on pension benefit obligation, net | 36 |  |  | 45 |
Comprehensive loss | (22,677 | ) |  | (1,097 | )
Add: Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | 390 |  |  | 124 |
Total comprehensive loss attributable to Cimpress N.V. | $ | (22,287 | ) |  | $ | (973 | )

See accompanying notes.
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CIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited in thousands)

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Operating activities |  |  |  |  |
Net (loss) income | $ | (30,030 | ) |  | $ | 10,022 |
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities: |  |  |  |  |
Depreciation and amortization | 35,405 |  |  | 30,258 |
Share-based compensation expense | 11,571 |  |  | 6,190 |
Deferred taxes | (18,163 | ) |  | (2,649 | )
Change in contingent earn-out liability | 16,020 |  |  | — |
Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments included in net (loss) income | 1,811 |  |  | (2,052 | )
Effect of exchange rate changes on monetary assets and liabilities denominated in non-functional currency | 3,027 |  |  | (7,793 | )
Other non-cash items | 670 |  |  | 887 |
Gain on proceeds from insurance | — |  |  | (1,587 | )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |  |  |  |  |
Accounts receivable | 2,917 |  |  | (5,943 | )
Inventory | (1,220 | ) |  | (1,710 | )
Prepaid expenses and other assets | 671 |  |  | 3,157 |
Accounts payable | (7,952 | ) |  | 10,520 |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | (5,127 | ) |  | (11,874 | )
Net cash provided by operating activities | 9,600 |  |  | 27,426 |
Investing activities |  |  |  |  |
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (19,319 | ) |  | (24,393 | )
Business acquisitions, net of cash acquired | (580 | ) |  | (22,815 | )
Purchases of intangible assets | (26 | ) |  | (357 | )
Capitalization of software and website development costs | (8,312 | ) |  | (4,910 | )
Proceeds from insurance related to investing activities | — |  |  | 2,075 |
Other investing activities | 785 |  |  | — |
Net cash used in investing activities | (27,452 | ) |  | (50,400 | )
Financing activities |  |  |
Proceeds from borrowings of debt | 87,000 |  |  | 214,999 |
Payments of debt and debt issuance costs | (82,725 | ) |  | (73,318 | )
Payments of withholding taxes in connection with equity awards | (7,549 | ) |  | (2,741 | )
Payments of capital lease obligations | (3,276 | ) |  | (2,183 | )
Purchase of ordinary shares | — |  |  | (127,793 | )
Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares | — |  |  | 282 |
Capital contribution from noncontrolling interest | — |  |  | 5,141 |
Other financing activities | — |  |  | (85 | )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (6,550 | ) |  | 14,302 |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash | 601 |  |  | (1,096 | )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (23,801 | ) |  | (9,768 | )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 77,426 |  |  | 103,584 |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 53,625 |  |  | $ | 93,816 |

See accompanying notes.
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CIMPRESS N.V.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
(unaudited in thousands)

| Three Months Ended September, 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |  |  |
Cash paid during the period for: |  |  |
Interest | $ | 5,362 |  |  | $ | 2,994 |
Income taxes | 8,555 |  |  | 4,709 |
Non-cash investing and financing activities: |  |  |
Capitalization of construction costs related to financing lease obligation | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13,688 |
Property and equipment acquired under capital leases | 2,077 |  |  | 2,393 |
Amounts due for acquisitions of businesses | 21,805 |  |  | 19,292 |

See accompanying notes.
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CIMPRESS N.V.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited in thousands, except share and per share data)
1. Description of the Business
We are a technology driven company that aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of small, individually customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products. We fulfill those orders with manufacturing capabilities that include Cimpress owned and operated manufacturing facilities and a network of third-party fulfillers to create customized products for customers on-demand. We bring our products to market through a portfolio of focused brands serving the needs of micro, small and medium sized businesses, resellers and consumers. These brands include Vistaprint, our global brand for micro business marketing products and services, as well as brands that we have acquired that serve the needs of various market segments, including resellers, small and medium businesses with differentiated service needs, and consumers purchasing products for themselves and their families.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for fair statement of the results of operations for the interim periods reported and of our financial condition as of the date of the interim balance sheet have been included.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Cimpress N.V., its wholly owned subsidiaries, entities in which we maintain a controlling financial interest, and those entities in which we have a variable interest and are the primary beneficiary. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Investments in entities in which we can exercise significant influence, but do not own a majority equity interest or otherwise control, are accounted for using the equity method and are included as investments in equity interests on the consolidated balance sheets.
Operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending June 30, 2017 or for any other period. The consolidated balance sheet at June 30, 2016 has been derived from our audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2016 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. We believe our most significant estimates are associated with the ongoing evaluation of the recoverability of our long-lived assets and goodwill, estimated useful lives of assets, share-based compensation, accounting for business combinations, and income taxes and related valuation allowances, among others. By their nature, estimates are subject to an inherent degree of uncertainty. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Share-Based Compensation
During the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, we recorded share-based compensation expense of $11,571 and $6,190, respectively. As of September 30, 2016, there was $172,376 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested share-based compensation arrangements. This cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.
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On August 15, 2016, we granted performance share units associated with our new long-term incentive program. Compensation expense for our performance share units, or PSUs, is estimated at fair value on the date of grant, which is fixed throughout the vesting period. The fair value is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model. As the PSUs include both a service and market condition the related expense is recognized using the accelerated expense attribution method over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award. For PSUs that meet the service vesting condition, the expense recognized over the requisite service period will not be reversed if the market condition is not achieved.
Foreign Currency Translation
Our non-U.S. dollar functional currency subsidiaries translate their assets and liabilities denominated in their functional currency to U.S. dollars at current rates of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date, and revenues and expenses are translated at average rates prevailing throughout the period. The resulting gains and losses from translation are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. Transaction gains and losses and remeasurement of assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than an entity’s functional currency are included in other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations.
Other (expense) income, net
The following table summarizes the components of other (expense) income, net:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Gains on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments (1) | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 2,367 |
Currency-related (losses) gains, net (2) | (2,966 | ) |  | 5,034 |
Other gains (3) | 757 |  |  | 1,841 |
Total other (expense) income, net | $ | (2,132 | ) |  | $ | 9,242 |

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(1) Includes both realized and unrealized (losses) gains on derivative forward currency contracts not designated as hedging instruments.
(2) We have significant non-functional currency intercompany financing relationships subject to currency exchange rate volatility and the net currency related (losses) gains for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 are primarily driven by this intercompany activity. Includes unrealized losses of $1,434 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 related to certain cross-currency swaps designated as cash flow hedges which offset unrealized gains on the remeasurement of certain intercompany loans. The cross-currency swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges did not have an impact during the prior comparative period.
(3) During the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, we recognized gains related to insurance recoveries of $650 and $1,587, respectively.
Net (loss) Income Per Share Attributable to Cimpress N.V.
Basic net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. is computed by dividing net (loss) income attributable to Cimpress N.V. by the weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding for the respective period. Diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. gives effect to all potentially dilutive securities, including share options, restricted share units (“RSUs”), restricted share awards ("RSAs") and PSUs, if the effect of the securities is dilutive using the treasury stock method. Awards with performance or market conditions are included using the treasury stock method only if the conditions would have been met as of the end of the reporting period and their effect is dilutive.
The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the weighted-average number of ordinary shares:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic | 31,570,824 |  |  | 32,528,583 |
Weighted average shares issuable upon exercise/vesting of outstanding share options/RSUs/RSAs/PSUs (1) | — |  |  | 1,228,795 |
Shares used in computing diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. | 31,570,824 |  |  | 33,757,378 |
Weighted average anti-dilutive shares excluded from diluted net (loss) income per share attributable to Cimpress N.V. | 1,524,854 |  |  | 79,976 |

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(1) Due to the net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2016, the effect of share options, RSUs, RSAs, and PSUs is anti-dilutive.
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Recently Issued or Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Standards Adopted
In August 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-15, “Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments,” (ASU 2016-15), which reduces the existing diversity in practice related to the presentation of the statement cash flows under Topic 230, Statement of Cash Flows, and other Topics. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2018, and early adoption is permitted. We elected to adopt this new guidance effective for the first quarter of fiscal 2017, and we have applied the changes retrospectively to all periods presented. Our prior period classification of contingent consideration payments and proceeds from the settlement of insurance aligns with the requirements of this new standard and did not require adjustments to the prior period presented.
In September 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-16,"Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments," (ASU 2015-16) which requires that an acquirer recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The new standard was effective for us on July 1, 2016 and we adopted this new standard during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
In February 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-02,"Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis," (ASU 2015-02) which places more emphasis in the consolidation evaluation on variable interests other than fee arrangements such as principal investment risk (for example, debt or equity interests), guarantees of the value of the assets or liabilities of the variable interest entity (VIE), written put options on the assets of the VIE, or similar obligations. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2016 and we adopted this new standard during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.
Issued Accounting Standards to be Adopted
In October 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-16, "Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory," (ASU 2016-16), which requires the recognition for income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory when the transfer occurs. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2018 and permits early adoption. We are currently evaluating our adoption timing and the effect that ASU 2016-16 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-04,"Liabilities - Extinguishment of Liabilities (Subtopic 405-20): Recognition of Breakage for Certain Prepaid Stored-Value Products," (ASU 2016-04), which requires an entity to recognize breakage for a liability resulting from the sale of a prepaid stored-value product in proportion to the pattern of rights expected to be exercised by the product holder only to the extent that it is probable that a significant reversal of the recognized breakage amount will not subsequently occur. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2018. The standard permits early adoption and should be applied either retrospectively to each period presented or by means of a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the fiscal year adopted. We do not expect the effect of ASU 2016-04 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In March 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02,"Leases (Topic 842)," (ASU 2016-02), which requires the recognition of lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases currently classified as operating lease. The standard also retains a distinction between finance leases and operating leases. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2019. The standard permits early adoption. We are currently evaluating our adoption timing and the effect that ASU 2016-02 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
In January 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-01,"Financial Instruments- Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities," (ASU 2016-01) which requires an entity to recognize the fair value change of equity securities with readily determinable fair values in net income which was previously recognized within other comprehensive income. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2018. The standard does not permit early adoption and should be applied by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption. The impact of ASU 2016-01 will result in the recognition of fair value changes for our available-for-sale securities within earnings.
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While we do not believe the impact will be material based on our current investments, it could create volatility in our consolidated statement of operations.
In July 2015, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-11,"Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory," (ASU 2015-11) which requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The new standard is effective for us on July 1, 2017 and will be applied prospectively as of the interim or annual period of adoption. We do not expect the effect of ASU 2015-11 to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
In May 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-09,"Revenue from Contracts with Customers," (ASU 2014-09) which requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. This guidance will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. The FASB has elected to defer the effective date to fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, which would result in an effective date for us of July 1, 2018, with early application permitted one year earlier. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative catch-up transition method. We are currently evaluating our adoption timing and the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on our consolidated financial statements.
3. Fair Value Measurements
The following table summarizes our investments in marketable securities:

| September 30, 2016
| Amortized Cost Basis (2) |  | Unrealized gain |  | Estimated Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |
Plaza Create Co. Ltd. common shares (1) | $ | 4,748 |  |  | $ | 2,564 |  |  | $ | 7,312 |
Total investments in available-for-sale securities | $ | 4,748 |  |  | $ | 2,564 |  |  | $ | 7,312 |

| June 30, 2016
| Amortized Cost Basis (2) |  | Unrealized gain |  | Estimated Fair Value
Available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |
Plaza Create Co. Ltd. common shares (1) | $ | 4,405 |  |  | $ | 3,488 |  |  | $ | 7,893 |
Total investments in available-for-sale securities | $ | 4,405 |  |  | $ | 3,488 |  |  | $ | 7,893 |

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(1) On February 28, 2014, we purchased shares in our publicly traded Japanese joint venture partner. Refer to Note 11 for further discussion of the separate joint business arrangement.
(2) Amortized cost basis represents our initial investment adjusted for currency translation.
We use a three-level valuation hierarchy for measuring fair value and include detailed financial statement disclosures about fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability as of the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

• | Level 1: Inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

• | Level 2: Inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets in markets that are not active and inputs that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument.

• | Level 3: Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

A financial instrument’s categorization within the valuation hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
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The following tables summarize our assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis and are categorized using the fair value hierarchy:

| September 30, 2016
| Total |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities | $ | 7,312 |  |  | $ | 7,312 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Currency forward contracts | 8,998 |  |  | — |  |  | 8,998 |  |  | — |
Total assets recorded at fair value | $ | 16,310 |  |  | $ | 7,312 |  |  | $ | 8,998 |  |  | $ | — |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts | $ | (1,755 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,755 | ) |  | $ | — |
Cross-currency swap contracts | (14,063 | ) |  | — |  |  | (14,063 | ) |  | — |
Currency forward contracts | (1,790 | ) |  | — |  |  | (1,790 | ) |  | — |
Contingent consideration | (2,339 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,339 | )
Total liabilities recorded at fair value | $ | (19,947 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (17,608 | ) |  | $ | (2,339 | )

| June 30, 2016
| Total |  | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  | Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale securities | $ | 7,893 |  |  | $ | 7,893 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Currency forward contracts | 9,821 |  |  | — |  |  | 9,821 |  |  | — |
Total assets recorded at fair value | $ | 17,714 |  |  | $ | 7,893 |  |  | $ | 9,821 |  |  | $ | — |
Liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap contracts | $ | (2,180 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,180 | ) |  | $ | — |
Cross-currency swap contracts | (8,850 | ) |  | — |  |  | (8,850 | ) |  | — |
Currency forward contracts | (315 | ) |  | — |  |  | (315 | ) |  | — |
Contingent consideration | (1,212 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1,212 | )
Total liabilities recorded at fair value | $ | (12,557 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (11,345 | ) |  | $ | (1,212 | )

During the quarter ended September 30, 2016 and year ended June 30, 2016, there were no significant transfers in or out of Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 classifications.
The valuations of the derivatives intended to mitigate our interest rate and currency risk are determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each instrument. This analysis utilizes observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves, interest rate volatility, or spot and forward exchange rates, and reflects the contractual terms of these instruments, including the period to maturity. We incorporate credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparties' nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of our derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, we have considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements.
Although we have determined that the majority of the inputs used to value our derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with our derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads, to appropriately reflect both our own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparties' nonperformance risk in the fair value measurement. However, as of September 30, 2016, we have assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the overall valuation of our
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derivative positions and have determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of our derivatives. As a result, we have determined that our derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Contingent consideration obligations are measured at fair value and are based on significant inputs not observable in the market, which represents a Level 3 measurement within the fair value hierarchy. The valuation of contingent consideration uses assumptions and estimates to forecast a range of outcomes and probabilities for the contingent consideration. Certain contingent consideration obligations are valued using a Monte Carlo simulation model. We assess these assumptions and estimates on a quarterly basis as additional data impacting the assumptions is obtained. Any changes in the fair value of contingent consideration related to updated assumptions and estimates will be recognized within general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of operations during the period in which the change occurs.
Related to the acquisition of WIRmachenDRUCK on February 1, 2016 we agreed to a contingent payment payable during the third quarter of fiscal 2018 based on the achievement of a cumulative gross profit target for calendar years 2016 and 2017. The fair value of this contingent liability is $19,206 as of September 30, 2016, of which $2,339 is considered contingent consideration and included in the table below. The remaining portion of the liability is classified as a compensation arrangement and is discussed in Note 8.
The following table represents the changes in fair value of Level 3 contingent consideration:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 (1) |  | 2015 (2)
Balance at June 30 | $ | 1,212 |  |  | $ | 7,833 |
Fair value adjustment | 1,112 |  |  | — |
Foreign currency impact | 15 |  |  | 48 |
Balance at September 30 (3) | $ | 2,339 |  |  | $ | 7,881 |

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(1) Classified as long-term liability on the consolidated balance sheet
(2) Classified as short-term liability on the consolidated balance sheet
(3) Contingent consideration balance as of September 30, 2015, which related to our Printdeal acquisition, was paid during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016.
As of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016, the carrying amounts of our cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivables, accounts payable, and other current liabilities approximated their estimated fair values. As of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016 the carrying value of our debt, excluding debt issuance costs and debt discounts was $689,485 and $685,897, respectively, and the fair value was $704,793 and $686,409, respectively. Our debt at September 30, 2016 includes a variable rate debt instrument indexed to LIBOR that resets periodically and fixed rate debt instruments. The estimated fair value of our debt was determined using available market information based on recent trades or activity of debt instruments with substantially similar risks, terms and maturities, which fall within Level 2 under the fair value hierarchy. The estimated fair value of assets and liabilities disclosed above may not be representative of actual values that could have been or will be realized in the future.
4. Derivative Financial Instruments
We use derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swap contracts, cross-currency swap contracts, and currency forward contracts to manage interest rate and foreign currency exposures. Derivatives are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets at fair value. If the derivative is designated as a cash flow hedge or net investment hedge, then the effective portion of changes in the fair value of the derivative is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. If a derivative is deemed to be ineffective, then the ineffective portion of the change in fair value of the derivative is recognized directly in earnings. The change in the fair value of derivatives not designated as hedges is recognized directly in earnings, as a component of other (expense) income, net.
Hedges of Interest Rate Risk
We enter into interest rate swap contracts to manage variability in the amount of our known or expected cash payments related to a portion of our debt. Our objective in using interest rate swaps is to add stability to interest expense and to manage our exposure to interest rate movements. We designate our interest rate swaps as
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cash flow hedges. Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedges involve the receipt of variable amounts from a counterparty in exchange for us making fixed-rate payments over the life of the contract agreements without exchange of the underlying notional amount. Realized gains or losses from interest rate swaps are recorded in earnings, as a component of interest expense, net.
We did not hold any interest rate swaps that were determined to be ineffective during the quarter ended September 30, 2016. We did hold one interest rate swap that was determined to be ineffective during the quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income related to interest rate swap contracts will be reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are accrued or made on our variable-rate debt. As of September 30, 2016, we estimate that $538 will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income to interest expense during the twelve months ending September 30, 2017. As of September 30, 2016, we had five outstanding interest rate swap contracts indexed to one-month LIBOR. These instruments were designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk and have varying start dates and maturity dates through June 2019.

Interest rate swap contracts outstanding: |  | Notional Amounts
Contracts accruing interest as of September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 115,000 |
Contracts with a future start date |  | 65,000 |
Total |  | $ | 180,000 |

Hedges of Currency Risk
Cross-Currency Swap Contracts
From time to time, we execute cross-currency swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges or net investment hedges. Cross-currency swaps involve an initial receipt of the notional amount in the hedge currency in exchange for our reporting currency based on a contracted exchange rate. Subsequently, we receive fixed rate payments in our reporting currency in exchange for fixed rate payments in the hedged currency over the life of the contract. At maturity, the final exchange involves the receipt of our reporting currency in exchange for the notional amount in the hedged currency.
Cross-currency swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges are executed to mitigate our currency exposure to the interest receipts as well as the principal remeasurement and repayment associated with certain intercompany loans denominated in a currency other than our reporting currency, the U.S. Dollar. As of September 30, 2016, we had two outstanding cross-currency swap contracts designated as cash flow hedges with a total notional amount of $120,011, both maturing during June 2019. We entered into the two cross-currency swap contracts to hedge the risk of changes in one Euro denominated intercompany loan entered into with one of our consolidated subsidiaries that has the Euro as its functional currency.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2016, we recorded unrealized losses, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income in the amount of $2,020. Amounts reported in accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income will be reclassified to other (expense) income, net as interest payments are accrued or paid and upon remeasuring the intercompany loan. As of September 30, 2016, we estimate that $1,804 will be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income to other (expense) income, net during the twelve months ending September 30, 2017.
Cross-currency swap contracts designated as net investment hedges are executed to mitigate our currency exposure of net investments in subsidiaries that have reporting currencies other than U.S. Dollar. As of September 30, 2016, we had two outstanding cross-currency swap contracts designated as net investment hedges with a total notional amount of $122,969, both maturing during April 2019. We entered into the two cross-currency swap contracts to hedge the risk of changes in the U.S. Dollar equivalent value of a portion of our net investment in a consolidated subsidiary that has the Euro as its functional currency. During the quarter ended September 30, 2016, we recorded unrealized losses, net of tax, in accumulated other comprehensive loss as a component of our cumulative translation adjustment in the amount of $2,059.
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We did not hold any cross-currency swap contracts that were determined to be ineffective during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 or 2015.
Currency Forward Contracts
We execute currency forward contracts in order to mitigate our exposure to fluctuations in various currencies against our reporting currency, the U.S. Dollar. As of September 30, 2016, we had one currency forward contract designated as a net investment hedge with a total notional amount of $31,727, maturing during June 2019. We entered into the currency forward contract designated as a net investment hedge to hedge the risk of changes in the U.S. Dollar equivalent value of a portion of our net investment in a consolidated subsidiary that has the Euro as its functional currency.
We have elected not to apply hedge accounting for all other currency forward contracts. During the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, we have experienced volatility within other (expense) income, net in our consolidated statements of operations from unrealized gains and losses on the mark-to-market of outstanding currency forward contracts. We expect this volatility to continue in future periods for contracts for which we do not apply hedge accounting. Additionally, since our hedging objectives may be targeted at non-GAAP financial metrics that exclude non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization, we may experience increased, not decreased, volatility in our GAAP results as a result of our currency hedging program.
As of September 30, 2016, we had the following outstanding currency forward contracts that were not designated for hedge accounting and were used to hedge fluctuations in the U.S. Dollar value of forecasted transactions denominated in Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Danish Krone, Euro, British Pound, Indian Rupee, New Zealand Dollar, Norwegian Krone, Swedish Krona, and Swiss Franc:

Notional Amount |  | Effective Date |  | Maturity Date |  | Number of Instruments |  | Index
$328,016 |  | June 2015 through September 2016 |  | Various dates through March 2018 |  | 430 |  | Various

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Financial Instrument Presentation
The table below presents the fair value of our derivative financial instruments as well as their classification on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016:

| September 30, 2016
| Asset Derivatives |  | Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Balance Sheet line item |  | Gross amounts of recognized assets |  | Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet |  | Net amount |  | Balance Sheet line item |  | Gross amounts of recognized liabilities |  | Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet |  | Net amount
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | Other non-current assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Other current liabilities / other liabilities |  | $ | (1,755 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,755 | )
Cross-currency swaps | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (4,712 | ) |  | — |  |  | (4,712 | )
Derivatives in Net Investment Hedging Relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (9,351 | ) |  | — |  |  | (9,351 | )
Currency forward contracts | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (650 | ) |  | — |  |  | (650 | )
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | (16,468 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (16,468 | )
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts | Other current assets / other assets |  | $ | 10,359 |  |  | $ | (1,361 | ) |  | $ | 8,998 |  |  | Other current liabilities / other liabilities |  | $ | (1,495 | ) |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | (1,140 | )
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  | $ | 10,359 |  |  | $ | (1,361 | ) |  | $ | 8,998 |  |  |  |  | $ | (1,495 | ) |  | $ | 355 |  |  | $ | (1,140 | )

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| June 30, 2016
| Asset Derivatives |  | Liability Derivatives
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | Balance Sheet line item |  | Gross amounts of recognized assets |  | Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet |  | Net amount |  | Balance Sheet line item |  | Gross amounts of recognized liabilities |  | Gross amount offset in consolidated balance sheet |  | Net amount
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | Other non-current assets |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Other current liabilities / other liabilities |  | $ | (2,180 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,180 | )
Cross-currency swaps | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (2,080 | ) |  | — |  |  | (2,080 | )
Derivatives in Net Investment Hedging Relationships |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (6,770 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6,770 | )
Currency forward contracts | Other non-current assets |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Other liabilities |  | (165 | ) |  | — |  |  | (165 | )
Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  | $ | (11,195 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (11,195 | )
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts | Other current assets |  | $ | 10,748 |  |  | $ | (927 | ) |  | $ | 9,821 |  |  | Other current liabilities |  | $ | (508 | ) |  | $ | 358 |  |  | $ | (150 | )
Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  | $ | 10,748 |  |  | $ | (927 | ) |  | $ | 9,821 |  |  |  |  | $ | (508 | ) |  | $ | 358 |  |  | $ | (150 | )

The following table presents the effect of our derivative financial instruments designated as hedging instruments and their classification within comprehensive loss for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

Derivatives in Hedging Relationships | Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Comprehensive (Loss) Income on Derivatives (Effective Portion)
| Three Months Ended September 30,
In thousands | 2016 |  | 2015
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | $ | 251 |  |  | $ | (926 | )
Cross-currency swaps | (2,020 | ) |  | — |
Derivatives in Net Investment Hedging Relationships |  |  |
Cross-currency swaps | (2,059 | ) |  | 419 |
Currency forward contracts | (456 | ) |  | — |
| $ | (4,284 | ) |  | $ | (507 | )

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The following table presents reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss Components | Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss to Net (Loss) Income |  | Affected line item in the Statement of Operations
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  |
In thousands | 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
Derivatives in Cash Flow Hedging Relationships |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swaps | $ | (156 | ) |  | $ | (302 | ) |  | Interest expense, net
Cross-currency swaps | (953 | ) |  | — |  |  | Other income (expense), net
Total before income tax | (1,109 | ) |  | (302 | ) |  | Income (loss) before income taxes
Income tax | 277 |  |  | 76 |  |  | Income tax provision
Total | $ | (832 | ) |  | $ | (226 | ) |  |

The following table presents the adjustment to fair value recorded within the consolidated statements of operations for derivative instruments for which we did not elect hedge accounting, as well as the effect of our de-designated derivative financial instruments that no longer qualify as hedging instruments in the period:

| Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Net (Loss) Income |  | Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income (Ineffective Portion)
| Three Months Ended September 30, |  |
In thousands | 2016 |  | 2015 |  |
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments |  |  |  |  |
Currency contracts | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 2,374 |  |  | Other income (expense), net
Interest rate swaps | — |  |  | (7 | ) |  | Other income (expense), net
| $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 2,367 |  |  |

5. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following table presents a roll forward of amounts recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss by component, net of tax of $277, for the quarter ended September 30, 2016:

| Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges (1) |  | Gains (losses) on available for sale securities |  | Gains (losses) on pension benefit obligation |  | Translation adjustments, net of hedges (2) |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2016 | $ | (2,322 | ) |  | $ | 3,488 |  |  | $ | (2,551 | ) |  | $ | (106,630 | ) |  | $ | (108,015 | )
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications | (1,769 | ) |  | (924 | ) |  | 36 |  |  | 8,591 |  |  | 5,934 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income to net (loss) income | 832 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 832 |
Net current period other comprehensive (loss) income | (937 | ) |  | (924 | ) |  | 36 |  |  | 8,591 |  |  | 6,766 |
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | (3,259 | ) |  | $ | 2,564 |  |  | $ | (2,515 | ) |  | $ | (98,039 | ) |  | $ | (101,249 | )

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(1) Gains (losses) on cash flow hedges include our interest rates swap and cross-currency swap contracts designated in cash flow hedging relationships.
(2) Translation adjustment is inclusive of the effects of our net investment hedges, of which, unrealized losses, net of tax of $7,642 and $4,965 have been included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively.
6. Waltham Lease Arrangement
In July 2013, we executed a lease agreement to move our Lexington, Massachusetts, USA operations to a yet to be constructed facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. During the first quarter of fiscal 2016, the building
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was completed and we commenced lease payments in September 2015 and will make lease payments through September 2026.
For accounting purposes, we were deemed to be the owner of the Waltham building during the construction period and accordingly we recorded the construction project costs incurred by the landlord as an asset with a corresponding financing obligation on our balance sheet. We evaluated the Waltham lease in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and determined the transaction did not meet the criteria for "sale-leaseback" treatment due to our planned subleasing activity over the term of the lease. Accordingly, we began depreciating the asset and incurring interest expense related to the financing obligation recorded on our consolidated balance sheet. We bifurcate the lease payments pursuant to the Waltham Lease into (i) a portion that is allocated to the building and (ii) a portion that is allocated to the land on which the building was constructed. The portion of the lease obligations allocated to the land is treated as an operating lease that commenced in fiscal 2014.
Property, plant and equipment, net, included $119,134 and $120,168 as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively, related to the building. The financing lease obligation and deferred rent credit related to the building on our consolidated balance sheets was $121,933 and $122,801, respectively, as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016.
7. Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment is as follows:

| Vistaprint business unit |  | Upload and Print business units |  | All Other business units |  | Total
Balance as of June 30, 2016 | $ | 121,752 |  |  | $ | 319,373 |  |  | $ | 24,880 |  |  | $ | 466,005 |
Effect of currency translation adjustments (1) | 802 |  |  | 3,475 |  |  | 537 |  |  | 4,814 |
Balance as of September 30, 2016 | $ | 122,554 |  |  | $ | 322,848 |  |  | $ | 25,417 |  |  | $ | 470,819 |

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(1) Relates to goodwill held by subsidiaries whose functional currency is not the U.S. Dollar.
Acquired Intangible Assets
Acquired intangible assets amortization expense for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was $10,213 and $9,714, respectively.
8. Other Balance Sheet Components
Accrued expenses included the following:

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
Compensation costs (1) | $ | 37,363 |  |  | $ | 59,207 |
Income and indirect taxes | 42,009 |  |  | 39,802 |
Advertising costs | 22,930 |  |  | 26,372 |
Shipping costs | 5,845 |  |  | 6,843 |
Interest payable | 10,055 |  |  | 5,172 |
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | 4,245 |  |  | 4,614 |
Production costs | 4,628 |  |  | 3,251 |
Sales returns | 2,841 |  |  | 2,882 |
Professional costs | 2,109 |  |  | 1,543 |
Other | 37,803 |  |  | 29,301 |
Total accrued expenses | $ | 169,828 |  |  | $ | 178,987 |

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(1) The decrease in compensation costs is primarily due to payment of our fiscal 2016 bonus and long-term incentive program in the first quarter of fiscal 2017. Effective July 1, 2016, we transitioned the annual bonus program to be included in team members' base salary. These amounts are therefore paid on our typical payroll schedule.
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Other current liabilities included the following:

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
Current portion of lease financing obligation | $ | 12,569 |  |  | $ | 12,569 |
Current portion of capital lease obligations | 8,916 |  |  | 8,011 |
Other | 3,037 |  |  | 2,055 |
Total other current liabilities | $ | 24,522 |  |  | $ | 22,635 |

Other liabilities included the following:

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
Contingent earn-out liability | $ | 19,206 |  |  | $ | 3,146 |
Long-term capital lease obligations | 17,374 |  |  | 21,318 |
Long-term derivative liabilities | 16,568 |  |  | 10,949 |
Other | 28,177 |  |  | 24,760 |
Total other liabilities | $ | 81,325 |  |  | $ | 60,173 |

The contingent earn-out liability included within other liabilities relates to the sliding scale earn-out for our 2016 WIRmachenDRUCK acquisition. Under the original terms of the arrangement, a portion of the earn-out attributed to the minority selling shareholders was included as a component of purchase consideration as of the acquisition date, with any subsequent changes to fair value recognized within general and administrative expense.
The remaining portion payable to the two majority selling shareholders was not included as part of the purchase consideration as of acquisition date as it was contingent upon their post-acquisition employment and planned to be recognized as expense through the required employment period. On July 15, 2016, in response to a statutory tax notice we amended the terms of the compensation portion of the arrangement with the two majority selling shareholders and we removed the post-acquisition employment requirement. As the arrangement is no longer contingent upon continued employment, we accelerated the remaining unrecognized compensation expense, $7,034 of additional expense as of the amendment date, within general and administrative expense during the first quarter of fiscal 2017.
In addition, the estimated fair value of the contingent liability payable to all selling shareholders increased, due to the recent business performance relative to performance targets and the time value impact within the Monte Carlo simulation model. We recognized $8,985 of additional expense during the quarter, as part of general and administrative expense. As of September 30, 2016, the total liability is $19,206, of which $16,867 relates to the majority shareholders and $2,339 relates to the minority shareholders, which is further discussed in Note 3.
9. Debt

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
7.0% Senior unsecured notes due 2022 | $ | 275,000 |  |  | $ | 275,000 |
Senior secured credit facility | 405,038 |  |  | 400,809 |
Other | 9,447 |  |  | 10,088 |
Debt issuance costs and debt discounts | (6,964 | ) |  | (7,386 | )
Total debt outstanding, net | 682,521 |  |  | 678,511 |
Less short-term debt (1) | 28,221 |  |  | 21,717 |
Long-term debt | $ | 654,300 |  |  | $ | 656,794 |

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(1) Balances as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016 are both inclusive of short-term debt issuance costs and debt discounts of $1,693.
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Our Debt
Our various debt arrangements described below contain customary representations, warranties and events of default. As of September 30, 2016, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants related to our debt.
Indenture and Senior Unsecured Notes due 2022
On March 24, 2015, we completed a private placement of $275,000 in aggregate principal amount of 7.0% senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the “Notes”). We issued the Notes pursuant to a senior notes indenture dated as of March 24, 2015 among Cimpress N.V., our subsidiary guarantors, and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., as trustee (the "Indenture"). We used the proceeds from the Notes to pay outstanding indebtedness under our unsecured line of credit and our senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
The Notes bear interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum and mature on April 1, 2022. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, commencing on October 1, 2015, to the holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on March 15 and September 15, respectively, preceding such interest payment date.
The Notes are senior unsecured obligations and rank equally in right of payment to all our existing and future senior unsecured debt and senior in right of payment to all of our existing and future subordinated debt. The Notes are effectively subordinated to any of our existing and future secured debt to the extent of the value of the assets securing such debt. Subject to certain exceptions, each of our existing and future subsidiaries that is a borrower under or guarantees our senior secured credit facilities will guarantee the Notes.
The Indenture contains various covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions, limit our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to incur and/or guarantee additional debt; pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments; enter into agreements limiting dividends and certain other restricted payments; prepay, redeem or repurchase subordinated debt; grant liens on assets; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of our consolidated assets; sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property and assets; and engage in transactions with affiliates.
At any time prior to April 1, 2018, we may redeem some or all of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a make-whole amount as set forth in the Indenture, plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date. In addition, at any time prior to April 1, 2018, we may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 107.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date, with the net proceeds of certain equity offerings by Cimpress. At any time on or after April 1, 2018, we may redeem some or all of the Notes at the redemption prices specified in the Indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.
Senior Secured Credit Facility
As of September 30, 2016, we have a senior secured credit facility of $826,000 as follows:

• | Revolving loans of $690,000 with a maturity date of September 23, 2019

• | Term loan of $136,000 amortizing over the loan period, with a final maturity date of September 23, 2019

Under the terms of our credit agreement, borrowings bear interest at a variable rate of interest based on LIBOR plus 1.50% to 2.25% depending on our leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness to our consolidated EBITDA, as defined by the credit agreement. As of September 30, 2016, the weighted-average interest rate on outstanding borrowings was 2.32%, inclusive of interest rate swap rates. We must also pay a commitment fee on unused balances of 0.225% to 0.400% depending on our leverage ratio. We have pledged the assets and/or share capital of several of our subsidiaries as collateral for our outstanding debt as of September 30, 2016.
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Other debt
Other debt consists of term loans acquired primarily as part of our fiscal 2015 acquisition of Exagroup SAS. As of September 30, 2016 we had $9,447 outstanding for those obligations that are payable through September 2024.
10. Income Taxes
Income tax (benefit) expense was ($9,814) and $3,179 for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The decrease in income tax expense is attributable to reporting a loss for the three months ended September 30, 2016 as compared to a profit for the same prior year period. We have losses in certain jurisdictions where we are able to recognize a tax benefit in the current period, but for which the cash benefit is expected to be realized in a future period. However, we do expect to owe cash taxes in certain jurisdictions despite the recognition of a consolidated loss during the quarter. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized a tax benefit of $4,189 due to share-based compensation as compared to $761 for the same prior year period.
On October 1, 2013, we made changes to our corporate entity operating structure, including transferring our intellectual property among certain of our subsidiaries, primarily to align our corporate entities with our evolving operations and business model. The transfer of assets occurred between wholly owned legal entities within the Cimpress group that are based in different tax jurisdictions. As the impact of the transfer was the result of an intra-entity transaction, any resulting gain or loss and immediate tax impact on the transfer is eliminated and not recognized in the consolidated financial statements under U.S. GAAP. The transferor entity recognized a gain on the transfer of assets that was not subject to income tax in its local jurisdiction. Our subsidiary based in Switzerland was the recipient of the intellectual property. In accordance with Swiss tax law, we are entitled to amortize the fair market value of the intellectual property received at the date of transfer over five years for tax purposes. As a result of this amortization, we are expecting a loss for Swiss tax purposes during fiscal year 2017.
As of September 30, 2016, we had a net liability for unrecognized tax benefits included in the balance sheet of $4,494, including accrued interest of $170. We recognize interest and, if applicable, penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in the provision for income taxes. Of the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits, approximately $2,003 will reduce the effective tax rate if recognized. It is reasonably possible that a reduction in unrecognized tax benefits may occur within the next twelve months. However, we are unable to quantify an estimated range of the impact to our unrecognized tax benefits at this time. We believe we have appropriately provided for all tax uncertainties.
We conduct business in a number of tax jurisdictions and, as such, are required to file income tax returns in multiple jurisdictions globally. The years 2013 through 2016 remain open for examination by the United States Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and the years 2011 through 2016 remain open for examination in the various states and non-US tax jurisdictions in which we file tax returns.
We believe that our income tax reserves are adequately maintained taking into consideration both the technical merits of our tax return positions and ongoing developments in our income tax audits. However, the final determination of our tax return positions, if audited, is uncertain, and there is a possibility that final resolution of these matters could have a material impact on our results of operations or cash flows.
11. Noncontrolling Interests
In certain of our strategic investments we have purchased a controlling equity stake, but there remains a minority portion of the equity that is owned by a third party. The balance sheet and operating activity of these entities are included in our consolidated financial statements and we adjust the net income in our consolidated statement of operations to exclude the noncontrolling interests' proportionate share of results. We present the proportionate share of equity attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interests as temporary equity within our consolidated balance sheet and the proportionate share of noncontrolling interests not subject to a redemption provision that is outside of our control as equity.
Redeemable noncontrolling interests
On April 15, 2015, we acquired 70% of the outstanding shares of Exagroup SAS. The remaining 30% is considered a redeemable noncontrolling equity interest, as it is redeemable in the future and not solely within our
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control. The Exagroup noncontrolling interest, redeemable at a fixed amount of €39,000, was recorded at its fair value as of the acquisition date and will be adjusted to its redemption value on a periodic basis, if that amount exceeds its carrying value. As of September 30, 2016, the redemption value is less than the carrying value, and therefore no adjustment is required.
On April 3, 2014, we acquired 97% of the outstanding corporate capital of Pixartprinting S.p.A. The remaining 3% is considered a redeemable noncontrolling equity interest, as it is redeemable for cash based on future financial results and not solely within our control. The redeemable noncontrolling interest was recorded at its fair value as of the acquisition date and will be adjusted to its redemption value on a periodic basis, with an offset to retained earnings, if that amount exceeds its carrying value. As of September 30, 2016, the redemption value is less than the carrying value, and therefore no adjustment is required.
We own a 51% controlling interest in a joint business arrangement with Plaza Create Co. Ltd., a leading Japanese retailer of photo products, to expand our market presence in Japan. We have a call option to acquire the remaining 49% of the business if Plaza Create materially breaches any of its contracts with us. If we materially breach any of our contracts with Plaza Create, Plaza Create has an option to put its shares to us. As the exercise of this put option is not solely within our control, the noncontrolling equity interest in the business is presented as temporary equity in our consolidated balance sheet. As of September 30, 2016, it is not probable that the noncontrolling interest will be redeemable.
Noncontrolling interest
On August 7, 2014, we made a capital investment in Printi LLC as described in Note 12. The noncontrolling interest was recorded at its estimated fair value as of the investment date. The allocation of the net loss of the operations to the noncontrolling interest considers our stated liquidation preference in applying the loss to each party.
The following table presents the reconciliation of changes in our noncontrolling interests:

|  | Redeemable noncontrolling interests |  | Noncontrolling interest
Balance as of June 30, 2016 |  | $ | 65,301 |  |  | $ | 351 |
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest |  | (938 | ) |  | (38 | )
Foreign currency translation |  | 586 |  |  | — |
Balance as of September 30, 2016 |  | $ | 64,949 |  |  | $ | 313 |

12. Variable Interest Entity ("VIE")
On August 7, 2014, we made a capital investment in Printi LLC, which operates in Brazil. This investment provides us access to a newer market and the opportunity to drive longer-term growth in Brazil. As of September 30, 2016, we have a 49.99% equity interest in Printi. Based upon the level of equity investment at risk, Printi is considered a variable interest entity. The shareholders of Printi share profits and voting control on a pro-rata basis. While we do not manage the day to day operations of Printi, we do have the unilateral ability to exercise participating voting rights for specific transactions and as such no one shareholder is considered to be the primary beneficiary. However, certain significant shareholders cannot transfer their equity interests without our approval and as a result are considered de facto agents on our behalf in accordance with ASC 810-10-25-43.
In aggregating our rights, as well as those of our de facto agents, the group as a whole has both the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity's economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses and the right to receive benefits from the entity. In situations where a de facto agency relationship is present, one party is required to be identified as the primary beneficiary and the evaluation requires significant judgment. The factors considered include the presence of a principal/agent relationship, the relationship and significance of activities to the reporting entity, the variability associated with the VIE's anticipated economics and the design of the VIE. The analysis is qualitative in nature and is based on weighting the relative importance of each of the factors in relation to the specifics of the VIE arrangement. Upon our investment we performed an analysis and concluded that we are the party that is most closely associated with Printi, as we are most exposed to the variability of the economics and therefore considered the primary beneficiary.
We have call options with certain employee shareholders to increase our ownership in Printi incrementally over an eight-year period. As the employees' restricted stock in Printi is contingent on post-acquisition employment,
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share-based compensation will be recognized over the four-year vesting period. The awards are considered liability awards and will be marked to fair value each reporting period. In order to estimate the fair value of the award as of September 30, 2016, we utilized a lattice model with a Monte Carlo simulation. The current fair value of the award is $5,979 and we have recognized $386 and $371 in general and administrative expense for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
13. Segment Information
Our operating segments are based upon the manner in which our operations are managed and the availability of separate financial information reported internally to the Chief Executive Officer, who is our Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for purposes of making decisions about how to allocate resources and assess performance. As of September 30, 2016 we have several operating segments under our management reporting structure which are reported in the following three reportable segments:

• | Vistaprint business unit - Includes the operations of our Vistaprint-branded websites focused on the North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets, and our Webs-branded business, which is managed with the Vistaprint-branded digital business in the previously listed geographies.

• | Upload and Print business units - This operating segment includes the results of our druck.at, Exagroup, Easyflyer, Printdeal, Pixartprinting, Tradeprint, and WIRmachenDRUCK branded businesses.

• | All Other business units - Includes the operations of our Albumprinter and Most of World business units and newly formed Corporate Solutions business unit. Our Most of World business unit is focused on our emerging market portfolio, including operations in Brazil, China, India and Japan. The results of the Corporate Solutions business unit were previously part of the Vistaprint business unit, and the Corporate Solutions business unit will focus on delivering volume and revenue via partnerships. These business units have been combined into one reportable segment based on materiality.

During the first quarter of fiscal 2017, we transferred a large part of our IT operations team from our corporate and global functions cost center to the Vistaprint business unit. Additionally, a group of finance employees were transferred to corporate and global functions from the Upload and Print business units, due to changes in our internal organization structure. We have revised the presentation of all prior periods presented to reflect our revised segment reporting.
Consistent with our historical reporting, the cost of our global legal, human resource, finance, facilities management, software and manufacturing engineering, the global component of our IT operations functions, and certain start-up costs related to new product introductions and manufacturing technologies are generally not allocated to the reporting segments and are instead reported and disclosed under the caption "Corporate and global functions." Corporate and global functions is a cost center and does not meet the definition of an operating segment. Under our new incentive compensation plan we granted PSUs during the first quarter of fiscal 2017. The PSU expense value is based on a Monte Carlo fair value analysis and is required to be expensed on an accelerated basis. In order to ensure comparability in measuring our business unit results, we allocate the straight-line portion of the fixed grant value to our business units. Any expense in excess of the amount as a result of the fair value measurement of the PSUs and the accelerated expense profile of the awards is recognized within corporate and global functions.
Adjusted net operating profit is the primary metric by which our CODM measures segment financial performance. Certain items are excluded from segment adjusted net operating profit, such as acquisition-related amortization and depreciation, expense recognized for contingent earn-out related charges, including the changes in fair value of contingent consideration and compensation expense related to cash-based earn-out mechanisms dependent upon continued employment, share-based compensation related to investment consideration, certain impairment expense and restructuring charges. A portion of the interest expense associated with our Waltham lease is included as expense in adjusted net operating profit and allocated based on headcount to the appropriate business unit or corporate and global function. The interest expense represents a portion of the cash rent payment and is considered an operating expense for purposes of measuring our segment performance. There are no internal revenue transactions between our operating segments, and we do not allocate non-operating income to our segment results. All intersegment transfers are recorded at cost for presentation to the CODM, for example, we allocate costs related to products manufactured by our global network of production facilities to the applicable operating segment. There is no intercompany profit or loss recognized on these transactions.
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The following factors, among others, may limit the comparability of adjusted net operating profit by segment:

• | We do not allocate global support costs across operating segments or corporate and global functions.

• | Some of our acquired operations in our Upload and Print business units and All Other business units segments are burdened by the costs of their local finance, HR, and other administrative support functions, whereas other business units leverage our global functions and do not receive an allocation for these services.

• | Our All Other business units reporting segment includes our Most of World business unit, which has operating losses as it is in its early stage of investment relative to the scale of the underlying business.

Our balance sheet information is not presented to the CODM on an allocated basis, and therefore we do not present asset information by segment.
Revenue by segment is based on the business unit-specific websites through which the customer’s order was transacted. The following tables set forth revenue, adjusted net operating profit by reportable segment, total income from operations and total income before taxes.

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Revenue: |  |  |
Vistaprint business unit | $ | 285,422 |  |  | $ | 267,469 |
Upload and Print business units | 131,957 |  |  | 76,538 |
All Other business units | 26,334 |  |  | 31,741 |
Total revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Adjusted net operating profit by segment: |  |  |
Vistaprint business unit | $ | 58,217 |  |  | $ | 64,462 |
Upload and Print business units | 16,114 |  |  | 11,450 |
All Other business units | (9,609 | ) |  | (1,085 | )
Total adjusted net operating profit by segment | 64,722 |  |  | 74,827 |
Corporate and global functions | (63,937 | ) |  | (51,948 | )
Acquisition-related amortization and depreciation | (10,213 | ) |  | (9,782 | )
Earn-out related charges (1) | (16,247 | ) |  | (289 | )
Share-based compensation related to investment consideration | (4,103 | ) |  | (802 | )
Restructuring charges | — |  |  | (271 | )
Interest expense for Waltham lease | 1,970 |  |  | 350 |
Total (loss) income from operations | (27,808 | ) |  | 12,085 |
Other (expense) income, net | (2,132 | ) |  | 9,242 |
Interest expense, net | (9,904 | ) |  | (8,126 | )
(Loss) income before income taxes | $ | (39,844 | ) |  | $ | 13,201 |

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(1) Includes expense recognized for the change in fair value of contingent consideration and compensation expense related to cash-based earn-out mechanisms dependent upon continued employment.
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| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Depreciation and amortization: |  |  |
Vistaprint business unit | $ | 11,273 |  |  | $ | 9,861 |
Upload and Print business units | 14,110 |  |  | 10,052 |
All Other business units | 3,604 |  |  | 4,383 |
Corporate and global functions | 6,418 |  |  | 5,962 |
Total depreciation and amortization | $ | 35,405 |  |  | $ | 30,258 |

Enterprise Wide Disclosures:
The following tables set forth revenues by geographic area and groups of similar products and services:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
United States | $ | 187,955 |  |  | $ | 179,413 |
Non-United States (2) | 255,758 |  |  | 196,335 |
Total revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Physical printed products and other (3) | $ | 428,714 |  |  | $ | 360,148 |
Digital products/services | 14,999 |  |  | 15,600 |
Total revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |

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(2) Our non-United States revenue includes the Netherlands, our country of domicile.
(3) Other revenue includes miscellaneous items which account for less than 1% of revenue.
The following tables set forth long-lived assets by geographic area:

| September 30, 2016 |  | June 30, 2016
Long-lived assets (4): |  |  |  |  |
Netherlands | $ | 96,780 |  |  | $ | 91,053 |
Canada | 89,562 |  |  | 89,888 |
Switzerland | 41,581 |  |  | 38,501 |
Italy | 35,804 |  |  | 34,086 |
United States | 32,126 |  |  | 32,977 |
France | 24,245 |  |  | 24,561 |
Australia | 24,727 |  |  | 24,358 |
Japan | 23,290 |  |  | 23,213 |
Jamaica | 22,290 |  |  | 22,604 |
Other | 49,816 |  |  | 53,059 |
Total | $ | 440,221 |  |  | $ | 434,300 |

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(4) Excludes goodwill of $470,819 and $466,005, intangible assets, net of $209,387 and $216,970, the Waltham lease asset of $119,134 and $120,168, and deferred tax assets of $41,556 and $26,093 as of September 30, 2016 and June 30, 2016, respectively.
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14. Commitments and Contingencies
Lease Commitments
We have commitments under operating leases for our facilities that expire on various dates through 2026, including the Waltham lease arrangement discussed in Note 6. Total lease expense, net of sublease income for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 was $2,271 and $4,102, respectively. The decrease in total lease expense during fiscal 2016 as compared to the prior comparable periods is due to the move to our Waltham, Massachusetts facility during the first quarter of fiscal 2016 and the treatment of the related lease similar to a capital lease, with cash payments allocated to depreciation expense and interest expense.
We also lease certain machinery and plant equipment under both capital and operating lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2022. The aggregate carrying value of the leased equipment under capital leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2016, is $27,110, net of accumulated depreciation of $18,628; the present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2016 amounts to $28,862.
Purchase Obligations
At September 30, 2016, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $68,123, which were primarily composed of commitments for production and computer equipment purchases of approximately $33,051. Production and computer equipment purchases relates partially to a two year purchase commitment for equipment with one of our suppliers. In addition, we had purchase commitments for third-party web services of $9,500, professional and consulting fees of approximately $7,385, inventory purchase commitments of $3,220, commitments for advertising campaigns of $1,583, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of $13,384.
Other Obligations
We have an outstanding installment obligation of $8,818 related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of the intellectual property of our subsidiary Webs, Inc., which results in tax being paid over a 7.5 year term and has been classified as a deferred tax liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2016. Other obligations also includes a contingent earn-out liability for our recent WIRmachenDRUCK acquisition, based on the achievement of certain financial targets, payable at our option in cash or ordinary shares in fiscal 2018 of $19,206. Refer to Note 8 for additional discussion related to the contingent earn-out liability. In addition, we have deferred payments related to our fiscal 2015 and 2016 acquisitions of $2,599 in aggregate.
Legal Proceedings
We are not currently party to any material legal proceedings. Although we cannot predict with certainty the results of litigation and claims to which we may be subject from time to time, we do not expect the resolution of any of our current matters to have a material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or financial position. In all cases, at each reporting period, we evaluate whether or not a potential loss amount or a potential range of loss is probable and reasonably estimable under the provisions of the authoritative guidance that addresses accounting for contingencies. We expense the costs relating to our legal proceedings as those costs are incurred.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This Report contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The statements contained in this Report that are not purely historical 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 but not limited to our statements about anticipated income and revenue growth rates, future profitability and market share, new and expanded products and services, geographic expansion and planned capital expenditures. Without limiting the foregoing, the words “may,” “should,” “could,” “expect,” “plan,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “designed,” “potential,” “continue,” “target,” “seek” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Report are based on information available to us
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up to, and including the date of this document, and we disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain important factors, including those set forth in this “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Report. You should carefully review those factors and also carefully review the risks outlined in other documents that we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Executive Overview
Cimpress, the world leader in mass customization, is a technology driven company that aggregates, via the Internet, large volumes of small, individually customized orders for a broad spectrum of print, signage, apparel and similar products. We fulfill those orders with manufacturing capabilities which include Cimpress owned and operated manufacturing facilities and a network of third-party fulfillers to create customized products for customers on-demand. We bring our products to market through a portfolio of focused brands serving the needs of micro, small and medium sized businesses, resellers and consumers. These brands include Vistaprint, our global brand for micro business marketing products and services, as well as brands that we have acquired that serve the needs of various market segments, including resellers, small and medium businesses with differentiated service needs, and consumers purchasing products for themselves and their families.
As of September 30, 2016, we have several operating segments under our management reporting structure which are reported in the following three reportable segments: Vistaprint business unit, Upload and Print business units and All Other business units. The Vistaprint business unit represents our Vistaprint-branded websites focused on the North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand markets, and our Webs-branded business, which is managed with the Vistaprint-branded digital business. The Upload and Print business units segment includes the druck.at, Exagroup, Easyflyer, Printdeal, Pixartprinting, Tradeprint, and WIRmachenDRUCK branded businesses. The All Other business units segment includes the operations of our Albumprinter and Most of World business units and Corporate Solutions business unit, which historically was part of the Vistaprint business unit and is focused on delivering volume and revenue via partnerships.
In evaluating the financial condition and operating performance of our business, management focuses on revenue growth, constant-currency revenue growth, operating income, adjusted net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) and cash flow from operations. A summary of these key financial metrics for the three months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015 are as follows:
First Quarter 2017

• | Reported revenue increased by 18% to $443.7 million.

• | Consolidated constant-currency revenue increased by 19% and excluding acquisitions increased by 6%.

• | Operating (loss) income decreased $39.9 million to an operating loss of $27.8 million.

• | Adjusted NOPAT decreased $21.1 million to $(4.7) million.

• | Cash provided by operating activities decreased $17.8 million to $9.6 million.

Our reported revenue growth was primarily due to the addition of the revenue of our recently acquired WIRmachenDRUCK brand, as well as continued growth in the Vistaprint business unit and Upload and Print businesses acquired more than twelve months prior. The decrease in operating (loss) income was partially due to significant acquisition-related expense associated with our WIRmachenDRUCK contingent earn-out arrangement and a one-time modification expense for the acceleration of vesting terms for certain restricted share awards related to our Tradeprint acquisition.
Operating (loss) income and adjusted NOPAT (a non-GAAP financial measure) decreased versus the comparative period a year ago due to decreased profit from our Albumprinter and Corporate Solutions businesses due to the loss of two partner contracts. The decrease was also impacted by incremental share-based compensation expense as a result of our new incentive compensation plan that began in August. Additionally, this decrease was impacted by our planned increased organic investments in our Vistaprint business unit, including our planned shipping price reductions to Vistaprint customers, as well as our increased investments in our mass customization platform and expansion of production and information technology capabilities. The current quarter was also impacted by weather-induced flooding in our North American manufacturing facility during the last week of
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the quarter, negatively impacting revenue and profits for the Vistaprint business unit. This production delay resulted in increases in backlog at quarter end, but the impact to revenue and profit are expected to be recognized during the second quarter of fiscal 2017.
Results of Operations
The following table presents our operating results for the periods indicated as a percentage of revenue:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
As a percentage of revenue: |  |  |  |
Revenue | 100.0 | % |  | 100.0 | %
Cost of revenue | 48.2 | % |  | 41.9 | %
Technology and development expense | 14.0 | % |  | 13.6 | %
Marketing and selling expense | 31.4 | % |  | 32.5 | %
General and administrative expense | 12.7 | % |  | 8.9 | %
(Loss) income from operations | (6.3 | )% |  | 3.2 | %
Other (expense) income, net | (0.5 | )% |  | 2.5 | %
Interest expense, net | (2.2 | )% |  | (2.2 | )%
(Loss) income before income taxes | (9.0 | )% |  | 3.5 | %
Income tax (benefit) provision | (2.2 | )% |  | 0.8 | %
Net (loss) income | (6.8 | )% |  | 2.7 | %
Add: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest | 0.2 | % |  | 0.2 | %
Net (loss) income attributable to Cimpress N.V. | (6.6 | )% |  | 2.9 | %

In thousands

| Three Months Ended September 30, |  |
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 vs. 2015
Revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |  |  | 18 | %

Revenue
We generate revenue primarily from the sale and shipping of customized manufactured products, and by providing digital services, website design and hosting, and email marketing services, as well as a small percentage from order referral fees and other third-party offerings.
Total revenue by reportable segment for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 is shown in the following table. The first quarter of fiscal 2016 includes the impact of Tradeprint and Alcione from their respective acquisition dates in our Upload and Print business units segment:

In thousands | Three Months Ended September 30, |  |  |  | Currency Impact: |  | Constant- Currency |  | Impact of Acquisitions: |  | Constant- Currency Revenue Growth
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | % Change |  | (Favorable)/Unfavorable |  | Revenue Growth (1) |  | (Favorable)/Unfavorable |  | Excluding Acquisitions (2)
Vistaprint business unit | $ | 285,422 |  |  | $ | 267,469 |  |  | 7% |  | 1% |  | 8% |  | —% |  | 8%
Upload and Print business units (3) | 131,957 |  |  | 76,538 |  |  | 72% |  | 1% |  | 73% |  | (61)% |  | 12%
All Other business units | 26,334 |  |  | 31,741 |  |  | (17)% |  | (2)% |  | (19)% |  | —% |  | (19)%
Total revenue | $ | 443,713 |  |  | $ | 375,748 |  |  | 18% |  | 1% |  | 19% |  | (13)% |  | 6%

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(1) Constant-currency revenue growth, a non-GAAP financial measure, represents the change in total revenue between current and prior year periods at constant-currency exchange rates by translating all non-U.S. dollar denominated revenue generated in the current period using the prior year period’s average exchange rate for each currency to the U.S. dollar.
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(2) Constant-currency revenue growth excluding acquisitions, a non-GAAP financial measure, excludes revenue results for businesses and brands in the period in which there is no comparable year over year revenue. Revenue from our fiscal 2016 acquisitions is excluded from fiscal 2016 revenue growth. For example, revenue from Tradeprint, which we acquired in Q1 2016, is excluded from Q1 2017 revenue growth since there are no full quarter results in the comparable period.
We have provided these non-GAAP financial measures because we believe they provide meaningful information regarding our results on a consistent and comparable basis for the periods presented. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, to evaluate our operating results. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for our reported financial results prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(3) The Upload and Print business units include the impact of the Tradeprint and Alcione fiscal 2016 acquisitions from their respective acquisition dates of July 31, 2015 and July 29, 2015, respectively.
Vistaprint business unit
Reported revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 increased 7% to $285.4 million, as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2015. Our reported revenue growth was negatively affected by currency impacts during the three months ended September 30, 2016 of 1%. The Vistaprint business unit constant-currency growth of 8% was primarily due to repeat customer bookings growth, with more modest growth in new customer bookings. Performance continues to be stronger in the North American and Australian markets, with improving results in certain European markets. Revenue from our focus product categories including signage, marketing materials and promotional products and apparel is growing faster than the overall segment. Revenue growth was negatively impacted by approximately 200 basis points due to weather-induced flooding in our North American manufacturing facility, that caused a temporary disruption in production activities near quarter end resulting in an increase in backlog. In addition, some of our customer value proposition efforts create revenue headwinds in certain markets including recent reductions in shipping pricing.
Upload and Print business units
Reported revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 increased 72% to $132.0 million from $76.5 million in the prior comparable period. Our reported revenue growth includes the addition of aggregate revenue of $46.7 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 from the brands we acquired in fiscal 2016. The Upload and Print business units constant-currency revenue growth excluding revenue from businesses acquired in the past twelve months was 12% for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, primarily driven by continued growth from our Pixartprinting, Printdeal and Exagroup brands.
All Other business units
Reported revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2016 decreased 17% to $26.3 million, as compared to the prior comparable period. Our reported revenue was positively affected by currency impacts during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 of 2%. The All Other business units constant-currency revenue decline of 19% for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 was primarily due to the termination of certain partner contracts in both our Corporate Solutions and Albumprinter businesses. These declines were partially offset by growth in Albumprinter's direct to consumer business, as well as growth in our Most of World portfolio which continues to grow off a relatively small base.
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The following table summarizes our comparative operating expenses for the period:
In thousands

| Three Months Ended September 30, |  |
| 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2016 vs. 2015
Cost of revenue | $ | 213,731 |  |  | $ | 157,283 |  |  | 36 | %
% of revenue | 48.2 | % |  | 41.9 | % |  |
Technology and development expense | $ | 62,078 |  |  | $ | 51,086 |  |  | 22 | %
% of revenue | 14.0 | % |  | 13.6 | % |  |
Marketing and selling expense | $ | 139,351 |  |  | $ | 122,135 |  |  | 14 | %
% of revenue | 31.4 | % |  | 32.5 | % |  |
General and administrative expense | $ | 56,361 |  |  | $ | 33,159 |  |  | 70 | %
% of revenue | 12.7 | % |  | 8.9 | % |  |

Cost of revenue
Cost of revenue includes materials used to manufacture our products, payroll and related expenses for production personnel, depreciation of assets used in the production process and in support of digital marketing service offerings, shipping, handling and processing costs, third-party production costs, costs of free products and other related costs of products sold by us. Cost of revenue as a percent of revenue increased during the quarter ended September 30, 2016, as the operations within the Upload and Print business units have, as a percent of revenue, higher cost of revenue than our traditional business and are growing faster; however, these companies also have lower marketing, selling and operating costs as a percent of revenue.
The Vistaprint business unit cost of revenue increased to $103.5 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 from $91.2 million in the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to increased costs associated with production volume and product mix of $11.6 million and was also impacted by the aggregate impact of currency, productivity and efficiency losses of $0.7 million.
The Upload and Print business units cost of revenue increased to $94.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 from $50.8 million in the prior comparable period primarily due to incremental manufacturing costs of $36.9 million for the operations acquired in fiscal 2016. The remaining increase is due to increased manufacturing costs from our Pixartprinting and Printdeal brands, primarily due to increases in revenue.
The All Other business units cost of revenue decreased to $14.1 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 from $14.7 million during the prior comparable period, primarily due to reductions in partner-related revenue.
During the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 we had cost of revenue that was not allocated to our business units for management reporting of $1.2 million and $0.6 million, respectively. The costs primarily relate to certain start-up costs related to new product introductions and manufacturing technologies.
Technology and development expense
Technology and development expense consists primarily of payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in software and manufacturing engineering, information technology operations and content development, as well as amortization of capitalized software, website development costs and certain acquired intangible assets, including developed technology, hosting of our websites, asset depreciation, patent amortization, legal settlements in connection with patent-related claims, and other technology infrastructure-related costs. Depreciation expense for information technology equipment that directly supports the delivery of our digital marketing services products is included in cost of revenue.
The growth in our technology and development expenses of $11.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2016 as compared to the prior comparative period was due to increased payroll, share-based compensation and facility-related costs of $7.7 million, as a result of increased headcount in our technology development and information technology support organizations. The increase in headcount is partly due to increases in software and
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manufacturing engineering resources related to the continued development of our software-based mass customization platform as well as the enhancement of existing capabilities and expansion of product selection. Technology infrastructure-related costs increased by $3.0 million, primarily due to increased software maintenance and licensing costs, as well as increased IT cloud service costs. Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $0.7 million, primarily due to expense related to our fiscal 2016 acquisitions. During the quarter ended September 30, 2016, we had higher net capitalization of software costs of $0.4 million, due to an increase in costs that qualified for capitalization during the current quarter.
Marketing and selling expense
Marketing and selling expense consists primarily of advertising and promotional costs; payroll and related expenses for our employees engaged in marketing, sales, customer support and public relations activities; amortization of certain acquired intangible assets, including customer relationships and trade names; and third-party payment processing fees. Our Upload and Print business units have a lower marketing and selling cost structure compared to the Vistaprint business unit.
Our marketing and selling expenses increased by $17.2 million during the quarter ended September 30, 2016 as compared to the prior comparative period primarily due to increased advertising expense of $8.1 million as a result of additional advertising spend in the Vistaprint business unit. Our payroll and facility-related costs, inclusive of share-based compensation, increased $6.1 million, as we expanded our marketing and customer service, sales and design support organization through our recent acquisitions and continued investment in the Vistaprint business unit customer service resources in order to provide higher value services to our customers. Payment processing and third-party services were $1.8 million higher than the prior period, primarily due to increased order volumes. Other marketing and selling costs increased by $1.2 million, primarily due to increased travel and training costs.
General and administrative expense
General and administrative expense consists primarily of transaction costs, including third-party professional fees, insurance and payroll and related expenses of employees involved in executive management, finance, legal, and human resources.
During the quarter ended September 30, 2016 our general and administrative expenses increased by $23.2 million, as compared to the prior comparative period. The increase in the current quarter was primarily driven by $16.0 million of expense for the contingent earn-out arrangement related to our fiscal 2016 acquisition of WIRmachenDRUCK. Payroll and facility-related costs increased by $5.0 million, as compared to the prior comparative period. During the quarter we also recognized additional share-based compensation expense, primarily due to $3.4 million of expense for the acceleration of vesting terms of certain restricted share awards associated with the acquisition of Tradeprint. These cost increases were partially offset by lower other general and administrative costs which decreased by $1.2 million, primarily related to third-party consulting fees and recruiting costs.
Other (expense) income, net
Other (expense) income, net generally consists of gains and losses from currency exchange rate fluctuations on transactions or balances denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of our subsidiaries, as well as the realized and unrealized gains and losses on some of our derivative instruments. In evaluating our currency hedging program and ability to achieve hedge accounting in light of our legal entity cash flows, we considered the benefits of hedge accounting relative to the additional economic cost of trade execution and administrative burden. Based on this analysis, we decided to execute certain currency forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting. The following table summarizes the components of other (expense) income, net:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Gains on derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | $ | 77 |  |  | $ | 2,367 |
Currency related (losses) gains, net | (2,966 | ) |  | 5,034 |
Other gains | 757 |  |  | 1,841 |
Total other (expense) income, net | $ | (2,132 | ) |  | $ | 9,242 |

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During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized net losses of $2.1 million, as compared to net gains of $9.2 million during the prior comparable period. The decrease primarily relates to the currency exchange rate volatility of our intercompany transactional and financing activities, as we have significant non-functional currency intercompany relationships resulting in a net loss of $3.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to a net gain of $5.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2015.
In addition, we recognized lower net gains of $0.1 million on our currency forward contracts not designated as hedging instruments during the three months ended September 30, 2016, as compared to $2.4 million during the prior comparable period. We expect this volatility to continue in future periods as we do not currently apply hedge accounting for most of our currency forward contracts.
During the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, other gains consisted primarily of gains related to insurance recoveries of $0.7 million and $1.6 million, respectively.
Interest expense, net
Interest expense, net was $9.9 million and $8.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. Interest expense, net primarily consists of interest paid on outstanding debt balances, amortization of debt issuance costs, interest related to capital lease obligations and realized gains (losses) on effective interest rate swap contracts and certain cross-currency swaps. The increase in interest expense, net is primarily a result of increased interest expense associated with our Waltham lease arrangement, compared to only one month of expense in the prior comparable quarter. We expect interest expense to increase in future periods relative to historical trends as a result of our Waltham lease arrangement and increased capital lease obligations for machinery and equipment.
Income tax (benefit) provision

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Income tax (benefit) provision | $ | (9,814 | ) |  | $ | 3,179 |
Effective tax rate | 24.6 | % |  | 24.1 | %

Income tax (benefit) provision was $(9.8) million and $3.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively. The decrease in income tax expense is attributable to reporting a loss for the three months ended September 30, 2016 as compared to a profit for the same prior year period. We have losses in certain jurisdictions where we are able to recognize a tax benefit in the current period, but for which the cash benefit is expected to be realized in a future period. However, we do expect to owe cash taxes in certain jurisdictions despite the recognition of a consolidated loss during the quarter. In addition, during the three months ended September 30, 2016, we recognized a tax benefit of $4.2 million due to share-based compensation as compared to $0.8 million for the same prior year period.
Segment profitability
Our primary metric used to measure segment financial performance is adjusted net operating profit which excludes certain non-operational items including acquisition-related expenses, certain impairments and restructuring charges. For the quarter ended September 30, 2016, the Vistaprint business unit adjusted net operating profit decreased by $6.2 million, as compared to the prior period. Incremental profit from revenue growth was offset by planned increased investments including $4.9 million from reductions in shipping prices. Adjusted net operating profit was also negatively impacted by the increase in backlog described above due to weather-related flooding at our North American production facility at the end of the quarter. The Upload and Print business units adjusted net operating profit increased by $4.7 million primarily due to the addition of aggregate adjusted net operating profit from the brands we acquired during fiscal 2016, as well as increased profits from earlier acquisitions, partially offset by strategic investments made in oversight, technology and marketing. Our All Other business units adjusted net operating profit decreased by $8.5 million primarily due to the reduction in partner related profits of $5.7 million, as well as increased investment in our Corporate Solutions business.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:
In thousands

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 9,600 |  |  | $ | 27,426 |
Net cash used in investing activities | (27,452 | ) |  | (50,400 | )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (6,550 | ) |  | 14,302 |

At September 30, 2016, we had $53.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $689.5 million of outstanding debt, excluding debt issuance costs and debt discounts. Cash and cash equivalents decreased by $23.8 million during the three months ended September 30, 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we implemented a cash pooling program for certain of our European bank accounts and expect to maintain a lower consolidated cash balance on a prospective basis as we leverage the benefits of the new program. We expect cash and cash equivalents and outstanding debt levels to fluctuate over time depending on our working capital needs, as well as our organic investment, share repurchase and acquisition activity. The cash flows during the three months ended September 30, 2016 related primarily to the following items:
Cash inflows:

• | Adjustments for non-cash items of $50.3 million primarily related to positive adjustments for depreciation and amortization of $35.4 million, share-based compensation costs of $11.6 million, the change of our contingent earn-out liability of $16.0 million and unrealized currency-related losses of $4.8 million, offset by negative adjustments for non-cash tax related items of $18.2 million; and

• | Proceeds of debt of $4.3 million, net of payments.

Cash outflows:

• | Net loss of $30.0 million;

• | Capital expenditures of $19.3 million of which $11.3 million were related to the purchase of manufacturing and automation equipment for our production facilities, $2.2 million were related to the purchase of land, facilities and leasehold improvements, and $5.8 million were related to computer and office equipment;

• | Changes in working capital balances of $10.7 million primarily driven by negative changes to accounts payable and accrued expenses;

• | Internal costs for software and website development that we have capitalized of $8.3 million;

• | Payments of withholding taxes in connection with share awards of $7.5 million; and

• | Payments for capital lease arrangements of $3.3 million.

Additional Liquidity and Capital Resources Information. During the three months ended September 30, 2016, we financed our operations and strategic investments through internally generated cash flows from operations and debt financing. As of September 30, 2016, a significant portion of our cash and cash equivalents was held by our subsidiaries, and undistributed earnings of our subsidiaries that are considered to be indefinitely reinvested were $24.4 million. We do not intend to repatriate these funds as the cash and cash equivalent balances are generally used and available, without legal restrictions, to fund ordinary business operations and investments of the respective subsidiaries. If there is a change in the future, the repatriation of undistributed earnings from certain subsidiaries, in the form of dividends or otherwise, could have tax consequences that could result in material cash outflows.
Debt. On March 24, 2015, we completed a private placement of $275.0 million of 7.0% senior unsecured notes due 2022. The proceeds from the sales of the notes were used to repay existing outstanding indebtedness under our unsecured line of credit and senior secured credit facility and for general corporate purposes. As of
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September 30, 2016, we have aggregate loan commitments from our senior secured credit facility totaling $826.0 million. The loan commitments consist of revolving loans of $690.0 million and the remaining term loans of $136.0 million.
We have other financial obligations that constitute additional indebtedness based on the definitions within the credit facility. As of September 30, 2016, the amount available for borrowing under our senior secured credit facility was as follows:
In thousands

| September 30, 2016
Maximum aggregate available for borrowing | $ | 826,000 |
Outstanding borrowings of senior secured credit facilities | (405,038 | )
Remaining amount | 420,962 |
Limitations to borrowing due to debt covenants and other obligations (1) | (1,647 | )
Amount available for borrowing as of September 30, 2016 (2) | $ | 419,315 |

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(1) Our borrowing ability under our senior secured credit facility can be limited by our debt covenants each quarter. These covenants may limit our borrowing capacity depending on our leverage, other indebtedness, such as notes, capital leases, letters of credit, and any other debt, as well as other factors that are outlined in the credit agreement.
(2) The use of available borrowings for share purchases, dividend payments, or corporate acquisitions is subject to more restrictive covenants that can lower available borrowings for such purposes relative to the general availability described in the above table.
Debt Covenants. Our credit agreement contains financial and other covenants, including but not limited to the following:
(1) The credit agreement contains financial covenants calculated on a trailing twelve month, or TTM, basis that:

• | our total leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated total indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 4.50 to 1.00.

• | our senior secured leverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated senior secured indebtedness (*) to our TTM consolidated EBITDA (*), will not exceed 3.25 to 1.00.

• | our interest coverage ratio, which is the ratio of our consolidated EBITDA to our consolidated interest expense, will be at least 3.00 to 1.00.

(2) Purchases of our ordinary shares, payments of dividends, and corporate acquisitions and dispositions are subject to more restrictive consolidated leverage ratio thresholds than those listed above when calculated on a proforma basis in certain scenarios. Also, regardless of our leverage ratio, the credit agreement limits the amount of purchases of our ordinary shares, payments of dividends, corporate acquisitions and dispositions, investments in joint ventures or minority interests, and consolidated capital expenditures that we may make. These limitations can include annual limits that vary from year-to-year and aggregate limits over the term of the credit facility. Therefore, our ability to make desired investments may be limited during the term of our senior secured credit facility.
(3) The credit agreement also places limitations on additional indebtedness and liens that we may incur, as well as on certain intercompany activities.
(*) The definitions of EBITDA, consolidated total indebtedness, and consolidated senior secured indebtedness are maintained in our credit agreement included as an exhibit to our Form 8-K filed on February 13, 2013, as amended by amendments no. 1 and no. 2 to the credit agreement included as exhibits to our Forms 8-K filed on January 22, 2014 and September 25, 2014.
The indenture under which our 7.0% senior unsecured notes due 2022 are issued contains various covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions, limit our and our restricted subsidiaries’ ability to incur and/or guarantee additional debt; pay dividends, repurchase shares or make certain other restricted payments; enter into agreements limiting dividends and certain other restricted payments; prepay, redeem or repurchase subordinated debt; grant liens on assets; enter into sale and leaseback transactions; merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of our consolidated assets; sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of property and assets; and engage in transactions with affiliates.
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Our credit agreement and senior unsecured notes indenture also contain customary representations, warranties and events of default. As of September 30, 2016, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the credit agreement and senior unsecured notes indenture.
Other debt. Other debt primarily consists of term loans acquired as part of our fiscal 2015 acquisition of Exagroup SAS. As of September 30, 2016 we had $9.4 million outstanding for those obligations that are payable through September 2024.
Our expectations for fiscal year 2017. Our current liabilities continue to exceed our current assets; however, we believe that our available cash, cash flows generated from operations, and cash available under our committed debt financing will be sufficient to satisfy our liabilities and planned investments to support our long-term growth strategy for the foreseeable future. We endeavor to invest large amounts of capital that we believe will generate returns that are above our weighted average cost of capital. We consider any use of cash that we expect to require more than 12 months to return our invested capital to be an allocation of capital. For fiscal 2017 we expect to allocate capital to the following broad categories and consider our capital to be fungible across all of these categories:

• | Large, discrete, internally developed projects that we believe can, over the longer term, provide us with materially important competitive capabilities and/or positions in new markets, such as investments in our software, service operations and other supporting capabilities for our integrated platform, new business units such as Corporate Solutions and expansion into new geographic markets

• | Other organic investments intended to maintain or improve our competitive position or support growth, such as costs to develop new products and expand product attributes, production and IT capacity expansion, merchant related advertising costs and continued investment in our employees

• | Purchases of ordinary shares

• | Corporate acquisitions and similar investments

• | Reduction of debt

Contractual Obligations
Contractual obligations at September 30, 2016 are as follows:

In thousands | Payments Due by Period
| Total |  | Less than 1 year |  | 1-3 years |  | 3-5 years |  | More than 5 years
Operating leases, net of subleases | $ | 44,484 |  |  | $ | 9,137 |  |  | $ | 14,438 |  |  | $ | 11,428 |  |  | $ | 9,481 |
Build-to-suit lease | 118,677 |  |  | 12,569 |  |  | 25,139 |  |  | 25,139 |  |  | 55,830 |
Purchase commitments | 68,123 |  |  | 57,230 |  |  | 10,893 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Senior unsecured notes and interest payments | 390,500 |  |  | 28,875 |  |  | 38,500 |  |  | 38,500 |  |  | 284,625 |
Other debt and interest payments | 447,412 |  |  | 41,507 |  |  | 143,432 |  |  | 260,918 |  |  | 1,555 |
Capital leases | 28,868 |  |  | 10,507 |  |  | 13,872 |  |  | 4,306 |  |  | 183 |
Other | 30,623 |  |  | 3,171 |  |  | 27,452 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total (1) | $ | 1,128,687 |  |  | $ | 162,996 |  |  | $ | 273,726 |  |  | $ | 340,291 |  |  | $ | 351,674 |

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(1) We may be required to make cash outlays related to our uncertain tax positions. However, due to the uncertainty of the timing of future cash flows associated with our uncertain tax positions, we are unable to make reasonably reliable estimates of the period of cash settlement, if any, with the respective taxing authorities. Accordingly, uncertain tax positions of $4.5 million as of September 30, 2016 have been excluded from the contractual obligations table above. For further information on uncertain tax positions, see Note 10 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
Operating Leases. We rent office space under operating leases expiring on various dates through 2024. Future minimum rental payments required under our leases are an aggregate of approximately $44.5 million. The terms of certain lease agreements require security deposits in the form of bank guarantees and a letter of credit in the amount of $4.5 million.
Build-to-suit lease. Represents the cash payments for our leased facility in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA. Please refer to Note 6 in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional details.
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Purchase Commitments. At September 30, 2016, we had unrecorded commitments under contract of $68.1 million, which were primarily composed of commitments for production and computer equipment purchases of approximately $33.1 million. Production and computer equipment purchases relates primarily to a two year purchase commitment for equipment with one of our suppliers. In addition, we had purchase commitments for third-party web services of $9.5 million, professional and consulting fees of approximately $7.4 million, inventory purchase commitments of $3.2 million, commitments for advertising campaigns of $1.6 million, and other unrecorded purchase commitments of $13.4 million.
Senior unsecured notes and interest payments. Our 7.0% senior unsecured notes due 2022 bear interest at a rate of 7.0% per annum and mature on April 1, 2022. Interest on the notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year and has been included in the table above.
Other debt and interest payments. The term loans of $136.0 million outstanding under our credit agreement have repayments due on various dates through September 23, 2019, with the revolving loans outstanding of $269.0 million due on September 23, 2019. Interest payable included in this table is based on the interest rate as of September 30, 2016 and assumes all revolving loan amounts outstanding will not be paid until maturity, but that the term loan amortization payments will be made according to our defined schedule. Interest payable includes the estimated impact of our interest rate swap agreements. In addition, we assumed term loan debt as part of certain of our fiscal 2015 acquisitions, and as of September 30, 2016 we had $9.4 million outstanding for those obligations that have repayments due on various dates through September 2024.
Capital leases. We lease certain machinery and plant equipment under capital lease agreements that expire at various dates through 2022. The aggregate carrying value of the leased equipment under capital leases included in property, plant and equipment, net in our consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2016, is $27.1 million, net of accumulated depreciation of $18.6 million. The present value of lease installments not yet due included in other current liabilities and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2016 amounts to $28.9 million.
Other Obligations. Other obligations include an installment obligation of $8.8 million related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of the intellectual property of our subsidiary Webs, Inc., which resulted in tax being paid over a 7.5 year term and has been classified as a deferred tax liability in our consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2016. Other obligations also includes the fair value of the contingent earn-out liability related to the WIRmachenDRUCK acquisition of $19.2 million. The WIRmachenDRUCK earn-out is payable at our option in cash or ordinary shares, based on the achievement of a cumulative gross margin target for calendar years 2016 and 2017. In addition, we have deferred payments related to our fiscal 2015 and 2016 acquisitions of $2.6 million, in aggregate.
Non-GAAP Financial Measure
Adjusted net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) presented below is a supplemental measure of our performance that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. This metric is the primary metric by which we measure our consolidated financial performance and is intended to supplement investors' understanding of our operating results. Adjusted NOPAT is defined as GAAP operating income excluding certain items such as acquisition-related amortization and depreciation, expense recognized for earn-out related charges, including the change in fair value of contingent consideration and compensation expense related to cash-based earn-out mechanisms dependent upon continued employment, share-based compensation related to investment consideration, certain impairment expense and restructuring charges. The interest expense associated with our Waltham lease, as well as realized gains (losses) on currency forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting, are included in adjusted NOPAT. We do not, nor do we suggest that investors should, consider such non-GAAP financial measures in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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The table below sets forth operating income and adjusted net operating profit after tax for each of the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:

| Three Months Ended September 30,
| 2016 |  | 2015
GAAP operating (loss) income | $ | (27,808 | ) |  | $ | 12,085 |
Less: Cash taxes attributable to current period (see below) | (7,419 | ) |  | (6,833 | )
Exclude expense (benefit) impact of: |  |  |  |
Acquisition-related amortization and depreciation | 10,213 |  |  | 9,782 |
Earn-out related charges (1) | 16,247 |  |  | 289 |
Share-based compensation related to investment consideration | 4,103 |  |  | 802 |
Restructuring costs | — |  |  | 271 |
Less: Interest expense associated with Waltham lease | (1,970 | ) |  | (350 | )
Include: Realized gains on currency forward contracts not included in operating income | 1,888 |  |  | 316 |
Adjusted NOPAT (2) | $ | (4,746 | ) |  | $ | 16,362 |
Cash taxes paid in the current period | $ | 8,555 |  |  | $ | 4,709 |
Less: cash taxes (paid) received and related to prior periods | (4,227 | ) |  | 359 |
Plus: cash taxes attributable to the current period but not yet (received) paid | (350 | ) |  | 921 |
Plus: cash impact of excess tax benefit on equity awards attributable to current period | 4,264 |  |  | 1,709 |
Less: installment payment related to the transfer of intellectual property in a prior year | (823 | ) |  | (865 | )
Cash taxes attributable to current period | $ | 7,419 |  |  | $ | 6,833 |

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(1) Includes expense recognized for the change in fair value of contingent consideration and compensation expense related to cash-based earn-out mechanisms dependent upon continued employment.
(2) Adjusted NOPAT will include the impact of impairments of goodwill and other long-lived assets as defined by ASC 350 - "Intangibles - Goodwill and Other" and discontinued operations as defined by ASC 205-20 in periods in which they occur.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Interest Rate Risk. Our exposure to interest rate risk relates primarily to our cash, cash equivalents and debt.
As of September 30, 2016, our cash and cash equivalents consisted of standard depository accounts which are held for working capital purposes. We do not believe we have a material exposure to interest rate fluctuations related to our cash and cash equivalents.
As of September 30, 2016, we had $405.0 million of variable rate debt and $8.8 million of variable rate installment obligation related to the fiscal 2012 intra-entity transfer of Webs' intellectual property. As a result, we have exposure to market risk for changes in interest rates related to these obligations. In order to mitigate our exposure to interest rate changes related to our variable rate debt, we execute interest rate swap contracts to fix the interest rate on a portion of our outstanding long-term debt with varying maturities. As of September 30, 2016, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in rates, inclusive of our outstanding interest rate swaps, would result in an increase of interest expense of approximately $3.4 million over the next 12 months.
Currency Exchange Rate Risk. We conduct business in multiple currencies through our worldwide operations but report our financial results in U.S. dollars. We manage these risks through normal operating activities and, when deemed appropriate, through the use of derivative financial instruments. We have policies governing the use of derivative instruments and do not enter into financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes. The use of derivatives is intended to reduce, but do not entirely eliminate, the impact of adverse currency exchange rate movements. A summary of our currency risk is as follows:

• | Translation of our non-U.S. dollar revenues and expenses: Revenue and related expenses generated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar could result in higher or lower net income when, upon consolidation, those transactions are translated to U.S. dollars. When the value or timing of revenue and expenses in a

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given currency are materially different, we may be exposed to significant impacts on our net income and non-GAAP financial metrics, such as EBITDA.
Our most significant net currency exposure by volume is in the British Pound. Our currency hedging objectives are targeted at reducing volatility in our forecasted U.S. dollar-equivalent EBITDA in order to protect our debt covenants. Since EBITDA excludes non-cash items such as depreciation and amortization that are included in net income, we may experience increased, not decreased, volatility in our GAAP results due to our hedging approach.
In addition, we elect to execute currency forward contracts that do not qualify for hedge accounting. As a result, we may experience volatility in our consolidated statements of operations due to (i) the impact of unrealized gains and losses reported in other income, net on the mark-to-market of outstanding contracts and (ii) realized gains and losses recognized in other income, net, whereas the offsetting economic gains and losses are reported in the line item of the underlying cash flow, for example, revenue.

• | Translation of our non-U.S. dollar assets and liabilities: Each of our subsidiaries translates its assets and liabilities to U.S. dollars at current rates of exchange in effect at the balance sheet date. The resulting gains and losses from translation are included as a component of accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income on the consolidated balance sheet. Fluctuations in exchange rates can materially impact the carrying value of our assets and liabilities.

We have currency exposure arising from our net investments in foreign operations. We enter into cross-currency swap contracts to mitigate the impact of currency rate changes on certain net investments.

• | Remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities: Transaction gains and losses generated from remeasurement of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of a subsidiary are included in other income, net on the consolidated statements of operations. Certain of our subsidiaries hold intercompany loans denominated in a currency other than their functional currency. Due to the significance of these balances, the revaluation of intercompany loans can have a material impact on other income, net. We expect these impacts may be volatile in the future, although our largest intercompany loans do not have a U.S. dollar cash impact for the consolidated group because they are either 1) U.S. dollar loans or 2) we elect to hedge certain non-U.S. dollar loans with cross currency swaps. A hypothetical 10% change in currency exchange rates was applied to total net monetary assets denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies at the balance sheet dates to compute the impact these changes would have had on our income before taxes in the near term. The balances are inclusive of the notional value of any cross currency swaps designated as cash flow hedges. A hypothetical decrease in exchange rates of 10% against the functional currency of our subsidiaries would have resulted in an increase of $19.1 million and $21.3 million on our income before taxes for the quarters ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2016. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2016, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended September 30, 2016 that materially affect, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our future results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements that we make in this Report and other filings with the SEC, press releases, communications with investors, and oral statements due to the following important factors, among others. Our forward-looking statements in this Report and in any other public statements we make may turn out to be wrong. These statements can be affected by, among other things, inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties or risks we currently deem immaterial. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Risks Related to Our Business
If our long-term growth strategy is not successful, our business and financial results could be harmed.
We may not achieve the objectives of our long-term investment and financial strategy, and our investments in our business may fail to impact our results and growth as anticipated. Some of the factors that could cause our business strategy to fail to achieve our objectives include, among others:

• | our failure to adequately execute our strategy or anticipate and overcome obstacles to achieving our strategic goals;

• | our failure to develop our mass customization platform or the failure of the platform to drive the efficiencies and competitive advantage we expect;

• | our failure to manage the growth, complexity, and pace of change of our business and expand our operations;

• | our failure to acquire, at a value-accretive price or at all, businesses that enhance the growth and development of our business or to effectively integrate the businesses we do acquire into our business;

• | our inability to purchase or develop technologies and other key assets to increase our efficiency, enhance our competitive advantage, and scale our operations;

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• | the failure of our current supply chain to provide the resources we need at the standards we require and our inability to develop new or enhanced supply chains;

• | our failure to acquire new customers and enter new markets, retain our current customers, and sell more products to current and new customers;

• | our failure to identify and address the causes of our revenue weakness in some markets;

• | our failure to sustain growth in relatively mature markets;

• | our failure to promote, strengthen, and protect our brands;

• | our failure to effectively manage competition and overlap within our brand portfolio;

• | the failure of our current and new marketing channels to attract customers;

• | our failure to realize expected returns on our capital allocation decisions;

• | unanticipated changes in our business, current and anticipated markets, industry, or competitive landscape;

• | our failure to attract and retain skilled talent needed to execute our strategy and sustain our growth; and

• | general economic conditions.

If our strategy is not successful, or if there is a market perception that our strategy is not successful, then our revenue, earnings, and value may not grow as anticipated or may decline, we may not be profitable, our reputation and brands may be damaged, and the price of our shares may decline. In addition, we may change our strategy from time to time, which can cause fluctuations in our financial results and volatility in our share price.
Purchasers of customized products may not choose to shop online, which would limit our acquisition of new customers that are necessary to the success of our business.
Although we increasingly sell our products and services via reseller channels, our interface to those channels is almost exclusively through the Internet. The online market for most of our products and services is not mature, and our success depends in part on our ability to attract customers who have historically purchased products and services we offer through offline channels. Specific factors that could prevent prospective customers from purchasing from us as an online retailer include:

• | concerns about buying customized products without face-to-face interaction with design or sales personnel;

• | the inability to physically handle and examine product samples;

• | delivery time associated with Internet orders;

• | concerns about the security of online transactions and the privacy of personal information;

• | delayed shipments or shipments of incorrect or damaged products;

• | limited access to the Internet; and

• | the inconvenience associated with returning or exchanging purchased items.

In addition, our internal research shows that an increasing number of current and potential customers access our websites using smart phones or tablet computing devices and that our website visits using traditional computers may be declining. Designing and purchasing custom designed products on a smart phone, tablet, or other mobile device is more difficult than doing so with a traditional computer due to limited screen sizes and bandwidth constraints. If our customers and potential customers have difficulty accessing and using our websites and technologies, then our revenue could decline.
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We may not succeed in promoting and strengthening our brands, which could prevent us from acquiring new customers and increasing revenues.
A primary component of our business strategy is to promote and strengthen our brands to attract new and repeat customers to our websites, and we face significant competition from other companies in our markets who also seek to establish strong brands. To promote and strengthen our brands, we must incur substantial marketing expenses and establish a relationship of trust with our customers by providing a high-quality customer experience. Providing a high-quality customer experience requires us to invest substantial amounts of resources in our website development, design and technology, graphic design operations, production operations, and customer service operations. Our ability to provide a high-quality customer experience is also dependent on external factors over which we may have little or no control, including the reliability and performance of our suppliers, third-party carriers, and communication infrastructure providers. If we are unable to promote our brands or provide customers with a high-quality customer experience, we may fail to attract new customers, maintain customer relationships, and sustain or increase our revenues.
We manage our business for long-term results, and our quarterly and annual financial results will often fluctuate, which may lead to volatility in our share price.
Our revenues and operating results often vary significantly from period to period due to a number of factors, and as a result comparing our financial results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. We prioritize our two uppermost objectives (leadership in mass customization and maximizing intrinsic value per share) even at the expense of shorter-term results and generally do not manage our business to maximize current period financial results, including our GAAP net income and operating cash flow and other results we report. Many of the factors that lead to period-to-period fluctuations are outside of our control; however, some factors are inherent in our business strategies. Some of the specific factors that could cause our operating results to fluctuate from quarter to quarter or year to year include among others:

• | investments in our business in the current period intended to generate longer-term returns, where the shorter-term costs will not be offset by revenue or cost savings until future periods, if at all;

• | seasonality-driven or other variations in the demand for our products and services, in particular during our second fiscal quarter;

• | currency and interest rate fluctuations, which affect our revenues, costs, and fair value of our assets and liabilities;

• | our hedging activity;

• | our ability to attract visitors to our websites and convert those visitors into customers;

• | our ability to retain customers and generate repeat purchases;

• | shifts in revenue mix toward less profitable products and brands;

• | the commencement or termination of agreements with our strategic partners, suppliers, and others;

• | our ability to manage our production, fulfillment, and support operations;

• | costs to produce and deliver our products and provide our services, including the effects of inflation;

• | our pricing and marketing strategies and those of our competitors;

• | expenses and charges related to our compensation arrangements with our executives and employees, including expenses and charges relating to the new long-term incentive compensation program we launched at the beginning of fiscal year 2017;

• | costs and charges resulting from litigation;

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• | significant increases in credits, beyond our estimated allowances, for customers who are not satisfied with our products;

• | changes in our income tax rate;

• | costs to acquire businesses or integrate our acquired businesses;

• | impairments of our tangible and intangible assets including goodwill; and

• | the results of our minority investments and joint ventures.

Some of our expenses, such as office leases, depreciation related to previously acquired property and equipment, and personnel costs, are relatively fixed, and we may be unable to, or may not choose to, adjust operating expenses to offset any revenue shortfall. Accordingly, any shortfall in revenue may cause significant variation in operating results in any period. Our operating results may sometimes be below the expectations of public market analysts and investors, in which case the price of our ordinary shares will likely decline.
We may not be successful in developing our mass customization platform or in realizing the anticipated benefits of the platform.
A key component of our strategy is the development of a mass customization platform that acts as an interface between fulfillers (owned and third party production facilities) and our merchants (business units and brands). The process of developing new technology is complex, costly, and uncertain, and the development effort could be disruptive to our business and existing systems. We must make long-term investments, develop or obtain appropriate intellectual property, and commit significant resources before knowing whether our mass customization platform will be successful and make us more effective and competitive. As a result, there can be no assurance that we will successfully complete the development of the platform or that we will realize expected returns on the capital expended to develop the platform.
In addition, we are aware that other companies are developing platforms that could compete with ours. If a competitor were to develop and reach scale with a platform before we do, our competitive position could be harmed.
Our global operations and expansion place a significant strain on our management, employees, facilities, and other resources and subject us to additional risks.
We are a global company with production facilities, offices, and localized websites in multiple countries across six continents. We expect to establish operations, acquire or invest in businesses, and sell our products and services in additional geographic regions, including emerging markets, where we may have limited or no experience. We may not be successful in all regions in which we invest or where we establish operations, which may be costly to us. We are subject to a number of risks and challenges that relate to our global operations and expansion, including, among others:

• | difficulty managing operations in, and communications among, multiple locations and time zones;

• | difficulty complying with multiple tax laws, treaties, and regulations and limiting our exposure to onerous or unanticipated taxes, duties, and other costs;

• | our failure to improve and expand our financial and operational controls to manage our business and comply with our legal obligations;

• | local regulations that may restrict or impair our ability to conduct our business as planned;

• | protectionist laws and business practices that favor local producers and service providers;

• | our inexperience in marketing and selling our products and services within unfamiliar countries and cultures;

• | challenges of working with local business partners;

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• | our failure to properly understand and develop graphic design content and product formats and attributes appropriate for local tastes;

• | disruptions caused by political and social instability that may occur in some countries;

• | corrupt business practices, such as bribery or the willful infringement of intellectual property rights, that may be common in some countries;

• | difficulty expatriating cash from some countries;

• | difficulty importing and exporting our products across country borders and difficulty complying with customs regulations in the many countries where we sell products;

• | disruptions or cessation of important components of our international supply chain;

• | the challenge of complying with disparate laws in multiple countries;

• | restrictions imposed by local labor practices and laws on our business and operations; and

• | failure of local laws to provide a sufficient degree of protection against infringement of our intellectual property.

There is considerable uncertainty about the economic and regulatory effects of the June 23, 2016 referendum in which United Kingdom voters approved an exit from the European Union (commonly referred to as "Brexit"). The UK is one of our largest markets in Europe, but we currently ship products to UK customers primarily from continental Europe. If the Brexit results in greater restrictions on imports and exports between the UK and the EU or increased regulatory complexity, then our operations and financial results could be negatively impacted.
In addition, we are exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates that may impact items such as the translation of our revenues and expenses, remeasurement of our intercompany balances, and the value of our cash and cash equivalents and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our reporting currency. While we engage in hedging activities to mitigate some of the net impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations, our financial results may differ materially from expectations as a result of such fluctuations. For example, the Brexit vote has caused significant currency volatility that was mitigated in the near term by our currency hedging programs but that could potentially hurt our financial results in the future.
Acquisitions and strategic investments may be disruptive to our business.
An important way in which we pursue our strategy is to selectively acquire businesses, technologies, and services and to make minority investments in businesses and joint ventures. The time and expense associated with finding suitable businesses, technologies, or services to acquire or invest in can be disruptive to our ongoing business and divert our management's attention. In addition, we have needed in the past, and may need in the future, to seek financing for acquisitions and investments, which may not be available on terms that are favorable to us, or at all, and can cause dilution to our shareholders, cause us to incur additional debt, or subject us to covenants restricting the activities we may undertake.
Our acquisitions and strategic investments may fail to achieve our goals.
An acquisition, minority investment, or joint venture may fail to achieve our goals and expectations for a number of reasons including the following:

• | The business we acquired or invested in may not perform as well as we expected.

• | We may overpay for acquired businesses, which can, among other things, negatively affect our intrinsic value per share.

• | We may fail to integrate acquired businesses, technologies, services, or internal systems effectively, or the integration may be more expensive or take more time than we anticipated.

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• | The management of our minority investments and joint ventures may be more expensive or may take more resources than we expected.

• | We may not realize the anticipated benefits of integrating acquired businesses into our mass customization platform.

• | We may encounter unexpected cultural or language challenges in integrating an acquired business or managing our minority investment in a business.

• | We may not be able to retain customers and key employees of the acquired businesses, and we and the businesses we acquire or invest in may not be able to cross sell products and services to each other's customers.

We generally assume the liabilities of businesses we acquire, which could include liability for an acquired business' violation of law that occurred before we acquired it. In addition, we have historically acquired smaller, privately held companies that may not have as strong a culture of legal compliance or as robust financial controls as a larger, publicly traded company like Cimpress, and if we fail to implement adequate training, controls, and monitoring of the acquired companies, we could also be liable for post-acquisition legal violations.
Our acquisitions and minority investments can negatively impact our financial results.
Acquisitions and minority investments can be costly, and some of our acquisitions and investments may be dilutive, leading to reduced earnings. Acquisitions and investments can result in increased expenses including impairments of goodwill and intangible assets if financial goals are not achieved, assumptions of contingent or unanticipated liabilities, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and increased tax costs.
In addition, the accounting for our acquisitions requires us to make significant estimates, judgments, and assumptions that can change from period to period, based in part on factors outside of our control, which can create volatility in our financial results. For example, we often pay a portion of the purchase price for our acquisitions in the form of an earn-out based on performance targets for the acquired companies, which can be difficult to forecast. We accrue liabilities for estimated future contingent earn-out payments based on an evaluation of the likelihood of achievement of the contractual conditions underlying the earn-out and weighted probability assumptions of the required outcomes. If in the future our assumptions change and we determine that higher levels of achievement are likely under our earn-outs, we will need to pay and record additional amounts to reflect the increased purchase price. These additional amounts could be significant and could adversely impact our results of operations. In addition, earn-out provisions can lead to disputes with the sellers about the achievement of the earn-out performance targets, and earn-out performance targets can sometimes create inadvertent incentives for the acquired company's management to take short-term actions designed to maximize the earn-out instead of benefiting the business.
If we are unable to attract visitors to our websites and convert those visitors to customers, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
Our success depends on our ability to attract new and repeat customers in a cost-effective manner. We rely on a variety of methods to draw visitors to our websites and promote our products and services, such as purchased search results from online search engines such as Google and Yahoo!, email, direct mail, advertising banners and other online links, broadcast media, and word-of-mouth customer referrals. If the search engines on which we rely modify their algorithms, terminate their relationships with us, or increase the prices at which we may purchase listings, our costs could increase, and fewer customers may click through to our websites. If we are not effective at reaching new and repeat customers, if fewer customers click through to our websites, or if the costs of attracting customers using our current methods significantly increase, then traffic to our websites would be reduced, our revenue and net income could decline, and our business and results of operations would be harmed.
Seasonal fluctuations in our business place a strain on our operations and resources.
Our profitability has historically been highly seasonal. Our second fiscal quarter includes the majority of the holiday shopping season and accounts for a disproportionately high portion of our earnings for the year, primarily due to higher sales of home and family products such as holiday cards, calendars, photo books, and personalized gifts. Our operating income during the second fiscal quarter represented more than 60% of annual operating
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income in the years ended June 30, 2016, 2015, and 2014. In anticipation of increased sales activity during our second fiscal quarter holiday season, we typically incur significant additional capacity related expenses each year to meet our seasonal needs, including facility expansions, equipment purchases and leases, and increases in the number of temporary and permanent employees. Lower than expected sales during the second quarter would likely have a disproportionately large impact on our operating results and financial condition for the full fiscal year. In addition, if our manufacturing and other operations are unable to keep up with the high volume of orders during our second fiscal quarter, we and our customers can experience delays in order fulfillment and delivery and other disruptions. If we are unable to accurately forecast and respond to seasonality in our business, our business and results of operations may be materially harmed.
Our hedging activity could negatively impact our results of operations and cash flows.
We have entered into derivatives to manage our exposure to interest rate and currency movements. If we do not accurately forecast our results of operations, execute contracts that do not effectively mitigate our economic exposure to interest rates and currency rates, elect to not apply hedge accounting, or fail to comply with the complex accounting requirements for hedging, our results of operations and cash flows could be volatile, as well as negatively impacted. Also, our hedging objectives may be targeted at non-GAAP financial metrics, which could result in increased volatility in our GAAP results.
We face risks related to interruption of our operations and lack of redundancy.
Our production facilities, websites, infrastructure, supply chain, customer service centers, and operations may be vulnerable to interruptions, and we do not have redundancies or alternatives in all cases to carry on these operations in the event of an interruption. In addition, because we are dependent in part on third parties for the implementation and maintenance of certain aspects of our communications and production systems, we may not be able to remedy interruptions to these systems in a timely manner or at all due to factors outside of our control. Some of the events that could cause interruptions in our operations or systems are, among others:

• | fire, natural disasters, or extreme weather

• | labor strike, work stoppage, or other issues with our workforce

• | political instability or acts of terrorism or war

• | power loss or telecommunication failure

• | attacks on our external websites or internal network by hackers or other malicious parties

• | undetected errors or design faults in our technology, infrastructure, and processes that may cause our websites to fail

• | inadequate capacity in our systems and infrastructure to cope with periods of high volume and demand

• | human error, including poor managerial judgment or oversight

Any interruptions to our systems or operations could result in lost revenue, increased costs, negative publicity, damage to our reputation and brands, and an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. Building redundancies into our infrastructure, systems and supply chain to mitigate these risks may require us to commit substantial financial, operational, and technical resources, in some cases before the volume of our business increases with no assurance that our revenues will increase.
We face intense competition, and we expect our competition to continue to increase.
The markets for small business marketing products and services and home and family custom products, including the printing and graphic design market, are intensely competitive, highly fragmented, and geographically dispersed. The competitive landscape for e-commerce companies continues to change as new e-commerce businesses are introduced and traditional “bricks and mortar” businesses establish an online presence. Competition may result in price pressure, reduced profit margins and loss of market share and brand recognition, any of which
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could substantially harm our business and financial results. Current and potential competitors include (in no particular order):

• | traditional offline suppliers and graphic design providers;

• | online printing and graphic design companies, many of which provide products and services similar to ours;

• | office superstores, drug store chains, food retailers and other major retailers targeting small business and consumer markets;

• | wholesale printers;

• | self-service desktop design and publishing using personal computer software;

• | email marketing services companies;

• | website design and hosting companies;

• | suppliers of customized apparel, promotional products and gifts;

• | online photo product companies;

• | Internet firms and retailers;

• | online providers of custom printing services that outsource production to third party printers; and

• | providers of other digital marketing such as social media, local search directories and other providers.

Many of our current and potential competitors have advantages over us, including longer operating histories, greater brand recognition or loyalty, more focus on a given subset of our business, or significantly greater financial, marketing, and other resources. Many of our competitors currently work together, and additional competitors may do so in the future through strategic business agreements or acquisitions. Competitors may also develop new or enhanced products, technologies or capabilities that could render many of the products, services and content we offer obsolete or less competitive, which could harm our business and financial results.
In addition, we have in the past and may in the future choose to collaborate with some of our existing and potential competitors in strategic partnerships that we believe will improve our competitive position and financial results, such as through a retail in-store or web-based collaborative offering. It is possible, however, that such ventures will be unsuccessful and that our competitive position and financial results will be adversely affected as a result of such collaboration.
Failure to meet our customers' price expectations would adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Demand for our products and services is sensitive to price for almost all of our brands, and changes in our pricing strategies have had a significant impact on the numbers of customers and orders in some regions, which in turn affects our revenues and results of operations. Many factors can significantly impact our pricing and marketing strategies, including the costs of running our business, our competitors' pricing and marketing strategies, and the effects of inflation. If we fail to meet our customers' price expectations, our business and results of operations may suffer.
Failure to protect our networks and the confidential information of our customers, employees, and business partners against security breaches or thefts could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and results of operations.
Businesses like ours are increasingly becoming targets for cyber attacks and other thefts of data. We may need to expend significant resources to protect against security breaches and thefts of data or to address problems caused by breaches or thefts. Any compromise or breach of our network, websites, offices, or retail locations, our
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employee personal data, or our customer transaction data, including credit and debit card information, could, among other things:

• | damage our reputation and brands;

• | expose us to losses, litigation, and possible liability;

• | result in a failure to comply with legal and industry privacy regulations and standards;

• | lead to the misappropriation of our and our customers' proprietary or personal information; or

• | cause interruptions in our operations.

In addition, we work with many third-party vendors, partners, and suppliers that, as part of our business relationship with them, collect, store, and manage personal data about our employees and customers and sensitive information about us and our business. We may be liable or our reputation may be harmed if third parties with which we do business fail to protect this information or use it in a manner that is inconsistent with legal and industry privacy regulations or our practices.
We rely heavily on email to market to and communicate with customers, and email communications are subject to regulatory and reputation risks.
Various private entities attempt to regulate the use of commercial email solicitation by blacklisting companies that the entities believe do not meet their standards, which results in those companies' emails being blocked from some Internet domains and addresses. Although we believe that our commercial email solicitations comply with all applicable laws, from time to time some of our Internet protocol addresses appear on some of these blacklists, which can interfere with our ability to market our products and services, communicate with our customers, and operate and manage our websites and corporate email accounts. In addition, as a result of being blacklisted, we have had disputes with, or concerns raised by, various service providers who perform services for us, including co-location and hosting services, Internet service providers and electronic mail distribution services.
Further, we have contractual relationships with partners that market our products and services on our behalf, and some of our marketing partners engage third-party email marketers with which we do not have any contractual or other relationship. Although we believe we comply with all applicable laws relating to email solicitations and our contracts with our partners require that they do the same, we do not always have control over the third-party email marketers that our partners engage. If such a third party were to send emails marketing our products and services in violation of applicable anti-spam or other laws, then our reputation could be harmed and we could potentially be liable for their actions.
We are subject to safety, health, and environmental laws and regulations, which could result in
liabilities, cost increases or restrictions on our operations.
We are subject to a variety of safety, health and environmental, or SHE, laws and regulations in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. These laws and regulations govern, among other things, air emissions, wastewater discharges, the storage, handling and disposal of hazardous and other regulated substances and wastes, soil and groundwater contamination and employee health and safety. We use regulated substances such as inks and solvents, and generate air emissions and other discharges at our manufacturing facilities, and some of our facilities are required to hold environmental permits. If we fail to comply with existing SHE requirements, or new, more stringent SHE requirements applicable to us are imposed, we may be subject to monetary fines, civil or criminal sanctions, third-party claims, or the limitation or suspension of our operations. In addition, if we are found to be responsible for hazardous substances at any location (including, for example, offsite waste disposal facilities or facilities at which we formerly operated), we may be responsible for the cost of cleaning up contamination, regardless of fault, as well as to claims for harm to health or property or for natural resource damages arising out of contamination or exposure to hazardous substances.
In some cases we pursue self-imposed socially responsible policies that are more stringent than is typically required by laws and regulations, for instance in the areas of worker safety, team member social benefits and environmental protection. The costs of this added SHE effort are often substantial and could grow over time.
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The loss of key personnel or an inability to attract and retain additional personnel could affect our ability to successfully grow our business.
We are highly dependent upon the continued service and performance of our senior management and key technical, marketing, and production personnel, any of whom may cease their employment with us at any time with minimal advance notice. We face intense competition for qualified individuals from many other companies in diverse industries. The loss of one or more of our key employees may significantly delay or prevent the achievement of our business objectives, and our failure to attract and retain suitably qualified individuals or to adequately plan for succession could have an adverse effect on our ability to implement our business plan.
Our credit facility and the indenture that governs our senior notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to changes or to take certain actions.
Our senior secured credit facility, which we refer to as our credit facility, and the indenture that governs our 7.0% senior unsecured notes due 2022, which we refer to as our senior notes, contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and may limit our ability to engage in acts that may be in our best interest, including restrictions on our ability to:

• | incur additional indebtedness, guarantee indebtedness, and incur liens;

• | pay dividends or make other distributions or repurchase or redeem capital stock;

• | prepay, redeem, or repurchase certain subordinated debt;

• | issue certain preferred stock or similar redeemable equity securities;

• | make loans and investments;

• | sell assets;

• | enter into transactions with affiliates;

• | alter the businesses we conduct;

• | enter into agreements restricting our subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends; and

• | consolidate, merge, or sell all or substantially all of our assets.

As a result of these restrictions, we may be limited in how we conduct our business, grow in accordance with our strategy, compete effectively, or take advantage of new business opportunities. In addition, the restrictive covenants in the credit facility require us to maintain specified financial ratios and satisfy other financial condition tests. Our ability to meet those financial ratios and tests can be affected by events beyond our control, and we may be unable to meet them.
A default under our indenture or credit facility would have a material, adverse effect on our business.
Our failure to make scheduled payments on our debt or our breach of the covenants or restrictions under the indenture that governs our senior notes or under our credit facility could result in an event of default under the applicable indebtedness. Such a default would have a material, adverse effect on our business and financial condition, including the following, among others:

• | Our lenders could declare all outstanding principal and interest to be due and payable, and we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness.

• | Our secured lenders could foreclose against the assets securing their borrowings.

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• | Our lenders under the credit facility could terminate all commitments to extend further credit under that facility.

• | We could be forced into bankruptcy or liquidation.

Our material indebtedness and interest expense could adversely affect our financial condition.
As of September 30, 2016, our total debt was $689.5 million, made up of $275.0 million of senior notes, $405.0 million of loan obligations under our credit facility and $9.4 million of other debt. We had unused commitments of $419.3 million under our credit facility (after giving effect to letter of credit obligations).
Subject to the limits contained in the credit facility, the indenture that governs our senior notes, and our other debt instruments, we may be able to incur substantial additional debt from time to time to finance working capital, capital expenditures, investments or acquisitions, or for other purposes. If we do so, the risks related to our level of debt could intensify. Specifically, our level of debt could have important consequences, including the following:

• | making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt;

• | limiting our ability to obtain additional financing to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, or other general corporate requirements;

• | requiring a substantial portion of our cash flows to be dedicated to debt service payments instead of other purposes, thereby reducing the amount of cash flows available for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate purposes;

• | increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions;

• | exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as some of our borrowings, including borrowings under our credit facility, are at variable rates of interest;

• | limiting our flexibility in planning for and reacting to changes in the industry and marketplaces in which we compete;

• | placing us at a disadvantage compared to other, less leveraged competitors; and

• | increasing our cost of borrowing.

We may not be able to generate sufficient cash to service all of our indebtedness and may be forced to take other actions to satisfy our obligations under our indebtedness, which may not be successful.
Our ability to make scheduled payments on or refinance our debt obligations depends on our financial condition and operating performance, which are subject to economic and competitive conditions and to various financial, business, legislative, regulatory, and other factors beyond our control. We may be unable to maintain a level of cash flows from operating activities sufficient to permit us to pay the principal, premium, if any, and interest on our indebtedness. If our cash flows and capital resources are insufficient to fund our debt service obligations, we could face substantial liquidity problems and could be forced to reduce or delay investments and capital expenditures or to dispose of material assets or operations, seek additional debt or equity capital, or restructure or refinance our indebtedness. We may not be able to effect any such alternative measures, if necessary, on commercially reasonable terms or at all.
If we cannot make scheduled payments on our debt, we will be in default. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flows to satisfy our debt obligations, or to refinance our indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms or at all, would materially and adversely affect our financial position and results of operations.
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Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.
Borrowings under our credit facility are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates were to increase, our debt service obligations on the variable rate indebtedness would increase even if the amount borrowed remained the same, and our net income and cash flows, including cash available for servicing our indebtedness, will correspondingly decrease. As of September 30, 2016, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in rates, inclusive of our outstanding interest rate swaps, would result in an increase of interest expense of approximately $3.4 million over the next 12 months. Although we generally enter into interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments in order to reduce interest rate volatility, we might not maintain interest rate swaps with respect to all of our variable rate indebtedness, and any swaps we enter into may not fully mitigate our interest rate risk.
Border controls and duties and restrictions on cross-border commerce may impede our shipments across country borders.
Many governments impose restrictions on shipping goods into their countries, as well as protectionist measures such as customs duties and tariffs that may apply directly to product categories comprising a material portion of our revenues. The customs laws, rules and regulations that we are required to comply with are complex and subject to unpredictable enforcement and modification. As a result of these restrictions, we have from time to time experienced delays in shipping our manufactured products into certain countries. For example, we produce substantially all physical products for our United States customers at our facility in Ontario, Canada and have occasionally experienced delays shipping from Canada into the United States. If we experience difficulty or delays shipping products into the United States or other key markets, or are prevented from doing so, or if our costs and expenses materially increased, our business and results of operations could be harmed.
If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our reputation and brands could be damaged, and others may be able to use our technology, which could substantially harm our business and financial results.
We rely on a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets and copyrights and contractual restrictions to protect our intellectual property, but these protective measures afford only limited protection. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary rights, unauthorized parties may be able to copy or use technology or information that we consider proprietary. There can be no guarantee that any of our pending patent applications or continuation patent applications will be granted, and from time to time we face infringement, invalidity, intellectual property ownership, or similar claims brought by third parties with respect to our patents. In addition, despite our trademark registrations throughout the world, our competitors or other entities may adopt names, marks, or domain names similar to ours, thereby impeding our ability to build brand identity and possibly leading to customer confusion. Enforcing our intellectual property rights can be extremely costly, and a failure to protect or enforce these rights could damage our reputation and brands and substantially harm our business and financial results.
Intellectual property disputes and litigation are costly and could cause us to lose our exclusive rights, subject us to liability, or require us to stop some of our business activities.
From time to time, we receive claims from third parties that we infringe their intellectual property rights, that we are required to enter into patent licenses covering aspects of the technology we use in our business, or that we improperly obtained or used their confidential or proprietary information. Any litigation, settlement, license, or other proceeding relating to intellectual property rights, even if we settle it or it is resolved in our favor, could be costly, divert our management's efforts from managing and growing our business, and create uncertainties that may make it more difficult to run our operations. If any parties successfully claim that we infringe their intellectual property rights, we might be forced to pay significant damages and attorney's fees, and we could be restricted from using certain technologies important to the operation of our business.
Our business is dependent on the Internet, and unfavorable changes in government regulation of the Internet, e-commerce, and email marketing could substantially harm our business and financial results.
Due to our dependence on the Internet for our sales, laws specifically governing the Internet, e-commerce, and email marketing may have a greater impact on our operations than other more traditional businesses. Existing and future laws, such as laws covering pricing, customs, privacy, consumer protection, or commercial email, may
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impede the growth of e-commerce and our ability to compete with traditional “bricks and mortar” retailers. Existing and future laws or unfavorable changes or interpretations of these laws could substantially harm our business and financial results.
The failure of our suppliers and manufacturing fulfillers to use legal and ethical business practices could negatively impact our business.
We source the raw materials for the products we sell from an expanding number of suppliers in an increasing number of jurisdictions worldwide, and we contract with third-party manufacturers to fulfill customer orders. Although we require our suppliers and fulfillers to operate in compliance with all applicable laws, including those regarding corruption, working conditions, employment practices, safety and health, and environmental compliance, we cannot control their business practices, and we may not be able to adequately vet, monitor, and audit our many suppliers and fulfillers (or their suppliers) throughout the world. If any of them violates labor, environmental, or other laws or implements business practices that are regarded as unethical, our reputation could be severely damaged, and our supply chain and order fulfillment process could be interrupted, which could harm our sales and results of operations.
If we were required to review the content that our customers incorporate into our products and interdict the shipment of products that violate copyright protections or other laws, our costs would significantly increase, which would harm our results of operations.
Because of our focus on automation and high volumes, the vast majority of our sales do not involve any human-based review of content. Although our websites' terms of use specifically require customers to make representations about the legality and ownership of the content they upload for production, there is a risk that a customer may supply an image or other content for an order we produce that is the property of another party used without permission, that infringes the copyright or trademark of another party, or that would be considered to be defamatory, hateful, obscene, or otherwise objectionable or illegal under the laws of the jurisdiction(s) where that customer lives or where we operate. If we were to become legally obligated to perform manual screening of customer orders, our costs would increase significantly, and we could be required to pay substantial penalties or monetary damages for any failure in our screening process.
We are subject to customer payment-related risks.
We accept payments for our products and services on our websites by a variety of methods, including credit or debit card, PayPal, check, wire transfer or other methods. In some geographic regions, we rely on one or two third party companies to provide payment processing services. If any of the payment processing or other companies with which we have contractual arrangements became unwilling or unable to provide these services to us or they or we are unable to comply with our contractual requirements under such arrangements, then we would need to find and engage replacement providers, which we may not be able to do on terms that are acceptable to us or at all, or to process the payments ourselves. Any of these scenarios could be disruptive to our business as they could be costly and time consuming and may unfavorably impact our customers.
As we offer new payment options to our customers, we may be subject to additional regulations, compliance requirements and fraud risk. For some payment methods, including credit and debit cards, we pay interchange and other fees, which may increase over time and raise our operating costs and lower our profit margins or require that we charge our customers more for our products. We are also subject to payment card association and similar operating rules and requirements, which could change or be reinterpreted to make it difficult or impossible for us to comply. If we fail to comply with these rules and requirements, we may be subject to fines and higher transaction fees and lose our ability to accept credit and debit card payments from our customers or facilitate other types of online payments, and our business and operating results could be materially adversely affected.
In addition, we may be liable for fraudulent transactions conducted on our websites, such as through the use of stolen credit card numbers. To date, quarterly losses from payment fraud have not exceeded 1% of total revenues in any quarter, but we continue to face the risk of significant losses from this type of fraud.
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We may be subject to product liability claims if people or property are harmed by the products we sell.
Some of the products we sell may expose us to product liability claims relating to issues such as personal injury, death, or property damage, and may require product recalls or other actions. Any claims, litigation, or recalls relating to product liability could be costly to us and damage our brands and reputation.
Our inability to use or maintain domain names in each country or region where we currently or intend to do business could negatively impact our brands and our ability to sell our products and services in that country or region.
We may not be able to prevent third parties from acquiring domain names that use our brand names or other trademarks or that otherwise infringe or decrease the value of our trademarks and other proprietary rights. If we are unable to use or maintain a domain name in a particular country or region, then we could be forced to purchase the domain name from an entity that owns or controls it, which we may not be able to do on commercially acceptable terms or at all; we may incur significant additional expenses to develop a new brand to market our products within that country; or we may elect not to sell products in that country.
We do not collect indirect taxes in all jurisdictions, which could expose us to tax liabilities.
In some of the jurisdictions where we sell products and services, we do not collect or have imposed upon us sales, value added or other consumption taxes, which we refer to as indirect taxes. The application of indirect taxes to e-commerce businesses such as Cimpress is a complex and evolving issue, and in many cases, it is not clear how existing tax statutes apply to the Internet or e-commerce. For example, some state governments in the United States have imposed or are seeking to impose indirect taxes on Internet sales. If a government entity claims that we should have been collecting indirect taxes on the sale of our products in a jurisdiction where we have not been doing so,then we could incur substantial tax liabilities for past sales.
If we are unable to retain security authentication certificates, which are supplied by a limited number of third party providers over which we exercise little or no control, our business could be harmed.
We are dependent on a limited number of third party providers of website security authentication certificates that are necessary for conducting secure transactions over the Internet. Despite any contractual protections we may have, these third party providers can disable or revoke, and in the past have disabled or revoked, our security certificates without our consent, which would render our websites inaccessible to some of our customers and could discourage other customers from accessing our sites. Any interruption in our customers' ability or willingness to access our websites if we do not have adequate security certificates could result in a material loss of revenue and profits and damage to our brands.
Risks Related to Our Corporate Structure
Challenges by various tax authorities to our international structure could, if successful, increase our effective tax rate and adversely affect our earnings.
We are a Dutch limited liability company that operates through various subsidiaries in a number of countries throughout the world. Consequently, we are subject to tax laws, treaties and regulations in the countries in which we operate, and these laws and treaties are subject to interpretation. From time to time, we are subject to tax audits, and the tax authorities in these countries could claim that a greater portion of the income of the Cimpress N.V. group should be subject to income or other tax in their respective jurisdictions, which could result in an increase to our effective tax rate and adversely affect our results of operations. For more information about audits to which we are currently subject refer to Note 10 “Income Taxes” in the accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this Report.
Changes in tax laws, regulations and treaties could affect our tax rate and our results of operations.
A change in tax laws, treaties or regulations, or their interpretation, of any country in which we operate could result in a higher tax rate on our earnings, which could result in a significant negative impact on our earnings and cash flow from operations. We continue to assess the impact of various international tax reform proposals and modifications to existing tax treaties in all jurisdictions where we have operations that could result in a material impact on our income taxes. We cannot predict whether any specific legislation will be enacted or the terms of any
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such legislation. However, if such proposals were enacted, or if modifications were to be made to certain existing treaties, the consequences could have a materially adverse impact on us, including increasing our tax burden, increasing costs of our tax compliance or otherwise adversely affecting our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Our intercompany arrangements may be challenged, which could result in higher taxes or penalties and an adverse effect on our earnings.
We operate pursuant to written transfer pricing agreements among Cimpress N.V. and its subsidiaries, which establish transfer prices for various services performed by our subsidiaries for other Cimpress group companies. If two or more affiliated companies are located in different countries, the tax laws or regulations of each country generally will require that transfer prices be consistent with those between unrelated companies dealing at arm's length. With the exception of certain jurisdictions where we have obtained rulings or advance pricing agreements, our transfer pricing arrangements are not binding on applicable tax authorities, and no official authority in any other country has made a determination as to whether or not we are operating in compliance with its transfer pricing laws. If tax authorities in any country were successful in challenging our transfer prices as not reflecting arm's length transactions, they could require us to adjust our transfer prices and thereby reallocate our income to reflect these revised transfer prices. A reallocation of taxable income from a lower tax jurisdiction to a higher tax jurisdiction would result in a higher tax liability to us. In addition, if the country from which the income is reallocated does not agree with the reallocation, both countries could tax the same income, resulting in double taxation.
Our Articles of Association, Dutch law and the independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit Cimpress, may make it difficult to replace or remove management, may inhibit or delay a change of control or may dilute shareholder voting power.
Our Articles of Association, or Articles, as governed by Dutch law, limit our shareholders' ability to suspend or dismiss the members of our management board and supervisory board or to overrule our supervisory board's nominees to our management board and supervisory board by requiring a supermajority vote to do so under most circumstances. As a result, there may be circumstances in which shareholders may not be able to remove members of our management board or supervisory board even if holders of a majority of our ordinary shares favor doing so.
In addition, an independent foundation, Stichting Continuïteit Cimpress, or the Foundation, exists to safeguard the interests of Cimpress N.V. and its stakeholders, which include but are not limited to our shareholders, and to assist in maintaining Cimpress' continuity and independence. To this end, we have granted the Foundation a call option pursuant to which the Foundation may acquire a number of preferred shares equal to the same number of ordinary shares then outstanding, which is designed to provide a protective measure against unsolicited take-over bids for Cimpress and other hostile threats. If the Foundation were to exercise the call option, it may prevent a change of control or delay or prevent a takeover attempt, including a takeover attempt that might result in a premium over the market price for our ordinary shares. Exercise of the preferred share option would also effectively dilute the voting power of our outstanding ordinary shares by one half.
We have limited flexibility with respect to certain aspects of capital management and certain corporate transactions.
Dutch law requires shareholder approval for the issuance of shares and grants preemptive rights to existing shareholders to subscribe for new issuances of shares. Our shareholders have granted our supervisory board and management board authority to issue ordinary shares without obtaining specific shareholder approval for each issuance, and to limit or exclude shareholders' preemptive rights, but this authorization expires in May 2017. Although we plan to seek renewal of this authority from our shareholders from time to time in the future, we may not succeed in obtaining future renewals. In addition, subject to specified exceptions, Dutch law requires shareholder approval for many corporate actions, such as the approval of dividends, authorization to purchase outstanding shares, and corporate acquisitions of a certain size. Situations may arise where the flexibility to issue shares, pay dividends, purchase shares, acquire other companies, or take other corporate actions without a shareholder vote would be beneficial to us, but is not available under Dutch law.
Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to pursue legal remedies against the members of our supervisory board or management board.
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Our Articles and our internal corporate affairs are governed by Dutch law, and the rights of our shareholders and the responsibilities of our supervisory board and management board are different from those established under United States laws. For example, under Dutch law derivative lawsuits are generally not available, and our supervisory board and management board are responsible for acting in the best interests of the company, its business and all of its stakeholders generally (including employees, customers and creditors), not just shareholders. As a result, our shareholders may find it more difficult to protect their interests against actions by members of our supervisory board or management board than they would if we were a U.S. corporation.
Because of our corporate structure, our shareholders may find it difficult to enforce claims based on United States federal or state laws, including securities liabilities, against us or our management team.
We are incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, and the vast majority of our assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, some of our officers and management board members reside outside of the United States. In most cases, a final judgment for the payment of money rendered by a U.S. federal or state court would not be directly enforceable in the Netherlands. Although there is a process under Dutch law for petitioning a Dutch court to enforce a judgment rendered in the United States, there can be no assurance that a Dutch court would impose civil liability on us or our management team in any lawsuit predicated solely upon U.S. securities or other laws. In addition, because most of our assets are located outside of the United States, it could be difficult for investors to place a lien on our assets in connection with a claim of liability under U.S. laws. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to enforce U.S. court judgments or rights predicated upon U.S. laws against us or our management team outside of the United States.
We may not be able to make distributions or purchase shares without subjecting our shareholders to Dutch withholding tax.
A Dutch withholding tax may be levied on dividends and similar distributions made by Cimpress N.V. to its shareholders at the statutory rate of 15% if we cannot structure such distributions as being made to shareholders in relation to a reduction of par value, which would be non-taxable for Dutch withholding tax purposes. We have purchased our shares and may seek to purchase additional shares in the future. Under our Dutch Advanced Tax Ruling, a purchase of shares should not result in any Dutch withholding tax if we hold the purchased shares in treasury for the purpose of issuing shares pursuant to employee share awards or for the funding of acquisitions. However, if the shares cannot be used for these purposes, or the Dutch tax authorities successfully challenge the use of the shares for these purposes, such a purchase of shares may be treated as a partial liquidation subject to the 15% Dutch withholding tax to be levied on the difference between our average paid in capital per share for Dutch tax purposes and the redemption price per share, if higher.
We may be treated as a passive foreign investment company for United States tax purposes, which may subject United States shareholders to adverse tax consequences.
If our passive income, or our assets that produce passive income, exceed levels provided by law for any taxable year, we may be characterized as a passive foreign investment company, or a PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes. If we are treated as a PFIC, U.S. holders of our ordinary shares would be subject to a disadvantageous United States federal income tax regime with respect to the distributions they receive and the gain, if any, they derive from the sale or other disposition of their ordinary shares.
We believe that we were not a PFIC for the tax year ended June 30, 2016 and we expect that we will not become a PFIC in the foreseeable future. However, whether we are treated as a PFIC depends on questions of fact as to our assets and revenues that can only be determined at the end of each tax year. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a PFIC in future years.
If a United States shareholder acquires 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States taxation under the “controlled foreign corporation” rules. Additionally, this may negatively impact the demand for our ordinary shares.
If a United States shareholder owns 10% or more of our ordinary shares, it may be subject to increased United States federal income taxation (and possibly state income taxation) under the “controlled foreign corporation” rules. In general, if a U.S. person owns (or is deemed to own) at least 10% of the voting power of a non-U.S. corporation, or “10% U.S. Shareholder,” and if such non-U.S. corporation is a “controlled foreign corporation”, or “CFC,” for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more during a taxable year, then such 10% U.S.
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Shareholder who owns (or is deemed to own) shares in the CFC on the last day of the CFC's taxable year, must include in its gross income for United States federal income tax (and possibly state income tax) purposes its pro rata share of the CFC's “subpart F income”, even if the "subpart F income" is not distributed. In general, a non-U.S. corporation is considered a CFC if one or more 10% U.S. Shareholders together own more than 50% of the voting power or value of the corporation on any day during the taxable year of the corporation. “Subpart F income” consists of, among other things, certain types of dividends, interest, rents, royalties, gains, and certain types of income from services and personal property sales.
The rules for determining ownership for purposes of determining 10% U.S. Shareholder and CFC status are complicated, depend on the particular facts relating to each investor, and are not necessarily the same as the rules for determining beneficial ownership for SEC reporting purposes. For taxable years in which we are a CFC for an uninterrupted period of 30 days or more, each of our 10% U.S. Shareholders will be required to include in its gross income for United States federal income tax purposes its pro rata share of our "subpart F income", even if the subpart F income is not distributed by us. We currently do not believe we are a CFC. However, whether we are treated as a CFC can be affected by, among other things, facts as to our share ownership that may change. Accordingly, we cannot be certain that we will not be treated as a CFC in future years.
The risk of being subject to increased taxation as a CFC may deter our current shareholders from acquiring additional ordinary shares or new shareholders from establishing a position in our ordinary shares. Either of these scenarios could impact the demand for, and value of, our ordinary shares.
We will pay taxes even if we are not profitable on a consolidated basis, which could harm our results of operations.
The intercompany service and related agreements among Cimpress N.V. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries ensure that many of the subsidiaries realize profits based on their operating expenses. As a result, if the Cimpress group is less profitable, or even not profitable on a consolidated basis, many of our subsidiaries will be profitable and incur income taxes in their respective jurisdictions.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On February 22, 2016, in order to provide us with flexibility to repurchase our ordinary shares at times when our management believes it may be beneficial for our business, our Supervisory Board authorized the repurchase of up to 6,300,000 of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares on the open market (including block trades that satisfy the safe harbor provisions of Rule 10b-18 pursuant to the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934), through privately negotiated transactions, or in one or more self-tender offers. This share repurchase program expires on May 17, 2017, and we may suspend or discontinue the repurchase program at any time.
We did not repurchase any shares under this program during the three months ended September 30, 2016, and 6,300,000 shares remain available for repurchase under this program, subject to certain limitations imposed by our debt covenants.
Item 6. Exhibits
We are filing the exhibits listed on the Exhibit Index following the signature page to this Report.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
October 28, 2016 Cimpress N.V.

| By: | /s/ Sean E. Quinn
|  | Sean E. Quinn
|  | Chief Financial Officer
|  | (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit |  |
No. |  | Description
10.1* |  | Amendment No. 7 to Employment Agreement between Cimpress USA Incorporated and Robert Keane dated August 23, 2016
10.2* |  | Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement for employees and executives under our 2016 Performance Equity Incentive Plan
10.3* |  | Form of Performance Share Unit Agreement for our Chief Executive Officer under our 2016 Performance Equity Incentive Plan
10.4* |  | Form of Executive Retention Agreement between Cimpress N.V. and each of Donald LeBlanc and Sean Quinn
10.5* |  | Form of Executive Retention Agreement between Cimpress N.V. and Lawrence Gold is incorporated by reference to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2009 (File No. 000-51539)
10.6* |  | Executive Retention Agreement between Cimpress N.V. and Ashley Hubka dated February 16, 2016
10.7* |  | Contrat de Travail (Employment Agreement) between Cimpress France SARL and Ashley Hubka dated July 16, 2016
10.8* |  | Contract of Employment between Vistaprint B.V. and Wilhelm Jacobs dated February 9, 2011
10.9* |  | Employment Agreement between Cimpress N.V. and Cornelis David Arends dated November 1, 2015
10.10* |  | Long Term International Assignment Agreement between Cimpress N.V. and Cornelis David Arends dated December 9, 2015
31.1 |  | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), by Chief Executive Officer
31.2 |  | Certification pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), by Chief Financial Officer
32.1 |  | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
101 |  | The following materials from this Annual Report on Form 10-K, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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* |  | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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