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Form 10-K for SHUTTERFLY INC


14-Feb-2013

Annual Report


ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This report, including the following Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contains 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 that are based upon our current expectations. These forward-looking statements include statements related to our business strategy and plans, expectations regarding the seasonality and growth of our business, the impact on us of general economic conditions, trends in key metrics such as total number of customers and orders and average order value, the decline in average selling prices for prints, our capital expenditures for 2013, the sufficiency of our cash and cash equivalents and cash generated from operations for the next 12 months, our operating expenses remaining a consistent percentage of our net revenues, mergers and acquisitions and the ability to successfully integrate technologies, our new production facility, as well as other statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects and business strategies. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "project," "believe," "anticipate," "plan," "expect," "estimate," "intend," "continue," "should," "would," "could," "potentially," "will," or "may," or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including but not limited to, the seasonality of our business, whether we are able to expand our customer base and increase our product and service offering, competition in our marketplace and the other risks set forth below under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of this report. Given these risks and uncertainties, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this report or to compare these forward-looking statements to actual results.

Overview

We are the leading manufacturer and digital retailer of high-quality personalized products and services offered through a family of lifestyle brands. Our vision is to make the world a better place by helping people share life's joy. Our mission is to build an unrivaled service that enables deeper, more personal relationships between our customers and those who matter most in their lives. Our primary focus is on helping consumers manage their memories through the powerful medium of photography. We provide a full range of personalized photo-based products and services that make it easy, convenient and fun for consumers to upload, edit, enhance, organize, find, share, create, print, and preserve their memories in a creative and thoughtful manner.

We are building four trusted lifestyle brands: Shutterfly, Tiny Prints, Wedding Paper Divas, and Treat. We have operated the Shutterfly.com brand since inception in 1999. In 2011, we acquired Tiny Prints, Inc. a privately-held company based in Sunnyvale, California that operated tinyprints.com and weddingpaperdivas.com, two growing ecommerce brands primarily offering stylish cards, invitations and personalized stationery. On April 16, 2012, we launched Treat.com, a destination that enables users to easily personalize and send unique greeting cards. Our Treat launch signifies our focused expansion into the one-to-one U.S. greeting card market, to complement our existing one-to-many card business. In May 2012, we acquired the customer accounts and images of Kodak Gallery's online photo service through a bankruptcy court supervised auction. In July 2012, we began the process to


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transfer the more than five billion Kodak Gallery customer photos onto the Shutterfly technology platform, which was completed in September 2012.

On May 25, 2012, we acquired Photoccino Ltd., a privately-held company based in Haifa, Israel, which has developed innovative technologies for photo ranking, analysis and organization which will allow customers to more efficiently organize and select the best photos from their ever-increasing archives so they can quickly and easily create photo books, calendars, cards, and photo gifts. Photoccino's technology applies proprietary algorithms to analyze and evaluate the quality and content of photos, ranks them, and automatically creates photo products using the customer's best images. During the fourth quarter of 2012, we began to integrate the Photoccino technology by offering smart product creation capabilities to a select set of customers. We expect to further integrate the Photoccino technology into the products and services that our brands offer.

On September 14, 2012, we acquired Penguin Digital, Inc., a mobile application development company that has an iPhone application that allows users to access their photos from iPhones or their Facebook or Instagram accounts and create customized products and gifts from their mobile devices. We subsequently introduced our new Shutterfly iPhone Photo App which combines storage, viewing and photo gift creation right from one's phone.

On December 28, 2012, we acquired ThisLife.com, Inc. ("ThisLife") a cloud-based service provider for protecting, organizing, storing and sharing photos and videos which will strengthen our photo and video storage and sharing capabilities, as well as the ability to intelligently organize across devices and mobile platforms and enable the more efficient creation of products across the web and on mobile devices. In 2013, we expect to integrate this technology into the products and services that our Shutterfly brand offers.

We generate the majority of our revenues by producing and selling professionally-bound photo books, greeting and stationery cards, personalized calendars, other photo-based merchandise and high-quality prints ranging in size from wallet-sized to jumbo-sized 20x30 enlargements. We manufacture most of these items in our Charlotte, North Carolina and Phoenix, Arizona production facilities. By controlling the production process in our own production facilities, we are able to produce high-quality products, innovate rapidly, maintain a favorable cost structure and ensure timely shipment to customers, even during peak periods of demand. Additionally, we sell a variety of photo-based merchandise that is currently manufactured for us by third parties, such as calendars, mugs, canvas prints, mouse pads, magnets, and puzzles. We generate substantially all of our revenue from sales originating in the United States and our sales cycle has historically been highly seasonal as we generate more than 50% of our total net revenues during our fiscal fourth quarter.

Our high-quality products and services and the compelling online experience we create for our customers, combined with our focus on continuous innovation, have allowed us to establish premium brands. We realize the benefits of premium brands through high customer loyalty, low customer acquisition costs and premium pricing.

Our customers are a central part of our business model. They generate most of the content on our service by uploading their photos and storing their memories. In addition, they share their photos electronically with their friends and families, extending and endorsing our brand and creating a sense of community. Finally, by giving our branded products to colleagues, friends and loved ones throughout the year, customers reinforce our brands. Through these various activities, our customers create a viral network of new users and customers.

In addition to driving lower customer acquisition costs through viral marketing, our customers provide input on new features, functionalities and products. Close, frequent customer interactions, coupled with significant investments in sophisticated integrated marketing programs, enable us to fine-tune and tailor our promotions and website presentation to specific customer segments. Consequently, customers are presented with a highly personalized shopping experience, which helps foster a unique and deep relationship with our brands.

Our operations and financial performance depend on general economic conditions in the United States. The U.S. economy is experiencing a slow economic recovery from a deep recession and concerns about that recovery could further impact consumer sentiment and consumer discretionary spending. We closely monitor these economic measures as their trends are indicators of the health of the overall economy and are some of the key external factors that impact our business.

Basis of Presentation

Net Revenues. In the second quarter of 2012, we changed the categories within net revenues by consolidating our Personalized Products and Services (PPS) and Prints revenue into a single category called Consumer. We also renamed our Commercial Printing net revenue category as Enterprise. Our net revenues are now comprised of sales generated from Consumer and Enterprise categories. All prior periods included below now reflect the new presentation of net revenues categories.


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Consumer. Our Consumer revenues include sales from all of our brands and are derived from the sale of photo-based products, such as photo books, stationery and greeting cards, other photo-based merchandise, photo prints, and the related shipping revenues. Included in our photo-based merchandise are items such as mugs, iPhone cases, mouse pads, desktop plaques and puzzles. Photo prints consist of wallet, 4x6, 5x7, 8x10, and large format sizes. Revenue from advertising displayed on our websites is also included in Consumer revenues.

Enterprise. Our Enterprise revenues are primarily from variable, four-color direct marketing collateral manufactured and fulfilled for business customers. We continue to focus our efforts in expanding our presence in this market.

Our business is subject to seasonal fluctuations. In particular, we generate a substantial portion of our revenues during the holiday season in the fourth quarter. We also typically experience increases in net revenues during other shopping-related seasonal events, such as Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Halloween. We generally experience lower net revenues during the first, second and third calendar quarters and have incurred and may continue to incur losses in these quarters. Due to the relatively short lead time required to fulfill product orders, usually one to three business days, order backlog is not material to our business.

To further understand net revenue trends in our Consumer category, we monitor several key metrics including, total customers, total number of orders, and average order value. In the second quarter of 2012, we changed our disclosures of these metrics to be the aggregate of all customers and orders across all our Consumer brands, instead of our previous, separate disclosures of Shutterfly and Tiny Prints customers and orders. As a result, our average order value metric is also presented in the aggregate for all brands.

Total Customers. We closely monitor total customers as a key indicator of demand. Total customers represents the number of transacting customers in a given period. We seek to expand our customer base by empowering our existing customers with sharing and collaboration services (such as Shutterfly Share Sites), and by conducting integrated marketing and advertising programs. Total customers have increased on an annual basis for each year since inception and we expect this trend to continue.

Total Number of Orders. We closely monitor total number of orders as a leading indicator of net revenue trends. We recognize net revenues associated with an order when the products have been shipped and all other revenue recognition criteria have been met. Orders are typically processed and shipped within two business days after a customer places an order. Total number of orders has increased on an annual basis for each year since 2000, and we anticipate this trend to continue in the future.

Average Order Value. Average order value is Consumer net revenues for a given period divided by the total number of customer orders recorded during that same period. Beginning in 2011, the level of competitive discounting significantly increased which impacted our average order value. We believe that these competitor actions are not sustainable, but it is impractical to predict if or when they will cease. As a result, we expect that our average order values may fluctuate on an annual basis.

The table below highlights the trends of each of these aggregated metrics, as they are now presented, for the last seven quarters covering the period since the Tiny Prints acquisition. We have provided pro forma metrics covering the three month period ended June 30, 2011 as the acquisition of Tiny Prints closed on April 25, 2011.

                                                          Three Months Ended
                  Jun. 30,         Sep. 30,       Dec. 31,       Mar. 31,       Jun. 30,       Sep. 30,       Dec. 31,
                    2011             2011           2011           2012           2012           2012           2012
              (Pro-Forma)
                                                  (in thousands, except AOV amounts)
Customers              1,668          1,600          3,246          1,880          1,894          2,247          4,227
Orders                 2,597          2,577          5,190          2,840          2,978          3,606          6,898
Average order
value         $        30.33     $    28.18     $    49.93     $    29.97     $    31.70     $    25.06     $    49.80

We believe the analysis of these metrics and others described below provides us with important information on our overall net revenue trends and operating results. Fluctuations in these metrics are not unusual and no single factor is determinative of our net revenues and operating results.


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Cost of Net Revenues. Cost of net revenues consists primarily of direct materials (the majority of which consists of paper, ink, and photo book covers), payroll and related expenses for direct labor, shipping charges, packaging supplies, distribution and fulfillment activities, rent for production facilities, depreciation of production equipment, and third-party costs for photo-based merchandise. Cost of net revenues also includes payroll and related expenses for personnel engaged in customer service, any third-party software or patents licensed, as well as the amortization of acquired developed technology, capitalized website and software development costs, and patent royalties. Cost of net revenues also includes certain costs associated with facility closures and restructuring.

Operating Expenses. Operating expenses consist of technology and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses. We anticipate that each of the following categories of operating expenses will increase in absolute dollar amounts, but remain relatively consistent as a percentage of net revenues.

Technology and development expense consists primarily of personnel and related costs for employees and contractors engaged in the development and ongoing maintenance of our websites, infrastructure and software. These expenses include depreciation of the computer and network hardware used to run our websites and store the customer data, as well as amortization of purchased software. Technology and development expense also includes co-location, power and bandwidth costs.

Sales and marketing expense consists of costs incurred for marketing programs, and personnel and related expenses for our customer acquisition, product marketing, business development, and public relations activities. Our marketing efforts consist of various online and offline media programs, such as e-mail and direct mail promotions, the purchase of keyword search terms and various strategic alliances. We depend on these efforts to attract customers to our service.

General and administrative expense includes general corporate costs, including rent for our corporate offices, insurance, depreciation on information technology equipment, and legal and accounting fees. Transaction costs are also included in general and administrative expense. In addition, general and administrative expense includes personnel expenses of employees involved in executive, finance, accounting, human resources, information technology and legal roles. Third-party payment processor and credit card fees are also included in general and administrative expense and have historically fluctuated based on revenues during the period. All of the payments we have received from our intellectual property license agreements have been included as an offset to general and administrative expense.

Interest Expense. Interest expense consists of costs associated with our five-year syndicated credit facility that became effective in November 2011.

Interest and Other Income, Net. Interest and other income, net primarily consists of the interest earned on our cash and investment accounts.

Income Taxes. We account for income taxes under the liability method. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the difference between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities. Historically, we have only been subject to taxation in the United States because we only operate within the United States. In the current year, we have become subject to taxation in Israel as a result of a corporate acquisition.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. In many instances, we could have reasonably used different accounting estimates, and in other instances, changes in the accounting estimates are reasonably likely to occur from period to period. Accordingly, actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation of our financial condition or results of operations will be affected.

In many cases, the accounting treatment of a particular transaction is specifically dictated by GAAP and does not require management's judgment in its application, while in other cases, management's judgment is required in selecting among available alternative accounting standards that allow different accounting treatment for similar transactions. We believe that the accounting policies discussed below are the most critical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management's judgments and estimates.


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Revenue Recognition. We recognize revenue from Consumer and Enterprise product sales, net of applicable sales tax, upon shipment of fulfilled orders, when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, the selling price is fixed or determinable and collection of resulting receivables is reasonably assured. Customers place Consumer product orders through our websites and pay primarily using credit cards. Enterprise customers are invoiced upon fulfillment. Shipping charged to customers is recognized as revenue at the time of shipment.

For gift card sales and flash deal promotions through group buying websites, we recognize revenue on a gross basis, as we are the primary obligor, when redeemed items are shipped. Revenues from sales of prepaid orders on our websites are deferred until shipment of fulfilled orders or until the prepaid period expires. Our share of revenue generated from our print to retail relationships, is recognized when orders are picked up by our customers at the respective retailer.

We provide our customers with a 100% satisfaction guarantee whereby products can be returned within a 30-day period for a reprint or refund. We maintain an allowance for estimated future returns based on historical data. The provision for estimated returns is included in accrued expenses. During the year ended December 31, 2012, returns totaled approximately 1% of net revenues and have been within management's expectations.

We periodically provide incentive offers to our customers in exchange for setting up an account and to encourage purchases. Such offers include free products and percentage discounts on current purchases. Discounts, when accepted by customers, are treated as a reduction to the purchase price of the related transaction and are presented in net revenues. Production costs related to free products are included in cost of revenues upon redemption.

Our advertising revenues are derived from the sale of online advertisements on our websites. Advertising revenues are recognized as "impressions" (i.e., the number of times that an advertisement appears in pages viewed by users of the Company's websites) are delivered; as "clicks" (which are generated each time users of our websites click through the advertisements to an advertiser's designated website) are provided to advertisers; or ratably over the term of the agreement with the expectation that the advertisement will be delivered ratably over the contract period.

Inventories. Our inventories consist primarily of paper, photo book covers and packaging supplies and are stated at the lower of cost on a first-in, first-out basis or net realizable value. The value of inventories is reduced by an estimate for excess and obsolete inventories. The estimate for excess and obsolete inventories is based upon management's review of utilization of inventories in light of projected sales, current market conditions and market trends.

Fair Value. We record our financial assets and liabilities at fair value. The accounting standard for fair value provides a framework for measuring fair value, clarifies the definition of fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the reporting date. The accounting standard establishes a three-tier hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in the valuation methodologies in measuring fair value:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities

Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and identifiable intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Intangible assets resulting from the acquisition of entities accounted for using the purchase method of accounting are estimated by management based on the fair value of assets received. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives which range from one to sixteen years, and the amortization is allocated between cost of net revenues and operating expenses. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are not subject to amortization, but are tested for impairment on an annual basis during our fourth quarter or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of these assets may not be recoverable.

Software and Website Development Costs. We capitalize costs associated with website development and software developed or obtained for internal use. Accordingly, payroll and payroll-related costs and stock-based compensation incurred in the development phase are capitalized and amortized over the product's estimated useful life, which is generally three years. Costs associated with minor enhancements and maintenance for our website are expensed as incurred.


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Income Taxes. We use the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized by applying the statutory tax rates in effect in the years in which the differences between the financial reporting and tax filing bases of existing assets and liabilities are expected to reverse. We have considered future taxable income and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies in assessing the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. In 2012, we recorded a valuation allowance against certain California deferred tax assets totaling $2.2 million. We believe that all other net deferred tax assets shown on our balance sheet are more likely than not to be realized in the future and no additional valuation allowance is necessary. In the event that actual results differ from those estimates or we adjust those estimates in future periods, we may need to record a valuation allowance, which will impact deferred tax assets and the results of operations in the period the change is made.

We report a liability for unrecognized tax benefits resulting from uncertain tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The application of income tax law is inherently complex. Laws and regulations in this area are voluminous and are often ambiguous. We are required to make subjective assumptions and judgments regarding our income tax exposures. Interpretations and guidance surrounding income tax laws and regulations change over time. As such, changes in our subjective assumptions and judgments can materially affect amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets and statements of income.

Our policy is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to all tax positions in income tax expense. To the extent that accrued interest and penalties do not ultimately become payable, amounts accrued will be reduced and reflected as a reduction of the overall income tax provision in the period that such determination is made.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense. We measure our stock based awards at fair value and recognize compensation expense for all share-based payment awards made to our employees and directors, including employee stock options and restricted stock awards.

We estimate the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes valuation model. This model requires us to make estimates and assumptions including, among other things, estimates regarding the length of time an employee will retain vested stock options before exercising them, the estimated volatility of our common stock price using historical and implied volatility and the number of options that will be forfeited prior to vesting. The fair value is then amortized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of . . .

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