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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
_____________
FORM 11-K
ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
(Mark One):
☒  ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the fiscal year ended    December 31, 2018 
OR
☐  TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

For the transition period from __________ to __________
Commission file number    1-724    
Full title of the plan and the address of the plan, if different from that of the issuer named below:  PVH Corp. Associates Investment Plan
Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal executive office: PVH Corp., 200 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016


SIGNATURES
The Plan.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Plan Committee has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
PVH CORP.
 
ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN
   
Date:  June 26, 2019
By:  /s/ Dana Perlman 
 
Dana Perlman
 
Member of Plan Committee
ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K ITEM 4

PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2018 and 2017







ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 11-K ITEM 4

PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

TABLE OF CONTENTS

December 31, 2018 and 2017






 
Page
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

Financial Statements

 Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits 

 Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits 

 Notes to Financial Statements 

Supplemental Schedule

 Form 5500, Schedule H, Line 4i--Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year)
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Administrative Committee of the Plan
PVH Associates Investment Plan

Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for plan benefits of the PVH Associates Investment Plan (the “Plan”) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the year ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for plan benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the changes in net assets available for plan benefits for the ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Plan’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Plan in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
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Accompanying Supplemental Information
The supplemental information in the accompanying Schedule H, line 4i - schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2018, has been subjected to audit procedures performed in conjunction with the audit of the Plan’s financial statements. The supplemental information is the responsibility of the Plan’s management. Our audit procedures included determining whether the supplemental information reconciles to the financial statements or the underlying accounting and other records, as applicable and performing procedures to test the completeness and accuracy of the information presented in the supplemental information. In forming our opinion on the supplemental information, we evaluated whether the supplemental information, including its form and content, is presented in conformity with the Department of Labor’s Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. In our opinion, the supplemental information is fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

We have served as the Plan’s auditor since 2005.


Spielman, Koenigsberg & Parker, LLP


New York, NY
June 24, 2019
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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

December 31, 2018 and 2017

 
2018
  
2017
Assets
      
       
Cash
$                328 
  
$      1,667,001 
Participant-directed investments, at fair value
599,561,423 
  
639,665,360 
Receivables:
      
Notes from participants
     10,939,989 
  
      10,455,157 
       
Total Assets
      610,501,740 
  
     651,787,518 
       
Net assets available for benefits
$  610,501,740 
  
$  651,787,518 
       






The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these financial statements.
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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2018


Additions
  
   
Investment income:
  
      Net depreciation of investments
$  (72,274,040)
      Dividend income
     21,084,670 
Total investment income
(51,189,370)
   
Interest income on notes receivable from participants
494,033 
   
Contributions:
  
   Employer, net of forfeitures
15,125,136 
   Participants
36,338,660 
   Rollovers
        3,437,732 
Total contributions
54,901,528 
   
Total additions
4,206,191 
   
Deductions
  
   
Payments to participants
45,046,436 
Administrative expenses
 
           445,533 
Total deductions
45,491,969 
   
Net decrease in net assets available for benefits
(41,285,778)
   
Net assets available for benefits at beginning of year
    651,787,518 
   
Net assets available for benefits at end of year
$  610,501,740 
   


The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these financial statements.
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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017

1. Description of the Plan

The following description of the PVH Associates Investment Plan (the “Plan”) provides only general information.  Participants should refer to the Plan Document for a more complete description of the Plan’s provisions. 

General

The Plan is a defined contribution plan covering salaried or hourly clerical, warehouse, distribution, and United States retail field employees of PVH Corp. (the “Company”) who are at least age 21 or older, have completed the earlier of; at least three consecutive months of service and are regularly scheduled to work at least 20 hours per week; or have completed at least 1,000 hours of service during the first 12 months of employment or in any subsequent calendar year.  The Plan is subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”).

Trustee and Recordkeeper

Through November 25, 2018, the Plan’s trustee and recordkeeper were Charles Schwab Bank and Milliman, Inc., respectively. Effective November 26, 2018, the Plan’s recordkeeper and trustee services were Empower Retirement and Great-West Trust Company, respectively.

Contributions

Participants may contribute up to 25% of pre-tax annual compensation, as defined by the Plan, limited to $18,500 and $18,000 per annum for the 2018 and 2017 plan years, respectively.  In addition, eligible participants who have attained the age of 50 before the close of the plan year are eligible to make catch-up contributions up to $6,000 for the 2018 and 2017 plan years.  The Company matches 100% of the first 1% of eligible compensation that a participant contributes to the Plan, plus 50% of the next 5% of eligible compensation contributed by the participant.

Participant Accounts

Each participant’s account is credited with the participant’s contributions and allocations of (a) the Company’s contributions and (b) Plan earnings.  Forfeited balances of terminated participants’ nonvested accounts are used to reduce future Company contributions.







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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Vesting

Amounts attributable to participant contributions and the allocated earnings thereon are immediately vested.  All participants become 100% vested in Company contributions and the allocated earnings thereon after two years of service.  Upon death, permanent disability, or reaching age 65, participants or their beneficiaries become 100% vested in Company contributions.

Investment Options

Upon enrollment in the Plan, a participant may direct employee or Company contributions into any of the various investment options.  A participant may contribute a maximum of 25% of contributions in PVH Corp. common stock.

Notes Receivable from Participants

Participants may borrow from the Plan, with certain restrictions, using their vested account balance as collateral.  The minimum loan amount is $1,000 and the maximum loan amount is the lesser of (i) $50,000 reduced by the participant’s highest outstanding loan balance during the previous 12 months, or (ii) 50% of the vested value of the participant’s account. Interest is fixed for the term of the loan at the prime rate plus 1%. Loan repayments are made through payroll deductions, which may be specified for a term of 1 to 5 years or up to 15 years for the purchase of a primary residence.  Upon termination of employment, a participant is given 90 days to repay the loan in full or to establish loan repayments through an ACH debit origination before it is considered to be in default. Delinquent loans are considered to be distributions based on the terms of the Plan document.  Notes receivable from participants are measured as the unpaid principal balance plus any accrued but unpaid interest.

At December 31, 2018, outstanding notes receivable from participants totaled $10,939,989, with maturity dates through 2033 at interest rates ranging from 4.25% to 9.25%.

Forfeitures

Company contributions made on behalf of non-vested or partially vested employees who have terminated are retained by the Plan and are used to reduce the Company’s future matching contributions.  In 2018 and 2017, forfeitures of $352,940 and $916,553, respectively, were used by the Plan to reduce the Company’s matching contributions.  At December 31, 2018 and 2017, cumulative forfeited non-vested accounts totaled $173,663 and $178,743, respectively.

Payment of Benefits

Participants electing final distributions will receive payment in the form of a lump sum amount or installment payments equal to the value of their vested account unless the participant notifies the Company of their intent to receive all or a portion of their investment balance in PVH Corp. common stock in the form of shares.

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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Plan Termination

Although it has not expressed any intent to do so, the Company has the right under the Plan to discontinue its contributions at any time and to terminate the Plan subject to the provisions of ERISA. In the event of Plan termination, participants will become 100% vested in their accounts.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements of the Plan were prepared using the accrual basis of accounting.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the Plan administrator to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities therein, and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those estimates.

Administrative Expenses

In general, costs and expenses of administering the Plan are paid and absorbed by the Plan or the Plan Sponsor. The Plan's administrative expenses may be paid for through offsets and/or payments associated with one or more of the Plan's investment options. Investment management or related fees associated with certain investment fund options are paid by participants.

Investments

Investments are recorded in the accompanying financial statements at fair value.  Purchases and sales of securities are reflected on a settlement date basis.  All assets of the Plan are held by the Trustee and are segregated from the assets of the Company.


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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Recent Accounting Guidance

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement.  The objective of this guidance is to improve the effectiveness of disclosure for fair value measurements by adding, eliminating and modifying certain disclosure requirements.  The ASU should be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Plan early adopted this standard in 2018 and adoption had no impact on the Plan financial statements.

3. Party-In-Interest Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Plan purchased 22,494 and sold 29,046 shares of the Company’s common stock and received $78,271 during 2018 from the Company as payment of dividends on its common stock.  During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Plan purchased 24,502 and sold 45,630 shares of the Company’s common stock and received $65,763 from the Company as payment of dividends on its common stock.   Certain legal and accounting fees, and administrative expenses relating to the maintenance of participant eligibility records are paid by the company participating in the plan, and accordingly, are not included in the financial statements of the Plan.

4. Fair Value Measurements

The FASB defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  The guidance establishes a three level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value.  The three levels of the hierarchy are defined as follows:

Level 1 – Inputs are unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Plan has the ability to access at the measurement date.



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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Level 2 – Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, including quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in inactive markets, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data.

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs reflecting the Plan’s own assumptions about the inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available.

If the inputs used to measure the financial instruments fall within different levels of the hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement of the instrument.

The following tables set forth the financial assets of the Plan by level within the fair value hierarchy, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:
     
Fair Value Measurements at
     
December 31, 2018
Asset Category
  
Total
  
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
                 
    Mutual funds(1)
  
$524,883,525 
  
$524,883,525 
  
$        -         
  
$         -        
PVH Corp. common stock(2)
  
    38,710,702 
  
    38,710,702 
  
          -         
  
           -        
                 
Total investments measured at fair value
  
$563,594,227 
  
$563,594,227 
  
$        -         
  
$        -        
Common collective trust fund measured at
                
net asset value(3)
  
$  35,967,196 
            
Total participant-directed investments
  
$599,561,423 
            







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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS




     
Fair Value Measurements at
     
December 31, 2017
Asset Category
  
Total
  
Quoted Prices
In Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  
Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
                 
    Mutual funds(1)
  
$ 547,677,054 
  
$ 547,677,054 
  
$        -         
  
$         -        
PVH Corp. common stock(2)
  
    58,150,421 
  
    58,150,421 
  
          -         
  
           -        
                 
Total investments measured at fair value
  
$ 605,827,475 
  
$ 605,827,475 
  
$        -         
  
$        -        
Common collective trust fund measured at
                
net asset value(3)
  
$   33,837,885 
            
Total participant-directed investments
  
$ 639,665,360 
            

(1)
Valued at the net asset value of the fund(s), as determined by the closing price in the active market in which the individual fund is traded.

(2)
 Valued at the closing price of PVH Corp. common stock as determined by the closing price in the active market in which the securities are traded.

(3)
Valued at the net asset value of the fund, as determined by the fund family.  The Plan has no unfunded commitments related to this common collective trust fund.  This fund invests in guarantee contracts and instruments and is redeemable on a daily basis without restriction.


5. Risks and Uncertainties

The Plan invests in various investment securities.  Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market and credit risks.  Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amount reported in the Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits.
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PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



6. Income Tax Status

The IRS has determined and informed the Company by a letter dated April 25, 2017, that the Plan and related trust are designed in accordance with the applicable sections of the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation.  Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the IRC to maintain its qualification.  The Plan Administrator believes that the Plan is currently designed and is currently being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the IRC and therefore believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

7. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500 at December 31, 2017:

       
2017
Net assets available for benefits per the financial
      
   statements
      
$651,787,518 
Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants
      
         (85,297)
         
Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500
      
$651,702,221 
         

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid to participants per the financial statements to the Form 5500 for the year ended December 31, 2017:
   
2017
     
Benefits paid to participants per the financial statements
  
$ 42,210,323 
Add: Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants at
    
  December 31, 2017
  
 85,297 
Less: Amount allocated to withdrawing participants at
    
  December 31, 2016
  
        142,258 
Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500
  
$ 42,153,362 

Amounts allocated to withdrawing participants are recorded on the Form 5500 for benefit claims that have been processed and approved for payment prior to December 31, 2017, but not yet paid as of that date.
























SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE
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EIN: 13-1166910
Plan No: 007
PVH ASSOCIATES INVESTMENT PLAN

SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i--SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR)

December 31, 2018
         
   
(c)
    
 
(b)
Description of investment
  
(e)
(a)
Identity of issuer, borrower,
including maturity date, rate of
(d)
Current
 
lessor or similar party
interest, collateral, par or maturity value
Cost
value
         
 
American Beacon Funds
American Beacon Large Cap Value Fund;
      
   
934,055.199 shares
**
$  20,016,803 
  
 
Dimensional Fund Advisors
DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio
      
   
Institutional; 806,777.947 shares
**
15,998,407 
  
 
American Funds
Europacific Growth Fund R5; 484,735.634 shares
**
21,788,867 
  
 
Fidelity Funds
Fidelity Balanced Fund; 2,326,850.518 shares
**
48,049,463 
  
 
Metropolitan West
Metropolitan West Total Return Bond M
      
   
Fund; 1,689,370.946 shares
**
17,552,564 
  
 
T. Rowe Price
T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth; 455,706.589 shares
**
43,761,504 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Extended Market Index; 21,039.958 shares
**
1,592,725 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard  Institutional Index Fund; 228,155.695 shares
**
51,916,829 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Institutional Target Retirement income;
      
   
43,292.883 shares
**
887,937 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2015; 316,559.684 shares
**
6,533,792 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2020; 973,686.129 shares
**
20,476,619 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2025; 1,513,887.527 shares
**
32,048,999 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2030; 2,289,424.192 shares
**
48,627,370 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2035; 1,896,474.781 shares
**
40,394,913 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2040; 1,604,361.232 shares
**
34,285,199 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2045; 1,567,827.966 shares
**
33,567,197 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050; 1,081,472.436 shares
**
23,186,769 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2055; 739,486.580 shares
**
15,898,962 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2060; 160,259.391 shares
**
3,445,577 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Target Retirement 2065; 8,647.472 shares
**
170,009 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard  Total Bond Market Index
      
   
Institutional; 849,853.452 shares
**
8,880,968 
  
 
The Vanguard Group
Vanguard Total International Stock Index
      
   
Institutional; 83,355.351 shares
**
8,457,234 
  
 
Wells Fargo Funds
Wells Fargo Stable Value Class U; 694,409.691 shares
**
35,967,196 
  
 
William Blair Funds
William Blair Small-Mid Cap Growth I; 1,236,203.322
**
27,344,818 
  
   
shares
      
*
PVH Corp.
PVH Corp. Common Stock; 416,468.018 shares
*
    38,710,702 
  
           
   
Total investments
  
$599,561,423 
  
           
*
Notes receivable from
Participant notes receivable maturing at
      
 
  participants
various dates through 2033 and bearing
      
   
interest at rates from 4.25% to 9.25%
**
$10,939,989 
  
* Party-in-interest
** Cost information is not required for participant-directed investments and therefore is not included.

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.
 
23.1


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Exhibit 23.1






Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-158327) pertaining to the PVH Associates Investment Plan of our report dated June 24, 2019, with respect to the financial statements of the PVH Associates Investment Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2018.

/s/ SPIELMAN KOENIGSBERG & PARKER, LLP

SPIELMAN KOENIGSBERG & PARKER, LLP


June 24, 2019