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Commission Mall Processing Elizabeth Arden Inc Section Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter QJ 2013 Florida 59-0914138 State or other jurisdiction of I.R.S Employer Identification .gtor incorporation or organization No Dc 404 2400 SW 145th Avenue Miramar Florida 33027 Address of principal executive offices Zip Code 954 364-6900 Registrants telephone number including area code Section of the Act Securities registered pursuant to 12b Name of on Which Title of Security Exchange Registered Global Select Market Elizabeth Arden Common Stock $01 par value per share Nasdaq well-known seasoned defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Indicate by check mark if the registrant is issuer as Act Yes El No EXI file to Section 13 or Section of Indicate check mark if the registrant is not required to reports pursuant 15d the Act Yes No mark whether the has filed all to be filed by Section 13 or Indicate by check registrant reports required 15d 12 months for such shorter that the of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding or period registrant and has been to such for the 90 was required to file such reports subject filing requirements past days Yes No El the has submitted and on its Web site Indicate by check mark whether registrant electronically posted corporate Rule 405 of S-T if Interactive Data File to be submitted and posted pursuant to Regulation any every required recedin 12 months for such shorter that the was required 232.405 of this chapter during the or period registrant to submit and post such files Yes No filers Item 405 of S-K of Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent pursuant to Regulation p229.405 contained and will not be contained to the best of registrants knowledge in definitive this chapter is not herein reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or amendment to this proxy or information statements incorporated by any Form 10-K accelerated non-accelerated Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is large accelerated filer an filer of accelerated accelerated non-accelerated filer or smaller reporting company See definitions large filer filer Act filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Check one Accelerated filer Non-accelerated filer El Smaller El Large accelerated filer El reporting company whether the is shell defined in rule 12b-2 of the Indicate by check mark registrant company as Act Yes El No E1 Common Stock held non-affiliates of the was The aggregate market value of voting by registrant approximately Common Stock the Global Select Market of $45.01 $990 million based on the closing price of the on NASDAQ per of the most second fiscal share on December 31 2012 the last business day registrants recently completed quarter the based on the number of shares outstanding on that date less the number of shares held by registrants directors executive officers and holders of at least 10% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock the had shares of Common Stock outstanding As of August 2013 registrant 29652628 Documents Incorporated by Reference to its 2013 Annual of Shareholders to be Portions of the Registrants definitive proxy statement relating Meeting fiscal ended June are filed no later than 120 days after the end of the Registrants year 30 2013 hereby incorporated 10-K by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form ELIZABETH ARDEN INC TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Part Item Business 11 Item 1A Risk Factors 22 Item lB Unresolved Staff Comments 31 Item Properties 31 Item Legal Proceedings 32 Item Mine Safety Disclosures 32 Part II Item Market For Registrants Common Equity Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities 33 Item Selected Financial Data 36 Item Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 39 Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 62 Item Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 64 Item Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 107 Item 9A Controls and Procedures 107 Item 9B Other Information 107 Part III Item 10 Directors Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 107 Item 11 Executive Compensation 107 Item 12 Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters 107 Item 13 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence 108 Item 14 Principal Accounting Fees and Services 108 Part IV Item 15 Exhibits Financial Statement Schedules 108 Signatures 112 PART ITEM BUSINESS General with an extensive Elizabeth Arden Inc is global prestige beauty products conipany portfolio skin and cosmetics brands Our extensive includes the of prestige fragrance care product portfolio following Elizabeth Arden Brand The Elizabeth Arden skin care brands Visible Dfference Ceramide Prevage and Eight Hour Cream Elizabeth Arden branded lipstick foundation and other color cosmetics prodncts and the Elizabeth Arden fragrances Red Door Elizabeth Arc/en 5th Avenue Elizabeth Arden Green Tea and uNTOLD of Elizabeth Celebrity Fragrances The fragrance brands Britney Spears Taylor Mariah Carey Taylor Swift Justin Bieber Nicki Minaj and Usher Hills PS Fine and Lifestyle Fragrances Gurve Giorgio Beverly Cologne White Shoulders Ld Designer Fragrances Juicy Couture Afred Sung B7BGAIAXAZRIA hardy Geoffrey Beene Hals ton John Varvatos Lucky Rocawear and True Religion In addition to our owned and licensed fragrance brands we distribute approximately 25 in the IJnited States distribution 11 additional prestige fragrance brands primarily through agreements and other purchasiug arrangements and other outlets in the tliiited States and We sell our prestige beauty products to retailers internationally including U.S departmeut stores and specialty stores such as Macys Dillards IJlta Belk Sephora Saks Bloomingdales and Nordstrom and and U.S mass retailers such as Wal-Mart Target Kohls Walgreens CYS Marmaxx Perfume International retailers such as Boots Debenhams Superclrug Stores The Shop travel retail Hudsons Bay Shoppers Drug Mart Loblaws Myer Douglas and various outlets such as Nuance Heinemann and World Duty Free In the United States we sell our Elizabeth Arden skin care and cosmetics products primarily iii in stores and mass retailers We also sell our department stores and our fragrances departnient lines in Elizabeth Arden fragrances skin care and cosmetics products and other fragrance countries worldwide department stores and approximately 120 through perfumeries boutiques free as well as our Elizabeth travel retail outlets such as duty