Iconix Brand Group (NASDAQ:ICON) is a brand management company and owner of a diversified portfolio of global consumer brands across entertainment, home segments and women’s and men’s fashion. Iconix shares declined throughout the year as a litany of items, including a change in senior management, an accounting restatement, an ongoing SEC review and disappointing results from the Peanuts and men’s fashion brands resulted in a reduction of revenue and cash flow guidance for 2015 and 2016. We have talked to management about these issues and their plans to fund a $300 million convertible maturity in June of 2016. Iconix remains a small allocation as we continue to evaluate the newly appointed management team’s progress.
From Wallace Weitz (Trades, Portfolio)'s fourth quarter 2015 Partners Value Fund commentary.
