Franchise Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: FRG) (“Franchise Group” or the
“Company”) today announced the results of its third quarter ended
September 26, 2020. For the third quarter of 2020, total reported
revenue for Franchise Group was $551 million, GAAP Net Loss was
$8.6 million or $0.22 per share, Adjusted EBITDA was $50 million
and Supplemental Information encompassing cost synergies and
acquisition impacts was $1.2 million. Total cash was $179.9 million
and outstanding debt at the end of the third quarter of 2020 was
$628.7 million.
Brian Kahn, Franchise Group’s President and CEO
stated, “Our businesses continued to perform well in the third
quarter, which included further benefit from the sustained shift in
consumer spending and the focus on health and wellness. Once again,
our businesses and their teams have delivered robust financial
results despite challenging circumstances. We believe that our
performance as evidenced by strong comparable same store sales, as
well as cash flow generation, continues to demonstrate the economic
resilience of our business model. Comparable same store sales grew
15% at American Freight, approximately 14.7% for Buddy’s and
approximately 8.6% for The Vitamin Shoppe. We continue to generate
a high level of discretionary cash flow which enabled us to further
reduce our outstanding debt by $111.9 million this quarter,
including retiring the balance of our $70 million Vitamin Shoppe
term loan while paying another quarterly dividend of $0.25 per
share to our common stockholders.”
The Company has four reportable segments:
American Freight; The Vitamin Shoppe; Liberty Tax and Buddy’s. The
following table summarizes Revenue, Net Loss, Adjusted EBITDA and
Supplemental Information by these segments. A reconciliation of
Adjusted EBITDA to the most comparable GAAP measure is included
below under “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Metrics.”
|
|
For the
Three Months |
|
|
Ended September 26, 2020 |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted |
Supplemental |
Net |
|
|
Revenue |
|
EBITDA |
Information |
|
Income/(Loss) |
|
|
(In
thousands) |
American Freight |
$ |
245,212 |
|
$ |
24,625 |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
$ |
1,141 |
|
Vitamin
Shoppe |
|
|
266,965 |
|
|
21,364 |
|
|
|
1,111 |
|
|
(2,597 |
) |
Liberty
Tax |
|
|
13,300 |
|
|
(1,400 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
(5,549 |
) |
Buddy's |
|
|
25,515 |
|
|
6,778 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
1,845 |
|
Corporate |
|
|
- |
|
|
(1,337 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
(3,437 |
) |
Total |
|
$ |
550,992 |
|
$ |
50,030 |
|
|
$ |
1,153 |
|
$ |
(8,597 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outlook
(1)For fiscal 2020, the Company
is maintaining its prior guidance of $2.10 - $2.15 billion of
revenue, Adjusted EBITDA to exceed $232 million and Supplemental
Information encompassing cost synergies and acquisition impacts of
$28 million.
(1) The Company does not
provide quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking, non-GAAP
financial measures such as forecasted Adjusted EBITDA or
Supplemental Information to the most directly comparable GAAP
financial measure because it is difficult to reliably predict or
estimate the relevant components without unreasonable effort due to
future uncertainties that may potentially have significant impact
on such calculations, and providing them may imply a degree of
precision that would be confusing or potentially misleading.
Supplemental Information adjustments represent realized and
unrealized synergies consistent with the Company’s credit
agreement. Estimates exclude potential acquisitions, divestitures
or refranchising activities. See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures and
Key Metrics.” Conference Call InformationFranchise
Group will conduct a conference call on November 4th at 4:30 P.M.
ET to discuss its business, review financial results for the third
quarter of 2020 and provide an update on its outlook for the rest
of 2020. A real-time webcast of the conference call will be
available on the Events page of Franchise Group’s website at
www.franchisegrp.com. The conference call can also be accessed live
via telephone at (877) 784-1793. The passcode is 7849566. Please
dial in 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time.
About Franchise Group,
Inc.Franchise Group is an operator of franchised and
franchisable businesses that continually looks to grow its
portfolio of brands while utilizing its operating and capital
allocation philosophy to generate strong cash flow for its
shareholders. Franchise Group’s business lines include Liberty Tax
Service, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, American Freight and The Vitamin
Shoppe. On a combined basis, Franchise Group currently operates
over 4,000 locations predominantly located in the U.S. and Canada
that are either Company-run or operated pursuant to franchising
agreements.
FRANCHISE
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands, except share count and per share
data) |
|
September 26, 2020 |
|
December 28, 2019 |
|
Assets |
|
(Unaudited) |
|
(Audited) |
|
Current
assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
179,932 |
|
|
$ |
39,581 |
|
|
Current receivables, net |
|
|
84,277 |
|
|
|
79,693 |
|
|
Inventories, net |
|
|
319,545 |
|
|
|
300,312 |
|
|
Other current assets |
|
|
22,845 |
|
|
|
20,267 |
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
606,599 |
|
|
|
439,853 |
|
|
Property, equipment, and software, net |
|
|
143,512 |
|
|
|
150,147 |
|
|
Non-current receivables, net |
|
|
16,095 |
|
|
|
18,638 |
|
|
Goodwill |
|
|
469,788 |
|
|
|
134,301 |
|
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
|
145,478 |
|
|
|
77,590 |
|
|
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
|
|
516,398 |
|
|
|
462,610 |
|
|
Other non-current assets |
|
|
14,634 |
|
|
|
15,406 |
|
|
Total assets |
|
$ |
1,912,504 |
|
|
$ |
1,298,545 |
|
|
Liabilities and Stockholders Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Current installments of long-term obligations |
|
$ |
112,374 |
|
|
$ |
218,384 |
|
|
Current operating lease liabilities |
|
|
131,685 |
|
|
|
107,680 |
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
257,387 |
|
|
|
158,995 |
|
|
Other current liabilities |
|
|
36,461 |
|
|
|
16,409 |
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
537,907 |
|
|
|
501,468 |
|
|
Long-term obligations, excluding current installments |
|
|
516,353 |
|
|
|
245,236 |
|
|
Non-current operating lease liabilities |
|
|
412,613 |
|
|
|
394,307 |
|
|
Other non-current liabilities |
|
|
37,099 |
|
|
|
5,773 |
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
1,503,972 |
|
|
|
1,146,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders
equity: |
|
|
|
|
|
Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 180,000,000 and
180,000,000 shares authorized, 40,056,665 and 18,250,225 shares
issued and outstanding at September 26, 2020 and December 28,
2019, respectively |
|
|
401 |
|
|
|
183 |
|
|
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 20,000,000 and
20,000,000 shares authorized, 1,200,000 and 1,886,667 shares issued
and outstanding at September 26, 2020 and December 28, 2019,
respectively |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
386,030 |
|
|
|
108,339 |
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes |
|
|
(1,838 |
) |
|
|
(1,538 |
) |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
23,927 |
|
|
|
18,388 |
|
|
Total equity attributable to Franchise Group, Inc. |
|
|
408,532 |
|
|
|
125,391 |
|
|
Non-controlling interest |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
26,370 |
|
|
Total equity |
|
|
408,532 |
|
|
|
151,761 |
|
|
Total liabilities and equity |
|
$ |
1,912,504 |
|
|
$ |
1,298,545 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FRANCHISE
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Nine Months Ended |
(In thousands, except share count and per share
data) |
|
September 26, 2020 |
|
September 30, 2019 |
|
September 26, 2020 |
|
September 30, 2019 |
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product |
|
$ |
500,462 |
|
|
$ |
557 |
|
|
$ |
1,440,677 |
|
|
$ |
557 |
|
Service and other |
|
|
33,126 |
|
|
|
10,284 |
|
|
|
164,508 |
|
|
|
129,942 |
|
Rental |
|
|
17,404 |
|
|
|
8,079 |
|
|
|
51,000 |
|
|
|
8,079 |
|
Total revenues |
|
|
550,992 |
|
|
|
18,920 |
|
|
|
1,656,185 |
|
|
|
138,578 |
|
Operating
expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product |
|
|
296,920 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
862,320 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
Service and other |
|
|
678 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,135 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Rental |
|
|
5,877 |
|
|
|
3,048 |
|
|
|
17,327 |
|
|
|
3,048 |
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
|
303,475 |
|
|
|
3,486 |
|
|
|
881,782 |
|
|
|
3,486 |
|
Selling, general, and administrative expenses |
|
|
228,194 |
|
|
|
40,481 |
|
|
|
697,670 |
|
|
|
110,928 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
|
531,669 |
|
|
|
43,967 |
|
|
|
1,579,452 |
|
|
|
114,414 |
|
Income (loss) from operations |
|
|
19,323 |
|
|
|
(25,047 |
) |
|
|
76,733 |
|
|
|
24,164 |
|
Other
expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
(1,229 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(5,293 |
) |
|
|
(101 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
|
(26,264 |
) |
|
|
(2,755 |
) |
|
|
(83,642 |
) |
|
|
(4,225 |
) |
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
|
(8,170 |
) |
|
|
(27,803 |
) |
|
|
(12,202 |
) |
|
|
19,838 |
|
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
(4,339 |
) |
|
|
(43,561 |
) |
|
|
10,367 |
|
Net income (loss) |
|
|
(8,597 |
) |
|
|
(23,464 |
) |
|
|
31,359 |
|
|
|
9,471 |
|
Less: Net
(income) loss attributable to non-controlling interest |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
8,578 |
|
|
|
(2,090 |
) |
|
|
8,578 |
|
Net income (loss) attributable to Franchise Group, Inc. |
|
$ |
(8,597 |
) |
|
$ |
(14,886 |
) |
|
$ |
29,269 |
|
|
$ |
18,049 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
(loss) per share of common stock: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
$ |
(0.22 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.93 |
) |
|
$ |
0.89 |
|
|
$ |
1.23 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
(0.22 |
) |
|
|
(0.93 |
) |
|
|
0.88 |
|
|
|
1.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted-average shares outstanding: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic |
|
|
39,692,384 |
|
|
|
15,997,041 |
|
|
|
32,679,576 |
|
|
|
14,712,297 |
|
Diluted |
|
|
39,692,384 |
|
|
|
15,997,041 |
|
|
|
32,961,905 |
|
|
|
14,770,973 |
|
FRANCHISE
GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES |
|
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended |
|
(In thousands) |
|
September 26, 2020 |
|
September 30, 2019 |
|
Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
$ |
31,359 |
|
|
$ |
9,471 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for doubtful accounts |
|
|
3,412 |
|
|
|
6,401 |
|
|
Depreciation, amortization and impairment charges |
|
|
51,254 |
|
|
|
12,239 |
|
|
Amortization of deferred financing costs |
|
|
28,703 |
|
|
|
1,013 |
|
|
Loss on disposal of fixed assets |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
703 |
|
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
6,294 |
|
|
|
1,339 |
|
|
Gain on bargain purchases and sales of Company-owned offices |
|
|
(1,761 |
) |
|
|
(438 |
) |
|
Deferred income taxes |
|
|
7,851 |
|
|
|
706 |
|
|
Change in |
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts, notes, and interest receivable |
|
|
(2,223 |
) |
|
|
10,054 |
|
|
Income taxes receivable |
|
|
(23,721 |
) |
|
|
8,977 |
|
|
Other assets |
|
|
3,971 |
|
|
|
(1,076 |
) |
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
|
|
38,884 |
|
|
|
7,693 |
|
|
Inventory |
|
|
79,967 |
|
|
|
579 |
|
|
Deferred revenue |
|
|
5,649 |
|
|
|
(3,394 |
) |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
229,714 |
|
|
|
54,267 |
|
|
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
Issuance of operating loans to franchisees and area developers |
|
|
(30,368 |
) |
|
|
(51,484 |
) |
|
Payments received on operating loans to franchisees and area
developers |
|
|
50,064 |
|
|
|
66,303 |
|
|
Purchases of Company-owned offices, area developer rights, and
acquired customer lists |
|
|
(4,830 |
) |
|
|
(2,232 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of Company-owned offices and area developer
rights |
|
|
1,118 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired |
|
|
(353,423 |
) |
|
|
(26,443 |
) |
|
Proceeds from sale of property, equipment, and software |
|
|
1,474 |
|
|
|
|
Purchases of property, equipment, and software |
|
|
(26,702 |
) |
|
|
(1,183 |
) |
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
(362,667 |
) |
|
|
(15,017 |
) |
|
Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from the exercise of stock options |
|
|
520 |
|
|
|
1,214 |
|
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(19,167 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Non-controlling interest distribution |
|
|
(4,716 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
Repayment of other long-term obligations |
|
|
(455,811 |
) |
|
|
(16,213 |
) |
|
Borrowings under revolving credit facility |
|
|
174,665 |
|
|
|
121,874 |
|
|
Repayments under revolving credit facility |
|
|
(218,260 |
) |
|
|
(186,099 |
) |
|
Issuance of common stock |
|
|
198,003 |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
Issuance of preferred stock |
|
|
28,366 |
|
|
|
|
Payment for debt issue costs |
|
|
(16,673 |
) |
|
|
(4,382 |
) |
|
Issuance of debt |
|
|
586,000 |
|
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
Cash paid for taxes on exercises/vesting of stock-based
compensation |
|
|
(85 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
272,842 |
|
|
|
46,374 |
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, net |
|
|
(142 |
) |
|
|
111 |
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash equivalents and restricted
cash |
|
|
139,747 |
|
|
|
85,735 |
|
|
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of
period |
|
|
45,146 |
|
|
|
3,981 |
|
|
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period |
|
$ |
184,893 |
|
|
$ |
89,716 |
|
|
Supplemental Cash Flow Disclosure |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for taxes, net of refunds |
|
$ |
944 |
|
|
$ |
84 |
|
|
Cash paid for interest |
|
$ |
41,226 |
|
|
$ |
1,484 |
|
|
Accrued capital expenditures |
|
$ |
3,633 |
|
|
$ |
478 |
|
|
Deferred financing costs from issuance of common stock |
|
$ |
31,013 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
Tax receivable agreement included in other long-term
liabilities |
|
$ |
17,156 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key MetricsIn
order to conform with SEC rules consistent with concepts in Article
11 of Regulation S-X for non-GAAP reporting, Franchise Group will
no longer report synergies and other acquisition costs as part of
Pro Forma Adjusted EBITDA. The Company expects to continue to
report Adjusted EBITDA in the same format as it has in the past and
will provide Supplemental Information that reflects cost synergies
and other acquisition impacts as discussed below. The specific
amounts included in each measure are fully discussed in detail
below in the Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Key Metrics.
Adjusted EBITDA and Supplemental Information are
financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP.
Management believes the presentation of these measures is useful to
investors as supplemental measures in evaluating the aggregate
performance of our operating businesses and in comparing our
results from period to period because they exclude items that we do
not believe are reflective of our core or ongoing operating
results. These measures are used by our management to evaluate
performance and make resource allocation decisions each period.
Adjusted EBITDA is also the primary operating metric used in the
determination of executive management's compensation. Adjusted
EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for
net income or other income statement information prepared in
accordance with GAAP and our presentation of these non-GAAP
measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by
other companies.
Management defines and calculates Adjusted
EBITDA as net income (loss) before interest, income taxes,
depreciation and amortization adjusted for certain non-core or
non-operational items related to executive severance and related
costs, stock-based compensation, shareholder litigation costs,
corporate governance costs, accrued judgements and settlements, net
of estimated revenue, store closures, rebranding costs, acquisition
costs, inventory fair value step up amortization and prepayment
penalty on early debt repayment. Adjusted EBITDA and Supplemental
Information are financial measures that are not prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
Below is a reconciliation of management’s
estimate of net income to estimated Adjusted EBITDA for the three
months ended September 26, 2020.
|
|
For the Three Months Ended September 26, 2020 |
(In thousands) |
|
Buddy's |
|
Liberty |
|
American Freight |
|
Vitamin Shoppe |
|
Corporate |
|
Total |
Net income
(loss) |
|
$ |
1,845 |
|
$ |
(5,549 |
) |
|
$ |
1,141 |
|
$ |
(2,597 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,437 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,597 |
) |
Add back: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- |
|
Interest expense |
|
|
3,400 |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
18,486 |
|
|
4,571 |
|
|
|
(187 |
) |
|
|
26,264 |
|
Income tax expense (benefit) |
|
|
- |
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
Depreciation and amortization charges |
|
|
1,406 |
|
|
2,775 |
|
|
|
1,806 |
|
|
11,475 |
|
|
|
|
|
17,462 |
|
Total Adjustments |
|
|
4,806 |
|
|
2,983 |
|
|
|
20,292 |
|
|
16,046 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
44,153 |
|
EBITDA |
|
|
6,651 |
|
|
(2,566 |
) |
|
|
21,433 |
|
|
13,449 |
|
|
|
(3,411 |
) |
|
|
35,556 |
|
Adjustments to EBITDA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Executive severance and related costs |
|
|
- |
|
|
602 |
|
|
|
62 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
664 |
|
Stock based compensation |
|
|
70 |
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,754 |
|
|
|
1,956 |
|
Shareholder litigation costs |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
219 |
|
Corporate compliance costs |
|
|
- |
|
|
117 |
|
|
|
416 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
533 |
|
Prepayment penalty on early debt repayment |
|
|
57 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
875 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,246 |
|
Accrued judgments and settlements |
|
|
- |
|
|
315 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
334 |
|
Store closures |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
203 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
203 |
|
Rebranding costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,286 |
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,286 |
|
Acquisition costs |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
686 |
|
|
286 |
|
|
|
101 |
|
|
|
1,073 |
|
Inventory fair value step up amortization |
|
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
6,551 |
|
|
|
|
|
6,960 |
|
Total Adjustments to EBITDA |
|
|
127 |
|
|
1,166 |
|
|
|
3,192 |
|
|
7,915 |
|
|
|
2,074 |
|
|
|
14,474 |
|
Adjusted
EBITDA |
|
$ |
6,778 |
|
$ |
(1,400 |
) |
|
$ |
24,625 |
|
$ |
21,364 |
|
|
$ |
(1,337 |
) |
|
$ |
50,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Information: Cost Synergies
and Acquisition ImpactsThe following supplemental
information reflects the estimated cost savings related to various
management actions taken at our acquired businesses and other
impacts of our acquisitions. It primarily presents the realized and
unrealized cost synergies assuming such actions were taken as of
January 1, 2020. The majority of the cost synergies or
dis-synergies have been realized or expected to be realized by the
end of 2020. Management believes this information is useful to
investors as it provides relevant information regarding the status
of the Company's transformation activities and the estimated
impacts during the period. Reasonable estimates were made by
considering the cost reductions from contract termination charges
or modifications to achieve more favorable pricing, reductions in
duplicative costs upon integration and optimization activities that
reduce overall spend. As these amounts are estimates and certain
activities have not been fully implemented, these amounts are
subject to change. Management believes that there is a reasonable
basis for its estimates and they fairly present the estimated
effects of management actions related to the Company’s
acquisitions.
|
|
For the Three Months Ended September 26, 2020 |
(In thousands) |
|
Buddy's |
|
|
Liberty |
|
American Freight |
|
Vitamin Shoppe |
|
|
Corporate |
|
Total |
Estimated realized and
unrealized cost savings |
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
42 |
|
$ |
587 |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
630 |
Other
acquisition-related compensation costs |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
- |
|
524 |
|
|
- |
|
524 |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
42 |
|
$ |
1,111 |
|
$ |
- |
|
$ |
1,153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward-Looking StatementsThis
press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements include, without limitation,
projections, predictions, expectations, or beliefs about future
events or results and are not statements of historical fact. Such
statements may include statements regarding the Company’s results
of operation and financial condition, performance during the
COVID-19 pandemic, and its strategy and outlook for the remainder
of fiscal 2020. Such forward-looking statements are based on
various assumptions as of the time they are made, and are
inherently subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and
other factors that may cause actual results, performance or
achievements to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are often
accompanied by words that convey projected future events or
outcomes such as “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,”
“project,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “will,” “may,” “view,”
“opportunity,” “potential,” or words of similar meaning or other
statements concerning opinions or judgment of the Company or its
management about future events. Although the Company believes that
its expectations with respect to forward-looking statements are
based upon reasonable assumptions within the bounds of its existing
knowledge of its business and operations, there can be no assurance
that actual results, performance, or achievements of the Company
will not differ materially from any projected future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Actual future results, performance or
achievements may differ materially from historical results or those
anticipated depending on a variety of factors, many of which are
beyond the control of the Company. We refer you to the “Risk
Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations” sections of the Company’s
Transition Report on Form 10-K/T for the transition period ended
December 28, 2019, and comparable sections of the Company’s
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other filings, which have been
filed with the SEC and are available on the SEC’s website at
www.sec.gov. All of the forward-looking statements made in this
press release are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements
contained or referred to herein. The actual results or developments
anticipated may not be realized or, even if substantially realized,
they may not have the expected consequences to or effects on the
Company or its business or operations. Readers are cautioned not to
rely on the forward-looking statements contained in this press
release. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they
are made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to
update, revise or clarify these forward-looking statements, whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Investor Relations
Contact:Andrew F. KaminskyEVP & Chief
Administrative OfficerFranchise Group,
Inc.akaminsky@franchisegrp.com(914) 939-5161
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