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Form 10-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K

þ	ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended January 29, 2012

¨	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 001-33608

lululemon athletica inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		20-3842867
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

1818 Cornwall Avenue Vancouver, British Columbia		V6J 1C7
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (604) 732-6124

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of Each Class		Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Common Stock, par value $0.005 per share		Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 of Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No þ

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 ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No þ

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on July 29, 2011 was approximately $5,950,828,701. Such aggregate market value was computed by reference to the closing price of the common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on July 29, 2011. For purposes of determining this amount only, the registrant has defined affiliates as including the executive officers and directors of the registrant on July 29, 2011.

Common Stock:

At March 19, 2012 there were 111,054,699 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.005 per share, outstanding.

Exchangeable and Special Voting Shares:

At March 19, 2012, there were outstanding 32,501,680 exchangeable shares of Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the registrant. Exchangeable shares are exchangeable for an equal number of shares of the registrant’s common stock.

In addition, at March 19, 2012, the registrant had outstanding 32,501,680 shares of special voting stock, through which the holders of exchangeable shares of Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc. may exercise their voting rights with respect to the registrant. The special voting stock and the registrant’s common stock generally vote together as a single class on all matters on which the common stock is entitled to vote.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

DOCUMENT

PARTS INTO WHICH INCORPORATED

Portions of Proxy Statement for the

2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

Part III

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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PART I
Item 1.	BUSINESS		1
Item 1A.	RISK FACTORS		10
Item 2.	PROPERTIES		18
Item 3.	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS		19

PART II
Item 5.	MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES		20
Item 6.	SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA		23
Item 7.	MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		25
Item 7A.	QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK		45
Item 8.	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA		47
Item 9A.	CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES		75

PART III
Item 10.	DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE		76
Item 11.	EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION		76
Item 12.	SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS		76
Item 13.	CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE		77
Item 14.	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES		77

PART IV
Item 15.	EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES		78

PART I

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. We use words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “may,” “intends,” “expects” and similar expressions to identify forward-looking statements. Discussions containing forward-looking statements may be found in the material set forth under “Business,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation” and in other sections of the report. All forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain as they are based on our expectations and assumptions concerning future events. Any or all of our forward-looking statements in this report may turn out to be inaccurate. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. They may be affected by inaccurate assumptions we might make or by known or unknown risks and uncertainties, including the risks, uncertainties and assumptions described in the section entitled Item 1A and elsewhere in this report. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this report may not occur as contemplated, and our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated or implied by the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements in this report are made as of the date hereof, based on information available to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement.

ITEM 1.

BUSINESS

Overview

lululemon athletica inc. is a designer and retailer of technical athletic apparel operating primarily in North America and Australia. Our yoga-inspired apparel is marketed under the lululemon athletica brand name. We believe consumers associate our brand with innovative, technical apparel products. Our products are designed to offer performance, fit and comfort while incorporating both function and style. Our heritage of combining performance and style distinctly positions us to address the needs of female athletes as well as a growing core of consumers who desire everyday casual wear that is consistent with their active lifestyles. We also continue to broaden our product range to increasingly appeal to male athletes and athletic female youth. We offer a comprehensive line of apparel and accessories including fitness pants, shorts, tops and jackets designed for athletic pursuits such as yoga, running and general fitness. As of January 29, 2012, our branded apparel was principally sold through 174 stores that are located in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. We believe our vertical retail strategy allows us to interact more directly with, and gain feedback from, our customers, whom we call guests, while providing us with greater control of our brand.

We have developed a distinctive community-based strategy that we believe enhances our brand and reinforces our guest loyalty. The key elements of our strategy are to:

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design and develop innovative athletic apparel that combines performance with style and incorporates real-time guest feedback;

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locate our stores in street locations, lifestyle centers and malls that position each lululemon athletica store as an integral part of its community;

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create an inviting and educational store environment that encourages product trial and repeat visits; and

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market on a grassroots level in each community, including through social media and influential fitness practitioners who embrace and create excitement around our brand.

We were founded in 1998 by Dennis “Chip” Wilson in Vancouver, British Columbia. Noting the increasing number of women participating in sports, and specifically yoga, Mr. Wilson developed lululemon athletica to address a void in the women’s athletic apparel market. The founding principles established by Mr. Wilson drive

our distinctive corporate culture with a mission of providing people with the components to live a longer, healthier and more fun life. Consistent with this mission, we promote a set of core values in our business, which include developing the highest quality products, operating with integrity, leading a healthy balanced life, and training our employees in self responsibility and goal setting. These core values attract passionate and motivated employees who are driven to succeed and share our vision of “elevating the world from mediocrity to greatness.” We believe the energy and passion of our employees allow us to successfully execute on our business strategy, enhance brand loyalty and create a distinctive connection with our guests.

We believe our culture and community-based business approach provides us with competitive advantages that are responsible for our strong financial performance. Our net revenue has increased from $40.7 million in fiscal 2004 to $1,000.8 million in fiscal 2011, representing a 58% compound annual growth rate. Our net revenue increased from $711.7 million in fiscal 2010 to $1,000.8 million in fiscal 2011, representing a 41% increase. During fiscal 2011, our comparable store sales growth was 22% and we reported income from operations of $287.0 million. During fiscal 2010, our comparable store sales growth was 37% and we reported income from operations of $180.4 million. In fiscal 2011, our corporate-owned stores opened at least one year, averaged sales of approximately $2,004 per square foot, compared to sales per square foot of approximately $1,726 for fiscal 2010. We believe this is among the best in the apparel retail sector.

Our Market

Our primary target customer is a sophisticated and educated woman who understands the importance of an active, healthy lifestyle. She is increasingly tasked with the dual responsibilities of career and family and is constantly challenged to balance her work, life and health. We believe she pursues exercise to achieve physical fitness and inner peace.

As women have continued to embrace a variety of fitness and athletic activities, including yoga, we believe other athletic apparel companies are not effectively addressing their unique style, fit and performance needs. We believe we have been able to help address this void in the marketplace by incorporating style along with comfort and functionality into our products through our vertical retail strategy. Although we were founded to address the unique needs of women, we are also successfully designing products for men and athletic female youth who also appreciate the technical rigor and premium quality of our products. We also believe longer-term growth in athletic participation will be reinforced as the aging Baby Boomer generation focuses more on longevity. In addition, we believe consumer purchase decisions are driven by both an actual need for functional products and a desire to create a particular lifestyle perception. As such, we believe the credibility and authenticity of our brand expands our potential market beyond just athletes to those who desire to lead an active, healthy, and balanced life.

Our Competitive Strengths

We believe the following strengths differentiate us from our competitors and are important to our success:

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Premium Active Brand. lululemon athletica stands for leading a healthy, balanced and fun life. We believe customers associate the lululemon athletica brand with high quality premium athletic apparel that incorporates technically advanced materials, innovative functional features and style. We believe our focus on women differentiates us and positions lululemon athletica to address a void in the growing market for women’s athletic apparel. While our brand has its roots in yoga, our products are increasingly being designed and used for other athletic and casual lifestyle pursuits, such as running and general fitness. We work with local athletes and fitness practitioners to enhance our brand awareness and broaden our product appeal.

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Distinctive Retail Experience. We locate our stores in street locations, lifestyle centers and malls that position lululemon athletica stores to be an integral part of their communities. We coach our store sales associates, whom we refer to as “educators,” to develop a personal connection with each guest. Our

educators receive approximately 30 hours of in-house training within the first three months of the start of their employment and are well prepared to explain the technical and innovative design aspects of each product.

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Innovative Design Process. We offer high-quality premium apparel that is designed for performance, comfort, functionality and style. We attribute our ability to develop superior products to a number of factors, including:

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our feedback-based design process through which our design and product development team proactively and frequently seeks input from our guests and local fitness practitioners;

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close collaboration with our third-party suppliers to formulate innovative and technically-advanced fabrics and features for our products; and

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although we typically bring products from design to market in eight to 10 months, our vertical retail strategy enables us to bring select products to market in as little as two months, thereby allowing us to respond quickly to customer feedback, changing market conditions and apparel trends.

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Community-Based Marketing Approach. We differentiate lululemon athletica through an innovative, community-based approach to building brand awareness and customer loyalty. We use a multi-faceted grassroots marketing strategy that includes social media, and creating in-store community boards. We believe this grassroots approach allows us to successfully increase brand awareness and broaden our appeal while reinforcing our premium brand image.

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Deep Rooted Culture Centered on Training and Personal Growth. We believe our core values and distinctive corporate culture allow us to attract passionate and motivated employees who are driven to succeed and share our vision. We provide our employees with a supportive, goal-oriented environment and encourage them to reach their full professional, health and personal potential. We offer programs such as personal development workshops and goal coaching to assist our employees in realizing their long-term objectives. We believe our relationship with our employees is exceptional and a key contributor to our success.

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Experienced Management Team with Proven Ability to Execute. Our Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Day, whose experience includes 20 years at Starbucks Corporation, most recently serving as President of Asia Pacific Group of Starbucks International from 2004 to 2007, joined us in January 2008. Ms. Day has assembled a management team with a complementary mix of retail, design, operations, product sourcing, marketing and information technology experience from leading apparel and retail companies such as Abercrombie & Fitch Co., The Gap, Inc., Nike, Inc. and Speedo International Limited. We believe our management team is well positioned to execute the long-term growth strategy for our business.

Growth Strategy

Key elements of our growth strategy are to:

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Grow our Store Base in North America. As of January 29, 2012, our products were sold through 155 corporate-owned stores in North America, including 47 in Canada and 108 in the United States. We expect that most of our near-term store growth will occur in the United States. We plan to add new stores to strengthen existing markets and selectively enter new markets in the United States and Canada. We opened 33 stores in the United States and Canada in fiscal 2011, including our remaining four franchised stores that were reacquired, and we plan to open up to 30 stores in the United States and two ivivva athletica branded stores in Canada in fiscal 2012.

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Develop our Direct to Consumer Sales Channel. We launched our retail website in the first quarter of fiscal 2009. The addition of e-commerce to our direct to consumer sales channel expanded our

customer base and supplemented our growing store base over the past three years. We plan to continue developing our e-commerce website to provide a distinctive online shopping experience and extend our reach.

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Increase our Brand Awareness. We will continue to increase brand awareness and customer loyalty through our grassroots marketing efforts, social media and planned store expansion. We believe that increased brand awareness will result in increased comparable store sales and store productivity over time.

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Introduce New Product Technologies. We remain focused on developing and offering products that incorporate technology-enhanced fabrics and performance features that differentiate us in the market. Collaborating with leading fabric manufacturers, we have jointly developed and trademarked names for innovative fabrics such as Luon and Silverescent, and natural stretch fabrics using organic elements such as cotton and seaweed. Among our ongoing efforts, we are developing fabrics to provide advanced features such as UV protection and inherent reflectivity. In addition, we will continue to develop differentiated manufacturing techniques that provide greater support, protection, and comfort.

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Broaden the Appeal of our Products. We will selectively seek opportunities to expand the appeal of our brand to improve store productivity and increase our overall addressable market. To enhance our product appeal, we intend to:

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Expand our Product Categories. We continue to expand our product offerings in complementary existing and new categories such as bags, underwear and outerwear;

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Increase the Range of Athletic Activities our Products Target. Our guests purchase our products mainly for activities such as yoga, running and general fitness. We will continue to expand our product categories and educate our guests on the versatility of our products;

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Expand Beyond North America. As of January 29, 2012, we operated 18 corporate-owned stores and four showrooms in Australia, one corporate-owned store and two showrooms in New Zealand, and one corporate-owned showroom in Hong Kong. We plan to open approximately five lululemon stores in fiscal 2012 in Australia and New Zealand. Over time, we intend to expand on our own or pursue additional joint venture opportunities in other Asian and European markets;

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Grow our Men’s Business. We believe the premium quality and technical rigor of our products will continue to appeal to men and that there is an opportunity to expand our men’s business as a proportion of our total sales; and

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Develop our Youth Brand. We launched our youth focused brand, ivivva athletica, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. We believe the premium quality and technical rigor of our dance-inspired products designed for female youth serve an open market and provide us with an opportunity for future growth.

Our Stores

As of January 29, 2012, our retail footprint included 47 stores in Canada, 108 stores in the United States, 18 stores in Australia and one in New Zealand. While most of our stores are branded lululemon athletica, five of our corporate-owned stores are branded ivivva athletica and specialize in dance-inspired apparel for female youth. We no longer operate any franchised stores as we reacquired our four remaining franchises during fiscal 2011. Our retail stores are located primarily on street locations, in lifestyle centers and in malls.

The following store list shows the number of corporate-owned stores operated in each Canadian province, U.S. state, and internationally:


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011
Canada
Alberta		11		9
British Columbia		12		11
Manitoba		1		1
Nova Scotia		1		1
Ontario		17		17
Québec		4		4
Saskatchewan		1		1

Total Canada		47		44

United States
Alabama		1		1
Arizona		3		2
California		23		19
Colorado		3		—
Connecticut		3		2
District of Columbia		2		2
Florida		7		4
Georgia		1		1
Hawaii		1		1
Illinois		8		8
Indiana		1		—
Kansas		1		—
Maryland		2		2
Massachusetts		5		5
Michigan		1		1
Minnesota		3		2
Missouri		1		1
Nevada		1		1
New Jersey		5		3
New York		8		7
North Carolina		2		—
Ohio		3		1
Oregon		2		2
Pennsylvania		4		2
Tennessee		1		1
Texas		10		6
Virginia		3		2
Washington		3		3

Total United States		108		78

Australia
New South Wales		6		5
Queensland		2		—
South Australia		1		—
Victoria		6		5
Western Australia		3		1

Total Australia		18		11

New Zealand		1		—

Total		174		133

Store Economics

We believe that our innovative retail concept and guest experience contribute to the success of our stores. During fiscal 2011 our corporate-owned stores open at least one year, which average approximately 2,662 square feet, averaged sales of approximately $2,004 per square foot.

Management performs an ongoing evaluation of our portfolio of corporate-owned store locations. In fiscal 2011 we did not close any of our corporate-owned stores. As we continue our evaluation we may in future periods close corporate-owned store locations.

Store Expansion

From February 1, 2002 (when we had one store, in Vancouver) to January 29, 2012, we opened or acquired 173 net corporate-owned stores in North America and Australia. We opened our first corporate-owned store in the United States in 2003 and in Australia in 2010. We opened 41 corporate-owned stores in the North America and Australia in fiscal 2011, including our remaining four franchised stores that were reacquired. Over the next few years, our new store growth will be primarily focused on corporate-owned stores in the United States, an attractive market with a population of over nine times that of Canada. Beyond North America, we intend to expand our global presence as part of our long-term business strategy. We believe that partnering with companies and individuals with significant experience and proven success in the target country is to our advantage.

Direct to Consumer

In fiscal 2009 we launched our e-commerce website which makes up our direct to consumer channel. Direct to consumer is an increasingly substantial part of our business, representing approximately 11% of our net revenue in fiscal 2011, compared to 8% of our net revenue in fiscal 2010. We believe that a direct to consumer channel is convenient for our core customer and enhances the image of our brand. Our direct to consumer channel makes our product accessible in more markets than our corporate-owned store channel alone. We use this channel to build brand awareness, especially in new markets, including those outside of North America.

Wholesale Channel

We also sell lululemon athletica products through premium yoga studios, health clubs and fitness centers. This channel represented 2% of our net revenue in both fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010. We believe these premium wholesale locations offer an alternative distribution channel that is convenient for our core consumer and enhances the image of our brand. We do not intend wholesale to be a significant contributor to overall sales. Instead, we use the channel to build brand awareness, especially in new markets.

Franchise Stores

As of January 29, 2012, we no longer have franchised stores. We reacquired our four remaining franchised stores in the United States during fiscal 2011, thereby decreasing the net revenue earned through our franchise channel. This channel represented 1% of our net revenue in fiscal 2010 and an immaterial amount in fiscal 2011.

Our Products

We offer a comprehensive line of performance apparel and accessories for women, men and female youth. Our apparel assortment, including items such as fitness pants, shorts, tops and jackets, is designed for healthy lifestyle activities such as yoga, running and general fitness. Although we benefit from the growing number of people that participate in yoga, we believe the percentage of our products sold for other activities will continue to increase as we broaden our product range to address other activities. Our fitness-related accessories include an array of items such as bags, socks, underwear, yoga mats, instructional yoga DVDs and water bottles.

Our design team continues to develop fabrics that we believe will help advance our product line and differentiate us from the competition.

Our Culture and Values

Since our inception, we have developed a distinctive corporate culture with a mission to provide people with components to live a longer, healthier and more fun life. We promote a set of core values in our business, which include developing the highest quality products, operating with integrity, leading a healthy balanced life and instilling in our employees a sense of self responsibility and personal achievement. These core values allow us to attract passionate and motivated employees who are driven to succeed and share our vision of “elevating the world from mediocrity to greatness.”

Community-Based Marketing

We differentiate our business through an innovative, community-based approach to building brand awareness and customer loyalty. We pursue a multi-faceted strategy which leverages our local ambassadors, social media, in-store community boards and a variety of grassroots initiatives.

Product Design and Development

Our product design efforts are led by a team of designers based in Vancouver, British Columbia partnering with international designers. Our team is comprised of dedicated athletes and users of our products who embody our design philosophy and dedication to premium quality. Our design team identifies trends based on market intelligence and research, proactively seeks the input of our guests and our ambassadors and broadly seeks inspiration consistent with our goals of style, function and technical superiority.

To ensure that we continue to provide our guests with functional fabrics, our design team works closely with our suppliers to incorporate innovative fabrics that bring particular specifications to our products. We partner with a leading independent inspection, verification, testing and certification company, which conducts a battery of tests before each season on our fabrics, testing for a variety of performance characteristics including pilling, shrinkage, abrasion resistance and colorfastness. We collaborate with leading fabric suppliers to develop fabrics that we ultimately trademark for brand recognition whenever possible.

Sourcing and Manufacturing

We do not own or operate any manufacturing facilities, nor do we contract directly with third-party vendors for fabrics and finished goods. The fabric used in our products is sourced by our manufacturers from a limited number of pre-approved suppliers. We work with a group of approximately 45 manufacturers, five of which produced approximately 67% of our products in fiscal 2011. During fiscal 2011, no single manufacturer produced more than 36% of our product offering. During fiscal 2011, approximately 49% of our products were produced in China, approximately 41% in South/South East Asia, approximately 3% in Canada and the remainder in the United States, Peru, Israel, Egypt and other countries. Our North American manufacturers provide us with the speed to market necessary to respond quickly to changing trends and increased demand. While we plan to support future growth through manufacturers outside of North America, our intent is also to maintain production in Canada and the United States whenever practicable. We have developed long-standing relationships with a number of our vendors and take great care to ensure that they share our commitment to quality and ethics. We do not, however, have any long-term agreements requiring us to use any manufacturer, and no manufacturer is required to produce our products in the long-term. We require that all of our manufacturers adhere to a code of conduct regarding quality of manufacturing, working conditions and other social concerns. We currently also work with a leading inspection and verification firm to closely monitor each supplier’s compliance with applicable law and our workplace code of conduct. We believe that the services of additional, or other, producers of our fabrics could be obtained with little or no additional expense to us and/or delay in the timeliness of our production process.

Distribution Facilities

We centrally distribute finished products in from distribution facilities in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sumner, Washington, and Melbourne, Victoria. We operate the distribution facilities in Vancouver, Sumner and Melbourne which are leased and are approximately 120,000, 167,000 and 54,000 square feet, respectively. We believe these modern facilities enhance the efficiency of our operations. We believe our distribution infrastructure will be sufficient to accommodate our expected store growth and expanded product offerings over the next several years. Merchandise is typically shipped to our stores through third-party delivery services multiple times per week, providing them with a steady flow of new inventory.

Competition

Competition in the athletic apparel industry is principally on the basis of brand image and recognition as well as product quality, innovation, style, distribution and price. We believe that we successfully compete on the basis of our premium brand image, our focus on women and our technical product innovation. In addition, we believe our vertical retail distribution strategy differentiates us from our competitors and allows us to more effectively control our brand image.

The market for athletic apparel is highly competitive. It includes increasing competition from established companies who are expanding their production and marketing of performance products, as well as from frequent new entrants to the market. We are in direct competition with wholesalers and direct sellers of athletic apparel, such as Nike, Inc., adidas AG, which includes the adidas and Reebok brands, and Under Armour, Inc. We also compete with retailers specifically focused on women’s athletic apparel including The Gap, Inc. (including the Athleta brand), Lucy Activewear Inc., and bebe stores, inc. (including the BEBE SPORT collection).

Our Employees

As of January 29, 2012, we had 5,807 employees, of which 2,511 were employed in Canada, 2,869 were employed in the United States, and 427 were employed internationally. Of the 2,511 Canadian employees, 1,790 were employed in our retail locations, 71 were employed in distribution, 132 were employed in design, merchandise and production, and the remaining 518 performed selling, general and administrative and other functions. Of the 2,869 employees in the United States, 2,739 were employed in our retail locations, 63 were employed in distribution and 67 performed selling, general and administration functions. Of the 427 international employees, 343 were employed in our international retail locations, 23 were employed in distribution, and 61 performed merchandise, production, and administrative functions. None of our employees is currently covered by a collective bargaining agreement. We have had no labor-related work stoppages and we believe our relations with our employees are excellent.

Intellectual Property

We believe we own the material trademarks used in connection with the marketing, distribution and sale of all of our products in Canada, the United States and in the other countries in which our products are currently or intended to be either sold or manufactured. Our major trademarks include lululemon athletica & design, the logo design (WAVE design) and lululemon as a word mark. In addition to the registrations in Canada and the United States, lululemon’s design and word mark are registered in over 66 other jurisdictions which cover over 114 countries. We own trademark registrations for names of several of our fabrics including Luon, Silverescent, VitaSea, Soyla, Boolux and Luxtreme. In addition to trademarks, we own 16 industrial design registrations in Canada protecting our distinctive apparel and accessory designs, as well as a number of corresponding design patent applications in the United States and design registrations in Europe.

Securities and Exchange Commission Filings

Our website address is www.lululemon.com. We provide free access to various reports that we file with, or furnish to, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, through our website, as soon as

reasonably practicable after they have been filed or furnished. These reports include, but are not limited to, our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and any amendments to those reports. Our SEC reports can also be accessed through the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Also available on our website are printable versions of our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and charters of the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees of our Board of Directors. Information on our website does not constitute part of this annual report on Form 10-K or any other report we file or furnish with the SEC.

ITEM 1A.

RISK FACTORS

In addition to the other information contained in this Form 10-K, the following risk factors should be considered carefully in evaluating our business. Our business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by any of these risks. Please note that additional risks not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial could also impair our business and operations.

Our success depends on our ability to maintain the value and reputation of our brand.

Our success depends on the value and reputation of the lululemon athletica brand. The lululemon athletica name is integral to our business as well as to the implementation of our strategies for expanding our business. Maintaining, promoting and positioning our brand will depend largely on the success of our marketing and merchandising efforts and our ability to provide a consistent, high quality guest experience. We rely on social media, as one of our marketing strategies, to have a positive impact on both our brand value and reputation. Our brand could be adversely affected if we fail to achieve these objectives or if our public image or reputation were to be tarnished by negative publicity. Negative publicity regarding the production methods of any of our suppliers or manufacturers could adversely affect our reputation and sales and force us to locate alternative suppliers or manufacturing sources. Additionally, while we devote considerable efforts and resources to protecting our intellectual property, if these efforts are not successful the value of our brand may be harmed, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

An economic downturn or economic uncertainty in our key markets may adversely affect consumer discretionary spending and demand for our products.

Many of our products may be considered discretionary items for consumers. Factors affecting the level of consumer spending for such discretionary items include general economic conditions, particularly those in Canada and the United States, and other factors such as consumer confidence in future economic conditions, fears of recession, the availability of consumer credit, levels of unemployment, tax rates and the cost of consumer credit. As global economic conditions continue to be volatile or economic uncertainty remains, trends in consumer discretionary spending also remain unpredictable and subject to reductions due to credit constraints and uncertainties about the future. The current volatility in the United States economy in particular has resulted in an overall slowing in growth in the retail sector because of decreased consumer spending, which may remain depressed for the foreseeable future. These unfavorable economic conditions may lead consumers to delay or reduce purchase of our products. Consumer demand for our products may not reach our sales targets, or may decline, when there is an economic downturn or economic uncertainty in our key markets, particularly in North America. Our sensitivity to economic cycles and any related fluctuation in consumer demand may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

Our sales and profitability may decline as a result of increasing product costs and decreasing selling prices.

Our business is subject to significant pressure on pricing and costs caused by many factors, including intense competition, constrained sourcing capacity and related inflationary pressure, pressure from consumers to reduce the prices we charge for our products and changes in consumer demand. These factors may cause us to experience increased costs, reduce our sales prices to consumers or experience reduced sales in response to increased prices, any of which could cause our operating margin to decline if we are unable to offset these factors with reductions in operating costs and could have a material adverse affect on our financial conditions, operating results and cash flows.

If we are unable to anticipate consumer preferences and successfully develop and introduce new, innovative and updated products, we may not be able to maintain or increase our sales and profitability.

Our success depends on our ability to identify and originate product trends as well as to anticipate and react to changing consumer demands in a timely manner. All of our products are subject to changing consumer

preferences that cannot be predicted with certainty. If we are unable to introduce new products or novel technologies in a timely manner or our new products or technologies are not accepted by our customers, our competitors may introduce similar products in a more timely fashion, which could hurt our goal to be viewed as a leader in technical athletic apparel innovation. Our new products may not receive consumer acceptance as consumer preferences could shift rapidly to different types of athletic apparel or away from these types of products altogether, and our future success depends in part on our ability to anticipate and respond to these changes. Failure to anticipate and respond in a timely manner to changing consumer preferences could lead to, among other things, lower sales and excess inventory levels. Even if we are successful in anticipating consumer preferences, our ability to adequately react to and address those preferences will in part depend upon our continued ability to develop and introduce innovative, high-quality products. Our failure to effectively introduce new products that are accepted by consumers could result in a decrease in net revenue and excess inventory levels, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

Our results of operations could be materially harmed if we are unable to accurately forecast customer demand for our products.

To ensure adequate inventory supply, we must forecast inventory needs and place orders with our manufacturers based on our estimates of future demand for particular products. Our ability to accurately forecast demand for our products could be affected by many factors, including an increase or decrease in customer demand for our products or for products of our competitors, our failure to accurately forecast customer acceptance of new products, product introductions by competitors, unanticipated changes in general market conditions, and weakening of economic conditions or consumer confidence in future economic conditions. If we fail to accurately forecast customer demand we may experience excess inventory levels or a shortage of products available for sale in our stores or for delivery to guests.

Inventory levels in excess of customer demand may result in inventory write-downs or write-offs and the sale of excess inventory at discounted prices, which would cause our gross margin to suffer and could impair the strength and exclusivity of our brand. Conversely, if we underestimate customer demand for our products, our manufacturers may not be able to deliver products to meet our requirements, and this could result in damage to our reputation and customer relationships.

If we continue to grow at a rapid pace, we may not be able to effectively manage our growth and the increased complexity of our business and as a result our brand image and financial performance may suffer.

We have expanded our operations rapidly since our inception in 1998 and our net revenue has increased from $40.7 million in fiscal 2004 to $1,000.8 million in fiscal 2011. If our operations continue to grow at a rapid pace, we may experience difficulties in obtaining sufficient raw materials and manufacturing capacity to produce our products, as well as delays in production and shipments, as our products are subject to risks associated with overseas sourcing and manufacturing. We could be required to continue to expand our sales and marketing, product development and distribution functions, to upgrade our management information systems and other processes and technology, and to obtain more space for our expanding workforce. This expansion could increase the strain on our resources, and we could experience serious operating difficulties, including difficulties in hiring, training and managing an increasing number of employees. These difficulties could result in the erosion of our brand image which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

The fluctuating cost of raw materials could increase our cost of goods sold and cause our results of operations and financial condition to suffer.

The fabrics used by our suppliers and manufacturers include synthetic fabrics whose raw materials include petroleum-based products. Our products also include natural fibers, including cotton. Our costs for raw materials are affected by, among other things, weather, consumer demand, speculation on the commodities market, the

relative valuations and fluctuations of the currencies of producer versus consumer countries and other factors that are generally unpredictable and beyond our control. Increases in the cost of raw materials, including petroleum or the prices we pay for our cotton yarn and cotton-based textiles, could have a material adverse effect on our cost of goods sold, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

We rely on third-party suppliers to provide fabrics for and to produce our products, and we have limited control over them and may not be able to obtain quality products on a timely basis or in sufficient quantity.

We do not manufacture our products or the raw materials for them and rely instead on third-party suppliers. Many of the specialty fabrics used in our products are technically advanced textile products developed and manufactured by third parties and may be available, in the short-term, from only one or a very limited number of sources. For example, Luon fabric, which is included in many of our products, is supplied to the mills we use by a single manufacturer in Taiwan, and the fibers used in manufacturing Luon fabric are supplied to our Taiwanese manufacturer by a single company. In fiscal 2011, approximately 67% of our products were produced by our top five manufacturing suppliers. We have no long term contracts with our suppliers or manufacturing sources, and we compete with other companies for fabrics, raw materials, production and import quota capacity.

We may experience a significant disruption in the supply of fabrics or raw materials from current sources or, in the event of a disruption, we may be unable to locate alternative materials suppliers of comparable quality at an acceptable price, or at all. In addition, if we experience significant increased demand, or if we need to replace an existing supplier manufacturer, we may be unable to locate additional supplies of fabrics or raw materials or additional manufacturing capacity on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all, or we may be unable to locate any supplier or manufacturer with sufficient capacity to meet our requirements or to fill our orders in a timely manner. Identifying a suitable supplier is an involved process that requires us to become satisfied with their quality control, responsiveness and service, financial stability and labor and other ethical practices. Even if we are able to expand existing or find new manufacturing or fabric sources, we may encounter delays in production and added costs as a result of the time it takes to train our suppliers and manufacturers in our methods, products and quality control standards. Delays related to supplier changes could also arise due to an increase in shipping times if new suppliers are located farther away from our markets or from other participants in our supply chain. Any delays, interruption or increased costs in the supply of fabric or manufacture of our products could have an adverse effect on our ability to meet customer demand for our products and our results in lower net revenue and income from operations both in the short and long term. We have occasionally received, and may in the future continue to receive, shipments of products that fail to comply with our technical specifications or that fail to conform to our quality control standards. In that event, unless we are able to obtain replacement products in a timely manner, we risk the loss of net revenue resulting from the inability to sell those products and related increased administrative and shipping costs. Additionally, if defects in the manufacture of our products are not discovered until after such products are purchased by our guests, our guests could lose confidence in the technical attributes of our products and our results of operations could suffer and our business could be harmed.

We operate in a highly competitive market and the size and resources of some of our competitors may allow them to compete more effectively than we can, resulting in a loss of our market share and a decrease in our net revenue and profitability.

The market for technical athletic apparel is highly competitive. Competition may result in pricing pressures, reduced profit margins or lost market share or a failure to grow our market share, any of which could substantially harm our business and results of operations. We compete directly against wholesalers and direct retailers of athletic apparel, including large, diversified apparel companies with substantial market share and established companies expanding their production and marketing of technical athletic apparel, as well as against retailers specifically focused on women’s athletic apparel. We also face competition from wholesalers and direct retailers of traditional commodity athletic apparel, such as cotton T-shirts and sweatshirts. Many of our competitors are large apparel and sporting goods companies with strong worldwide brand recognition, such as Nike, Inc., adidas AG, which includes the adidas and Reebok brands, and The Gap, Inc, which includes the

Athleta brand. Because of the fragmented nature of the industry, we also compete with other apparel sellers, including those specializing in yoga apparel. Many of our competitors have significant competitive advantages, including longer operating histories, larger and broader customer bases, more established relationships with a broader set of suppliers, greater brand recognition and greater financial, research and development, store development, marketing, distribution and other resources than we do. In addition, our technical athletic apparel is sold at a price premium to traditional athletic apparel.

Our competitors may be able to achieve and maintain brand awareness and market share more quickly and effectively than we can. In contrast to our “grassroots” marketing approach, many of our competitors promote their brands through traditional forms of advertising, such as print media and television commercials, and through celebrity endorsements, and have substantial resources to devote to such efforts. Our competitors may also create and maintain brand awareness using traditional forms of advertising more quickly than we can. Our competitors may also be able to increase sales in their new and existing markets faster than we do by emphasizing different distribution channels than we do, such as catalog sales or an extensive franchise network, as opposed to distribution through retail stores, wholesale or internet, and many of our competitors have substantial resources to devote toward increasing sales in such ways.

In addition, because we own no patents or exclusive intellectual property rights in the technology, fabrics or processes underlying our products, our current and future competitors are able to manufacture and sell products with performance characteristics, fabrication techniques and styling similar to our products.

Any material disruption of our information systems could disrupt our business and reduce our sales.

We are increasingly dependent on information systems to operate our e-commerce website, process transactions, respond to guest inquiries, manage inventory, purchase, sell and ship goods on a timely basis and maintain cost-efficient operations. Any material disruption or slowdown of our systems, including a disruption or slowdown caused by our failure to successfully upgrade our systems, system failures, viruses, computer “hackers” or other causes, could cause information, including data related to customer orders, to be lost or delayed which could—especially if the disruption or slowdown occurred during the holiday season—result in delays in the delivery of merchandise to our stores and customers or lost sales, which could reduce demand for our merchandise and cause our sales to decline. If changes in technology cause our information systems to become obsolete, or if our information systems are inadequate to handle our growth, we could lose customers.

If we encounter problems with our distribution system, our ability to deliver our products to the market and to meet guest expectations could be harmed.

We rely on our distribution facilities for substantially all of our product distribution. Our distribution facilities include computer controlled and automated equipment, which means their operations are complicated and may be subject to a number of risks related to security or computer viruses, the proper operation of software and hardware, electronic or power interruptions or other system failures. In addition, because substantially all of our products are distributed from three locations, our operations could also be interrupted by labor difficulties, extreme or severe weather conditions or by floods, fires or other natural disasters near our distribution centers. For example, severe weather conditions in Sumner, Washington in 2011, including snow and freezing rain, resulted in disruption in our distribution facilities and the local transportation system. If we encounter problems with our distribution system, our ability to meet guest expectations, manage inventory, complete sales and achieve objectives for operating efficiencies could be harmed.

We are subject to risks associated with leasing retail space subject to long-term and non-cancelable leases.

We do not own any of our store facilities, but instead lease all of our corporate-owned stores under operating leases and our inability to secure appropriate real estate or lease terms could impact our ability to grow. Our leases generally have initial terms of between five and ten years, and generally can be extended only in five-

year increments if at all. We generally cannot cancel these leases at our option. If an existing or new store is not profitable, and we decide to close it, as we have done in the past and may do in the future, we may nonetheless be committed to perform our obligations under the applicable lease including, among other things, paying the base rent for the balance of the lease term. Similarly, we may be committed to perform our obligations under the applicable leases even if current locations of our stores become unattractive as demographic patterns change. In addition, as each of our leases expire, we may fail to negotiate renewals, either on commercially acceptable terms or at all, which could require us to close stores in desirable locations.

Increasing labor costs and other factors associated with the production of our products in China could increase the costs to produce our products.

During fiscal 2011, approximately 49% of our products were produced in China and increases in the costs of labor and other costs of doing business in China could significantly increase our costs to produce our products and could have a negative impact on our operations, revenue and earnings. Factors that could negatively affect our business include a potential significant revaluation of the Chinese Yuan, which may result in an increase in the cost of producing products in China, labor shortage and increases in labor costs in China, and difficulties in moving products manufactured in China out of Asia and through the ports on the western coast of North America, whether due to port congestion, labor disputes, product regulations and/or inspections or other factors, and natural disasters or health pandemics impacting China. Also, the imposition of trade sanctions or other regulations against products imported by us from, or the loss of “normal trade relations” status with, China, could significantly increase our cost of products imported into North America, Australia or New Zealand and harm our business.

We may not be able to successfully open new store locations in a timely manner, if at all, which could harm our results of operations.

Our growth will largely depend on our ability to successfully open and operate new stores. Our approach to identifying locations for our stores typically favors street locations, lifestyle centers and malls where we can be a part of the community. As a result, our stores are typically located near retailers or fitness facilities that we believe are consistent with our guests’ lifestyle choices. Sales at these stores are derived, in part, from the volume of foot traffic in these locations. Our ability to successfully open and operate new stores depends on many factors, including, among others, our ability to:

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identify suitable store locations, the availability of which is outside of our control;

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negotiate acceptable lease terms, including desired tenant improvement allowances;

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hire, train and retain store personnel and field management;

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assimilate new store personnel and field management into our corporate culture;

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source sufficient inventory levels; and

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successfully integrate new stores into our existing operations and information technology systems.

Successful new store openings may also be affected by our ability to initiate our grassroots marketing efforts in advance of opening our first store in a new market. We typically rely on our grassroots marketing efforts to build awareness of our brand and demand for our products. Our grassroots marketing efforts are often lengthy and must be tailored to each new market based on our emerging understanding of the market. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will be able to successfully implement our grassroots marketing efforts in a particular market in a timely manner, if at all. Additionally, we may be unsuccessful in identifying new markets where our technical athletic apparel and other products and brand image will be accepted or the performance of our stores will be considered successful.

Our failure to comply with trade and other regulations could lead to investigations or actions by government regulators and negative publicity.

The labeling, distribution, importation, marketing and sale of our products are subject to extensive regulation by various federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Product Safety Commission and state attorneys general in the United States, the Competition Bureau and Health Canada in Canada, as well as by various other federal, state, provincial, local and international regulatory authorities in the countries in which our products are distributed or sold. If we fail to comply with any of these regulations, we could become subject to enforcement actions or the imposition of significant penalties or claims, which could harm our results of operations or our ability to conduct our business. In addition, the adoption of new regulations or changes in the interpretation of existing regulations may result in significant compliance costs or discontinuation of product sales and could impair the marketing of our products, resulting in significant loss of net sales.

Our fabrics and manufacturing technology are not patented and can be imitated by our competitors.

The intellectual property rights in the technology, fabrics and processes used to manufacture our products are owned or controlled by our suppliers and are generally not unique to us. Our ability to obtain intellectual property protection for our products is therefore limited and we currently own no patents or exclusive intellectual property rights in the technology, fabrics or processes underlying our products. As a result, our current and future competitors are able to manufacture and sell products with performance characteristics, fabrics and styling similar to our products. Because many of our competitors have significantly greater financial, distribution, marketing and other resources than we do, they may be able to manufacture and sell products based on our fabrics and manufacturing technology at lower prices than we can. If our competitors do sell similar products to ours at lower prices, our net revenue and profitability could suffer.

Our failure or inability to protect our intellectual property rights could diminish the value of our brand and weaken our competitive position.

We currently rely on a combination of copyright, trademark, trade dress and unfair competition laws, as well as confidentiality procedures and licensing arrangements, to establish and protect our intellectual property rights. We cannot assure you that the steps taken by us to protect our intellectual property rights will be adequate to prevent infringement of such rights by others, including imitation of our products and misappropriation of our brand. In addition, intellectual property protection may be unavailable or limited in some foreign countries where laws or law enforcement practices may not protect our intellectual property rights as fully as in the United States or Canada, and it may be more difficult for us to successfully challenge the use of our intellectual property rights by other parties in these countries. If we fail to protect and maintain our intellectual property rights, the value of our brand could be diminished and our competitive position may suffer.

Our future success is substantially dependent on the continued service of our senior management.

Our future success is substantially dependent on the continued service of our senior management and other key employees. The loss of the services of our senior management or other key employees could make it more difficult to successfully operate our business and achieve our business goals.

We also may be unable to retain existing management, technical, sales and client support personnel that are critical to our success, which could result in harm to our customer and employee relationships, loss of key information, expertise or know-how and unanticipated recruitment and training costs.

We do not maintain a key person life insurance policy on Ms. Day or any of the other members of our senior management team. As a result, we would have no way to cover the financial loss if we were to lose the services of members of our senior management team.

Our business is affected by seasonality.

Our business is affected by the general seasonal trends common to the retail apparel industry. Our annual net sales are weighted more heavily toward our fourth fiscal quarter, reflecting our historical strength in sales during the holiday season, while our operating expenses are more equally distributed throughout the year. As a result, a substantial portion of our operating profits are generated in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year. For example, we generated approximately 37%, 36% and 39% of our full year gross profit during the fourth quarters of fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, respectively. This seasonality may adversely affect our business and cause our results of operations to fluctuate, and, as a result, we believe that comparisons of our operating results between different quarters within a single fiscal year are not necessarily meaningful and that results of operations in any period should not be considered indicative of the results to be expected for any future period.

Because a significant portion of our sales are generated in Canada, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates have negatively affected our results of operations and may continue to do so in the future.

The reporting currency for our consolidated financial statements is the U.S. dollar. In the future, we expect to continue to derive a significant portion of our net revenue and incur a significant portion of our operating costs in Canada, and changes in exchange rates between the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar may have a significant, and potentially adverse, effect on our results of operations. Additionally, a portion of our net revenue is generated in each of Australia. Our primary risk of loss regarding foreign currency exchange rate risk is caused by fluctuations in the exchange rates between the U.S. dollar, Canadian dollar and Australian dollar. Because we recognize net revenue from sales in Canada in Canadian dollars, if the Canadian dollar weakens against the U.S. dollar it would have a negative impact on our Canadian operating results upon translation of those results into U.S. dollars for the purposes of consolidation. The exchange rate of the Canadian dollar against the U.S. dollar has increased over fiscal 2011 and our results of operations have benefited from the strength in the Canadian dollar. If the Canadian dollar were to weaken relative to the U.S. dollar, our net revenue would decline and our income from operations and net income could be adversely affected. A 10% depreciation in the relative value of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in lost income from operations of approximately $15.4 million in fiscal 2011 and approximately $11.3 million in fiscal 2010. Similarly, a 10% depreciation in the relative value of the Australian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in lost income from operations of approximately $0.4 million in fiscal 2011 and $0.1 million in fiscal 2010. We have not historically engaged in hedging transactions and do not currently contemplate engaging in hedging transactions to mitigate foreign exchange risks. As we continue to recognize gains and losses in foreign currency transactions, depending upon changes in future currency rates, such gains or losses could have a significant, and potentially adverse, effect on our results of operations.

The operations of many of our suppliers are subject to additional risks that are beyond our control and that could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Almost all of our suppliers are located outside the United States. During fiscal 2011, approximately 3% of our products were produced in Canada, approximately 49% in China, approximately 41% in South and South East Asia and the remainder in the United States, Peru, Israel, Egypt and other countries. As a result of our international suppliers, we are subject to risks associated with doing business abroad, including:

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political unrest, terrorism, labor disputes and economic instability resulting in the disruption of trade from foreign countries in which our products are manufactured;

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the imposition of new laws and regulations, including those relating to labor conditions, quality and safety standards, imports, duties, taxes and other charges on imports, as well as trade restrictions and restrictions on currency exchange or the transfer of funds;

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reduced protection for intellectual property rights, including trademark protection, in some countries, particularly China;

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disruptions or delays in shipments; and

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changes in local economic conditions in countries where our manufacturers, suppliers or guests are located.

These and other factors beyond our control could interrupt our suppliers’ production in offshore facilities, influence the ability of our suppliers to export our products cost-effectively or at all and inhibit our suppliers’ ability to procure certain materials, any of which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to source our merchandise profitably or at all could be hurt if new trade restrictions are imposed or existing trade restrictions become more burdensome.

The United States and the countries in which our products are produced or sold internationally have imposed and may impose additional quotas, duties, tariffs, or other restrictions or regulations, or may adversely adjust prevailing quota, duty or tariff levels. For example, under the provisions of the World Trade Organization, or the WTO, Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, effective as of January 1, 2005, the United States and other WTO member countries eliminated quotas on textiles and apparel-related products from WTO member countries. In 2005, China’s exports into the United States surged as a result of the eliminated quotas. In response to the perceived disruption of the market, the United States imposed new quotas, which remained in place through the end of 2008, on certain categories of natural-fiber products that we import from China. These quotas were lifted on January 1, 2009, but we have expanded our relationships with suppliers outside of China, which among other things has resulted in increased costs and shipping times for some products. Countries impose, modify and remove tariffs and other trade restrictions in response to a diverse array of factors, including global and national economic and political conditions, which make it impossible for us to predict future developments regarding tariffs and other trade restrictions. Trade restrictions, including tariffs, quotas, embargoes, safeguards and customs restrictions, could increase the cost or reduce the supply of products available to us or may require us to modify our supply chain organization or other current business practices, any of which could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our trademarks and other proprietary rights could potentially conflict with the rights of others and we may be prevented from selling some of our products.

Our success depends in large part on our brand image. We believe that our trademarks and other proprietary rights have significant value and are important to identifying and differentiating our products from those of our competitors and creating and sustaining demand for our products. We have obtained and applied for some United States and foreign trademark registrations, and will continue to evaluate the registration of additional trademarks as appropriate. However, we cannot guarantee that any of our pending trademark applications will be approved by the applicable governmental authorities. Moreover, even if the applications are approved, third parties may seek to oppose or otherwise challenge these registrations. Additionally, we cannot assure you that obstacles will not arise as we expand our product line and the geographic scope of our sales and marketing. Third parties may assert intellectual property claims against us, particularly as we expand our business and the number of products we offer. Our defense of any claim, regardless of its merit, could be expensive and time consuming and could divert management resources. Successful infringement claims against us could result in significant monetary liability or prevent us from selling some of our products. In addition, resolution of claims may require us to redesign our products, license rights from third parties or cease using those rights altogether. Any of these events could harm our business and cause our results of operations, liquidity and financial condition to suffer.

Our limited operating experience and limited brand recognition in new international markets may limit our expansion strategy and cause our business and growth to suffer.

Our future growth depends, to an extent, on our international expansion efforts. We have limited experience with regulatory environments and market practices internationally, and we may not be able to penetrate or successfully operate in any new market. In connection with our initial expansion efforts in Japan, we encountered

obstacles we did not face in North America, including cultural and linguistic differences, differences in regulatory environments, labor practices and market practices, difficulties in keeping abreast of market, business and technical developments and foreign guests’ tastes and preferences. We may also encounter difficulty expanding into new international markets because of limited brand recognition leading to delayed acceptance of our technical athletic apparel by guests in these new international markets. Our failure to develop new international markets or disappointing growth outside of existing markets will harm our business and results of operations.

Our founder controls a significant percentage of our stock and is able to exercise significant influence over our affairs.

Our founder, Dennis Wilson, beneficially owns approximately 30% of our common stock. As a result, Mr. Wilson is able to influence or control matters requiring approval by our stockholders, including the election of directors and the approval of mergers, acquisitions or other extraordinary transactions. This concentration of ownership may have various effects including, but not limited to, delaying, preventing or deterring a change of control of our company.

Anti-takeover provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could delay and discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider to be favorable.

Certain provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may make it more difficult or impossible for a third-party to acquire control of us or effect a change in our board of directors and management. These provisions include:

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the classification of our board of directors into three classes, with one class elected each year;

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prohibiting cumulative voting in the election of directors;

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the ability of our board of directors to issue preferred stock without stockholder approval;

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the ability to remove a director only for cause and only with the vote of the holders of at least 66²/3% of our voting stock;

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a special meeting of stockholders may only be called by our chairman or Chief Executive Officer, or upon a resolution adopted by an affirmative vote of a majority of the board of directors, and not by our stockholders;

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prohibiting stockholder action by written consent; and

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our stockholders must comply with advance notice procedures in order to nominate candidates for election to our board of directors or to place stockholder proposals on the agenda for consideration at any meeting of our stockholders.

In addition, we are governed by Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law which, subject to some specified exceptions, prohibits “business combinations” between a Delaware corporation and an “interested stockholder,” which is generally defined as a stockholder who becomes a beneficial owner of 15% or more of a Delaware corporation’s voting stock, for a three-year period following the date that the stockholder became an interested stockholder. Section 203 could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control that our stockholders might consider to be in their best interests.

ITEM 2.

PROPERTIES

Our principal executive and administrative offices are located at 1818 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6J 1C7. We expect that our current administrative offices are sufficient for our expansion plans for the foreseeable future. In March 2011, we purchased the building that currently houses our administrative offices. We currently operate three distribution centers located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sumner, Washington, and Melbourne, Victoria which together are capable of accommodating our expansion plans through the foreseeable future.

The general location, use, approximate size and lease renewal date of our properties at January 29, 2012, are set forth below:


Location	Use	Approximate Square Feet		Lease Renewal Date
Sumner, WA	Distribution Center		167,000	April 2020
Vancouver, BC	Distribution Center		120,000	November 2017
Vancouver, BC	Executive and Administrative Offices		78,000	n/a
Melbourne, VIC	Distribution Center		54,000	September 2016
Melbourne, VIC	Executive and Administrative Offices		19,000	September 2013

As of January 29, 2012, we leased approximately 494,000 gross square feet relating to our 174 corporate-owned stores. Our leases generally have initial terms of between five and 10 years, and generally can be extended only in five-year increments, if at all. All of our leases require a fixed annual rent, and most require the payment of additional rent if store sales exceed a negotiated amount. Generally, our leases are “net” leases, which require us to pay all of the cost of insurance, taxes, maintenance and utilities. We generally cannot cancel these leases at our option.

ITEM 3.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We are a party to various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business, but we are not currently a party to any legal proceeding that management believes would have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

PART II

ITEM 5.

MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information and Dividends

Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LULU” and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol “LLL.” The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the high and low closing sale prices (adjusted to account for our two-for-one stock split that became legally effective July 1, 2011) of our common stock reported by the Nasdaq Global Select Market for the last two fiscal years:


	Common Stock Price (Nasdaq Global Select Market)
	High		Low
Fiscal Year Ending January 29, 2012
Fourth Quarter	$	64.12	$	43.61
Third Quarter	$	62.15	$	44.80
Second Quarter	$	63.76	$	41.54
First Quarter	$	51.08	$	34.34
Fiscal Year Ending January 30, 2011
Fourth Quarter	$	36.76	$	22.32
Third Quarter	$	23.74	$	15.95
Second Quarter	$	22.79	$	17.91
First Quarter	$	22.53	$	13.14

As of January 29, 2012, there were approximately 149 holders of record of our common stock.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain all of our available funds for use in the operation and expansion of our business. Any future determination as to the payment of cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, current and anticipated cash needs, plans for expansion and other factors that our board of directors considers to be relevant. In addition, financial and other covenants in any instruments or agreements that we enter into in the future may restrict our ability to pay cash dividends on our common stock.

Stock Performance Graph

The graph set forth below compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock between July 27, 2007 (the date of our initial public offering) and January 29, 2012, with the cumulative total return of (i) the S&P 500 Index and (ii) S&P Retail Index, over the same period. This graph assumes the investment of $100 on July 27, 2007 in our common stock, the S&P 500 Index and the S&P Retail Index and assumes the reinvestment of dividends, if any. The graph assumes the initial value of our common stock on July 27, 2007 was the closing sale price of $14.00 per share, on a post-split basis.

The comparisons shown in the graph below are based on historical data. We caution that the stock price performance showing in the graph below is not necessarily indicative of, nor is it intended to forecast, the potential future performance of our common stock. Information used in the graph was obtained from the Nasdaq Stock Market website, a source believed to be reliable, but we are not responsible for any errors or omissions in such information.

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	27-Jul-07		3-Feb-08		1-Feb-09		31-Jan-10		30-Jan-11		29-Jan-12
lululemon athletica inc	$	100.00	$	124.64	$	24.29	$	100.86	$	245.04	$	458.00
S&P 500 Index	$	100.00	$	95.65	$	56.61	$	73.61	$	87.48	$	90.22
S&P Retail Index	$	100.00	$	87.67	$	53.70	$	82.13	$	103.04	$	115.29

Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities

The following table provides information regarding our Employee Share Purchase Plan (ESPP) repurchases of our common stock, on a post-split basis, during the thirteen week period ended January 29, 2012:


Period(1)	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(2)		Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(2)
October 31, 2011 – November 27, 2011		5,994	$	51.51		5,994		5,615,777
November 28, 2011 – January 1, 2012		6,939		47.96		6,939		5,608,838
January 2, 2012 – January 29, 2012		5,488		57.08		5,488		5,603,350

Total		18,421				18,421

(1)	Monthly information is presented by reference to our fiscal months during our fourth quarter of fiscal 2011.

(2)

Our ESPP was approved by our Board of Directors and stockholders in September 2007. All shares purchased under the ESPP will be purchased on the Toronto Stock Exchange or the Nasdaq Global Select Market (or such other stock exchange as we may designate from time to time). Unless our Board of Directors terminates the ESPP earlier, the ESPP will continue until all shares authorized for purchase under the ESPP have been purchased. The maximum number of shares available for issuance under the ESPP is 6,000,000.

ITEM 6.

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected consolidated financial data set forth below are derived from our consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The consolidated statement of operations data for each of the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, January 31, 2010, February 1, 2009 and February 3, 2008 and the consolidated balance sheet data as of January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, January 31, 2010, February 1, 2009 and February 3, 2008 are derived from, and qualified by reference to, our audited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Annual Report.

We completed a corporate reorganization on July 26, 2007. The financial data below reflects our operations as if the reorganization had occurred prior to the first period presented.


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010		February 1, 2009			February 3, 2008
	(In thousands, except per share data)
Consolidated statement of operations data:
Net revenue	$	1,000,839	$	711,704	$	452,898	$	353,488		$	269,942
Cost of goods sold		431,569		316,757		229,812		174,421			125,015

Gross profit		569,270		394,947		223,086		179,067			144,927

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		282,312		212,784		136,161		118,098			93,376
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—		1,722		379		4,405			—

Income from operations		286,958		180,391		86,546		56,564			51,551
Other income (expense), net		2,500		2,886		164		821			1,029

Income before provision for income taxes		289,458		183,277		86,710		57,385			52,580
Provision for income taxes		104,494		61,080		28,429		16,884			20,464

Net income from continuing operations		184,964		122,197		58,281		40,501			32,116
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		901		350		—		—			—
Net loss from discontinued operations		—		—		—		(1,138	)		(1,273	)

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.	$	184,063	$	121,847	$	58,281	$	39,363		$	30,843

Basic earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$	1.29	$	0.86	$	0.41	$	0.30		$	0.24
Discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01	)		(0.01	)

Net basic earnings per share	$	1.29	$	0.86	$	0.41	$	0.29		$	0.23
Diluted earnings (loss) per share
Continuing operations	$	1.27	$	0.85	$	0.41	$	0.29		$	0.23
Discontinued operations		—		—		—		(0.01	)		(0.01	)

Net diluted earnings per share	$	1.27	$	0.85	$	0.41	$	0.28		$	0.22
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding		143,196		141,720		140,502		137,422			132,860
Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding		145,278		143,858		141,898		141,884			138,596


	As of
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010		February 1, 2009		February 3, 2008
	(In thousands)
Consolidated balance sheet data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	409,437	$	316,286	$	159,573	$	56,797	$	52,545
Total assets		734,634		499,302		307,258		211,636		155,092
Total stockholders’ equity		606,181		394,293		233,108		154,843		112,034
Non-controlling interest		4,805		3,904		—		—		—

ITEM 7.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This discussion summarizes our consolidated operating results, financial condition and liquidity during the three-year period ending January 29, 2012. Our fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to January 31 of the following year, typically resulting in a 52 week year, but occasionally giving rise to an additional week, resulting in a 53 week year. Fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009 ended on January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010, respectively. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions set forth in the “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Our actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth in the “Item 1A—Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

Our results for fiscal 2011 demonstrate the ongoing success of our efforts to overcome the instability in the economy for the last three fiscal years. At the end of last year, we set goals for fiscal 2011 which required continued investment in our stores and our people, making infrastructure enhancements and funding working capital requirements, while remaining conscious of our discretionary spending. These goals included growing revenue year-over-year while maintaining operating margins, as well as positioning the Company for long-term growth. We continually assess the economic environment and market conditions when making decisions regarding timing of our investments.

Our investments in our stores and people were reflected in our comparable stores net revenue growth, which leveraged our fixed operating costs and in turn led to increased operating margins. We increased our store base through execution of our real estate strategy, when and where we saw opportunities for success. For example, we opened 41 new corporate-owned stores in North America, Australia, and New Zealand since fiscal 2010, including our remaining four reacquired franchises. Where we find opportunities for growth through opening showrooms, or other community presence efforts, we expect to expand our store base and therefore our business. 12 to 14 of our planned store openings in fiscal 2012 are expected to be in markets seeded by showrooms in fiscal 2012.

Throughout fiscal 2011, we were able to grow our e-commerce business which has further increased our brand awareness and has made our product available in new markets, including those outside of North America. This sales channel offers a higher operating margin than our other segments and accounted for 13.5% of total revenue in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to 10.0% of total revenue in the same period of the prior year. Continuing increases in traffic and conversion rates on our e-commerce website lead us to believe that there is potential for our direct to consumer segment to become an increasingly substantial part of our business and we plan to continue to commit a portion of our resources to further developing this channel.

We believe that our brand is recognized as premium in our offerings of run and yoga assortment, as well as a leader in technical fabrics and quality construction. This has made our product desirable to our consumers and has driven demand, which we are able to meet given our increased product depth in stores compared to last year. In fiscal 2012, we plan on investing in new and legacy information technology systems to gain further efficiencies in our vertical retail strategy. We also plan on investing in international expansion opportunities where we have determined there is growth opportunity, including adding country-specific e-commerce websites and opening additional international showrooms. We believe our strong cash flow generation, solid balance sheet and healthy liquidity provide us with the financial flexibility to continue executing the initiatives which we believe will be beneficial for us.

Operating Segment Overview

lululemon is a designer and retailer of technical athletic apparel operating primarily in North America and Australia. Our yoga-inspired apparel is primarily marketed under the lululemon athletica and ivivva athletica brand names. We offer a comprehensive line of apparel and accessories including fitness pants, shorts, tops and jackets designed for athletic pursuits such as yoga, running and general fitness, and dance-inspired apparel for female youth. As of January 29, 2012, our branded apparel was principally sold through 174 corporate-owned and franchise stores that are located in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand and via our e-commerce website through our direct to consumer sales channel. We believe our vertical retail strategy allows us to interact more directly with and gain insights from our customers while providing us with greater control of our brand. In fiscal 2011, 43% of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products in Canada, 53% of our net revenue was derived from the sales of our products in the United States and 4% of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products outside of North America. In fiscal 2010, 52% of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products in Canada, 46% of our net revenue was derived from the sales of our products in the United States and 2% of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products outside of North America. In fiscal 2009, 60% of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products in Canada, 40% of our net revenue was derived from the sales of our products in the United States and an immaterial amount of our net revenue was derived from sales of our products outside of North America.

Our net revenue increased from $711.7 million in fiscal 2010 to $1,000.8 million in fiscal 2011, representing a 41% increase. Our increase in net revenue from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2011 resulted from the net addition of 41 retail locations, including our remaining four reacquired franchises, and comparable store sales growth of 22% in fiscal 2011. Our ability to open new stores and grow sales in existing stores has been driven by increasing demand for our technical athletic apparel and a growing recognition of the lululemon athletica brand. We believe our superior products, strategic store locations, inviting store environment, grassroots marketing approach and distinctive corporate culture are responsible for our strong financial performance.

We have three reportable segments: corporate-owned stores, direct to consumer and other. We report our segments based on the financial information we use in managing our businesses. While we receive financial information for each corporate-owned store, we have aggregated all of the corporate-owned stores into one reportable segment due to the similarities in the economic and other characteristics of these stores. Our direct to consumer segment accounted for 11% of our net revenue in fiscal 2011, 8% in fiscal 2010 and 4% in fiscal 2009. Our other segment, consisting of franchise sales, wholesale accounts, sales from company-operated showrooms, warehouse sales and outlets, each accounted for less than 10% of our net revenue in each of fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009. We previously reported our franchise channel as an operating segment; however, we reacquired our remaining four franchised stores in fiscal 2011 and opening new franchise stores is not part of our growth strategy.

As of January 29, 2012, we sold our products through 174 corporate-owned stores located in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. We plan to increase our net revenue in North America and Australia by opening additional corporate-owned stores in new and existing markets. Corporate-owned stores accounted for 82% of total net revenue in fiscal 2011, 83% of total net revenue in fiscal 2010 and 87% of total net revenue in fiscal 2009.

As of January 29, 2012, our direct to consumer segment included our e-commerce website. E-commerce sales are taken directly from retail customers through www.lululemon.com. Our direct to consumer segment is an increasingly substantial part of our growth strategy, and now represents more than 10% of our net revenue.

In addition to deriving revenue from sales through our corporate-owned stores and direct to consumer, we also derive other net revenue, which includes wholesale customers, as well as franchise sales, warehouse sales and sales through a number of company-operated showrooms. Wholesale customers include select premium yoga studios, health clubs and fitness centers. We reacquired our four remaining franchise stores during fiscal 2011,

and as such, franchise sales, which included inventory sales and royalties, will no longer be a part of our other net revenue in future fiscal years. Warehouse sales are typically held one or more times a year to sell slow moving inventory or inventory from prior seasons to retail customers at discounted prices. Our showrooms are typically small locations that we open from time to time when we enter new markets and feature a limited selection of our product offering during select hours. Other net revenue accounted for 7% of total revenue in fiscal 2011, 9% of total net revenue in fiscal 2010 and 9% of total net revenue in fiscal 2009.

We believe that our athletic apparel has and will continue to appeal to consumers outside of North America who value its technical attributes as well as its function and style. In 2004, we opened our first store in Australia which was operated under a franchise license. In fiscal 2009 we made a 13% equity investment in lululemon athletica australia Pty, our franchise operator. During fiscal 2010 we increased our investment to 80% which has provided us control over lululemon athletica australia Pty. In fiscal 2008, we opened a company-operated showroom in Hong Kong.

In the past, we have entered into franchise agreements to distribute lululemon athletica branded products to more quickly disseminate our brand name and increase our net revenue and net income. In exchange for the use of our brand name and the ability to operate lululemon athletica stores in certain regions, our franchisees generally pay us a one-time franchise fee and ongoing royalties based on their gross revenue. Additionally, unless otherwise approved by us, our franchisees are required to sell only lululemon athletica branded products, which are purchased from us at a discount to the suggested retail price. Pursuing new franchise partnerships or opening new franchise stores is not part of our near-term store growth strategy, and we reacquired our four remaining franchise stores in fiscal 2011.

Basis of Presentation

Net revenue is comprised of:

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corporate-owned store net revenue, which includes sales to customers through corporate-owned stores in North America and Australia;

•

direct to consumer revenue, which includes sales from our e-commerce website; and

•

other net revenue, which includes wholesale accounts, franchises net revenue, which consists of royalties as well as sales of our products to franchises, warehouse sales, outlets and sales from company-operated showrooms.

in each case, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns and discounts.

In addition, we separately track comparable store sales, which reflect net revenue at corporate-owned stores that have been open for at least 12 months. Therefore, net revenue from a store is included in comparable store sales beginning with the first month for which the store has a full month of comparable prior year sales. Non-comparable store sales include sales from new stores that have not been open or otherwise not operated by us for 12 months or from stores which have been significantly remodeled or relocated. Also included in non-comparable stores sales are sales from direct to consumer sales, wholesale, franchises, warehouse sales and showrooms, and sales from corporate-owned stores which we have closed.

By measuring the change in year-over-year net revenue in stores that have been open for 12 months or more, comparable store sales allows us to evaluate how our core store base is performing. Various factors affect comparable store sales, including:

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the location of new stores relative to existing stores;

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consumer preferences, buying trends and overall economic trends;

•

our ability to anticipate and respond effectively to customer preferences for technical athletic apparel;

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competition;

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changes in our merchandise mix;

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pricing;

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the timing of our releases of new merchandise and promotional events;

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the effectiveness of our grassroots marketing efforts;

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the level of customer service that we provide in our stores;

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our ability to source and distribute products efficiently; and

•

the number of stores we open, close (including for temporary renovations) and expand in any period.

Opening new stores is an important part of our growth strategy. Accordingly, comparable store sales has limited utility for assessing the success of our growth strategy insofar as comparable store sales do not reflect the performance of stores open less than 12 months.

Cost of goods sold includes:

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the cost of purchased merchandise, which includes acquisition and production costs including raw material and labor, as applicable;

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the cost incurred to deliver inventory to our distribution centers including freight, non-refundable taxes, duty and other landing costs;

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the cost of our distribution centers (such as labor, rent and utilities) and the depreciation and amortization related to our distribution centers;

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the cost of our production, merchandise and design departments including salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits, and operating expenses;

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the cost of occupancy related to store operations (such as rent and utilities) and the depreciation and amortization related to store-level capital expenditures;

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hemming; and

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shrink and valuation reserves.

Cost of goods sold also may change as we open or close stores because of the resulting change in related occupancy costs. The primary drivers of the costs of individual goods are the costs of raw materials and labor in the countries where we source our merchandise.

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of all operating costs not otherwise included in cost of goods sold and provision for impairment and lease exit costs. Our selling, general and administrative expenses include marketing costs, accounting costs, information technology costs, human resource costs, professional fees, corporate facility costs, corporate and store-level payroll and benefits expenses, stock-based compensation and occupancy, depreciation and amortization expense for all assets other than depreciation and amortization expenses related to store-level capital expenditures and our distribution centers, each of which are included in cost of goods sold. We anticipate that our selling, general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars due to anticipated continued growth of our corporate support staff and store-level employees.

Provision for impairment and lease exit costs consists of asset impairments, lease exit and other related costs associated with the relocation of our administrative offices and the closure of one Canadian corporate-owned store in fiscal 2010, as well as management’s evaluation of corporate-owned locations. Also included in prior years are one US corporate-owned store in the first quarter of fiscal 2009 as well as an asset impairment provision based on management’s ongoing evaluation of its portfolio of corporate-owned store locations. Long-lived assets are reviewed at the store-level periodically for impairment or whenever events or changes in

circumstances indicate that full recoverability of net assets through future cash flows is in question. Factors used in the evaluation include, but are not limited to, management’s plans for future operations, recent operating results and projected cash flows.

Other income (expense), net includes interest earned on our cash balances and our advances to franchise, interest costs associated with our credit facilities and with letters of credit drawn under these facilities for the purchase of merchandise and our share of the operations of our investment in lululemon athletica australia PTY prior to obtaining control in fiscal 2010, including the remeasurement of our investment immediately before obtaining control of the business. We expect to continue to generate interest income to the extent that our cash generated from operations exceeds our cash used for investment. We have maintained relatively small outstanding balances on our credit facilities and expect to continue to do so.

Provision for income taxes depends on the statutory tax rates in the countries where we sell our products. Historically we had generated taxable income in Canada and we had generated tax losses in the United States. In fiscal 2010 we earned taxable income in the United States and fully utilized any net operating losses available from prior periods. We anticipate continued growth in the United States and consequently foresee and increase in taxable income reported. We have recorded deferred tax assets in respect of deductible temporary differences of 8.6 million.

Several factors have contributed to our effective tax rate fluctuating from prior periods. Our effective tax rate for fiscal 2011 was 2.8% higher than the effective rate for fiscal 2010 due primarily to the change in geographic mix of earnings. A larger percentage of our earnings in fiscal 2011 were attributable to operations in the United States, where the statutory tax rate is generally higher than the tax rate on operations outside of the United States. Secondly, in fiscal 2011 we incurred stock based compensation expense of $10.3 million compared to $7.3 million in fiscal 2010, a portion of which were not deductible for tax purposes in Canada and the United States during these periods. Lastly, the Canadian corporate tax rate decreased to 28.7% in fiscal 2011 from 31.6% in fiscal 2010. Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2011 was 36.1%, compared to 33.3% in fiscal 2010 and 33% in fiscal 2009.

We anticipate that in the future we may start to sell our products directly to some customers located outside of Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand, in which case we would become subject to taxation based on the foreign statutory rates in the countries where these sales take place and our effective tax rate could fluctuate accordingly.

Results of Operations

The following tables summarize key components of our results of operations for the periods indicated, both in dollars and as a percentage of net revenue:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Consolidated statements of operations:
Net revenue	$	1,000,839	$	711,704	$	452,898
Cost of goods sold		431,569		316,757		229,812

Gross profit		569,270		394,947		223,086

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		282,312		212,784		136,161
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—		1,772		379

Income from operations		286,958		180,391		86,546
Other income (expense), net		2,500		2,886		164

Income before provision for income taxes		289,458		183,277		86,710
Provision for income taxes		104,494		61,080		28,429

Net income		184,964		122,197		58,281
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		901		350		—

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.	$	184,063	$	121,847	$	58,281


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
	(% of net revenue)
Net revenue		100.0		100.0		100.0
Cost of goods sold		43.1		44.5		50.7

Gross profit		56.9		55.5		49.3

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		28.2		29.9		30.1
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—		0.2		0.1

Income from operations		28.7		25.4		19.1
Other income (expense), net		0.2		0.4		0.1

Income before provision for income taxes		28.9		25.8		19.2
Provision for income taxes		10.4		8.6		6.3

Net income		18.5		17.2		12.9
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		0.1		0.1		—

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.		18.4		17.1		12.9

Comparison of Fiscal 2011 to Fiscal 2010

Net Revenue

Net revenue increased $289.1 million, or 41%, to $1,000.8 million in fiscal 2011 from $711.7 million in fiscal 2010. Assuming the average exchange rate between the Canadian and United States dollars and the Australian and United States dollars in fiscal 2010 remained constant, our net revenue would have increased $274.7 million, or 39%, in fiscal 2011.

The net revenue increase was driven by increased sales at locations in our comparable stores base, sales from new stores opened, sales from franchised stores that were reacquired during fiscal 2011 and the growth of our direct to consumer segment. The constant dollar increase in comparable store sales was driven primarily by the strength of our existing product lines, successful introduction of new products and increasing recognition of the lululemon athletica brand name, especially at our U.S. stores.

Our net revenue on a segment basis for fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010 are expressed in dollar amounts as well as relevant percentages, presented as a percentage of total net revenue below.


	Fiscal Year Ended January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011
	2011		2010		2011		2010
	(In thousands)				(Percentages)
Corporate-owned stores	$	817,318	$	591,031		81.7		83.0
Direct to consumer		106,313		57,348		10.6		8.1
Other		77,208		63,325		7.7		8.9

Net revenue	$	1,000,839	$	711,704		100.0		100.0

Corporate-Owned Stores. Net revenue from our corporate-owned stores segment increased $226.3 million, or 38%, to $817.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $591.0 million in fiscal 2010. The following contributed to the increase in net revenue from our corporate-owned stores segment:

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Comparable store sales increase of 22% in fiscal 2011 resulted in a $125.2 million increase to net revenue, including the effect of foreign currency fluctuations. Excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, comparable store sales increased 20%, or $114.2 million, in fiscal 2011;

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Net revenue from corporate-owned stores we opened during fiscal 2011, and during fiscal 2010 prior to sales from such stores becoming part of our comparable stores base, contributed $94.6 million of the increase. Net new store openings in fiscal 2011 included three stores in Canada, 26 stores in the United States, seven in Australia, and one in New Zealand; and

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The reacquisition of four U.S. franchise stores in fiscal 2011 contributed $6.5 million of the increase.

Direct to Consumer. Net revenue from our direct to consumer segment increased $49.0 million, or 85%, to $106.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $57.3 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in net revenue from our direct to consumer segment was a result of increasing traffic, conversion rates, and average order value on our e-commerce website.

Other. Net revenue from our other segment increased $13.9 million, or 22%, to $77.2 million in fiscal 2011 from $63.3 million in fiscal 2010. The increase was a result of increasing net revenue across most of our sales channels included in our other segment: wholesales, showrooms, warehouse sales and outlets. Net revenue from our franchise channel decreased due to the reacquisition of our remaining four remaining franchise stores in the United States, now included in our corporate-owned stores segment. Our other segment continues to grow year over year through new showroom locations, new wholesale partners and net revenue growth at existing locations attributable to a strong product offering and brand interest. We continue to employ our other segment strategy to increase interest in our product in markets we may have corporate-owned stores.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased $174.3 million, or 44%, to $569.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $394.9 million in fiscal 2010. Increased net revenue as well as a strengthening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar improved product margin in all of our operating segments, and ultimately resulted in an increased gross profit.

The increase in gross profit was partially offset by increases in fixed costs, such as occupancy costs and depreciation, as well as increased costs related to our design, production, distribution and merchandising departments.

Gross profit, as a percentage of net revenue, or gross margin, increased 140 basis points, to 56.9% in fiscal 2011 from 55.5% in fiscal 2010. The increase in gross margin resulted primarily from:

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a decrease in fixed costs, such as occupancy costs and depreciation, relative to the increase in net revenue, which had a leveraging effect on gross margin and contributed to an increase in gross margin of 80 basis points;

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strengthening of the Canadian and Australian dollars, relative to the U.S. dollar, decreased foreign exchange impacts on product costs and contributed to an increase in gross margin of 70 basis points; and

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a decrease in expenses related to our product and supply chain departments, relative to the increase in net revenue, which had a leveraging effect on gross margin and contributed to an increase in gross margin of 10 basis points.

The increase in gross margin was partially offset by a decrease in product margins, which contributed to a decrease in gross margin of 20 basis points. This was primarily a result of product cost pressures from raw materials and labour costs which were partially offset by strong sell through of merchandise with fewer markdowns and discounts than in fiscal 2010.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses, including provision for impairment and lease exit costs, increased $67.8 million, or 32%, to $282.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $214.6 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was principally comprised of:

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an increase in employee costs of $29.1 million as we experience natural growth in labor hours associated with new and existing corporate-owned stores, outlets and other, as well as an increase in wages as we invest in our employees;

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an increase in head office employee costs, including stock-based compensation expense and management incentive-based compensation, of $15.4 million incurred in order to position us for long-term growth;

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an increase in other head office costs of $12.4 million as a result of the expansion of our business;

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an increase in other costs, including occupancy costs and depreciation not included in cost of goods sold, of $7.0 million associated with new and existing corporate-owned stores, outlets and other;

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an increase in variable store costs of $6.7 million as a result of increased sales volume from new and existing corporate-owned stores, outlets and other; and

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an increase in administrative costs of $3.3 million related to our Australian business, in which we increased our investment significantly in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which we now report on a consolidated basis.

The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was partially offset by a decrease in administrative costs of $6.1 million related to our direct to consumer segment. This decrease was primarily associated with a reduction in professional fees resulting from bringing our e-commerce operations in-house in the first half of fiscal 2011, offset by higher costs associated with volume growth in this channel.

As a percentage of net revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased 190 basis points, to 28.2% in fiscal 2011 from 30.1% in fiscal 2010.

We expect selling, general and administrative expenses to increase throughout fiscal 2012 as we add administrative and sales personnel and increase our infrastructure to support the growth in our store base.

Income from Operations

Income from operations increased $106.6 million, or 59%, to $287.0 million in fiscal 2011 from $180.4 million in fiscal 2010. The increase was a result of increased gross profit of $174.3 million, partially offset by increased selling, general and administrative costs of $67.8 million. The increase in selling, general and administrative costs was primarily driven by the increase in our business, as seen in our net revenue increases.

On a segment basis, we determine income from operations without taking into account our general corporate expenses. We have reviewed our general corporate expenses and determined some costs previously classified as general corporate are direct segment expenses. Accordingly, all prior year comparable information has be reclassified to conform to the current year classification.

Income from operations (before general corporate expenses) for fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010 are expressed in dollar amounts as well as percentages, presented as a percentage of net revenue of their respective operating segments below.


	Fiscal Year Ended January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011
	2011		2010		2011		2010
	(In thousands)				(Percentages)
Corporate-owned stores	$	298,974	$	207,992		36.6		35.2
Direct to consumer		44,168		14,016		41.5		24.4
Other		21,225		17,059		27.5		26.9

Income from operations before general corporate expense	$	364,367	$	239,067

Corporate-Owned Stores. Net income from our corporate-owned stores segment increased $91.0 million, or 44%, to $299.0 million for fiscal 2011 from $208.0 million for fiscal 2010 primarily due to an increase of $137.2 million in gross profit, which was offset partially by a natural increase in selling, general and administrative expenses related to employee costs as well as operating expenses associated with new stores and net revenue growth at existing stores. Income from operations as a percentage of corporate-owned stores revenue increased by 140 basis points primarily from leverage gained over fixed costs.

Direct to consumer. Net income from our direct to consumer segment increased $30.2 million, or 215%, to $44.2 million in fiscal 2011 from $14.0 million in fiscal 2010 due to increasing traffic and conversion rates on our e-commerce website. Income from operations as a percentage of direct to consumer revenue increased by 1710 basis points in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 due to decreased professional fees paid as our e-commerce operations were brought in-house near the beginning of fiscal 2011. We discontinued our phone sales channel during fiscal 2011, and therefore our direct to consumer segment will only include e-commerce sales in future fiscal years.

Other. Net income from our other segment increased $4.2 million, or 24%, to $21.2 million in fiscal 2011 from $17.1 million in fiscal 2010. This increase was primarily the result of temporary locations open in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 and additional warehouse sales held during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010. This increase was also a result of increased income from strategic sales, showrooms and outlets, partially offset by decreased income from our franchise operating channel. We reacquired our four remaining franchised locations during the third quarter of fiscal 2011; as a result, income from operations from the reacquired stores is now included in our corporate-owned stores segment. We continue to employ our other segment strategy to increase interest in our product in markets we have not otherwise entered with corporate-owned stores.

Income from operations also includes general corporate expenses. General corporate expenses increased $18.7 million, or 32%, to $77.4 million in fiscal 2011 from $58.7 million in fiscal 2010. This increase was

primarily due to an increase in expenses related to our head office growth of $14.8 million, which was largely related to the growth of our information technology and human resources departments to support the growth of our business. Income from operations also increased as a result of increased stock-based compensation expense of $2.2 million, an increase in foreign exchange losses of $1.2 million, and increased depreciation and amortization expense of $0.5 million. The increase was partially offset by a decreased provision for impairment and lease exit costs of $1.8 million. General corporate expenses are expected to continue to increase in future years as we grow our overall business and require increased efforts at our head office to support our corporate-owned stores, franchises and other segments.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net decreased $0.4 million, to $2.5 million in fiscal 2011 from $2.9 million in fiscal 2010. The decrease was primarily a result of re-measuring our 13 percent non-controlling equity investment in Australia immediately prior to obtaining control of the business, which led to a $1.8 million gain on investment in fiscal 2010. This was offset by increased interest income earned in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010 on our increased cash balances.

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes increased $43.4 million, or 71%, to $104.5 million in fiscal 2011 from $61.1 million in fiscal 2010. In fiscal 2011, our effective tax rate was 36.1% compared to 33.3% in fiscal 2010. The higher effective tax rate was due to the proportional increase of taxable income in the United States in fiscal 2011 compared to taxable income in Canada which is taxed at a rate lower than the US statutory rate combined with the declining Canadian corporate tax rate. We expect this trend to continue as we expect to generate a higher proportion of our future taxable income in the United States.

We have not recorded deferred taxes on undistributed earnings and other temporary differences of our Canadian subsidiary which are considered to be indefinitely reinvested. If management’s intentions with respect to these undistributed earnings and other temporary differences were to change in the future, deferred taxes may need to be provided that could materially impact our financial results.

Net Income

Net income increased $62.2 million, or 51%, to $184.1 million in fiscal 2011 from $121.8 million in fiscal 2010. The increase in net income in fiscal 2011 was primarily due to a $174.3 million increase in gross profit resulting from sales growth at existing and additional corporate-owned stores opened during fiscal 2011 and increasing traffic on our e-commerce website, offset by an increase of $67.8 million in selling, general and administrative expenses, including provision for impairment and lease exit costs, an increase of $43.4 million in provision for income taxes, and a $0.4 million decrease in other income (expense), net.

Comparison of Fiscal 2010 to Fiscal 2009

Net Revenue

Net revenue increased $258.8 million, or 57%, to $711.7 million in fiscal 2010 from $452.9 million in fiscal 2009. Assuming the average exchange rate between the Canadian and United States dollars in fiscal 2009 remained constant, our net revenue would have increased $229.6 million, or 51%, in fiscal 2010.

The net revenue increase was driven by increased sales at locations in our comparable stores base, sales from new stores and showrooms opened, sales from franchised stores that were reacquired during fiscal 2010 and the growth of our e-commerce website sales included in our direct to consumer segment. The constant dollar increase in comparable store sales was driven primarily by the strength of our existing product lines, the successful introduction of new products and increasing recognition of the lululemon athletica brand name, especially at our U.S. stores.

Our net revenue on a segment basis for fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 are expressed in dollar amounts as well as relevant percentages, presented as a percentage of total net revenue below.


	Fiscal Year Ended January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010
	2010		2009		2010		2009
	(In thousands)				(Percentages)
Corporate-owned stores	$	591,031	$	393,451		83.0		86.9
Direct to consumer		57,348		18,257		8.1		4.0
Other		63,325		41,190		8.9		9.1

Net revenue	$	711,704	$	452,898		100.0		100.0

Corporate-Owned Stores. Net revenue from our corporate-owned stores segment increased $197.6 million, or 50%, to $591.0 million in fiscal 2010 from $393.5 million in fiscal 2009. The following contributed to the $196.9 million increase in net revenue from our corporate-owned stores segment:

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Comparable store sales increase of 37% in fiscal 2010 resulted in a $136.1 million increase to net revenue, including the effect of foreign currency fluctuations. Excluding the effect of foreign currency fluctuations, comparable store sales increased 30%, or $112.2 million, in fiscal 2010;

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Net revenue from corporate-owned stores we opened during fiscal 2010, and during fiscal 2009 prior to sales from such stores becoming part of our comparable stores base, contributed $42.3 million of the increase. Net new store openings in fiscal 2010 included 12 stores in the United States and two in Australia; and

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The acquisition of one Canadian and nine Australian franchise stores in fiscal 2010 contributed $20.4 million of the increase.

The increase was partially offset by a decrease in net revenue related to gift card breakage. In fiscal 2009 we recorded a one-time credit of $1.3 million related to a change in our estimated rate of redemption.

Direct to Consumer. Net revenue from our direct to consumer segment increased $39.1 million, or 214%, to $57.3 million in fiscal 2010 from $18.3 million in fiscal 2009. The increase in net revenue from our direct to consumer segment was a result of increasing traffic and conversion rates on our e-commerce website since it launched near the beginning of fiscal 2009. Prior to the launch of our e-commerce website, our direct to consumer segment consisted only of phone sales, and ultimately resulted in an increased gross profit.

Other. Net revenue from our other segment increased $22.1 million, or 54%, to $63.3 million in fiscal 2010 from $41.2 million in fiscal 2009. There were increases in net revenue across most of our sales channels included in our other segment: wholesale, showrooms, warehouse sales and outlets. Net revenue from our franchise channel decreased due to our reacquisition of one franchised store in Canada and nine franchised stores in Australia. Our other segment continues to grow year over year through new showroom locations, new wholesale partners and net revenue growth at existing locations attributable to a strong product offering and brand interest. We continue to employ our other segment strategy to increase interest in our product in markets we have not otherwise entered with corporate-owned stores.

Gross Profit

Gross profit increased 171.9 million, or 77%, to 394.9 million in fiscal 2010 from $223.1 million in fiscal 2009. The increase in gross profit was driven principally by increased net revenue as well as a strengthening Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar, which improved product margin in all of our operating segments, and ultimately resulted in an increased gross profit.

Gross profit, as a percentage of net revenue, or gross margin, increased 620 basis points, to 55.5% in fiscal 2010 from 49.3% in fiscal 2009. The increase in gross margin resulted primarily from:

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an increase in product margins in corporate-owned stores, direct to consumer and other segments, which contributed to an increase in gross margin of 180 basis points primarily as a result of improved product costing on our spring, summer, and fall assortment of merchandise and a higher proportion of total sales coming from our direct to consumer segment;

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strengthening of the Canadian dollar, relative to the U.S. dollar, decreased foreign exchange impacts on product costs and contributed to an increase in gross margin of 140 basis points; and

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a decrease in costs related to design, production, distribution and merchandising, relative to the increase in net revenue, which had a leveraging effect on gross margin and contributed to an increase in gross margin of 50 basis points.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses, including provision for impairment and lease exit costs, increased $78.0 million, or 57%, to $214.6 million in fiscal 2010 from $136.5 million in fiscal 2009. The $78.0 million increase in selling, general and administrative expenses was principally comprised of:

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an increase in employee costs of $24.8 million as we experience natural growth in labor hours associated with new corporate-owned stores, showrooms, outlets and other, and growth at existing locations;

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an increase in variable administrative costs of $18.4 million related to our direct to consumer segment, primarily associated with revenue growth in our e-commerce website sales channel;

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an increase in other costs, including occupancy costs, depreciation, distribution and provision for impairment and lease exist costs not included in cost of goods sold, of $14.5 million as a result of the expansion of our business;

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an increase in head office employee costs, including stock-based compensation expense and management incentive-based compensation, of $9.6 million incurred in order to position us for long-term growth;

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an increase in administrative costs of $6.5 million related to our Australian business, in which we increased our investment significantly in the second quarter of fiscal 2010, which we now report on a consolidated basis;

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an increase in marketing efforts, including initiatives associated with the Olympic games, of $3.3 million to increase our brand awareness in both new and existing markets; and

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an increase in professional fees of $0.9 million which includes consulting fees for recruiting, store development and information systems, legal fees associated with reacquisition of franchise rights, and employment matters.

As a percentage of net revenue, selling, general and administrative expenses were 30.1% in both fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009.

We expect selling, general and administrative expenses to increase throughout fiscal 2011 as we add administrative and sales personnel and increase our infrastructure to support the growth in our store base and invest in our e-commerce website.

Income from Operations

Income from operations increased $93.8 million, or 108%, to $180.4 million in fiscal 2010 from $86.5 million in fiscal 2009. The increase of $93.8 million in income from operations for fiscal 2010 was primarily due to a $171.9 million increase in gross profit resulting from sales growth at existing and additional corporate-owned stores opened during fiscal 2010 and increasing traffic on our e-commerce website, offset by an increase of $78.0 million in selling, general and administrative expenses, including provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

Income from operations (before general corporate expenses) for fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 are expressed in dollar amounts as well as percentages, presented as a percentage of net revenue of their respective operating segments below.


	Fiscal Year Ended January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010
	2010		2009		2010		2009
	(In thousands)				(Percentages)
Corporate-owned stores	$	207,992	$	113,428		35.2		28.8
Direct to consumer		14,016		5,394		24.4		29.5
Other		17,059		10,583		26.9		25.7

Income from operations before general corporate expense	$	239,067	$	129,405

Corporate-Owned Stores. Net income from our corporate-owned stores segment increased $94.6 million, or 83%, to $208.0 million for fiscal 2010 from $113.4 million for fiscal 2009 primarily due to an increase of $127.9 million in gross profit, which was offset partially by a natural increase in selling, general and administrative expenses related to employee costs as well as operating expenses associated with new stores and net revenue growth at existing stores.

Direct to consumer. Net income from our direct to consumer segment increased $8.6 million, or 160%, to $14.0 million in fiscal 2010 from $5.4 million in fiscal 2009. Prior to the launch of our e-commerce website, our direct to consumer segment consisted only of phone sales. The addition of our e-commerce website near the beginning of fiscal 2009 has driven the increase in income from operations for our direct to consumer segment. Income from operations as a percentage of direct to consumer revenue decreased in fiscal 2010 compared to fiscal 2009 due to the introduction of promotional shipping and increased costs related to our digital strategy associated with this selling channel.

Other. Net income from our other segment increased $6.5 million, or 61%, to $17.1 million in fiscal 2010 from $10.6 million in fiscal 2009. Gross profit related to our other segment increased in fiscal 2010 from fiscal 2009 primarily due to a higher proportion of full margin sales channels in the current year, such as our showroom sales channel, than in the prior year. There was an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses as a result of opening and operating an increased number of showrooms in fiscal 2010 compared to fiscal 2009, which offset a portion of the gross profit increase.

Income from operations also includes general corporate expenses. General corporate expenses increased $15.8 million, or 37%, to $58.7 million in fiscal 2010 from $42.9 million in fiscal 2009 primarily due to an increase in expenses related to our head office growth of $12.1 million, as well as increased depreciation and amortization expense of $1.6 million, increased stock-based compensation expense of $1.0 million and increased provision for impairment and lease exist costs of $1.4 million. The increase was partially offset by increases in realized foreign exchange gains of $0.3 million. General corporate expenses are expected to continue to increase in future years as we grow our overall business and require increased efforts at our head office to support our corporate-owned stores, franchises and other segments.

Our $1.8 million provision for impairment and lease exit costs was a result of management’s review of our portfolio of corporate-owned store locations and the relocation of our administrative offices. In conjunction with our ongoing evaluation to ensure that each of our corporate-owned stores fit into our long-term growth strategy, we closed two of our corporate-owned stores in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. We recorded a $0.7 million provision for impairment and lease exit costs related to the two fiscal 2010 closures, and a $0.9 million provision for impairment and lease exit costs related to the relocation of our administrative offices. We also closed one of our corporate-owned stores in the first quarter of fiscal 2009; this closure was fully accrued in fiscal 2008. The fair market values were estimated using an expected present value technique.

Other Income (Expense), Net

Other income (expense), net increased $2.7 million, to $2.9 million in fiscal 2010 from $0.2 million in fiscal 2009. The increase was primarily a result of re-measuring our 13 percent non-controlling equity investment in Australia immediately prior to obtaining control of the business, which led to a $1.8 million gain on investment. Additionally, we earned more interest income in fiscal 2010 compared to fiscal 2009 on our increased cash balances.

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes increased $32.7 million, or 115%, to $61.1 million in fiscal 2010 from $28.4 million in fiscal 2009. In fiscal 2010, our effective tax rate was 33.3% compared to 32.8% in fiscal 2009. The higher effective tax rate was due to the proportional increase of taxable income in the United States in fiscal 2010 compared to taxable income in Canada which is taxed at a rate lower than the US statutory rate combined with the declining Canadian Corporate tax rate. We expect this trend to continue as we expect to generate a higher proportion of our future taxable income in the United States.

Net Income

Net income increased $63.6 million, or 109%, to $121.8 million in fiscal 2010 from $58.3 million in fiscal 2009. The increase in net income of $63.6 million in fiscal 2010 was primarily due to a $171.9 million increase in gross profit resulting from sales growth at existing and additional corporate-owned stores opened during fiscal 2010 and increasing traffic on our e-commerce website, and a $2.7 million increase in other income (expense), net, offset by an increase of $78.0 million in selling, general and administrative expenses, including provision for impairment and lease exist costs, and an increase of $32.7 million in provision for income taxes.

Seasonality

In fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010, and fiscal 2009, we recognized a significant amount of our net revenue in the fourth quarter due to significant increases in sales during the holiday season. We recognized 37%, 36%, and 39%

of our full year gross profit in the fourth quarter in fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, respectively. Despite the fact that we have experienced a significant amount of our net revenue and gross profit in the fourth quarter of our fiscal year, we believe that the true extent of the seasonality or cyclical nature of our business may have been overshadowed by our rapid growth to date. As our expected growth rate slows, we believe that we will experience fourth quarter gross profits as a percentage of full year gross profits as high, or higher, than in the current year.

The level of our working capital reflects the seasonality of our business. We expect inventory, accounts payable and accrued expenses to be higher in the third and fourth quarters in preparation for the holiday selling season. Because our products are sold primarily through our stores, order backlog is not material to our business.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our primary sources of liquidity are our current balances of cash and cash equivalents, cash flows from operations and borrowings available under our revolving credit facility. Our primary cash needs are capital expenditures for opening new stores and remodeling existing stores, making information technology system enhancements and funding working capital requirements. Cash and cash equivalents in excess of our needs are held in interest bearing accounts with financial institutions.

As of January 29, 2012, our working capital (excluding cash and cash equivalents) was $3.6 million and our cash and cash equivalents were $409.4 million.

The following table summarizes our net cash flows provided by and used in operating, investing and financing activities for the periods indicated:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011			January 31, 2010
	(In thousands)
Total cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	203,615		$	179,995		$	117,960
Investing activities		(122,311	)		(42,839	)		(16,307	)
Financing activities		15,364			13,699			(2,649	)
Effect of exchange rate changes		(3,517	)		5,858			3,772

Increase in cash and cash equivalents	$	93,151		$	156,713		$	102,776

Operating Activities

Operating Activities consist primarily of net income adjusted for certain non-cash items, including depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes, realized gains and losses on disposal of property and equipment, stock-based compensation expense and the effect of the changes in non-cash working capital items, principally accounts receivable, inventories, accounts payable and accrued expenses.

In fiscal 2011, cash provided by operating activities increased $23.6 million, to $203.6 million compared to cash provided by operating activities of $180.0 million in fiscal 2010. The increase was primarily a result of increased net income, an increase in items not affecting cash, and an increase in accrued liabilities, offset by increased inventory purchases. The net increase in items not affecting cash was primarily due to an increase in depreciation and amortization related to our increased store base, and an increase in stock-based compensation. The increase in accrued liabilities was primarily a result of increased sales tax collected as a result of our increased sales.

Depreciation and amortization relate almost entirely to leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures, computer hardware and software, equipment and vehicles in our stores and other corporate buildings.

Depreciation and amortization increased $5.6 million to $30.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $24.6 million in fiscal 2010. Depreciation for our corporate-owned store segment was $18.5 million, $15.6 million, and $13.5 million in fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, respectively. Depreciation for our direct to consumer segment was $2.4 million, $0.2 million and $0.2 million in fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, respectively. Depreciation related to corporate activities was $9.4 million, $8.8 million, and $7.2 million fiscal 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009, respectively. We have not allocated any depreciation to our other segment as these amounts to date have been immaterial.

Investing Activities

Investing Activities relate entirely to capital expenditures, investments in and advances to franchises, and acquisitions of franchises.

Cash used in investing activities increased $79.5 million, to $122.3 million in fiscal 2011 from $42.8 million in fiscal 2010. This increase in cash used in investing activities represents an increase in the number of new stores opened in fiscal 2011 compared to fiscal 2010, as well as our reacquisition of our remaining four franchised stores. Capital expenditures for our corporate-owned stores segment were $34.1 million in fiscal 2011 which included $21.9 million to open 41 corporate-owned stores and $14.5 million in fiscal 2010 which included $7.0 million to open 14 corporate-owned stores. The remaining capital expenditures for our corporate-owned stores segment in each period were for ongoing store refurbishment. Capital expenditures for our direct to consumer segment were $6.7 million and $4.6 in fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively. Capital expenditures related to corporate activities and administration were $76.1 million and $11.2 million in fiscal 2011 and fiscal 2010, respectively. The increase in capital expenditures related to corporate activities and administration compared to fiscal 2010 was primarily due to the purchase of our principal executive and administrative offices for $65.1 million plus acquisition-related costs. The capital expenditures in each period for corporate activities and administration were for improvements at our head office and other corporate buildings as well as investments in information technology and business systems.

Capital expenditures are expected to range between $70 million to $75 million in fiscal 2012, including approximately $25 million for approximately 37 new stores and the remainder reflecting renovation capital for existing stores, information technology enhancements and other corporate activities.

Financing Activities

Financing Activities consist primarily of cash received on the exercise of stock options and excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation. Cash provided by financing activities increased $1.7 million, to cash provided of $15.4 million in fiscal 2011 from cash used of $13.7 million in fiscal 2010.

We believe that our cash from operations and borrowings available to us under our revolving credit facility will be adequate to meet our liquidity needs and capital expenditure requirements for at least the next 24 months. Our cash from operations may be negatively impacted by a decrease in demand for our products as well as the other factors described in “Risk Factors.” In addition, we may make discretionary capital improvements with respect to our stores, distribution facility, headquarters, or other systems, which we would expect to fund through the issuance of debt or equity securities or other external financing sources to the extent we were unable to fund such capital expenditures out of our cash from operations.

Revolving Credit Facility

In April 2007, we entered into an uncommitted senior secured demand revolving credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada. The revolving credit facility provides us with available borrowings in an amount up to CDN$20.0 million. The revolving credit facility must be repaid in full on demand and is available by way of prime loans in Canadian currency, U.S. base rate loans in U.S. currency, bankers’ acceptances, LIBOR based loans in U.S. currency or Euro currency, letters of credit in Canadian currency or U.S. currency and letters of

guaranty in Canadian currency or U.S. currency. The revolving credit facility bears interest on the outstanding balance in accordance with the following: (i) prime rate for prime loans; (ii) U.S. base rate for U.S. based loans; (iii) a fee of 1.125% per annum on bankers’ acceptances; (iv) LIBOR plus 1.125% per annum for LIBOR based loans; (v) a 1.125% annual fee for letters of credit; and (vi) a 1.125% annual fee for letters of guaranty. Both lululemon usa inc. and lululemon FC USA inc., Inc. provided Royal Bank of Canada with guarantees and postponements of claims in the amounts of CDN$20.0 million with respect to lululemon athletica canada inc.’s obligations under the revolving credit facility. The revolving credit facility is also secured by all of our present and after acquired personal property, including all intellectual property and all of the outstanding shares we own in our subsidiaries. As of January 29, 2012, aside from the letters of credit and guarantees, we had $nil in borrowings outstanding under this credit facility.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Leases. We lease certain corporate-owned store locations, storage spaces, building and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. Our leases generally have initial terms of between five and 10 years, and generally can be extended only in five-year increments, if at all. Our leases expire at various dates between 2011 and 2021, excluding extensions at our option. A substantial number of our leases for corporate-owned store premises include renewal options and certain of our leases include rent escalation clauses, rent holidays and leasehold rental incentives, none of which are reflected in the following table. Most of our leases for corporate-owned store premises also include contingent rental payments based on sales volume, the impact of which also are not reflected in the following table. The following table summarizes our contractual arrangements as of January 29, 2012, and the timing and effect that such commitments are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flows in future periods:


	Payments Due by Fiscal Year
	Total		2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		Thereafter
	(In thousands)
Operating Leases (minimum rent)	$	270,783	$	46,020	$	45,569	$	44,915	$	41,847	$	37,129	$	55,303

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We enter into documentary letters of credit to facilitate the international purchase of merchandise. We also enter into standby letters of credit to secure certain of our obligations, including insurance programs and duties related to import purchases. As of January 29, 2012, letters of credit and letters of guarantee totaling $1.5 million have been issued.

Other than these standby letters of credit, we do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, investments in special purpose entities or undisclosed borrowings or debt. In addition, we have not entered into any derivative contracts or synthetic leases.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions. Predicting future events is inherently an imprecise activity and, as such, requires the use of judgment. Actual results may vary from estimates in amounts that may be material to the financial statements. An accounting policy is deemed to be critical if it requires an accounting estimate to be made based on assumptions about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the estimate is made, and if different estimates that reasonably could have been used or changes in the accounting estimates that are reasonably likely to occur periodically, could materially impact our consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant estimates and judgments used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

Revenue Recognition. Net revenue is comprised of corporate-owned store net revenue, direct to consumer sales through www.lululemon.com, and other net revenue, which includes, franchise royalties as well as sales of products to franchisees, sales to wholesale accounts, warehouse sales and sales from company-operated showrooms, in each case, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns and discounts. Sales to customers through corporate-owned stores and company-operated showrooms are recognized at the point of sale, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns. Direct to consumer sales are recognized when goods are shipped and collection is reasonably assured, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns. Other net revenue related to franchise royalties are recognized when earned, in accordance with the terms of the franchise/license agreements. Royalties are based on a percentage of the franchisees’ sales and recognized when those sales occur. Other net revenue related to warehouse sales is recognized when these sales occur. Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling are recognized at the time of shipment.

Sales are reported on a net revenue basis, which is computed by deducting from our gross sales the amount of sales taxes, actual product returns received, discounts and an amount established for anticipated sales returns. Our estimated allowance for sales returns is a subjective critical estimate that has a direct impact on reported net revenue. This allowance is calculated based on a history of actual returns, estimated future returns and any significant future known or anticipated events. Consideration of these factors results in an estimated allowance for sales returns. Our standard terms for retail sales limit returns to approximately 14 days after the sale of the merchandise. For our wholesale sales, we allow returns from our wholesale customers if properly requested and approved. Employee discounts are classified as a reduction of net revenue.

Revenue from our gift cards are recognized when tendered for payment, or upon redemption. Outstanding customer balances are included in “Unredeemed gift card liability” on the consolidated balance sheets. There are no expiration dates on our gift cards, and lululemon does not charge any service fees that cause a decrement to customer balances.

While we will continue to honor all gift cards presented for payment, management may determine the likelihood of redemption to be remote for certain card balances due to, among other things, long periods of inactivity. In these circumstances, to the extent management determines there is no requirement for remitting card balances to government agencies under unclaimed property laws, card balances may be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in “Net revenue.”

Inventory. Inventory is valued at the lower of cost and market. Cost is determined using weighted-average costs. For finished goods, market is defined as net realizable value, and for raw materials, market is defined as replacement cost. Cost of inventories includes acquisition and production costs including raw material and labor, as applicable, and all costs incurred to deliver inventory to our distribution centers including freight, non-refundable taxes, duty and other landing costs.

We periodically review our inventories and make provisions as necessary to appropriately value obsolete or damaged goods. The amount of the provision is equal to the difference between the book cost of the inventory and its estimated market value based upon assumptions about future demands, selling prices and market conditions. In addition, as part of inventory valuations, we provide for inventory shrinkage based on historical trends from actual physical inventories. Inventory shrinkage estimates are made to reduce the inventory value for lost or stolen items. We perform physical inventory counts throughout the year and adjust the shrink provision accordingly. In fiscal 2011, we wrote-off $3.1 million of inventory and in fiscal 2010 we wrote-off $1.0 million of inventory.

Property and Equipment. Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Direct internal and external costs related to software used for internal purposes which are incurred during the application development stage or for upgrades that add functionality are capitalized. All other costs related to internal use

software are expensed as incurred. Buildings are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of the asset. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the length of the lease, without consideration of option renewal periods and the estimated useful life of the assets, up to a maximum of five years. All other property and equipment are amortized using the declining balance method as follows:


Furniture and fixtures	20	%
Computer hardware and software	30	%
Equipment and vehicles	30	%

We recognize a liability for the fair value of a required asset retirement obligation, or ARO, when such obligation is incurred. Our AROs are primarily associated with leasehold improvements which, at the end of a lease, we are contractually obligated to remove in order to comply with the lease agreement. At the inception of a lease with such conditions, we record an ARO liability and a corresponding capital asset in an amount equal to the estimated fair value of the obligation. The liability is estimated based on a number of assumptions requiring management’s judgment, including store closing costs, cost inflation rates and discount rates, and is accreted to its projected future value over time. The capitalized asset is depreciated using the convention for depreciation of leasehold improvement assets. Upon satisfaction of the ARO conditions, any difference between the recorded ARO liability and the actual retirement costs incurred is recognized as an operating gain or loss in the consolidated statements of operations.

We recognize a liability for a cost associated with a lease exit activity when such obligation is incurred. A lease exit activity is measured initially at its fair value in the period in which the liability is incurred. We estimate fair value at the cease-use date of its operating leases as the remaining lease rentals, reduced by estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained for the property, even where we does not intend to enter into a sublease. Estimating the cost of certain lease exit costs involves subjective assumptions, including the time it would take to sublease the leased location and the related potential sublease income. The estimated accruals for these costs could be significantly affected if future experience differs from that used in the initial estimate. Lease exit costs are included in provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

Long-Lived Assets. Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with finite useful lives, held for use are evaluated for impairment when the occurrence of events or changes in circumstances indicates that the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable as measured by comparing their net book value to the estimated future cash flows generated by their use and eventual disposition. Impaired assets are recorded at fair value, determined principally by the estimated future cash flows expected from their use and eventual disposition. Reductions in asset values resulting from impairment valuations are recognized in income in the period that the impairment is determined. Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with finite useful lives, held for sale are reported at the lower of the carrying value of the asset and fair value less cost to sell. Any write-downs to reflect fair value less selling cost is recognized in income when the asset is classified as held for sale. Gains or losses on assets held for sale and asset dispositions are included in provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

Income Taxes. We follow the liability method with respect to accounting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when these differences are anticipated to reverse. Deferred income tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance, if based on the weight of available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The recognition of a deferred income tax asset is based upon several assumptions and management forecasts, including current and proposed tax legislation, current and anticipated taxable income, utilization of previously unrealized non-operating loss carry forwards and regulatory reviews of tax filings. Given the judgments and estimates required and the sensitivity of the results to the significant assumptions used, we believe the accounting estimates used in relation to the recognition of deferred income tax assets are subject to measurement uncertainty and are susceptible to a material change if the underlying assumptions change.

For financial reporting purposes, we generally provide taxes at the rate applicable for the appropriate tax jurisdiction. Because our present intention is to reinvest the unremitted earnings in our foreign operations, we do not provide U.S. income taxes on unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Management periodically assesses the need to utilize these unremitted earnings to finance our foreign operations. This assessment is based on cash flow projections that are the result of estimates of future production, fiscal requirements by tax jurisdiction of our operations and operational and fiscal objectives by tax jurisdiction for our operations. Such estimates are inherently imprecise since many assumptions utilized in the cash flow projections are subject to revision in the future.

We file income tax returns in the United States, Canada and various foreign and state jurisdictions. We are subject to income tax examination by tax authorities in all jurisdictions from our inception to date. Our policy is to recognize interest expense and penalties related to income tax matters as a selling, general and administrative expense. At January 29, 2012, we do not have any significant accruals for interest related to unrecognized tax benefits or tax penalties. Our intercompany transfer pricing policies are currently subject to audits by various foreign tax jurisdictions. Although we believe that our intercompany transfer pricing policies and tax positions are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits or potential tax disputes may be materially different from that which is reflected in our income tax provisions and accruals.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets. Intangible assets are recorded at cost. Non-competition agreements are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life of five years. Reacquired franchise rights are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 10 years. Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair market value of identifiable net assets acquired and is not amortized. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite useful lives are tested for impairment annually or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill or indefinite useful live intangible assets might be impaired. We use our best estimates and judgment based on available evidence in conducting the impairment testing. When the carrying amount exceeds the fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the excess of the carrying value over its fair market value.

Stock-Based Compensation. We account for stock-based compensation using the fair value method. The fair value of awards granted is estimated at the date of grant and recognized as employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period with the offsetting credit to additional paid-in capital. Our calculation of stock-based compensation requires us to make a number of complex and subjective estimates and assumptions, including future forfeitures, stock price volatility, expected life of the options and related tax effects. The estimation of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent actual results differ from our estimates, such amounts will be recorded as a cumulative adjustment in the period estimates are revised. We consider several factors when estimating expected forfeitures, such as types of awards, size of option holder group and anticipated employee retention. Actual results may differ substantially from these estimates. Expected volatility of the stock is based on our review of companies we believe of similar growth and maturity and our peer group in the industry in which we do business because we do not have sufficient historical volatility data for our own stock. The expected term of options granted is derived from the output of the option valuation model and represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. In the future, as we gain historical data for volatility in our own stock and the actual term employees hold our options, expected volatility and expected term may change which could substantially change the grant-date fair value of future awards of stock options and, ultimately, the expense we record. For awards with service and/or performance conditions, the total amount of compensation expense to be recognized is based on the number of awards that are expected to vest and is adjusted to reflect those awards that do ultimately vest. For awards with performance conditions, we recognize the compensation expense over the requisite service period as determined by a range of probability weighted outcomes. For awards with market and or performance conditions, all compensation expense is recognized if it is probable that the underlying market or performance conditions will be fulfilled. Certain employees are entitled to share-based awards from one of our principal stockholders. These awards are accounted for as employee compensation expense in accordance with the above noted policies.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In April 2010, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) amended Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718 Compensation (“ASC 718”) to clarify that a share-based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which a substantial portion of the entity’s equity securities trades should not be considered to contain a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity should not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies for classification in equity. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and is to be applied prospectively. The Company adopted the amendment in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB amended ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurement (“ASC 820”) to clarify requirements for how to measure fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements common to US GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt the amendment in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 and expects no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB amended ASC Topic 220 Comprehensive Income (“ASC 220”) to require (i) that all non-owner changes in stockholders’ equity be presented either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements, and (ii) presentation of reclassification adjustments from other comprehensive income (“OCI”) to net income on the face of the financial statements. This guidance eliminates the option to present the components of OCI as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, but does not change the items that must be reported in OCI or when an item of OCI must be reclassified to net income. This guidance is effective for years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt the amendment in fiscal 2012 and expects no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In September 2011, the FASB amended ASC Topic 350 Intangibles—Goodwill and Other (“ASC 350”) to allow a company to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step quantitative goodwill impairment test. Under this amendment, a company would not be required to calculate the fair value of a reporting unit unless the company determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not that its fair value is less than its carrying amount. The amendment includes a number of events and circumstances for a company to consider in conducting the qualitative assessment. This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2011. The Company will adopt the amendment in the first quarter of fiscal 2012 and expects no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 7A.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. We currently generate a significant portion of our net revenue in Canada. The reporting currency for our consolidated financial statements is the U.S. dollar. Historically, our operations were based largely in Canada. As of January 29, 2012, we operated 47 stores in Canada. As a result, we have been impacted by changes in exchange rates and may be impacted materially for the foreseeable future. As we recognize net revenue from sales in Canada in Canadian dollars, and the U.S. dollar has strengthened during fiscal 2011, it has had a negative impact on our Canadian operating results upon translation of those results into U.S. dollars for the purposes of consolidation. However, the loss in net revenue was partially offset by lower cost of sales and lower selling, general and administrative expenses that are generated in Canadian dollars. A 10% depreciation in the relative value of the Canadian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in lost income from operations of approximately $15.4 million in fiscal 2011 and approximately $11.3 million in fiscal 2010. To the extent the ratio between our net revenue generated in Canadian dollars increases as compared to our

expenses generated in Canadian dollars, we expect that our results of operations will be further impacted by changes in exchange rates. A portion of our net revenue is generated in Australia. A 10% depreciation in the relative value of the Australian dollar compared to the U.S. dollar would have resulted in lost income from operations of approximately $0.4 million in fiscal 2011 and $0.1 million in fiscal 2010. We do not currently hedge foreign currency fluctuations. However, in the future, in an effort to mitigate losses associated with these risks, we may at times enter into derivative financial instruments, although we have not historically done so. We do not, and do not intend to, engage in the practice of trading derivative securities for profit.

Interest Rate Risk. In April 2007, we entered into an uncommitted senior secured demand revolving credit facility with Royal Bank of Canada. The revolving credit facility provides us with available borrowings in an amount up to CDN$20.0 million. Because our revolving credit facility bears interest at a variable rate, we will be exposed to market risks relating to changes in interest rates, if we have a meaningful outstanding balance. As of January 29, 2012, we had no outstanding borrowings under our revolving facility. We had small outstanding balances under our revolving facility during fiscal 2011 as we built inventory and working capital for the holiday selling season, but we do not believe we are significantly exposed to changes in interest rate risk. We currently do not engage in any interest rate hedging activity and currently have no intention to do so in the foreseeable future. However, in the future, if we have a meaningful outstanding balance under our revolving facility, in an effort to mitigate losses associated with these risks, we may at times enter into derivative financial instruments, although we have not historically done so. These may take the form of forward sales contracts, option contracts, and interest rate swaps. We do not, and do not intend to, engage in the practice of trading derivative securities for profit.

Inflation

Inflationary factors such as increases in the cost of our product and overhead costs may adversely affect our operating results. Although we do not believe that inflation has had a material impact on our financial position or results of operations to date, a high rate of inflation in the future may have an adverse effect on our ability to maintain current levels of gross margin and selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of net revenue if the selling prices of our products do not increase with these increased costs.

ITEM 8.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

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INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Consolidated Financial Statements:
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm			48
Consolidated Balance Sheets as at January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011			49
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010			50
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010			51
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010			52
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements			53

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of lululemon athletica inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of lululemon athletica inc. as at January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended January 29, 2012 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedule presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 29, 2012, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). The Company’s management is responsible for these financial statements and financial statement schedule, for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting under Item 9A. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements, on the financial statement schedule, and on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our integrated audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audits of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Chartered Accountants

Vancouver, BC

March 21, 2012

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011
	(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	409,437	$	316,286
Accounts receivable		5,202		9,116
Inventories		104,097		57,469
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		8,357		6,408

		527,093		389,279
Property and equipment, net		162,941		70,954
Goodwill and intangible assets, net		31,872		27,112
Deferred income taxes		8,587		7,894
Other non-current assets		4,141		4,063

	$	734,634	$	499,302


LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable	$	14,536	$	6,659
Accrued liabilities		34,535		25,266
Accrued compensation and related expenses		22,875		16,872
Income taxes payable		8,720		18,399
Unredeemed gift card liability		22,773		18,168

		103,439		85,364
Other non-current liabilities		25,014		19,645

		128,453		105,009

Stockholders’ equity
Undesignated preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 5,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding		—		—
Exchangeable stock, no par value, 60,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 33,412 and 35,636		—		—
Special voting stock, $0.000005 par value, 60,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 33,412 and 35,636		—		—
Common stock, $0.005 par value, 400,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding 110,135 and 106,756		551		534
Additional paid-in capital		205,557		179,870
Retained earnings		373,719		189,656
Accumulated other comprehensive income		21,549		20,329

		601,376		390,389

Non-controlling interest		4,805		3,904

	$	734,634	$	499,302

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
	(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net revenue	$	1,000,839	$	711,704	$	452,898
Cost of goods sold		431,569		316,757		229,812

Gross profit		569,270		394,947		223,086
Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		282,312		212,784		136,161
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—		1,772		379

Income from operations		286,958		180,391		86,546
Other income (expense), net		2,500		2,886		164

Income before provision for income taxes		289,458		183,277		86,710
Provision for income taxes		104,494		61,080		28,429

Net income		184,964		122,197		58,281
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		901		350		—
Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.	$	184,063	$	121,847	$	58,281

Net basic earnings per share	$	1.29	$	0.86	$	0.41
Net diluted earnings per share	$	1.27	$	0.85	$	0.41
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding		143,196		141,720		140,502
Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding		145,278		143,858		141,898

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY


	Exchangeable Stock					Special Voting Stock					Common Stock
	Shares			Par Value		Shares			Par Value		Shares		Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Retained Earnings		Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)			Total			Non- Controlling Interest		Total
	(Amounts in thousands)
Balance at February 1, 2009		39,034		$	—		39,034		$	—		100,844	$	504	$	155,961		$	9,528	$	(11,151	)	$	154,842		$	—	$	154,842
Comprehensive income:
Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.																			58,281					58,281					58,281
Foreign currency translation adjustment																					17,018			17,018					17,018

Comprehensive income																								75,299					75,299
Stock-based compensation																5,616								5,616					5,616
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation																(3,858	)							(3,858	)				(3,858	)
Common stock issued upon exchange of exchangeable shares		(268	)		—		(268	)		—		268		1		(1	)							—					—
Restricted stock issuance												30		—		—								—					—
Stock option exercises												1,110		6		1,203								1,209					1,209

Balance at January 31, 2010		38,766		$	—		38,766		$	—		102,252	$	511	$	158,921		$	67,809	$	5,867		$	233,108		$	—	$	233,108
Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.																			121,847					121,847					121,847
Foreign currency translation adjustment																					14,462			14,462					14,462

Comprehensive income																								136,309					136,309
Stock-based compensation																7,273								7,273					7,273
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation																7,863								7,863					7,863
Common stock issued upon exchange of exchangeable shares		(3,130	)		—		(3,130	)		—		3,130		16		(16	)							—					—
Restricted stock issuance												12		—		—								—					—
Stock option exercises												1,362		7		5,829								5,836					5,836
Non-controlling interest:
Non-controlling interests recognized on acquisition																											3,554		3,554
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests																											350		350

Balance at January 30, 2011		35,636		$	—		35,636		$	—		106,756	$	534	$	179,870		$	189,656	$	20,329		$	390,389		$	3,904	$	394,293

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.																			184,063					184,063					184,063
Foreign currency translation adjustment																					1,220			1,220					1,220

Comprehensive income																								185,283					185,283
Stock-based compensation																10,340								10,340					10,340
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation																5,750								5,750					5,750
Common stock issued upon exchange of exchangeable shares		(2,224	)		—		(2,224	)		—		2,224		11		(11	)							—					—
Restricted stock issuance												4		—		—								—					—
Stock option exercises												1,151		6		9,608								9,614					9,614
Non-controlling interest:
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests																											901		901

Balance at January 29, 2012		33,412		$	—		33,412		$	—		110,135	$	551	$	205,557		$	373,719	$	21,549		$	601,376		$	4,805	$	606,181

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011			January 31, 2010
	(Amounts in thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc	$	184,063		$	121,847		$	58,281
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		901			350			—

Net income		184,964			122,197			58,281
Items not affecting cash
Depreciation and amortization		30,259			24,614			20,832
Stock-based compensation		10,340			7,273			5,616
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—			1,772			379
Derecognition of unredeemed gift card liability		(1,775	)		(1,406	)		(2,183	)
Deferred income taxes		(693	)		11,234			387
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		(5,750	)		(7,863	)		3,858
Gain on investment		—			(1,792	)		—
Other, including net changes in other non-cash balances		(13,730	)		23,966			30,790

Net cash provided by operating activities		203,615			179,995			117,960
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment		(116,657	)		(30,357	)		(15,497	)
Investment in and advances to franchise		—			—			(810	)
Acquisition of franchises		(5,654	)		(12,482	)		—

Net cash used in investing activities		(122,311	)		(42,839	)		(16,307	)
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		9,614			5,836			1,209
Excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation		5,750			7,863			(3,858	)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities		15,364			13,699			(2,649	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash		(3,517	)		5,858			3,772

Increase in cash and cash equivalents		93,151			156,713			102,776
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year	$	316,286		$	159,573		$	56,797

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year	$	409,437		$	316,286		$	159,573

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts and store count information, unless

otherwise indicated)

1 NATURE OF OPERATIONS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Nature of operations

lululemon athletica inc., a Delaware corporation (“lululemon” or “LAI” and, together with its subsidiaries unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company”) is engaged in the design, manufacture and distribution of healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel, which is sold through a chain of corporate-owned and operated retail stores, direct to consumer through e-commerce, and a network of wholesale accounts. The Company’s primary markets are Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, where 47, 108, 18, and 1 corporate-owned store(s), respectively, were in operation as at January 29, 2012. There were 174, 133, and 110 corporate-owned stores in operation as at January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

Basis of presentation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiary companies during the three-year period ended January 29, 2012. The consolidated financial statements have been prepared using the U.S. dollar and are presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

The Company has experienced, and expects to continue to experience, significant seasonal variations in net revenue and income from operations. Seasonal variations in revenue are primarily related to increased sales of products during the fourth fiscal quarter, reflecting historical strength in sales during the holiday season. Historically, seasonal variations in income from operations have been driven principally by increased net revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter.

The Company’s fiscal year ends on the Sunday closest to January 31 of the following year, typically resulting in a 52 week year, but occasionally giving rise to an additional week, resulting in a 53 week year. Fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009 ended on January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

2 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of lululemon athletica inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated. The results of operations of lululemon athletica australia Pty attributable to the non-controlling interest are presented within equity and net income, and are shown separately from the Company’s equity and net income attributable to the Company. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting primarily of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s results of operations for the periods reported and of its financial condition as of the date of the balance sheet have been included.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand, bank balances and short-term deposits with original maturities of less than three months. The Company has not experienced any losses related to these balances, and management believes its credit risk to be minimal.

Accounts receivable

Accounts receivable primarily arise out of sales to wholesale accounts and landlord deferred lease inducements. The allowance for doubtful accounts represents management’s best estimate of probable credit

losses in accounts receivable and is reviewed monthly. Receivables are written off against the allowance when management believes that the amount receivable will not be recovered. As at January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010 the Company recorded an insignificant allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventories

Inventories, consisting of finished goods and raw materials, are stated at the lower of cost and market value. Cost is determined using weighted-average costs. For finished goods, market is defined as net realizable value, and for raw materials, market is defined as replacement cost. Cost of inventories includes acquisition and production costs including raw material and labor, as applicable, and all costs incurred to deliver inventory to the Company’s distribution centers including freight, non-refundable taxes, duty and other landing costs.

The Company periodically reviews its inventories and makes provisions as necessary to appropriately value obsolete or damaged goods. The amount of the provision is equal to the difference between the cost of the inventory and its estimated net realizable value based upon assumptions about future demand, selling prices and market conditions. In addition, as part of inventory valuations, the Company accrues for inventory shrinkage based on historical trends from actual physical inventory counts. Inventory shrinkage estimates are made to reduce the inventory value for lost or stolen items. The Company performs physical inventory counts and cycle counts throughout the year and adjusts the shrink reserve accordingly.

Property and equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Direct internal and external costs related to software used for internal purposes which are incurred during the application development stage or for upgrades that add functionality are capitalized. All other costs related to internal use software are expensed as incurred.

Buildings are amortized on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of the asset. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the length of the lease, without consideration of option renewal periods, and the estimated useful life of the assets, to a maximum of five years. All other property and equipment are amortized using the declining balance method as follows. Amortization commences when an asset is ready for its intended use.


Furniture and fixtures	20	%
Computer hardware and software	30	%
Equipment and vehicles	30	%

Goodwill and intangible assets

Intangible assets are recorded at cost. Reacquired franchise rights are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives of 10 years.

Goodwill represents the excess of the net assets acquired and liabilities assumed over the aggregate of the consideration transferred, the fair value of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and the acquisition-date fair value of the Company’s previously held equity interest. Goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are tested annually for impairment or more frequently when an event or circumstance indicates that goodwill or indefinite life intangible assets might be impaired. The Company’s operating segment for goodwill is its corporate-owned stores.

Impairment of long-lived assets

Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with finite lives, held for use are evaluated for impairment when the occurrence of events or a change in circumstances indicates that the carrying value of the assets may

not be recoverable as measured by comparing their carrying value to the estimated undiscounted future cash flows generated by their use and eventual disposition. Impaired assets are recorded at fair value, determined principally by discounting the future cash flows expected from their use and eventual disposition. Reductions in asset values resulting from impairment valuations are recognized in income in the period that the impairment is determined. Long-lived assets, including intangible assets with finite lives, held for sale are reported at the lower of the carrying value of the asset and fair value less cost to sell. Any write-downs to reflect fair value less selling cost is recognized in income when the asset is classified as held for sale. Gains or losses on assets held for sale and asset dispositions are included in provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

Leased property and equipment

The Company leases corporate-owned stores and distribution centers and administrative offices. Minimum rental payments, including any fixed escalation of rental payments and rent premiums, are amortized on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease beginning on the possession date. Rental costs incurred during a construction period, prior to store opening, are recognized as rental expense. The difference between the recognized rental expense and the total rental payments paid is reflected on the consolidated balance sheet as a deferred lease liability or a prepaid lease asset.

Deferred lease inducements, which include leasehold improvements paid for by the landlord and free rent, are recorded as liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet and recognized as a reduction of rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

Contingent rental payments based on sales volumes are recorded in the period in which the sales occur.

The Company recognizes a liability for the fair value of a required asset retirement obligation (“ARO”) when such obligation is incurred. The Company’s AROs are primarily associated with leasehold improvements which, at the end of a lease, the Company is contractually obligated to remove in order to comply with the lease agreement. At the inception of a lease with such conditions, the Company records an ARO liability and a corresponding capital asset in an amount equal to the estimated fair value of the obligation. The liability is estimated based on a number of assumptions requiring management’s judgment, including store closing costs, cost inflation rates and discount rates, and is accreted to its projected future value over time. The capitalized asset is depreciated using the convention for depreciation of leasehold improvement assets. Upon satisfaction of the ARO conditions, any difference between the recorded ARO liability and the actual retirement costs incurred is recognized as an operating gain or loss in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company recognizes a liability for a cost associated with a lease exit or disposal activity when such obligation is incurred. A lease exit or disposal activity is measured initially at its fair value in the period in which the liability is incurred. The Company estimates fair value at the cease-use date of its operating leases as the remaining lease rentals, reduced by estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained for the property, even where the Company does not intend to enter into a sublease. Estimating the cost of certain lease exit costs involves subjective assumptions, including the time it would take to sublease the leased location and the related potential sublease income. The estimated accruals for these costs could be significantly affected if future experience differs from that used in the initial estimate. Lease exit costs are included in provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

Deferred revenue

Receipts from the sale of gift cards are treated as deferred revenue. Amounts received in respect of gift cards are recorded as unredeemed gift card liability. When gift cards are redeemed for apparel, the Company recognizes the related revenue.

Revenue recognition

Net revenue includes sales of apparel to customers through corporate-owned and operated retail stores, direct to consumer through www.lululemon.com, sales through a network of wholesale accounts, and sales from company-operated showrooms.

Sales to customers through corporate-owned retail stores are recognized at the point of sale, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns.

Sales of apparel to customers through the Company’s retail internet site are recognized when goods are shipped, net of an estimated allowance for sales returns.

Sales of apparel to wholesale accounts are recognized when goods are shipped and collection is reasonably assured.

All revenue is reported net of sales taxes collected for various governmental agencies.

Revenue from the Company’s gift cards is recognized when tendered for payment, or upon redemption. Outstanding customer balances are included in “Unredeemed gift card liability” on the consolidated balance sheets. There are no expiration dates on the Company’s gift cards, and lululemon does not charge any service fees that cause a decrement to customer balances.

While the Company will continue to honor all gift cards presented for payment, management may determine the likelihood of redemption to be remote for certain card balances due to, among other things, long periods of inactivity. In these circumstances, to the extent management determines there is no requirement for remitting card balances to government agencies under unclaimed property laws, card balances may be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations in “Net revenue.” For the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010, net revenue recognized on unredeemed gift card balances was $1,775, $1,406, and $2,183, respectively.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold includes the cost of purchased merchandise, including in-bound freight, duty and nonrefundable taxes incurred in delivering the goods to the Company’s distribution centers. It also includes all occupancy costs such as minimum rent, contingent rent where applicable, property taxes, utilities and depreciation expense for the Company’s corporate-owned store locations and all costs incurred in operating the Company’s distribution centers and production, design and merchandise departments, hemming and shrink and valuation reserves. Production, design, merchandise and distribution center costs include salaries and benefits as well as operating expenses, which include occupancy costs and depreciation expense for the Company’s distribution centers.

Store pre-opening costs

Operating costs incurred prior to the opening of new stores are expensed as incurred.

Income taxes

The Company follows the liability method with respect to accounting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the carrying amounts and the tax basis of assets and liabilities. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when these differences are anticipated to reverse. Deferred income tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance, if based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

The recognition of a deferred income tax asset is based primarily on management’s forecasts, including current and proposed tax legislation, current and anticipated taxable income, utilization of previously unrealized non-operating loss carryforwards and regulatory reviews of tax filings. Given the judgments and estimates required and the sensitivity of the results to the significant assumptions used, the accounting estimates used in relation to the recognition of deferred income tax assets are subject to measurement uncertainty and are susceptible to a material change if the underlying assumptions change.

The Company provides for taxes at the rate applicable for the appropriate tax jurisdiction. Because present intentions are to reinvest the unremitted earnings into foreign operations, the Company does not provide U.S. income taxes on unremitted earnings of foreign subsidiaries. Management periodically assesses the need to utilize these unremitted earnings to finance foreign operations. This assessment is based on cash flow projections that are the result of estimates of future production, fiscal requirements by tax jurisdiction of our operations and operational and fiscal objectives by tax jurisdiction for our operations. Such estimates are inherently imprecise since many assumptions utilized in the cash flow projections are subject to revision in the future.

The Company files income tax returns in the United States, Canada and various foreign and state jurisdictions. The Company is subject to income tax examination by tax authorities in all jurisdictions from our inception to date. Our policy is to recognize interest expense and penalties related to income tax matters as a selling, general and administrative expense. At January 29, 2012, the Company does not have any significant accruals for interest related to unrecognized tax benefits or tax penalties. Intercompany transfer pricing policies are currently subject to audits by various foreign tax jurisdictions. Although management believes that the Company’s intercompany transfer pricing policies and tax positions are reasonable, the final determination of tax audits or potential tax disputes may be materially different from that which is reflected in the Company’s income tax provisions and accruals.

Currency translation

The functional currency for each entity included in these consolidated financial statements that is domiciled outside of the United States (the foreign entities) is the applicable local currency. Assets and liabilities of each foreign entity are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the balance sheet date. Revenue and expenses are translated at the average rate in effect during the period. Unrealized translation gains and losses are recorded as a cumulative translation adjustment, which is included in other comprehensive income or loss, which is a component of accumulated other comprehensive income included in stockholders’ equity.

Foreign currency transactions denominated in a currency other than an entity’s functional currency are remeasured into the functional currency with any resulting gains and losses included in income, except for gains and losses arising on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term investment nature.

Fair value of financial instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, trade accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other liabilities. Unless otherwise noted, it is management’s opinion that the Company is not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial instruments. All foreign exchange gains or losses are recorded in the consolidated statements of operations under selling, general and administrative expenses. The fair value of these financial instruments approximates their carrying value, unless otherwise noted.

Foreign exchange risk

A significant portion of the Company’s sales are denominated in Canadian dollars. The Company’s exposure to foreign exchange risk is mainly related to fluctuations between the Canadian dollar and the U.S. dollar. This exposure is partly mitigated by a natural hedge in that a significant portion of the Company’s

operating costs are also denominated in Canadian dollars. The Company is also exposed to changes in interest rates. The Company does not hedge foreign currency and interest rate exposure in a manner that would entirely eliminate the effect of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, or interest rates on net income and cash flows.

The aggregate foreign exchange gains (losses) included in income amount to $(759), $477, and $174 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

Concentration of credit risk

The Company is not exposed to significant credit risk on its cash and cash equivalents and trade accounts receivable. Cash and cash equivalents are held with high quality financial institutions. Trade accounts receivable are primarily from certain franchisees and wholesale accounts. The Company does not require collateral to support the trade accounts receivable; however, in certain circumstances, the Company may require parties to provide payment for goods prior to delivery of the goods. The accounts receivable are net of an allowance for doubtful accounts, which is established based on management’s assessment of the credit risks of the underlying accounts.

Stock-based compensation

The Company accounts for stock-based compensation using the fair value method. The fair value of awards granted is estimated at the date of grant and recognized as employee compensation expense on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period with the offsetting credit to additional paid-in capital. For awards with service and/or performance conditions, the total amount of compensation expense to be recognized is based on the number of awards expected to vest and is adjusted to reflect those awards that do ultimately vest. For awards with performance conditions, the Company recognizes the compensation expense if and when the Company concludes that it is probable that the performance condition will be achieved. The Company reassesses the probability of achieving the performance condition at each reporting date. For awards with market conditions, all compensation expense is recognized irrespective of whether such conditions are met.

Certain employees are entitled to share-based awards from the principal stockholder of the Company. These awards are accounted for by the Company as employee compensation expense in accordance with the above-noted policies.

Earnings per share

Earnings per share is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders for the period by the diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution from common shares issuable through stock options and performance share units using the treasury stock method.

Use of estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period.

Recently issued accounting standards

securities trades should not be considered to contain a market, performance or service condition. Therefore, an entity should not classify such an award as a liability if it otherwise qualifies for classification in equity. This guidance is effective for interim and annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2010 and is to be applied prospectively. The Company adopted the amendment in the first quarter of fiscal 2011 with no material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Reclassifications

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to fiscal 2011 presentation.

3 INVENTORIES


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011
Finished goods	$	105,462		$	59,138
Raw materials		2,531			1,913
Provision for obsolescence and shrink		(3,896	)		(3,582	)

	$	104,097		$	57,469

4 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011
Land	$	60,014		$	—
Buildings		5,018			—
Leasehold improvements		113,931			84,773
Furniture and fixtures		22,512			17,940
Computer hardware and software		51,657			34,581
Equipment and vehicles		1,285			1,038
Accumulated amortization and depreciation		(91,476	)		(67,378	)

	$	162,941		$	70,954

Included in the cost of property and equipment are capitalized software costs of $14,150 and $17,252 at January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011, respectively, associated with internally developed software.

Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $28,709, $23,549 and $19,758 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

5 GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011
Goodwill	$	23,609		$	18,437
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates		2,727			1,837

		26,336			20,274

Intangibles—reacquired franchise rights	$	10,709		$	10,709
Non-competition agreements		694			694
Accumulated amortization		(7,676	)		(6,355	)
Changes in foreign currency exchange rates		1,809			1,790

		5,536			6,838

Total goodwill and intangibles	$	31,872		$	27,112

Amortization expense related to intangible assets was $1,311, $1,065, and $1,074 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively. The estimated aggregate amortization expense is as follows:


Fiscal Year
2012	$	1,327
2013		1,145
2014		1,011
2015		895
2016		809
Thereafter		349

	$	5,536

During September 2011, the Company reacquired in asset purchase transactions four franchised stores for a total cash consideration of $5,654 plus working capital adjustments of $170. Included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended January 29, 2012 are the results of the reacquired franchised stores from the dates of acquisition to January 29, 2012.

The following table summarizes the preliminary fair values of the net assets acquired as of January 29, 2012:


Inventory	$	617
Prepaid and other assets		24
Property and equipment		239
Goodwill		5,168

Total assets acquired		6,048
Unredeemed gift card liability		224

Total liabilities assumed		224

Total identifiable net assets	$	5,824

In May 2010, the Company increased its investment in lululemon athletica australia Pty (“lululemon australia”) from 13 percent to 80 percent. The transaction provides the Company control over lululemon australia, which became a subsidiary of the Company on this date. lululemon australia is engaged in the distribution of healthy lifestyle inspired athletic apparel, which is sold through a chain of corporate-owned retail locations and through a network of wholesale accounts, in Australia. The Company previously accounted for its 13 percent interest in lululemon australia as an equity investment.

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents consolidated information of the Company as if the business combination had occurred on February 1, 2009:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
Net revenue	$	1,000,839	$	716,328	$	463,506
Income from operations	$	286,958	$	180,832	$	85,854

These amounts have been calculated after applying the Company’s accounting policies and adjusting the results of lululemon australia to reflect the additional depreciation and amortization that would have been charged assuming the fair value adjustments to inventory and intangible assets had been applied from February 1, 2010, together with the consequential tax effects.

In fiscal 2010, the Company incurred $181 of acquisition-related costs. These costs are included in general and administrative expenses in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended January 30, 2011.

The following tables summarize the consideration transferred to acquire lululemon australia and the amounts of identified assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, as well as the fair value of the non-controlling interest in lululemon australia at the acquisition date:

Fair value of consideration transferred:


Cash	$	5,872
Conversion of note receivable to equity		3,481

Total		9,353

Investment in lululemon australia held prior to the business combination		2,345
Fair value of the non-controlling interest in lululemon australia		3,554

	$	15,252

The following table summarizes the fair values of the net assets acquired at the date of acquisition:


Inventory	$	3,053
Prepaid and other assets		709
Property and equipment		1,812
Goodwill and intangible assets		11,874

Total assets acquired		17,448
Current and non-current liabilities		2,196

Total liabilities assumed		2,196

Total identifiable net assets	$	15,252

As a result of the Company obtaining control over lululemon australia, the Company’s previously held 13 percent interest was remeasured to fair value, resulting in a gain of $1,792. This gain has been recognized in the line item Other income (expense), net in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The fair value of the non-controlling interest of $3,554 in lululemon australia was estimated by applying a market approach and an income approach. This fair value measurement is based on significant inputs not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement as defined in ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”). The fair value estimates use standard valuation techniques, including discounted cash flows, comparable transactions and internal projections, and include assumed adjustments due to the lack of control or lack of marketability that market participants would consider when estimating the fair value of the non-controlling interest in lululemon australia.

In July 2010, the Company reacquired in an asset purchase transaction a franchised store in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan for total cash consideration of $6,610. Included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended January 30, 2011 are the results of the reacquired Saskatoon franchised store from the date of acquisition to January 30, 2011.

The following table summarizes the fair values of the net assets acquired at the date of acquisition:


Inventory	$	325
Prepaid and other current assets		9
Property and equipment		174
Goodwill		6,371

Total assets acquired		6,879
Current and non-current liabilities		269

Total liabilities assumed		269

Net assets acquired	$	6,610

The acquisition of the franchised stores is part of management’s vertical retail growth strategy. The reacquired franchise rights are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Goodwill is reviewed for impairment annually, or as events occur or circumstances arise which may reduce the fair value of goodwill below carrying value. The weighted-average remaining useful lives of the reacquired franchise rights was 4.25 as at January 29, 2012 and 5.24 years as at January 30, 2011.

6 ACCRUED LIABILITIES


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011
Inventory purchases	$	9,648	$	11,925
Sales tax collected		12,740		4,505
Accrued rent		5,343		2,750
Other		6,804		6,086

	$	34,535	$	25,266

7 OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011
Deferred lease liability	$	15,302	$	13,129
Tenant Inducements		9,712		6,516

	$	25,014	$	19,645

8 LONG-TERM DEBT AND CREDIT FACILITIES

In April 2007, the Company executed a credit facility with a lending institution that provided for a CDN$20,000 uncommitted demand revolving credit facilities to fund the working capital requirements of the Company. Borrowings under the uncommitted credit facilities are made on a when-and-as-needed basis at the discretion of the Company.

Borrowings under the credit facility can be made either as i) Revolving Loans—Revolving loan borrowings will bear interest at a rate equal to the Bank’s CDN$ or USD$ annual base rate (defined as zero% plus the lender’s annual prime rate) per annum, ii) Offshore Loans—Offshore rate loan borrowings will bear interest at a rate equal to a base rate based upon LIBOR for the applicable interest period, plus 1.125 percent per annum, iii) Bankers Acceptances—Bankers acceptance borrowings will bear interest at the bankers acceptance rate plus 1.125 percent per annum and iv) Letters of Credit and Letters of Guarantee—Borrowings drawn down under letters of credit or guarantee issued by the banks will bear a 1.125 percent per annum fee.

At January 29, 2012, there were no borrowings outstanding under this credit facility. As well, at January 29, 2012, letters of credit totaling USD$nil and guarantees totaling USD$1,466 had been issued under the facility, which reduced the amount available by a corresponding amount.

9 STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Authorized share capital

On June 8, 2011 the Company’s stockholders approved a two-for-one stock split (the “Stock Split”) of the Company’s common stock and an increase in the Company’s authorized common stock from 200,000 shares to 400,000 shares. Shares of the Company’s common stock began trading on a post-split basis on July 12, 2011 on the Nasdaq Stock Market and July 6, 2011 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. In connection with the Stock Split, the stockholders also approved a two-for-one split of the Company’s special voting stock and an increase in the Company’s authorized special voting stock from 30,000 to 60,000. Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, effected a two-for-one stock split of the exchangeable shares (which are exchangeable for an equal number of shares of the Company’s common stock) in connection with the Stock Split.

The holders of the special voting stock are entitled to one vote for each share held. The special voting shares are not entitled to receive dividends or distributions or receive any consideration in the event of a liquidation, dissolution or wind-up. To the extent that exchangeable shares as described below are exchanged for common stock, a corresponding number of special voting shares will be cancelled without consideration.

The holders of the exchangeable shares have dividend and liquidation rights equivalent to those of holders of the common shares of the Company. The exchangeable shares can be converted on a one for one basis by the holder at any time into common shares of the Company plus a cash payment for any accrued and unpaid dividends. Holders of exchangeable shares are entitled to the same or economically equivalent dividend as declared on the common stock of the Company. The exchangeable shares are non-voting. The Company has the right to convert the exchangeable shares into common shares of the Company at any time after the earlier of July 26, 2047, the date on which less than 4,188 exchangeable shares are outstanding or in the event of certain events such as a change in control.

10 STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Share option plans

The Company’s employees participate in various stock-based compensation plans which are either provided by a principal stockholder of the Company or the Company.

During the year ended January 31, 2006, LIPO and LIPO USA, entities controlled by a principal stockholder of the Company, created a stockholder sponsored stock-based compensation plans (“LIPO Plans”) for certain eligible employees of the Company in order to provide incentive to increase stockholder value. Under the provisions of the LIPO plans, the eligible employees were granted options to acquire shares of LIPO and LIPO USA, respectively. LIPO and LIPO USA held shares in LACI and the Company, respectively. Shares of the Company that are or will be issued to holders of the options or restricted shares under the LIPO Plans are currently held by LIPO USA, an affiliate of a principal stockholder. The exercise, vesting or forfeiture of any of these awards will not have any impact on the outstanding common shares of the Company.

In July 2007, the Company’s Board of Directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan (“2007 Plan”). The 2007 Plan provides for the grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance share units, restricted stock or restricted stock units to employees (including officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company. The majority of stock options granted to date have a four-year vesting period and vest at a rate of 25% each year on the anniversary date of the grant. Performance share units issued under the 2007 Plan generally vest three years from the grant date and restricted stock issued under the 2007 Plan vest one year from the grant date. To date, 90 shares of restricted stock have been issued under the 2007 Plan to certain directors and consultants of the Company.

The Company’s policy is to issue shares upon the exercise of Company options from treasury. Any shares issued to employees related to stockholder sponsored plans are provided by the principal stockholder and are not issued from treasury or repurchased by the Company.

Stock-based compensation expense charged to income for the plans was $10,340, $7,273 and $5,616 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

Total unrecognized compensation cost for all stock option plans was $18,619 as at January 29, 2012, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.2 years, and was $15,399 as at January 30, 2011 over a weighted-average period of 2.7 years.

Employee stock purchase plan

The Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved the Company’s Employee Share Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) in September 2007. The ESPP allows for the purchase of common stock of the Company by all

eligible employees at a 25% discount from fair market value subject to certain limits as defined in the ESPP. The maximum number of shares available under the ESPP is 6,000 shares. During the year ended January 29, 2012, 18 shares were purchased under the ESPP, which were funded by the Company through open market purchases.

Stockholder sponsored stock options

On December 1, 2005, LIPO and LIPO USA each granted 10,592 Class A options with an exercise price of CDN$0.000005 and an expiry date of December 31, 2009 and 22,124 Class B options with an expiry date of December 31, 2010, respectively, prior to the reorganization. The LIPO and LIPO USA Class B options originally had exercise prices of CDN$0.495 and $0.005, respectively. Each Class A option and each Class B option entitled the holder to acquire one share of common stock of LIPO and LIPO USA respectively.

While all of the Class A options of both companies vested on December 5, 2005 and were immediately exercised, 7,098 of the common shares of LIPO and LIPO USA issued were designated as forfeitable. These forfeitable shares were considered to be non-vested for accounting purposes and were considered not to be earned as of December 5, 2005. These non-vested shares became non-forfeitable over a four-year requisite service period to December 5, 2009. In addition, on December 5, 2005, 4,478 of the Series B options vested, with the remaining options vesting over a five-year period ending December 5, 2010.

In connection with the reorganization of the Company, modifications were made to the LIPO and LIPO USA plans. The 10,570 LIPO Class A awards and the 8,222 vested LIPO Class B awards were exchanged for a total of 3,920 exchangeable shares of the Company through a series of transactions. At the time of the reorganization, 2,836 of the new awards were considered to be vested and the remaining 1,082 new awards were considered to be unvested. The unvested exchangeable shares are held in trust by the principal stockholder and are subject to the same vesting schedule as the original LIPO award.

The following table summarizes the shares granted under the stockholder sponsored plan. Amounts are presented on a post reorganization basis.


	Number of Exchangeable Shares		Number of LIPO USA Shares
Unvested balance at February 1, 2009		76		16
Granted		—		—
Vested		76		16
Cancelled		—		—

Non-forfeitable balance at January 31, 2010		—		—
Granted		—		—
Vested		—		—
Cancelled		—		—

Non-forfeitable balance at January 30, 2011		—		—

Granted		—		—
Vested		—		—
Cancelled		—		—

Non-forfeitable balance at January 29, 2012		—		—

The total unrecognized compensation cost related to shares was $nil at January 29, 2012.

The following table summarizes the LIPO USA options granted under the stockholder sponsored plan. Amounts are presented on a post reorganization basis and are shown in lululemon share equivalents.


	Number of LIPO USA Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price
Unvested balance at February 1, 2009		582	$	0.005
Granted		—		—
Vested		368	$	0.005
Cancelled		—	$	0.005

Unvested balance at January 31, 2010		214	$	0.005

Granted		—		—
Vested		214	$	0.005
Cancelled		—	$	0.005

Unvested balance at January 30, 2011		—	$	—

Granted		—		—
Vested		—		—
Cancelled		—		—

Unvested balance at January 29, 2012		—	$	—

The total unrecognized compensation cost related to LIPO USA options was $nil at January 29, 2012.

The Company records compensation expense for shares issued under the stockholder sponsored awards, over the requisite service periods.

The vesting schedule of the stockholder sponsored awards in lululemon share equivalents is as follows:


	Exchangeable Shares		LIPO USA Shares		LIPO USA Options
December 5, 2005		1,576		174		210
December 5, 2006		1,262		120		192
December 5, 2007		552		120		786
December 5, 2008		398		86		786
December 5, 2009		132		28		630
December 5, 2010		—		—		364
December 5, 2011		—		—		—

Total		3,920		528		2,950

The fair value of the non-forfeitable and forfeitable shares issued under LIPO Class A was measured at the fair value of the underlying stock on the grant date. The fair value of the LIPO Class B options was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following assumptions:


Dividend yield	0	%
Expected volatility	45	%
Risk-free interest rate	5	%
Weighted-average expected life of option (years)	5.0 years

The expected volatility was based on available information on volatility from a peer group of publicly traded U.S. and Canadian retail apparel companies. The expected life of the options was determined by reviewing

data about exercise patterns of employees in the retail industry as well as considering the probability of a liquidity event such as the sale of the Company or an IPO and the potential impact of such an event on the exercise pattern. The risk-free interest rate approximates the yield on benchmark Government of Canada bonds for terms similar to the contract life of the options.

The total fair value of awards under the stockholder sponsored plans that vested during the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010 was $nil, $261, and $464 , respectively.

Company stock options and performance share units

A summary of the Company’s stock options, performance share units and restricted shares activity as of January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, and changes during the years then ended is presented below:


	Number of Stock Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Number of Performance Share Units		Weighted- Average Grant Fair Value		Number of Restricted Shares		Weighted- Average Grant Fair Value
Balance at February 1, 2009		3,809	$	5.42		—	$	—		18	$	12.02
Granted		1,917		7.40		—		—		30		6.92
Exercised		1,113		1.12		—		—		18		12.02
Forfeited		226		11.79		—		—		—		—

Balance at January 31, 2010		4,387	$	7.04		—	$	—		30	$	6.92
Granted		501		25.23		183		20.94		11		19.37
Exercised		1,369		4.38		—		—		29		7.66
Forfeited		249		8.72		9		20.61		4		6.92

Balance at January 30, 2011		3,270	$	10.83		174	$	20.96		8	$	21.22
Granted		183		45.47		231		40.99		9		47.74
Exercised		1,150		8.36		—		—		—		—
Forfeited		50		16.62		21		41.00		1		60.54

Balance at January 29, 2012		2,253	$	14.77		384	$	31.90		16	$	33.96

The Company’s performance share units are awarded to eligible employees and entitle the grantee to receive a maximum of 1.5 shares of common stock per performance share unit if the Company achieves specified performance goals and the grantee remains employed during the vesting period. The fair value of performance share units is based on the closing price of the Company’s common stock on the award date. Expense for performance share units is recognized when it is probable the performance goal will be achieved.

The following table summarizes information about stock options outstanding and exercisable at January 29, 2012:


	Outstanding						Exercisable
Range of Exercise Prices	Number of Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Life (Years)		Number of Options		Weighted- Average Exercise Price		Weighted- Average Remaining Life (Years)
$0.25 – $0.30		143	$	0.29		4.9		143	$	0.29		4.9
$3.49 – $9.00		655		4.98		4.6		103		6.55		5.5
$9.46 – $14.60		747		11.96		6.7		262		11.59		6.9
$16.16 – $25.23		335		18.80		5.4		137		17.73		5.5
$33.50 – $57.25		373		39.51		6.1		47		34.33		5.9

		2,253	$	14.77		5.7		692	$	11.27		6.0

Intrinsic Value	$	111,207					$	36,572

As of January 29, 2012, the unrecognized compensation cost related to these options was $10,387, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.4 years; and the total aggregate intrinsic value for stock options outstanding and exercisable was $36,572. The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 was $42,783, $28,463, and $8,093. The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during the years ended January 31, 2011, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 was $22.51, $25.66, and $8.07, respectively.

The fair value of options with service conditions was determined at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes model. Expected volatilities are based on a review of a peer group of publicly traded apparel retailers. The expected term of options with service conditions is the simple average of the term and the requisite service period as stated in the respective option contracts. The risk-free interest rate is the Federal Reserve federal funds rate. The following assumptions were used in calculating the fair value of stock options issued in fiscal 2011:


	lululemon athletica inc.
Dividend yield		0	%
Expected volatility		64.65	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.72	%
Weighted-average life		4.06 years

11 EARNINGS PER SHARE

The details of the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
Net income	$	184,964	$	122,197	$	58,281
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		901		350		—

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc	$	184,063	$	121,847	$	58,281
Basic weighted-average number of shares outstanding		143,196		141,720		140,502
Effect of stock options assumed exercised		2,082		2,138		1,396

Diluted weighted-average number of shares outstanding		145,278		143,858		141,898

Net basic earnings per share	$	1.29	$	0.86	$	0.41
Net diluted earnings per share	$	1.27	$	0.85	$	0.41

12 COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company has obligations under operating leases for its office, distribution centers and corporate-owned store premises in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. As of January 29, 2012, the lease terms of various leases are from two to 10 years. A substantial number of the Company’s leases for corporate-owned store premises include renewal options and certain of the Company’s leases include rent escalation clauses, rent holidays and leasehold rental incentives. Certain of the Company’s leases for corporate-owned store premises also include contingent rental payments based on sales volume. The Company is required to make deposits for rental payments pursuant to certain lease agreements, which have been included in other non-current assets. Minimum annual basic rent payments excluding other executory operating costs, pursuant to lease agreements are approximately as laid out in the table below. These amounts include commitment in respect of corporate-owned stores that have not yet opened but for which lease agreements have been executed.


Fiscal Year
2012	$	46,020
2013		45,569
2014		44,915
2015		41,847
2016		37,129
Thereafter		55,303

Rent expense for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 was $67,117, $53,071, and $41,639, respectively, under operating lease agreements, consisting of minimum rental expense of $43,795, $36,754, and $29,607, respectively, and contingent rental amounts of $23,322, $16,317, and $12,032, respectively.

The Company is, from time to time, involved in routine legal matters incidental to its business. Management believes that the ultimate resolution of any such current proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s continued financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

13 RELATED PARTY BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS

The Company entered into the following transactions with related parties:


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 30, 2011
Payments to related parties
Occupancy costs for one corporate-owned store	$	134	$	100	$	63
Consulting fees	$	305	$	31	$	120

During the year ended January 30, 2011, the Company’s principal stockholder increased his interest from 50% to 100% in a company that leases retail space to one corporate-owned store. Consulting fees were paid to a relative of our principal stockholder.

14 SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Other, including changes in non-cash working capital items:


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011			January 31, 2010
(Increase) decrease in receivables	$	3,743		$	(541	)	$	(3,974	)
Increase in deferred lease inducements received		2,905			1,934			675
(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets		(2,400	)		(2,902	)		(225	)
(Increase) decrease in inventories		(46,072	)		(7,954	)		11,296
Increase (decrease) in trade accounts payable		7,861			(5,167	)		6,025
Increase (decrease) in accrued liabilities		1,027			5,589			(4,857	)
Increase in sales tax collected		8,232			1,811			1,077
Increase in other non-cash balances		14,925			16,267			14,887
Increase (decrease) in income taxes payable		(3,951	)		14,929			5,886

	$	(13,730	)	$	23,966		$	30,790

Cash paid for income taxes	$	85,633		$	30,968		$	27,719
Interest paid	$	501		$	424		$	157

15 INCOME TAXES

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S., Canada and various foreign, state and provincial jurisdictions. The Company is subject to income tax examination by tax authorities in all jurisdictions from its inception to date. The 2008 to 2011 tax years remain subject to examination by the U.S. federal and state tax authorities. The 2007 tax year is still open for certain state tax authorities. The 2007 to 2011 tax years remain subject to examination by tax authorities in certain foreign jurisdictions. The Company’s policy is to recognize interest expense and penalties related to income tax matters as a selling, general and administrative expense. At January 29, 2012, the Company does not have any significant accruals for interest related to unrecognized tax benefits or tax penalties.

The Company’s intercompany transfer pricing policies are currently subject to audits by the various foreign tax jurisdictions. Although the Company believes that its intercompany transfer pricing policies and tax positions are fully supportable, the final determination of tax audits or potential tax disputes may be different from that which is reflected in the Company’s income tax provisions and accruals.

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011			January 31, 2010
Federal income tax at statutory rate		35.0	%		35.0	%		35.0	%

Non-deductible compensation expense		0.8			0.8			1.5
U.S. state taxes		2.8			1.7			0.3
Foreign tax rate differential		(3.4	)		(4.0	)		(3.8	)
Permanent and other		0.9			(0.2	)		(0.2	)

Provision for income taxes		36.1	%		33.3	%		32.8	%

The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at January 29, 2012 and January 30, 2011 are presented below:


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011
Deferred tax assets/(liabilities)
Net operating loss carryforward	$	655		$	472
Foreign tax credits		—			672
Property and equipment		(6,957	)		(734	)
Deferred lease liability		5,825			4,896
Lease exit costs		957			92
Stock-based compensation		2,171			1,567
Inventory		1,230			168
Tenant inducements		3,505			—
Other		1,201			761

	$	8,587		$	7,894

The Company’s current and deferred taxes from federal, state and foreign sources were as follows:


	January 29, 2012			January 30, 2011			January 31, 2010
Current taxes
Federal	$	45,623		$	9,476		$	3,621
State		8,438			2,435			243
Foreign		51,126			37,935			25,965

Total current		105,187			49,846			29,829

Deferred taxes
Federal	$	73		$	11,182		$	(2,030	)
State		12			635			—
Foreign		(778	)		(583	)		630

Total deferred		(693	)		11,234			(1,400	)

Provision for income taxes	$	104,494		$	61,080		$	28,429

U.S. income and foreign withholding taxes have not been provided on approximately CDN $283,607 at January 29, 2012 of cumulative undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries and equity investees. We intend to reinvest these earnings for the foreseeable future. If these amounts were distributed to the U.S., in the form of dividends or otherwise, we would be subject to additional U.S. income taxes, which could be material. Determination of the amount of unrecognized deferred income tax liabilities on these earnings is not practicable because such liability, if any, is dependent on circumstances existing if and when remittance occurs.

16 SEGMENTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The Company applies ASC Topic 280, Segment Reporting (“ASC 280”), in determining reportable segments for financial statement disclosure. The Company reports segments based on the financial information it uses in managing its business. The Company’s reportable segments are comprised of corporate-owned stores, direct to consumer and other. Direct to consumer includes sales from the Company’s e-commerce website. Franchise sales, wholesale, showrooms sales and outlet sales have been combined into other. The Company has reviewed its general corporate expenses and determined some costs previously classified as general corporate are direct segment expenses. Accordingly, all prior year comparable information has been reclassified to conform to the current year classification. Information for these segments is detailed in the table below:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
Net revenue
Corporate-owned stores	$	817,318	$	591,031	$	393,451
Direct to Consumer		106,313		57,348		18,257
Other		77,208		63,325		41,190

	$	1,000,839	$	711,704	$	452,898

Income from operations before general corporate expense
Corporate-owned stores	$	298,974	$	207,992	$	113,428
Direct to Consumer		44,168		14,016		5,394
Other		21,225		17,059		10,583

	$	364,367	$	239,067	$	129,405
General corporate expense		77,409		58,676		42,859

Income from operations		286,958		180,391		86,546
Other income (expense), net		2,500		2,886		164

Income before income taxes	$	289,458	$	183,277	$	86,710

Capital expenditures
Corporate-owned stores	$	34,117	$	14,536	$	10,172
Direct to consumer		6,724		4,626		—
Corporate		76,055		11,195		5,325

	$	116,896	$	30,357	$	15,497

Depreciation and amortization
Corporate-owned stores	$	18,526	$	15,592	$	13,475
Direct to consumer		2,377		190		155
Corporate		9,356		8,832		7,202

	$	30,259	$	24,614	$	20,832

The intercompany wholesale sales of $66,824, $10,188, and $5,504 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 respectively, have been excluded from the net revenue in the Other reportable segment. In addition, the income from operations reported included in the segment results for Other does not reflect the intercompany profit on these sales, which amounted to $21,072, $931, and $30 for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010, respectively.

The Company operates in five geographic areas—Canada, the United States, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Revenue from these regions for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 was as follows:


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
Canada	$	425,720	$	371,604	$	271,169
United States		536,182		323,477		181,144
Outside of North America		38,937		16,623		585

	$	1,000,839	$	711,704	$	452,898

Long-lived assets by geographic area for the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 were as follows:


	January 29, 2012		January 30, 2011		January 31, 2010
Canada	$	107,340	$	33,616	$	28,507
United States		47,131		33,513		32,997
Outside of North America		8,470		3,825		87

	$	162,941	$	70,954	$	61,591

Substantially all of the Company’s intangible assets and goodwill relate to the reporting segment consisting of corporate-owned stores.

The Company previously entered into franchise agreements under which franchisees are permitted to sell lululemon apparel and are required to purchase lululemon apparel from the Company and to pay the Company a royalty based on a percentage of the franchisee’s gross sales. The Company also received royalty fees of $714 for the year ended January 29, 2012, $2,222 for the year ended January 30, 2011, and $2,980 for the year ended January 31, 2010. Sales and cost of sales of apparel sold to franchisees amounted to $3,297 and $1,943 for the year ended January 29, 2012, $7,927 and $5,309 for the year ended January 30, 2011, and $11,441 and $9,081 for the year ended January 31, 2010, respectively. The number of franchised stores repurchased during the years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011, and January 31, 2010 was four, 10 and nil, respectively. There are no longer any franchised stores remaining.

17 PROVISION FOR IMPAIRMENT AND LEASE EXIT COSTS

In accordance with ASC topic 360, Property, Plant and Equipment (“ASC 360”), the Company reviews its long-lived assets for impairment when changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. ASC 360 requires that long-lived assets to be held and used be recorded at the lower of carrying amount or fair value. Long-lived assets to be disposed of are to be recorded at the lower of carrying amount or fair value, less estimated cost to sell.

In conjunction with the Company’s ongoing assessment to ensure that each of the Company’s corporate-owned stores fit into the Company’s long-term growth strategy, the Company closed two of its corporate-owned stores in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. The Company recorded a $366 charge related to these closures during fiscal 2010, which included $194 provision for asset impairment and $172 accrual for lease exit costs. The fair market values were estimated using an expected present value technique.

During fiscal 2011, no corporate-owned stores were closed and the Company did not record a charge for the provision for impairment and lease exit costs.

18 QUARTERLY FINANCIAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The following tables present the Company’s unaudited quarterly results of operations for each of the eight fiscal quarters in the period ended January 29, 2012. You should read the following tables in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere in this Form 10-K. The Company has prepared the information below on a basis consistent with its audited consolidated financial statements and has included all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, which, in the opinion of the Company’s management, are necessary to fairly present its operating results for the quarters presented. The Company’s historical unaudited quarterly results of operations are not necessarily indicative of results for any future quarter or for a full year.


	Fiscal 2011								Fiscal 2010
	Fourth Quarter		Third Quarter		Second Quarter		First Quarter		Fourth Quarter		Third Quarter		Second Quarter			First Quarter
	(In thousands) (unaudited)
Consolidated statements of income:
Net revenue	$	371,520	$	230,216	$	212,323	$	186,780	$	245,399	$	175,800	$	152,208		$	138,297
Cost of goods sold		162,502		101,720		90,251		77,096		101,939		78,968		71,910			63,940

Gross profit		209,018		128,496		122,072		109,684		143,460		96,832		80,298			74,357

Operating expenses:
Selling, general and administrative expenses		92,951		68,775		62,589		57,997		71,483		53,869		45,549			41,883
Provision for impairment and lease exit costs		—		—		—		—		679		587		506			—

Income from operations		116,067		59,721		59,483		51,687		71,298		42,376		34,243			32,474
Other income (expense), net		380		619		597		904		542		91		2,092			161

Income before provision for income taxes		116,447		60,340		60,080		52,591		71,840		42,467		36,335			32,635
Provision for income taxes		42,558		21,399		21,462		19,075		16,873		16,532		14,628			13,047

Net income		73,889		38,941		38,618		33,516		54,967		25,935		21,707			19,588

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		371		147		239		144		201		234		(85	)		—

Net income attributable to lululemon athletica inc.	$	73,518	$	38,794	$	38,379	$	33,372	$	54,766	$	25,701	$	21,792		$	19,588

Net basic earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.27	$	0.27	$	0.23	$	0.39	$	0.18	$	0.15		$	0.14
Net diluted earnings per share	$	0.51	$	0.27	$	0.26	$	0.23	$	0.38	$	0.18	$	0.15		$	0.14

The Company’s quarterly results of operations have varied in the past and are likely to do so again in the future. As such, the Company believes that comparisons of its quarterly results of operations should not be relied upon as an indication of the Company’s future performance.

ITEM 9A.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this report, or the Evaluation Date. Based upon the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the Evaluation Date. Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and procedures designed to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act, such as this report, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to reasonably ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Inherent Limitations Over Internal Controls

Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that our receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. Management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, does not expect that our internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource limitations on all control systems, no evaluation of internal controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, have been detected. Also, any evaluation of the effectiveness of controls in future periods are subject to the risk that those internal controls may become inadequate because of changes in business conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Management conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting based on the criteria set forth in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, or COSO. Based on this evaluation, management concluded that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of January 29, 2012. The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of January 29, 2012 has been audited by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP our independent auditors, who have expressed an opinion in their report on page 51 of this Form 10-K.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended January 29, 2012, which were identified in connection with management’s evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART III

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The information required by this item concerning our directors, director nominees and Section 16 beneficial ownership reporting compliance is incorporated by reference to our definitive Proxy Statement for our 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Executive Officers” and “Corporate Governance.”

We have adopted a written code of business conduct and ethics, which applies to all of our directors, officers and employees, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial and accounting officer. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our internet website, www.lululemon.com and can be obtained by writing to Investor Relations, lululemon athletica inc., 1818 Cornwall Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6J 1C7 or by sending an email to investor@lululemon.com. The information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Any amendments, other than technical, administrative or other non-substantive amendments, to our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics or waivers from the provisions of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics for our principal executive officer and our principal financial and accounting officer will be disclosed on our internet website within four business days following the date of such amendment or waiver.

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2012 Proxy Statement under the captions “Executive Compensation” and “Other Forms of Compensation.”

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2012 Proxy Statement under the caption “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Directors and Officers.”

Equity Compensation Plan Information (as of January 29, 2012)


Plan Category	Number of Securities to be Issued Upon Exercise of Outstanding Options		Weighted-Average Exercise Price of Outstanding Options		Number of Securities Remaining Available for Future Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans(1)
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders		2,253,528	$	14.77		14,911,591
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders		—		—		—

Total		2,253,528	$	14.77		14,911,591

(1)	This amount represents 9,308,241 shares of our common stock available for future issuance pursuant to stock options available for grant under our 2007 Equity Incentive Plan and 5,603,350 shares of our common stock available for future issuance pursuant to our Employee Share Purchase Plan.

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2012 Proxy Statement under the captions “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance.”

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this item is incorporated by reference to our 2012 Proxy Statement under the caption “Principal Accounting Fees and Services.”

PART IV

ITEM 15.

EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

(a) Documents filed as part of this report:

1. Financial Statements. The financial statements as set forth under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K are incorporated herein.

2. Financial Statement Schedules.

Schedule II

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts


Description	Balance at Beginning of Year			Charged to Costs and Expenses			Write-offs Net of Recoveries		Balance at End of Year
	(In thousands)
Shrink Provision on Finished Goods
For the year ended January 31, 2010	$	(760	)		(2,605	)		2,052		(1,313	)
For the year ended January 30, 2011		(1,313	)		(2,881	)		2,751		(1,443	)
For the year ended January 29, 2012		(1,443	)		(1,752	)		2,069		(1,126	)
Slow Moving and Obsolescence Provision on Finished Goods and Raw Materials
For the year ended January 31, 2010	$	(575	)		(627	)		241		(961	)
For the year ended January 30, 2011		(961	)		(284	)		107		(1,138	)
For the year ended January 29, 2012		(1,138	)		(2,212	)		864		(2,486	)
Damage Provision on Finished Goods
For the year ended January 31, 2010	$	—			(835	)		537		(298	)
For the year ended January 30, 2011		(298	)		(1,610	)		907		(1,001	)
For the year ended January 29, 2012		(1,001	)		(1,551	)		2,269		(283	)
Sales Allowances
For the year ended January 31, 2010	$	281			26			—		307
For the year ended January 30, 2011		307			215			—		522
For the year ended January 29, 2012		522			392			—		914
Valuation Allowance on Deferred Income Taxes
For the year ended January 31, 2010	$	(556	)		456			—		(100	)
For the year ended January 30, 2011		(100	)		2			—		(98	)
For the year ended January 29, 2012		(98	)		7			—		(91	)

3. Exhibits


			Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit No	Exhibit Title	Filed Herewith	Form		Exhibit No.		File No.		Filing Date

3.1	Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		3/31/2009

3.2	Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		7/01/2011

3.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			10-Q		3.2		001-33608		9/10/2007

3.4	Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		4/2/2008

3.5	Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		03/31/2009

4.1	Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of lululemon athletica inc.			S-1/A		4.1		001-33608		7/9/2007

10.1*	lululemon athletica inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan			S-8		4.1		001-33608		8/15/2007

10.2*	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement under 2007 Equity Incentive Plan			S-1/A		10.2		001-33608		7/9/2007

10.3*	Amended and Restated LIPO Investments (USA), Inc. Option Plan and form of Award Agreement			S-1		10.3		333-142477		5/1/2007

10.5	Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc. and the parties named therein			10-Q		10.4		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.6	Exchange Trust Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc., Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada			10-Q		10.5		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.7	Exchangeable Share Support Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc., Lululemon Callco ULC and Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc.			10-Q		10.6		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.8	Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for Forfeitable Exchangeable Shares dated July 26, 2007, by and among the parties named therein			10-Q		10.7		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.9	Amended and Restated Arrangement Agreement dated as of June 18, 2007, by and among the parties named therein (including Plan of Arrangement and Exchangeable Share Provisions)			S-1/A		10.14		333-142477		7/9/2007

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No

Exhibit Title

Filed
Herewith

Form

Exhibit No.

File No.

Filing Date

10.10

Credit Facility between lululemon canada inc. and Royal Bank of Canada dated as of April 11, 2007

S-1

10.15

333-142477

5/1/2007

10.11

Form of Indemnification Agreement between lululemon athletica inc. and its directors and certain officers

S-1/A

10.16

333-142477

7/9/2007

10.12

Purchase and Sale Agreement between 2725312 Canada Inc and lululemon athletica inc., dated December 22, 2010

10-K

10.12

001-33608

3/17/2011

10.13*

Outside Director Compensation Plan

10-Q

10.4

001-33608

11/29/2007

10.16*

lululemon athletica inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan

10-Q

10.3

001-33608

11/29/2007

10.17*

Executive Employment Agreement with Christine M. Day, dated effective as of August 1, 2008

8-K

10.1

001-33608

7/30/2008

10.18*

2010 Executive Bonus Plan of lululemon athletica inc.

10-Q

10.1

001-33608

6/10/2010

10.19*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and John E. Currie

10-K

10.22

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.20*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and Delaney Schweitzer

10-K

10.23

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.21*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and Sheree Waterson

10-K

10.24

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.22*

Form of Performance Share Agreement under 2007 Equity Incentive Plan

10-K

10.25

001-33608

3/25/2010

21.1

Subsidiaries of lululemon athletica inc.

23.1

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No

Exhibit Title

Filed
Herewith

Form

Exhibit No.

File No.

Filing Date

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101**

The following financial statements from the Company’s 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 29, 2012, formatted in XBRL: (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Operations, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (v) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

*	Denotes a compensatory plan, contract or arrangement, in which our directors or executive officers may participate.

**	Furnished herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


LULULEMON ATHLETICA INC.

By:		/s/ CHRISTINE M. DAY
Christine M. Day
Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Christine M. Day and John E. Currie and each of them, with full power of substitution and resubstitution and full power to act without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent to act in his or her name, place and stead and to execute in the name and on behalf of each person, individually and in each capacity stated below, and to file, any and all documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing, ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them or their and his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:


Signature	Title	Date

/s/ CHRISTINE M. DAY Christine M. Day	Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)	March 21, 2012

/s/ JOHN E. CURRIE John E. Currie	Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)	March 21, 2012

/s/ DENNIS J. WILSON Dennis J. Wilson	Chairman of the Board	March 21, 2012

/s/ MICHAEL CASEY Michael Casey	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ ROANN COSTIN RoAnn Costin	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ R. BRAD MARTIN R. Brad Martin	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ MARTHA A.M. MORFITT Martha A.M. Morfitt	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ RHODA M. PITCHER Rhoda M. Pitcher	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ THOMAS G. STEMBERG Thomas G. Stemberg	Director	March 21, 2012

/s/ EMILY WHITE Emily White	Director	March 21, 2012

Exhibit Index


			Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit No	Exhibit Title	Filed Herewith	Form		Exhibit No.		File No.		Filing Date

3.1	Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		3/31/2009

3.2	Certificate of Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		7/01/2011

3.3	Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			10-Q		3.2		001-33608		9/10/2007

3.4	Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		4/2/2008

3.5	Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of lululemon athletica inc.			8-K		3.1		001-33608		03/31/2009

4.1	Form of Specimen Stock Certificate of lululemon athletica inc.			S-1/A		4.1		001-33608		7/9/2007

10.1*	lululemon athletica inc. 2007 Equity Incentive Plan			S-8		4.1		001-33608		8/15/2007

10.2*	Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Award Agreement under 2007 Equity Incentive Plan			S-1/A		10.2		001-33608		7/9/2007

10.3*	Amended and Restated LIPO Investments (USA), Inc. Option Plan and form of Award Agreement			S-1		10.3		333-142477		5/1/2007

10.5	Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc. and the parties named therein			10-Q		10.4		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.6	Exchange Trust Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc., Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc. and Computershare Trust Company of Canada			10-Q		10.5		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.7	Exchangeable Share Support Agreement dated July 26, 2007 between lululemon athletica inc., Lululemon Callco ULC and Lulu Canadian Holding, Inc.			10-Q		10.6		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.8	Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust for Forfeitable Exchangeable Shares dated July 26, 2007, by and among the parties named therein			10-Q		10.7		001-33608		9/10/2007

10.9	Amended and Restated Arrangement Agreement dated as of June 18, 2007, by and among the parties named therein (including Plan of Arrangement and Exchangeable Share Provisions)			S-1/A		10.14		333-142477		7/9/2007

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No

Exhibit Title

Filed
Herewith

Form

Exhibit
No.

File No.

Filing Date

10.10

Credit Facility between lululemon canada inc. and Royal Bank of Canada dated as of April 11, 2007

S-1

10.15

333-142477

5/1/2007

10.11

Form of Indemnification Agreement between lululemon athletica inc. and its directors and certain officers

S-1/A

10.16

333-142477

7/9/2007

10.12

Purchase and Sale Agreement between 2725312 Canada Inc and lululemon athletica inc., dated December 22, 2010

10-K

10.12

001-33608

3/17/2011

10.13*

Outside Director Compensation Plan

10-Q

10.4

001-33608

11/29/2007

10.16*

lululemon athletica inc. Employee Share Purchase Plan

10-Q

10.3

001-33608

11/29/2007

10.17*

Executive Employment Agreement with Christine M. Day, dated effective as of August 1, 2008

8-K

10.1

001-33608

7/30/2008

10.18*

2010 Executive Bonus Plan of lululemon athletica inc.

10-Q

10.1

001-33608

6/10/2010

10.19*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and John E. Currie

10-K

10.22

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.20*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and Delaney Schweitzer

10-K

10.23

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.21*

Executive Employment Agreement, effective as of March 24, 2010 between lululemon athletica canada inc. and Sheree Waterson

10-K

10.24

001-33608

3/25/2010

10.22*

Form of Performance Share Agreement under 2007 Equity Incentive Plan

10-K

10.25

001-33608

3/25/2010

21.1

Subsidiaries of lululemon athletica inc.

23.1

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
No

Exhibit Title

Filed
Herewith

Form

Exhibit No.

File No.

Filing Date

32.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

101**

*	Denotes a compensatory plan, contract or arrangement, in which our directors or executive officers may participate.

**	Furnished herewith.