Good day, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the Iconix Brand Group First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in listen-only mode. Later, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. (Operator Instructions) As a reminder, this conference is being recorded for replay purposes. Here on the call with us today we have Neil Cole, Chief Executive Officer, and Warren Clamen, Chief Financial Officer. Please be aware of the Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, statements that are not historically facts contained in this conference call are forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors, all of which are difficult or impossible to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the company. This may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to be materially different from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The words believe, anticipate, expect, confident, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Listeners are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. I would now like to turn it over to Warren Clamen, Chief Financial Officer. Please proceed.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Iconix Brand Group First Quarter 2013 Earnings Conference Call. On today’s call, we will review our financial results, provide an update of our existing portfolio of brands, and discuss our outlook for the full year. Reviewing results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013, it was a record first quarter for our company with revenue of approximately $105.1 million, a 19% increase as compared to approximately $88.5 million in the first quarter of 2012. In the first quarter, we generated $51.8 million of free cash flow or $0.78 per diluted share compared to $47.4 million or $0.64 per diluted share in the prior year quarter. EBITDA in the first quarter increased 14% to approximately $64.6 million, as compared to approximately $56.8 million in the prior year quarter and our EBITDA margin in the first quarter was approximately 61.5%. However we’d like to point out that the first quarter includes approximately $3.5 million of acquisition-related costs, including deal costs associated with the two acquisitions we closed, as well as additional acquisition initiatives that we’ve been working on. Excluding these costs, our EBITDA margins were approximately 65%. Non-GAAP net income, which excludes non-cash interest related to our two convertible notes, increased 13% to approximately $36.2 million as compared to approximately $31.9 million in the prior-year quarter and diluted non-GAAP earnings per share increased 26% to $0.54 as compared to $0.43 in the prior-year quarter. EBITDA, free cash flow, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted EPS are all non-GAAP metrics and reconciliation tables for each can be found in the press release sent out earlier this morning and on our website, iconixbrand.com. In addition to our organic and acquisition initiatives, we have continued to focus on creating additional shareholder value through share repurchases. Our diluted…

Good morning, Warren. Morning, everybody. 2013 is off to a strong start for our company, as we achieved double-digit revenue in earnings growth in the first quarter. Our recent acquisition pace has returned to levels last seen in 2007, with the acquisition of three iconic brands, including Umbro, Buffalo and Lee Cooper, all in the last five months. However, perhaps even more notable is that this is the first time in our company’s history that we’ve acquired two purely international brands, with close to 100% of the revenue coming from outside the US, which further diversifies our portfolio and allows us to take advantage of favorable tax rates. The integration of these three brands has been smooth so far and we are already involved in next steps for each. For Umbro, we have found strong replacements in the territories that Nike has serviced directly and are working on a strategy to build-out the brand in the US and other growth areas, including Brazil and parts of Europe. We are also getting ready to capitalize on the upcoming World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. For Buffalo, we have been focused on leveraging our network of licensees to expand the assortment. And this year we’ll be rolling out new categories, including girl’s apparel, men’s tailored products and neckwear. For Lee Cooper, we are working with a strong group of international licensees to further build the brand in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We would like to highlight that between Umbro, Lee Cooper and Buffalo, our licensees operate approximately 550 freestanding stores, further diversifying our brands into new channels of distribution, outside of solely big box retail. Across our total portfolio, our licensees operate approximately 1,300 freestanding stores worldwide and we see this component of our business growing as…

(Operator Instructions) Your first question comes from the line of Bob Drbul with Barclays. Please proceed. Bob Drbul – Barclays: Thanks and good morning.

Good morning, Bob. Bob Drbul – Barclays: The, I guess the first question is on the Royal Velvet piece, can you maybe just talk about any discussions you’ve had with them over the last few weeks and you said that it’s been strong and the shops opening – just any sort of update specifically on the game plan there as it relates to Iconix?

Obviously, I haven’t bothered Mike the last two weeks. I think he’s been more focused on his cash flow, which appears to be going well, but in speaking to the home people, they’re excited about what’s going to happen in May, when all these shops are set up in the home area, because they’ve been so successful for those shops that have been on the apparel side. So, it’s all been kind of a strange business as usual, if you can say that, from the people that we’ve been dealing with. Bob Drbul – Barclays: Okay.

Obviously, we are going to engage with Mike and Liz in a couple of months when hopefully the smoke all clears and they’ve reset their business plan. Bob Drbul – Barclays: Got it. And then on the Umbro side, in the US what do you think are the possibilities or what really could you do, or the options around that business here in the US?

Well, we have a great direct-to-retail with Dick’s, who is really one of the leaders in the space. And our first revelation was that Nike wasn’t really focused on it. So we think we could double or triple it, what it is today and we’re talking about fixed stream programs and all sorts of expansion. We’ve had some great meetings with them. They came to our summit in Manchester last month and we’re pretty excited about growing that business. Around Dick’s, because Dick’s has the, we’ll call it on-the-pitch functional product, we are going to do some fashion type – actually I don’t think fashion is the right word, but more basic apparel type and other types of distribution which we hope to launch in Spring of 2014 along with the World Cup. Bob Drbul – Barclays: Okay. And then I guess the other question I have as the last one is on the men’s business, Ed Hardy and Rocawear, have they bottomed in terms of within your numbers and the stabilization of those businesses, like how should we think about where we are in the cycle for those brands specifically?

Well, I think they’re all different. Ed Hardy has bottomed because we have it pretty low in our projections. We have a really strong fragrance business and a strong international business. And we are working on a relaunch on the apparel side, so that’s only going to be plus. Rocawear we have – we’ve been working on something for about a year now and I think it’s going to happen, hoping in the back half of this year, which could really add some new excitement and growth to the business. So I’d say those businesses have only plus that could bring back to our revenue. Bob Drbul – Barclays: Okay. Thanks very much. Good luck.

Thanks, Bob.

Your next question comes from the line of Jim Chartier with Monness, Crespi and Hardt. Please proceed. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: Good morning.

Morning, Jim. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: First, can you give us a sense of what the organic growth rate was in the quarter or just a sense of what the revenue from the new acquisitions was?

We don’t really break down quarterly on that. But with that said, the majority or if not all of the increases was from the acquisitions. Organic was probably around flat and business has been pretty tough out there. I don’t know if everyone has been seeing it, but really top to bottom in all stores have seen some good feelings in the last week or two and hopefully with the weather, if that’s the reason, things are going to start getting positive again. But we’re feeling still kind of bullish that we’ll be able to hit our target of single-digit growth on the organic side. A lot of it’s starting to take hold with the international business. But we’re – generally the portfolio is pretty strong in a tough environment. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: Great. And then I know it’s still early, but any sense of how the new Rocawear store is doing and that how that initiative’s going?

They’re getting better every month. So, I think we’ll get – the kinks are getting out and the stores are really improving. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: On Peanuts, is there any thought of doing a regular television series, more than just the specials?

Yeah, there have been a lot of discussions. Based around the excitement of the movie, which is going to – 20th Century Fox did a preview for their, I guess their distributors last week and the CEO went up and did a whole unveil of it to incredible excitement and press, and the specials continue to be number one in their slot. We are talking to studios about two different developments of new projects. Our goal is to keep the momentum. We know 2015 is going to be a mega year for Peanuts because of the movie, but our goal is to keep it going in 2016 and 2017. So, we are getting a lot of exciting feedback of new projects that we are developing around the Peanuts gang. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: And then on the margins for Peanuts, the new licenses that you signed, should those be at higher margins than kind of the overall Peanuts structure?

A little bit higher, but not much. The margins related to movie are going to be higher than the old, but not significantly. So hopefully that will just be plus for us. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: Okay. And then for Warren, the minority interest line was up at $1.7 million, I think. Was that just having Buffalo in there or was there any of that for Marc Ecko?

The non-controlling interest. Yeah, that was Buffalo, and it should grow a little bit more because Buffalo has now a full quarter starting in Q2. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: Okay. And then what share count are you using in the guidance?

62 million to 63 million full-year, fully-diluted. Jim Chartier – Monness, Crespi & Hardt: Great. Best of luck.

Great. Thanks, Jim.

Your next question comes from the line of Eric Beder with Brean Capital. Please proceed. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Good morning and congrats on the quarter.

Thanks, Eric. Are you now French? Eric Beder – Brean Capital: It’s not that bad.

I like Eric Beder. Beder. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: The assumption for the weighted average shares outstanding, does that assume no more share repurchases than you’ve done now?

That’s correct. That assumes just up to what we’ve done so far. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Okay. And, the flip side of that, on the interest expense, how should we be thinking about the interest expense for the rest of the year?

The total interest expense for the year should be around $47 million. This one didn’t have a full quarter of the new convertibles, so the next three quarters should be slightly higher. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Okay. And you’ve done three significant acquisitions this year. What is – I know you have the financial capacity to do a lot more. What about the people capacity and the infrastructure capacity for those kind of things?

Luckily, the three deals we’ve done have come with incredible teams of people. In Umbro, we today have a base of 30-some odd people in Manchester, England. Lee Cooper, we kept – it was a licensing company and we kept the 10 or 11 people that were doing it based in London, and Buffalo is – we have an incredible partner/licensee in Buffalo who we’re working with. And that’s really how the model works. And the ability to do more acquisitions, we usually get a small team of core people that come with the deals and we could easily leverage it on to what we have here in New York and now really around the world, which is what’s so exciting about the acquisitions. We get to plug them into our JVs and our infrastructure that we’ve built around the world. So, we’re very encouraged about the ability to do more acquisitions, both from our balance sheet and just the incredible deal activity that’s out there, the amount of companies that of a sale and some really strong brands that we’re hoping we can acquire over the next few quarters. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Okay. And in terms of the share count, what – is there an ideal share count here? I mean, you bought back 20% of your shares.

The ideal is the – is about 20 million. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: I mean, you could buy yourself completely out.

No, ideal – we bought back 20 million. Ideally, it would be great to be able to buy back, to continue to shrink it dramatically, as long as we have the capital structure and we all feel comfortable. And I’d love to continue to do 20% a year if that’s possible based on our free cash flow that we’re generating and as long as the stock is at what we think is an encouraging price point, as it is today. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Okay. And what are your thought processes on your guidance for the potential new joint venture partners? Are you assuming those partnerships come to fruition, or is that not in the numbers either?

I’m very conservative and most of it’s not in the numbers. But most of those deals, a lot of them go down below when we buy them, and – but we are expecting to continue to grow our international business and have it contribute. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: And finally, you have three Wal-Mart – the three Wal-Mart licenses get renewed this year. Where are we in that process? I’m assuming most of those will get renewed.

Those were all renewed last month. So, we have all renewals on all three deals and everything is good there. Eric Beder – Brean Capital: Great. Congratulations.

Thanks, Eric.

Your next question comes from the line of Steve Marotta with CL King. Please proceed. Steve Marotta – CL King: Good morning, everybody. Neil, can you go into the Starter license? As I understand it, you’re signing with NFL, NBA, NCAA, and this is going to be a different channel of distribution for you. Is that accurate?

Yeah, actually we did a deal with the guys at G3. We’re making all the jackets. And simultaneously with the help of Carl Banks and his team over there, we signed up deals with the NFL in all the different leagues, and we have a great reaction. And Wal-Mart was okay with it because it really is good for the brand and it’s a different level of distribution than the original Starter jacket. And we just we’ve had an incredible reception. So, it’s pretty exciting that the Starter brand is going to be back in all major sports stores for fall, along with the launch of the football season. Steve Marotta – CL King: And then rolling as different sport seasons progress?

Correct. Steve Marotta – CL King: That’s great.

A year or two. Steve Marotta – CL King: Warren, I have a couple of quick questions housekeeping-wise. First of all, the tax rate for the quarter seemed to come in a little bit light. What – was there a reason for that? And what are you expecting for the balance of the year?

Yeah, that’s Umbro and Lee Cooper’s favorable tax rates kicking in. So for the full year, we’re estimating about 32% for the year. Steve Marotta – CL King: Okay. And the other point that I had was – so excluding the roughly $3-point-whatever million in onetime costs associated with acquisitions in the quarter, is the run rate of the $35 million to $36 million in SG&A costs still valid?

Well, there’s an increased revenue – I think it’s better to look at the EBITDA margins and we are seeing it’s about 60% EBIDTA margins for the year.

And also, just to be clear that, the run rate was about – I think it was about $3.5 million was not all past acquisitions, it was some we are working on now...

Right.

Which, required a lot of diligence. So the past ones were I think only ran $1 million or $1.5 million. Steve Marotta – CL King: Yeah. That was what I was going to ask you, if you can disassemble it, but that’s close enough. Thank you very much.

You’re welcome. Thanks, Steve.

There are no additional audio questions at this time. I would now like to turn the call back over to Mr. Neil Cole for closing remarks.

Okay. Well, thank you, everyone for listening today. As usual, our management team will be available all day for questions. Thanks for your interest and have a wonderful Spring Day.