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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended August 31, 2010

OR

o         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: 0-18926

JOE’S JEANS INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(323) 837-3700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NO CHANGE

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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. x  Yes o  No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). o  Yes o  No

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o  No x

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of October 14, 2010 was 63,762,349.

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JOE’S JEANS INC.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.                    Financial Statements.

JOE’S JEANS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share data)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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JOE’S JEANS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(in thousands, except per share data)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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JOE’S JEANS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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JOE’S JEANS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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JOE’S JEANS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 - BASIS OF PRESENTATION

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Joe’s Jeans Inc., or Joe’s, which include the accounts of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related footnote information have been prepared on a basis consistent with Joe’s audited consolidated financial statements as of November 30, 2009 contained in its Annual Report on Form 10-K, or the Annual Report. Joe’s fiscal year end is November 30.

Joe’s principal business activity involves the design, development and worldwide marketing of apparel products.  Joe’s primary current operating subsidiary is Joe’s Jeans Subsidiary Inc., or Joe’s Jeans Subsidiary.  All significant inter-company transactions have been eliminated.  Joe’s operates in two primary business segments:  Wholesale and Retail.  Joe’s Wholesale segment is comprised of sales to retailers, specialty stores and distributors and includes expenses from marketing, sales, distribution and customer service departments.  Also, some international sales are made directly to wholesale customers who operate retail stores.  Joe’s Retail segment is comprised of sales to consumers through full-price retail stores, outlet stores and through the www.joesjeans.com/shop internet site.  Joe’s Corporate and other is comprised of corporate operations, which include the executive, finance, legal, and human resources departments, design and production.  Prior to the filing of Joe’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended May 31, 2010, Joe’s operated in one business segment with an immaterial amount of sales from retail operations and license agreements.  The previous periods reported have been revised to reflect this change in Joe’s reportable segments.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X.  Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements.  These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto contained in its Annual Report.  In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments), which management considers necessary to present fairly Joe’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented.  The results for the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results anticipated for the entire year ending November 30, 2010.  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements.  Actual results may differ from those estimates.

NOTE 2 —ADOPTION OF ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued a standard on business combinations that significantly changes the accounting for business combinations. Under the standard, an acquiring entity is required to recognize all the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a transaction at the acquisition-date fair value with limited exceptions and includes a substantial number of new disclosure requirements.  The standard applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008, which is the year beginning December 1, 2009 for Joe’s.  Joe’s does not expect that this standard will have any impact on its financial statements unless it enters into an applicable transaction in the future.

In December 2007, the FASB issued a standard that establishes new accounting and reporting standards for a non-controlling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary.  Specifically, this statement requires the recognition of a non-controlling interest (minority interest) as equity in the consolidated financial statements separate from the parent’s equity.  The amount of net income attributable to the non-controlling interest will be included in consolidated net income on the face of the income statement.  The standard clarifies that changes in a parent’s ownership interest in a subsidiary that do not result in deconsolidation are equity transactions if the parent retains its controlling financial interest.  In addition, this statement requires that a parent recognize a gain or loss in net income when a

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subsidiary is deconsolidated.  Such gain or loss will be measured using the fair value of the non-controlling equity investment on the deconsolidation date and includes expanded disclosure requirements regarding the interests of the parent and its non-controlling interest.  The standard is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008, which is the year beginning December 1, 2009 for Joe’s.  Joe’s does not expect that it will have any impact on its financial statements unless it enters into an applicable transaction in the future.

In April 2008, the FASB issued a standard that amends the factors that should be considered in developing renewal or extension assumptions used to determine the useful life of a recognized intangible asset in order to improve the consistency between the useful life of a recognized intangible asset and the period of expected cash flows used to measure the fair value of the asset.  The standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, which is the year beginning December 1, 2009 for Joe’s, and interim periods within that fiscal year.  The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results from operations.

In April 2009, the FASB issued changes regarding interim disclosures about fair value of financial instruments.  The changes enhance consistency in financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair value disclosures from annually to quarterly.  The changes require disclosures on a quarterly basis of qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value. The disclosure requirement became effective beginning with its first interim reporting period ending after June 15, 2009. The adoption of this change did not have a material impact on Joe’s results of operations or financial condition.

In May 2009, the FASB issued a standard related to subsequent events.  The standard is effective for interim or annual periods ending after June 15, 2009 and establishes general standards of accounting for and disclosures of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or are available to be issued.  In February 2010, the FASB issued an update to the standard related to subsequent events effective for all financial statements of SEC filers issued after February 24, 2010, which removed the requirement to disclose the date through which subsequent events were evaluated.  The adoption of this update to the standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results from operations.

In June 2009, the FASB issued a standard related to the FASB accounting standards codification and the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles.  The standard will become the source of authoritative U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities.  Rules and interpretive releases of the SEC under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants.  On the effective date of this standard, the codification will supersede all then-existing non-SEC accounting and reporting standards.  All other non-grandfathered non-SEC accounting literature not included in the codification will become non-authoritative.  This standard is effective for financial statements issued for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009.  The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on Joe’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows.

In June 2009, the FASB issued an amendment to a standard related to the accounting for transfer of financial assets.  The amendment consists of the removal of the concept of a special-purpose entity, the elimination of the exception of qualifying special-purpose entities from the consolidation guidance and clarifies the unit of account eligible for sale accounting.  The standard is effective as of the beginning of the first annual reporting period that begins after November 15, 2009, which is the year beginning December 1, 2009 for Joe’s, and interim periods within that fiscal year.  The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on its financial position or results from operations.

In December 2009, Joe’s adopted an update to a standard related to determining whether instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities. This update defines unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends as participating securities that should be included in computing earnings per share, or EPS, using the two-class method. Certain of the Joe’s non-vested restricted stock awards previously granted qualify as participating securities. As required, all current and prior period EPS were evaluated. The adoption did not have a material impact on the Joe’s EPS.

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In February 2010, the FASB issued an update to a standard to amend the topic of Subsequent Events. As a result of this update, Joe’s will no longer disclose the date through which we evaluated subsequent events in the financial statements - either in originally issued financial statements or reissued financial statements. This change addresses practice issues for Joe’s with respect to processes around issuing financial statements and Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC registration requirements (e.g., incorporation by reference of previously issued financial statements). In addition, Joe’s will not have to disclose the date that financial statements were reissued unless the financial statements are revised - for either an error correction or other retrospective application of GAAP. Joe’s will evaluate subsequent events through the date that the financial statements are issued. Joe’s adopted this guidance in the second fiscal quarter of 2010, and this guidance did not have a material impact on its financial statements.

NOTE 3 — ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, INVENTORY ADVANCES AND DUE TO FACTOR

Joe’s primary method to obtain the cash necessary for operating needs was through the sale of accounts receivable pursuant to factoring agreements and obtaining advances under inventory security agreements with its factor, CIT Commercial Services, Inc., a unit of CIT Group Inc., or CIT.

As a result of these agreements, amounts due to factor consist of the following (in thousands):

Of the total amount of receivables sold as of August 31, 2010 and November 30, 2009, Joe’s bears the risk of payment of $331,000 and $263,000, respectively, in the event of non-payment by its customers.

CIT Commercial Services

The Joe’s Jeans Subsidiary is a party to an accounts receivable factoring agreement and an inventory security agreement with CIT.  The accounts receivable agreement gives Joe’s the ability to obtain cash by selling to CIT certain of its accounts receivable and the inventory security agreement gives Joe’s the ability to obtain advances for up to 50 percent of the value of certain eligible inventory.  The accounts receivables are sold for up to 85 percent of the face amount on either a recourse or non-recourse basis depending on the creditworthiness of the customer.  CIT currently permits Joe’s to sell its accounts receivables at the maximum level of 85 percent and allows advances of up to $6,000,000 for eligible inventory.  CIT has the ability, in its discretion at any time or from time to time, to adjust or revise any limits on the amount of loans or advances made to Joe’s pursuant to both of these agreements and to impose surcharges on our rates for certain of our customers.  As further assurance to CIT, cross guarantees were executed by and among Joe’s and all of its parent and subsidiaries to guarantee each entity’s obligations.

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As of August 31, 2010, Joe’s cash availability with CIT was approximately $975,000.  This amount fluctuates on a daily basis based upon invoicing and collection related activity by CIT for the receivables sold.  In connection with both of the agreements with CIT, certain assets are pledged to CIT, including all of Joe’s inventory, merchandise and/or goods, including raw materials through finished goods and receivables; however, Joe’s trademarks are not encumbered.

In May 2010, the parties amended the accounts receivable agreement to provide for a change in the factoring fees, an extension of the agreement and additional termination rights.  The accounts receivable agreement may be terminated by CIT upon 60 days’ written notice or immediately upon the occurrence of an event of default as defined in the agreement.  The accounts receivable agreement may be terminated by Joe’s upon 60 days’ written notice prior to June 30, 2011, or earlier provided that the minimum factoring fees have been paid for the respective period or CIT fails to fund Joe’s for five consecutive days.  The inventory agreement may be terminated once all obligations are paid under both agreements or if an event of default occurs as defined in the agreement.

From June 1 to June 30, 2010, Joe’s paid to CIT a factoring rate of 0.6 percent to factor accounts which CIT bore the credit risk, subject to discretionary surcharges, and 0.4 percent for accounts which Joe’s bore the credit risk.  The interest rate associated with borrowings under the inventory lines and factoring facility is 0.25 percent plus the Chase prime rate.  Beginning July 1, 2010, the factoring rate changed to 0.55 percent for accounts which CIT bears the credit risk, subject to discretionary surcharges, up to $40,000,000 of invoices factored, 0.50 percent over $40,000,000 of invoices factored and 0.35 percent for accounts which Joe’s bears the credit risk.  The interest rate associated with borrowings under the inventory lines and factoring facility is 0.25 percent plus the Chase prime rate.  As of August 31, 2010, the Chase prime rate was 3.25 percent.

In addition, in the event Joe’s needs additional funds, Joe’s has also established a letter of credit facility with CIT to allow it to open letters of credit for a fee of 0.25 percent of the letter of credit face value with international and domestic suppliers, subject to availability.  At August 31, 2010, Joe’s had three letters of credit outstanding in the aggregate amount of $51,000.

NOTE 4 — INVENTORIES

Inventories are valued at the lower of cost or market with cost determined by the first-in, first-out method.  Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

Joe’s did not record any charges to its inventory reserve allowance for the three or nine months ended August 31, 2010 and 2009.

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NOTE 5 —RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

As of August 31, 2010 and November 30, 2009, Joe’s related party balance consisted of amounts due to and due from certain related parties, as follows (in thousands):

Joe Dahan

Joe Dahan, an officer, director and greater than 10 percent stockholder of Joe’s, is entitled to a certain percentage of the gross profit earned by Joe’s in any applicable fiscal year until October 2017 as a result of the merger. See “Note 9- Commitments and Contingencies” for a further discussion of the merger consideration.

Albert Dahan

In April 2009, Joe’s entered into a commission-based sales agreement with Albert Dahan, brother of Joe Dahan, for the sale of its products into the off-price channels of distribution.  Under the agreement, Mr. Albert Dahan is entitled to a commission for purchase orders entered into by Joe’s where he acts as a sales person for Joe’s.  The agreement may be terminated at any time for any reason or no reason with or without notice.  For the third quarter of fiscal 2010, Mr. Albert Dahan earned $226,000 under this arrangement.

Effective as of June 1, 2009, Joe’s entered into a license agreement for the license of the children’s product line with Kids Jeans LLC, or Kids LLC, an entity which Mr. Albert Dahan holds an interest where he has voting control over the entity.  Under the terms of the license, Kids LLC has an exclusive right to produce, distribute and sell children’s products bearing the Joe’s® brand on a worldwide basis, subject to certain limitations on the channels of distribution.  In exchange for the license, Kids LLC will pay to Joe’s a royalty payment of 20 percent on the first $5,000,000 in net sales and 10 percent thereafter.  The initial term of the agreement is for three years until June 30, 2012 and is subject to certain guaranteed minimum net sales and royalty payment requirements during the initial term and for renewal.  Kids LLC advanced $1,000,000 as a payment against the first year’s guaranteed minimum royalties.  This amount has been reflected under the caption of “Deferred Licensing Revenue” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  Joe’s expects to recognize the royalty revenue based upon a percentage as set forth in the agreement of the licensees actual net sales or minimum net sales, whichever is greater.  Payments received in consideration of the grant of the license or advanced royalty payments are recognized ratably as revenue over the term of the license agreement.  The revenue recognized ratably over the term of the license agreement will not exceed royalty payments received.  The unrecognized portion of the upfront payments are included in deferred royalties and accrued expenses depending on the long or short term nature of the payments to be recognized.  As of August 31, 2010, all of the advanced payment has been recognized as income.

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NOTE 6— EARNINGS PER SHARE

Earnings per share are computed using weighted average common shares and dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding.  Potentially dilutive securities consist of outstanding options and warrants.  A reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share is as follows:

For the three months ended August 31, 2010 and 2009, currently exercisable options and warrants in the aggregate of 450,000 and 4,117,340, respectively, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share because the exercise prices of such options, warrants and unvested restricted shares and RSUs were out-of-the-money.  For the nine months ended August 31, 2010 and 2009, currently exercisable options and warrants in the aggregate of 450,000 and 4,242,340, respectively, have been excluded from the calculation of diluted income per share because the exercise prices of such options, warrant and unvested restricted shares and RSUs were out-of-the-money.

Shares Reserved for Future Issuance

As of August 31, 2010, shares reserved for future issuance include (i) 919,572 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted under the incentive plans; (ii) 3,500,792 shares of common stock issuable upon the vesting of RSUs; and (iii) an aggregate of 3,667,483 shares of common stock available for future issuance under the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.

NOTE 7 —INCOME TAXES

Joe’s utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with FASB Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, 740.  Under the liability method, deferred taxes are determined based on the temporary differences between the financial statements and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates.

Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The likelihood of a material change in Joe’s expected realization of these assets depends on its ability to generate sufficient future taxable income. Joe’s ability to generate enough taxable income to utilize its deferred tax assets depends on many factors, among which is Joe’s ability to deduct tax loss carry-forwards against future taxable income, the effectiveness of tax planning strategies and reversing deferred tax liabilities.

Joe’s and its subsidiaries are subject to U.S. federal income tax as well as income tax in multiple state jurisdictions.  To the extent allowed by law, the tax authorities may have the right to examine prior periods where net operating losses were generated and carried forward, and make adjustments up to the amount of the net operating loss carryforward amount.  The only periods subject to examination for Joe’s federal tax returns are years 2006 through 2008. The periods subject to examination for Joe’s state tax returns in California are years 2005 through 2008.  Joe’s is not currently under an Internal Revenue Service tax examination or an examination by any other state, local or foreign jurisdictions for any tax year.

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Joe’s had a net operating loss carryforward of $42,538,000 at the end of fiscal 2009 for federal tax purposes that expire through 2026. Joe’s also has $25,553,000 of net operating loss carryforwards available for California which begin to expire in 2014.

Certain limitations may be placed on net operating loss carryforwards as a result of “changes in control” as defined in Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code.  In the event a change in control occurs, it will have the effect of limiting the annual usage of the carryforwards in future years.  Additional changes in control in future periods could result in further limitations of Joe’s ability to offset taxable income.  Management believes that certain changes in control have occurred which resulted in limitations on its net operating loss carryforwards.

NOTE 8 — STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Warrants

Joe’s has historically issued warrants in conjunction with various private placements of its common stock, and debt to equity conversions.  As of August 31, 2010, all outstanding common stock warrants have been exercised or have expired.

Stock Incentive Plans

In September 2000, Joe’s adopted the 2000 Director Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2000 Director Plan, under which nonqualified stock options were granted to members of the Board of Directors in lieu of cash director fees.  After the adoption of the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan in June 2004, Joe’s no longer granted options pursuant to the 2000 Director Plan; however, it remains in effect for awards outstanding as of the adoption of the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.  As of August 31, 2010, options to purchase up to 144,572 shares of common stock remained outstanding under the 2000 Director Plan.

On June 3, 2004, Joe’s adopted the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan, or the 2004 Incentive Plan, and has subsequently amended it to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance to 12,265,172 shares of common stock.  Under the 2004 Incentive Plan, grants may be made to employees, officers, directors and consultants under a variety of awards based upon underlying equity, including, but not limited to, stock options, restricted common stock, restricted stock units or performance shares.  The 2004 Incentive Plan limits the number of shares that can be awarded to any employee in one year to 1,250,000.  Exercise price for incentive options may not be less than the fair market value of Joe’s common stock on the date of grant and the exercise period may not exceed ten years.  Vesting periods, terms and types of awards are determined by the Board of Directors and/or its Compensation and Stock Option Committee, or Compensation Committee.  The 2004 Incentive Plan includes a provision for the acceleration of vesting of all awards upon a change of control as well as a provision that allows forfeited or unexercised awards that have expired to be available again for future issuance. Since fiscal 2008, Joe’s has issued both restricted common stock and restricted common stock units, or RSUs, to its officers, directors and employees pursuant to the 2004 Stock Incentive Plan.  The RSUs represent the right to receive one share of common stock for each unit on the vesting date provided that the employee continues to be employed by Joe’s.   On the vesting date of the RSUs, Joe’s expects to issue the shares of common stock to each participant upon vesting and expects to withhold an equivalent number of shares at fair market value on the vesting date to fulfill tax withholding obligations.  Any RSUs withheld or forfeited will be shares available for issuance in accordance with the terms of the 2004 Incentive Plan.

The shares of common stock issued upon exercise of a previously granted stock option or a grant of restricted common stock or RSUs are considered new issuances from shares reserved for issuance in connection with the adoption of the various plans.  Joe’s requires that the option holder provide a written notice of exercise in accordance with the option agreement and plan to the stock plan administrator and full payment for the shares be made prior to issuance.  All issuances are made under the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable plan.  As of August 31, 2010, 3,667,483 shares remained available for issuance under the 2004 Incentive Plan.

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For all stock compensation awards that contain graded vesting with time-based service conditions, Joe’s has elected to apply a straight-line recognition method to account for all of these awards.  For existing grants that were not fully vested at November 30, 2009, there was a total of $456,000 and $1,286,000 of stock based compensation expense recognized during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010, respectively.

The following summarizes option grants, restricted common stock and RSUs issued to members of the Board of Directors for the fiscal years 2002 through the third quarter of fiscal 2010 (in actual amounts) for service as a member:

Exercise prices for options outstanding as of August 31, 2010 are as follows:

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The following table summarizes the stock option activity by plan:

Stock activity in the aggregate for the periods indicated are as follows (in actual amounts):

As of August 31, 2010, there was $3,006,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the 2004 Incentive Plan.  That unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.5 years.

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A summary of the status of restricted common stock and RSUs as of November 30, 2009, and changes during the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010, are presented below:

In the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010, there were no options or RSUs granted.  In the three and nine months ended August 31, 2010, Joe’s issued 455,792 and 835,200 shares of its common stock to holders of RSUs, respectively, and withheld or cancelled 206,869 RSUs and 318,957 RSUs, respectively.  In addition, 2,306,474 options to purchase shares of its common stock were exercised and Joe’s withheld the value of 1,415,005 shares not yet issued for payment of the exercise price or tax withholding obligations.

NOTE 9 — COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Contingent Consideration Payments

Joe’s, Joe’s Subsidiary, JD Holdings, Inc., or JD Holdings, and Joseph Dahan, the sole stockholder of JD Holdings, entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger on February 6, 2007, as amended on June 25, 2007, or the Merger Agreement.  JD Holdings primary assets included all rights, title and interest in all intellectual property, including the trademarks, related to the Joe’s®, Joe’s Jeans™ and JD brand and marks, or the Joe’s Brand.  JD Holdings was the successor to JD Design, the entity from whom Joe’s licensed the Joe’s Brand.  The license agreement terminated automatically upon completion of the merger.  Joe’s acquired JD Holdings in order to acquire the Joe’s Brand.  This acquisition allowed it to expand its product offerings and the brand in the marketplace, including the opening of company owned retail stores and licensing additional product categories.  Joe’s believed that the combined company created synergies to allow it to generate additional revenue from the brand recognition established by the denim business and increased market opportunity.  Joe’s also believed that the combined company and complete ownership of the Joe’s Brand enhanced the value of Joe’s from a stockholder and market participant point of view.  Joe’s believes that these factors support the amount of goodwill recorded.

As part of the consideration paid in connection with the merger and without regard to continued employment, Mr. Dahan is entitled to a certain percentage of the gross profit earned by Joe’s in any applicable fiscal year until October 2017.  Mr. Dahan is entitled to the following: (i) 11.33 percent of the gross profit from $11,251,000 to $22,500,000; (ii) three percent of the gross profit from $22,501,000 to $31,500,000; (iii) two percent of the gross profit

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from $31,501,000 to $40,500,000; (iv) one percent of the gross profit above $40,501,000.  The payments may be paid in advance on a monthly basis based upon estimates of gross profits after the assumption has been reached that the payments are likely to be paid.  At the end of each quarter, any overpayments are offset against future payments and any significant underpayments are made.  No payments are made if the gross profit is less than $11,250,000.  “Gross Profit” is defined as net sales of the Joe’s® brand less cost of goods sold.

Retail Leases

Joe’s leases retail store locations under operating lease agreements expiring on various dates through 2020 or 10 years from the rent commencement date. Joe’s currently has 18 executed leases.  Some of these leases require Joe’s to make periodic payments for property taxes, utilities and common area operating expenses. Certain retail store leases provide for rents based upon the minimum annual rental amount and a percentage of annual sales volume, generally ranging from 6% to 8%, when specific sales volumes are exceeded.  Some leases include lease incentives, rent abatements and fixed rent escalations, which are amortized and recorded over the initial lease term on a straight-line basis.

As of August 31, 2010, the future minimum rental payments under non-cancelable retail operating leases with lease terms in excess of one year were as follows (in thousands):

NOTE 11— SEASONALITY

The market for apparel products is seasonal.  The majority of Joe’s sales activities take place from late fall to early spring and the greatest volume of shipments and sales are generally made from late spring through the summer.  This time period coincides with Joe’s second and third fiscal quarters and its cash flow is generally strongest in its third and fourth fiscal quarters when a significant amount of its net sales are realized as a result of shipping orders taken during earlier months.  In the second quarter in order to prepare for peak sales that occur during the second half of the year, Joe’s builds its inventory levels, which results in higher liquidity needs compared to other quarters.

Due to the seasonality of its business, as well as the evolution and changes in its business and product mix, Joe’s quarterly or yearly results are not necessarily indicative of the results for the next quarter or year.  Furthermore, because of the limited number of full price retail and outlet stores open last year and the growing number of full-price retail and outlet stores opened thusfar in fiscal 2010, Joe’s is continuing to assess the seasonality of its business on its retail segment and its potential impact on Joe’s financial results.

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NOTE 12 — SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following table contains summarized financial information concerning our reportable segments: