UNITED STATES
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WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM
CURRENT REPORT
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On October 23, 2024, UniFirst Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release (“Press Release”) announcing financial results for the fourth quarter and full year of fiscal 2024, which ended on August 31, 2024. A copy of the Press Release is attached as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
The information in this Item 2.02, including the exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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UNIFIRST CORPORATION |
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Date: October 23, 2024 |
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/s/ Steven S. Sintros |
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Steven S. Sintros |
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President and Chief Executive Officer |
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/s/ Shane O’Connor |
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Shane O’Connor |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99
Investor Relations Contact
Shane O’Connor, Executive Vice President & CFO
UniFirst Corporation
978-658-8888
shane_oconnor@unifirst.com
UNIFIRST ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL FISCAL YEAR OF FISCAL 2024
Wilmington, MA – October 23, 2024 – UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) (the “Company,” “UniFirst” or “we”) today reported results for its fourth quarter and full year ended August 31, 2024, as compared to the corresponding periods in the prior fiscal year. The fourth quarter as well as the full year included an extra week compared to the prior year.
Q4 2024 Financial Highlights
The Company’s financial results for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included approximately $1.8 million and $6.1 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its customer relationship management (“CRM”) computer system and enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) projects. The Company refers to the CRM and ERP projects together as its “Key Initiatives” and does not exclude these amounts as part of its Adjusted EBITDA measure. The effect of these items on the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024 and 2023 combined to decrease:
Fiscal 2024 Financial Highlights
The Company’s financial results for the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 included $11.8 million and $33.6 million, respectively, of costs directly attributable to its Key Initiatives. In addition, the Company incurred costs during the full year of fiscal 2023 related to the acquisition of Clean Uniform of approximately $3.0 million. The effect of these items on the full years of fiscal 2024 and 2023 combined to decrease:
Steven Sintros, UniFirst President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “I am pleased to report that we closed the year with a strong fourth quarter. We accomplished a lot as a team in fiscal 2024 that will help strengthen our company as we move forward, growing our business as well as advancing our technology and other organizational initiatives. I want to thank our nearly 16,000 Team Partners who continue to Always Deliver for each other and our customers as we strive towards our vision of being universally recognized as the best service provider in the industry.”
Q4 2024 Segment Reporting Highlights
Core Laundry Operations
The costs we incurred related to the Key Initiatives, discussed above, were recorded to the Core Laundry Operations' segment, and decreased both the Core Laundry Operations' operating and Adjusted EBITDA margins for the fourth quarters of fiscal 2024 and 2023 by 0.3% and 1.2%, respectively.
The segment's operating and Adjusted EBITDA margin comparisons benefited from the additional week in fiscal 2024, as well as from lower merchandise, payroll and other operating input costs as a percentage of revenues.
Specialty Garments
Balance Sheet and Capital Allocation
Financial Outlook
Mr. Sintros continued, “For fiscal 2025, we expect our revenues to be between $2.425 billion and $2.445 billion and fully diluted earnings per share to be between $6.79 and $7.19. This guidance includes an estimated $16.0 million of costs directly attributable to our Key Initiatives that we anticipate will be expensed in fiscal 2025. Please note the following regarding our guidance:
Conference Call Information
UniFirst Corporation will hold a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss its quarterly and full year financial results, business highlights and outlook. A simultaneous live webcast of the call will be available over the Internet and can be accessed at www.unifirst.com.
About UniFirst Corporation
Headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., UniFirst Corporation (NYSE: UNF) is a North American leader in the supply and servicing of uniform and workwear programs, facility service products, as well as first aid and safety supplies and services. Together with its subsidiaries, the Company also manages specialized garment programs for the cleanroom and nuclear industries. In addition to partnering with leading brands, UniFirst manufactures its own branded workwear, protective clothing, and floorcare products at its five company-owned ISO-9001-certified manufacturing facilities. With more than 270 service locations, over 300,000 customer locations, and 16,000-plus employee Team Partners, the Company outfits more than 2 million workers every day. For more information, contact UniFirst at 888.296.2740 or visit UniFirst.com.
Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure
This public announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws that reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance, including projected revenues, operating margin and earnings per share. Forward-looking statements contained in this public announcement are subject to the safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and may be identified by words such as “guidance,” “outlook,” “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “could,” “should,” “may,” “will,” “strategy,” “objective,” “assume,” “strive,” “design,” “assumption,” “vision” or the negative versions thereof, and similar expressions and by the context in which they are used. Such forward-looking statements are based upon our current expectations and speak only as of the date made. Such statements are highly dependent upon a variety of risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, uncertainties caused by an economic recession or other adverse economic conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of elevated inflation or interest rates or extraordinary events or circumstances such as geopolitical conflicts like the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and disruption in the Middle East or the COVID-19 pandemic, and their impact on our customers’ businesses and workforce levels, disruptions of our business and operations, including limitations on, or closures of, our facilities, or the business and operations of our customers or suppliers in connection with extraordinary events or circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic, uncertainties regarding our ability to consummate acquisitions and successfully integrate acquired businesses, and the performance of such businesses, uncertainties regarding any existing or newly-discovered expenses and liabilities related to environmental compliance and remediation, any adverse outcome of pending or future contingencies or claims, our ability to compete successfully without any significant degradation in our margin rates, seasonal and quarterly fluctuations in business levels, our ability to preserve positive labor relationships and avoid becoming the target of corporate labor unionization campaigns that could disrupt our business, the effect of currency fluctuations on our results of operations and financial condition, our dependence on third parties to supply us with raw materials, which such supply could be severely disrupted as a result of extraordinary events or circumstances such as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, any loss of key management or other personnel, increased costs as a result of any changes in federal, state, international or other laws, rules and regulations or governmental interpretation of such laws, rules and regulations, uncertainties regarding, or adverse impacts from continued high price levels of natural gas, electricity, fuel and labor or increases in such costs, the negative effect on our business from sharply depressed oil and natural gas prices, the continuing increase in domestic healthcare costs, increased workers’ compensation claim costs, increased healthcare claim costs, our ability to retain and grow our customer base, demand and prices for our products and services, fluctuations in our Specialty Garments business, political or other instability, supply chain disruption or infection among our employees in Mexico and Nicaragua where our principal garment manufacturing plants are located, our ability to properly and efficiently design, construct, implement and operate a new customer relationship management computer system, interruptions or failures of our information technology systems, including as a result of cyber-attacks, additional professional and internal costs necessary for compliance with any changes in or additional Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), New York Stock Exchange and accounting or other rules, including, without limitation, recent rules adopted by the SEC regarding climate-related and cybersecurity-related disclosures, strikes and unemployment levels, our efforts to evaluate and potentially reduce internal costs, the impact of foreign trade policies and tariffs or other impositions on imported goods on our business, results of operations and financial condition, our ability to successfully implement our business strategies and processes, including our capital allocation strategies, our ability to successfully remediate the material weakness in internal control over financial reporting disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 26, 2023 and the other factors described under Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended August 26, 2023,
Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in our other filings with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which they are made.
Consolidated Statements of Income
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Fourteen |
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Thirteen |
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Fifty-three |
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Fifty-two |
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Revenues |
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$ |
639,867 |
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$ |
571,890 |
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$ |
2,427,431 |
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$ |
2,233,047 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Cost of revenues (1) |
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408,604 |
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378,009 |
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1,579,835 |
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1,481,296 |
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Selling and administrative expenses (1) |
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139,236 |
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124,685 |
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522,586 |
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496,915 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
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37,979 |
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33,118 |
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141,432 |
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121,233 |
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Total operating expenses |
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585,819 |
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535,812 |
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2,243,853 |
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2,099,444 |
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Operating income |
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54,048 |
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36,078 |
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183,578 |
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133,603 |
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Other (income) expense: |
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Interest income, net |
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(2,652 |
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(385 |
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(7,242 |
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(6,738 |
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Other (income) expense, net |
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(372 |
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(22 |
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1,441 |
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1,504 |
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Total other income, net |
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(3,024 |
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(407 |
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(5,801 |
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(5,234 |
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Income before income taxes |
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57,072 |
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36,485 |
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189,379 |
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138,837 |
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Provision for income taxes |
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12,437 |
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8,854 |
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43,905 |
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35,163 |
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Net income |
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$ |
44,635 |
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$ |
27,631 |
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$ |
145,474 |
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$ |
103,674 |
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Income per share – Basic: |
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Common Stock |
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$ |
2.50 |
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$ |
1.53 |
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$ |
8.11 |
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$ |
5.77 |
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Class B Common Stock |
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$ |
2.00 |
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$ |
1.23 |
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$ |
6.49 |
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$ |
4.62 |
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Common Stock |
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$ |
2.39 |
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$ |
1.47 |
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$ |
7.77 |
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$ |
5.53 |
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Income allocated to – Basic: |
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Common Stock |
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$ |
37,472 |
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$ |
23,222 |
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$ |
122,188 |
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$ |
87,104 |
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Class B Common Stock |
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$ |
7,163 |
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$ |
4,409 |
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$ |
23,286 |
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$ |
16,570 |
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Income allocated to – Diluted: |
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Common Stock |
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$ |
44,635 |
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$ |
27,631 |
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$ |
145,474 |
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$ |
103,674 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding – Basic: |
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Common Stock |
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15,018 |
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15,133 |
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15,073 |
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15,098 |
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Class B Common Stock |
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3,590 |
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3,590 |
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3,590 |
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3,590 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding – Diluted: |
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Common Stock |
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18,683 |
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18,790 |
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18,724 |
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18,762 |
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
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August 31, |
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August 26, |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
161,571 |
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$ |
79,443 |
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Short-term investments |
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13,505 |
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10,157 |
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Receivables, net |
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278,851 |
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279,078 |
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Inventories |
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156,908 |
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148,334 |
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Rental merchandise in service |
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237,969 |
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248,323 |
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Prepaid taxes |
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14,893 |
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20,907 |
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Prepaid expenses and other current assets |
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51,979 |
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53,876 |
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Total current assets |
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915,676 |
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840,118 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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801,612 |
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756,540 |
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Goodwill |
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648,850 |
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647,900 |
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Customer contracts and other intangible assets, net |
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119,999 |
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145,618 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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833 |
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567 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets, net |
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66,682 |
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62,565 |
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Other assets |
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142,761 |
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116,667 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
2,696,413 |
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$ |
2,569,975 |
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Liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
92,509 |
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$ |
92,730 |
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Accrued liabilities |
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170,240 |
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156,408 |
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Accrued taxes |
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447 |
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352 |
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Operating lease liabilities, current |
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18,241 |
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17,739 |
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Total current liabilities |
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281,437 |
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267,229 |
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Long-term liabilities: |
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Accrued liabilities |
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123,401 |
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121,682 |
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Accrued and deferred income taxes |
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132,496 |
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130,084 |
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Operating lease liabilities |
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50,568 |
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47,020 |
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Total long-term liabilities |
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306,465 |
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298,786 |
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Shareholders’ equity: |
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Common Stock |
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1,500 |
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1,510 |
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Class B Common Stock |
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359 |
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359 |
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Capital surplus |
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104,791 |
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99,303 |
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Retained earnings |
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2,025,505 |
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1,926,549 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
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(23,644 |
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(23,761 |
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Total shareholders’ equity |
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2,108,511 |
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2,003,960 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
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$ |
2,696,413 |
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$ |
2,569,975 |
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Detail of Operating Results
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Fourteen |
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Thirteen |
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Core Laundry |
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Specialty |
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First |
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Core Laundry |
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Specialty |
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First |
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(In thousands, except percentages) |
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Operations |
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Garments |
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Aid |
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Total |
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Operations |
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Garments |
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Aid |
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Total |
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Revenues |
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$ |
564,085 |
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$ |
46,499 |
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$ |
29,283 |
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$ |
639,867 |
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$ |
505,022 |
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$ |
41,421 |
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$ |
25,447 |
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$ |
571,890 |
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Revenue Growth % |
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11.7 |
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12.3 |
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15.1 |
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11.9 |
% |
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Operating Income (Loss) (1), (2) |
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$ |
45,368 |
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$ |
8,585 |
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$ |
95 |
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$ |
54,048 |
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$ |
30,198 |
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$ |
6,805 |
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$ |
(925 |
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$ |
36,078 |
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Operating Margin |
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8.0 |
% |
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18.5 |
% |
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0.3 |
% |
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8.4 |
% |
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6.0 |
% |
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16.4 |
% |
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-3.6 |
% |
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6.3 |
% |
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Adjusted EBITDA (1), (2) |
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$ |
83,913 |
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$ |
10,079 |
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$ |
1,035 |
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$ |
95,027 |
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$ |
64,003 |
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$ |
8,000 |
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$ |
(286 |
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$ |
71,717 |
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Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
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14.9 |
% |
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21.7 |
% |
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3.5 |
% |
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14.9 |
% |
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12.7 |
% |
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19.3 |
% |
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-1.1 |
% |
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12.5 |
% |
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Fifty-three |
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Fifty-two |
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Core Laundry |
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Specialty |
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First |
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Core Laundry |
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Specialty |
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First |
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(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Total |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Total |
|
||||||||
Revenues |
|
$ |
2,138,948 |
|
|
$ |
182,212 |
|
|
$ |
106,271 |
|
|
$ |
2,427,431 |
|
|
$ |
1,961,189 |
|
|
$ |
177,034 |
|
|
$ |
94,824 |
|
|
$ |
2,233,047 |
|
Revenue Growth % |
|
|
9.1 |
% |
|
|
2.9 |
% |
|
|
12.1 |
% |
|
|
8.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating Income (Loss) (3), (4) |
|
$ |
143,434 |
|
|
$ |
41,976 |
|
|
$ |
(1,832 |
) |
|
$ |
183,578 |
|
|
$ |
98,666 |
|
|
$ |
37,488 |
|
|
$ |
(2,551 |
) |
|
$ |
133,603 |
|
Operating Margin |
|
|
6.7 |
% |
|
|
23.0 |
% |
|
|
-1.7 |
% |
|
|
7.6 |
% |
|
|
5.0 |
% |
|
|
21.2 |
% |
|
|
-2.7 |
% |
|
|
6.0 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA (3), (4) |
|
$ |
284,570 |
|
|
$ |
47,062 |
|
|
$ |
1,710 |
|
|
$ |
333,342 |
|
|
$ |
222,800 |
|
|
$ |
42,146 |
|
|
$ |
466 |
|
|
$ |
265,412 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
|
25.8 |
% |
|
|
1.6 |
% |
|
|
13.7 |
% |
|
|
11.4 |
% |
|
|
23.8 |
% |
|
|
0.5 |
% |
|
|
11.9 |
% |
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
(In thousands) |
|
Fifty-three |
|
|
Fifty-two |
|
||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net income |
|
$ |
145,474 |
|
|
$ |
103,674 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Depreciation and amortization (1) |
|
|
141,432 |
|
|
|
121,233 |
|
Share-based compensation |
|
|
9,773 |
|
|
|
9,063 |
|
Accretion on environmental contingencies |
|
|
1,264 |
|
|
|
1,036 |
|
Accretion on asset retirement obligations |
|
|
976 |
|
|
|
923 |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
5,231 |
|
|
|
22,143 |
|
Other |
|
|
1,027 |
|
|
|
1,020 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Receivables, less reserves |
|
|
511 |
|
|
|
(21,714 |
) |
Inventories |
|
|
(8,458 |
) |
|
|
4,001 |
|
Rental merchandise in service |
|
|
10,548 |
|
|
|
(20,847 |
) |
Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other assets |
|
|
(12,582 |
) |
|
|
(7,057 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
|
(4,069 |
) |
|
|
10,111 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
|
(3,021 |
) |
|
|
(12,762 |
) |
Prepaid and accrued income taxes |
|
|
7,163 |
|
|
|
4,938 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
295,269 |
|
|
|
215,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(203 |
) |
|
|
(306,193 |
) |
Capital expenditures, including capitalization of software costs |
|
|
(160,417 |
) |
|
|
(171,991 |
) |
Purchases of investments |
|
|
(24,581 |
) |
|
|
(117,012 |
) |
Maturities of investments |
|
|
21,679 |
|
|
|
107,000 |
|
Proceeds from sale of assets |
|
|
1,286 |
|
|
|
549 |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(162,236 |
) |
|
|
(487,647 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Payment of deferred financing costs |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(851 |
) |
Borrowings under line of credit |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
80,000 |
|
Repayments under line of credit |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(80,000 |
) |
Proceeds from exercise of share-based awards |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Taxes withheld and paid related to net share settlement of equity awards |
|
|
(3,239 |
) |
|
|
(2,891 |
) |
Repurchase of Common Stock |
|
|
(23,780 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Payment of cash dividends |
|
|
(23,345 |
) |
|
|
(22,100 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
(50,360 |
) |
|
|
(25,839 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Effect of exchange rate changes |
|
|
(545 |
) |
|
|
768 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
82,128 |
|
|
|
(296,956 |
) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
79,443 |
|
|
|
376,399 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
161,571 |
|
|
$ |
79,443 |
|
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures
The Company reports its consolidated financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). To supplement the Company’s consolidated financial results in this press release, the Company also presents Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, further adjusted for share-based compensation expense, acquisition costs, and other items impacting the comparability of the Company’s underlying operating performance between periods. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA for a period divided by revenue for the same period.
The Company believes these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful supplemental information regarding the performance of the Company and its segments to both management and investors. In addition, by excluding certain items, these non-GAAP financial measures enable management and investors to further evaluate the underlying operating performance of the Company. The Company presented EBITDA in recent periods and has presented Adjusted EBITDA in this press release because the Company believes that the further adjustments included in Adjusted EBITDA provide useful supplemental information regarding the underlying operating performance of the Company by adjusting for items that impact the comparability of the Company’s operating and financial performance.
Supplemental reconciliations of the Company’s consolidated net income on a GAAP basis to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, are presented in the following table. Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which are provided below. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin should be considered in addition to, and not as substitutes for, or in isolation from, measures prepared in accordance with GAAP.
The Company does not allocate its provision for income taxes to its business segments and as a result, presents it in a separate column in the following tables:
|
Fourteen |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Core Laundry |
|
|
Specialty |
|
|
First |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
564,085 |
|
|
$ |
46,499 |
|
|
$ |
29,283 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
639,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income |
|
$ |
48,392 |
|
|
$ |
8,585 |
|
|
$ |
95 |
|
|
$ |
(12,437 |
) |
|
$ |
44,635 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
12,437 |
|
|
|
12,437 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
(2,652 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(2,652 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
35,755 |
|
|
|
1,311 |
|
|
|
913 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
37,979 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
2,418 |
|
|
|
183 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,628 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
83,913 |
|
|
$ |
10,079 |
|
|
$ |
1,035 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
95,027 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
14.9 |
% |
|
|
21.7 |
% |
|
|
3.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
14.9 |
% |
|
Thirteen |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Core Laundry |
|
|
Specialty |
|
|
First |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
505,022 |
|
|
$ |
41,421 |
|
|
$ |
25,447 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
571,890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
30,605 |
|
|
$ |
6,805 |
|
|
$ |
(925 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,854 |
) |
|
$ |
27,631 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8,854 |
|
|
|
8,854 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
(385 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(385 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
31,465 |
|
|
|
1,035 |
|
|
|
618 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
33,118 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
160 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
2,189 |
|
Acquisition costs(1) |
|
|
310 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
310 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
64,003 |
|
|
$ |
8,000 |
|
|
$ |
(286 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
71,717 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
12.7 |
% |
|
|
19.3 |
% |
|
|
-1.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
12.5 |
% |
|
Fifty-three |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Core Laundry |
|
|
Specialty |
|
|
First |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
2,138,948 |
|
|
$ |
182,212 |
|
|
$ |
106,271 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,427,431 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
149,235 |
|
|
$ |
41,976 |
|
|
$ |
(1,832 |
) |
|
$ |
(43,905 |
) |
|
$ |
145,474 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
43,905 |
|
|
|
43,905 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
(7,242 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(7,242 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
133,591 |
|
|
|
4,398 |
|
|
|
3,443 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
141,432 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
8,986 |
|
|
|
688 |
|
|
|
99 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,773 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
284,570 |
|
|
$ |
47,062 |
|
|
$ |
1,710 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
333,342 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
13.3 |
% |
|
|
25.8 |
% |
|
|
1.6 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
13.7 |
% |
|
Fifty-two |
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
|
Core Laundry |
|
|
Specialty |
|
|
First |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Operations |
|
|
Garments |
|
|
Aid |
|
|
Other |
|
|
Total |
|
|||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
1,961,189 |
|
|
$ |
177,034 |
|
|
$ |
94,824 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
2,233,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
103,900 |
|
|
$ |
37,488 |
|
|
$ |
(2,551 |
) |
|
$ |
(35,163 |
) |
|
$ |
103,674 |
|
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
35,163 |
|
|
|
35,163 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
(6,738 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(6,738 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
114,277 |
|
|
|
4,020 |
|
|
|
2,936 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
121,233 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
8,344 |
|
|
|
638 |
|
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
9,063 |
|
Acquisition costs(1) |
|
|
3,017 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
3,017 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
222,800 |
|
|
$ |
42,146 |
|
|
$ |
466 |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
265,412 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
11.4 |
% |
|
|
23.8 |
% |
|
|
0.5 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
11.9 |
% |
Supplemental reconciliations of the Company’s fiscal 2025 financial outlook for consolidated net income on a GAAP basis to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are presented in the following table. In addition, supplemental reconciliations of the fiscal 2025 financial outlook for segments’ net income on a GAAP basis to segments’ Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are also presented in the following table.
Investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of the outlook for these non-GAAP measures to the outlook for their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, which are provided below. The Company’s outlook contains forward-looking statements and information. Actual results may differ materially. See “Forward-Looking Statements Disclosure.”
|
|
Fifty-two weeks ended August 30, 2025 (1) |
|
|||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Specialty Garments, |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
Core Laundry |
|
|
First Aid, and |
|
|||
(In thousands, except percentages) |
|
Consolidated |
|
|
Operations |
|
|
Other |
|
|||
Revenue |
|
$ |
2,435,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,140,000 |
|
|
$ |
295,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
131,025 |
|
|
$ |
136,200 |
|
|
$ |
(5,175 |
) |
Provision for income taxes |
|
|
43,675 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
43,675 |
|
Interest income, net |
|
|
(10,500 |
) |
|
|
(10,500 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
151,500 |
|
|
|
142,600 |
|
|
|
8,900 |
|
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
12,300 |
|
|
|
11,500 |
|
|
|
800 |
|
Executive transition expense(2) |
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ |
330,000 |
|
|
$ |
281,800 |
|
|
$ |
48,200 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA Margin |
|
|
13.6 |
% |
|
|
13.2 |
% |
|
|
16.3 |
% |