capital expenditures of $2.8 million mainly due to expenditures related to Company stores and shop-in-shops and $1.9 million of long-term investments. Cash used in investing activities for the six months ended July 31, 2024 included $4.3 million of long-term investments and $3.9 million of capital expenditures.
Cash used in financing activities was $17.6 million for the six months ended July 31, 2025 as compared to cash used in financing activities of $17.7 million for the six months ended July 31, 2024. The cash used in the six months ended July 31, 2025 included $15.6 million in dividends paid, $1.6 million in stock repurchased in the open market and $0.5 million of shares repurchased as a result of the surrender of shares by employees in connection with the vesting of certain stock awards. Cash used in financing activities for the six months ended July 31, 2024 included $15.5 million in dividends paid, $1.1 million in stock repurchased in the open market and $1.1 million of shares repurchased as a result of the surrender of shares by employees in connection with the vesting of certain stock awards.
The Company and its U.S. and Swiss subsidiaries (collectively, the "Borrowers") are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement originally dated October 12, 2018 (as subsequently amended, the “Credit Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto and Bank of America, N.A. as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Agent”). The Credit Agreement provides for a $100.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Facility”) and has a maturity date of October 28, 2026. The Facility includes a $15.0 million letter of credit subfacility, a $25.0 million swingline subfacility and a $75.0 million sublimit for borrowings by the Swiss Borrower, with provisions for uncommitted increases to the Facility of up to $50.0 million in the aggregate subject to customary terms and conditions. The Credit Agreement contains affirmative and negative covenants binding on the Company and its subsidiaries that are customary for credit facilities of this type, including, but not limited to, restrictions and limitations on the incurrence of debt and liens, dispositions of assets, capital expenditures, dividends and other payments in respect of equity interests, the making of loans and equity investments, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and dissolutions, and transactions with affiliates (in each case, subject to various exceptions).
The borrowings under the Facility are joint and several obligations of the Borrowers and are also cross-guaranteed by each Borrower, except that the Swiss Borrower is not liable for, nor does it guarantee, the obligations of the U.S. Borrowers. In addition, the Borrowers' obligations under the Facility are secured by first priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on substantially all of the U.S. Borrowers' assets other than certain excluded assets. The Swiss Borrower does not provide collateral to secure the obligations under the Facility.
As of both July 31, 2025, and July 31, 2024, there were no amounts of loans outstanding under the Facility. Availability under the Facility was reduced by the aggregate number of letters of credit outstanding, issued in connection with retail and operating facility leases to various landlords and for Canadian payroll to the Royal Bank of Canada, totaling approximately $0.3 million at both July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024. At July 31, 2025, the letters of credit have expiration dates through June 1, 2026. As of both July 31, 2025, and July 31, 2024, availability under the Facility was $99.7 million. For additional information regarding the Facility, see Note 6 - Debt and Lines of Credit to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company had weighted average borrowings under the Facility of zero during both the three and six months ended July 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The Company's Swiss subsidiary maintains unsecured lines of credit with a Swiss bank that are subject to repayment upon demand. As of July 31, 2025, and 2024, these lines of credit totaled 6.5 million Swiss Francs for both periods, with a dollar equivalent of $8.0 million and $7.4 million, respectively. As of July 31, 2025, and 2024, there were no borrowings against these lines. As of July 31, 2025 and 2024, two European banks had guaranteed obligations to third parties on behalf of two of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries in the dollar equivalent of $1.5 million and $1.4 million, respectively, in various foreign currencies, of which $0.8 million and $0.7 million, respectively, was a restricted deposit as it relates to lease agreements.
Cash paid for interest, including unused commitments fees, was $0.1 million for both the six month periods ended July 31, 2025 and July 31, 2024, respectively.
From time to time the Company may make minority investments in growth companies in the consumer products sector and other sectors relevant to its business, including certain of the Company's suppliers and customers, as well as in venture capital funds that invest in companies in media, entertainment, information technology and technology-related fields and in digital assets. During fiscal 2022, the Company committed to invest up to $21.5 million in such investments. The Company funded approximately $14.1 million of these commitments through fiscal 2025 and an additional $1.9 million during the first six months of fiscal 2026 and may be called upon to satisfy capital calls in respect of the remaining $5.6 million in such commitments at any time during a period generally ending ten years after the first capital call in respect of a given commitment. During the three-month period ended July 31, 2025, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $0.4 million related to one of its investments in a venture capital fund in which the Company has a limited partnership interest. The write-down was a result of a decline in the fair value of the investment primarily attributable to a deterioration in the financial condition and operating performance of certain of the underlying portfolio companies within the fund that was determined to be other than temporary. The Company will continue to regularly evaluate the carrying value of its investments.