United Natural Foods, Inc. (NYSE: UNFI) (the “Company” or
“UNFI”) today reported financial results for the first quarter of
fiscal 2025 (13 weeks) ended November 2, 2024.
First Quarter Fiscal 2025 Performance
(comparisons to first quarter fiscal 2024)
- Net sales increased 4.2% to $7.9 billion
- Net loss of $21 million; Loss per diluted share (EPS) of
$(0.35)
- Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased 14.5% to $134 million
- Adjusted EPS(1) increased to $0.16
Recent Financial and Operational
Summary
- Raising full-year outlook for all financial metrics other
than capital spending
- Improvement initiatives and lean management routines drove
14.5% Adjusted EBITDA growth and $170 million improvement in free
cash flow(1) compared to the prior year quarter
- Continuing to execute upon recently announced multi-year
strategy
- Value creation initiatives led to new business gains with
existing customers
- Revamped commercial go-to-market strategy continuing to be
rolled out
- Significant network optimization progress across
distribution network
- Announced pending closure of Ft. Wayne DC; completed
Bismarck and Billings DC closures
- Moved natural volumes from York to larger, soon-to-be
automated Manchester DC
- Created incremental efficiencies through further
organizational streamlining
“Our performance this quarter represents a solid start to fiscal
2025 and serves as an early proof point of our recently introduced
multi-year strategic plan predicated upon bringing value to our
customers and suppliers while enhancing our efficiency, improving
free cash flow and reducing net leverage,” said Sandy Douglas,
UNFI’s CEO.
“We’re encouraged by positive volume trends attributable to new
business with existing customers and new customer additions. This
volume strength primarily reflects successful execution by our
customer base, supported by UNFI’s value-added positioning and
unique go-to-market strategy. We remain focused on operational
execution, driving efficiencies and delivering strengthening
service levels to customers and suppliers during the important
holiday selling season.”
First Quarter
Fiscal 2025 Summary
13-Week Period Ended
Percent Change
($ in millions, except for per share
data)
November 2, 2024
October 28, 2023
Net sales
$
7,871
$
7,552
4.2%
Chains
$
3,294
$
3,184
3.5%
Independent retailers
$
1,853
$
1,899
(2.4)%
Supernatural
$
1,835
$
1,612
13.8%
Retail
$
586
$
606
(3.3)%
Other
$
666
$
646
3.1%
Eliminations
$
(363
)
$
(395
)
(8.1)%
Net loss
$
(21
)
$
(39
)
N/M
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$
134
$
117
14.5%
Loss per diluted share (EPS)
$
(0.35
)
$
(0.67
)
N/M
Adjusted earnings (loss) per diluted
share (Adjusted EPS) (1)
$
0.16
$
(0.04
)
N/M
Net cash used in operating
activities
$
(110
)
$
(254
)
N/M
Payments for capital
expenditures
$
(49
)
$
(74
)
N/M
Free cash flow (1)
$
(159
)
$
(328
)
N/M
N/M - not meaningful
(1)
Please refer to the tables in this press release for a
reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most
directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance
with GAAP.
Net sales increased 4.2% in the first quarter of fiscal
2025 compared to the same period in the prior year, primarily
driven by a nearly 2% increase in wholesale unit volumes, including
the benefit of new business with existing and new customers, as
well as inflation.
Gross profit in the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was $1.0
billion, an increase of $8 million, or 0.8%, compared to the first
quarter of fiscal 2024. The gross profit rate in the first quarter
of fiscal 2025 was 13.2% of net sales compared to 13.6% of net
sales in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. The decrease in the
gross profit rate was primarily driven by lower product margin
rates and business mix partly offset through supplier programs and
lower shrink.
Operating expenses in the first quarter of fiscal 2025
were $1,015 million, or 12.9% of net sales, compared to $1,023
million, or 13.5% of net sales, in the first quarter of fiscal
2024. The decrease in operating expenses as a percentage of sales
was driven by the benefits from cost saving initiatives and the
leveraging impact of higher sales.
Interest expense, net for the first quarter of fiscal
2025 was $36 million compared to $35 million for the first quarter
of fiscal 2024.
Effective tax rate for the first quarter of fiscal 2025
was a benefit of 16.7% on pre-tax loss compared to a benefit of
18.8% on pre-tax loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was $21
million. Net loss for the first quarter of fiscal 2024 was $39
million.
Net loss per diluted share (EPS) was $(0.35) for the
first quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to net loss per diluted share
of $(0.67) for the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Adjusted EPS was
$0.16 for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 compared to $(0.04) in
the first quarter of fiscal 2024.
Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of fiscal 2025 was
$134 million compared to $117 million for the first quarter of
fiscal 2024.
Capital Allocation and Financing Overview
- Free Cash Flow – During the first quarter of fiscal
2025, free cash flow was $(159) million compared to $(328) million
in the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Free cash flow for the first
quarter of fiscal 2025 reflects net cash used in operating
activities of $110 million less payments for capital expenditures
of $49 million. Free cash flow in the quarter was lowered by the
strategic reduction in the company’s accounts receivable
monetization facility of $69 million.
- Leverage – Total outstanding debt, net of cash, was
$2.23 billion at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2025,
reflecting an increase of $164 million compared to the end of the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2024. The net debt to Adjusted EBITDA
leverage ratio was 4.2x as of November 2, 2024.
- Liquidity – As of November 2, 2024, total liquidity was
approximately $1.17 billion, consisting of approximately $37
million in cash, plus the unused capacity of approximately $1.14
billion under the Company’s asset-based lending facility.
Fiscal 2025 Outlook (1)
The Company is increasing its full-year outlook for all metrics
other than Capital and Cloud implementation expenditures:
Fiscal Year Ending August 2, 2025 (52
weeks)
Previous Full Year Outlook
Provided October 1, 2024
Updated Full Year
Outlook
Net sales ($ in billions)
$30.3 - $30.8
$30.6 - $31.0
Net loss ($ in millions)
$(41) - $(3)
$(31) - $(3)
EPS (2)
$(0.65) - $(0.05)
$(0.45) - $(0.05)
Adjusted EPS (2)(3)(4)
$0.20 - $0.80
$0.40 - $0.80
Adjusted EBITDA (4) ($ in millions)
$520 - $580
$530 - $580
Capital and cloud implementation
expenditures (4)(5) ($ in millions)
~ $300
~ $300
Free cash flow (6)
~ $100
> $100
(1)
The outlook provided above is for
fiscal 2025 only. The outlook is forward-looking, is based on
management’s current estimates and expectations and is subject to a
number of risks, including many that are outside of management's
control. See cautionary Safe Harbor Statement below.
(2)
(Loss) earnings per share amounts
as presented include rounding.
(3)
The Company uses an adjusted
effective tax rate in calculating Adjusted EPS. The adjusted
effective tax rate is calculated based on adjusted net (loss)
income before tax. It also excludes the potential impact of changes
to uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances, tax impacts
related to the vesting of share-based compensation awards and
discrete GAAP tax items which could impact the comparability of the
operational effective tax rate. The Company believes using this
adjusted effective tax rate provides better consistency across the
interim reporting periods since each of these discrete items can
cause volatility in the GAAP tax rate that is not indicative of the
underlying ongoing operations of the Company. By providing this
non-GAAP measure, management intends to provide investors with a
meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s effective tax
rate on ongoing operations. The outlook for Adjusted EPS reflects a
tax rate of 26%.
(4)
The Company is unable to provide
a full reconciliation to the most comparable GAAP measure without
unreasonable effort due to the difficulty in predicting the amounts
for certain adjustment items.
(5)
Reflects the sum of payments for
capital expenditures and cloud technology implementation
expenditures. The Company believes that providing this non-GAAP
measure provides investors with better visibility to the Company’s
total investment spend.
(6)
The components of capital and
cloud implementation expenditures for fiscal 2025 will be primarily
dependent on the nature of certain contracts to be executed. As
such, the Company is unable to reconcile the outlook for free cash
flow as well as capital and cloud implementation expenditures in
fiscal 2025 to the most directly comparable financial measures
calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Conference Call and Webcast
The Company’s first quarter fiscal 2025 conference call and
audio webcast will be held today, Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at
8:30 a.m. ET. A webcast of the conference call (and supplemental
materials) will be available to the public, on a listen only basis,
via the internet at the Investors section of the Company’s website
www.unfi.com. The call can also be accessed at (888) 660 - 6768
(conference ID 1099581). An online archive of the webcast (and
supplemental materials) will be available for 120 days.
About United Natural Foods
UNFI is North America’s premier grocery wholesaler delivering
the widest variety of fresh, branded, and owned brand products to
more than 30,000 locations throughout North America, including
natural product superstores, independent retailers, conventional
supermarket chains, eCommerce providers, and foodservice customers.
UNFI also provides a broad range of value-added services and
segmented marketing expertise, including proprietary technology,
data, market insights, and shelf management to help customers and
suppliers build their businesses and brands. As the largest
full-service grocery partner in North America, UNFI is committed to
building a food system that is better for all and is uniquely
positioned to deliver great food, more choices, and fresh thinking
to customers. To learn more about how UNFI is delivering value for
its stakeholders, visit www.unfi.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995: Statements in this press release regarding the
Company’s business that are not historical facts are
“forward-looking statements” that involve risks and uncertainties
and are based on current expectations and management estimates;
actual results may differ materially. The risks and uncertainties
which could impact these statements are described in the Company’s
filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
including its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended August
3, 2024 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) on October 1, 2024 and other filings the Company makes with
the SEC, and include, but are not limited to, our dependence on
principal customers; the relatively low margins of our business,
which are sensitive to inflationary and deflationary pressures and
intense competition, including as a result of the continuing
consolidation of retailers and the growth of consumer choices for
grocery and consumable purchases; our ability to realize the
anticipated benefits of our strategic initiatives; changes in
relationships with our suppliers; our ability to operate, and rely
on third parties to operate, reliable and secure technology
systems; labor and other workforce shortages and challenges; the
addition or loss of significant customers or material changes to
our relationships with these customers; our ability to realize
anticipated benefits of strategic transactions; our ability to
continue to grow sales, including of our higher margin natural and
organic foods and non-food products; our ability to maintain
sufficient volume in our wholesale distribution and services
businesses to support our operating infrastructure; our ability to
access additional capital; increases in healthcare, pension and
other costs under our single employer benefit plan and
multiemployer benefit plans; the potential for additional asset
impairment charges; our sensitivity to general economic conditions
including inflation, changes in disposable income levels and
consumer purchasing habits; our ability to timely and successfully
deploy our warehouse management system throughout our distribution
centers and our transportation management system across the Company
and to achieve efficiencies and cost savings from these efforts;
the potential for disruptions in our supply chain or our
distribution capabilities from circumstances beyond our control,
including due to lack of long-term contracts, severe weather, labor
shortages or work stoppages or otherwise; moderated supplier
promotional activity, including decreased forward buying
opportunities; union-organizing activities that could cause labor
relations difficulties and increased costs; our ability to maintain
food quality and safety; and volatility in fuel costs. Any
forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and, as such, speak only
as of the date made. The Company is not undertaking to update any
information in the foregoing reports until the effective date of
its future reports required by applicable laws. Any estimates of
future results of operations are based on a number of assumptions,
many of which are outside the Company’s control and should not be
construed in any manner as a guarantee that such results will in
fact occur. These estimates are subject to change and could differ
materially from final reported results. The Company may from time
to time update these publicly announced estimates, but it is not
obligated to do so.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures: To supplement the financial
information presented on a U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles (“GAAP”) basis, the Company has included in this press
release the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted
earnings per diluted common share (“Adjusted EPS”), adjusted
effective tax rate, free cash flow, net debt to Adjusted EBITDA
leverage ratio and capital and cloud implementation expenditures.
Adjusted EPS is a consolidated measure, which the Company
reconciles by adding Net income attributable to UNFI plus the LIFO
charge or benefit, Goodwill impairment benefits and charges,
Restructuring, acquisition, and integration related expenses, gains
and losses on sales of assets, certain legal charges and gains,
surplus property depreciation and interest expense, losses on debt
extinguishment, the impact of diluted shares when GAAP earnings is
presented as a loss and non-GAAP earnings represent income, and the
tax impact of adjustments and the adjusted effective tax rate,
which tax impact is calculated using the adjusted effective tax
rate, and certain other non-cash charges or items, as determined by
management. The non-GAAP adjusted effective tax rate excludes the
potential impact of changes to various uncertain tax positions and
valuation allowances, as well as tax impacts related to the vesting
of share-based compensation awards. The non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA
measure is a consolidated measure which the Company reconciles by
adding Net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests, less
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests, plus
Non-operating income and expenses, including Net periodic benefit
income, excluding service cost, Interest expense, net and Other
(income) expense, net, plus (Benefit) provision for income taxes
and Depreciation and amortization all calculated in accordance with
GAAP, plus adjustments for Share-based compensation, non-cash LIFO
charge or benefit, Restructuring, acquisition and integration
related expenses, Goodwill impairment charges, Loss (gain) on sale
of assets and other asset charges, certain legal charges and gains,
and certain other non-cash charges or other items, as determined by
management. The non-GAAP free cash flow measure is defined as net
cash used in operating activities less payments for capital
expenditures. The non-GAAP net debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage
ratio is defined as the total carrying value of the Company’s
outstanding short- and long-term debt and finance lease liabilities
less net cash and cash equivalents, the sum of which is divided by
the trailing four quarters Adjusted EBITDA. The non-GAAP capital
and cloud implementation expenditures measure is defined as the sum
of payments for capital expenditures and cloud technology
implementation expenditures.
The reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their
comparable GAAP financial measures and the calculation of net debt
to Adjusted EBITDA leverage are presented in the tables appearing
below. The presentation of non-GAAP financial measures is not
intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any
measure prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company believes that
presenting the non-GAAP financial measures Adjusted EBITDA and
Adjusted EPS aids in making period-to-period comparisons, assessing
the performance of the Company’s business and understanding the
underlying operating performance and core business trends by
excluding certain adjustments not expected to recur in the normal
course of business or that are not meaningful indicators of actual
and estimated operating performance. The inclusion of free cash
flow assists investors in understanding the cash generating ability
of the Company separate from cash generated by the sale of assets.
Net debt to Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio is a commonly used
metric that assists investors in understanding and evaluating the
Company’s capital structure and changes to its capital structure
over time. The Company believes that providing non-GAAP capital and
cloud implementation expenditures provides investors with better
visibility into the Company's total investment expenditures. The
components of capital and cloud implementation expenditures for
fiscal 2025 will be primarily dependent on the nature of certain
contracts to be executed. The Company currently expects to continue
to exclude the items listed above from non-GAAP financial measures.
Management utilizes and plans to utilize these non-GAAP financial
measures to compare the Company’s operating performance during the
2025 fiscal year to the comparable periods in the 2024 fiscal year
and to internally prepared projections. These non-GAAP financial
measures may differ from similarly titled measures of other
companies.
UNITED NATURAL FOODS,
INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)
(in millions, except for per
share data)
13-Week Period Ended
November 2,
2024
October 28,
2023
Net sales
$
7,871
$
7,552
Cost of sales
6,833
6,522
Gross profit
1,038
1,030
Operating expenses
1,015
1,023
Restructuring, acquisition and integration
related expenses
12
4
Loss on sale of assets and other asset
charges
6
19
Operating income (loss)
5
(16
)
Net periodic benefit income, excluding
service cost
(5
)
(3
)
Interest expense, net
36
35
Other income, net
(2
)
—
Loss before income taxes
(24
)
(48
)
Benefit for income taxes
(4
)
(9
)
Net loss including noncontrolling
interests
(20
)
(39
)
Less net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(1
)
—
Net loss attributable to United Natural
Foods, Inc.
$
(21
)
$
(39
)
Basic loss per share
$
(0.35
)
$
(0.67
)
Diluted loss per share
$
(0.35
)
$
(0.67
)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic
59.6
58.7
Diluted
59.6
58.7
UNITED NATURAL FOODS,
INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE
SHEETS (unaudited)
(in millions, except for par
values)
November 2,
2024
August 3, 2024
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
37
$
40
Accounts receivable, net
1,103
953
Inventories, net
2,402
2,179
Prepaid expenses and other current
assets
201
230
Total current assets
3,743
3,402
Property and equipment, net
1,800
1,820
Operating lease assets
1,499
1,370
Goodwill
19
19
Intangible assets, net
631
649
Deferred income taxes
86
87
Other long-term assets
188
181
Total assets
$
7,966
$
7,528
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
Accounts payable
$
1,906
$
1,688
Accrued expenses and other current
liabilities
278
288
Accrued compensation and benefits
156
197
Current portion of operating lease
liabilities
180
181
Current portion of long-term debt and
finance lease liabilities
10
11
Total current liabilities
2,530
2,365
Long-term debt
2,244
2,081
Long-term operating lease liabilities
1,393
1,263
Long-term finance lease liabilities
11
12
Pension and other postretirement benefit
obligations
15
15
Other long-term liabilities
148
151
Total liabilities
6,341
5,887
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value,
authorized 5.0 shares; none issued or outstanding
—
—
Common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized
100.0 shares; 62.4 shares issued and 59.9 shares outstanding at
November 2, 2024; 62.0 shares issued and 59.5 shares outstanding at
August 3, 2024
1
1
Additional paid-in capital
638
635
Treasury stock at cost
(86
)
(86
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(45
)
(47
)
Retained earnings
1,117
1,138
Total United Natural Foods, Inc.
stockholders’ equity
1,625
1,641
Noncontrolling interests
—
—
Total stockholders’ equity
1,625
1,641
Total liabilities and stockholders’
equity
$
7,966
$
7,528
UNITED NATURAL FOODS,
INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)
13-Week Period Ended
(in millions)
November 2,
2024
October 28,
2023
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES:
Net loss including noncontrolling
interests
$
(20
)
$
(39
)
Adjustments to reconcile loss to net cash
used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization
80
78
Share-based compensation
7
6
Gain on sale of assets
(1
)
(7
)
Long-lived asset impairment charges
—
21
Net pension and other postretirement
benefit income
(5
)
(3
)
LIFO charge
7
7
Provision for losses on receivables
1
—
Non-cash interest expense and other
adjustments
1
2
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities
Accounts and notes receivable
(149
)
(126
)
Inventories
(230
)
(364
)
Prepaid expenses and other assets
79
(8
)
Accounts payable
224
168
Accrued expenses and other liabilities
(104
)
11
Net cash used in operating activities
(110
)
(254
)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES:
Payments for capital expenditures
(49
)
(74
)
Proceeds from dispositions of assets
4
9
Payments for investments
(2
)
(7
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(47
)
(72
)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES:
Proceeds from borrowings under revolving
credit line
339
597
Repayments of borrowings under revolving
credit line
(176
)
(257
)
Repayments of long-term debt and finance
leases
(4
)
(6
)
Payments of employee restricted stock tax
withholdings
(4
)
(6
)
Distributions to noncontrolling
interests
(1
)
(1
)
Other
—
(1
)
Net cash provided by financing
activities
154
326
EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON CASH
—
—
NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS
(3
)
—
Cash and cash equivalents, at beginning of
period
40
37
Cash and cash equivalents, at end of
period
$
37
$
37
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow
information:
Cash paid for interest
$
48
$
44
Cash refunds for federal, state, and
foreign income taxes, net
$
(2
)
$
(12
)
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new
operating lease liabilities
$
183
$
39
Leased assets obtained in exchange for new
finance lease liabilities
$
1
$
—
Additions of property and equipment
included in Accounts payable
$
14
$
18
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-GAAP
FINANCIAL INFORMATION (unaudited)
UNITED NATURAL FOODS,
INC.
Reconciliation of Net loss
including noncontrolling interests to Adjusted EBITDA
(unaudited)
13-Week Period Ended
(in millions)
November 2, 2024
October 28, 2023
Net loss including noncontrolling
interests
$
(20
)
$
(39
)
Adjustments to net loss including
noncontrolling interests:
Less net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(1
)
—
Net periodic benefit income, excluding
service cost
(5
)
(3
)
Interest expense, net
36
35
Other income, net
(2
)
—
Benefit for income taxes
(4
)
(9
)
Depreciation and amortization
80
78
Share-based compensation
7
6
LIFO charge
7
7
Restructuring, acquisition and integration
related expenses
12
4
Loss on sale of assets and other asset
charges (1)
6
19
Business transformation costs (2)
18
15
Other adjustments (3)
—
4
Adjusted EBITDA
$
134
$
117
(1)
The first quarter of fiscal 2024
primarily includes a $21 million non-cash asset impairment charge
related to one of our corporate-owned office locations.
(2)
Reflects costs associated with
business transformation initiatives, primarily including
third-party consulting costs and licensing costs, which are
included within Operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
(3)
The first quarter of fiscal 2024
primarily reflects third-party professional service fees related to
shareholder negotiations.
Reconciliation of Net loss
attributable to United Natural Foods, Inc. to Adjusted net income
(loss) and Adjusted EPS (unaudited)
13-Week Period Ended
(in millions, except per share
amounts)
November 2, 2024
October 28, 2023
Net loss attributable to United Natural
Foods, Inc.
$
(21
)
$
(39
)
Restructuring, acquisition and integration
related expenses
12
4
Loss on sale of assets and other asset
charges other than losses on sales of receivables (1)
1
14
LIFO charge
7
7
Surplus property depreciation and interest
expense (2)
—
1
Business transformation costs (3)
18
15
Other adjustments (4)
—
4
Tax impact of adjustments and adjusted
effective tax rate (5)
(7
)
(8
)
Adjusted net income (loss)
$
10
$
(2
)
Diluted weighted average shares
outstanding
61.1
58.7
Adjusted EPS (6)
$
0.16
$
(0.04
)
(1)
Loss on sale of assets and other
asset charges, as reflected here, does not include losses on sales
of receivables under the accounts receivable monetization program,
which are included in Loss on sale of assets and other asset
charges on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and
are not adjusted in the calculation of Adjusted EPS. The first
quarter of fiscal 2024 primarily includes a $21 million non-cash
asset impairment charge related to one of our corporate-owned
office locations.
(2)
Reflects surplus, non-operating
property depreciation and interest expense.
(3)
Reflects costs associated with
business transformation initiatives, primarily including
third-party consulting costs and licensing costs, which are
included within Operating expenses in the Condensed Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
(4)
The first quarter of fiscal 2024
primarily reflects third-party professional service fees related to
shareholder negotiations.
(5)
Represents the tax effect of the
pre-tax adjustments using an adjusted effective tax rate. The
adjusted effective tax rate is calculated based on adjusted net
income before tax, and its impact reflects the exclusion of changes
to uncertain tax positions, valuation allowances, tax impacts
related to the vesting of share-based compensation awards and
discrete GAAP tax items which could impact the comparability of the
operational effective tax rate. The Company believes using this
adjusted effective tax rate will provide better consistency across
the interim reporting periods since each of these discrete items
can cause volatility in the GAAP tax rate that is not indicative of
the underlying ongoing operations of the Company. By providing this
non-GAAP measure, management intends to provide investors with a
meaningful, consistent comparison of the Company’s effective tax
rate on ongoing operations.
(6)
Adjusted earnings (loss) per
share amounts are calculated using actual unrounded figures.
Calculation of net debt to
Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio (unaudited)
(in millions, except ratios)
November 2, 2024
Current portion of long-term debt and
finance lease liabilities
$
10
Long-term debt
2,244
Long-term finance lease liabilities
11
Less: Cash and cash equivalents
(37
)
Net carrying value of debt and finance
lease liabilities
2,228
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$
535
Adjusted EBITDA leverage ratio
4.2x
(1)
Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of this calculation reflects the
summation of the trailing four quarters ended November 2, 2024.
Refer to the following table for the reconciliation of Adjusted
EBITDA trailing four quarters.
Reconciliation of trailing
four quarters Net loss including noncontrolling interests to
Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited)
(in millions)
53-Week Period Ended November
2, 2024
Net loss including noncontrolling
interests
$
(91
)
Adjustments to net loss including
noncontrolling interests:
Less net income attributable to
noncontrolling interests
(3
)
Net periodic benefit income, excluding
service cost
(17
)
Interest expense, net
163
Other income, net
(4
)
Benefit for income taxes
(22
)
Depreciation and amortization
321
Share-based compensation
38
LIFO charge
7
Restructuring, acquisition and integration
related expenses
44
Loss on sale of assets and other asset
charges
44
Business transformation costs
55
Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$
535
(1)
Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of this calculation reflects the
summation of the trailing four quarters ended November 2, 2024.
Reconciliation of Net cash
used in operating activities to Free cash flow (unaudited)
13-Week Period Ended
(in millions)
November 2, 2024
October 28, 2023
Net cash used in operating activities
$
(110
)
$
(254
)
Payments for capital expenditures
(49
)
(74
)
Free cash flow
$
(159
)
$
(328
)
Reconciliation of Payments for
capital expenditures to Capital and cloud implementation
expenditures (unaudited)
13-Week Period Ended
(in millions)
November 2, 2024
October 28, 2023
Payments for capital expenditures
$
49
$
74
Cloud technology implementation
expenditures (1)
4
9
Capital and cloud implementation
expenditures
$
53
$
83
(1)
Cloud technology implementation expenditures are included in
operating activities in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows.
Reconciliation of estimated
2025 and actual 2024 U.S. GAAP effective tax rate to adjusted
effective tax rate (unaudited)
Estimated
Fiscal 2025
Actual Fiscal 2024
U.S. GAAP effective tax rate
20
%
20
%
Discrete quarterly recognition of GAAP
items (1)
12
%
20
%
Tax impact of other charges and
adjustments (2)
(11
)%
(24
)%
Changes in valuation allowances (3)
5
%
5
%
Other (4)
—
%
—
%
Adjusted effective tax rate (4)
26
%
21
%
Note: As part of the year-end
reconciliation, we update the reconciliation of the GAAP effective
tax rate for actual results.
(1)
Reflects changes in tax laws,
uncertain tax positions, the tax impacts related to the exercise of
share-based compensation awards and any prior-year deferred tax or
payable adjustments. This includes prior-year Internal Revenue
Service or other tax jurisdiction audit adjustments.
(2)
Reflects the tax impact of
pre-tax adjustments that are excluded from pre-tax income when
calculating Adjusted EPS.
(3)
Reflects changes in valuation
allowances related to changes in judgment regarding the
realizability of deferred tax assets or current year
operations.
(4)
The Company establishes an
estimated adjusted effective tax rate at the beginning of the
fiscal year based on the best available information. The Company
re-evaluates its estimated adjusted effective tax rate as
appropriate throughout the year and adjusts for any material
changes. The actual adjusted effective tax rate at the end of the
fiscal year is based on actual results and accordingly may differ
from the estimated adjusted effective tax rate used during the
year.
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INVESTOR CONTACTS: Steve Bloomquist Vice President,
Investor Relations 952-828-4144 sbloomquist@unfi.com Kristyn
Farahmand Senior Vice President, Investor Relations and Corporate
Development 612-439-6625 kristyn.farahmand@unfi.com
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