UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 18, 2014

 

 

Toys "R" Us, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-11609   22-3260693

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

One Geoffrey Way, Wayne, New Jersey 07470

(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

(973) 617-3500

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Toys “R” Us, Inc. (the “Company” or “Parent”) is providing certain lenders and analysts the following information, as of February 1, 2014, related to intercompany loans made by and between the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary, Toys “R” Us-Delaware, Inc. (“Toys-Delaware”):

The Parent had a net payable to Toys-Delaware of $381 million as of February 1, 2014. The net payable consists of three components: $783 million in aggregate long-term notes payable to Toys-Delaware, $316 million short-term loans receivable from Toys-Delaware, and $86 million of other net intercompany receivables from Toys-Delaware, primarily related to insurance obligations of the Parent where Toys-Delaware is the primary obligor.

On the Parent’s balance sheet as of February 1, 2014 presented in the Toys “R” Us, Inc. 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 1, 2014, the $316 million short-term loans receivable is recorded in “Due from subsidiary” as a current asset. The remaining $697 million long-term net payable is reflected, along with other balances and transactions, in “Investments in and advances to subsidiaries, net” as a long-term liability. Additional detail on this line item is presented below:

 

($ in millions)

   February 1,
2014
 

Intercompany payable to Toys-Delaware

   $ (697

Investment in and advances to subsidiaries

     470   

Intercompany receivable from Toys “R” Us (UK) Limited

     179   

Other intercompany receivables

     2   
  

 

 

 

Investments in and advances to subsidiaries, net

   $ (46
  

 

 

 

On the Toys-Delaware balance sheet as of February 1, 2014 contained within the Toys “R” Us, Inc. 8-K dated May 2, 2014, the long-term notes receivable of $783 million from Parent is reflected in “Due from affiliates, net” as a long-term asset. The “Due from affiliates, net” balance as of February 1, 2014 was $777 million. Additionally contained in this line item is a miscellaneous $4 million receivable from Parent and $10 million of payables to other subsidiaries of Parent. The $316 million short-term loans payable to Parent is reflected in “Short-term borrowings from Parent” as a current liability. The remaining $90 million of intercompany payables to Parent is reflected in “Other non-current liabilities” as a long-term liability. This is to present Toys-Delaware’s third party insurance liabilities on a gross basis as Toys-Delaware is the primary obligor of the insurance obligations and no legal right of offset existed with other amounts due from Parent.

The long-term notes receivable from Parent balance of $783 million as of February 1, 2014 consists of the components listed in the table below. All of the notes are documented, unsecured, and include a market rate of interest. The note issued by Parent in fiscal year (“FY”) 2012 for $206 million is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the senior obligations of the Parent.

 

($ in millions)

   February 1,
2014
 

Note issued by Parent in FY 2005

   $ 286   

Note issued by Parent in FY 2009

     201   

Note issued by Parent in FY 2012

     206   

Note issued by Parent in FY 2012

     90   
  

 

 

 

Long-term notes receivable from Parent (1)

   $ 783   
  

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes accrued and unpaid interest.


This information, which has been furnished solely for this Item 7.01, shall not be deemed filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise incorporated by reference into any filing pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.


Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of l934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  Toys “R” Us, Inc.
  (Registrant)
Date: June 18, 2014   By:  

/s/ F. Clay Creasey, Jr.

  Name:   F. Clay Creasey, Jr.
  Title:  

Executive Vice President –

Chief Financial Officer

 

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